ff orl(l\s Ativ’uion On Raleigh
r
t
Jurors Of
Race Are
Excused
V Ai Monday's session, the
^(irsi juror, a young white
waitress from Haleigh. was
chosen Ms ('ornelha Howell, a
20-yi'ar'old fragile looking girl
was chosen in an alT-day
session of processing prospec
tive Jurors
TueM}a>. as Judge Hamilton
H Hohgood prosioed over the
second day of the Inal, the
Second member of the jury was
selected Like Ms Howell. Ms
Jennie ixiu Lancaster, is a
while female She holds a
r\
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1)H (' A MAVWOOO
Raleigh
JSative
'Tapped
hr Charles A Haywood, a
Itiileigli native, has been
.mined assistant supennten
dent for iiHleral programs of
High roinl City Sc hools. High
Point
The .ippointment includes
re>|K>nMf>ilil> for de\elopmenl
.iiid implementation of a
eompreheiisne needs assess-
iiK'iit idenlitMiig and sleeking
ttiii Icder.il program> which
help to iiu'el (he educational
neeitv ot the High Point
(See DR HAYWOOD. P 2)
PsAACP To
Hear Lee
Here Sun.
Chapi'l Hill's mayor. Howard
Nathaniel Lee, will be the
E note speaker here Sunday
the Kaleigh-Apex branch of
National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
(See MAYOR TO P 2)
Selection Slow In Little Trial
BY RICK HIGH
The prfK'ess of selecting
the jurors for the trial of
Miss JoAnne Little moved
its (>oc<' id day Tuesday
as the slaU- and the defense
have agretni only on two
jury memljers. Miss Little
is on trial for her life on
charges of premeditated
l^murder in the death of a
jailer last August.
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOL 34 NO. 37
RAL£IGa N C . SATITIDAY. JUI.Y 19. 1975
SlNGl.E COPY 20c
ScENKS AT TRIAL SITF.. FOR MISS LITTLF^ Kairigh, N.C. — In photo at left, Jerry Paul,
attorney for Miss JoAnne Little, tries to wave away over-zealous supporters of his client as they
almost engulf the car that the defense team used to leave the Wake C ounty Courthouse In Monday.
Miss Little is on trial on ehargesof premeditated murder in the slaying of ciarenceAllegood. a white
Beaufort County Jailer, last Aug. 27. Center photo shows Russell McDonald, bodyguard for Miss
Little, right, as he yells for a crowd of about 300 supporters, to move out of the way .Monday as they
left the courthouse at the noon recess. The picture at right, taken Monday afternoon during a steady
downpour of rain, shows more of .Miss Little’s supporters as they march from Women's Prison on
Bragg Street to the courthouse on F'ayetteville Street. The case has drawn worldwide attention.
il'PI)
Fay(‘lt«n-illr Man SIttin
Batchelor t-i Arts degree from
Meredily (oHetse, here in
Raleigh The 25 year-old Ms
I.an< astei is a program super
visor with the Behavonal
Modifii'aluoi Center
Then' wi-re three blacks that
were excused after being
questioned
There was some "excilt
meni” during Tuesday's pro
ceedings Judge Hohgood told
the spectators of a bomb threat
that was received by telephone
and he also told the gallery that
f f would not i.-lear the court
u-r. time he heard a bomb
threat
' (See I ITTl.K TRIAL. P 2»
Body Locked In House
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Home ‘‘For White Boyw Oiilr*’
Race Barrier Doomeil?
★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★
Ah Internes In Raleigh Office
Morgan Appoints Blacks
Females
Working
For Sen.
