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(^ites “Prevailinii Negative Attitude” At Wake Opportunities Campbell Resigns Post ★★★ ^ ^ ^ At 29th Annual (Conference Holloway Receives CME Church In Unity Letter V BY CHARLES R. Ji VOL. 37 NO. 27 North Carolina*$ Leadinfg Weekly RALEIGH. N.C., THURSDAY, MAY 11.1978 RALEIGH PARENTS PROTEST CAMPBELL ISSUE — Pictured above are some of the mem* bers of the Raleigh-Wake HeadsUrt ParenU' AisocUUon as they picketed inside the headquarters of Wake County Opportunities, Inc., on Monday of this week. The group came inside the buHding, located at 567 E. Hargett St., after the rain began to fall. The picketing was In protest of the action of the board of directors of Wake County Opportunities. Inc. in overturning the suspension of Ralph E. Campbell. Sr., who quit his post as director of operations for the agency on Tuesday of this week. (See story In column 8 on this page.) Cop Guilty In Blackjack Fight DURHAM — Oliicer W. J. Pleasants oi the Public Satetv Department, was lound guiltv here last Thursday oi aggrav ated assault, with a blackjack, on a 6&-vear-old man in the Durham Countv Jail. Pleasants, a white oiticer, was convicted in Durham County District Court oi assaulting Jake Williams, a black, as he (Mr. Williams) was being placed in jail on March 27, charged with public drunkenness. According to police records, this was Williams' 49th arrest on a public intoxication charge. Judge Edward K. Washing ton, who was brought irom outside the Durham judicial district to hear the case, sentenced Pleasants to a suspended lour-month jail "stretch” and gave him a tine 01 glOO, stipulating that Pleasants would have to serve the term it he is convicted oi a (See COP GU1LTY.P.2) Two Officers Allegedly Involved As Man Beaten At Home ★ ★★ ★★★ ★★★ Black Women Attorneys To Honor Pres* Carter BY CHARLES R. JONES Maua^gEdMer Ralph E. Campbell, Sr., the 63-year-ola em battled operations direc tor for Wake County Op portunities, Inc., made it official Tuesday of this week • he quit - effective imme^ately. Mr. Camp- —. U ‘ , prime reasons for aban doning the job, his belief that, "I cfo not feel that I can or should re turn to my assignment with Wake Opportunities because of the prevailing negative attitude on the part of the present executive director (Mrs. Dorothy Nixon Allen), to ward my administrative goals for this anti poverty agency.” Newsman Talks To * Victim Mr. Campbell was the target 01 a group01 23 members oi the Raleigh-Wake Headstart Pa rents' Associatiem, who picket ed both outside and inside tbe county headauarters building. Black Press F acts To MAYOR ELECTED TO UNPRECEDENTED THIRD TERM » Newark. NJI. - Mayor Kennetb Glbaoo. wbo was silkouted against a ballet- \Jk^¥ T^\7^ Tuesday. Tt i. ^ VJ * 1. T May 9. was elected to an onprecedeeted third terai as A bemused smirk crossed tbe lace 01 Scott Henderson as he recalled the turbulent civil rights demonstrations ot the earlv 50's in the lilm documen- tarv, "We Wish to Plead Our Own Clause". The lilm explores the development and tuture oi the black press on a special EBONY EXPOSURES Wed nesday. May 17 at 7 pjn. on channel 4. Henderson Is a M-vear veteran oi the black press who msyer of New Jersey's Isrgesl city. Gibeoa. tbe first Msek mayor in Newark’s history, became the first maa ever tc be elected three times in a row. (UPl) N. Harriett, Mortician, Is Dead JAKE WILLIAMS ...jailed <m drsak charge WEATHER roving repotter” tor the Atso- American newspaper chain. ”Al all the sit-ins and other derDOPalratioas in my area, I was right there on the scene,” ttM Henderson. “I had mv rSee BLACK PRESS. P. 2) The five-day weather fore cast for Wednesday through Sunday Is as