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Expect 1,100 At 18th Quadrennial
Governor James [{olshou*
ser, Jr., in setting up a N.C.
Office of Minority Husiness
Enterprise, made it very
clear, at his Monday press
conference, that this was
not another welfare nor a
giveaway pro^am. He said
the establisning of the
office was another of his
efforts to help all citizens of
the
He alluded to the fact that
jjpany members of minority
races, uho had the desire to go
into business, were often
^vpped before they got started.
v> being given the wrong
advice He made it imdersiond
that this eforl was an attempt
to "lock the stable tiefore the
horse got out " He said many
businesses had failed due to the
lack of proper counsel and
advice
He began by saying ' Kor
two and v half years, we have
worked hard toward the goal of
providing oppotiuniles for all
the people of North Carolina to
improve their income and their
standard of living
“We have consciously work
ed to help Uh communities
attract quality industry to
those areas of North Carolina
where good jobs are needed the ^
most We have worked hard to
provide more opportunity for
North Carolinians to improve
their skills through a varietv of
(See KNTKKPufSE. P 2i
THE 0AmUNlAN
VOL 34 NO. 38
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N.C.. SATURDAY. JULY 26. 1975
Raleigh Woman's
Sessions
Mrs. Rice
Will Lead
Delegates
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Third Convention Looms As
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PITTSBURGH. Pa. -
Mrs. Willa Mae Rice,
general president. Wo* . .*
man's Home and ForeiCT
Missionary Society, AME
Zion Church, says that the
more than 1.100 delegates
that will attend the 18th ’
quadrennial session of the PLUNGING TO DEATHS - Boston. Mass. — M*. Diana Bryant
organization have booked I9. and her 2-year-old godchild, Tlare Jones, plunge to their death
the Biltmore Hotel out and *helr 5lh floor balcony that collapsed July 22. while they wer
ro^prvfliion** are now heini? wailing to be re.scued when a fire swept their Back Bay apartnoenl
reservations are jhry missed, by seconds, brmg rescued, as firemen raised thel
ladder to rescue them. A fireman on the scene with them, clung t
the rescue ladder and was rescued. (CPU
JacksonTellsPUSWsPlans
Holloway
Thousands
Expected
Pythians In ‘Philly’
lename
Officers
aV J B HAKRKN
ASHEVILL - The 96lh
annual Grand Lodge conven
tion of the Knights of Pythias of
North Carolina Jurisdiction,
and the seth annual setting of
the Court of Calanthe convened
here at Holidav Inn. West
Asheville. July 14-16. as guests
ol the Acme laodge No 24 and
Blue Uidge Te.nplo .No 621
Sir w J Burton is
Chancellor Commander of the
host Pythians and Mrs
Virginia Nesbitt is Worthy-
Counsellor of the loi'al court
Lonnie K lieynolds. retired
Greensboro business and fra
ternal leader, is Grand
Chancellor of the Tarheel
Pythians. working coopera
tively with Mrs Clara W
Nesby of Winston-Salem.
(>and Worthy Counsellor of
i^l^Calantheans Both leaders
wore reelected following their
EAiual messages to the
i^mbined session
Following memorial services
for the deceased members, it
was revealed that a decline in
membership necessitated the
putting on of a special
membership effort, asking
every member to gel at least
one new member during the
next final year
A highlight of the grand
lodge convention was the
Princess Revue in the form of a
fashion show participated in.
principally, by Asheville and
Greensboro delegates with
white and black models
W. Edgar Gay of Goldsboro
and Hockv Mount, a member of
(See NC PYTHIANS. P 2)
Parents And
Pupils Sue
School Bd.
Vfly-six students and 22
parents are listed as plaintiffs
in a class action suit filed on
y^June 15 in the U S. Eastern
District Court in Raleigh The
suit charges the Wake County
public school system with
racial discrimination
(See SUE SCHOOL. P 2)
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. -
More than 1.000 of the
nation's leading black edu
cators, religious leaders and
government officials will be
attending the third annual
national convention of
PUSH.
The event will be held in
Philadelphia. August 6-9. 1975.