Miss Adrienne Mitchell, a
political science major at
the University of North
Carolina at Chape) Hill,
started work in the Raleigh
office of Senator Robert
Morgan (D-N.C.I. as an
interne, on Monday, July
14
A native of Raleigh, Mias
Mitchell is (he daughter of
Raleigh attorney Samuel Mit
chell and Mrs Mitchell
As an intern, she will work
for SIX weeks until Aug 22.
afterwhich she plans to resume
her studies at (^apel Hill She
hopes to attend Law &hool
after completing her under
graduate work
Miss Mitchell has previously
worked in a law office and also
as a secretary with Wake
County Opportunities. Inc . in
the latter's Special Summer
Feeding Program
Miss Alexina Denise Cole
man, daughter of Mr and Mrs
Harold P Coleman. 701 Callo
way Drive, Raleigh, has
received an appointment to
work for six weeks this
summer in (he office of Senator
Robert Morgan iD-N C > in
Washington
A rising sophomore at the
University of North Carolina in
Says Man
Admitted
Killing
I
BY STAFF WRITER
FAYETTEVILLE -
Harry Forshee was found
dead Monday afternoon in
his house at 1922 Arm
strong Street. The 57-year-
old victim was shot at least
twice by a .22 caliber gun.
Willie Hurley of 1122
Henderson Avenue, is
being held for homicide by
the Fayetteville nolice.
AT ALL-NIGHT 'TOIL — Raleigh, N.C. — Ms. Anne McDonald Joins othfr supporters of JoAoae
MU.'Mt.u' I® •csndleltvhi Viylf miuMe ihe Wake Countv Courthouse In support of
. Jailer.
PRDl'D MOTHFIR — .Mrs. Mary H. .Staunton lieiti. an employee
in the I'.S. Labor Department's Office of the Solicitor, holds White
House news release announcing the appointment of her daughter.
Mrs. Patricia A. Davis (right), as a White House Fellow. Mrs.
Davis, one of only It Fellows selected from 2.307 applicants, will
also work in the Labor Department during her one-year
fellowship, starling in September. She is the only black and one of
two women among the 14 who won fellowships.
Parties Seeking To
Prove Will Invalid
(See SEN MORGAN
CARROLL COUNTY. Md -
According to legal circles,
another racial barrier in
America could bite the dust
when Carroll County Circuit
Judge Edward 0 Weanl. Jr .
decides, later this month,
whether a will, written in 1951.
setting up a "foster home for
Appreciation
Check Won By
Mrs. McDouffald
The Winner of week before
last's Appreciation Money
page was a lady and the only
one to do «o Mrs Mable
McDougal of Raleigh, saw her
name contained m Ihe ad block
of the Warehouse of Tires, an
establishment (hat sells Ures.
new or used
They are located on the
comer of Person and Davie
Streets, here in the Capitol
City
So. I advise you to read The
CAROLINIAN, and support
them that support you
Mrs McDougal resides at 505
Florence Street
SIGNti Ml LTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT — Denver —
David Thompson. forward from North Carolina otate. talks
with newsmen at a press conference. July 14. after It was
announi ed he had signed a multi-year-million dollar pact with the
Denver Nuggets of the ABA. Looking on is Larry Brown, the
Nugget's coach ilPli
i
white boys only." after the
death of the maker of said will,
should be brought in line with
desegregation or not
The case has caused lawyers
on both Bides, to go scurrying
of the canons of law m the area
of racial discrimination The
will is alleged to have been
made by one Raymond I.
Wilson, who died in 1954, in
which he left an estate of
1900.000 The terms of the will
set forth that there would be
established a Bowling B tak
Home for boys, an all-w.ute
foster home in Middleburg.
near (he Carroli-Fredenck
County line
The dispute centers on a
provision in Mr Richardson's
will that provided for a
corporation, (he Raymond I
Richardson Foundation, to run
a "charitable institution for
orphan boys, indigent boys and
other boys who may be in need
of (he assistance of this
foundation
Meanwhile, first in 1965 and
then in 1972, the foundation's
trustees sought the court s help
in gelling the will's racial
prohibition thrown out
•See IIARHIKR P 2'
Fayetteville police.
Officer Carl C Campbell.
Jr . responded to the ca 1,
made by the deceased man's
sister. Ms Emma Thames of
428 Deep Creek Road Officer
Campbell and an ambulance
team arrived at the scene to
find Ms Thames standing
outside, unable to get into the
locked house Looking through
the kitchen window, they saw
that Mr Forshee had been shot
and was lying in a pool of blood
on the floor The front screens
were cut and the front door was
forced to gam entry
Officer Campbell reported
that "after entering, we went
to the kitchen area where the
ambulance team checked and
found iF'orsheei deceased "
Ms Jackie Joyner of 2819
Ambros St . Sanford, was near
the scene when the shooting
took place She took Officer
Campbell to 1122 Henderson
Avenue, where they found
Willie Hurley and the cop read
him his legal rights
The police reported that
Hurley admitted to shootma
Forshee and prod* d a small
22 caliber revolv .'^ich will
be used as evio against
him
N. C. At Crossroads Of
Law Confrontations
KIDNAPED BLACK COLO
NEL RF:LF:ASF:D Drlrut —
Kidnaped L'.S. Army Col.
