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Indict Two Cops For Beating Boy
Was In
Front Of
Residence
(See TWO COPS. P
Ruling Of
High
h (]ourt
Is. Hailed
NEW YOHK - The U S
Supreme Court this week
upheld a Federal Court's
finding that the Boston public
schools were unconstitutional-
Iv segregated and an order for
the creation of an integration
plan by declining to review (he
decision. The court also
refused to disturb another
d^egregation plan for Kala
mazoo. Mich
A The NAACP hailed these
^actions as resounding reaffir
mations of faith in the 1954
Brown v. Board of Education
decision.
The Boston decision resulted
from an order by U S. District
Judge W. Arthur Garrity last
year for the school board to
provide desegregation plans
for the schools. But the school
board, which has been fighting
desegregation efforts for the
past decade, has opposed the
judge's order
Nevertheless, a limited de
segregation plan went into
effect last September over the
violent opposition of white
residents, particularly those
from South Boston. Last
Sunday. Judge Garrity issued
his final order that called for
the busing of 21,000 students
and divided Boston into 8
school districts.
The Supreme Court's stand
on the Kalamazoo school
desegregation case resulted
from efforts by the school
boi4Cl to rescind an integration
.plan that earlier had been
adopted by a previous board in
Y 1971.
(See HAILS COURT. P 2)
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WAS1IIN(VI’()N. D.C. -
Two St. Louis. Missouri.
C olice officers were indicted
V o federal grand jury last
Thursday on u charge of
beating a youth. 17. in front
of his home.
Deputy .Attorney General
Harold R Tyler. Jr ^aid the
indictment was returned in
U.S. District Court in St l.^uis
^gainst Jack E. Fleming and
M^wrence C. Hmton. both 28
The indictment said the
officers willfully struck and
K assaulted Robert S Kueter
violating hus constitutional
right not to be deprived of
iil^rty without due proee.ss of
law
The incident occurred July 2,
1974. when a member of
Rueter’s family tidephoned
police asking them to find out
where the youth had obtained
some wine he had drunk before
coming home
After Fleming and Hmton
allegedly beat Rueter with
their nightsticks, he underuenl
surgery for facial fracture.s
and received treatment for an
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eye injury
Rueter and the police
officers lu<‘ m St Ixiuis
Assistant Attorney General
J. Stanley Polli.igcr. head of
the Civil Rights Division, said
the maximum penalty upon
conviction (Title 18. U S Code
Section 2421 i.s one year in
prison and a Sl.OiK) fme
According to information
received, the place where the
youth got the intoxicating drink
could not be asceriamed
Authorities who investigated
the matter said the piT^ons in
his famiK who called for polu e
assistance were so upset o\er
the alleged bt*aling which he
received, that no further
attention was uiven to this
NAACP Mothers Here
ninl S.WDS ^1 \R( ii in IRI.ni'on — itnsinii — The ’‘National .March t>n Huston.” sponsored b>
llie \ \ \( l’. wiis held M.i\ IT, to eon)nienioi'.tie the 2ls| anni\ersur> of the I'.S. .Snprenie t'nurl's
ih-eision outlawing segri-g.ili-d sehools I'oliti- esliniated a crowd of between •> and 7 ihoiisand
iiiarcliers walked from tin- ^^■l^wa> area to Hie Hoston t'lMiiiiion. where hundreds more wailed to
hold a rally. I he march came c\acily one week after I S, District .lodge (iurril> issued his final
order for Hosloii sehoid desegieg.iliuii. tl Pit
Release
Ordered
By Judge
T.AKROKO — A white
iemale pruseculing witness
in a rape trial "just didn't
want to go through another
trial." staled District
Attorney Roy Holdford
.Monday, after agreeing to
reduct*d sentences for three
black men, once sentenced
to die in the state's gas
chamber after being con*
vicied of the capital crime
ot rape. The three men will
be f-'vd on Aug. 18. The
iitei’ itad contet.ded all
along that the victim had
suhmilUKi willingly.
Holdford continued, "It ap*
peared that the trial would
have lasted from 3 to 4 weeks
and she doesn't want to go
through with it again."
