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» Muslim Leader Tells Followers Stan Jar 1 Ptt; 06., lTeir»;«u«r ro ...0x3736 haajjrrUJ^^ Nation Of Islam Owes $4.5 Million Muhammad Heard *In 17 US Cities ic if ir ir BY WILLIE WHIie.. MM Writer Wallace D. Muhammad has brought change to the Nation of Islam and seems in full control of the Nation in spite of its deep financial trouble. He made the financial troubles public Sunday when he announced that the nation is t4^/i million in debt. Muhammad, chief mimster of the Nation, and son of the late Elijah Muhammad, addressed his followers and visitors bv closed circuit television Sunday in 17 cities. Several thousand Muslims and non>musums gathered at Raleigh's Munic^al Auditorium to hear Muhammad's Savior’s Day address. Muhammad solemnly ex- plained a multitude of changes which have been made since his father died about a year ago. Some of these changes were already apparent to outsiders. But it is not known how many people were aware of the deep financial troubles of the Nation until Muhammad made the disclosures. A half-million dollars and owed in back taxes. "I know this is surprising to you It really shocked me.” Muhammad said. He said the previous icture of Muslim financial strength in America was n^essary for "at least a show of business progress.” But “no one knew the condition" of. the many business ventures of the Nation of Islam because of the single-handed rule of the late Elijah Muhammad for the past 40-plus years, he said. His leadership was characterized by a secrecy which made Wallace Muhammad's disclos ures dramatic in contrast. During his address, the 43-year-old chief minister said his father was the type of man who had to "supervise every body and evervthing himself." (See NATION OF, P, 2) POTENTIAL OF CAUCUS CITED National Black Nows Sorvico WASHINGTON — Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), the outgoing chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said recently thot the Coucus hos the potential to make o signiticant impact in the current session of Congress. "With the variety of issues concerning minorities and the poor the high unemployment rote, the need for better housing - Congress is looking more and more to the Block Coucus for solutions," Rangel soid. "The Caucus will pay a viral role in promoting legislation thot will help solve those problems." The black lowmoker, who represents Horlem, East Harlem and the Upper West Side, announced in January that he would not seek reelection os chairman of the 17-member coucus ofter serving two consecutive one-year terms. Rep. Yvonne Burk (D-Calif.) was elected choirperson for the 1976 Congressional Session. "I enjoyed my two yeors as Caucus chairman, ond I feel the group accomplished o lot together," Rangel soid. "But two years wos (sic) enough. With all the work focing Congress, and in porticulor the concerns of the 19th District (his home district), the demands on my time were just too great." VOL. 35 NO. 20 North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY .MARCH 4. 1976 SINGLE COPY 20c DR. O. B. BURSON JUDGE’S WIFE KILLED Burson Speaker Sunday ^ ¥ By Black State Church Group ★ ★ ★ ★ Trial Of Dr. Page Underway An East Martin Street denti.st went on trial in Wake County Superior Court Monday for allegedly trying to collect stale funds illegally. The dentist. Or. Daylene Page, of IS E Martin, is laced ir’h slate accusations that he submitted a claim of S809 to the Slate Department of Human Resources for dental work on Mrs Mary Louise Dunston. According to the state’s contention, only part of the work was done. The stale has produced three Chapel Hill professors who testified Monday against Page's claim for having done the work. Page began testify ing Tuesday, according to a court spokesman. The Rev. Dr. O B. J. Burson, pastor of the Holy Trinity Baptist Church of Brooklyn. N.Y.. will be the guest speaker for the First Baptist Chuich of Raleigh on Sunday . March 7. at the II a.m. celebration of the church's 164th anniversary. Dr. Burson formerly ser\ed as a pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church in Henderson. Coley Springs Baptist Church in Warrenton and Shiloh Baptist Church in Kitrel). While serving these churches, he served two terms as moderator of the CMginal Shiloh Associa tion. dean oi Vaaoe County Sunday School matftute ai»d as a civil worker in the city of Henderson and adjacent coun ties. He served also for a period of time as Eastern Regional director of the NAACP. Present positions of Dr. Bursmi's are special assistant to the Rev. Dr. J. H. Jackson, president of the 6>3 million members of the National Baptist Convention. U.S.A. Inc. and he is chairman of the Convention Bureau to entertain annually 20 to 24 thousand messengers and delegates. Dr. Burson has purchased (See DR BURSON. P. 21 Wesleyan College Probed Grad Of Meet Held On Open Housing St. Aug.’s Is Victim ATLANTA. GA. Mrs. Ruth LeFlore Ward was found dead by her husband, Judge Horace Ward, upon his return home from the Fulton County Ccnirthouse on last Tueeday. She had been brutally attacked, sustaining approximately 25 stab wounds. On the day of her death, Mrs. Waid had put in a full day's work in tne area office of the Atlanta Board of Educa* tion. Judge Ward is a Morehouse College alumnus, class of 1949. At the lime of her death. Mrs. Ward was mourning the death of her father, John L. LeFlore. Sr., who died on Jan. 30, in Mobile. Ala. Mr. LeFlore was a member of the Alabama Legislature and a prominent civil rights leader in that state. (See JUDGE’S WIFE. P. 2) BY P.