More than 40.000 people,
trom throughout the U S., are
expected to be in attendance
.Among the educators will be
presidents and deans of many
<ii the collcge.s and graduate
si Pools serving minority
peoples, according tu Rev
erend Jesse Jackson, national
director of PUSH
A nuH'ling will be held on
opi-ning day to discuss "Fi
nancial Stability of Black
Educational Institutions."
Business and community
leaders will join with the
educators in the discussion.
Reverend Charles Walker,
president of the Philadelphia
PUSH chapter, said
PUSH stands for People
United to Save Humanity It is
an inter-faith religious-based
(See REV JACKSON. P. 21
Sen. Brooke
To Address
NUL Mon.
NEW YORK. N Y -The first
black Senator since Recon
struction. a former president
ial candidate and the newly
appointed Chairman of the
Equal Employment Opportun
ity Commission will be among
the principal speakers at the
6Sth Annual Conference of the
National Urban League in
Atlanta. July 27-30
Senator Edward Brooke
(Hep-Mass I. will speak on
"The Political System lit
Responsiveness to Minority
Needs" on Monday morning
July 28th Senator George
McGovern iDem -South Dako
ta*. the 1972 Democratic
candidate for President will
address the issue "Health and
Welfare Systems and the Black
Community " at the Tuesday.
July 29lh afternoon plenary
session
REV JESSE JACKSON
Stricken At
Beach;Given
Final Rites
DURHAM - Last rites were
held lor Mrs Hattie Hurl
Robinson. 57. at 1 p.m
Wednesday, at Mt Vernon
Baptist Church She was
stricken at Atlantic Beach. S C.
shortly after she arrived, along
with a group of persons who
left here late Friday night for a
two day visit
Persons accompanying her
said that she suffered an
attack, believed to be the result
of a heart condition She was
revived from the tirsl one. but
the second one proved fatal
She IS said to have bot-n taken
toa nearby hospi>.ii. where she
was pronounced dead shortly
after arrival
Named In
Wounding
BY STAKE WRITER
A Raleigh woman was
treated (and supposedly
released I last Saturday
afternoon, after being shot
in the face, allegedly by a
boyfriend. Authorities at
Wake Medical Center said
Ms. Sequinta Ann Deb-
nam. 412 S. Swain Street,
suffered a gunshot wound
i.0 the right side of her face
.Ms Dennani. in a stalemeiil
to Raleigh police oriicials.
allegedly implicated Sam
Holloway, also ol th*‘ Swai i
Slre«*t adilres as Im- ing been
the person who shut her The
bullet, '"om a 22ealil)re pistol,
entered the woman's tace on
(See SHOT IN, P 2»
OBIE CARRINGTON. JR
faces murder charge
‘Bull City’ E
. Man May
Fight Try
DURHAM — District Attor
ney Anthony (Tonyi M
Brannon, told The CAROL
INIAN Tuesday and he was
going to use everything at his
command (o bring .Arthur
Parrish. Jr . one of two men
charged with the hrulual
slashing death of Otis Jackson
(Jack* Kigsbee. white, the son
of the owner ol Libety Market
at downtown Five Points, in the
(See MAN MAY. P 2)
AJC Urges
Ban On All
directed to other hotels
when they arrive Aug. 1, in
Lo.s Angeles. Calif
The meeting is the largest
delegated body of th -cond
lartest black Methi deno
mination Delegates .* be in
attendance from throughout
the United Stales, the Baha
mas. the Virgin Islands. South
America. Africa and Ixindon.
England It will Ih* the second
time it has been held on the
West ('oast, having met there
in 1955.
The theme of the 7 day meet,
Aug 2-8, is "Mission Is " The
topics to be discussed will be
evangelism, involvement, soc
ial action. inveslm<'nt, out
reach and celebration. Mrs
Grace L Holmes. Knoxville,
Tenn . executive secretary,
will serve as general coordina
tor The 12 active bishops,
representing the 12 episcopal
districts, along with the 12
supervisors, will serve as
consultants for their respective
districts. The First African
Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, will host the meet. The
Rev K Melvin Taylor is the
pastor and Bishop George J.