follows: Sunny skies returned to most of North Carolina on Wednesday and are expected to prevail again on Thursday, with mild tempera tures anticipated. Chance of JV. Garrett Alew Head Of CPAs ■ DURHAM - Nalhan T. rain was near lero on Wednes- Garrett, a Durham cerlitied day for most of the state. Highs public accountant and leading for Wednesday and Thursday expert on minority ectmomic were expected to range from development was recraUv the upper SOs to the mid-7es in elected the new president ot the the mountains, and the upper National- Association oi Ml- .708 to the low KOs elsewhere in nority Certiiied Public Ac- the state. l.ow8 for both days counting Firms (NAMCPAF). sre expected to be in the SOs in NAMCPAF, a mitUNity trade this part of the sute. The ex- f^ssoclation, with neadquarters (ended forecast calls for sun- ^ WasWngton, D. C., was shine again on Friday, with ‘lounded in December, 1971 by partly cloudy skies returning tl*irtv minority CPAs repre- about Saturday. There Is a liileen lirms. Since chance of showers Saturday o^88tuiing, the Association has night and Sunday in the eastern expanded to 100 minority portion of Nbrth Caridina. lirms, located in 23 states^ the (See N. GARRETT P. 2) GREENSBORO ^ NalhssW Bvertft Hargett. 8r., Oreens- boro’a pioneer black buaioess- man. died suddenly Tuesday morning, May 2. A graduate oi the NaUooal Religious Institute (now N. C. Centra] University) at Dur ham, and Renouard CbU^e oi Elmbalming in New York, and a citizen oi Greensboro lor nearly 60 veers, he and his wile, the ?ate Mrs. Goldie G. Hargett, owned the Hargett Funeral Home and its lu'sncheB. (See MORTICIAN. P. 2) We Apologise! In tbe Tliursdsy, May 4. edition of Tbe CAROLIN IAN. two photographs were ‘mixed up' on Page 1. The photogra^ of Wake County sheriff's candidate. John Haywood Baker. Jr., was placed above the name of Appeals Court Judge Rich- af^ C. Erwin. We apologize for this mechanical depart ment error. BY STAFF WRITER DURHAM - Even thou^ a Durham officer was found guilty Monday of this week for neating a black and given a prison sentence in a local court, another cop is alleged to have beaten John Wil liams Segars at his home, ISIS Riddle Rd., about 12:45 a.m. Sunday, May 7. The victim, in an interview with a representative of The CAROLI.NIAN, at his barber shop, 407 Dowd SI., SI'id that he closed his business about mid- ni^ and made his way home, due to the fact that he had his receipts in bis j>ocke(. He, slated tbat.4ih‘dpove bis car almost to his froitt (IBfWi.-ifli out, locked the car and started into his house. It was then that he heard a voice from the street, telliilg him to come to the car. He did not go to the car, but hastily en tered the h(Mise. He related that in about 10 seconds, he heard a voice saying. "You are under arrest.” He also alleged that before, he could get to the door, there was a crash at the door and the door had been broken. Saying that (he commotion disturbed his wife and that he turned on the light and saw. to his surprise, an officer, with drawn pistol, saying, "If you do not*eome out. I will shoot you.” be alleged that by that time other ofHcers had arrived. He was told to come out by Officer R. L. Apple and lie down wi the porch. He was being held, ac- cordii.g to his statement, by another officer whom he said turned out to be Massenberg. a black officer. Apple is white. He further avered that they escorted him to the police car, with his hands handcuffed (See BEATEN. P. 2) Chosen F or EEO Citation WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Jimmy Car ter will receive the Equal Employment Opportun ity Award from the Na tional Association of Black Women Attorneys (NABWA) for appointing black