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Tributes To Dr. King
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To Attend
Memorials
jKdiior ** Nou;: At least
three niaior North Carolina
lialcMgh. Durham
and ( 'roensboro. will hold
s*•rvil\■^ in memory of the
47lh birthday anniversary
of ihc' late I>r, Martin
Luih»*r King. Jr., assassi*
nal<ti on April 4, 1968. in
Memphis. Tenn.j:
Thrriugh the efforts of Mrs.
.Ann Shepard Turner and
jffw group ot Raleigh
ministers, it was decided
tha; a Special Memorial
Ser\ ii «' tor one of .America’s
greaie«i leaders. Dr.
.Marlin Luther King. Jr.,
would O'* quite betUting on
hi« Januan- 15 birthday.
■■’roo alien we as citizens,
allow those who hied and died
on our behalf to slip from our
memor\ At this perexl in Ihe
histor> < f our country this
dreamer will never be forgot
ten Hi* Will live in the hearts of
many .Americans who care
about the welfare of our
counlr> and the world. ' staled
the planners of this memorial
ser\ice
A <f»*-cial service is being
planned on Thursday evening.
Jan Ij. at 7 Jii at the First
rofigregatioiial I'nited Church
of fTif-s' j» the turners of ^uth
and Mai'.l^ Streets
Sit TltlBlTKS P 2»
Black Bias Is Charged By White
Teachers Group In Alabama
HatiMt Bkck Nt»i Strvkt
MONTGOMERY, Alo. — The Notionol
Education Associotion hos accused the
Lowndes County board of education with
violating 0 1973 district court order to
hire on o non-raciol bosis. The suit seeks
to prevent discriminotion ogoinst whites
in this rurol Alabomo county ond will be
fought by a block mon who grew up in the
civil rights movement.
The suit wos filed ofter nine stoff
voconcies in the 3,600-pupii school
system were filled "without the
application of non-rociol objective
criteria," occording to the motion filed in
U. S. District Court.
Voconcies filled by oppointment of
blocks this year include the top three
jobs of superintendent, ossistont
superintendent ond federol progrom
director.
A block wos nomed superintendent when
the white quit in mid-yeor ofter she hod
been selected i jr nine stroight terms in
She soid she wos "completely
disillusioned with the boord’s lock of
knowledge o.-d understonding of proper
boord functions
TAKtihr OK KK.MINIST .M.AKSII.\1,1 — .Atlanta — .A young man is wrestled to the gronod-liy
feminist marshalls during an KR.\ drmonsiration in front of the Georgia State Capitol, Jan. 10. The
man was shouting religious warning to the demonstrators. .\o one was injured in the incident.
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THE CAROllWtAN
VOL. 35 NO. 13
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N. C.. THURSDAY. JA.N. 15. 1976
SINGLE COPY 20c
In McDonald’s Murder Case Here
YOUTH DENIES GUILT
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Catholics Protest Closing
Schools In Black Areas
\>K.s Bl D KS TD ••M.\<;|*:
U \K" 1 hirago. ill. <—
Mavut Kirhard Hatcher of
(<ar> Indiana, last week called
lor black leaders IhriHjghoul
iht touiiiiv to "wage war"
agaio'i lame companies mov
ing Iroiii i‘.r inner city to the
suburbs, singling out Sears
hiveburk and 1 oinpans. ilPli
Crisis In
Educaticllj
Is Feared
AJC Head
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
A statement issu^ by the
National Office for Black
Catholics January 15,
declared that "Catholic
education in the black
community is on the verge
of collapse." The state*
ment, "The Crisis of
Catholic Education in the
Black Community." cited
the systematic closing of
Catholic schools in mack
To C.ontinue Neighborhoods and the
apparent policy of concen*
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trating them in suburban
(white) areas.
