I i
(^ity (Council Atwroves (JETA Reorganisation, But
EicVur l li> rria<n IS. ,r ry
lAOO ulf>ali> Van Born mvo,
Tnloteh, H. C, BTf'lO
Mayor States Views; Wray Is *Mum^
Cannon
Expresses
Coneern
»Y(ll\UI.KSH.JONKS
Kditor
“I have a deep and sin
cere concern for the
black community of Kal-
eigh and that is why I be-
iieve that the trying posi
tion of the Comprehen
sive Employment and
Training Act (CETA)
needs a full-time
administrator," Mayor
Isabella W. Cannon, Ral
eigh’s first female
mayor and the subject of
much controversy, attri
buted to Lawrence E.
Wray, now serving as
head of the comprehen
sive program, informed
this writer Tuesday
morning in her office at
the Municipal Building.
Mrs. Cannon, a 7t-year-old
(Sw MAYOR. P 31
Foes Of
BakkeTo
*Rally^
BVIKANCKS (iHANDY
Staff Writer
The Organizing Committee
Against Bakke, has announced
that it will hold a rallv on
Saturday. August 19, at Chavis
Park to protest and to educate
people on what they call the
‘ Bakke Trend.”
The committee is planning
neighborhood workshops to
iniorm people about the wavs it
believes atiirmative action
programs will be changed or
done away with completely as
a result ot the Bakke decision
and the tide oi other "reverse
discrimination” cases that will
soon be ilooding the courts,
nationwide.
The committee is made up oi
several organizations: The
Ra’.cigh Peoples' Rights Or-
ganizaiton, ALSC (African
’Aberatioo Suf^rt Cemmil*
tee) and manv interested in
dividuals, under the auspices
ot the United Church oi Christ’s
Commission tor Racial Justice.
It will “draw upon the
’eadershlp. enm'gv and in
volvement ot everyday work
ing people and other poor
people throughout the neigh
borhoods in the Raleigh area.”
It's aim is “to tight against
the trends and maniieslations
that Bakke represents tor dis
mantling atiirmative action
programs intended to assist
blacks, women, and other
oppressed sectors tor belter
employment opportunities,
better education and housing
conditions.”
L. Wray
-........... jj^nores*
MillerHeadsElks^Youth Promise
Ralcifthitc In National Position
VOL. 37 .NO. 39
\orth Carolina’i Leading Weehlv
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3,1978
SINGLE C0PY2(K:
Raleigh .Vort/i Apartment Dwellers ’Fed Up’ Btth
Sewage Backup Here
444. 444
Urban l^eagne Projeet
To Study ‘Black Image’
BY CIIAKI.KS R. JONK8
Managing Rditor
Lawrence E. Wray,
Jr., the alleged self-ap
pointed administrator of
the controversial Com
prehensive Employment
and Training Act
(CETA) Program in Ral
eigh, granted an inter
view to the managing
editor of The CAROLIN
IAN at 9 a.m. Tuesday in
his office on the second
floor of the Professional
Building, W. Hargett St.
He was unprepared for
the interview, agreed
upon the previous day,
via telephone arrange
ments.
During the lime that Wray
had promised to give (his news-
(SeeL. WRAY.P.5)
YOUNG.STKKS FORM FYR\M1I) — These vuungsters. at
tending the Day Care Center at St. .Vugustine's College, are ex
hibiting their agility in forming a pyramid. Kottum nm. from
left: Michael Jackson. Thomas Smith and Rodney l.ee. Second
row; .Steven Smith and VNilliam ('<M>le>. Top: .Michael Cooley.
Background: Freddie Kennelt. acliv ily ctmrdinator.
James N. Perry, Jr.
Cited For Serviees
Lite Insurance agenev, based
in Winston-Salem. He operates
in the states oi Georgia. North
Carolina. South Carolina, and
Virginia, and will expand to
Tennessee and Kentucky in
January.
Ho has been selling life
insurance tor almost 10 years,
and has received numerous
honors and awards during that
lime Among these accom
plishments la the attainment oi
membership in the presligeoua
Million Dollar Hound Table.
Mr Perrv’s parents are. Mr.
arrj Mrs. Janies N Perrv, Sr.,
Of 2S16 Fox Gale Dr.. Raleigh.
WEATHER
The five-day weather fore
cast for the period Wednesday.
Aug. 2. through Sunday. Aug. 6.
is as follows: Scattered show
ers pervaded the entire state
Wednesday and are expected
again on Tliursday. Highs both
days are expected to range
from IheMJs in the mountains to
the low 9Us in the southeast.
Lows at night are expected to
be In (he niid-KOs and 7(is. The
extended forecast calls for con
tinued partly cloudy skies,
warm and humid weather Fri
day through Sunday. Scattered
showers are expected in the
western part of North Carolina
Friday and across the entire
state on Saturday and Sunday.
I,«ws will generally range from
the upfier 60s lo the niid-TOs and
highs are expected to be mostly
in the KUs and Wis.
GREENSBORO - At its
recent convention, the North
Carolina Leaders' Club, a
branch oi the North Carolina
Lite Underwriters Association,
elected James Nimrod Perrv.
