THIS WEKK PRKSS RUN 9.360
Dormitory iiitniitifi Latest Inrident
1,
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Another Kittrell Landmark Passe
Boiler
Blamed
In Fire
KITTKKLL - Local
citizens and older members
of ttie African Methodist
Kpiscopal Church who have
watched Kittrell College
since the late teens, when it
was one of the bright spots
in private black education,
bemoan the fact that the
fire that destroyed historic
Hawkins Hall, W ednesday.
March 5. tended to further
impair the usefulness of the
church-related institution^
The fire was anolhe' episode
in the unfortunate happenings
that have attended it recently
It IS to be remembered that a
few years ago, fJuke l.ibrary.
transplanted from the campus
of Duke I’niversily in the 2(i's.
burned, along with many of the
books contained therein .Many
business records are said to
ha\e tieen burned setting off
one of the tangled busmes'
investigations that the FHI.
SHI and church officials have
faced
The Duke Library fire set up
rumors of arson The latest fire
IS .said to have tieen caused
when the boiler, located in the
basement of the building blew
up setting the building off Due
to (he fact that most of ihe
students were in the dining hall
eating, the building is said to
have Iieen practically consum
ed trf'fore It was known that
there was a fire
P’lremen who rusned to the
scene from all sections of
Vance County, reported that
swift winds aided in spreading
the flames The faimes are
rept.rted as having spread to
wooded areas around the
school and there was a time
that firemen lelt that ihev
See KITTKKLL P
Dlnvk And
Whitp To
Hold MppI
National Black New.s Service
SAI.ISBCKY, Rhode.sia -
Black and while Rhodesian
learlers will meet once again to
discuss the critical issue of a
new constitutional conference
that would bring some type of
political tranquility here
Karlier attempts failed to
produce any agreement to
meaningful or substantive
proposals
Now. It appears that South
Africa will play a dominant
role in helping to resolve the
Widening rill between black
and while Rhodesians
Reports have surfaced here
that South Africa's Foreign
Minister. Dr Hilgard .Muller,
had secret talks in Lusaka,
iiambia. with officials of
Zambia Tanzania and Bots
wana Black African countries
that have been in the forefront
of trying to get a settlement in
Rhodesia
It was also learned that
Muller also met with a delega
tion of the African National
Council - the only legally
recognized black group in
Rhodesia
Observers here believe that
there is a concerted effort on
the part of Rhodesia's neigh
bors to try to bring the two
parties to as close to an
agreement as is possible
Hut. both the while Rhodes
ian government of Ian .Smith
and the African National
Council remain firm in their
positions
The AN(' leadership, which
now includes such important
persons as Joshua Nkomo and
the Rev Ndabiningi Sithole.
who were released from long
detention in December to
participate in settlement talks
IS calling for an immediate
turnover to majority rule
Mr Smith, on Iheother hand,
has been employing dilatory
tactics to prevent such a
turnover
(See BLACK AND P 2i
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Ex-Boxer ‘Hurricane’ Carter
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Wants A New Murder Trial
THE CAROLINIAN
VOL 34 NO. 20
HELD IS W-VKAK-OLD .MtROKR - .Mineola. N.Y. —
Handcuffed to unidentified prisoner. Chauncey Travlck (L). 93. of
(•real Neck. L.I.. N Y-, sought in connection with a murder
committed in Chicago nearly 23 years ago, leaves Mineola County
Courthouse here following his arraignment on charges of being a
fugitive from Justice. March 7. Two Chicago detectives plodded
through 138 out-of-town telephone directories to track down
Travick. Chicago authorities then changed their minds and
decided not to eitradlte him. .Nassau police have now asked for
another court hearing. March 7, to seek a dismissal of the fugitive
warrant. 'IPli
\nrlh ('.nrolina'ii Leadinfi ff'eekiv
RAI r:GH, .N.C.. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 15. 1975 SINGLE COPY 2l3a
Man, 20. Jailed After Woman
RAPED, SLAIN
Public Urged To Attend
•k if -k -k
Social Services
DurhamNAACP Will Important
Session
Planned
Fete Dr. Boulware
l>rRHAM - The Durham
Branch of the NAACP. in its
effort to focus alienlion on the
contribution Dr C Elwood
Boulware has made to (he
city, the slate and the nation,
formed a committee of
loncerned citizens from all
walks of hie to plan a
testimonial, m recognition of
his >ervices The testimonial
will be held on April 18
He recently retired from the
faculty ol North f'arolina
( eniral University, where he
made an enviable record in the
field of mathematics He is a
prominent member of Conve
nant I'niled Presbyterian
Uhunh. where he has served
as a deacon tor a number of
.ears Hi-, influence as a
(hurihman is telt in the top
esi heiori ol the svnod and he
also holds a responsible
position m national Presbyter
ian affair'
Hjs busy educational sche
dule and his devotion to church
duties have projected into top
leadership governmental af-
US Women
Attorneys
Slate Meet
WASHINGTON. DC -
Discussions of the current
court case of Joann Little of
Washington. N.C . and the
Boston case of convicted E>r
Kdelin. will come under
discussion when the National
Association of Black Women
Attorneys convenes here for its
2nd annual conference. April
t-h
Indicating that the confer
ence theme will be "The Black
Woman Attorney Identity and
Involvement Update 1975."
