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‘Limilod In Riink, Denied Promotions, Assijinments*
SBIIs Biased, Say sVeteranBlack Agent
-k-k-k CGooche
‘Flunks’ Bar Exam; Kills
Self, Shoots His Wife
THE Carolinian
North Carolina*, Leading Weekly
DIDICATID TO THE SPIRIT OP JESUS CHRIST
VOL. 37 NO. 43
RALEIGH. N.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31,1978
SINGLE COPY 20c
I FIRE BREAKS OUT IN SAME PLACE THREE TIMES HERE — Flrcfighten are shown ives-
nay night of this week fighting a roaring blaze on Gamer Road, owned by State Snrplus Property
of N.C. Hie fire was first detected on Friday afternoon early and firemen fought it until late that
night. It again roared up about 5 a.m. Saturday and was fought until 2 p.m. that day. Tuesday.
Millard R. Peebles, well-known Raleigh builder and former chairman of the Raleigh Planning
Commission, called a CAROLINIAN photographer to record the above scene. Carl’s Gulf Service
Station, located directly across the street from the property, was victimized by leaping flames. A
story on the situation will follow in next week’s edition. (Staff Photo by Paul R. Jervay. Jr.)
Black College Presidents
Question Carter On Roles
WASHINGTON. D. C. - A
delegation oi 19 collie presi
dents and executives repre
senting 105 public and private
hlstorlcally-black colleges and
universities met with Presi-
Wake District Court Magistrate Declares
^No Cop Brutality’
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Two Shaw University Students Slain
Murder Trial Sept. 5
No Bond —"zr* Lawsuit
Allowed
Killer
dent Jimmy Carter recently at president ot the National
the White House to discuss Association tor Equal Oppor-
some 01 the major issues lunity in Higher Elducatlon,
aiiectlng black colleges and to ^8 Dr. Prezell R. Robinson,
seek his support.
Dr. Charles Lyons
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Managing Editor
Shaw University presi
dent, Dr. Stanley H,
Jr.
Mrs. Thelma C. Lennon
WHS Alumni Speaker
Mrs. ’ntelma Curobo Lennon,
well-known educator and
HMaker in the State ot North
Carolina, will deliver the
keynote address at the tilth
annual alumni association ga-
iholng ot hundreds ot g 1u-
iviiiiei wBsniiii
School, 1000 Fayettevilie St.
She will speak at the Hilton
Inn on Hillsborough St. Friday,
Sept. 1, at 7 pjn. during the
Reunion Banquet. She will
qteak on the subject, “Ute
Continuing Pursuit ot the
American Dream."
All former teachers at the
school will be guests ot honor.
An alumnae ot Washington
High School, Mrs. Lennon
received her undergradOffle
d^iree at North Carolina Cen-
(See MRS. LENNON, P. 2)
MR8. THELMA C. LENNON
president. United Negro Col- Smith, last Saturday
lege Fund, ^u^ a joint moming, issued o Fresi-
dent’s Memorandum to
meetta* with Praiideni Cu- -The Shaw FamUy” fol-
"The Admini.ir.tion in lowing the murder of two
WaBhingtOD must remain len- freshmen students near
•itive to the unique needa ot the campus early Friday
hiatorically-biack collagei, morning, apprising them
which have produced the of the developments in
majority ot biack cottage the case at that time In
. the meantime, a 20-year-
PreaidratCai^hasiettDO Qon.S)|0vv Student IS
wake
mant to black coUegas ra- counts of murder,
dactad in the formulation ot Carlton DonneU Montague, 12
poUev, in creation oi new Granville Terrace (Chavis
programs, and in the avalua- Heights), received a prelimin-
Uon ot old pit^ams as they ary hearing in Wake District
relate to historically-black Court Monday at 2 p.m. before
•^ioola. Judge Stanley Pretlow Win-
We are hopeful that poaiUve borne, who appointed Attorney
creaUve approaches to the William G. (Buck) Ransdell,
problems ot biack coUeges are Jr. to represent Montague on
going to be implemented at charges of murdering the two
every level ot government. students.
