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THE Carolinian
VOL. S7 NO. 16
North Carolina'i Leadinff Weekly
RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23,1976
Held In Raleigh For Obeervation After Alleged
HOG PEN SLAYING
★ ★★ ^ ^ ^ ★★★
WAKE FOREST-Ac
cording to Police Chief
Harvey R. Newsom, 30-
year-old William C. Fer
rell allegedly blasted his
girlfriend in the abdo
men with a sawed-off
shotgun from a distance
of one foot Sunday after
noon as she visited him
in his “Barracktown”
apartment here. “She
took the full force of the
SINGLE COPY 20c blast in her abdomen.”
Ferrell was arrested and
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to
kill and inflicting senous injury
to the girlfriend. Ms. Claudie
Mae Hinton, who resides on
Walnut Street here.
Ferrell's bond was reduced
(SeeMAN BLASTS.P.2)
In School Bufldiniit Dispute
Malone Not Optimistic
BLACK ( t).N(;RKS.SVVt»MEN EVALCATEI) AS TOPS - New York - Rep. Barbara Jordan. D-
Te».. HRh rated 'the \er> heht” rongrr^sMoman. according to a poll of It? members of the House
ul K prrsentulivrii released Feb. ;t0 b> Kedbook. The poll, published in the current edition of the
magarine. rated Yvonne Burke. IM'alif.. and Shirley Chisholm. IFRrooklyn. as the second and
third most effi'cti^e eongressuomen. and Elizabeth Holizman. ILBrooklyn, ranked fourth. Miss
^ Jordan said she will not seek another term in the Hceiie and will not seek elective office this year.
Three Of Four Black
Congresswomen *Tops^
NEW YORK. N.Y. - U S.
Representatives Barbara
Jordan tD-Tex.), Yvonae
Burke ‘D-Calif.) and Shirley
Chisholm iD-N.Y.). 3 of the 4
black women In Congress, wa«
ranked first, second and third
among all 18 Congresswomen
in a poll of the members of Con
gress released Monday.
Cardiss Collins (D-Ill.), the
fourth black woman currently
serving in Congress, ranked
IBth, according to Redbook
magazine, which condu-ted the
poll and published the results In
its current (March) issue.
Asked to speculate as to why
the blacks were on top.
Ral(^ Campbell, Sr., was
re-elected last week to head tbe
Raleigb-Wake Citizens Associ
ation tor another term, though
Barbara Jordan a.id, 'One 'l', •**'
really doesn’t know what the .
congresspeople had in mind
when they answered the
Redbook survey, but certainly
the feeling in the country is that
it is time for a black and time
for a woman, though not neces
sarily 'he same person, to be a
candidate for higher office.”
(One of the ways the poll rated
the congresswomen was on
their ability to serve in poasible,” Burke commented,
(tfflee.) Citing the “double jeopardy
Yvonne Burke agreed wHb of being black and /ejaale."
Jordan and also noted that Shirley difsholm said that tO;
black women in.pBUllcs have becomesm«nberofCon^eu.
two groups - btaw and women ■ blaek woman “must have
• as canstituenclea on whi.h to been able to bring with her
build a power base. “The name more-than-average attri-
of the game in politics is to butes."
have as many constituencies as (SeeS BLACK. P.2)
Raleigh-Wake Citizens
Group Names Offieers
Center. Campbell was not
presented bv the nominating
committee. However, after
being nominated irom the
floor, he was elected over
committee nominee George
Spaulding.
Alio elected were: Mrs.
CUitomis Wimberlv, vice pres
ident; Mrs. Alma Burt, record
ing secretary (Mrs. Sarah
Sansoro declined); Miss Jean
nette Hicks, corresponding
secretary; and J. J. Sansom,
Jr., treasurer.
Ex-Head
Of Board
Queried
A committee of the
Wake County School
Board is studying the
question of building a
new school in southeast
Raleigh, but the only
black member of the
board is not optimistic.
Vernon Malone, former
chairman of the board, sa.u
Wednesday morning that he
has “no idea" what might come
out of tbe committee study, but,
“I am not c^imistic."
Malone has been expressing
outrage at a board decision to
not build a new school in south:
wKt Raleigh through the pro
posed 13 million building pro
gram being presented to the
Wake County Commissioner!
