Seek Anaieers
To Aid Local Blacks
AlirMiAU 00 YOU THINK A JUNIOt CITIZINS ASSOCIATION. SIMILAK TO THf JAYCEi'S
UllLSlIUn* NIiOlO AT THIS TIME? flEASI GIVE VIEW. WHETHEft IN THE
' AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE.
BV (;t:ORGK SPAULDING
Local Merchant
Yes, I think such o group as o junior citizen associotion would be
helpful to the block community. I would like to, in my opinion,
point to some concerns this orgonizotion should address.
Nearly all social, educationol and politico! divisions ore pivoted
on economy facts. Thtse focts ond discussions offect our daily
lives. For example, blacks ore consumers of 22 percent of goods
ond services in Roleigh. Yet, the block community produces less
than 5 percent of these goods ond services. If the community
could increase its productivity of these services to 8 percent, it
would mean millions of dollars to the community. The block
community has o large market for all types of services. These
services must be rendered in o competitively professional
manner.
Growth only takes place as a result of profits. Too much profit
is being token out of the community and put in other oreas of
Roleigh. The community needs to keep more profit in order to
have the kinds of housing, streets, schools and industries
needed. Through profit is the only sure way these things will
happen. Without profits for additional capital expansion, the
results ore unemployment, low woges, poor housing ond high
crime rotes.
Young blacks should leorn more about copitalism in providing
some of the odditional services to the community. Operoting a
^successful business to moke o profit is the best wotch dog
I possible for mony services.
If such on orgonizotion is formed, it will require more than
^miniscing to make it work. There ore no short cuts to success,
^ard work, with the people participating and gaining in
knowledge, dollors ond jobs well-done, will be the motivating
forces. Self help is the best help of all.
(iKDKGL SFAl'LDING
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Raleighites Reject Plan
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By NBA
it if if it
2 More
Death Penalty Fought
WASHI.NGTO.N. D.C - Thr
National Bar Association
(NBA I. has j oined the roster of
organizations to publicly dt
nounce capital punishment m
principle as an act against
human decency, a d has
specifically called for the
commutation of the .sentence
imposed UtiOn (iarv matv
Gilmore. The sentence, if
carried out. will result in the
first execution under law in the
I'niled Slates since 1967.
NBA President Carl J
Charaeior < Cleveland. Ohio>
sent the following telegram tot
he Honorable (Jeorge W,
Latimer, chairman of the Utah
Board ot Pardons:
-On behalf of the .National
Bar Association, I implore
you and the other members of
your l^rd to issue a com
mutation of the sentence
imposed upon Gary Mark
Gilmore.
"The issue is far greater
.than the individual involved
Significant legal issues remain
undecided. We do not feel these
questions can best be answ
ered in a manner punctuated
by haste. Organizations such
as ours have waged a battle
spanning more than half a
century against this form of
Cruel and Unusual Punish
ment. Certainly, this lengthy
ibec DEATH, P. 2)
BV CHAKLKNK RRGICSTKR
Staff Writer
THE 0AROLIN1AN
King Documents Are Missing
As New Investigation Begins
VOL. 36 NO. 6
yorth Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALKIOH. N.C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1976
SINGLE COPY 20c
After Kidmtpptng
WASHINGTON — Richard
A. Sprague, chief counsel of the
House Committee of Assas
sinations. has said that docu
ments relating to the murder of
the Rev Dr. Marlin Luther
King. »c.. apparently have
been destroyed since the
creation of the House Commit
tee to investigate the slaying.
He said those documents
were “relevant to our investi
gation" and “would have been
in the possession of law
lenforcemenl authorities.''
National Black News Service
He added: “I have been
advised that the destruction
has been made since it was
announced (in September) that
(his committee would be
believe that documents relat
ing to the King assassination
had been destroyed "since the
constitution of (his commit
tee." He replied; “...I believe
investigating" the murders of there are some documents that
Dr. King and President Ken- have been destroyed."
nedy The committee announced
, that it would hire 170 investiga-
Sprague s remarks came on investigate the assas
sinations Waiter rauniroy.
TROOPERS KICK
Rights
the second day of the commit
tee's hearings. He pointed out
that while he had not received
official notification that (he
documents had been destroy
ed. he had learned of their
destruction "from an individ
ual who has interviewed other
people "
Staff attorney Robert Ozer
was asked by a committee
member if he had any reason to
Democratic delegate from the
District of Columbia, was
namf'd chairman of the sub
committee to investigate the
King killing. He said: "We
want to find out what (he
evidence is and follow it where
it leads, no matter where."
