Shotgun Is “Winner” In (inn Hattie As
Man, 65,SlainInRaleigh
^ ^ ^ J, Evans
Blames Raleigh Housing Authority
Woman Facing Evictionin cnme
THE Carolinian
VOL. 37 NO. 35
Sorth Carolina*^ LnuRng Weekly
RALEIGH, N.C.. THURSDAY. JULY 6,1978
SINGLE COPY 20c
MOTIIKH I KIKS IN .Wtil
Mrs. Julia Turner. <shown on the right on left photo) cries out in anguish as she is resirained by a
friend, after leu rniiiK that her 2'vear*uld daughter, Kelley Turner (shown inarms of Firefighter T.
A. Mays, in right picture), had died in a fire at their apartment complex June 2K. The child’s aunt.
.Mb. Florence Hiovmi. who was visiting the Turners from Decatur, Ala., also died in the blaie.
(I’PI)
As Aosistiiiit I’rofcsBor
Raleigh Native To
Michigan School
ARLINGTON. V'a. — Joanne
A. Peebles Wilson. M.D.,
became an assistant proiessor
ot internal medicine iGastro-
enlerologv) a! the University
01 Michigan Medical School,
Ann Harbor. Mich., on Julv-l.
Dr. Wilson is a graduate oi
CardinnI Gibbons High School,
Raleigh. N.C.. the University
01 North Carulina-Chapel Hill,
where she received a B.S. in
chemistry with highest honors
and was a member oi Phi Beta
Kappa and the Valkyries
Honorary Women’s Society.
Duke Uniyersity Medical
School, in 1973, where she was
a member oi Alpha Omega
Alpha Honorary Medical Soc*
iety and was president oi
Medical Student Body
She did her medical intem-
ship and residency at Peter
Bent Brigham Ho^ital (Har*
yard), Boston, Mass, and
tellowshlp in Gastroenterology
at the V.A. Hospital in
Washington, D.C.
She is married to Dr.
Kenneth H. Wilson, who will be
a lellow in Iniectious Diseases
at the Uniyersity oi Michigan.
Dr. Wilson is the daughter oi
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Peebles,
Sr.. 01 Raleigh, and the grand
daughter ot Ms. Maggie Pee
bles 01 Raleigh.
Boy, 3, Left Parentless After Ijocal
Murder-Suicide
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Virginia Corrections Officer Reads Of Plight
Fired Maid Gets Cash
Says He’s
Been In
Position
BY STAFF WRITER
Two men, one old, the
other young, allegedly
got into a “fuss" that is
said to have lasted all
day Monday, July 3. Both
men had deadly weapons
- guns - one a pistol, the
other a shotgun. The
winner of the so-called
"battle of the guns” was
the young man, blasting
with a.121
He is John Joseph
Evans, 31, 2 Maple St.,
who is now languishing
at Wake County Jail,
charged with murder,
and being held without
bond, pending a preli
minary hearing this
week.
William Darby. 65. ISOO-A S.
(See MAN SLAIN, P. 21
DR. JOANNE P. WILSON
MarchBy
ERA Jn
SC House OKs OC Sum
Kini^’s Birthday
COLUMBIA. S C. - The as lo whether honoring King
South Carolina Senate has 'might be '•unhonoring*' the
tentativelN approved a bill
making the la'e Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
birtlidav. January 15, a state
holiday.
b givet< ilnai approval thi&
waek. the bill will Im returned
to the House consideration
ot a Senate amendment that
would give the state's more
than 54,000 employees the
option 01 working on Dr. King’s
birthday, Robert E. Lee's
birthday on January 19, Con-
tederate Memorial Dav on May
10 or Jeiierson Davis birthday
on June 3.
There had been heated
debate by the all-white Senate
WEATHER
The five day weather forcast
for.the period Wednesday, July
S, Uiroogb Sunday, July 9. it as
follows: Parly cloudy skies,
seasonal temperatures and
lower humidity existed over
the state WeJnesdav and are
expected lo continue through
Umrsday. Highs hHI be in the
(tOs with some 70s in the
mounlalnt. Lows Wednesday
ni^t were in the upper SOs.
The extended forecast calls for
partly cloudy skies and hot
temperatures Friday through
Suu^y. Daily highs will be in
the upper 80s to low 90s. Lows
at nl^l are expected to range
in the low to raid-70s, with
slightly cooler temperatures in
the mountains during the
period.
Coniederate heroes.
As it now stands, the only
optional dav on would be Lee’s
birthday. 'The Senate was told
Uie amendment adding tlie
other existing hokUaya to the
optional Uat would be accept
able to the 13*member Black
Caucus in the House.
Since Dr. King’s birthday
would be a legal slate boUday,
only state employees can
choose it as an optional day on.
Private business and ptd}lic
schools do not observe Con
iederate holidays.
Dr. King was assassinated on
April 4,1966, as he stood on the
balcony of the Lorraine Hotel, a
black-owned facility. With him
at the time were all of his top
aides.
The National Qrganizatiem
ior Women has organixed a
national demonstration in
Washington. D. C.! on July 9,
1978. The demonstration ia tor
the extension ratitication oi the
Equal Rights Amehdment.