"Working cloeelv with ad- Montague is charged with the
(•^PRESIDENTS. P.2) fatal shooting of Farley Delano
>. MONTAGUE
..Jfaces 2 niBrdar rapt
Pregnant
Planned
ByFlaggs
BY CHARLES R. JONES
ManagliiK Editor
Wake County District
Court Magistrate A. L.
Gamer told this writer
Tuesday afternoon that
he had decided three
police officers and two
humane officers “had
used no brutality” in the
alleged assault and defi
nite damage to property
at the home of and
Mrs. George Wade
Flagg, Sr., 2S10 Bedford
Ave. on Uk afternoon of
Wednesday, Aug. 2, at
Benefits
GREENSBORO -
Clarence Gooche, Jr., a
black State Bureau of In-
I vestigation (SBI) agent,
I filed a federal court suit
I against the SBI Thurs
day, claiming that the
I agency discriminates a-
gainst its black employ
ees.
(jooche stated that he and hU
black co-workers are limited in
rank, denied promotions, job
assignments, employment be-
neiils, and opportunities be
cause Of their race.
The suit tiled bv agent
Gooche asks that it be ctm-
sidered a class action on behalf
ot all black SBI emplovees and
blacks who have applied tor
SBI employment; and tor
Injunctions banning the SBI
irom discriminatory practices,
plus promotion to a positiiMi he
says would have been obtained
it there were no racially
discriminatory policies and
(vactices.
Mr. Gooche's suit also insist
that back wages tor him and
the other black emplovees as
compensation tor wages lost
due to the SBI’s discriminatory
practices.
Gooche said Uiat he had tiled
a discrimination charge a-
gainst the SBI in July ot 1977,
with the Equal Employmoit
Opportunity Commis
sion, which contacted him last
May, and told him ot his right
to tile a lawsuit.
Mother
nn.lUKOLDUTRIOC
Pr.Triggy
ies..
In N.Y.
Dr. Halted Leonard Trigg,
84. tonner president ot St.
contrtfetor and builder, came
by the office of TbeCAROUN-
SAXAPAHAW - MaUvaa, Tueeday mornl^ aftw he
irlends and even curious • „ . ..
•eekars. poured Into Mitchell MaglsUateGamer, in htsofitce Auguatlne’s CoUege here dur-
Chapel Church last Sunday baeemenl of Uie Wake |„g the IMOe and early 1960a,
aitemoon to hear Uw last County Courthouse, that no diedTueaday In New York Otv
words about the tile oi William olws® ** f**®* a**i»»l alter a short illness.
B. Alllon, Jr., 27, who took hta “'® Dr. Trigg had also seryed as
melee.
(See NO BRUTALITY. P. 2)
HOLLYWOOD. Fla.
Members ot National Barris
ter's Wives, Incorporated, at
their twenty-seventh anniver-
sarv meeting at the Diplomat
Hotel in Hollywood, Florida.
August lS-19, tocused their
attention on the 1978 conven
tion theme, "Are Schools
Shortchanging the Black
ChUd?" Mrs. JuaniU HUl.
national president, presided
over the several sessions.
Mrs. Svlvia Portier, Citv
Commissioner, Deer Beach,
Florida, brought otiidal greet
ings congratulated the mem
bers 01 National Barristers’
Wives on their national pro
gram, and urged them to raise
their voices high so that they
might be heard all over this
nation.
Dr. Priscilla Hambrick-Dix-
on, psvchologist and assistant
professor ot Education at New
York Universitv, stressed the
importance ot giving black
children a positive selt-ccm-
cept, a sense ot hi«rorv so that
WEATHER
The five day weather f(»re-
east for the period Wednesday,
August 3S. through Sunday,
September 3. Is as follows:
Scattered afternoon and even
ing thundershowers are ex
pected over North CaroUna for
the next few days, with hot and
very humid conditions pre
vailing. Moisture from the
remains of Tropical Storm
Debra will bring some heavy
raina to the western porttoo of
North Carolina Wednesday and
Thursday. The extended fore-
(•cast calls for warm and
continued humid weather with
scattered thundershowers
through Sunday. Lows will
range from around 60 in the
mountains to around 70 along
the coast. High temperatures
will be in the mid to upper 80s.
except some low 80e in the
mountains.