Rw. Richard Preyer (D-N.C.i
will h' .J the subcommittee
investigating the Kennedy as
sassination.
Group
Enters
NAACP’s Money Needs
Get Aid From Baptists
HR. MARTIN I.UTHKR KING
Three
Citizens
Are Shot
Three men were Uie victims
^ an alleged gun shooting
of an alleged gun
f siault Danny Lee Mann,
201 S East St., and David
Mann of the same address,
were allegedly shot at with a
gun The alleged assault of
Danny Lee Mann reportedly
occurred in the 200 block of S.
East St around 7;2S p.m.
Saturday The alleged assault
of David Mann occurred at his
residence around the same
time.
Frank Perry. Jr of 220 S.
East St., was also the victim of
an alleged shooting which
occurred at 201 S. East St.
around 7 25 p.m.
Spencer Strickland of 212 S.
East St. was arrested and
<bee ihkEE. P. 2)
CHIt'AGU, 111. — An emer
gency back-up loan program
for the Natioual Aasociatiop P>r
the Advancement of Colored
Peo^e (NAACP) has been set
up oy the National Baptist
Convention, USA. Inc.
Dr. J. H. Jacki^, president
of the 7>s milliwi member
Baptist body, said the conven
tion earmarked S250.000 in the
cash fund.
Jackson said also; “Another
$250,000 could be borrowed bv
the convention from Philadef-
phia banks with which the
convention has been doing
business for the last 20 years"
In additiMi, Jackson said,
“Another $500,000 was set up
from another source if needed
by the NAACP."
The efforts were put forth by
Jackson and the convention
due to the urgent need of the
NAACP to raise more than $1.6
million in order to appeal a
lawsuit it lost in Mississippi,
initiated by merchants who
said they lost business due to
(he boycott of (heir stores by
the NAACP several yars ago
When the convention met in
Dallas last September, Jack-
son recommended to the Board
of Directors that the affiliated
pastors pledge financial aid to
(he NAACP
me board voted unanimous
ly in support, and the recom-
mandations were presented lo
the convention and met with
overwhelming approval. Many
of the pastors pledged to make
an immediate appeal to their
congregation on returning
home from the convention.
Encouraged by the pastors'
and members' response. Jack-
son said his Chicago office kept
in close contact with the New
York office of the NAACP in
the closing days of September
in order to keep abreast of how
the fund-raising campaign was
progressing.
He also sought to know if
any arrangements had been
made for l»ck-up funds if the
campaign had failed
Another heartening act came
from Federal Judge Orma
Smith of Oxford. Mis.s.. in
reducing the bond placed on
the NAACP to $1.6 million to
$l(M),UU0 and granting of an
injunction against thk Missis
sippi court action
However. Jackson and the
Board of Directors were assur
ed that the appeal (rial on the
injunction is expected to take
from two to five years, enough
lime for the NAACP to
strengthen its financial posi-
Reuben ".Sonny" Conlc> is-
caped death Nov U. as lie
allegedly kidnapp(*d and com
mandeered a Virginia High-
wa> Patrolman and his cir
through northern North Caio-
ima on I-HS lo a roadblock just
south of Creedmoor. Bui ihe
patrolman who was driving 'he
vehicle was killed. p(‘rha|>s b)
fellow patrolmen .After the
shooting, a newsman repotted
(hat lawmen abused and
kicked ConSe>. a black man.
The patrolman. Garland F ish
er. Jr., was white
The event has r>m b »»*
unnoticed by blacks ui*.ne
slate. Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SC-
LC) national coordinator Gol
den Frinks has called for a
meeting with Attorney General
Rufus Edmisten to discuss the
highway patrol's response to
(he Fisher kidnapping. Frinks
said a delegation of blacks will
try to discuss patrol response
in many stress situations
across the state.
The episode began in Peters
burg. Va . where newsreports
indicati'd Patrolman Fisher.
;i3. was injured b> gunfire and
made to drive to Atlanta.
Patrol sources sav that Fisher
(St*e TKmiPKRS. P. 2i
The North Central Com
munity Development Commit
tee met Thursday night at St.
Augustine's College and re
jected a plan which included
the purchasing of 6.000 square
foot lots by the Raleigh
Housmg Authority to be sold to
a develooer for new single
family units. Also rejected
were street changes and public
facilities, which may require
purchase or possible demoli
tion of certain structures.