I.,eake is the host-prelate. Mrs
ilma Leake, his wife, is the
host supervisor.
The Friday and Saturday,
Aug-1 -2. Cl eiits will feature the
meeting of the executive
boaid. registration and a
general orientation assembly,
where the guidelines will be set
up. The Sunday morning
session will be the formal
opening, with a processional.
I^by the bishops. Bishop J. W.
(See WOMEN SET. P. 2)
Five Blacks Selected
T wel ve J ur ors Seated
In Little Death Trial
BY HICK HIGH
Five black jurors art among the 12 which had beer
sealed as late a.s Wednesday of this week as the nurder
trial of Miss JoAnne Little, 21-year-old bl; - woman
accused of the ice pick murcier of a white VVoshington,
N.C. jailer last Aug. 27. entered the half-way point of
its second week .lurora ’ '' ' "
approved Monday,
The Ulh juror is also black
Mrs. Cora M Jenkins, 49, a
former cafeteria worker, re
portedly told the defense
lawyers that. "Once my mind's
made up, it's made up "
Miss Little left (he courtroom
Tuesday under heavy security
guard after presiding judge
Hamilton H Hobgood was
Ex-Cons
Will Open
Security
WASHINGTON - The A-
mencan Jewish ('ongress last
Saturday called for a Federal
gun control banning "the
manufacture, importation,
sale and ow nership of all types
of handguns and handgun
ammunition” except for law
enforcement officers
In a statement submitted to
the Subcommittee on Crime of
the House Judiciary Com-
miltee. the Jewish organiza-
MRS HATTIE ROBINSON
She was well known in
Durham, having been born
here and attended Hillside
The Wednesday morning High School She was quite
active in the communitv and
(See STRICKEN AT. P •»
(See SEN BROOKE. P.2>
Sl SPEt TIN BURGLARY
According to police records.
Tommy McClain. 3031 Holslon
Lane, is the prime su.specl in a
burglars, which occurred at
1623 Fountain Drive Iasi
weekend Thesolina McClain,
believed to be a brother of the
suspect, told "the law ' that his
house w as robbed of some $251
worth of merchandise and was tion supported the virtually
damaged in the amount of $25. complete ban on handguns
as the result of a window contained in companion bills
screen having been torn off. He introduced b> Sen Phillip A
allegedU told officers that he Hart of Michigan and Rep
believed Tommy was the .lonathan Bingham of New
person responsible Two pairs York
of shoes, a suit and a pair of It rejected as "too limited ‘ a
slacks were taken while measure requiring handgun
Thesolina McClain and others registration and licensing
were asleep in the dwelling introduced by Sens Edward M
Entrv to the apartment. Kennedy of Massachusetts and
located in Southgate, is believ-
MRS WILLA M RICE
National Black News Service . , .
W.ASHINGTON - A group of
ex-oonvicis has received per-
mission from (he Di.slrict of
Columbia police chief to open
up a security corppany here.
And Shannon and Luchs. a
property management con
cern. has announced that it
would hire the security force
for one of its public housing
developments in northeast
Washington
The protect was that of I.s.sar
P. Hill, director of a group
called Efforts From Ex-Con-
vicls Inc . formed in 1967 as a
counseling agency The group,
with federal funds backing it,
has provided job referral
service for more than l.ixw
former offenders and npiTates
half-way houses tor those just
out of prison
Hill said he was convinced
that a group ol former
offenders, (lerause of their
expenenecs, could more easily
detect and thwart potential
troublemakers than anyone
else
(See EX CONS, V 2)
numbers 9 and 10 were
handed a note, report; lly
containing information about a
telephoned threat on Miss
Little's life, received earlier at
the switchboard at the Wake
County Courthouse.
Chosen to serve Monday
..ere Mrs. Jule C. Hudson,
21-yuar-old while woman,
whose husband is part owner of
(he Irregardless Restaurant,
and .Ms, Cornelia Howell, also
an employee at the Irregard
less.
