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Drivins On Intersinip HifihivaY Ky 4 9,715 Shoots At Black Motorist; Jailed ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Congres»«ional Black Caucus ★ ★ ★ ★ Supports Voting Extension 10-Year Passage Is Urged y WASHINCiTON. I) ( The Congressional Black Caucus last week announc- V ^ it.s unanimous support for a bill which would extend the Voting Rights Act for an additional 10 years and expand its coverage to include manv Spanisn-speaking and other minority persons. The bill. H.R. 6219. was reported out of the House Civil and Constitutional Rights Sub committee of the .)udiciar> Committee Representative Barbara Jordan (D-Tex a ,>ponsor. along with Congressmen Her man Badillo »!) N Y • and ^ward Roybal iDCahf < of an early proposal to extend the Act and expand it to lover other minorities, called the subcommittee's bill a "sound and necessary measure to protect the most fundamental of our democratic rights for all Americans We feel," she .^atd "that this bill is carefully drawn to protect black voting rights while bringing under its umbrella other minoniv ^ groups who face similar v-{>ting problems In its legislative agenda made public earlier this year, the Congressional Black ('au cus called for the lo year extension of the Voting rights (See KXTRNSHlN- »’ 2> Help Of ACTION Is Backed \oi. yorth Carolina’s Leading Weekly 11 so 2>' H.’M.KKiH. S C , WEEK ENDI.SG SATCKD.AV. MAS l(j. ly:;, SINGLE COPY 20.;. ★ ★ ★ ★ Wife Allegedly Con fesses ir ir ir ir Annual N. C. Sessions End ★ ★ ★ ★ Elks^ Convention Success Says She Disposed Of Pistol WASHINGTON. DC - ACTION, the federal agency for volunteer service, has had a significant impact on Prich ard. Ala., and saved it millions of dollars, says Mayor A J Cooper, president of the Southern Conference of Black Mayors. Towns and cities throughout the country have turned to ACTION for technical know-how and volunteer sup port. he told the Subcommittee ion Equal Opportunities l^omponent of the House Committee on Education and Although the Wake County Labor Black Democratic Caucus has ACTION, the subject of the not completed the plans for its subcommittee's recent over sight hearings, fields 160,000 volunteers in 10 full and part-time programs, both at home and overseas Domestic prMrams include Volunteers In Service To America < VIS TA), the Foster Grandparen' Program and the Retiree Senior Volunteer Program, among others ACTION also administers the Peace Corps, which serves in 68 developing nations around the world Mayor Cooper came to ., testify because voluntarism is by Mayor Clarence E Lightner a topic which he is "both to the city's Committee for familiar with and vitally Services to the Handicapped interested in. ’ he told the subcommittee He urged full Congressional support and additional funding for ACTION programs Cooper's own volunteer service began as a student DURHAM — According to information said to have been given arresting offic ers by Mrs. Stella Louise Steele, 29. she alleged that she threw the German made .22-caliber pistol away, after she shot and kill^ her husband Sunday afternoon, at their home. 128 Omega Road. There is an old saying that a person was locked in jail and that the troler threw the key ^ ^••vwever, Mrs. Steele .6id'..Alters ll.at she threw AT W AKE REGISTRATION DRIVE — The Wake Ce«aty Black Democratic Caucus sponsored a the gun away after she voter registration campaign recently at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Id Wendell to encourage admitted shooting him The more blacks to get on the voting rolls. Sealed, left to right, are; Mrs. Mary Winston, registrar; investigation is said to have ( harlle Winston. Bobble Winston and Janett Perry. SUndlng. from letl: James E. Cofleld. Wake’s revealed that she shot her voter registration chairman; John Bobbitt. John H. Winston. Lavonnie Perry. Ora Webb. .Mary husband. Garence. 30. after \ MOTMKH IS t Miami. Fla. - Barbara Smith. ;!0. is assisted hv an official as she and rescue workers peer down a iri'iu-h dug ni’Nl to the well holding her son. Michael. 2. Seconds later, he was frei'd froni the cistern, which had held him for 1'.- hours. and then flown to a hospital, lie fell in earlier. May while his mother was picking pule beans. il'Pli St. Aug.’s Launches Campaign Harry Clark, vice president of the Peden Steel Company of Raleigh. Karl Hudson. Jr . execuhve vice president of the Hudson-Helk Stores of Raleigh. William Joslin. Raleigh attor ney and Daniel Shelburne, senior vice president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of Raleigh, have been selected as Raleigh-Dur ham Area Captains for SI. Augustine's t'ollege Si.inni.ihki fund-raising campaign for the ^••dCOf’s'ruclion of a new music ITIS* fjOCKlIariand fine arts building In making the announce- Violation Of Rights Charged GREENVILLE. Ala. - A Greenville. Alabama, man was arrested last Thursday on a federal indictment charging him with firing a pistol at a black man as he drove along an interstate highway, north of Green- vine. Attorney General Edward H. Un i said a federal grand jury returned the indictment a- gainst (Henn Giddens. 