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THE Carolinian
VOL. 34 NO. 48
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N.C.. THURSDAY. OCT. 9. 1975
SINGLE COPY 20c
tsPITAUZED — Chicato.
III.: Ci\'ii rights lesder Rev.
Jesse Jackson, director of
Operation Pl'SH. has been
hospitalized for exhaustion,
pneumonia and acute bronchi
tis. it was reported Oct. 18.
Jackson is listed in "good
condition" at St. Joseph
Hospital where he was Quietiv
‘Hurricance’
Carter May
Be Freed
White Opponents Victorious, But Mayor
LIGHTNER DEFEATED
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In Nation's Capitol
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National Black News Service
NEWARK. N.J. — Governor
Brendad Byrne has said that he
is reviewing the possibility of
issuing pardons to Rubin
(Hurricane) Carter and John
^lis. presently serving life
WTOs for the 1967 triple-mur-
rtere in a Paterson, N.J. tavern,
i Gov. Byrne said that he has
J.-iked New Jersey Assembly-
man Eldridge Hawkins, a
Democrat from East Orange,
who is chairman of tne
Ju^ciary Committee, and who
is conducting an investigation
into the case, to present his
recommendations on the par
dons
The Governor’s revelations
followed an annonnnement by
(See C ARTlCK. P 2*
Muhammad
Appreciation
Tues.
Blacks Honor Governor
Among 3
Honored
In Capitol
Day
NEW ORLEANS. La. -
Opening a historic chapter in
the field of American education
the Louisiana-Orleans Parish
Aoard of Education has voted
^ allow its 95,000 public school
:hikiren to voluntarily partici-
P|9 in "Muhammad Appre
ciation Day" at the Louisiana
Superdome on Tuesday, Oct.
14.
The youth will recognize the
Honorable Wallace D. Muham
mad. supreme minister of the
Nation of Islam, for his
teachinu and leadership in the
field of education. The sup
reme minister was recently a
winner of the prestigious
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fou-
Freedom Awards. In the pas .
only 8 other persons have been
recipients. Included in that 8
was the late President John F.
Kennedy.
The students will participate
under the theme "Increase
Your B«»ndlng Power" in
iSee MUHAMMAD. P. 2)
Defeated
By Two
In Race
Raleigh’s first black
mayor, Clarence Everett
Lightner, will not be
rejected. He won’t even be
in the running since he
placed third in a three-way
race for the top rounicip(U
post won by two white men,
one a current member of the
Raleigh City Council and
the other a former state
l^elator. They are J.
Ouver Wiiliains and JylM
J. Cortina.
The former lawmaker for the
slate, Coggins led in the large
voter turnout of 23,387 voters,
33 percent of ihe total, with
(See LIGHTNER IS, P. 2)
Afro Body
Sets Meet
In Capitol
WASHINGTON, D C. - The
60th annual convention of the
Association of the Study of
Afro-American Life and His
tory, scheduled to be held at
the Hyatt Regency Hotel in
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 15-19, will
focus on a wide spectrum of
issues, events and personali
ties in the black eip^ence.
according to Dr. J. Rupert
Ptcott, ASALH executive di
rector.
MAYOR CLARENCE EVERETT LIGHTNER
Raleigh Youths Say
^Guilty’ In Assaults
On Monday of this week.
GrMory Robinson, 19. of 2805
Golden St. and Abram Boney,
17, of 2816 Daytona Dr., both
The theme of year’s located in Kingwood Forest,
conference is America For All pleaded guilty of felonious
Americans. The conference is assault with a deadly weapon,
expected to be the most inflicting serious injury, in an
(See AFRO LIFE. P. 2) * ■
attack on a white student at
Broughton High School in late
August. William Leon Carter,
Jr., was allegedly beaten by
the duo in a hatchet attack.
The two young men were
originally charged with asaault
with intent to kill, which
(See PLEAD GUILTY. P. 2)
Claims Of
EEOC Are
Considered
WASHINGTON. D.C. -
Gov. James E. Hotshouser,
Jr., the first Republican to
be elected governor in 75
years in North Carolina,
was one of the honorees of
National Honors Night, in
Washington, Oct. 4, at the
Washington Hilton Hotel.
^ The National Honors group is
• predominately black and was
c.'Jbi. /e«i out of respect for
Senator Hugh Scott, veteran
Pa. senator, who has been in
the forefront for human rights
for a number of years.