female lawyers to key positions in his ad- ministration. The presentation will be made at NABWA’s 5th annual convention. May 18-21 at Uk Capital Hil ton Hotel, in Washington. D.C. RALPH E. CAMPBELL. SR. (Sm PRES. CARTER. P. II CHILOB SIGNS IMPEACHMENT ORDER - ClmMaS. O. - Jerri Hralwgscy (In bndi) hiakn m Sunday. B4ny T, n« David CnUlu. aga IJ, af Clevelaad. itgaa a petUlaa la laapeacli Jadfe BalUaU at an antl-bailag rally on PaMlc Square. (GPU Hiring Of Blacks Is Revealed Church GroupGoes *A ll Out*For Cause Ministerial Alliance indorses John H. Baker The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Monday voted to give its unanimous m- dorsement to John H. Baker, Jr. for Sheriff of Wake County. The Alliance is made up of ministers from Raleigh and Wake County wbo meet weekly to deal with problems facing the city and county. In making this endorsement. i ' • V . Poor Blacks Not Mixed) Writer Says the Rev. John Hicks, president of the Alliance, cited Baker's work in the community in various phases of law enfOTce- ment. As a strong factw in the en- dorsemmt, the Alliance point ed out Baker's involvement in the Governor’s Human Rela tions Council, the Dept, of Cor rections and the Raleigh Police D^., which brought him into direct contact with the youth of the community. The Rev. John Mendez, a D-, member of the Alliance, said “Off the Alliance "wants to make it BIRMINGHAM. Ala. » Even (hough the 29th Goieral Coniereoce oi the ChiiiRian Methodist Episcopal Church, which met h«’e April 29-Mav 7, had a tight agenda, which called tor the retirement oi one bishop, the election oi two and the choaing oi 11 gmeral oiiicers. the pasaing ot an aiiirmative resolution. uTiich mandated that a concerted eiiori be pul lorlh which would unite the three black Methodist bodies. A.M.E.. A.M.E. Z and the CME, in 10 years. The resolution read that the negotiations gel underway immediately and progress as quickly as possibly. Even though such plans have been discussed manv limes and the lines 01 communication have broken down, it was the concensus oi both ministerial and laitv that the coming oi such a union would bring black Methodism a greater image in the liie and work oi Christen dom. The II prelates oi the C.M.E. Church, together with Bishi^ J.C. Hoggard, A.M.E. Zion and Bishop P. R. Cousins made strong pitches lor the almost 3 million membership. The session got underwav at 10 a.m., A(^il 29, when Bishop North Carolina sUte govern ment has hired blacks, at a rate of nearly 3 times faster than it has hired white males in the past 30 months, according to fi- Wires released by Harold Hud- eon Webb, director of State Pereonnel. J. C. Colei, Jr., delivered the During this time. Mack em- communkm sermon. Tbe con- ployment has increased frwn lerence moved with exceptkm- 17.3 percent of all employees to al speed and by 9 p.m.. on the 18.6 percent, while the percent- second day, had completed tbe 080 of white male emi^ment reports oi the bishops and the has decreased from about 94.9 genera] otiieers. It was soon parcent to about 52.8 percent of determined that the ddegates total employment, came to do business tor Christ, "Overall, I think we’ve cetab- with all necessarv speed. The • Ushed a trend that’s positive " unique part of the program was Webb said. "We’ve moved off that only three sermons were dead center, and we are mak- (Sec CME CHURCH. P.2) (See HIRING. P.2) 567 E. Haigett St., on Moodav. protesting action bv tbe a- geoev's board oi dtrectors to overtam CampbeU'e suqwn- ston on March ItbvMrs. Alien. He quit in a letter eddraaeijd lej Mills HoUowuy. cktlraian OI the board and vice preskUnl lor ilnaoclai aualrs at 8i. Augustine's College. The eusiMosloo ot Campbell