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THE Carolinian
VOL. 37 NO. 13
IVorth Carolina'$ Leadinff Weekly
RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY. FEBKUARY 2,197*8
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Wake Board Of EduaUion Vetoes Black School, But
WILMINGTON TKN CONVRT VNOl'LI) VOTK FOB III NT - Kalrixh. N.( . - WilniiitKton lU
member, Jor Hright. 25. attends a criniinolog> class at North CAKOI.INA Stale l'nivrrsit\.
Wright, uho is taking college courses under a Jalbstudy program, says he uould vote for (iov. Jim
Hunt, u h(t Jan. 2a. denied a pardon for him and the other 9 members of the 10. i I 'PI >
Cofield
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County Op Providing
Wbodt Oilt Coal For Needy
G. Handy
Reveals
FrojSram
A local program designed to
provide wood, oil and coal to
needy persons still has supplies
on hand, but could use more
hands to cut some wood.
0 G. Byrd, energy coordina
tor for W’ake County Opportun
ities. Inc . said his office has
made available to needy
persons since Christmas, 60
gallons of healing oil and
almost 6 tons of’coal. Much
wood has also been pro\ided,
he said, but noted that the
woodpile is getting low.
Byrd said he has 5 acres of
«.wood which as been donated to
the program, but noted, "I
have no one to at it. Our
biggest hang jp with wood is
getting it cut and brought
here."
Noting that individuals and
or groups would be welcomed
(See WOOD ANr. P. 2)
Blue And
Greene
In Raees
Attorney Daniel T. Blue. Jr.,
01 Raleigh, tiled Monday to run
as a candidate tor the State
House ot Representatives, a
seat now held by Stale
Clarence E. Ligbtner, (D-
Wake). who succeeded Sen.
John W. Winters last year. All
three men are black.
Filing tor re-election Tues
day aitemoon to a tour-year
J, seat as a Wake (bounty District
tudfle was Judge George
Royster Greene, Sr., whose
terra ot ottice will expire this
year.
ITie announcement bv Blue
ended weeks ot speculaticm
among black Democrats in the
community as to whether he or
Lightner would enter the race
tor the House seat.
Attorney Blue. 28. said he
met with Sen. Lightner last
Friday and he agreed to assist
him in any wav possible in his
upcoming campaign.
Chairman ot the Wake
County Black Democratic
Caucus, Blue ran unsuccesa-
(See BLUE. GREENE. P. 2)
Withdraw^
NAACP
^ Asks US
Natkmal Black News Service
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Uie
National Association tor the
Advancement ot Colored Peo
ple has called tor the total
withdrawal ot American bus
inesses irom South Atriea
because ot that (lovemmrat'a
unrelenting apartheid policies.
The NAACP's stance is
contained in a 60-page policy
statement adopted bv the
organisation’s board ot direc
tors at a meeting here recently.
(See WITHDRAW, P. 2)
WEATHER
The 5-day weather forecast
for Wednesday, Feb. 1. through
Sunday. Feb. 5, is as follows;
rain, snot«. sleet and freezing
rain were expected across the
state Wednesday through
Thursday. Highs will range in
the upper 20s in the mountains
to the low 40s on the coast.
^ Friday through Sunday calls
for cloudy skies and cold tem
peratures. with a chance of
precipitation over the
weekend
Raps
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Friday Night Kickoff Announced For
In Raleigh
J3r. Cobb
Solon To
Receive
S27,700
state Rep., Dr. Joy
Joseph Johnson, 56 (D-
Robeson County), was
appointed Monday to fill
a position on the State
Paroles Commission. Dr.
Johnson, president of the
330,000-member predo
minately black General
Baptist State Convention
of North Carolina, will
replace the late black
John C. Jones, dean at
Fayetteville State Uni
versity, who died in Jan
uary of this year.
Accordimi to Giry P«<rc«,
press secrelarv U) Governor
Jsmee B. Hunt, Jr.. wtM made
ilK appointment. Uie governor
wanted to continue to have a
black on the live-member
commiiaioo. The commiasioa
chairman la a white male, two
01 the n.embera are women and
one ia an Indian.
Dr. Johnson, who will draw
an annual aalarv ot 127,7110,
supported Gov. Hunt during
the 1276 gubernatorial cam-
(Sea HEP. JOHNSON. P. 2)
The head of the Wake
County Black Democra
tic Caucus’ voter regis
tration program has
called a meeting for 8
p.m. Friday at St. Am
brose Episcopal Church
here to begin a new
drive.