38. in V S District Court in Montgo mery. Alabama, on April 23 With Giddens' arrest, the mdu'imoni was unsealed. The indictment said Giddens willfully intimidated and inter fered with l-esler C Humph rey, 4‘). publisher of the Tuskegee Times, because of Humphrey s race and color and tHwause ho was using an inlerstale highway. The incident occurred July 21. 197-1. when Giddens. who is white, allegedly fired a pistol ;it Humphrey s car as they were driving in separate cars on Inlerstale Highway 65 The maximum penalty upon conviction Title IH. US Code Section 24D(bH2MEM is one year in prison and a $l.(K)0 fine iSw MAN SHOOTS. P 2» MRS NOHA E LOCKHART Perry and Christine Winston. Many persons registered to vote in the upcoming elections. Wake’s Voter Registration Drive Gears Campaigns far-reaching voter registration campaign, a small demonstra tion triaf was held Sunday. April 27 The occasion was the annual Woman's Day event at Wen dell's Pleasant Grove Baptist Church This affair, which featured a highly inspiring. rmi ipiritual address by Wake f /’I f-rF*/¥l¥f¥ County Commissioner Eliza- f beth B. Cofield, was a decided successful occasion in many 3 7Named I By Mayor Thirty-seven Raleigh citi zens recently were appointed bringing the total committee to 50. including ex-officio mem bers .Mrs Betty Cranor. chair man. said the group will be primarily an advocacy com mittee concerned with 5 broad See 37 NAMED. P 2» ways. James E. Cofield. voter registration chairman, upon the invitation of Mrs. Mary Perry, co-chairman of the Woman's Day celebration, set up a registration table on the lawn of the church. Cofield and his registration aides, rounded up unregistered persons so that Mrs. Mary Winston, the registrar for precinct 25. could legally register them The response was significantly greater than anticipated Cofield expressed pleasure for the successful results of the trial venture. Commenting further. Cofield said that although a great deal of planning has already been done to insure the uneventual success of the voter registra tion campaign, he realized there were still many flaws in the campaign structure and he welcom^ this opportunity that gave him some ideas of some details still needing attention Although the Wake County iStt WAKE'S VOTER. P 2> Senator Robert Morgan Holds Press Conference Junior United States Senator Robert Morgan, former state attorney general of North Carolina, held a press confer ence last Friday morni.ig in the Federal Courtroom of me old Post Office Building on Fayetteville Street, beginning at 10 30 3 m The mam purpose for the conference, stated Senator Morgan, was to inform the public that. "We still owe slightly more than $90,000 In the campaign from last year. We are planning fund-raising dinners, the first of which will be held here this month Then w hen the bills are paid we will be able to get dow n to govern ment business more serious ly " ' He also spoke of the Close-L'p Foundation, which for the first lime. IS helping North Carolina BY STAFF WRITER students and teachers gel first-hand information on how govemment is run in Washing ton "There are more than 200 students in Washington this week. " Morgan declared "Many of them are from this state" A presentation was made to the Senator by Ralph Wilker- son. of a shawl and handerchief repotedly worn by Mrs Abraham Lincoln on the night of the assassination of her husband at the Ford Theatre They will be presented to the Capitol Historical Societv b> Morgan as a gift from the stale Senator Morgan said he had voted for a reduction in the budget "I think in legislative sessions, vou have to get the '.See SEN MORGAN. P 2> ASHE GETS SOLlD-GOl.l) TENNIS BALI. — Dallas — Arthur Ashe displays the solid-gold tennis ball he received for being the lop scorer In the World Championship Tennis 1975 tour. Worth some 133.333, (be gold ball weighs some 190 ounces. Ashe will compete against the other sev rn top W CT play ers this week In the finals. (I'PD Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK \ "For The Best In Reasonably-Priced Furniture " (hey were involved in a family -uarrel She is said to have not 3ld where she threw the gun. Examination of the body >howed that Mr. Steele died from one shot that entered the right side of his chest. First aid attempts were made by both the police and ambulance personnel, without much re sults He was taken to Duke Hospital, where he died shortly after arriving (See KILLS HUBBY. P 2i Sessions Held In Forsyth WINSTON-SALEM The 1975 annual session of the North Carolina Slate Associa tion of the Improved Benevo lent Protective Order of Elks of the World, closed here Wed nesday. May 7. after what was termed the best ever held Lem Long. Jr . Charlotte mortican. who heads the organization, set forth many goals for (he 1975-76 year Much emphasis was placed on education, health and civil liberties It is to be remember ed (hat the organization maintains one of the most productive educational pro grams. for worthy and under privileged students in (he nation The health program, headed by Dr J E Jones. Elizabeth City, conducts a clinic at (he (See N C ELKS. P 2) Appreciation Check Won By Ms. B. Faulk Ms Betiv Faulk, formerly of 1.M4 Raleigh Boulevard spot ted her name in the advertise ment paid for by Heilig-Lev me Furniture corner of E Hargett and S Wilmington Streets, last weekend She came to the office of The C.XKDLIM.AN, identified herself and claimed the$10check as the sole winner of The CARDLIMAN > Appre ciation Money Feature, also Sponsored by participating nuTchanis. listen each week on the back page ot the front sec'um of the pap«-r Two other names were listed in slots, paid for bv the merchants, but Ms Faufk was the only one to claim her winnings Will Attend 2 Seminars Mrs. Nora Evans Lockhart. 115 S. Tarboro Rd . Raleigh, has been elected by the National Board of Church Women United to attend two seminars to study. "The Challenge of International Women’s Year to Church Women United." Seventy-five women repre senting each of the 5() states and several foreign countries, will spend May 5-6 in .New York City at the Church Center of the United Nations and May 7-9 on Capitol Hill in Washington. D tf Mrs Lockhart serves as chairperson of the Slate Legislative Affairs Program for the women in North Carolina. The women of St John's Methodist Church. Raleigh, have invited Mrs l.«ockharl to share her experiences with them on Sunday. .May 18. at 6 pm as a feature of (heir Wiiman's Day celehration Mrs Lucilh- .\ Jones is cli.iii'iMTson tor the celebration at M John" Church Priorities Are Shaken: V.Jordan GREENSBORO — Vernon L Jordan, executive director of (he National Urban League. Sunday said America must engage in a "reordering of national priorities ' We must engage in an agonizing reappraisal of our domestic policy to get us out of this depression." Jordan (old a record l ltM) A4T Stale Univer ’S<e V JDHDAV P ment. Dick Helmold and Joe Sansom. the campaign co- chairmen. stated that each of the captains had now complet ed the recruitment of workers for (heir teams, with assign ment of prospects now being made Shelburne has been assigned the responsibility for seeking the support of the financial institutions of the area Working with him are: Earl Bardin, senior vice president of the First Union National Bank of Raleigh. Fred Coe. Jr , president of Burroughs-Well- come t'ompany. Research Triangle Park. James Grady, president of the Capital National Hank of Raleigh. Sehy Jones, chairman of the 'See ST AUtl S, 2i Complaints Filed On 26 Suburbs WASHINGTtiN Dt Alleging that approval of bliK-k grant applications submitted by 26 Detroit area suburban municipalities would constitute a gross violation of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. the National Cnmmittei* Against Discrimin ation in Housing. Inc <NCDH‘. acting as counsel for the Coalition of Block Grant Compliance of Detroit. Michi gan. last week filed a formal administrative complaint with the Secretary of the Depart ment of Housing and Urban DiwelopmenI 'HID' The complaint arose from an evaluation of the individual applications conducted by the coalition, formed last .Novem- Iht to insure compliance with housing and civil rights 'See SUBURBS P 2> MAYDK tIATCHEK RE- EI.KtTED - tiarv. Ind. - Richard tinrdon Hatcher. Indiana’s first black mayor, was re-rlectrd to another 2-year term Tuesday. May «. lie defeated Dozier .Allen, alio a black. In the (iary Democra tic primary. Allen is a former ally of .\layur Italehrr. lUPli. Atlanta’s Tensions Mounting National Hluek .News .Service ATLANTA Mounting ten sion fk-tween while and black Atlantans could develop into an extremely dangerous situation The minority while popula tion IS intensifying its oliiection to the city's iirsl black public safidycommissr.ner. Reginald Eaves, who was appointed by the city's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson But the blacks are also on the odensive A coalition of communilv groups threatened -Sik- ATLANTA’S. P 2i Tempers Erupt At Merge Vote BY KIt'K HIGH The Wake County School Board of Education met here Monday at the Wake County School System's headquarters on Noble Road A standing room only crowd watched as the board met to discuss, along with a host of other topics, the Dossibiltly of a «Si*e MERGER. P 2i IN THE M \KE DE .\ TORN ADD — Dni.iiia — The Wentworth apartment complex on Omaha’s soulhwevi side, suffered exlenhive damane, Ma> I, when at least one deadly tornado and perhaps more, (ore into metropolitan Omaha, killing at least three persons and eilensively damaging 200 homes. ilPli
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