The committee voted against
against the recommendation to
close Tarboro St., which would
cut down on the flow of
incoming traffic; closing Pet
tigrew St., which is seldom
u^, according to Housing
Authority director of field
positions. William Williams;
the closing of Hill St., which
would keep the volume of
traffic down; and the closing of
an alley located off Heck St.
The preliminary plan included
extending a park across Tar
boro St. But since the closing of
Tarboro St. was rejected, this
is now considered a dead issue.
The committee is one of the
Raleigh Task Force commit
tees organized by the Citizens
Advisory Council, whose pur
pose is to help advise the
government in allocating Com
munity Development Funds.
The North Central Task Force
group adopted some motions
concerning zoning and subdivi
sion control, traffic and how it
would effect a residential
section, and a new homeown-
ership program. These adopted
motions were presented to the
planning commission and later
transferred to the city council.
Thursday night's meeting con-
(See RALEIGHITES. P. 2)
Hunter
Shoots
Hunter
MNALL\ ENTERS — Plalni, Ga. — The Rev. C'leanon King wave* a* he enters Plains Baotiit
Sunday. Plains Baptist voted to open the church to blacks last wwk*
President-elect Jimmy tarter is also a member of the church. (I'PI)
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Lee, Michaux Seek New
Political Appointments
'.See BAPTIST. P, 2)
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REPORTED
Claude Pittman, 27, of 1309
Holman St., was the victim of
an alleged assault involving a
knife stabbing The alleged
assault occurred in (he 500
block of S Bloodworth St.
around 8 30 p m Saturday.
According to police reports, he
underwent minor hospitali
zation for a laceration
iM-r CRIME BEAT. P 1’
.Vo One Won
Tm(i among the seyeral black
North Carolinian.s who are
<A(H-c-img jiaironage (rum the
n-eent Democratic Party \ic-
toruA in the slate and nation
are N C House Repre.sentalive
ii M Michaux. Jr . from
Durham Coiiniy and former
Mavor ot Chapel Hill. Ho\^a^d
.\ Lee
Pati'cinage relers to a system
ol dispensing out political
appointments to Ixiards. rom-
misMoiis. jobs in government
and goNernmenIa! eoniraci.s
t>.iM-d ihtl upon qualifiealions
alone, tmt primarily upon
reimtni’ralion lor the support
given llie eandidale who won
the otficf'
Howaid U-e said recently
Dial h(‘ had heard rumors that
he vva^ >H-ing considered for
appiinlmenl by Governor-elect
.fames Hunt, lo a |M>liiieal
liui did not know which
Hunt as he had been requested
of political apDomlee.s
DURHAM - The Rev.
Samuel Evans delivered the
last rites for Joe T. Mack, at 3
p.m. at Cain Chapel Baptist
Church. Guess Road and St.
Mary s Road, near here, Tues
day, Nov. 23.
Mack is said to have been the
victim of an accident while on a
huntir.5 party, in Orange
County Saturday afternoon.
Nov. 19.
The deceased was a member
of a group of hunters that
visited Cedar Grove commun
ity in the northeastern part of
Orange County. Accoraing lo
investigating officers, the men
had returned from (he trip and
were unloading their guns
when it is alleged that one, in
the hands of Matthew Davis,
went off, striking Mack in (he
chest.
Davis was charged with
manslaughter and released on
his own recognizance to appear
in District Court in Hilfsbo-
guod chance to land at least one rough at a later date.
. ..... ... u.'.ke an nmnl.
the highest ranking black
person within that department.
She recently submitted her
ri'Higniiiion to Governor-elect
Representative H .M Mich
aux. .Ir said after a recent
meeting of blacks in Raleigh,
that he had submitted his name
to President-elect Jimmy ('ar-
ler s talent search comrnitlee.
Michaux'.s hat has been IosschJ
at one of the mo.st coveted posts
in government. Secretary of
the I .S Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development
'HUD>
Political observers familiar
with the .North Carolina scene
say that while la.'e and several
other black .North Carolinians,
including Waiter Johnson, a
Greenslxiro attorney, have
cabinet post in Hunt's adminis
tration, Michaux's ambition to
hold the HtD post is not as
politically expedient fur sev
eral reasons.
hirst, Michaux has an
identity factor that would be
dilhcult to overcome. He is
not well-known outside of
North Carolina. Second, Mich
aux IS an influential member of
the Durham Committee on the
Affairs of Black People, which
did not publicly support Carter
until just before the N.C.
primary. Sources say that
('arter is likely to reserve the
coveted post to interests (hat
supported him much earlier in
the campaign, and who repre
sent much stronger financial
interests than those of the
Research Triangle. iCCNS
Mack was an employee of
N&W Railroad.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ida Mae Mack; a daughter.
