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According To Reports, N. C.’s
Leaders
Pleased
Bfctcfe Demos *S(jlUClhhle* Satnrday
... m .__ w w BYWILLIEWHITE
The Carolinian
VOL. 37 NO. 22
yorth CaroUna*$ Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6,1978
Confessed Raleigh Shotgun Killer
Escapes GasChamber
★ ★★ ★★★
Pension Fund Involved In AME Zion Circles
Bishop Is F acing Probe
Hog^ard ilfeMil HK. ’ ' Says He
BYWILLIEWHITE
SUffWrHar
More than 2,500 Wil-
tnington Ten supporters
were so fired up in SatUT'
day’s 3^ mile march
from Chavis Park to the
State Capitol that* they
entered into a 9-minute
chant as soon as they
SI NGLE COPY 20c arrived at the Capitol.
Organixed by th« North
Carolina Coalition to Free the
Wilmington Ten, the marelien
came from acroes the state and
several out-of-state points to
focus public attention to the
Wilmington Ten and other
socklli
Church’s
I Target
BV ALEXANDER BARNES
Response to an exclu
sive story that appeared
in the March 23 issue of
The CAROLINIAN, al
legedly revealed that all
was not welt with the
money collected to cain
out the new brotherhood
pension plan, adopted by
the 1976 General cWer-
ence of the AME Zion
Church.
the alleged action oi Bishop
J. C. Huggard. who lives In
Indianapolis, Ind-, and pra-
sided over the 6lh
district, and Is chairman ot the
Board ot Brotherhood Pension
and Ministerial Reliet, bv
ordering the wub<kawl ot more
than I300.M0.00 out oi tha
Qiarlolte Branch ot tbe Me
chanics sod Farmers Bank and
(dadog it in tbe Aetna Lite.
Hadio^, Conn, ia
aiv) coneemad, dua to the tact
that tha premhan ler the
pretectioQ and benefit in tbe
{dan Is paid bv the local church
membtoidiip.
Dr. L.L. Walker. Charlotte,
aecretarv ot tbe department,
has been asked bv tbe
Consummer Diviskm ot the N.
C. Insurance Department to
tumlsh details ot tbe operation
(See BISHOP IS. P.3)
Fnroute to the Capitol, the
mu rrhers went by the N.C. Cor
rectional Center for Women in
protest of the state’s prison
conditions. When they arrived
at tbe Capitol, tired and hot
from the long march, congrea*
sional candidate Elbert
Rudaaill led them in the chant.
“Fired Up. Can’t Take No
(See MARCHERS. P. 1)
i^Had Been
‘Shamed’
BY STAFF WRITER
Amos Lee Lassiter, a
25-year-old former resi
dent of 1304 Walnut St. in
the Raleigh Housing
Authority subdivision,
was sentenced Monday
to spend the rest of hu
natural life in prison for
the alleged shotgun kill
ing sf a 3^ear-^d man
in front of Gale’s Tavern,
400 block of E. Davie St.,
last Nov. 23.
Lasaiter pleaded guilty in
(See ELUDES GAS, P. 3)
REV. BEN F. CHAVIB. JR.
..kaderef*'!^"
lUbMOVED AFTER F'lVE-iRU K OKUFiAl. — Philadeiphta
^ 4 ^ Mke UOTUntd as Uaa Hager> (C> k taken from the
.Wbare be kvM «ae basiage. a«d karrkadr .ommU far
CandidateBakef
SpeaksOn
QenersUv, candidates in the
Wake County sherin’s race
were not surprised last week at
Sberiu Robwi J. Peasants'
aaaessmrat oi morale among
Bull City
WILMINGTON TEN FREEDON RALLY Several ttaottsaad people gathered here last Satur
day in another phase of the straggle to free the WUmlngtoa Ten, and to call other Issues to Ike
public’s attentioo. Top photo shows hundreds gaUierlng at Oiavis Park. The next two photos show
Raleigh City ('ouncilman William R. ■’BIU" Knight speaking at the Capitol Square Rally and bead
marchers approaching the Capitol. The next two photos show a rally leader leading Uie demon- JP llCJdOIl.
