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IVorth Carolina’s Leading Weekly
VOL. 36 NO. 31 RALKIOH, N. C.. THUKSDAy, MAY 26. 1977
SINGLE COPY 20c
Raleigh Woman Alleged Victim Aa Local
Raleigh police officer
Marvin Sanders has ap*
pealed to the Civil Service
Commission a ruling of
City Manager L. F. Za
chary. The city manager's
compromise ruling last
week upheld part of a
March 26 disciplinary ac
tion against Sanders by
Raleigh Police Chief Robert
E. Goodwin.
KSt'ORTKO TO PIA’SH PARTY — Minneapolis — Carrying their champagne up the bUiiHa>
# with luggage retired skveap Ml Hughes. Sr. escorts Ms. Lillian Warren to a plush party here Mav
23. giyen h\ a local millionaire for 29 sk>caps and their families, for what be called "'I'ne greatest
group or skycaps In the world.” (I'Ph
Man Held In Rape
Shaw Announces
Tapper Banquet
¥• ¥ ¥ AT-
On June 3 at 7 p.m .. the Shaw
Divinity School trustees will
sponsor a banquet as a
memorial to the late Dr. Henry
Martin Tupper. founder of
Shaw University and the Shaw
Divinity School. The banouet
will be held in the Student
Union Building.
The trustees, their wives,
alumni and many friends are
expected to attend. Two hun
dred people are expected to be
present to pay tribute to the
memory of this leader who
arrived in Raleigh with Mrs.
Tunper on Oct. 10. 18Qp.
possessed with the conviction
that God wanted him to provide
educational opportunity for
former slaves. On Dec. 1. 1665.
^Tupper gathered his first class
theology together Out of this
effort has come what is now
Sliaw University and the Shaw
Divinity School.
The guest speaker for this
occasion will be Dr. Thomas
Kilgore, pastor of the Second
Baptist Church, Los Angeles.
Calif Dr. Kilgore is a native of
North Carolina, graduate of
'.See TUPPER. P 2)
Minority
Seminar
Thursday
FORT BRAGG — Minority
businessmen and small busi
nessmen can learn how to sell
‘House
Kidnap’g
Is Also
Charged
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Sewage Raekuit Cited Here
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Ruined:’ Tenant
Ms. Beck
DR. DANIEL D. GODFREY
Cacus
Demands
their products to the military
and government during a # 1 _
*' LfOuirey
Apology
WASHINGTON. D C. - The
Congressional Black Caucus
last week demanded a fall
investigation of the "racist
remarks" which a Republican
Congressman Is alleged to
have made while discussing
the investigation into the
assassination of civil rights
leader Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Congressman Parren J.
Mitchell, chairman of the
caucus, asked for the investi
gation in a letter to John J.
Rhodes, minority leader in the
United States House of Repre
sentatives
Syndicated columnist Jack
Anderson recently reported
Jkihat John Ashbrook. a Repub
^can Congressman from John
ston. Ohio, objected to the
Capitol Hill probe into the
Assassination of the slain Nobel
^eace Prize winner, and
reportedly said that he be
lieved that time and money
should not be wasted "investi
gating the murder of some
nigger." The caucus letter
indicated that this alleged
racial slur by a public official
must be investigated to deter
mine the true facts.
The Congressional Black
Caucus, whose membership
includes Cleveland Democrat
Uiuis Stokes. House Assassi
nations Committee chairman
and District of Columbia
delegate Walter Fauntroy.
chairman of the Assassinations
sub-committee investigating
Dr. King's death, strongly
urged the House Republic
party leadership to release the
results of its investigation.
When the report is released,
the caucus further stated,
(bee CAUCUS DEMANDS. P. 2)
seminar May 26 at Fort
Bragg
The seminar is being spon
sored by the State Office of
Minority Business Enterprise
and Fort Bragg. Camp Le-
jeune. Seymour Johnson AFB.
