THIS WEEK PRESS RUN 9.560
At Raleigh Session
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HUD Man, Tenants Talk
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Congressional Black
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Caucus Blasts H,
Writing
Crawford
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Kissinser in cuy
^ On PriHav P*>K 9ft (
To Africa
Is Cited
WASHINGTON - The
Concessional Black Cau*
cus has rapped Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger for
sending a letter to William
Eteki Mboumoua, secre
tary-general of the Organ
ization of African Unity
(OAU) denouncing OAU
objectiion to the nomina
tion of Nathaniel Oavis a.s
Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs.
The Caucus said that Mr
Kissinger reacted to the OAU
statement with "arrogance
and insensitivity." and that the
Davis nomination is "detri
mental to the interests of the
U S
The group also repeated its
demand that the nomination be
withdrawn
The OAU Council of Minis
ters, at a meeting in Addis
Ababa several weeks ago.
adopted a formal resolution
decrying the Davis nomina
tion It said;
"African governments are
bound to question what this
appr)mtment may portend a.s
. far as U'niled States policy is
[ concerned "
It continued that the minis
ters "most behemently con
demn and resist any move by
any country to import into
Africa the odious practice of
political destabilization which |
brought harm to our brothers I
in I<atin America, culminating '
most recently in the overthrow
and assassination of the
progressive Allende of Chile "
Davis, who is now director
general of the Foreign .Service,
served as U S Ambas.sador to
Chile when the military over-
ihrow of Pr»-sirient Xllende
occunedinScpteiiibei Ik-
has been accused of involve
ment with the Central Intelli
gence Agency of supporting
opposition to Allende
In a strongly-worded letter to
the OAU leader. Kissinger
<See KISSINGKR. F 2*
THE CAROUNIAK
VOL. 34 SO. 20
ISorlh Carolina’H Lpailinf; Ueeklv
RALEIGH, N.C.. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1978
SLNGLE COPY 20c
Corrections Officer Slain-Man
FINGERS ALLEGED KILLER
For Second Straight Year
Shaw Sets Pastors’
Anti-Bias
Group In
US Colleges
National Black News Service
NEW York a new group
IS being formed to support the
federal government’s guide
lines for affirmative action in
the academic hiring of blacks,
women and other minorities
Called the Committee for
Affirmative Action m Univer
sities, the group discounts the
popular argument that affirm
alive action usually results in
reverse discrimination of
whiles and the setting up of
quotas tor minorities
The new group maintains
that Affirmative Actions does
not require the hiring of
unqualified persons or the
imposing of a system of
quotas ’
Dr Gertrude Ezorsky. the
coordinator of the new organ
ization. said that "people who
attack hiring goals in affirma
(See ANTI-BfAft P 2<
iWOTHER FIRST FOR THE CAROLINIAN — In Its coniMeratioo of every facet of the state's way
of life. The CAROLINIAN has kept the church activities and the promulgation of the Christian tenet's
on its preferred list. The above picture shows how this has been appreciated by church leaders. The
picture shows Rev. Sam Wiley, right, executive director. N.C. Council of Churches, presenting the
Richard Shelton Communication Award, on Tuesday. March 4. to Alexander Barnes. CAROLIM.X.N
promotion manager, and Mrs. Nora Evans Lockhart, retired school principal and religious leader.