Btrators In obants In front of the CapItoL and Ms. Dorethea Bahadur of Burlington venting her
emotiona ab»ut inlusUce. The bottom two photos show Winston-Salem City Councilman Larry
UtUe addressing the group and the Rev. Leon White (bolding child), appearing solemn and tired
as rally progre>Bes. See story in column 8. P. 1. (Staff Photos by Willie While).
the department’s 107 deputies.
Among those not surprised
was J(^n Havwouu Baker, Jr.,
the onlv black candidate in tbe
5-candidate Democratic con-
(See JOHN BAKER. P.2>
PeaeeCorps
Moves Out
Of **Image*
Disagrees
YWCA iiite Filled To Capacity Ab
Phase Two Redevelopment
Plan A ttracts Huge Crowd
BV CHARLES R. JONES Authority expUin, in deUil, the ™ ^
Managing Editor progreaa already made and persons who
More than 2S0 black reaidents (dans for the immediate future.
would handle tbe explanations.
of tbe Lucille Hunter-
’nxnnpaon Schools area, affect
ed by the Urban Redevelop
ment Plan Propoaat, now en
tering Phase Two of its pro
ceedings, packed tbe multi
purpose auditorium at tbe East
Raleigh Branch of the YWCA,
5S4 E. Hargett St. Monday,
April 3. at 7:30 p.m. to hear
(tfficiaia of the Ralei^ Houaina
Several citizens of tbe expan-
All cd tbe (tfficials of tbe city
.ive neighborhood, both home wtreed Ihet the newlv-lnlUated
owners and renters, were on
hand to question the well-in
formed RHA officials as to
what their ultimate fates would
be in the U.S. Government-
financed redevelopment pro
gram. Raleigh City Council
man William R. (Bill) Knight,
who reoreaents Diatrict C, the
DURHAM - PoUtical tor-
casters are bemoaning the tact
that racial overtones, internal
strife, contllcting personaliUes
and bad publicity could easUv
cause Macks to loae the seat
vacated bv Henrv McKinlev
(Mickey) Mlchauxi, Jr., in tbe
N. C. Oneral Assembly, when
he took ovm* as a District
Attorney recently.
Michaux was the lirst black
to represent Duiham C^ountv In
this centurv. perhaps. Tbe
Alleged
Rapist Is
Charged
WEATHER
Tlic five-day weather fore
cast for the period Wedoeoday
through Sunday, b as follows:
Summertime temperataros
were expected to coallnao a-
cross the sUtc Wednesday, bet
coMer temperalores were ex
pected to enter North Cnroliea
.Nirtoesf Black Nows Sorvke
WASHINGTON. D. C.
CarolTD Pavtoe. Ite ilret black
and the lyai woman to head the
ageoev I war ’mST^SEg^a
■Nririte msmb BWRt'*
Ing to iwceot jataeriee wtth
News World, a New Yorkbaaad
newspaper.
The Urear-old Payton said
it will continue to be viewed at
a “white man's thing,’’ as kiog
as miooritiM stay out on the
outer iriage. “It b an Ameri
can taipayer-eunpoited agen-
cv,’’ she said. “Aad it b our
right to be monbars. and to
(SaePBACSC^nLP. 3J
CRIME
BEAT
program would be “for the
betiemieni ot all concerned.’’
Under the plan, approximately
160 houses will be purchased
the Authority and 45 will be im
proved. moat with granb from
tbe Housing and Uihan Deve
lopment Department of the
U.S. Government.
Under the plan. 200 new
multi-family dwellings and
single family-occupied homes
will be ctmstnicted.
The first person to pose a
question to members of the a
officialry of RHA, was George ATC WttinerS
McGr^or of 419 Dakar St. Hb
question was deemed by many
in attendance at the session to
JOHN H. Baker. JR.
hassle began when he allegediv C—-A
insbted that hb brother. Eric, f' llvcl O ulC
be named to succeed him as -r t o«
haddonewhenhegaveupajobf |h dlfYl
in the District Attorney’s
onice. There were cries ot
nepotism trom both sides ot the
(See BLACK DEMOS. P.2) ’
Ms. Collier,
W. Freeman
(See PHASE TWO. P. 2)
Asks HEW
To Review
Medicaid
AFRICAN WELCOMES U.g. PRESIDENT — Ugos. Nigrrir
— Prrsiden; Carter shakes hands and kralles after Nlgeriaa
mlliUry ruler Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanlo made hb welcoming
remarks dui uig ceremonies at Dodaa Barracks April I. (I'PI)
Ntioaal Bbck News Service
WASHINGTON. D. C. — U.