\KW AdItK N V The
American Jewish Congress
thi* wi-ek will nidfk .Martin
l.uir.t-r King Day with a call by
I* pr»*‘idenl Rahh' Arthur
HtTtzhrrg. urging adoption of
f«‘iierai full employment legis-
la'. i.N a filling tribute to
ih<‘ lile <tnd work of a great
Amer’tan "
In a siafemenf recalling Dr
King * leadership in the
for freedom and
equality lor all mankind. "
Kahhi Herizberg declared:
Trie American Jewish Con-
grL*s.<-. on this day of remem
brance pledge.' Itself anew to
the building and strengthening
Ilf the coalition .it cnmmiimenl
that Dr Martin Luther King
symbolized "
The statement was issued by
Bro. Joseph M Davis, SM.
executive director of NOBC.
after wide consultation with
black Catholics, educators and
administrators in the Catholic
school system It pointed out
(hat this school-closing prac
tice was robbing black children
of (he benefits of parochial
school education, while provid
ing more to suburban areas
already enjoying relatively
quality education.
According to Ihe NOBC
statement, the retention of
parochial schools was neces
sary in black neighborhoods
a' to provide a much-needed
alternative to infenor public
schools. <bi as a means of
evangelization, (c> to coniri-
(See CATHOLICS. P 2>
Bargainer
Admits He
Tt)ld Lie
BY RICK HIGH
Ms. Doris Jackson, the
mother of 17*year*old
Audwin Brent "B.J."
Jackson, who is standing
trial for the armed robbery
and murder of Kirk D.
Jones, the night manager of
the W'estern Blvd. Mc
Donald's fast-food chain.
Pros And Cons
Of Cablevision
BY PAT BRYANT AND BANBOSE SHANGO
George Rogsdole, on attorney representing Americon
Cablevision of North Carolina, requested o 25 percent
increase in the monthly rotes thot the company charges
its subscribers. The request was mode to the Roleiqh City
Council on Tuesday, Jonuory 5, 1976. and wos routinely
referred to the Low and Finonce Committee for o hearing.
A controct was entered between the Roleich City Council
and Cablevision in 1969. Under this contract, Cablevision
pays 5 percent of its gross revenue to the city eoch yeor
fnr its orivilece license. Lost year, this amounted to more
then $7,000. A condition of the contract is that
Cablevision will provide the service to subscribers
throughout the city limits of Raleigh.
Council persons William R. Knight. Ronold Kirschboum,
and Morion Block raised questions concerning the oreo
currently being served by Coblevision. Much of the oreo
served is in Eost Roleigh. West Raleigh and North
Raleigh. Many of the oreos built after the building boom
of 1971 in North Roleigh ore excluded. Also excluded is
predominantly white Coroleigh. Predominantly block
Roleigh has been almost totally excluded from
Cablevision, except for the Apollo Heights. Worthdole ond
the area north of Glascock streei. These oreos were
predominantly white at the time Cablevision was given the
fronchise for .ne city.
Jim Kofolt, monoger of Cablevision, is quick to point out
thot the firm is now extending new lines to serve portions
of block South Roleigh. He displays o mop ot his office on
Old Woke Forest Rood which indicates thot lines ore being
loid in Southgate. Kingwood Forest and the Biltmore Hills
oreo. A trunk line, which will bring the coblevision lines to
block South Roleigh. is in the process of being negotiated
between Cobltvision ond Soint Augustine's college.
Mormed sourcfi soy that college offkiols hove agreed to
let the tines be bid through property, owned by the
college. This moy result in o sovtngs to the compony since
initial cost of laying the lines is very expensive. Kofolt
indicated thot much of the SI.SO increose will be used to
expend the lines. Under present plans, oil oreos of South
Roleigh will not be served. Many of the older
neighborhoods will be by-possed primorily becouse low
ond moderote incon^e households will not be oble to offord
(See PROS AND CONS. P 6i
Nigerians
Angered
By Ford
National Black News Service
LAGOS. Nigeria — President
Ford has apparently angered
the Nigerian government by
"insulting" the intelligence of
African nations with a letter
urging them to help bring
about a quick negotiated
settlement of the Angolan civil
war.