There will be thousands oi
women dressed in | white, and
other organized lupporters
irom across the country
marching trom the^iatb atreat
mall to the CapRalitor a rally
on Sunday aflemetn.
The Equal Righka Amend
ment guvantees equal pro
tection and equal ojMrtunilies
to all men and women. It was
Introduced in the tl. S. Con
gress in 1623 and passed in 1672
with a seven year Ume limit.
Presently, it is \hne states
short 01 the thirty-ei^t needed
beiore it can becofi^ law. Hie
linai deadline ia Marich 22,1676.
b linal approval not come
by then, the bill dick.
The extension is; need be-
(SeeERA MARCH. P.2)
May Put Youth Shelter
In Black Neighborhood
A 118-vear-old house located
at till New Bern Ave. a black
neighborhood, may become a
county shelter lor abused
children and teenage staus
uiienders it negotiations be
tween the Wake Department oi
Social Services and the Catho
lic Diocese ot Raleigh are
successiul.
According to James A.
Wright, social services direc
tor, the department and the
diocese are discussing who will
pay the estimated 82,500 tab in
needed repairs on the house.
A house on Gl«iwood Ave.
was the original site tor the
home, but some ared residents
protested, saving me home
would devalue their property.
The New Bern Ave. house
could serve about live diUdren
aged 10 to 16 who arelabused or
status oitenders. Stdtus otten-
ders are youths guility ot
violations that would not be
oiienses it they were adults,
such as habitual runaways.
Wri^t says about 75 chll-
droi need shelter any one
time and that the ceuntv will
continue to look for other
houses. i
BY CHARLES R. JONES
MaaagiBg EdMor
On the front porches of
two Raleigh homes,
there are 2 sets of
gladiolas. These flowers
signify death. One set is
displayed outside 1340
Branch St. in the Walnut
Terrace area, a public
housing project for low-
income families; the
other stands at the front
door of 1719 Poole Rd., a
2-story white frame
structure. Two persons
are dead - a young
woman, 10, and a young
man, 27, whose 28tn
birthday would have
come iu August. Inside,
both houses, sadne.ss
hangs as a pall of gloom'
and despair.
Following Mveral monU^ ot
almost constant arguing qpd
disagreement. Harden Lee.
Jr., a driver tor ^Kwy Taxi
Cb., comer ot S. Blount and E.
Hargett Streets. al^edly
chased his tormer girltrirnd,
Ms. Cynthia Ann Harris. 19, a
tew teet down the bloek trom
her home at 1S40 Branch St.,
tiiot bCT in the heart, mung the
woman instantly, then tamed
the same .22 calibre pistol on
himsdf and sent his own body
hurtling into eternity hy way
another single bullet.
This newsman, who has
personally covered murder-
suiddes, rapes, bludgeon kill
ings and just about every other
•ort ot violence “in the book,”
tound bimselt dismayed and
almost overcome with corn-
passion tor the surviving
members ot the two deed
victlms.fSee TWO DEAD. P.2)
Low-Income
Delegates On
WCO Board
BY JACK JENKINS
STAFF WRITER
Ei^t low-income
sentativet irom
Western, and Urban Wake
County, were elected to the
Wake County Opportunities,
Incorporation Boaitl ot Direc
tors last Thursday.
The dected representative
were: East Wake County-
Waiter J. Rogers, Rt. 2,
Wendell, and Fred Vick. Rt. S.
Zebulon; West Wake Cbunty-
Hrt. Araetta B. Jones, 629
Tingen Rd., Apex, and Delores
B. Wilson, Rt. i, Holly Springs;
Urban Wake County-Bobby
Davis, 552 E. Jones St.; Swade
Sanders, 615 Method Rd.;
Julius R. Haywood, 1014
Holmes St.; and Gertrude
Pope. 61$ Price St.
In addition to the eight
elected representatives, eight
representatives ot local
governments eight represent-
(See WCO BOARD, P.2.)
MISS CYNTHIA A. HARRIS
...UDednear borne
HARDEN LEE. JR.
...commits suicide
HUME OP MURDER VICTIM - This U 1340 Branch Stn^
the apartment te which Ms. Cynthia Ann Harris lived with her*
family until she was murdered Saturday night. (Staff Photo bv
PaulR. Jenray, Jr.).
Ms. Rosa M. Quick
“At End Of Rope”
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Muugfaig ESItor
Bad luck ucmi to stalk Hs.
Rosa Mae Qtdck as tar aa
adequate housing is concerned,
wherever ste goee. Some 12
veers ago, Ms. Quick was
having trouble "getling mv
(See EVICTION. P. 2)
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Maoeglng Editor
As a result of two front
page red headline stories
having appeared on con
secutive weeks in The
CAROLINIAN concern
ing the plight of Mrs.
