Two Brothers Accused
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Rape Trials To Start Monday
SOKTII CAKOI.IMAN IS 1976 NATIONAl. TKACHKR OF THF YFAR — Washington. D.('.
— Mrs. Kub> S. Murchison of Fa>rttrvUlc. N.C.. Has presented nith the 1976 .National
Teacher of the Year anard in a ceremony March 16 at the White House by President Gerald
H. Ford. Ron Sessen. Ford’s press secretary. )okingi> insisted that the anard to the North
('arolina uoman had no connection nith that state's primary on Tuesday. .March 23. tl'Pli
Fayetteville Educator Cited
As Teacher Of The Year
FAYETTEVILLE A (unior high school instructor here, who was named North Corolino's
Teacher of the Year )97S. has been ctwsen os National Teacher of the Yeor, thus bKoming
the second Tor Heel to be so honored in recent yeors.
Mrs. Ruby S. Murchison, o seventh grode longuoge arts and social studies teacher ot
Woshington Drive Junior High School, was the recipient of the coveted honor. She has tou;^
ot Lillington in Hornett County ond In several other cities in the stote. Five years og.,
(1972) James M. (Joy) Rogers, Jr. of Durham was named fo receive the national honor.
Mrs. Murchison wos nominoted by Dr. A. Croig Phillips, stote superintendent of public
instruction, ond was selected by o panel of educators over nominees from oil ot the fifty
states.
In commenting on the citotion, Dr. Phillips declared, "The notional honor for Mrs.
Murchison is shared by 50,000 dedicoted teachers in the public schools of North Carolina.
We ore delighted that our teachers have been recognized for their excellent performance in
oru 20,000 schools."
Early on March 16, Mis. Murchison was honored in Woshington, 0. C. jy President Gerald
Rudolph Ford os the 1976 Notionol Teacher of the Yeor in ceremonies ot the White House.
Mrs. Murchison told President Ford Tuesday, "I don't teach subiects, I teach children." The
! President responded by soying, "I think that Is really whot educotion is all about."
Also on hand were the mother of the honoree, Mrs. Pernecy Swinson of Goldsboro, N. C.
Governor Jomes E. Holshouser, Jr., and o huge gathering of other relatives and friends.
"I've often thought thot I got much more out of the way in which a subject was taught to
«See TEACHER OF. P. 2>
City Attorney Now Probing
OIC Conflict Possibility
Raleigh City Attorney Broxie
Nelson said Tuesday that his
office has requested informa
tion so that a determination
can be made as to whether a
conflict of interest exists in the
rental of the Opportunities
Industrialization Center build
ing at 415 E Marlin St. OIC
rents the building from BAB.
Ltd., a company in which at
least 4 members of the OIC
board of directors and one staff
g.ember are stockholders
Nelson said that Lawrence
Wray. Intergovernmental Re
lations director was asked for
the OIC lease and that Captain
R T. Justice of the Raleigh
Police Department has been
asked to investigate the
matter.
BY PAT BRYA.M
An inquiry to the Secretary
of Slate's office revealed that
BAB. Ltd., was incorporated in
June of 1975 as a pront-making
corporation by local realtor J
Henry Brown. BAB rents the
building to OIC for the reported
sum of 9450 per month, which is
paid through funds received
from federally-funded Com-
prehensive Employment
Training Act (CETA)‘ The
contract negotiated with the
City of Raleigh to train OIC
students ends June 30. 1976
Rev. D. A Peace. Andrew J.
Turner. Dr. Helen Crisp and
realtor J. Henry Brown are the
OIC board members that have
been confirmed as owning
stock in BAB Ltd. Bruce
Lightner. executive director of
OIC. also has been confirmed
to own stock in BAB. Ltd. Rev.
Peace said that the stockhold
ers of BAB. Ltd had consulted
with an attorney who had
informed them that no conflict
of interest existed between OIC
board members owning stock
in the company that rents the
building to them.
W'ray said that he did not
know that members of OIC
owned stock in BAB, Ltd.
However. W ray said that he did
know that realtor J. Henry
Brown had advertised the
building for sale. Several
members of the city council
said they were unaware of any
of the leasing arrangements
with the OIC
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FORD, CARTER SEEK WINS
BY WII,LIK WHITE. Staff Writer
President Gerold Ford and former Georgia Gov. Jimmy
Carter have won the Illinois primary and are now looking
for wins in North Carolina's Tuesdoy primary.
Winning last Tuesdoy in Illinois, the two condidotes hope
for additionol momentum when the North Corolinion
voters go to the polls. But both Carter and Ford will be
facing stepped up efforts by opponents who ore also
hoping to capture the approval of the stote's voters.
Former Alabomo Gov. George Wolloce began compaigning
in North Corolina Tuesdoy, with o major speech at Scott
Pavilion in which he labeled Carter o "wormed*over
McGovern." Corter hos consistently beoten Wallace in the
primary roces.
On the Republican side. President Ford hos beaten Former
Gov. Ronoid Reogon in oil five primories in which the two
have entered. In Illinois Tuesdoy, Ford beot Reagan with
60 percent of the votes, to Reogon's 39 percent. And the
Ford supporters expects North Carolina to be onother win.