Pope AFB, and Cherry Point
Marine Corps. The seminar
will be at Fort Bragg Officers'
aub.
Donald Rellins, small busi
ness advisor in the Office of tht
Secretary of the Air Force, wilt
be the keynote speaker. In the
afternoon, representatives of
the military bases in North
Carolina and several govern
ment agencies will participate
in a panel discussion and
answer questions from thoee
attending the seminar.
The only cost is 14.25 for the
luncheon. Additional informa
tion is available from; Walter
H. Warfel. Chief. Procurement
Division, Drawer E, Fort
Bragg. N.C. 28307 <919) 396-
0706.
InNC Ai
Position
A 23-year-old Raleigh man
is being held without bond
in the Wake County Jail,
charged with the alleged
kidnaping end rape Sunday
of a Bloodworth Street
woman. Phillip M. Sanders
of 1738 Proctor Road
(Southgate Apartments),
was pi^ed up at his home
Monday. The alleged vic
tim was Ms. Gloria Ann
Johnson, of 9 N. Blood-
worth St.
Dr. Daniel D. Godfrey has
been promoted to assistant
director of the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension Serv-
He will fill the vacancy
created by the retirement of R.
E. Jones, who served the
organization for more than 40
years.
Godfrey's promotion was
announced by the chancellors
of the state's two land-grant
universities, Dr. Joab L.
Thomas of North Carobna
State University, and Dr.
Lewis C. Dowdy of North
Carolina Ajuicultural and
‘Technical State University.
These universities are respon-
(See DR. GODFREY. P 2)
An all-night Sunday investi
gation by the Wake Countv
Sheriff's Department and Ral
eigh police led lo Sanders'
arrest.
Sanders is reported lo have
forced Ms Johnson inlo hL« car
on a downtown street at about
7:10 p.m. Sunday. He is *hen
said to have taken LA « > a
rural laction of the county and
to have raped her.
Describes
Troubles
Goodwin allegedly decided
that Sanders had harassed a
white motorist. Mrs. Vickie
Baker and disciplined the
black officer with a day's
suspension without pay and
transferred him from a public
relations office job to regular
patrol duly.
Zachary said in a letter to
Sanders on May 17, 1977, "I do
not believe the charge of
harassment was substantiat
ed.” In February. Ms. Vickie
Baker made the charge to the
Internal Relations Unit which
subsequently found that San
ders had harassed her. Sanders
appealed to Capt. R T. Justice
and Major H. W. Bunn, who
upheld the IRU's decision; and
finally to Chief Goodwin, who
(See BLACK COP. P. 2)
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Dr. Fields Resigns As
Acting Shaw President
Dr. Richard Fields, acting
president of Shaw University
since June of 1976, announced
his resignation from that
position on Tuesday.
Fields said that his resigna
tion was for personal reasons
and he had made no immediate
plans for the future. He said
that his resignation had been
accepted by the board of
trustees of Shaw, effective
June 30.
appointed to the Shaw position.
Prior to that, he was dean of
academic affairs at Fayette
ville State Universitv and had
tau^t at Bennett College, also
in Greensboro.
The Brooklyn, N. Y. native
received his bachelor's degree
at Virginia State College, a
master’s from New York
University and the doctorate
Mrs. Alma Beck of 1820
Cantwell Court in the
federally-subsidized Raleigh
North Apartments, is an
angry young woman. She
came into the office of The
CAROLINIAN Tuesday
afternoon and related a tale
of sewage coming into her
kitchen from other apart
ments in the complex at
least on three occasion, the
first of which took place
Friday afternoon.
Ms Beck, who moved into
the apartment in August of
1976. said the first backup
occurred about 4 or 5 p.m.
Friday.