Sentenced on Dec. 3, 1973,
were James Lee Walston,
Vernon L. Brown and Bobby
Ray Himes, in the alleged rape
of Ms. Debbie Jo Tostoe, 21. on
Aug. 8 of that year.
However. Superior Court
Judge Herbert Small agreed to
(See RAPISTS’, P 2)
Dr. Cobb Says Court Rule
Chairman ‘Judicial Injustice’
Of Board
To Speak
Kelly M Alexander,
prusident, N.C. Slate Con
ference of the NAACP.
announced that the Fri*e*
doni Celebration of ".Mo
ther of the Year ' contest,
scheduled for the Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium at 3
p.m. Sunday, May 25. has
to .be the most successful
ever held.
He based this prediction on
the •fact (hat the need for
money had never been greater
and unless there was a
concerned effort realized, the
fight for freedom would suffer
In order to make the rally
effective, he secured Mrs.
Margaret Riish Wilson, the
first woman ever chosen to
head the national board of
directors, to be the keynote
MARINE KILLED IN SHIP'S RESCUE ^ Washington. D.C. speaker. Mrs. Wilson recently
Pentagon officials released the name of l.ance Corporal Ashton had a conference with Roy
Loney, 20. of Albany. N.Y.. as one of the 5 American servicemen Wilkins, executive director,
killed in (he Mayaguez rescue. He was the son of Mrs. E. J. Ixmey where she obtained first hand
of Albany, and Ruben Lonev of Trinidad. (I'Pl)
Public Is
Invited To
Hearing
New Project Houses
Low Income Families
The Raleigh City Charter
Review Commission will hold a
public hearing at 7;30 p.m.
Thursday. May 22. in the
Southern Room of Memorial
Auditorium.
Michael Boyd, chairman,
has asked citizens to make
recommendations related to
rewriting the City Charter.
"At the municipal level, the
City charter is probably the
single most imfwrtant docu
ment regarding government
and its function. Most of the
powers a city has to perform
has in order to perform the
needed functions, both for
day-to-day activity and long-
range planning, are der^^
from the powers that the State
grants to the city in its City
Charter." Boyd Mid.
•^0
The City of
Housing Authority has an
nounced plans to open an
Sd-unit project in the southside
of Raleigh by June 15.
"The original plan called for
more than the 80 units that are
now under construction." ac
cording to William W'illiams.
spokesman for the Housing
Authority.
"Our plans were Curtailed,
due to a study on noise
pollution in the southside
area," explained Williams
The actual cost of the units
were $1,893,054. for the modern
brick projects. The units will
house low-income families of
all races. "We hope to establish
a rent and race range. We have
had some white families to
express some desire to relocate
to the southside area." stated
Williams. "We have also heard
from some of the people who
were born and raised in the
BY RICK HIGH
Raleigh's neighborhood to express some
concern to move back to
southside
"It was very unfortunate
that we couldn't build as many
units as we had planned, but we
are working on a plan now to
build 42 additional units on the
lot where Burnett's Grill is
located." concluded Williams.
(See PROJECT. P. 2)
Eagles
Donate
To DHIC
information on the affairs of
the organization.
It is to be remember-'d that
the annual freedom fund rally
is the chief fund-raising project
of the state conference.
Mothers selected by their
respective branches come to
Raleigh and report the monies
raised during the year. The
contest attracts much attention
throughout the stale There are
two divisions of the contest -
big city and rural or small
towns. Winners in each division
are given all-expense trips to
the national convention
The rival in big city
competition has been between
Durham, Raleigh and Winston
Durham won thebig city crown
when it reported $4,500 00
Raleigh won in 1973 Durham
set out to better its 1974 record,
while Raleigh has said to have
played down fund-raising and
concentrated on memberships
this year. Winston-Salem is
'said to be the sleeper, while
Charlotte is playing it c(x>t
Charles McLean, field direc
tor, who is the coordinator for
the affair, says that reports are
that the mothers wilt report
more money than ever He
(See NAACP MOTHERS. P 2*
NEW YORK. NY- The
Commission for Racial Justice
of the United Church of Chrisl
uill continue to struggle in
behalf of justice for the Rev.
