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Wake County Opportunitie#, Inc. In Turmoil
I May Have Erred, ” Says J. Holloway
★ ★★ ^ ^ ^ Campbell
Mrs. Eva Frazer Hay Wets 57
Ex-Shaw Registrar DiesLinSlr™*
The Carolinian
VOL. 37 NO. 24
iVorfh CoroUno*! LfatUng fFeehty
RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20,1978
SINGLE COPY 20c
0//tcer Allegedly Struck Victim VFith Blackjack
Beating Trial Set
★ ★★ ★★★ ★★★
City-County Church Members Attend As
AreaRevival Acclaimed
BY WILLIE WHITE
IV ...
Maybe I did act too
quickly," J- Mills Hollo
way said Wednesday
about a letter in which he
cleared a Wake County
Opportunities Inc.
(WCO) official of charg
es which resulted March
16 in his suspension with
out pay.
In a telephone interview from
Talladega Ctdlege, Ala., Hollo
way, chairman WCO's Board
of Directors, responded to “en
raged" reactions of other WCO
officials concerning the letter
erf April 14 in which HoUoway
told Anti-Poverty Director
Ralph Campbell that the
EhiecuUve Committee and the
Grievance Committee had
cleared him of all charges. The
matter became public when
Campbell released press state
ments saying that he had been
(SeeCAIrfPBELL.P.2)
SHE’S FREE AT LAST— Detroit— Lilly WUliami, 60. cries tears of Joy after learning April 14
she would not be going back to prison. "Thank you Jesus. praUe the Lord." Miss Williams said
after learning that Michigan Gov. William MllUken refused to extradite her saying. "Tlie ends of
Justice would not be served." Miss Williams served 9 years In an Alabama prison farm for
robbery, but escaped In 1951 while serving a 218 year prismi term. (DPI)
High Court’s Rejection
Stuns Ex-S&L Exec
BY ALEXA.VOER BARNES
DMAHAM ' WbgpJulip^
"Shag” Stewart, ex-praaraant
of the Mutual Building4Loan
Aaaociation. the third member
of the “Black Busineaa
Empire, learned that the U S.
Supreme OHirt would not even
review hia appeal Monday
from the three-year prison
term and the 910.000 fine he
received in 1976 for iiregulari-
Uea in the operation of the
CRIME
BEAT
“i *■
Saying;”aiii
this make me bitter. 1 will keep
the faith and atand tall.”
Stewart took over the reigne
in 18S9 and held it until 1978.
J. Little^s Lawyer
Is Now On Trial
hi Ow psMk met
.... .. ..~t ■•varS* allaiUallBl
c«Me«U. NaoiarMi hBlIvMaaU have r«>
Ual Ihfy ha £lv«
iCa •( ••artMhhit lhaU
DURHAM — Spectators and
others interested in the
outcome of Durham Attorney
Jerry Paul’s case, centered
around his being tried in the
Durham Civil Superior Court
for unbecoming conduct when
he represented Ms. JoAnne
Little, cannot quite determine
whether the stormy banister is
tfraS h) a
rwihipw
UiaTRal
ituiaa M ua being prosecuted or persecut-
igtiM Itte U 4a. .
Mataf.Mtaaa(awMtUaateha)a4sa 00.
w)ar>.Wa«iatrtjsaUahihalaaUa»»a The trial WaS SUppOBOd lO
fkif^Vi ^ Tha'jVfme'fcaBt havc bogun Monday, when the
Cahimaa.^-^N.C. Bar Associatlon was to
rtfialaSrty.saiiBi'k^^f* present its case of violating the
uaa" aaS yaa aaa ( ha la Tha I ......
i naal.
CHEAP CANDY "LIFTED”
Frederick Alexander Mial
was arrested and charged with
unlawful concealment of an 89
cent package of Brack's
(^locolate candy, according to
police reports. The alleged
larceny took place at Hudson-
Belk, 319 Fayetteville St., at
10:25 a.m. on Tuesday.
(SeeCRIME BEAT. P. 8)
Raleigh
Native
Mourned
DURHAM - Mrs. Eva
Frazer Ray, former
Shaw University regis
trar, died at Durham
County General Hospital
at 4 p.m. Sunday. April
16. She was 57.
A native of Raleigh. Mrs.
Ray had lived in Durham since
1947. She was the wife of Dr.
Charles A. Ray, Sr., also a
Raleigh native and chairman of
the Department of English at
NCCU. She tau^t psychology
at NCCU from 1961-1963.
At the timeof her death. Mrs.
Ray was a staff psychologist at
the Outpatieni Clinic at the
Children's Psychiatric
Institute at Butner.
Her father was the late Dean
Charles Rivers Frazer. Sr.,
first black dean of the College
of Liberal Arts at Shaw. Her
mother was the latr Mrs. Daisy
Christian Frazer of Richmond,
Va.