George I. Handy, a District C
City Council Candidate in the
last election, said- in an
Interview Tuesday ihai ihe new
effort is designed to off.set the
estimat'd :{.()00 black voters
who wen- purged from the
Raleio*' .ike County rc^trg-
lion roils last year becavse
they had not voted within IIm
last four veare. A total of about
20,(K)0 voters were purged, ■
Wake (^uniy Elections Board
spokesperson said Tuesday.
Calling upon precinct chair
persons, their assistants, and
registrars from throughout
Raleigh. Handy said that the
Friday night meeting will deal
with strat^y for Raleigh, with
another meeting set for county
strategy.
He said (he new effort will
start with District C ari should
result in the registratiem of
« .• . u about 1,300 voters within 60
BY ALEXANDER BARNES <i«y' The campaign will
DURHAM - The fad of Include Ihe distribution of
•‘roasting,” which has been ti^i “'"'J'.J? lileralure, door-to-door cam-
accepted by frienda of people in j' paigning, and asilstarce from
high places to show Uie esteem by Rev. L A. Miller, s^soreo
in which Ihe honorees are held, a mass meeting for he (See VOTER DRIVE, P. 2)
took a different Him at Mt . Zion Durham Branch of Ihe
Lawyers* Jobs
NEEDS WOODCUTTERS — O. G. Byrd, energy roordiualor
for Wake Opportunities. Inc., stands in the midst of a dwindling
woodpile. Coal, heating oil, and wood are available for need\
restdents, but Byrd needs volunteers to help replenish (he wood-
pile. In addition to the lumber shown here. program also has
tree trunks and branches which need to be chopped. See story.
(Staff PhotoL
Amon^
Orators
Hunt ^Roasted’ By
Bull City” Groups
MS. LITTLE FREE ON BAIL -< New York — Miss JoAnne
Little, the 23-yeaivold fugitive from Raleigh, N.C.'s Correctional
Center for Women, was released Tuesday. Jau. 31. from her
Hikers Island detention cell on a ball of I51.M0. She said she
would look for work here while awaiting the decision of New
York Gov. Hugh L. .Carey on her pethkm to block her extradk
tion to North CaroUna, where she was serving a MO year sen
tence for breakiag and entering. <UP1>
Commissioner Says
She ‘Will Fight It’
Group
Raps Gov,
North Carolina Governor,
James B. Hunt, Jr., was
blasted last weekend by the N.
C. Association of Black Law
yers for his decision not to free
the Wilmington Ten from
prisons across the state,
claiming the governor’s deci
sion was based on "crass
political logic."
The lawyers charged in an
eight^Mge statement that Hunt
iSm LAWYERS’. P. 3)
It was a demonstration of
protest over the decision of
Gov. James Hunt in (he
Wilmington 10 case and the
projected move to place police-
ment in the halls of Durham
City Schools. The church was
crowded to capacity. idea
was presented to the ministers
by the Rev. L. H. Welchel.
pastor, Russell Memorial CME
Church, who was president of
the Birmingham, Ala. NAACP
Branch, during the ‘reign of
terror" in that state.
The Rev. W. W. Easley.
Urged By
President
WASHINGTON. D.C. - Pre
sident Carter has asked Ckm-
gress to continue a high level ot
public service employment
programs and has called tor a
new program to encourage
hiring oi the young and
disadvantaged in the private
sector.
In his recent address, the
Committee, said that as the
building program now stands,
she will li^t it when it comes
to the commissioners lor
approval Feb. 6.
Noting that the commtasion-
pastor. St. Joseph AME President also declared that
Church, made a report on there is still much tor the
education and decried the fact nation to do to eliminate
(See ’ROAST’ GOV. P. 3) (See NEW JOBS. P. 3)
BY WILLIE WHITE
RurrWriter
’The $2.8 million building
program oi the Wake County
Board ot Education which was
approved Ust weekend atUl has
a hurdle to overcome beiore it
becomes detinite that no school
will be built in predominantly
black southeast Raleigh.
Mrs. Elisabeth Bias Cotield,
chairperson oi the Wake
County Board ot Commission
ers’ Education and Finance
Mrs. Langston
Appreciation
Check Winner
Mrs. Pearl Langston, oi .330
E. South St., raceived a flO
check alter she reported to The
CAROLINIAN oitice that she
bad tound her name listed in
the Jettries Jewelers adver
tisement on the Appreciation
Money Page oi the last edition.