"I had never had this happen
to me before and 1 was very
surprised and mad to see all ot
that human waste, including
CLEANING UP SEWAGE OVERFLOW — Ms. Alma Beck and bathroom tis»ue. coming up
her daughter of 1X20 Cantwell Court, are fhown cleaning up the throi^h my kitchen sink. It,
sewage backup that overflowed Into her apartment on threecame out of the wOel
differenl occasions, twice Iasi weekend and again on .Monday. See where my washing machine is
slorv (Staff Photo). (See APARTMENT. P. 2)
Closings Of
Schools Eyed
WASHINGTON. D.C. - Til.
District of Celunbia lelieel
■dmlaistratlen, faced with a
continuing dacllne In the
city's icheel enroHmant, has
raconimandad tha clesiag of
I school huHdings in the city.
The gropesot, bared hy
School Supt. Vincent I. Rood
during a recant cengrosslen-
ol hearing, would result in
the olinination of two
olomontory scheeis, four
special education schools
and two othor school
buildings now usod for
adaiinistrativo oHicos.
Boycott
Set In N,
Hanover
A boycott of white merchants
i^ilm
Editorial Could Keep Blacks
Off UNC Board, Says Writer
BY JAMES AUGUSTUS SHEPARD
(Editor’s Note: We present
oar readers an editorial signed
by 17 N.C. dailies, including the
Raleigh News & Observer, the
Raleigh Times, and one Vir
ginia daily, the Norfolk. VIr-
giuia Pilot, that if adopted,
would, or could, result in (he
elimination of black represent
ation on (he University of
North Carolina Board of
Governors.)
This vicious, anti-black edi
torial reads as follows:
"I’NC’S QUOTA SYSTEM"
"Under North Carolina law.
PHILLIP M. SANDERS
from Ratgers.
The chairman of the board,
the Rev. Dr. Otha L. Sherrill,
expressed gratitude for Dr.
Fields' service in the acting
position.
The 52-ycar-old Dr. Fields
was planning director at A&T
Stat University, Greensboro,
from 1972 until *he was
2 Blind
Persons
Sue Pair
WINSTON-SALEM - Two
white Forsyth County magis
trates here are being sued by a
black man and a white woman,
both of whom are blind,
because they refused to marry
them, the federal suit alleges.
'Hie suit was filed Friday in
Greensboro by the County
Legal Aid Society on behalf of
’Hiomas Roger Person. 26. and
Ms. Carol Ann Figueroa. 25,
charging that Magistrates J. C.
Lewter and Harold Thomerson
(See TWO BLIND. P 2)
Aside from first-degree rape
and kidnaping, the warrant
also charges that Sanders
threatened the woman with a
weapon, according to Deputy
P. L. Womble. who also added
that investigators did not think
Sanders had a gun.
Police and deputies were
informed of the incident at 9
p.m. Sunday.
According to Deputy Wom
ble. Sanders apparently did not
know the woman prior lo the
incident.
As late as Tuesday of this
week, no date had been set for
a preliminary hearing on the
charges in Wake District
C^urt
Sen, Winters^ Others
Okayed For Utiltttes
Durham* s
NAACP
Is Winner
SRC Raps
Policies
Of USD A
About 50 mothers came to
Raleigh Sunday and reported
more than $46,000 at the annual
“Freedom Fund," staged by
Ihe N. C. State Conference of
NAACP Branches, held at the
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.
TTie program got underway at
2:30 p.m.
Mrs. Davesene W. Spellman.
Durham, reported the sum of
Gov. James B. Hunt. Jr.'s
five nominees for the Stale
Utilities Commission gained
approval last Thursday from
the General Assemblv.
State Sen.
John W. Win
ters. D-Wake,
and Dr. Robert
Fischbaub. a
Charlotte phy
sicist. will be
sworn in on
July 1. The
other three .no
minees will fill
terms of com SEN. WINTERS
missioners who have resigned.
The three newly-nominated
persons are Robert Kroger,
Raleigh; Leigh Hammond,
economics professor at N.C.
Stale University; and Ms.
Sarah Lindsay Tale. Raleigh
lawyer.