Mrs. Lockhart submitted the material to the awards committee out of her appreciation for the
serv ice rendered by the paper, without the knowledge of the paper. The award Is In honor of the late
Richard Shelby, who served (he Presbyterian Church of Shelby in an admirable way and also was
the dedicated editor of the Shelby Star. The award was made at (he closing session of a two-day meet
of (he North Carolina Council and the United Church Women. The meet was presided over by its
retiring black president. Rev. Cecil Bishop, who was transferred to (he National Church of '/ion
Methodism. Washington. D.C.. after a successful pastorate of Trinity AME /ion t'hurrh,
Greensboro
Rep. Andrew Young Calls For
Renewal, Strength To Vote Aet
W,-\SHIN(iT()\. D C -Con- black people attempting to
gressmun Andrew Young, who register to vote and against the
participated in the voting nonviolent demonstrators
rights movement in Selma, seeking to march from Selma
Ala , HI years ago. ha.s called lo Montgomery It shows the
upon Congress to extend and late Dr Martin Luther King,
strengthen the N'oltng Rights jr . being arrested, the late
Act of l%5 ■ the law which was
passed because of the voting ^ - 1
Workability Of
In testimony before the
House Judiciary Subcommit
tee on Civil and Constitutional
Rights. Congressman Young
pn-senlpd a documentar.v film TI LSA. Okla - Speaking
on Ihe movemenl which began beiore Ihe Tulsa. Oklahoma
in Selma The Idm records Ihe L rban League s annual Com-
.inlence commuted against munitv Development Seminar
Meet
4 Top
Ministers
Invited
The Shaw Divinity School
of Shaw University, Ral
eigh, will sponsor its second
annual Pastors' Conference
at Shaw University, March
17-19. The conference will
begin Monday. March 17,
at 7:30 p.m. and end
Wednesday. March 19. at
12:45 p.m. All sessions are
in the Shaw University
Church.
The theme of the conference
will be. "Ttie Changing Life
Style of the Black Church and
Pastor; In Biblical Preaching;
lhc,Pasloi‘s Self-Under-
standmg Relative lo Hts Kok.
Role." on Tuesday. March 18.
at ILLS a m. and'3.45 p.m.
Dr Melvin Watson, chair
man of Religion and Philoso
phy. Morehouse College. At
lanta. Ga.. and pastor. Liberty-
Baptist Church. Atlanta, will
deliver a single lecture
entitled, "The Changing Life
(Sec SHAW SETS
President Lyndon B Johnson
calling out troops to protect the
marchers. Dr King speaking
at a mass rally at the Alabama
capitol in .Montgomery, signing
of the Voting Rights Act. and
finallv black people registering
See REP YOUNG. P 2'
Block Grant Program
CIAA AAD MEAC TALKING UNION
BALTIMORE. Md. — The official program produced bv the committee
responsible for the promotion of the 4th annual M£aC Basketball
Tournament held here. Feb. 27-28. March 1. carried an announcement that
told of negotiations going on between the two black athletic conferences.
CIAA and MEAC. to perfect a program that would reflect a closer union
between the two.
The MEAC is composed of A&T State University. North Carolina Central
University. South Carolina State. Howard University. Morgan Slate
University, Delaware State and the University of Maryland on the
Eastern Shore. The CIAA. which has Johnson C. Smith University.
Livingstone College. Winston-Salem Stale University. Elizabeth City-
State University. St, Augustine’s College. Shaw- University. Favetteville
State University, St. Paul's College. Virginia State College, Hampton
Institute, Virgima Union University ana Norfolk State.
All of tne members of the MEAC. except South Carolina, were members
of the CIAA until about 5 years ago, when the receipts of the tournament
were evaluated and found that perhaps more money could be realized end
an opportunity could be given some of the teams to move up in the world
of big college sports. The decision left the CIAA with 13 members and the
fran^ise to play the CIAA Tournament in Greensboro, where it finally
was a financial success. The MEAC decided on Baltimore.
The 1974 tournaments were not the financial successes they had been
when there was only one black tournament. This sent the two conferences
itno some consultation. According lo the MEAC program, plans are in the
making to stage satellite tournaments in both conferences in February
1976 and stage a basketball extravaganza in Greensboro. March 1. 2 and
3. 1976. , .
The policy makers ot the MEAC are said to have oeen in agreement. John
H. OTeene, outgoing president, told The CAROLINIAN that he was quite
sure it would ^ okayed for such a gigantic show. The four top teams in
each conference would be the opponents. It was reported that it would be
necessary to get a waiver from the NCAA for any team selected to play in
its playoffs. Mr. Greene will relinquish the presidency to N. H. Butts,
North Carolina Central, when the executive committee meets in June.
last week. Ronald H Brown,
director of the National Urban
League's Washington Bureau,
expressed major reservations
about the workability of HUD s
new community development
block grant program
The Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974*.
which took effect on Jan i.