Mrs. Annie R. Hunter, a
66-year-old black woman,
became the third black and the
lOlh member of the jury in
Monday's session.
Mrs. Hunter, who lists her
residence as being between
Apex And Holly Springs,
'•to a question by the
state over the guilt or
innocence of Ms Uttie, by
responding, "I think that she
acted in self defense. I think
she should be able to defend
herself."
The slate used two more of
their preemptory challenges to
excuse two more black
perspective jurors. A preemp*
tory challenge requires no
explanations on why they
(jurors) are excused. The
prosecution has used all of its
preemptory challenges on
perspective black jurors. U has
only one remaining.
On the outside of the
courthouse, there were at least
150 young black protestors,
signing, marching and occa
sionally, breaking out in
gleeful dances, chanting
phrases like “Free JoAnne
now. the prisoner's already
dead
The group was led by Larry
Little, the spokesman for the
Winston-Salem Black Panther
.See LITTLE TRIAL. P 2)
Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association
Hear Commissioner On Low Rent Here
ed to have been aided by
screwdriver
(See CRIME BEAT. P 3)
Appreciation
Feature Has
No Winners
The Appreciation .Monev
page had no winners Iron) last
week •* edition ol The C.ARO-
LINIAN dated Jul\ 19
The \ppreciali(in page is a
feaiure which is sponnored b>
the mans merchants that
advertise in The (.WKoLIN-
lAN
(See APF'RECIATION P 2*
Adlai E Stevenson of Illinois,
as well as a proposal hy
Attorney General Edward H
i.evi that would restrict the
prohibition of handguns and
ammumiiion to high crime
areas
In Its statement -signed by
Paul Berger of Washington.
I) U , co-chairman, and Joseph
B Robison of New York,
direi tor of the organization s
Commission on Law. Social
.\i tion and L rban Affairs-the
.\merican Jewish Congress
said (he country s "appallingly
high rate ol violent death and
injury caused by firearms '
w.is such that the problem
could not he dealt w ith by stale
(.See AJC URGES. P 2)
HV MISS .1 E HICKS
The main miicen »t the July
mi'eting ol the Raleigh Wake
Citizens Association was a
discussion hy Commissioner
Healer Commission Elizabeth
Cofield was responsible lor the
invitation to appear before
It-WCA and presented him .Mr
Healer said that Region J had
appropriated approximately
S87j.B16 to this area tor rent
supplement and development
of housing for low income
citizens The allotment was
presented so speedily that
many guidelines have hot yet
Ih'I'II lormulatcd The haste to
appoint a housing committee
was based nn this action which
has received some criticism
Since Wake ('ouiily has
l.igged in developing liousmg
tor low income residents, it
was decided to move now to do
something, for at the present,
there are only 2(i4 units of
public housing located in Wake
oiiKide of Raleigh Must of the
units are located in Apex,
VS'ake Forest, Wendell and
Zchulon and are more than 10
years old Housing problems
are particularly acute for the
elderly, blavk and poor
households. Twenty-five per
cent of elderly families and
sixty-five percent of black
familie.s and seventy-five per
cent of families living oulsidi
of Raleigh are living in
substandard housing. The
worst areas are in the
(See K WCA HEARS P. 2)
M«hammad All it betide himtelf at he meets hit. When Ati wat growing up. hit hero wat "Fiath
Gordflo" and Julv I8. he eat U> meet the mao that played Flash in the movies All saw as a child.
Baiter Crabbe. who played Flash as well as "Tarsan” and "Captain Gallant." Joined All and a host
olaports greats to announce All’s TV special, "The Muhammad Ail Variety Special." which will air
on ABC later this year. (UPl)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
I LItKY'S FI KMTLKE CO.
For The Best In New. Used Furniture”
TROUBLE IN VIRGINIA — t narlottesvllle - A youth \s loaded Into a van alter he waa arraated to
Monday night's civil disturbance in the city. Several poUcemeo were Injurled, ucludinf OM IMS
was shot In the foot, after an encounter with several hundred rock and bottle Jm»wlng youtha. (UPI)