The five nominees under
went intensive questioning by
Senate and House utilities
committees The only negative
vote on confirmation of the five
was cast by Rep Fred Dorsey.
R-Henderson.
(bee SEN. WINTERS. P. 2)
precisely one-eighth of the
membership of the University
of North Carolina board of
governors must be members of
‘a minority race' and thereby
hangs a lawsuit. The suit has
been brought bv state Rep.J.
Reid Poovey of Hickory and
others, with assistance from
the North Carolina Fund for
Individual Rights. Power to
them.
"As fair-minded men must
recognize, this quota provision
flies in the face of the ‘equal
protection' clause, to say
nothing of (he 1964 Civil Rights
Act. It becami. a pan of the
General Statutes of this state
Wilmington, letterwriting
and petitioning campaigns to
Gov. James B. Hunt, and
demonstrations and marches
have been announced by
supporters of the WUmingtim
10 to build the pressure to tree
the Wilmington 10. The step up
in activity mllows a denial of a
new trial for the Wilmington 10
by Special Superior Court
Judge George Fountain.
The Wilmington boycott,
although eventually to include
all white merchants in the town
is scheduled to begin with
relatives of former New Han
over Prosecutor Jav Stroud.
Zora’s Fish Market, located in
the town's black ghetto, is run
by Stroud's great aunt, who
insists she is only a distant
relative. Her business, which
has been operated for 22 years
in the black community, is
reportedly on? of the targets of
the boycott.
Kojo Natambu, a boycott
leader, said Stroud’s family
(See EDITORIAL.
(See WILMINGTON. P. 2)
Y:-
Appreciation
Feature Has
Two \Mnners
Two CAROLINIAN readers
won last week's Appreciation
Money after they reported to
■ I offici
ATLANTA - U S. Depart-
^ I* I ment Agriculture policies
1 I large-scale farm pro-
t duction over small farmers
have driven the poor from
rural areas and have done
nothing to prepare them for
other employment, slates a
report released Monday by the
Southern Regional Council
(SRC).
"One of the greatest trage
dies in the past several
decades." according to Status
and Prospects of Small Farm
ers in the South, "was the
IT’S NOW "DR. BILL COSBY" — Amherst. Moss. — ComedUo large-scale displacement from
Bill Cosby (R> shakes hand^ with Inlv. of .MassaebusetU agriculture of people ill-pre-
Chancellor Randolph W . Bromery (L) after receiving his Doctor pared by education, training,
of Education degree during graduation exercises May 21. Cosby, or ei^rience for nonfarm
, nearly this has resulted
$9,000, which represents the 'The CAROLINIAN office that
largest sum ever reported, they had found their names in
making Durham the winner in the advertisements on the
the big city bracket for the Appreciation Money page,
sixth time in seven years. Henry Reddick, of 440 Peyton
However, the runner-up, Win- St., received a $10 check after
ston-Salem. reported $1,500. he reported that he had found
The big upset was the fact his name m the advertisement
that the Burgaw Hollev Branch for Baker's Shoe Store. 110 E.
(See STATE NAACP. P 2» APPRECIATION. P 2|
who has won (our Emmy Awards and six (irammy awards, said jobs.
I his degree "is more important." (UPl)
(See
riy ir
SRC
RAPS. P. 2)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
RALKIOH PCX SERVICE
"fOI All YOUl FAIM AND GAIDEN NflDS"
I.EADS HALLY AFTER NEW TRIAL DENIED — Burgaw. N.C. — Damu Smith. Washington.
I) C leadsarallvonthestepsof the Pender Co. Courthouse attended by Mrs. Elliabeth Chavis (L)
mother of Rev. Ben Chavis, after Judge George FounUln denied a motion for a new trial for the
Wilminslon Ten May 20. Smith Is a spokesman for the lO’i National Defense Committee. (UPl)
bister Helen .5. Behind them are Dr. G. L. Kates and Mary Shelton, assistant director of pedUtric