Krnetl K. Morgan was releas
ed July 12 at the home of
Premier Rethid Karami after
13 days in captivity. He w'as
released hours before Ihe
deadline set by the guerrillas
who kidnaped him and threat
ened to kill him unless food,
clothing and construction ma
terials were distributed to slum
dwellers in Beirut. (CPI)
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
The CAROLINIAN, in its
effort to get (he puLse beat of
persons across (he stale, as it
relates to brutality of law
enforcement officers, tern-
perments of judges and juries,
along with the increasing
population of "death row ".
conducti-d an extensive survev
last week
The survey showed that
much IS h«Mng said atiout the
JoAnne Little r.ise It
apparent that it will tx- a h'Htle
of lawyers as to the cnndiui t<‘
the Inal here in Rau'igh One of
Ihe badspf-clacies o' the Inal is
Ihe alleged high :'ost of
defending JoAnne It is allege<l
that more than IKMi.imni have
lM>en sp(>nt and (US.dtiO more
will be needed (n properU
defend her
The state also had its legal
staff bolstered by Ihe family of
the Siam white jailer John A.
Wilkinson. Washington practi
tioner. often found on the
defense side of murder cases is
said to have been hired f y e
family A Raleigh judge is
alleged to have b^n censured
for having had his say about
(.See AT rHO.S.SROADS. P 2)
Adultery
Is Fatal
For Man
I’oroN'oU. Dahomey —
Hre' uleiit Mathieu Kerekou
had ms Interior Minister shot
and killed after he walked into
Hie minister's home and found
him committing adultery with
the President's wife, according
Aniil TFRY 1.^, P 21
Medics Set
Convention
Mother^ Of
Rights Is
In Florida
Buried
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
ONF.-H(H It MAKTIMZIV,
For The Cleanest ('lothes In Town "
BALTIMORE. Md When
the minister said 'he last nte.s
that eommitled the body of Dr
Lillie M Jackson to its last
resting place Thursday after
noon. Julv Ml. he painted
earth slasi picture of what was
physical, of a little woman,
who did so much for equality of
opportunity for all people and
10 make Maryland Ihe true
"Free Slate "
She was born 86 years ago.
the 7th child of 8 to the late
Charles and Amanda Carroll
She graduated from the
Colored High and .Normal
School m 1909. considered me
best Maryland had to offer
blacks, at that lime
This IS said to have
motivated her in do ordinary
(See MDTHKH P 2»
NEW YORK. NY -
Determined to "be a continu
ing force in the molding of
health policy." black doctors
across the nation are preparing
to travel to Miami Beach and
attend the National Medical
Association's 8Uth annual con
vention and scientific assemb
ly. according to an announce
ment by Dr Vernal Cave,
president of (he 6.600 member
organization The meeting wiU
be held Aug 10-15
Dr Cave, a noted dermato
logist and author of numerous
scientific articles, is a director
of the New York City Health
and Hospitals Corporation and
chief of the .New York City
Bureau of Communicable Dis
eases
"The 1975 convention pro
mises to be siimulaiing,
productive and enjoyable anif I
would like to extend a warm
and hearty invitation (o all
members and (heir guests lu
Join us in Miami Beach for (his
occasion '
(See MEDICS SET. P 2i
PREPARF:s to fire — Fort Bragg — Cadet Allen W. Meadows
of St. Augustine's ColUge, prepares to fire bti Mil rifle daring
tactical training at Ft. Bragg's 1975 ROTC Advanced Camp. He U
one of 1.932 cadets attending the six-week leadership ccMtne. Cadet
Meadows is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Meadows of
Trenton. N.C. (L’.S. Army Photo by Jeff WUson).