Joan Allen, 820 Ellington
St., Raleigh, who was
fir^ several weeks ago
from her custodian’s po
sition at the North Gar
ner Junior Hi^h School
by her principal, the
young woman received a
cash donation of $10 from
a corrections officer at
State Farm, Va., who is
employed at the Powha
tan Corrections Center,
WbuD Mrs. Allen, who is now
working on another job, came
into the oiticc oi The CARO
LINIAN on Tuesday attemoon,
it was plainly evident to this
writer that she was “moved”
almost to tears by the kindness
exix'essed bv James Lewis,
who wrote her the loUowing
letter;
“Dear Mrs. Joan Alien;
“HopeiuUv, this letter will
tiod you wdl and getting along
line too. I am a native oi
Smithileld, N.C., although I
was bom in Raleigh. Mv
parents moved trom Raleigh
when I was 5 years old. I have
been living in Virginia since
1672.
“I subscribe to and am a
regular readm* ot The CARO-
UNIAN. While being Iciunnad
ot your plight, which I read In
the tront section ot the news
paper, dated June 23. 1678,
concerning problems you had
encountered at your place ot
(See MAID GETS. P.2)
^ _
SAVS FKENCH PKESl-
DENT ARRANGED FOR HIM
— New York. N.Y. — Black
Panther co-founder Eldridge
Cleaver, above, said last week
that President Valery GUcard
d'Estang of France personally
arranged for him to reside
legally in France in 1974. Clea
ver. who fled this country 7
years ago. declares that be
found refuge and religion in
Europe. In an excerpt fram a
New York raagaxine's interpre
tation of his book. "Soul On
Fire.” Cleaver said he met the
President of France through a
friend in the French under
ground. He declared the Presi
dent. then finance minister,
made arrangements for him to
remain in that couatry, but
undercover. (UP!)
US Caucus
Commenth
On Bakke
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
According to the Congressiocud
Black Caucus, the U. S.
Supreme Cotirt’s decisioo in
the Allan Bakke case Is
complex, and there may be a
tend^v to tocus on the order
that Bakke be admitted to the
Davis Medical School. How
ever, the real impact ot the
Bakke declsioo is in that the
majority oi the Court upheld
the use ot race as a lactor in
(See BAKKE CASE. P. 2)
‘No Personal Vendetta Against
Christopher:* Lawrenee E, Wray
EDITOa’S NUTK; TSU cvlHMa ar
rnlva h prahTtS la tha mMIc taUrau
aith aa ate lawanli ailaiiaaiInK Iu
caalaaU. Saaitraai MKMaalt Sava ra-
aaaatah that Osn ha gtea Iba caaaMara-
tea of aaariaaiias tseir UaUai aa Ua
pailca htelar. Thia «a «aM uCa to St.
repre- ItMe^cr.hlaBotoorBaaiteBlahrJahga
E..lern, S
— - rican. Ta kaap aat of Tha tViaia Baal
CelBfBaa. auraly aiaaaa aol hiiax raaia-
laraS hy a aaUra ofnear la rapa^x hh
fiaSbiXh ahllaao Suly. Ka klmaly kaap aff
tha *Blaltar“ aad yaa aoa'I te la Tha
• riria naat.
FACES FALSE PRETENSE
RAP
Sammy Lee Robin, 615 E.
Hxrgelt St., was arrested and
diarged with talse pretense
when he allegedlv UM>k $11.66
worth 01 groceries trom Se
curity Market at 129 E. Martin
St., last Thursday.
(See CRIME BEAT, P.8)
Appreciation
Check Won By
Moses Barbour
The sole winner in last
week's Appreciation Money
leaiure was Moses Barbour,
3113 Idlewood Village Dr., who
(See APPRECIATION. P 2)
BY STAFF WRITER nounced Monday that he
Lawrence E. Wrav, Ral- proposed to reorganize the
eigh’s Intergovernmental co- toed CETA program into his
ordinaUH*. who is black, an- own oiiice. By doing this, be
will have most ot the responsi
bility tor the operation oi its
dav-to-dav {wograms.
(.W WRAY SAYS. P.2)
STILL FIGHTING FOR FKEEDO.M .\T .\GE 103 IN N.C.» Even though many have worked a
long time for the cause of freedom, very few can boast of the record of Mrs. l4ila Vtptson.
Chatham Counts Hranchuf (he N.X.ACP. shown in the center. She waslheguestof honor at iHe 1978
"Mothen*' Freeiioin Fund Celebration," held recently in Raleigh. Ren Hooks, national NAACP
executive director, is show n as lie presents her a life membership plaque, given by the N.c] State
Conference ul .NA.\('F Brandies. Others in the picture are. from left. Bill Gaines. I.auri^barg
Brunch: Mrs. Surah Marsh, secretary. Statet'oorerence. and Kelly M. Alexander, stat^pre
sident.
^WWWWWWWWWWWW
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
PIOOLY WKIOLY ^
POOD 8TORR8
"WHERE YOU GET THE VERr REST FOR W/CH LESS”
STATE’S FIRST BLACK "MISS AMERICA" CONTESTANT— New BrUaln. Conn. - M,. Mory
Alice FUntrey tmilet broadly after her crowning at the first Mach Miss CoanectkiU fa pageant
history. The pretty and talented teenager, who will be 18 July IS. lives la Meriden, Cenn. She will
represent Conneetkul in the Mhks America Pageant in Atlantic City In September. (UPI)