Governor Hot^ouser is said
to have done more in three
years to bring dignity to blacks
(See HOLSHOUSER, P. 2)
3 Blacks
Elected In
Durham
DURHAM - The black vote
in Durham outdid itself Tues
day when it elected three
people to the first elected board
of Mucation outright and init
another within 40 votes of
winning, giving them control of
the city's educational system.
The blacks also placed three at
(he top for the councilman-at-
large seats.
Dr. C. E. Boulware, seeking
a third term, led the field of 8
candidates, with 4,435 votes.
Hawkins, a newcomer to seek
office, placed second with 3,331
votes. Mrs. Josephine Turner,
making a second try. garnered
3,258. This means that the 3
blacks qualified for the general
election, Nov. 7.
'The race for the school board
was a surprise to the entire
populace. The only two of the
incumbent members, Mrs.
Josephine Clement and Dr. T.
R. Speignor, led the ticket. Dr.
T. B. Bass, local dentist, came
in third, assuring the fact that
the majority of the 5-man
board would be black. John
Lennon, also a first-timer,
(See IN DURHAM. P. 2)
NASSAU. Bahamas —
Even though a Bahamian
government official, Cyril
Stevenson, said here Mon
day, when announcing that
Michiah Shobek, a confes
sed slayer from Milwaukee,
Wis., USA, had been
snatched from a hangman’s
noose, when Darrel) Rolle.
Bahamian Minister of
Home Affairs, granted a
delay in the execution,
slabM for 8:00 a.m.,
Tuesday, the condemned
man would have been
declared a lunatic and
committed to an asylum.
"We are not like the United
States." said Stevenson. "You
would have said Shobek was a
lunatic and put him in an
asylum and let him out in 6 , . ^
months to kill some other ^rls"'! Tuesday ol this »eek
people praverb were
■^e don’t do that here. We answered.” after the life of her
figure all criminals are sick. If 20*.vear-old son. Miehiah Sho-
you’re in the Bahamas and bek. was saved from a hangmg
you’re loony, then you’d belter death In the Bahamas
be good and loony, you know day •*“
what I mean?"
Shobek. 20. was charged with
killing three fellow tourists in
1973 and ’74. He is alleged to
have testified that he was told
by God to kill the trio because
they were "the angels of
Lucifer." It was not revealed
why he had such an odd name
for an American Negro. It was
assumed that he adopted the
name from the same motiva
tion that caused him to say he
was told, "by my father God"
to kill the men.
His mother. Mrs. Juanita
Spencer, said in her Wisconsin _ „ ^
town that she had sought the attending the meeting of the
PRAYING MOTHER SAVES
SON? — Milwaukee. Wls.:
Mrs. juanita Spencer, (op.
that
He wab Kentenred to die
for the kiltingb of three men in
Nassau. (I'PI).
help of President Ford and
many other government offic
ials, including Senator Edward
Brooke. The stay is said to
have been granted when
representatives of the United
(See GOD TOLD. P. 2)
ression
‘Don’t Bend
With Wind:’
Educator
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn -
Even though no direct mention
was made Monday. Dr. Walter
J. l.eonard told a group
Association of Governin;
Boards of Universities ani
Colleges, meeting in the
Radisson-South Hotel, of the
controversy over the placing of
the Veternarian School in
North Carolina, at N C. Slate
University, Raleigh. N C..
instead of at A&T University,
located in Green':l)oro. in the
same slate.
Dr 1/eunard. special assist
ant to the >)r«‘siflent of Harvard
University, considered one ol
the foremost black educators
in the nation, took many pot mr a
shots at the heart of quaoty /V /J Y u a
education. He was highly ^
critical of the treatment given
blacks and women in the whole
scheme now being used in the
operation of quality education.
He warned that blacks and
even white women are still the
victims of that traditional
American way of life - the only
free people in our society are
white males and black women.
He alluded to the fact that
even though HEW is supposed
to see that federal funds are
only given to those schools
MICHIAH SHOBEK
ISC Solon
To Address
Dep
Symposium
Is Planned
As its first mental heallfa
public education project of the
season, the Wake County
Mental Health Association is
sponsoring a Symposium on
Depression at the WRAL
Auditorium, 2619 Western
Blvd., in Raleigh, on Thursday,
Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. The
symposium is free and open to
all who are interested.
Ms. Jo Burnette, president of
the association, in announcing
the forthcoming event, men- , _
tinned the fr^uency of various which conform to the guide-
(See SYMPOSIUM, P. 2) (See DON'T RFNH P
Ex-Deputy Sheriff Charged With
Striking Suspect In Shoplifting
CHARLOTTE - Activities
for the 32nd annual convention
of the North Carolina NAACP
will begin in Lumbertoo
Thursday, Nov. 6, with a
Ministers and Church Empha
sis Dav.