Mrs. Ray attended the
Raleigh public schools. Shaw
University (B.A.), Columbia
CaroUna', judicial ayatem and Univ^ly (M.A.) and the Uni-
ita flagrant abuse of certain veraity of North Carolina at
people being tried in the aute. Chapel Hill. She had completed
The first flare began Monday the preliminary examinaUona
when Judge Henry McKin- ("c dK Ph.D. degree in paycho-
(SeeMS. LITTLE'S. P.2) (See HRS. RAY, P. 21
Human Rights March*
Demonstration S aturday
MRS. EVA FRAZER RAY
...given last rites
DR. WILLIAM A. JONES. JR.
...rooducls mammoth revival
Under his leadership, the firm
and became <»e of tbe largest
black-controDed building as-
sociatloas In the nation. He had
(See HIGH COURT, P.2)
Say Man, 65, Was
Attacked On Floor
C^anons of Ethics, said to be the
credo by which lawyers are
duty bound to respect when ap
pearing in a court of law.
Paul was alleged to have vio
lated this sacred pact while de-
KINSTON - This Lenoir
County seat will be the center
of a focus on human rights ftM*
eastern North Carolina this
coming Saturday, April 22. On
that day, beginning at 11 a.m.,
citizens of Kinston and other
eastern North Carolina
communities will gather at
Mitchell Wooten Court and
begin a 2-mile march through
fending JoAnne Little in her •>« black community to the
successful trial, where she was Lenoir County Courthouse,
charged with the slaying of a where a rally will be held. The
white prison guard. The lawyer march will then continue on to
is said to have made deroga- the board of education building
lory suiemenls about North where, following a prayer vigil.
DURHAM — W. J. PleasanU,
a white Durham police officer,
was bound over tar. trial in
Durham County Superior Court
last Friday on charges that he
beat a 69-year-old black man.
whom he had arrested on a
charge of public drunkenneas.
OHlcer Pleasants allegedly
struck Jake Williams “two or
three times” with a blackjack
on March 27 in the Durham
County Jail, according to jail
employees, law enforemnent
officers and inmates, who
testified at a hearing in District
Court here Friday.
Deputy Jimmy Lee Murphy
testified that Pleasants hit
Williams with the stick several
times afta* Williams look a
swing at him. After missing
Pleasants, Williams lost his
balance and fdl on tbe floor,
Munrfiy said. Pleasants con
tinue to hit the pn8<H)er while
he lay on tbe floM’, Mur^rfiy
said.
Judge Milton Reed and
District Attorney Dan K.
Edwards. Jr. told reporters
W. Knight
To Head
Campaign
Raleigh City Councilman
William R. Knight, has been
named Wake (bounty chairman
for the Pines of Carolina Girl
Seoul Council Sustaining
(SeeW. KNIGHT. P. 2)
DEMONSTRATE IN FRONT OF SUPREME COURT — Washlnglon - Demonslraton march
on the Supreme Court April IS. demanding the Justices overturn the Bakke reverse discrimiMlloo
case. The demonstrators, thouiands of young black and white, asked In speeches, placards and
chants that the Supreme Court reverse a California decision that held Bakke. a white, was dis
criminated against when he was denied admission to medical school. (DPI)
the marchers will disperse.
Impetus for the march
occun^ whmi members of the
Kinston black community at-
traded in April Ist mar<± in
Raleigh (or the Wilmlngtra 10
and the Charlotte Three. They
returned to Kinston determined
to address a number of the
problems that black pec^le in
Kinston have had to face on a
day to day basis. Among
some of these problems are:
lack of fairness in government
and the lack of WacK represent
ation; high utility rates; lack of
fair employment and racism in
the workplace: poor housing,
unpaved streets, etc.; and dis
crimination and racism in all
arenas of daily existence
"We figured it was time to do
something right here in
(See MARCH AND. P.2)
Mrs. Hedgepeth
mnsSlOCheck
Mrs. Lovie M. Hedgepeth, of
12 S. Bloodworth St.. received a
910 Appreciation Money check
after she reported that she had
found her name listed in the
Flowra Mart advertisement on
tbe Appreciation Money Page
of last week's CAROLINA.
The names of Ms. Shirley
Ann Dunstra, of 848 Campu-
nella, was Ibted the l-Hour
Martlxiizing Advertisement;
and WiUie H. HaUoy. of 803
New Bern Ave., was listed In
the Warehouse of Tires adver
tisement. However, neither
reported to The CAROLINIAN
office before the Monday noon
(SeeAPPRECIATION.P.2)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
Hudson-Belk Dept. Stores
“WHERE QVAUTY AMD ECOSOSY CO HAHD-ttUUKD"
after the bearing that they
probably would ask tbe admi
nistrative office of tbe courta to
asaign another Judge and
district attorney fn^n outaide
tbe diatrlc to tbo caft.
The superior court trial Is
expected to take place early in
Hay
FBI To
Hire More
Minorities
Natleaal Black Newe Service
WASHINGTON. 6.C. —
WiUiam H. Webeter, the new
director of the Federgl Bureau
of Investigalira, said recently
that he had ordered a stepfrfng
up of the bureau's 'minority
recruitment and traielng pro
grams.