Ford himself wos in the stote Saturdoy and is expected to
be back in North Carolino before Tuesdoy vote, but will
not be in the Roleigh-Durham oreo. His Greensboro,
WinstomSolem ond Wilkes County tour Saturday was his
first campaign trip to the stote.
Meanwhile, Reagan hos scheduled a news conference in
Greensboro for this morning and airport rotiies in '
Foyetteville and Hickory, with odditionol rollies in
Win$ton>Solem ond Morgonton.
By tonight, he is expected to arrive ot Roleigh-Durham
Airport and spend the night in the Research Triongle. He
will compoign in Durham, Chorlotte, Salisbury and
Lexington and virtuolly the whole stote before the primory
Tuesdoy.
Carter will be in the stote todoy ond tomorrow. Friday he
will address o civic club in Raleigh after he hos mode o
stop in Wilmington. Also included in his Raleigh schedule is
(See SEEK WINS. P. 2)
VOL. 35 NO. 22
iVorfh Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 18, 1976
Pistol, Shotgun Used As
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HI D Officials Will
4 4 4 4
Probe City Compliance
Raleigh
Studied
By U.S.
James I/dssiter, an official
of the U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban De
velopment. said in a recent
interview with The CARO
LINIAN that HUD offi-
cials will soon come to
Raleigh to evaluate expen
diture of funds in Raleigh’s
Community Development
program.
Lassiter and 7 other officials
were in Durham for a peric^ic
review on March lO and said
that Durham would have to
(See TO PROBE. P. 2)
Group Is
Started
A group of Raleigh and Wake
County women rec’enlly organ
ized a black feminist organiza
tion known as Feminists
Organized For Action.
According to a spokesman
for (he group, it was founded,
based on the belief that the
Woman
Held In
Murder
CONVICTED OF ZEBRA Mt'RDERS — San Francisco — Four
Black .Muslims were convicted March 13 on multiple charges
resulting from random street attacks that left 14 whites dead in
lale iS7;i and early 1974. The defendants were Manuel Moore. 3i
(I'l.i. Jessie Lee Cooke. 30 (I'R). J. C. Simon, 29 (LL> and Larry
C. tireen. 23 (l,R). all of San Francisco. A racially-mixcd Jury of 8
in .Stinerior Court. (CPI)
Professor Presents
Stats On Forhearers
black female, as the alleged h omen and 4 men deliberated 4 days before returning its verdict
cornerstone of survival for the
race, must strive to remove
herself from the bottom rug of
poweriessness if the black race
is to continue to progress.
The group lists 6 purposes,
included among which are; to
create within (he black female
a realization of her potential
and the effect that the creative
use of this potential can have
towards the removal of all the
racist, sexist, clasllst and
attitudinal obstacles facing
black people: to provide
information and needed forms
of support to black women as
they seek, individually and
collectively, to change the
practices which prevent the
full utilization of their personal
(See FEMINIST. P. 2)
Barnes To Head Republicans
DURHAM - Black Repub
licans from throughout the
state, members of the Minori
ties Division of the State
Republican Party, met here
Saturday. March 13, and
outlined a program that will
give it more muscle in
policy-making and elected
Alexander Barnes, veteran
party worker, president.
Barnes, known as "Mr.
Black Republican. ' has had an
eventful career, having regis
tered in 1928 as a Republican.
He has worked on Wh the
i^ie and national levels Even
(nough he has b^n quite active
as a Republican, he has been
outspoken against those in the
party who have not been
sympathetic with minority
rights
The main focus of the
meeting was "grass roots"
ALEXANDER BARNES
operation, with a cl<»er tie to
county chairmen, along with
representation on county exe
cutive committees The main
thrust will be recruitment in
densely-populated counties. A
recruiting committee, headed
by Barnes and including A. J.
Turner. John Hawkins. Robert
Fisher. James Hawkins and
Attorney Don Pollock, will
begin an extensive drive
immediately to involve more
blacks in the Republican
Party.
A mammoth fund-raising
effort will be launched to
finance the program that will
feature public meetings in
Durham. Greensboro, Win
ston-Salem or Charlotte, which
will feature Senator Ed Brooke
and Vice President Nelson A.
Rockefeller The program also
includes the selection of black
candidates to run for office,
extending from the courthouse
to Congress-
Leon Slanback, Greensboro,
was elected first vice presi
dent; Mrs. A. M. Bynum.
Durham, is second vice
president; James Hawkins,
burham. was elected treasur
er Several committees were
appointed A meeting, schedul
ed to be held at the Elks'
Shrine. Ahoskie, after the
presidential primary, is ex
pected to kick off the drive in
the eastern part of the state.
As president of the Durham
Branch of the National
Association for the Advance-
(See ELECT BARNES, P 2)
Dr Bonnie Gillespie, assoc
iate professor and chairman of
the Division of Administrative
and Urban Sciences at Shaw
University, read a paper last
week on Black Grandparents:
Childhood Socialization, A
Brief Study, at the third annual
National Conference on the
Black Family, conducted at the
University of Louisville, Louis
ville. Ky.