1975. consolidates (he old
(See WORKABILITY. P 2>
Appreciation
Feature Has
No Winners
There were no winners in last
week's CAROLINIAN Apprec
iation Money Feature, spon
sored by this newspaper and
participating merchants found
on the back page of the front
section each week Three lucky
persons could have won (he
total sum of SJu
Eacn weeK. mere are inree-
persons' names in as manv of
(See APPRECIATION P 2>
On Friday, Feb. 28. tenant
leaders in Raleigh and
Durham began discussions
with HUD official H. R.
Crawford. Assistant Secre
tary of Housing Manage
ment. Mr. Crawford over
sees the management of all
public housing and govern
ment-assisted rental pro
grams in the country. The
discussion was held in
Raleigh. Patrick H. Bryant,
leaiier of the Raleigh
Tenants Association, was
involved.
The Raleigh Tenants Assoc
iation and the Durham Tenants
Steering Committee, delivered
Mr Crawford a 7-page memo
that proposed solutions for the
following problems in Raleigh:
L Heat reductions in Walnut
Terrace. Chavis Heights and
Halifax Courts.
2. Need to create jobs for
tenants who are unemployed.
3. Rent increases in Raleigh
North. Milbank Court Apart
ments and Dover Apartments.
4 Need for repair of
construction defects at Shaw
Apartments.
5. Need for a HUD-funded
counseling and information
service for both Raleigh and
Durham to be operated by
tenants.
Concern was also voiced
concerning a gcant that
Raleigh Housing Authority
applied for to renovate Chavis
Heights. The grant was in the
amount of S23L000. Objection
(See HUD OFFICIAL. P. 2)
Hundreds
To Selma
Saturday
ATLANTA. Ga. — Hundreds
of people from the State of
Alabama and throushout the
South will converge on S^a,
Alabama on Saturday, March
B. to retrace the steps of the
fir^t Svlma-to-Montgomery
Ma*-ch for Voting Rights in
1965. the Voter Education
Project (VEP) announced.
The activities in ^Ima. Ala.,
on March 7 and 8. will
commemorate the lOth anni-
(See HUNDREDS TO. P, 2)
Officer
Identifies
Defendant
BUFFALO. N.Y. -
Prosecution witness Don
ald Melven has identified
Attica defendant John Hill
as the man who killed
Corrections' Officer Wil
liam Quinn with a ‘'2-by-4'’
during the 1971 prison
uprising.
Melven. also a correction
officer at Attica State Prison,
said he saw the man who hit
Quinn moments before he was
knocked unconscious himself
He then looked at Hill in the
courtroom and said:
"That's the man right
there."
The slate began presenting
prosecution witnesses after
State Supreme Court Justice
Gilbert H. King ruled out all
testimony about the state
police assault that ended the
/ prison rebellion with the loss of
43 lives.
The judge's ruling caused
defense attomev William M
(See FINGERS'. P 2)
AT LAST RITES hOR MUHAMMAD — Cblcvgo — Casket
containing the body of Elijah .Muhammad, tpirltual leader of the
Nation of Islam, belter known as the Black Muslims, is carried
from the Temple of Islam to hearse during funeral services, Feb.
28. An estimated 10,000 followers and friends attended services for
(he spiritual leader, who died Feb. 25 at age 77. (UPI)
What’s Ahead Now
For Black Muslims?
National Black News service
CHICAGO — The untimely-
death of Elijah Muhammad,
the 77-year-old leader of the
Black Muslims, is expected lo
spark debate about what will
become of (he separatist
religious sect.
At the helm of the group for
more than 40 years. Elijah
Muhammad, who was called
the "Messenger of Allah” by
his followers, brought hi's
organization from relative
obscurity to one of prominence
in the United States and
throughout the world.
woriQ.
Born Elijah Poole in Sand-
ersville. Ga., on Oct, 7. 1897.