resulted from three chargee against him: lalUng to tile required repcMie, abuaing sick leave end misr^resentlng himsdt as an oiticial ei Wake Op while doing private buei- II was agreed bv a majority 01 the grievance committee oi the agency that (wo oi the chargee be dropped, leaving only the tick leave matter to be (See R. CAMPBELL. P. 2) CRIME BEAT Mother Says She Reported Rape On Date Of Oceiirrence The mother of an unidentified i5-year*oid black Ralei^ girl, who was allegedly raped by two teenagers here on Thursday, April 20. informed The CAROLINIAN on Friday. May 5, that she reported the incident to officials of The Raleigh Police Department on the date it occurred, and said, **I went back to the police station on Friday, April 21. to make sure it had been reported." According to the records and files of the RPD, no arrests were made until Friday, April 28. when 16-year-old Thadius A. McLeod, 1283 Holman St. (in Walnut Terr.) and a 14-year-old y<Nith, both black, were charged in the attack, which reportedly took place in the 700 block of Wexford Dr., Raleigh. EDITOR'S NOTE: nia calias w iiLi* <***r4» tlislaaUi^'Tu mm et m ^ Wr twmkttr*. WeHSiWitMiaciUMM Beal. CUT WITH KNIFE Richard Anlhonv Milchell (old Oliicer C. K. Womble that he was assaulted Tuesday at 11:25 p.m. in the 400 block ot Hill St. TTie 22-vear-old Mitc hell was attacked bv cutting with a kniie, the report (wnlinued. He suitered a 4in. cut on hia lett side, along the rib cap» Appreciation RALEIGH BROTHERS WIN .MILITARY EXCELLENCE AWARDS — L-R- St. .Augustlae's CeUege Cadets Stevee Bla lock. a senior art education major, and .Anthony L. Blalock, a frckhman. business administration major, both of Raleigk, admire tbelr .American l-egins Geoemi .Mltttnry Excellence A- wards, presented to them recently during tbe Awards Cere mony. sponsored by tbe Department of Military Science rectnUy. Ikey are tbe sons of Mrs. Eleanor Bbloefc Randolpb of tbiscHy. GREENSBORO - New York Times columnist, Roger Wil- kina, contended here last week Ihsi poor blscks have not been integrated into the economy, and aiilueni blacks have not been iniegiated into power, while while Americans are beginning to veil reverse discrimination.” He added that Ammica tends to change onlv when there is a caiaain^ihe. "And I do not know what sort « catastrophe it will take lor America to take the extensive snd sustained kind oi eiiort u> lilt those poor Amencans to standards" Wtiktns was a kevooic speaker at the lirst annual mats communtcationt carews (See POOR BLACKS. P 2) clear that John Baker has other outstanding qualifications in addition to those associated with pro football.” As examples. Mendez pitt ed out Baker's experience with the North Carolina Board of Parolee and hia work as assoc iate director of the North Caro lina Ljw Enforcement Train- Man, Woman (See MINISTERIAL. 9.Z> Two readers picxed up 810 checks each in winnings last week in the Appreciation Money Feature. Mrs. Ethel Kearnev, llll SmithiieldSt.. taw her name in the Dixon and Spencer adver- tisemeni. and Norberi C. Hoiiman. 712 Cooper Rd.. located his name in Honev- (See APPRECIATION. P. 2) Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK 1 HONEYCUTT CLEANERS “fotnmmaTWBUumnmDiMtmrowii- RALEIGH TWINSCRXDI ATK Mini IHINORS- Mlun Harlm. ML uS Slurtnw FsIM. MnUnl I.W Suvkim ml .Mr. aM Mn. Inl^ DavM FalM. MS Sar, SL. RaMik. (—■■——■ Saada>. .Ma. 7. fnMi N. AAT Slal. L'alvaraSi. Grrraakara. BaUi. actaaadas aaajan aaS haaar uaSrMa. »Tr UdarUM w. Mska KanM Ma aad .tl,ka Ckl kaMr aaewUra. Earlnc ala* aarvad a. Srasidral ml aa arraaallaa k«ari clak aad Nharlaaa «aa aalaalad "Mlaa Fisalaa." darteg tkak Kkaallaaara. 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