S. R^. Lou Frev, Jr. (R-Fla.)
has urged the Secretary oi
Health, Ekhication and Weltare
to “review and perhaps relax’’
federal requiremenb tor state
reimbursements oi medicaid
prescription bilb.
Ihe standards are under
attack m Florida becauae oi a
12,000,000 law suit brou^t
against the Department ot
(See ASKS HEW. P.3)
Ms. Ida Collier, ot 1818
Malone PL, and WUUam A.
Freeman, ot 1401 Altama Cir.,
were winners ot $10 Appreci-
ati(») Money checks thb week
alter they rqjorted that they
tound their names Ibted on tbe
Af^reciation Money Page.
Ha. 0)Uier'8 name was Ibted
in the Hudson Belk advertbe-
ment, and Freeman’s name
was Ibted in the FCX Service
(See APPRECUTION. P. 2)
LOS ANGELES.
Calif. — The family of
the late George Jack-
son, a black activist,
killed during a Califor
nia prison escape sev
eral years ago. u suing
Warner Brothers film
company and others
for |Z6 million over the
movie, "Brothers.”
Filed by his parents.
Mr. ano Mrs. Lester
(Georgia) Jackson,
and his three sisters.
Misses Deloa, Prances
and Penelope Jackson,
the suit charges the
movie is ’’unmistak
ably based” on Jack-
son, despite name
changes and that it de-
(SeeFILF^S SUIT. P.2)
DURHAM — Silk stocking
murders, promiscuous sex acb
and even crimes against
nature, committed bv one
person, are being investigated
perhaps throughout the world,
but I>urham’s Police Depart
ment b believed to have come
up with the “prize” suspect
when it gathered enough
evidence against Timothv
Wavne Jones, 18, a student at
Durham High School, to con
vince a Durham Ountv Grand
Jurv to indict the man on 11
counts 01 rape.
The evidence. presented
Tuesday. April 4, showed that
the accusea voulh began hb
(See RAPIST IS.P.2)
BDlTDItb NOTft tU* cstaas w
w«i,«d., .ugbt. HKk. w«i
nMlUy rangnl ia Ue mlMta 7^—rT^T~ j-
over Ike eiiteni lecUea e( Ike 4.; T_ kT
Jrsiiv ■
state. Lows Weduesday night
were predicted to bo in (be 46a.
Scattered showers may accom
pany a weak cold front, expect
ed le cross the sUte rrma the
MUsbsli^l Valley. High tem
peratures will drop later b tbe
week bte the high IH and lew
76s. There b a chance ef show
ers on '^ursdny and FrMay.
but fair skies are soea for Sa
turday aad Sunday. Highs will
be mosUy la the 86s on Friday,
cooling Into the 76b for tbe
weekend. Lows will be b the
$6s. cooling into the 46s by
Sunday mornbg.
(lean. IS
rtc« Sr (S* MTSMtea St-
' HI A tW CHmIm
ATTACKED WITH KNIFE
Joseph Hill, 318 Love’s Lana,
oiilcer A.D. Tory that at
9:38 pjn., Tuaadav, at 319
Love's Lane, be snu aaaaulted,
according to pHice rqwrb.
The 42-vear-old Hill was
allegedly attacked with a knlle.
and sutiered a punr^ure wound
in the toreann, uit report
ended.
(8m CRIME SCAT. P.2)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
RALEIGH TIRE & OIL
GO.
'‘WHERB SAFE, DSfEKDAUS TIMES AMD OIL AME FOVHD ^
RETURN TO SCENE OF KING ASSASSINATION TEN YEARS LATEK — 8
Thb tbrouR of more than l.aas followers of Ibe late Rev. Dr. Martb Lather King. Jr.'s
at tbe lANTBine Motel, crowd the parking lot of the now deteriorating u olel an Tnooday, April 4.
heneaib (he balcony when Jie civil ri^ts leader was assasstaated ten years a^ The exact t
of the murder b marked by a glass enclosure, but otherwbe remalas aachaagod. Ihe above crowd
marched to tbe motel. Dr. King U shown in Invet. (UPl)