\T BKV.ANT The Law and Finance Committee of the Raleigh City Council heard iu.stificalion this week for the adoption of a local ^ "open housing” ordinance, but MUic io kMs'uicir declined to take action. 71ie ^ n. crt.. Council contended that the N«((: Th« CAaOLINUN li mwhif Hi pablKMlM H fht CrteM a«M •tth Ifeb •4IiIm •! iSt Mwtpapvr, l•ll«•t•■ • ircB«a4««* aaBbtr al C nasal la^airbt aD4 tetapSaae ealto far rataaiairBrat. A* »ai Maia4 to Ika ariflaal riliar’i aala raiarSlaf tha A TI.ME OF SADNE^SS •— Detroit — People started llaiag up almost before daybreak Feb. 27 to attend the funeral service of Florence Ballard Chapman, the former member of the Supremes who went from international stardom In the iMOs to welfare and poverty in the 1970s. Mrs. Chapman died Feb. 22 of a heart attack. Diana Ross, former star of the Supremes. romforts Florence's three-year-old daughter, Lisa, during services at New Bethel Baptist Church. (CPU. Ministers Investigate NC College to.al.eS wUS to* BaIrM DaaartBfB. lhartS; r**ltaf taw la* pailc* Stolltr, 0«B vkich all al Uw Balartol far Tha frlBi Seat la fathcraA. MAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING. RAPE ATTEMPT John Thomas Bailey, 35, of 1310 Pender, is being held in Wake County jail in lieu of a 130,000 bail for charges of kidnapping with the intent to commit! rape. He was alleged to have threatened and kidnapped Ms. Catherine M. Honery, 21. of 102 Polk, about 12:10 p.m. Tuesday at the 1310 Pender residence. She report ed the incident, according to the police records, at 12:40 pm. The police reports indicate that Bailey threatened to shoot the woman. (See CRIME BEAT. P. J) supporters had not brought evidence that.housing discrim ination exists in the city. Contendinjg that housing discrimination exists in the city, Emerson Snipes, said that "What we do see is just the tip of the iceberg. There is a lot that goes on which is not reported and in fact is real discrimination. These occur- ances are leading to segregat ed or maintaining segregated housing patterns in our city." Snipes said that housing discrimination is covered by federal law. But he said it's enforcement is "cumbersome" and contributes to discrimina tion. Spurgeon Cameron, pre sident of Housing Opportuni ties Made Equal < HOME i. said (See MEET HELD. P 2) Mayors Ask Aid On Cities ■ IT .U Mo..,, ennnA £lllk ilAA Nadnnat Black News Service \V.\SHINGTON. DC - ne(roit Mayor Coleman Young told a congressional committee that his city is in desperate financial condition and faces potential bankruptcy soon after its fiscal year starting July 1. unless state or federal aid is pro\ided. "Detroit may find itself in the same situation as New York, and there will be others." Young testified before the Joint Economic Commit tee "Philadelphia will not be far liehind. nor will Boston. .San Francisco and some others Young was joined by Mayors Moon I.,andrieu of New Orleans and Kenneth Gibson of New ark. and Gov. Hugh Carey of New York, in denouncing President Ford’s recent veto of a public works bill that would nave provided some SUU.OOO jobs The three mayors spoke on tiehalf of the United States (See MAYORS ASK. P 2> Beauticians Announce Plans For Convention WASHINGTON. DC - Announcement was made by Dr Katie E. Whickam. president of the executive committee meeting in the Shoreham Hotel in Washing ton. D C. last week, that the 57th annual convention of the organization would be held in the Nassau. Bahamas. July 3I Howard Lee Says, ‘‘I Believe I Have An Equal Chance” Former Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Nathaniel Lee an nounced here Wednesday. March 3. that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. In launching his campaign, L,ee said. "I am not running because some poll indicates that I will win. I’m running because I believe in my heart that I have an equal chance to win. and that the people of > , North Carolina will respond to ^ candidate who offers pro- ^gressive ideas and a record of hunest responsible public service. "I have just finished a third term as mayor of a medium sized North Carolina commun ity. I know what it's like to struggle in a single day with problems of water supply, decaying housing, drug abuse and public transportation 1 believe that state government can and must concenirate on helping local government with these problems. I promise to keep reminding myself, legis lators and others in Raleigh that government wasn't creat ed by and for its officials It was created by and for the people. "If you elect me to the Lieutenant Governor's office, you won't come in and find any special interests sharing that i-hiiir with me. 1 am not an eneiiu of big business But when It comes to a conflict helwe<'n big business and the people, you can expect to see me walking with the people," I,ee said l,ee. 41. is the