Ben Chavis and (he Wilmington
Nine." the Rev Dr Charles E
Cobb, executive director of the
agency, declared here Mon-
d;iy.
The North Carolina Supreme
Court, which lasi week
dismissed the appeal of the
group from their 1972 convie-
lion for arson and conspiracy
during racial disorders in
Wilmington, was guilly of
•judicial injustice." Ur (obb
charged.
He declared that the court
"never addressed the merits of
the case. The ruling was not
accompanied by an opinion,
merely a holding that no
substantial federal or stale
constitutional issue was pre
sented by the appeal
"The count's ruling is in
complete variance with the
arguments advanced in sup
port of (he appeal, each of
which, in the opinion of
counsel, presents a constitu
tional issue." Dr. Cobb said.
He said that counsel for the
defendants are now conferring
on their next move "and wilt
unquestionably appeal to a
United Stales court.
The Wilmington struggle
began in 1970. when the
all-black high school was
closed to integrate its students
into the two while high schools.
In 1971. .Mr Chavis, a field
organizer for the United
('hurch Commission for Racial
Justice, was called to Wil
mington to help black students
organize to express their
grievances against the Hoard
of Education Confrontations
betwirn while vigilante groups
and students led to violence In
1972. Mr Chavis. H black
youths and u while \^tim.m.
were convieted in Hurgaw.
<See REV COBH. I*
Presbyterians Eleet City
Woman To Assembly
Demos Set
District 4
Conference
CINCINNATI. Ohio Mrs
Lethia Y. Daniels of Raleigh.
Cape Fear Presbytery, has
been elected to the Assembly
Committee on Church Growth
at the 187(h General Assembly
of the United Presbyterian
Church in the U S A The
general assmebly. highest
.policy-making body of the 2 8
million member denomination,
is in session at the Convenliun
Center here.
The committee, made up of
45 members, is re .ponsible for
dealing with matters related to
the decline in the denomina
tion's membership, policies
and programs to facilitate
church growth, and how
members of congregation.s can
(See WOMAN IS. P 2i
The Downtown Housing
Improvement Corporation
(DHICi is among the signi
ficant programs derived from
citizen participation. This
housing corporation was form
ed by three of the 18
communities, namely, North
Central. South Central and Jiffa R
Central communities. It has « • •
Appreciation
Check Won By
been mcortv- ated by the State
of N ^ and has IRS Tax
exempt status The Board of
Directors consists of 18 persons
from a cross-section of the
Raleigh copimunity and is
chair^ by former Councilman
Alton Strickland
Frederick J Whitney is
executive director of the
corporation Lawrence Wray
was very instrumental in
getting the communities sbt up
and interested the above
named communities to initiate
this project.
The purpose of DHIC is
(See EAGLES GIVE. P 2>
Although, as usual, there
were three names listed on the
Appreciation Money Page last
week. Mrs. Bertha Willis. 529
Bragg Street, was the sole
claimant of a check in the
amount of $10
Mrs. Willis' name was listed
in the advertisement paid for
by Natural Health Foods. 8 E.
Hargett Street, where there
are 'hundreds of health foods
items to choose from"
You, too. may be the winner
of money in the CAROLIN
IAN'S Appreciation Money
Feature, s^nsored weekly by
(See APPRECIATION. P 2).
Democrats of the 4th
Congressional District have
been summoned to a meeting
Tuesday. May 27. for the
purpose of public review and
comment on thc>r proposed
plan for the selection of
delegates to the 1976 National
Democratic Cilonvention
The meeting, scheduled for 8
p m <it the Chatham County
Courilaai'-i’ in Pttl^l)<■^o. will
prnvidf .1 iitium for acquaint
ing Democrats of the District
with changes in delegate
selection procedures as man
dated by their national
committee and as affected by
the state presidential primary
"An understanding of these
procedures by all responsible
elements of the party is
particularly important as we
gear up for the '76 presidential
campaign." states chairman
James R Sugg "We hope all
elements will turn out for these
meetings, to assure that the
adopted plan accurately re
flects the consensus of (he full
spectrum of opinions, and is
fully understood by all "
Siigg states that whatever
the form of the delegate
selection plan as finally
adopted.It is sure to be
substantially different from
(See DEMOS SET. P 2»
TIIUKATKNS T(» DESTROY
COUNTRY — Nairobi — Pres.