Rev. J T. McMillian.
chairman, N C. NAACP
CTiurch Work Committee, of
Winston-Salem, announces
that »neof the main features of
the day's activities will be a
luncheon address by the
Honorable Dr. Joy J. Johnson.
See NAACP WILL, P 2)
Appreciation
Check Won By
Mrs. L. Shire
CHARLOTTE — The Equal
Employment Opportunities
Commission, filed a suit in the
U S. District Court in Ciiarlotte
last week against the Westing-
house Electric Corp.'s nuclear
turpin plants in Winston-Sa
lem and Charlotte.
EEOC alleges racial and
religious discrimination and is
seeking back pay at least to
1973, for the several hundred
people involved. Mrs. Lillie B. Shire of 2312
'nie suit charges that since Ellerbe Lane, was the winner
July 2. 1965, Westinghouse has week’s Appreciation
intentionally engaged in un- Money Page, a featurette of
lawful hiring practices. The *1^® CAROLINIAN,
suit states that the company Mrs. Shire found her name
has failed to hire blacks on along with two other
equal terms with whiles on the local citizens on the back page
basis of their race, and with of the front section. Her name
refusing to hire applicants on '''a*, li*ted under an ad
the basis of their religion. furnished by Thompson-Lynch
In addition, the suit asks for Company. She received a
such "further relief as the check for $10.
court deems necessary and Thompson-Lvnch Company
.iSee EEOC CLAIMS p •»' (See Ai-hkECIATION. P. 2)
BEAUMONT. Texas - A
former Orange County, Texas,
deputy sheriff was indicted by
a federal grand jury last week
on charges of striking a
shoplifting suspect and at
tempting to prevent a witness
from giving information to the
Department of Justice.
Attorney General Edward H.
Levi said a two-count indict
ment was returned in U.S.
District Court in Beaumont,
Texas, against James E.
Robinson.
One count charged Robinson
with striking Warren M. Shilo
on July 15, 1974, violating his
constitutional right not to be
deprived of liberty without due
process of law.
The incident occurred when
Robinson arrested Shilo at a
grocery store in Orange,
Texas, where Robinson was
New Trial
Denied For
Charlotte 3
National Black .News Service
CHARLOTTE - A state
Superior Court judge has
upheld the 1972 convictions of 3
North Carolina black men for
the 1968 firebombing of a riding
stable here.
The action by Judge .Sam
Ervin. III. means that a new
(See CHARLOTTE 3. P. 2)
employed as a guard in his
off-duty hours
The second count charged
Robinson with stating to Hoxie
Tager on Sept. I. 1974. that
"there had better not be
anybody over there who would
testify against me if it went to
court," thus attempting to
prevent the communication of
information relating to a
criminal law violation to
Justice Department attorneys.
The maximum penalties
upon conviction are;
Deprivation of rights • 18 U S.
Code 242'. one year in prison
and a Sl.ooo fine; and
obstruction of criminal investi
gations liB L’.S. Code 1510),
five years in prison and a $5,000
fine
MITCHELL WAVES TO BE HEARD — United NaUont: Clarence Mitchell, an NAACP official and
j. nember of the L’.S. delegathm, wave* aa tdentlflcatioa elgn In an atUmpt to get the attention of the
'Vpretident of the U.N, General Assembly in order t« respond to an attack on U.S. Amb. Daniel P.
Moynihan by the ambasiador from Dahomey. Tlanlous Adjlbade. 'Die African leader. Oct. I.
denounced Moynihan for calling Ugandan Pres. Idl Amin ■ "racUt murderer." Mitchell said the
Dahomey ambatiador’s remark! were out of order because Moynlhan’t remarks were made
outside the United Nallor .nd Mitchell himself declared Amin’s apeech was a "horrible attack" on
a Urge part of the U.S. population-th^ Jewi. (EXCLUSIVE UPl PHOTO BY JOEL LANDAU).
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
WEIGHT WATCHERS
"For A Healthier. Better Looking You"
VICTORIOUS EMBRACE —Oakland. Calif.; Hnxton Red Sox outfielder Carl Yailrtemtki (L) has a
big hog for Oakland Athletics outfielder Reggie Jackson (R i. after the October 7, Red Sox Iwon, 5-3.
to take their 3rd straight .American League playoff game, and the pennant along with the win.