Mrs. Dianne Davis of Kinston;
three sons, Dwight Mack, Joe
Thurman Mack and Waddell
Bradley, all of Durham; his
mother, Mrs. Grace Mack of
Hillsborough: six sisters. Mrs.
Ollie Roberts. Mrs. Luna
Justice, Mrs. Ruth Pridgen and
Mrs. Louise Long, all of
Durham, and Mrs. Pearl Hole-
man and Mrs. Juanita Shaw,
both of Hillsborough; five
brothers. Amos Mack of Dur
ham. Claude Mack of Bahama.
John Mack. Jr. of Brooklyn,
N.V. and Norman Mack and
Russell Mack, both of Hillsbo
rough. and three grandchil
dren
Wceit’8 ;;
vrvifM a » in tine me»-tmg with (lovermir-
eleci Hum Rut he did nut
Money
Although three names were
listed amot the advertise
ments on ..ir Apprecialon
Money Page winners won
last week's preciation Mon
ey. Thev did ot report to The
CAROL’INIA.n that they had
discovered their names on the
Appreciation Money Page,
which is located on the back
of the front section of the paper
each week.
The namps of Willie Gaskm?
(See APPREtlAllON. P. 21
iiientiiin any apjiointment at
thal tune ' Hunt made the
i-nmmilineiil lielure ihe pri
mary III apixiiiii at least one
blaek to hi-- catnnet Iah*. one of
the must aeiive lilacks in Ihe
N( Deinocralic Party, said
his proit-renee lor a cabinet
posi would be ilie N (' Depart
ment ol ilumun Resources
Till- Human Resources De
partment has never been
headed l>y a black piTson Dr.
Renee Wescoll Hill, director ol
Ihe SiK’ia! Services Division, is
More Developments Taking
Plaee For Wilmington 10
EXPLOSIO.N — New York A burned victim of an early-morning explosion is wheeled out of the
Elmhurst Hospital enroute to another hospital equipped with a burn unit Sunday. .\t least IH people
were injured when an explosion of unknown origin blew out part of a factory wall in gueens, but no
deaths have been reported. Thirty-six persons were seriously burned, officials said, and
arrangements wer being made to transp^ them to burn units in Ihe city. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. Ute blast tore through the fourth floor of the American Chiclet Division of the
Warner-Lambert Co. (UPl)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
HFA HIVE
“Bea Hive Is The Place To Gel The Best Food In Town,'
The case of the Wilmington
HI .has taken a number of
strange lwi.sts during the past
two weeks that may have
significant h4>aring on whether
the H black students, civil
rights worker Rev Ben Chavis,
and while anti-poverty worker
.•\nne Sheppard-Turner gel new
trials nr commutation of (heir
.sentences
Tlie to who have become
|)opularly known as (he Wil
mington HI. are now serving
sentences totaling 282 years for
conviction of setting fire and
(onspiraey to burn a white-
owned grocery in Wilmington's
black ghetto in 1971. .Since their
charges were brought, denials
.ind appeals have been taken to
many levels of Ihe state courts
and to Ihe C S Supreme Court.
With little success at any level.
FILES MISSING
The first twist was the
revelation that the N.C. Good
Neighbor Council, presently
known as (he N.C. Human
Reialtons Commission iHRC),
had withheld from (he Wil
mington lu defense informa
tion that a former human
relaticns official said could
have doc'imented the role of
the Wilmi.ngton 10 as peace-
kiH'pers rather than inciters of
racial violence. The official.
Rev Aaron Johnson, said the
flies contained records that
would have been favorable to
the delense and which docu-
meiile<l Ihe whereabouts of
Rev Chavi.s during the racial
lunnoil in Wilmington in 1971.
.loluiMin said to reporters that
tnose tiles disappeared from
the commission's office a
month after the commission
had resisted subpeoneas from
defense counsel of the Wil
mington 10 to testify and tell of
the role of Rev. Chavis in the
1971 riot- Interviewed at
McCain Prison after the
revelation of the missing files.
Rev. Chavis said, ‘It was no
accident or coincidence thal
they (the N.C. Good Neighbor
Council) were late for the trial.
I think it was a very controlled
situation from the top of state
government to further us
away." Until Johnson's state
ment to reporters, a popular
view in North Carolina was
that Rev. Ben Chavis was a
hatemonger who went into
Wilmington and stirred up the
iSee WILMINGTON 10. P 2.