According to the Nigerian
government, the United States
claimed that the Popular
Movement for the Lberation of
Angola "should not be allowed
to assume total power by force
of Soviet and Cuban arh..' '
'The Nigerians reacted an
grily to Ford’s letter. One
headline of the mass circula
tion Daily Times carried the
headline. "Shul-up" Another
headline on the front page of
the Nigerian Herald saitf’To
Hell with America." In an
editorial, the newspaper said
"Africa must stand up
squarely to (he crude bullying
and insulting logic of the U S
government President Ford’s
double quick march to the right
(See NIGERIANS. P 6)
Leaders See
More Blacks
Taking Part
and defense finished their Lester B. Granger, 79,
(See YOUTH DENIES. P 2»
Ex-NUL Head, Succumbs
CHARGED WITH RAPE. MIRDER OF FIVE ~
Fredericksburg. Va. — Eddie I.,ee ’Thoniss. 33, of Martinsville.
Va.. is escorted to a waiting police car. Jan. 12. following the Jurv
selection in his murder trial. Thomas pleaded innocent to charges
that he raped Mrs. Saliie .\liff. (hen murdered her and her four
children. Dec. 2t. 1974. (UPli.
US State Dept. Joins
African Church Salute
NEW YORK CITY - Armed
with portfolio from the Office
of African Affairs, made
possible by Stan Scott, from the
State Department of the United
States. Bishops R L. Speaks
and W' A. Hilliard, along w ith a
delegation of members of the
A.ME Zion Church, were
scheduled to leave Kennedy
International Airport at 7:30
Ex-Panther
Cleaver Is
Transferred
p m . I'hursday. Jan. 15. for
Nigeria. Ghana and Liberia,
where they will continue the
celebration of 100 years of
mi.vsiunarv work, carried on by
the denomination in Africa
The celebration began at the
Statler-Hilton Hotel at 7:30
pm.. Jan 8. when more than
1.000 "Fr.end.«i of Africa" paid
S25 per plate for a dinner
designed to focus attention on
the work being done there Carl
T. Rowan, international com
mentator and statesman, was
the speaker for the occasion
He stressed Ihe fact that the
future of Africa depended on
the viability of American
blacks and this could only be
determined by the part blacks
(See STATE DEPT . P 2-
Check Won By
Miss J. Ruffin
SAN DIEGO - PoliM h*ve
quietly transferred former 4nnrt>eirttir\n
Buck Panther leader Eldridge lailOtl
Geaver from here to Oakland,
the city he fled in 1968. before
leaving on a 7-year odyssey in
exile.
Geaver. once a leader of the
city's militant blacks, was to
be arraigned last Friday on
charges stemming from a
shootout between Black Pan
thers and Oakland police.
Cleaver ended his exile in
November, returning to the
U S voluntarily, saying he had
(See EX-PA.NTHER, P 2i
NEW YORK, NY- Lester
B Granger. 79. retired execu
tive director of the National
Urban League, died Friday
morning. Jan 9. in Alexandria.
La . following a lengthy illness
Mr Granger was the third
man (o serve as executive
director of the league and held
that position from 1941-61 when
he retired and was succeeded
hv (he late Whitney M Young.
Jr
Says Black
Colleges Are
Still Needed
one 01 Ihe unique features of
iiou
the historically black colleges
IS that over the years they have
developed an expertise in
taking young people from a
severely deprived educational
exp(‘rience and helped them to
qualify as effective college
students These qualifications
have helped them to go on to
some of the besi pro^sional
schools in the countrv' If one
'See COLLEGES ARE. P b
Services for Mr. Granger
were held on Tuesday. Jan. 13,
10 a m . at (he Riverside
Church ■ Christ Chapel. 490
Riverside Dnve The family
has requested that in lieu of
flowers, donations be sent to
the National Urban l,eague
"The contributions Mr
Granger made to the league
and the nation were immense
and helped alter the course of
America." Vernon E Jordan.