NABWA founder. Wilhelmina
Jackson Rolark. the associa
tion's present president, has
announced that black women
m the pursuit of law activities
throughout the United States
have been invited to attend the
conference being held at the
Staller Hilton Hotel
"There are fewer than 600
black women attorneys in
the United States. ' Attorney
Rolark noted m her announce
ment "11 IS. therefore, the
determination of .NABWA to
identify with young black
women who are preparing to
enter the field of law " The
association has invited confer
ence participation of students
of law and paraprofessionais
A feature ol the Frid«>
through Sunday sessions, will
iSee ATTORNEYS P 2'
lairs He is perhaps the most
influential member of the
Durham City Council, due to
the fact his main thrust is the
interest of people His concern
over the plight of the poor has
earned him into every nook
and cranny of Durham and
even out into the county He is
perhaps more responsible for
the success of Committee on
Minority Affairs than anyone
else His ability to cope with
the knotI V problems of the poor
ha.s enabled him to gam the
respect of all of Durham
The NAACP. with the assist
ance of the Mathematics Club
■See DR BOULWARE P 2)
Tu'o-Fold
Drive At
Seminary
SALISBURY - Dr. Walter
Yates, dean, Hood Theological
Seminary, the capstone of
religious education, located on
the campus of Livingstone
College, here in Salisbury, told
the alumni of the seminary,
bishops, general officers and
laymen of the AME Zion
Church that the viability of the
senooi had to be broadened,
accreditation made a reality
and a wholesale recruitment of
students brought to fruition.
The upshot of the whole
matter is that he has instituted
a program to raise $300,000.00
whereby these things will be
done He is sure it will be done
and has enough faith in God
and people to know that it will
be done, he says.
He bases this belief on the
fact that the true tenets of the
Christian religion must be
brought into proper focus by
persons trained to teach and
minister to people. He points to
the fact that more than 77
people are now enrolled at the
seminary, in search of the
common truths about the
dissimination of the gospel of
Christ The financial drive is
expected to reach the ears of
funding agencies, philanthro
pists and average pMple. who
are concerned with making the
world belter by improving a
preaching and precept minis
try
Dean Yates says that hi&
program will not only include
persons of both sexes, but
persons of all races His
philosophy says that job of a
preaching ministry is not
embellish a heaven, nor so
much decring of hellish fire,
but to bring the world back to a
realization ol moral attributes
-See SEMINARY P 2-
.MAYOR ESCORTED FROM CHAMBER — Jackson. Mist — Fayette Mayor Charles Evers tLi
attempted to speak on Reapportionment in the Mississippi Senate, March S. and was escorted from
the chamber A short time later. Mayor Evers tried it again and was met jusi outside the senate
chamber and escroted by senate security officer S. L. Collins, the first black security officer
employed by the seoale In modern limes in. to Lt. Governor William Winter's office. In the
meeting. Evers and the Lt. (Governor agreed to a meeting with a senate committee. March 7. il'PD
Wake County Citizens will
have an opportunity on
Tuesday, .March 18. to help
decide what social services
should be provided by their
Social Services Depart-
menl-
A public hearing will be held
on that date at 7 30 p m . Room
700. Wake County ('ourthoui»e
Mrs Elizabeth B Cofieid.
chairman of the Wake County
Board of Social Services, says
that every citizen and organ
ization that is interested in
services to the disabled,
elderly, children and families
should attend this meeting
New federal legislation, en
acted by Congress and signed
by President Ford on Jan 4.
allows states far more freedom
m determining the kind« of
Asks Honor
For Wills Of
Watergate
National Black News Service
BALTIMORE. Md - Con
gressman Parren J. Mitchell.
D-Md., is sponsoring a resolu
tion in the House of Represent
atives in honor of Frank Wills,
the 26-year-old security guard
who discovered and reported
the initial Watergate break-in
on June 17, 1972.
Speaking at a program in
honor of Wills. Mitchell said:
“It is indeed disheartening to
note that no sense of national
appreciation has. as yet. been
expressed for Frank Wills’
efforts.