Jr. as its 2nd vice president.
The North Carolina Leaders'
Club is an organization, which
is composed oi top Under
writers in the slate oi North
Carolina
Mr. PeiTV. a native oi
Raleigh, and a tormer
CAROLINIAN newsbov, cur-
renllv resides in Greensboro
He graduated in \964. from Die
J. W. Ligon Jr.-Sr High School
in Raleigli. Alter that, he
attended North Carolina A&T
State University, where he
received a B. S. degree In
business administration. He
has also attended several Lite
Insurance Schools, including
the Institute oi Insurance
Marxeting at Louisiana Slate
’.Iniversitv. He is currently
beeking the designation ot
chartered liie underwriter.
Perry is presently the pre
sident 01 National Insurance
Marketing Corp., a brokerage
Women
‘Boozers’
Inerease
Wlielher or not more and
more w’omen are drinking
‘booze’ excessively or whether
they are simpiv making their
wav through the maze nt a
ioggv mind, it is now estimated
in a study prepared tor the U.S.
Congress that one-halt ot the 10
million adult alcoholics in the
nation are women.
In a press conierence beiore
installing the appointed mem
bers to the N.C. Women’s Task
Force on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse. Dr. Sarah T. Morrow.
Secretary, North Carolina
Dept. 01 Human Resources,
said, “North Carolina has its
proportionate share ot alcohol
and drug abusers, but we are
doing our best to do something
about our problem.”
Dr. Marrow also pointed out
(See BOOZERS’. P. 3)
JAMES N. FERRY. JR.
Minority
Shakeups:
Hostility
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON. D.C. - A
National Urban Coalition study
has confirmed that a combina
tion 01 iorces, including esca
lating housing prices, has led lo
poor, elderly and minority
residents being displaced by
more aiiluent newcomers in
renovated urban neighbor-
hoodb across the country. In
some OI these neighborhoods
there is rising hostility and
tension between the old settlers
and the vanguard oi the middle
class “urban pioneers.”
Focus To
Be On
The Arts
NEW YORK, N.Y. -
In recognition of the per
vasive influence of the
mass media in the
formulation of racial at
titudes, a special forum
on ’’The Black Image in
Motion Pictures and
Television,” will be pre
sented on Sunday, Aug.
6. by the National Urban
League during its 68th
annual conference at the
Los Angeles Convention
Center.
Serving as moderator will be
Tony Brown, the producer of
the longest running black
public affairs program on tele^
vision. "Tony Brown's
Journal," and a syndicated
columnist.
ParUcipanu will Include IjOU
Goaaelt, Esther Holle. Norman
Lear, Pam Grier, Raymond St.
Jacques and Dr. Nathan Hare,
a distinguished psychologist.
The purpose of the forum is to
create a broader and more de
tailed public awareness of the
role played by motion pictures
and television in creating the
image of blacks, both in their
own minds and in the minds of
others.
It seeks further to illuminate
the decision making process in
the entertainment industry vis-
a-vis blacks, and how the public
can impact on the process in a
positive manner.
Full Vote
For D.C.
Advances
National Black News Service
WASHINGTON. D.C. — Dis
trict 01 Columbia non-voting
delegate to congress Walter E.
Fauntrov, Rev. Jesse Jackson
01 PUSH (People United to
Save Humanity), and Clarence
Mitchell, Washington Bureau
director oi the NAACP, were
“very optimistic” about pass
age 01 the District ot Columbia
lull voting representation a-
mendment (House Joint Reso
lution S54). alter meeting with
Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.)
and B other Republican sena
tors recently.
Their optimism was sparked
when Sen. Baker told them he
would not oppose a move to put
the amendment on the Senate
iloor this session. Baker said
he was “sympathetic” toward
the issue, but remains unde
cided on who he wilt eventually
vole.
At a press conierence follow
ing the meeting, Jackson
stressed that eniranchisemeni
01 the District oi Columbia was
"in the national interest.” and
that it must not be seen only as
an ethnic or racial issue. He
also said this is a good
opportunity tor Republicans
and blacks to broaden their
political bases.
CRIME
BEAT
KIIITOK’K NOT!-:: Thi* rolamn cr
fealarc h pradacfd Id tbr paMir Mafral
with ■« aim (award* rlltninallat U*
ctMlaaU. NamrroM ladivkluali ha\E re-
quntrd (hat (h«> W dvra (h« raaitdara-
(loD al DYrrlo^lni (nrlr llitlai m the
K dtce bloKer. Thla we wowld like U da.
aweter. U ia aat aw poalUaa la be Judfe
ar >tuy. We meeel) Mhlbh the (aria aa wr
Hod Ihem reported b) the arreetlnfl at-
(Icen. Ta keep aat of The Crime Beal
C^amaa. merA* meant nat belna refit-
lered by a poUce allker la repariuf ab
lUtdlpn wbUe w daty. .So tlm|My keep otf
the ^Blatter" and yoa won't be in Tbe
Crlnr Beal.