Idi .Amin of Uganda, has
threatened to destruv neigh-
huring Tanzania if it prevented
him from becoming the next
leader of the Organization of
.\frican Unilv. according (n
official Radio Ugandi. (I Pi)
Rites Held
Here For
C. Robson
HUD Gives
Developer
Restrainer
Funeral services for Charles
Benjamin Robson. Sr . who
died last wiH.‘k, were conducted
on Wednesdav. May 14. at 3
p.m at the St Ambro.se
Episcopal Church The Rev.
Arthur J. Calloua.v. rector,
officiated. Burial was in
'See C RfJBSON. P 2.
WASHINGTON. D C - With
the consent of the developer, a
suspension order has been
issued by the U S Department
of Housing and Urban Deve
lopment against Youghiogheny
Mountain Lake, in Garrett
County, Md
The order suspending sales
on the property was announced
by John R. McDowell, acting
administrator for HUD's Office
of Interstate Land Sales
Registration (OILSRi
(..ast month. Mr McDowell
started administrative pro
ceedings against the develop-
Piney Mountain Corp.. of
(y
tOITON'H KUTE.: Thit (alum* *r
Italyrc K pradurrd In tbt public Inirrrul
nlih bn aim ie»ard» rllmlnatina lit
caalaau. Samfceut indivIduaU ha«(
rrquattrd that ibt}' be |l«rn the
(antldtralian ol otr(lDel.ln( ibfir luting
ad Ihr pallcr blotter Tbit «e oould llbc
la da. Haartrr. It It not our petlllan la be
judge ar jur; He mtrrij publlth i
Oakland. Md.. charging that •» ne llnd them repaned b» the
? Ta liA*n Aul At TttA
property was omitted in the • p®
» rt I r t-j ...i.u repartlttg bli Hndlngt «bl
OILSR.
A notice was sent to Edward
G Frazee. president of the
corporation, advising that
.See HUD GIVE.S P. 2J
lonT be In The Crime Seal
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
HEILIG-LEVINE OF RALEIGH
BANK BANDITS CAUGHT IN THE ACT New York — Trio of banditi Is caught in the act by
lurvcillanre cameras while rubbing a Bankers Trust Co. branch office in Manhattan here May 16. in
photo released bv the I- HI. .■\utimrlties said the robbers shot a woman teller in the arm and escaped
with $10,000. (I PI) I
"For The Ultimate In Fine Furniture
t
BEATEN AMJ ROBBED
Richad Earl LaFranchi,
white resident of 228 W.
Hargett Street, told "the law"
at 10:57 p.m Friday, that he
was the victim of a str. ig arm
robbery in front of the News
and Observer Building. 218 S.
McDowell Street. When Offic
ers Faulkner and Lassiter
arrived on the scene, Mr.
LaFranchi had already been
taken to Wake Memorial
Hospital by ambulance. The
man had been beaten and
robbed of his wullet.hesaid, by
four black males. Aflet further
investigation, a black male and
a black female were arrested
at the Teddy Bear Lounge, W.
Martin Street. LaFranchi
suffered a broken nose, lacera
tions of the face and left eai.
He said his wallet contained
$15. Jailed in connection with
the incident were Billy Ray
McCoy, 316 Love's Lane, and
Ms. Dorothy Newsome, 933
Peace Terrace (Halifax Court
ROCKEFELLER. BLACK LEADERS TALK — Washington — - .
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller talks with Rep. Charley sought
Rangel. D-\.V.. right, and Del. Walter Fauntroy, D-D.C., prior to. fw^bro^ers, whose last name
Rockefeller s addressing the Congressional Black Caucus Full
Emplovmriit Forum. Mu.v 20. (l'PI>
is Brown.
(See CRIME BEAT. P. 3)