“Had it not been for this alert
and responsible youiig man. it
is questionable whe'her or not
our government would be
intact today as the Democracy
it was planned to be." Mitchell
said
The black Maryland law
maker said he has asked other
members to join him in
sponsoring a resolution stating
that it is the sense of the
Congress that tli sincerest
thanks and appreciation be
expressed to Mr Frank Wills
on behalf of all the people of the
United States of America, and
<2' every effort be made to
assist him in obtaining gainful
employment in a position
commensurate with his past
See ASKS HONOR. P 2i
Ordination
Services
Conducted
Ordination services were
recently held lor the Rev
Aldine Horton. Raleigh The
Ke\ U R Trotter of the Good
Hope Baptist Church, who as
III charge ol the services,
presented the ordination ad
dress The ceremony was well
planned and the pastor. Rev
Trotter presented the congre
gation with an inspiring and
soul-stirnng message, which
ua> a guiding light for all who
heard it
The tamily ol Rev A Horton
was present and many won
derful remarks were expressed
hy Mrs Horton Rev Horton s
mother She lelt that Rev
Horton had chosen (he right
path and wanted the church to
continue to pray for his
success
Other ministers who were
present and took part in the
services were Revs Leotha
Sei- ORDINATION P 2
Hearing
Bleeding
Fatal To
Female
JOHN B KU.SSWURM
Black PressF ounders
Split On Solutions'?
BY ROLAND E. WOLSELEY
Editor's Note: The writer is
professor-emeritus of J<>umal-
•%vn aLfiyrgeuse University and
• \ I of “The Black Press
U .b A.,''published It is
the first general study of this
press in 50 years.
SYRACUSE. N.Y. - The
observance of “Black Press
Week," March 10-16, in a half a
dozen cities across the country
recalls the split which develop
ed between John B. Russwurm
and the Rev. Samuel E.
Cornish, founders of "Free
dom’s Journal." the first black
newspaper in the United
States
Russwurm of Jamaica, who
was graduated from ^wdoin
in 1826 as the second black
college graduate in the U.S.,
gave up or a solution to slavery
and the race problem here in
America in 1829 and instead,
looked toward Liberia. West
Africa, for an answer
Cornish, founder of the first
black Presbyterian Church in
the country, believed that
solutions to slavery and racism
could be found in America. He
split with Russwurm over the
issue within a few months, left
the paper, and devoted himself
to hi.s church.
In March. 1829. almost 2
years to the dale of its founding
on March 16, Russwurm
discontinued “Freedom's
Journal.' joined the American
Colonization .Society, and left
for Liberia There he revived
"The Liberia Herald. " became
supervisor of schools, and
married Sarah McGill, daugh
ter of a colonial officer
But the Herald ran into
difficulties when Russwurm
protested the appointment of
whites to rule the colony. This
led to his dismissal He left
Monrovia and moved to
nearby Maryland Colony of
which he became governor, a
post he held until his death at 52
m 1851
Cornish, who was born free
in Delaware in 1796 and
received his education at
Princeton University, went
back to the newspaper in May
1829. shortly after Russwurm
left, changed its name to "The
Rights Of All." and continued it
until 1830
l^ier he edited "The Advo
cate' for Phillip Bell in 1637
Its name was changed to
"Colored American " after one
or two issues
The National Newspaper
Publishers Association and the
Association for the Study of
Afro-American Life and His
tory plan to memorialize the
site where "Freedom s journ
al' stod at 5 Varick St . New
York City. A plaque is to be
placed there later.
The ceremtMiy marking the
site will be part of Black ^ess
Week observance. Other ob
servances will be held in
Washington, Atlanta. Indiana
polis, Houston and San Fran
cisco.
Since the days of Com-sh and
Russwurm, nearly 15(i years
ago, more than 3,000 black
newspaMrs have come and
gone, but more than 200
successful ones are now being
published in more than 80 cities
of 38 slntex
WILL PICKET IN PROTEST
— Chicago — The Rev. Jesse
Jackson says his civil rights
group will picket the National
Invitational Tournament in
New York next week to protest
exclusion of basketball teams
from black colleges. (UPD
Appreciation
Check Won By
Richard Powell
There was only one winner in
last week's CAROLINIAN
Appreciation Money Feature,
sponsored by this newspaper
and participating merchants,
found each week on the back
page of the first section
Richard W. Powell. 504
Calloway Drive in Rochester
Heights, saw his name in the
advertising sp>ace paid for by
Apex Distributors. Highway
401 South, specializing in sports
wear, appliances, furniture,
diamonds, silverware and
other useful household items.