(SeeMALONE NOT,P.3)
President
Talks To
Newsmen
WASHINGTON. D. C. -
President Carter has advised
black media leaders that his
administration plans to triple
the amount oi lederal tunds
devoted to the training and
employment ot voung minorilv
teenagers.
^ This would increase the
(See PRESIDENT. P.2)
Drive For
Voters Is
Proceeding
The Wake Black Democratic
Caucus' voter registration
drive Is moving along, but the
person heading the drive is
ai^aling to citizens lor more
help.
George I. Handv, who is
spearheading tbe current
drive, said Tuesday that
registration was completed in
Heritage Heists during the
last two Saturdays, and said
that plans call tor banning in
Walnut Terrace Saturday.
But Handv lamented what he
considers a high amount ot
“apathy” on the part ot
IH^lnct chairpersons and reg
istrars, and called tor more
(See VOTE DRIVE. P.2)
WEATHER
The five-day weather fore
cast for the period Wednesday
through Sun^y, is as follows:
Snow will end Wednesday,
giving way to colder
temperatures. Wednesday’s
lows are exp(«ted to be in the
upper teens. Clearing skies will
prevail on Thursday, bringing
brisk winds from (be north,
which will add to the chill.
Friday through Sunday calls
for variable cloudiness with
highs in the 406 in the moun
tains and in the SOs elsewhere.
Lows will be in the 30b in this
area.
VERNON MALONE
Woman
Runs For
Lt. Gov.
National Black News Service
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -
Mrs. C. Delores Tucker,
tormer Secretary ot State tor
the Commonwealth ot Pennsyl
vania. recently announced her
candidacy tor the state’s
lieutenant governorship. Mrs.
Tucker was the tirst Mack
woman to hold cabinet level
oitice in the natkm’s third
largost citv.
“1 intend to be the peoples’
(SeeLT. GOV.. P.2)
Mrs. Chavis Is
J^nner Of
SIO Check
Mrs. Lola Chavis, oi 819
Cumberland Ave., was the
recipient ot a $10 chock att^
reporting before the Monday
noon deadline that she had
tound her name in last week’s
edition ot The CAROLINIAN.
Her name was listed in tbe
(See APPRECIATION. P. 2)
RETURNS TO OLD CELL — Jacksoa, Mich. With prison
behind blm. but mcmorie* still vivid. Detroit Tigers' center
Beider Ron LeFlore returns to his old cell Feb. ll at .Southern
Michigan Stale Prison In Jackson. MU-h.. where he served
years for armed robbery until he was paroled to the Tigers in
1074. l,.eFlore. who found the cell bed as uncomfortable as ever,
recalls a youth spent stealing cash rather than bases in his auto
biography entitled. “Breakout." Baseball not only put t.eFlore
on the right side M the law, but gave him the chance to emerge
one of the b p pla^ In the American l,.eague. (UPl)
Responsibility Is
Unclaimed In Area
BY WILLIE WHITE
Surr Writer
In addition to general rundown conditions at the
Shaw University Foundation Apartments on
Dandridge Dr., tenants and area residents have
had an additional eyesore since a Jan. 12 fire gutted
apartments. The complex is located m
tills.
one of the
Biltmore Hil
ITie gutted apartment haa
remained untouched since that
time, and the pile ot rubble
irom the tire remains scatter
ed across the apartment
grounds, with nobodv claiming
responsibilitv tor the situation.
Ms. Retha Nesmith, man
ager ot the apartments tor
(See APARTMEinS' .P.2)
Man, 96,
Confined
In City
LUMBERTON - Law
enforcement officers in
Robeson County had a
unique experience fast
webk when they were
called to investiute the
murder of Henry Bethea,
believed to be in his
sixties, who was alleged
ly killed by 96-year-old
John (Pap) Ellis, as the
two men reportedly feud
ed about the location of a
hog pen. Mr. Bethea died
at the hog pen. The
alleged killer is being
‘evaluated’ at Dorothea
Dix Hosnital in Raleigh.