Dr. Gillespie noted. "For
many years, the black family
in America has been studied as
a pathology by Europeans. We
Appreciation
('hecks Won
By .1 Here
Alt three persons whose
names appeared on the Ap
preciation Money Page last
week have claimed their
checks, thereby providing a
grand slam windfall for the
(See APPRECIATION, P. 2)
are looking at these factors for
what they are.. We believe that
(See FORBEARERS. P. 2)
Rape Rap
Lodged In
Greenville
GRLENVILLE - There
seento be no racial overtones
in this county seat of Pitt
County over the fact that
James Milton Barred, Jr 28, a
black employee of the ABC
Board, is in jail awaiting,
without bond, a hearing on an
alleged charge of raping a
young white woman in the
Hooker Road area, between 9
and 9:40 p.m. Saturday, March
13.
Police Chief Glenn Cannon
told The CAROLINIAN Tues
day that the comolaint was
fSee RAPE RAP P 2)
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II III
HAi’iiir
E4K«f’i Nm«; The CAROLINIAN If
mumUif Ht pybllcfitMi ot The CriiM
Real «l)h thU e4Mken al the aratpaper,
follawini a lremen4eat nambrr at
K rfanal Inqalrirf and leiepbeae eallt tar
rtlnilalefnenl. At nai flalcd In Ibe
arlftnal edilar'i nair refardlng ibe
(alamn. pertant ntibiRf ia keep ibeir
name* oai at The Crime Real fhaald nai
became ln>al«ed «rl«h the Raieirt Palke
Depanmenl. iherebjt iclllnf ibelr names
an the pailee bloller. tram which all at Iba
material lar The Crime Rest U gaibered.
F.\< E L.MtrENY K.APS
P'our Raleigh men were
charged with larceny about
4:15 p m. March *11 for
allegedly taking copper tubing
off city property al 1810
Fayetteville St. The four men
were David Hinton. 23, and
Tommy Earl Hinton, both of
429Solar; James Walker. 24. of
408Dakar; and Archie Alexan
der, 36, of 531 Montague. 'They
were apprehended by Officer
J. L. Sloudenmire. According
to the officer's report, the four
men were stealing 79 ft. of
tubing.
(See CRIME BEAT. P. 3)
Court
To Act
Mar, 22
SNOW HILL - Two
white men will go on trial
March 22 in Greene County
Superior Court for the
alleged rape of a black
woman.
The men, Albert Lee
Moore, and his brother,
Roy Alton Moore, are
facing charges for the
alleged rape of Miss
Aleasler Ormond. They are
also expected to face
charges of kidnaping,
armed robbery and assault.
The two have been in the
Greene County jail since the
morning of Feb. l. after a
harrowing episode with the
family of Lloyd Roosevelt
Ormond, in the early morning
hours of that Sunday morning.
The affair was told by the
(See RAPE TRIALS. P. 2)
SINGLE COPY 20c
Two Wake County
residents, a woman and a
man. were fatally shot in
separate incidents m me
southern section of the city
Saturday and Monday
nights, respectively. A
46-year-old woman has
been charged with murder
in the first shooting, while
no charges had been filed
in the second incident.
(See 2 KILLED. P. 2)
Council
Approves
Proposals
The Raleigh City Council,
Tuesdoy, opproved recom-
mendtions from represen
tatives of the Central
Business District Authority
for the Authority to solicit
proposals to construct two
parking facilities In the
downtown oreo.
Fori Bardin, locol business-
mon and o representative of
the CBOA, sold thot 1200
parking spaces will be
needed to facilitate the new
Civic Center ond 450 spaces
to serve the needs of the
northern portion of Foyette
ville Street neor the copitol.
Bardin soid the porking
spaces could be built by
privote enterprise, gererol
obligotion bonds by the city,
and revenue bonds. He soid
the disodvontoges of reve
nue bonds were that the city
would become on entrepre
neur ond would hove
administrative responsibili
ty-
The Council approved the
recommendations with
members moking it explicit
that none of the proposols to
be received by the CBD
Authority would be binding
on the City Council. Moyor
Jyles Coggins soid, "I hope
that we will all understand
that this does not commit
the city to do onything other
than receiving the various
propositions."
JUDGE DISMISSES LAND
ING SUIT — Washington —
Fpdpral Judge Barrington D.
I’arkpr dismissed a suit March
12 riled by county oirictals In
New York and northern
Virginia seeking an injunction
lo prohibit the landings of the
hupersonic Concorde Jet at
Kennedy and Dulles Interna-
(ional .Airports. Parker ruled
that he lacks authority to
forbid the landings. (UPI)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
DISCOUNT I SA NO. 3
ror The Best in Building Supplies"
COMFORTED BEFORE EXECUTION » Ugos, Nigeria — Fr.
Pedro Martins comforts MaJ. Gen. 1. D. Bisalla, former defense
commissioner, as iatter prepares to face firing squad here March
II. Bisalla is one of 32 persons executed by firing squad March ll
for their involiement in the abortive roup herr last month. (UPI)