Mr Powell was awarded a
check in the amount of lio
There were two other names
on that page Check the back
page of the front section this
week Your name might be
there
CARTHAUE - A
20-ycar'old black man is
being held without bond in
the Moore County Jail after
his arrest here early
Saturday in the rape and
brutal murder of a
6K-ye.>r-old woman, also
black, rhe woman bled to
death from her sexual
organs according to the
secretary to the sheriff, in a
telephone conversation
early Wednesday of this
week.
According to police officials
here. Tommy Mitchell Cagle,
of Southern Pines, is being held
in the ravishing and slaying of
Mrs. Blanche Ritter, who was
allegedly abducted as she
walked along an approximate
one mile stretch toward her
home after visiting relatives in
the area. Mrs. Ritter resided in
West End. also located in
Moore County.
(’.ounty Sheriff C. G. Wim
berly said Cagle was appre
hended shortly before dawn in
the Zion Grove community. A
preliminary hearing is sche
duled for him on Tuesday,
March 20. in Moore District
Court
(See RAPED. SLAIN. P. 2)
Unveiling
Of Corbett
Bust Set
GREENSBORO - Ellis F
Corbett, late public relations
director at A&T State Univer
sity and national fraternal
leader, will be memorialized
with a permanent bust of
Corbett to be dedicated on the
A&T campus March 23.
A number of national figures
are expected to be on hand for
the 2-day memorial celebra
tion, beginning with a memor
ial banquet March 22. at 7:30
p m. in the new student dining
center at A&T
The events are being
sponsored by the Tau Omega
and Mu Psi chapters of Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, the
national organization Corbett
headed shortly before his death
in 1971
The unveiling of the bust of
Corbett will take place Sunday
at l:30p-m.on the fraternity's
plot in the rear of the
university's administration
iSee UNVEILING. P 2i
Evidence
Refusal
Alleged
NEW YORK - Attorneys
for former midtileweignt
boxer Rubin {Hurricane)
Carter have accused the
judge who sentenced him
for murder with refusing to
examine vital evidence
which they contend would
uj)set his 1967 convictioiL..
Carter, 37. and John Artis,
are seeking a new trial based
upon statements by two prose
cution witnesses that they lied
when they testified in the trial
which resulted in the convic
tion of the pair (or a triple
murder in Paterson. N.J.
Attorneys Myron Reldock
and l.ewis Steel said Judge
Samuel A l.,arner of the New
Jersey Superior Court had
prevented them from examin
ing suppressed police records
and had t-'x’ked their efforts to
call fui T witnesses at the
retrial hearing.
The two criminal-trial attor
neys were retained by Carter
and Artis after they dismissed
their public defender l ounsels
following an earlier unsuoi-ess-
ful retrial hearing in Decem
ber Judge turner rejected a
motion for retrial at that
hearing, saying the recanta
tions lacked the "ring of
truth "
Judge Lamer heard the
motions for retrial since he
presided over the original trial
which resulted in Carter and
Artis being sentenced to life
imprisonment
The defense attorneys said
they will appeal and. if
necessary, take the case to me
federal courts on constitutional
grounds
"Especially m this kind of
case, where life sentences are
involved, the serious issues
that have been raised should
have been fullv explored rather
than avoided by technicali
ties," the defense lawyers said
Conviction
Of Matthew
Overturned
National Black News Service
NEW YORK - An appeals
court has unanimously over
turned the conviction of Dr.
Thomas .Matthew, head of the
NEGRO self-help organization,
who had been charged with
misappropriating Medicaid
funds from Inlerfaith Hospital
in Queens, Long Island, which
he operated.
The Brooklyn, Appellate
Division held that "There is not
one fragment of testimonial or
documentary evidence to .sug
gest that the defendant acted
with larcenou-s intent."
Dr. Matthew. 50. a neurosur
geon and founcler of the black
self-help organization • Nation
al Economic Growth and
ReconstrU’ ion Organization -
was convj ted in 1973 on 71
counts of grand larceny and
was sentenced on [>ec. 26. the
same year to 3 years in prison
by the Queens Supreme Court.
In dismissing Di. Matthew’s
conviction, the five-man appel
late panel noted that "the
defendant’s motion to dismiss
should have been granted at
the close of the people's case."
The panel said further that if
the indictment against Matt
hew was not dismissed, a new
trial would have bt-en granted
"because of substantial defects
in the charge to the jury” by
Supreme Court Justice Thom
as Agresia
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
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"hor me oe-si in .*iercnaitu»«:
MAN FIRED. SHOOTS iwo WOMEN — Miami — Miami police
hold John L. Wllilams. 27, after his arrest March 7. He was
accused in the shooting of two women hospital administrators
after he was fired as a maintenance man. (UPD