Also listed on the page were
Joe D. McLean, oi 1515 E. Lane
St.; and Presley E. Gainey, ot
S20 Dacian Rd. McLean was
lilted in the Harley Davidson oi
Raleigh advertisement, and
Gainey was Hated in the
Raleigh FCX Service adver
tisement.
'Diree names are listed in
advertisements on the Ap- themselves,
preciatlon Page this week, ‘nie Mrs. Coiield said that in her
page is on the back ot the tront otticial capacity she is going to
section. Readers who find their be looking closely at what is
names listed should r^iort to now available and what is
The CAROLINIAN ottice be- being proposed. She said that
^e and the other county
(See SCHOOL ‘FUSS', P. 2)
A massive rally in sup-
I port of the Wilmington
■ Ten is being planned for
Sunday, Feo. 5, at 3 p.m.
at the Laodicea United
Church of Christ, 2004
Rock Quarry Rd., ac
cording to a press
release this week from
the Commission for Rac
ial Justice of the United
Church of Christ with na
tional headquarters in ^ ^
NewYork City. ^ JW-CH
The Commission tor Racial
Justice is sponsoring a cmaade
tor justice rally on Sunday,
February 5 in a continuing
eiiort to win ireedom tor the
Wilmington Ten. Rev. Leon
While said. "We ask you to join
us in this crusade tor juatice
rally on Sunday at the
Laodicea United Church ot
Christ, 2(XK Rock Quarry Road,
Ralei^, N.C. The service will
begin at 3 p.m. Ihe theme oi
the crusade is, ’’Lest We
Forget." Speakers tor this
event will Dr. Charles E.
Cobb, Executive Director oi
'the JCC Commission tor
Racial Justice, Dr. Gfadv
Davis and other supporters oi
the Wilmington Ten and Char
lotte Three. Gospel singers will
also appear on the program.
Rev. While pointed out, "The
struggle tor Justice continues.
(See ‘10’ RALLY. P. 2)
DR. JOHNSON
Held For
Rapes
Two Wake men were arrest
ed last week and ehargad with
the lirst-degree rapes Wednee-
day 01 two tecnagm on a dirt
road near New HUl, Chiei
Sheriti’s Deputy Lester W.
Kelly said Monday.
Ihe two men were identliied
as Harold Michael Evans Jr.,
20,01 Rt. 3, Apex, and Harold
Lee Jmes oi First Street,
Apex. Both are being held
in the Wake Jail without bond.
Ftrst-d^ree rape ia rape in
which a weapon is used ai^ is a
capital crune puni^bla by
Kelly said Evans and Jones
are charged in compaaioo
(See 2 RAPES. P. 2)
Black Heads NC Wage 0//tee
A'TLANTA, Ga. - James C. Svnui, who is black, joined
Stewart has been named area Oreenaboro wage and hour
director oi the U5. Depart- division as a comidiance
ment ot Labors Wage and , .. ^
Hour DIvWon « Giwiaboro, ‘"V'rtlS'lor. H. w„ a,voln^
N.C., it w« anmuoMd by
JamU E. Patching, regional
^ ^ held until his present appoint'
administrator lor the Elmpioy- ment.
ment Standards Administra- ’Ihe Greensboro area owW
tion.
(See WAGE HEAD, P. 2)
MRS. ELIZABETH COFIELD
ers may either accept the
proposal or reject it with
reason given, she said that she
anticipates its rejection. "I
don’t see that they are going to
come to us with enough
iniormation.’’ The commis
sioners do not have the
authority to alter the program
tore noon Mtmday.
(See APPRECIATION. P. 2)
LEADS FIGHTING OF TKOOf^ — Tug Wajalf. Kthiupia — Jama All. front line commander
for the Western Somalia Liberation Front (K). talks to Journalists Jan. 27 at this captured village
in the Ogadrn desert region on the Horn of Africa. Jama All's troops have been fighting Ethiopian
troops in the region in an effort to annex it to Somalia. (UFl)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
CAP’N JIM'S SEAFOOD
VFrrSFItESH. WE'VE COT ir
KflKTIlA KETUKNS AFTEK TEN YEARS ~ WaiUagtae -
Singer F^rtha Kid flBally made it back to the While Heate Jan.
29,10 years after Lyndon Johnson, she says, virMally exiled her
for remarks about Vietnam, She was invited to a recepUon by
Pres. Carfrr to mark the I9(b anniversary of the restoralion of
F'urd's Theatre. She is shown Jan. 25 wMfa her Saint Bernard.
•July. ” (I’PI)