Webster, in his first news
cunferrace since beidg sworn-
in in late February, as the
bureau's third directM^, also
said that the F.B.I. was
gearing up lor possible out
breaks of urban terroritm, but
he said that he did not want to
"over slate tbe case” that such
violence was llkdy.
"Experience tells us that
when we have epidemics like
(SeeFBI HEAD. P. 2)
Hundreds
Respond
To ‘Call’
BY CHARLES R. JONES
MaD.glngEdltor
“This is tbe greatest
soul-saving revival ever
to come to the City of
Raleigh and Wake
County/’ said one well-
known Raleigh minister
last Friday night as the
first annual City and
County-wide Revival
came to a close at the
First Cosmopolitan Bap- ^
ti^C^urch, 1515 Cross Cobk
More than 5,500 persocs bad
heard the Rev. Dr. WiUiam Att- M V Cwf a Op
gustuB Jones, Jr^ pastor of
Brooklyn’s New York’s
Bethkay BaptfM Chufeh,
deliver five aoul-Airring mes
sages, the first of whi^ was
given on Monday, AprU 10, be
ginning at7;30 p.m.
According to tbe Rev. Dr.
WUUe B. Lewis, paatM' of tbe
host church, it has a normal
seating capacity of 1,000.
However, some 100 extra
chairs were needed each night
(See REVIVAL, P.2)
J. MILLS HOLLOWAY
See Pres,
WEATHER
The five-day weather fere-
eait far tbe pertod Wednesday
through Sunday Is as follows:
Showers and thundershowers
were expected U Unger acroM
the state on Wednesday, bat
skies should begin to clear up is
the aftemoen. Highs Wednes
day were la tbe 79s. except In
the sas in the mountnins. Lows
Wednesday night were mssUy
in the 49s, with nild-39s in the
roouaUhu. Skies are expected
to be mostly clear Thursday
nritb cooler temperatures.
Hi^s sre expected to he in the
69s in the Piedmont area.
Friday thrcMgb Sunday calls
for fair skies, with highs In the
99s. except the 79s in the south
eastern counties. Lows wUl be
in the 39s In the west and the 49s
In the east.
NEW YORK. N.Y. - Dr.
Charles E. Cobb exocutWe
diroctor bf the United Church
of Christ's Commission for
Racial Justice, along with a
National Consultation of
Trainers, last week called on
President Jimmy Carter to
"dlreet all Federal Agencies to
neutralize racism in tbe
Federal work force, using
racism training as means of
chenge.”
The group pointed to the
Government Accounting Office
as so agency which has tUiJtted
sud) tralni^, and asked tbe
President to commend tbe
CkunptroUer Graeral.
The pronouncement was
made during a two-day “Na
tional Consultation of
Trainers” hdd in Potomac,
Maryland. Tbe theme of this
consulation was, "Combating
Racism."
Dr. Cobb said, “It is past
time for tbe natkm and Its
institutions to give serious
attention to tbe conclusions
reached by the Kerner Com-
missloo.”
The Consultation was spon
sored by the Council of
Interracial Books for Children,
Aasociatioo of Religious Com
munities: Anti-Recism Pro
ject, and the United Church of
(See DR. COBB.P. 2)
WILLIAM R. KNIGHT
More Than 300Persons F ete
Dr. Harris At Dinner Here
More than 300 people attended the Bloodworth Street YMCA's annual
meeting and recognition dinner last week as the agency honored Dr.
Nelson Herbert Harris, Sr., retiring chairman of the Board of Directors.
Harris, an educator, civic
leader and churchperaon, re
ceived his undergraduate de
gree from Virginia Union Uni
versity and his terminal degree
from the University of Michi
gan. He taught college students
at a number of institutions, to
include Florida A&M Univer
sity. Shaw University, and the
University of Illinois.
Harris also sened on many
boards and cemnmittees.
Harris was active with the
Bloodworth Street YMCA for
more than 30 years and led the
agency in a building fund drive
which has resulted in the
raising of more than 9400,000
for a new facility on the Old
Gamer Rd.
Many former students and
current community leaders
and educators took part in the
3-hour event, which was held in
the Shaw Student Union.
Morris Johnsra was the toast
master.
Reflections and exfuressions
were given by Dr. Charles
Ward, Dr John W. Fleming.
Dr. Prezell Robinson. Earl
(See DR. HARRIS. P.4)
RETIRES AFTER MORE TtfAN 39 YEARS OP SERVICE
WITH RALEIGH YMCA — J. Mills Holloway, left, vke presi
dent for financial affairs at 8L Augostine’s College here, and
chairman of the Board of Directors of Wake Conaty Opporiuni-
tiea, Inc., Is shown above presratlag a plaqne to Ik. Nelson
Herbert Harris, Sr., who recently retired as chatrman of the
Board of Directors of the Bloodworty Street YMCA, after
serving tbe organization as both a member tad ckalrmaa for
more than 39 years. Dr. Harris is a noted charcbman and vet
eran educutor. The recognition dinner look place on Thursday
night, April 13, In the Stndent Union BnUdhig at Shaw Dnlver-
:.Hy. (Seestory).