Jr present executive director
of Ihe National Urban League
said "He worked effectively to
increase employment oppor
tunities for blacks at a time
when fair employment prac
tices were regarded as a
radical idea and he opened
countless closed doors ’’
Granger was born m New
port News. Va . in 1896. His
father was a physician and Mr
Granger was the only one of his
6 sons not to pursue a career in
either medicine or the law
After graduating from
Dartmouth and serving in the
Army in France, in 1919. ne
joiniAj the New Jersey Urban
League He taught for 2 years
m North Carolina He worked
See GHANGKR DIES. P 6-
NEW YORK, N Y. - 'The
American Jewish Congress
this week will mark Martin
Lather King Day with a call by
its president. Rabbi Arthur
Hertzberg. urging adoption of
Federal full employment legis
lation as "a fitting tribute to
the life and work of a great
American "
In a statement recalling Dr
King's "leadership in the
struggle for freedom and
equality for all mankind. ”
Rabbi Hertzberg declared:
"'The American Jewish Con
gress. on this day of remem
brance. pledges itself anew to
the building and strengthening
of the coalition of commitment
that Dr Martin Luther King
symbolized ’’
Noting that he served with
Corelta Scott King as a
member of the National
Committee for Full Employ
ment. Rabbi Hertzberg said:
"The present level of
unemployment in this country
is intolerable Blacks and other
disadvantaged minorities
know all too well that they bear
the brunt of joblessness We
must compel Ihe American
people as a whole to under
stand that the security of the
nation cannot be insured when
so many go hungry
"We therefore, believe that
Martin Luther King Day can
best be observed by s
commitment to obtaining
speedy enactment of effective
federal full-employment legis
lation. We call upon President
See .MORE BLACKS, k 2,
Preasley Lucas^ 100^ Dies
Here; Funeral Set Sunday
HARRY B FORT
Miss Jettie Ruffin. I90u Tee
Dee Street - Southgate Homes'.
was the lone winner ot a check
for Stn last week in The
CAROLINIAN s Appreciation
Money Feature, sponsored by
this newspaper and participai-
City Man
Shot In
Back, Face
lippt*d
here
See APPRECIATION.
S .
( U'lomn uffirer iifiv up one of the many 3j-pound bags of
ijuan.i from the hold of a li-foot C'anadian sailboat here. Jan.
VI estiinated pounds of pn( was seized late Jan II. when a
B IS inspri (or on routine patrol, smelled Ihe weed aboard the
Hhe inarijuana had an r^(ima(ed street value of SJ..5 million.
Bave tr»-»n arrested in (he case. <IF|I
m
A 33-year-old Raleigh man
was apparently in Ih wrong
f ilace at the wrong time early
asi Sunday morning when he
sustained two pistol wounds in
his body
Carl Earl Jones. 6uR K
Martin St . according to police
reports, was in a hou.se m the
7unblock Ilf Grantland Drive in
Apollo Heights when he 'au.s
gunned
See .SHUT IN, P J.
Preasley Lucas, who cele
brated his IdOth birthday last
.August with 2 parlies and
many wishes for a continued
long and happy life, slip
3 uie(]v into eternity
unng the early morning hours
of .Monday. Jan 12. at his
home
Funeral services will be
conducted cm Sunday, Jan 18.
at 1 p m from the I.ightner
Funeral Home Chapel Burial
will follow in Hillcrest feme-
(ery
He IS survived bv one
daughter. Sis. Eva Luca''
Perrv. i.twi Branch St < Walnut
Terrace-, with whom he made
his home 10 grandchildren and
hundreds of nieces, nephews
and other relatives Sis Perrv
writes a weekly column. Come,
l>*i s Think, for The CAlto
BY siAri* WRITER
LIMAN
A native of Wake County. .Mr
Luc'as was ihe son of the late
Brv ant and Rebecca Lucas and
was bom on Aug M. 1875 at
Ragle Rock in Eastern
Wake County He was the 7th
von and the llth child in this
lamily of farm workers
He served for many years as
janitor at (he Barbee Elemra-
tarv School here in Raleigh and
also did some gardening in Ihe
Capilol Square Much ot the
nhruhherv growing there now
was planted by his hands
l^ler Mr Lucas made his
home in .New York, where he
resided for over 20 years and
was employed by the Alexan
dra Smith Rug Factory as a
wool spreader un(i) his retire
ment He returned to Raleigh
16 years ago
During his looth birthday
'See P LUCA.S P 2»
PREASLEY LUCAS