(SmHOGPFN.P. 1)
Prisoner
Indicted
In Death
Garden Spaulding. 39-year-
old inmate at Central Prison,
serving time tor two previous
murderk, was indicted Monday
bv a Wake (>>untv Grand Jurv
in connection with tbe stabbing
death ot another prisoner
on the prison yard on Friday,
February 10.
Spaulding was charged with
the murder ot Hal Roecoe
Simmons. 23-vear-old inmate
irom Conwav, S. C.
He could be sentenced to die
in the gas chamber it convicted
on the itrtt-degree rap. He ia
scheduled to appear in Wake
Superior Court this week to be
iniormed oi the charge against
him and to be given a chance to
lecure an attomev, according
to assistant Wake County
INtisecutor, Kyle S. Hall.
ammona, who was serving
up to 10 years on assault and [^lu
robberv conviction, was stab-
WILLIAM C. FERRELL
Campbell
Petitions
Jim Hunt
The president ot tbe Raleigti-
Wake Citizens Associatton has
sent a letter to Gov. Jim Hunt
protesting the proposed loca
tion ot a motor oil re-cycling
plant on Bragg St. in aoutbeast
Rllsigt
In his leUr. Relph Camp
bell, said, “While .we as
citizens appreciate the State’s
ettorts to reduce the overall
cost OI the operatiM ot State
vehlclet through hia motor oil
reclamation process, we are
unalterably opposed to the
erection ot such a taciUtv in the
black community ot southeast
Ralei^.’’
Campbell said the plant
would be “immediately adja-
(See R. CAMPBELL P 2)
CRIME
BEAT
Fimn Raleigh’* OfRclal
Pence Files
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raattalt. NaaMraai (MUvMaalt ba*« re
mits Uu( Hwy b» clvni Uir cMtMtra-
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b, tbe trratUat at-
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laa. awrwy
aiaa. awray ataaat aat bataa ra^
I b> a Milea anwrr la riiiriiasbbi
iw ablr aa Sal). Sa ttaiM bfa*^
'kiatlar'’ ta* yau *aa‘l a# laTb*
(See PRISONER. P.2)
STABBED BETWEEN EYES
Rev. White RHtes An
Open Letter To Blacks
(EdHor't Note: Tbe author of
the foliowing letter, the Rev.
Leon White of Raleigh, is direc
tor. N.C.'VIrglnia Office. Com
mission for Racial Justice, and
pastor of the Oak Level United
Church of Christ in Manson.
N.C.);
My Brothers and Sisters:
On Saturday night. Feb. ll.
at the Jane S. McKimmoo
Center, Raleigh, it was
necessary for some black
pet^ile to demonstrate against
Gov. James B. Hunt at the
Human Relatims Ckunmlssion
banquet. He has, more than
any other governor in my life
time, violated tbe sanctity o'
tbe bladt community. Insteai
of being tbe guest td honor, h>
should have used this occasioi
to repent in “sack cloth am
ashes.
After more than a week of re
flection on this event, I still find
Jerome Hester was stabbed
between the eves on the nose
with a tork at some unknown
address on South WUmington
St. at 7:06 pjn. Saturday,
according to pcdice reports.
Hester suttered punctures snd
bruises on the nose, and was
it inconceivable that some treated at Wake Medical
black pe<^ crossed the picket Onter.
(&« REV. WHITE. P.J) (See CRIME BEAT. P.6)
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KING CIL\PEL DEDICATED AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE — AtlanU. Ga. -- Friend* and
family of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., gathered at Morehouse College Feb. 19 for dedication of a
rampuh rhapei named for the martyred civil right* leader. A* U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young
(L) and Dr. Marlin Luther King. Sr. (R) look on. the ribbon is cut by King’* sUter. Mr*. Christtee
King Farri* (CL) and bis widow. Mr*. CoreUa ScoU King (CR) prior to dedkaUoo ceremoole*.
(I’Pl)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
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SURROUNDED BY STUDENTS — Rome — Somali Foreign Minister Abdurahman QIama
Barre (C) larrounded at Rome’s Leonardo da VUrl Airport Feh. 2t durteg brief stopover by some
W Somali sludenU who have left Cuba, saying they were almost forced to leave by tbe bsoUle
attitudeoftheC^banv. (UPl)