son of a sharecropper family in Litho- nia. Ga In 191)6. Lee was named din-itor of youth services at Duke I'niversily. and in 1968, he became director of employ ee relations at Duke and assistant professor of sociology a! .North Carolina Central I niversity Me is currently on leave from his post as Duke University's director of human development. Defying all <xJds. Lee was elect^ mayor of Chape) Hill in 1969 with 52 percent of the vote. He was re-elected in 1971 with 64 percent, carrying every precinct in the city: and in 1973. he won a third term us mavor, beating his opponent 5 to 1 L,ee has long been a leader in the Democratic parly, having served on the party's Legisla tive Committee <1968-701 and as vice chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party <1970-72:. He is currently a Democratic national commit- <See HOWARD LEE. P 2) through Aug. ! ihoreham American Hotel on the Atlantic Beach .Meeting with Dr. Whickam were the following: Mrs. .Maude Gadsen, N.Y. City; .Mrs Ruth Valentine, Norfolk. \'a Mrs Aline Jefferson. Kansas City. Mo.; Mrs. Ullian Snipes. Greensboro. N.C.; Mrs. Bertie Crosby. Houston, Tex., all vice presidents Also. Mrs. Margaret Mit chell. Baltimore, recording secretary: Mrs. Josephine R. Thompson. Washington. D.C.. financial secretary-treasurer; Ms Margaret H. Miller. Anderson. S C . finance com mittee. Mrs. Vernice H. Mark, historian and Mrs Helen Dixon, chaplain Also present were represent atives of the departments of the organization A record registration was <se<' Beauticians, p 21 ITie Black United Methodist Caucus of the North Carolina Conference met at Cokesbury Methodist Church Sunday and discussed investigations into the North Carolina Wesleyan College hiring of black staff and faculty and recruitment of black students. Rev. ^muel Townsen, min ister of Galilean United Methodist Church in Laurin- burg, made a report that upon a visit to the college in Edgecombe County, his com mittee found that the institu tion did not have black staff or faculty and possibly did not (See WESLEYAN. P. 2) Appreciation Check Won By Mrs. Z. Munn Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK CARALEIGH FURNITURE CO. "For The Best In Good. Reliable Furniture” NORTH CAROLINA MUSLIMS— Wallace D. Muhammed, cbi< nialster of the .Nation of Islam, itop picture) addressed Nort CaroUaa Muslims Sunday by cio-ieil-circuU television. In tl bottom picture, a Muslim woman greets a viator at the Ralei; Monicipal .AudltoriUbi for the 4-bour telecast. (See story in col and 2). Housing Task Foret Seeks Cash Workshop Dr. Patrick Elliot. chairpiT- son of the Raleigh Housing Task Force, appeared before the Raleigh City Council Tuesday requesting $200 for a housing workshop to be held March 27 al Shaw University. The request was referred to the council's law and finance committee because the item did not appear on the agenda, as required by law. After the council meeting. Elliot said the total cost for the workshop was approximately $500 and the difference would be borne by members of the task force. Members include Goals For Raleigh-Wake. Ral eigh League of Women Voters. Wake County Opportunities Inc., Housing Opportunities Made Equal <HOME). Raleigh Interproject Council. Raleigh Housing Authority, the Raleigh Community Relations Com mittee. and several tenant organizations throughout the city. Elliot said that the workshop will feature national, state and local leaders in housing who will address themselves to areas of interest to local people. Workshop participants throughout the city will be able to get the most accurate information concerning areas of interest in three workshops: housing bond referendun tiousing counseling and hou: mg rehabilitation." he said. Discussions on a proposed housing bond referendum have been taking place for more than a year in the council's law and finance committee Elliot (See WORKSHOP, P. 2) Staff Of RCRC Is Retained Raleigh Community Rela tions Commission (RCRC) voted to retain its top staff at its Feb. 25 meeting. Immed iately after this action, the resignations of two of its commissioners. James Burt and J. C. Knowles, were announced. The two were involved for some lime in an effort to oust the RCRC executive director, Malcolm Hulslander. and Beverly Mit chell. associate director. Commissioners began the meeting with general state ments on accusations that both Huslander and Mitchell were unresponsive to the legitimate (See RCKC STAFF. P. 2) Mrs. Zuttie H. Munn, 722^ Quarry, and Willis E. Daniel, Jr.. 2105 Owens, were the winners of last week’s Apprec iation Money when they lound their names on the Apprecia tion Money Page. Mrs. Munn's name was in the ABC Mobile Home advertise ment and Daniel's name was in the Kar Parts advertisement. A third name, that of Mrs. Lollie B Hailey. 1506 E. Jones, was in the Thompson-Lynch advertisement, though she did not report that she found it. The two winners received $10 after identifying themselves at The CAROLINIAN office. , - - - McCliB •bows playug aoo relaxing at Uietr borne on WestbridgeTdart. not worrying aboal croas-burnlngs and racial strife. Sbe feature, page S. (Surr Pbolo By WilUe While).
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