RAPE ATTEMPT
REPORTED
Police arrested Daniel
Jones, 33. 3922 Tara Drive at
9; 15 p.m. Friday, and charged
him with assault with a deadly
weapon and attempted rape
when he allegedly held Ms.
Pamela Merle Futrell, 16, 107
Polk St. in her home at
kniiepoinl. She was unhurt.
(Sec CRIME BEAT. P.3)
FUNDS INTACT AFTER SHAW UNiVEHM'SjF MHIiL —
Shown above li Tyler Hall (front and back vtcwn), the fOH-yoar-
old flnicture. which iiandH on (he Wilmington St. tide of (he
Shaw University campuh, and which waa damaged by fire,
believed to have been caused by lightning Monday night. .Ac
cording to Dr. Stanley J. Smith, new Shaw president, the mune>
collected in (he Emergency Fund-Raising Drive was not
harmed by the ensuing blaze. (Staff Photos by Paul R. Jervay,
Elks’ Youth Head
Hard Worker Here
Lawrence Edward Miller, 27.
of Raleigh, was commissioned
as grand director of youth of
Elk's (I.B.P.O.E. of W.) on
July 14. The appointment was
made by Judge Hobson R. Rey
nolds. Grand Exalted Ruler of
the 450,0U(>-member8hip organ
ization at the Elks’ National
Headquarters in Winton.
Miller is the third person ap
pointed to a national position
during the past year. Others
are: Lem Long. Jr., Grand
' Commissioner oi the Elks'
** ’ national shrine, of Charlotte;
Mrs. Annie T. Carpenter.
(SeeMILLERIS, P 11)
LAWRENCE E. MILLER
Check Won
By Mrs. N.
Cannon
Hiere was only one winner in
last week’s Appreciation
Money Feature. TTie winner
was Ms. Naomi Cannon, ot 1705
Pender St. She picked up a
check tor $10 irom the C^-
raleigh Furniture Co., 1600 S.
Saunders St.
Ms. Teresa Kune ot 920
Tower St., and Oorge Crain ot
1501 Maple St., tailed lo get
their checks tor $10. Ms. Kune
had a $10 check waiting tor her
al Jeiiries Jewelers, 137 South
Salisbury St., and Crain had
$10 check wailing tor him at the
Coiiee S.ioppe. 210 S. Wilming
ton St.
Women
Describe
Plight
BY JACK JENKINS
The CAROLINIAN
received a call from Mrs.
Doris Alston of 1622, Apt.
A, Burgundy St., located
in the Raleigh North
Apartment complex.
Mrs. Alston wanted The
CAROLINIAN to send
someone out and take a
look at her apartment
which had been flooded
from a sewage backup.
W’hen (his reporter arrived at
(SeeSEWAGE.P.5)
‘/She ExcellethAlV
Dn Lewis Declares
BY CIIAKI.KS K. JONES. .Managing Editor
"Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou
excelleth them all,” the Rev. Or. Willie B. Lewis
told the remains of 26-yearH)ld Mrs. Joan Hunter
Mack last Friday as her flower-bedecked casket
reposed at the foot of the altar of the First Cosmo
politan Baptist Church, ISIS Cross Link Rd., where
the young woman had served as pianist and
organist as well as a member of the choir during
her high school years. The minister chose his text
from the Book of Proverbs, 31st chapter.
Mrs Mack, who was married
only last Nov. 26. was stricken
on Sunday. July 24, while vaca
tioning with her husband, Jesse
James Mack, in the area of
Knoxville, Tenn. Born July 30,
1951 in Raleigh. Mrs. Mack suc
cumbed at East Tennessee
Baptist Hospital in Knoxville,
after suffering what is believed
lo have been a stroke. She was
a graduate ot both John W.
Ligon Senior High School,
Raleigh, and A&T State Uni
versity, Greensboro. She was
making her home there at the
lime 01 her unexpected death.
“She was the protrait of a
charming daughter." Lewis
went on lo (ell the more than
1.000 mourners who packed the
church for the 4 p.m. service.
“Strength and dignity were the ^ 'v
iSeeMRS MACK,P.5) MRS.JOANH.MACK
VICK PRESIDENT URGES Fi l l. E.MPLOVMENT — Kansas CUy .Mo. — Vii't* President
Walter Mnndale (L) talks uith Rev. Jesse Jackson (Hi during the Operation FISH ronveniion in
kansas ( ity July 29. .Mondule stressed the iiupurtaiue of full employ nieiu in his speech. Jackson
«is the founder of Operation FUSIL (I'fM)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
NATURAL
HEALTH FOODS
"FOR SEW ASD FVUr REBUILT QUALITY MATERIALS '
MOURNING FAMILY LEAVES CHURCH — Shown leaving the church are mcraben of the im
mediate family of the late Mrs. Joan Hunter Mack. 26-year-old Raleigh native, whose funeral was
held Friday. July 28. at First CosmopullUn Haptiil Church here, where she served as organUt and
dedicated church worker. Left-to-right are: Jesse James Mack, Greensboro, widower; Mrs. Pearl
Hunter, mother: andOmellous Hunter, father. See story. (StaffPbotoby Charles R. Jones).