Elijah Muhammad grew up on
a cotton farm, the son of a
sharecropper, before moving
to Detroit as a day laborer in
1923.
It was there that he met W
D, Fard. a door-to-door silks
salesman, who spoke of the
"lost found nation of Islam in
the wilderness of North
America." He founded the
Muslims in 1930.
Mr Poole became a follower
of Fard's Muslim practice and
changed his name to Elijah
Muhammad.
ThrougL hard work and
de-olion. Elijah Muhammad
teached a strict religious
discipline, called on his
followers lo attend mt*etings
three lime.s a week, pray five
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FINDS .MAN IN BED
Ms Ruth Fave McClam, I7
1022 Walnut Street, told Officer
B Clay-borne at 4 38 a m.
Sunday, that she was in her
bedroom asleep alone, and was
awakened by a black male,
whom, she said, was in the bed
with her. The young woman
declared that when she asked
who it was. “he jumped up and
ran out of the house, taking a
black and white television set
with him, valued at S279" She
was not injured in the
encounter
(See CRIME BEAT. P 3)
times daily, always faciiq^
east, eat only one time front a
diet that is jvork free, and
refrain from using drugs,
alcohol and tobacco
The male members are
distinguished by their always
neat appearance. generalU
characterized by their dark
suits, white shirts. l>ow ties and
close-cropped hair The women
wear floor length dresses and
headres.scs
Hailed as the new leader was
Wallace Muhammad, the 40-
year-old son of the late
Muhammad, tnit it will only be
tentative, according to pub-
'See .MUSLIMS. P 2'
Head Of
Body Asks
For Jobs
NEW YORK Dr David
Hyatt. pre.sidenl of the Nation
al Conference . ' Christians
and Jews, has wrhlen Presi
dent Geraltl Ford, expressing
M, t><»
"alarinioK U<. tha 4.
pt-rceiii of all black teenager.'
m this nation are unemploy
ed "
Dr Hyaii termed the
situation "iinconscionahle'
and urged Pre.sident Ford to.
take "immediate affirmative
action "
Th(‘ leader of the 47-year-old
national human relations or
ganization called upon Mr
Ford to utilize "all the
ingenuity at your disposal.'
and advocatt*d "some .sort oi
comprehensive employment
education program to take
care of immediate employ
ment needs, while also dev'e
loping skills to compete for
jobs over Ihe years."
He recalled the depression
and the Civilian Conservation
Corps, stating ".Since both ol
us are of the same generation,
we can readily recall the
massive efforts of the federal
government to alleviate suf
fenng The Ci'C in particular
served a noble and practical
purpose in those days."
Dr Hyatt said that the fact
that nearly 50 percent of the
young blacks "are and will be
unemployed " could result in a
dangerously unstable situat
ion, but "even more important
than the danger is the
inhumanity, indifference and
injustice of such treatment ot
our black youth '
"The entire nation is looking
to you for the moral leadership
and the kind of guidance in
which the powerful use their
(See HEAD OF, P 2'
GRKf.OKY JAILED .AGAIN
— Hashinglon ~ Six(y*(wo
persons were arrested March
1. when they refused to lease
the While House grounds
during a protest of United
Slates policies in Indochina
and what they called President
Ford's "shamnesly program."
\mong (hose arrested waa
comedian Dick Gregory,
shown prior (n entering the
White House grounds (I PI)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
TAYLOR'S M RSKRY, INC.
"For The Best In Landscaping. Supplies'
CHANCELLOR SAYS ‘SO LONG’ TO CHAMPION - Raleigh. N.C. - With a banner In the
background, proclaiming hit fant' admiration. North Carolina All-America David Thompson (K)
receivet a gratifying handihake from NCSU Chancellor John T. Caldwell, in ceremonies before
Thomt>ton began hit latt regular game with the team March 1. Thompson, who graduates this year,
scored 36 points in the game with UNC-Charlotte. w hich .NCSU won 103-80. Thompson's number. 41.
was retired by Ihe ichoot during the ceremonies. (UPD