Shortchanging Blacks?
Barristers* Wives Ask: Are Schools Geoffrey Michael McArthur,
18. East Orange, N.J. The inci
dents took place on Smithfield
they may know how tar we perspecllye. She empahsiied ®'5^rding to witnesses and
have come and how tar we the 50’s, 60s, and TO’i, with
Md*w'’a!.‘“o.*°e;,Tnt''.h“,h ' 'T' »*“'** ly ^e lor tte aUy-
™- Inga, which occurred between
f s. Btoodworth and S. Person
sireeu, some 3 blocks from
oileo reimorces. Bakke vo. The Univereity (M chaur’ftramngw
Mrs. Kathleen Cooper CalitornU Medical School and Th-
Raleigh was a rough place.
ward County Florida School docision in 1979.
Board, was the keynote speak- Mrs. Wright pointed out that ti-.h™,.
er. Beginning with ••EdueVlion in spite 0^0 ^liiersUon of ,
tor Blacks is .n serious «>ui? cases, attUudos have not
Chealey and two other Shaw
Trouble," Mrs. Wright used the changed. She urged her listen- uraiirino Knoir ia
historical approach to put the era W look ot the programs in ''•'•h™'" "e™'■'■“ting tack to
convention theme in proper (See BARRISTERS’ P.2) (See MURDER TRIAL, P. 2)
life and tried to take that ot his
wile and his unborn child, in a
Durham housing complex at
about 6:45 a.m., Thursday,
August 24.
Ihe luneral services were
perhaps ditterent irom the
usual services, in that the
victim is said to have been
IHt>mpted to kill himseli and
his immediate lamily because
he tailed to pass the N. C. State
Bar examination.
Close associates related how
he had yearned to be a
successful lawyer. It was also
related how his world closed in
on him when he got the
dementing words that he "did
not pass.’’ From iniormation
given bv neighbors and his
wile, he had a very unpleasant
night, brooding and complain
ing over his late. He is alleged
to have called members ot his
(SeeKILLSSELF.P.2)
CRIME
BEAT
EDITOR'S NOTKt Thli c^Ibum «r
fntMiv b prudBced in ike MkUr iateml
«ilk ■■ bIbi iBikarSg eiimlBalUg ll>
natmta. NBMrrowa MbMaab m*« re-
•wftH Uiai lk«> k« tUra ik* cmMitb-
UiMi •( BverlaBklBii iWtr liattai bm Um
etUcr Matter. Tkte me mwmU like la So.
Hawrvnr. b b M oar mbUon to be j^ge
or Jan. H> Bn*t> aabllak Uw (acU aa «e
naS Ikeai rtfertem by tbo armtlaa ot-
tlttn. To keep oal ol llio ITlaae Boat
SWiI
Sy keep on
. at in Hit
PrlfieBtal.
FACES DAMAGE RAP
On Thursdav, Aug. 29, at
president ot Elizabeth City
State Universitv and was the
lirst black member ot the N. C.
Board ot Education. He tor-
merlv served as principal
Berrv O’Keily Hi^ School in
the Method section ot Raleigh,
at the beginning ot his career
as an educator.
Trigg was appointed bv the
late (jovemor W. Kerr Scott, in
HOLLY SPRINGS — Last ^947, to the SUle Board 01
Saturday at 5 a.m., two HoUv Education post. He served on it
flings men were killed in a m,tU 1973.
lire vriiich shot through thrir state superintendent ot
mobile home in southwestern public instruction, Dr. A. Craig
Wake Countv. Phillips, said Tue^v that Dr
TTie men were J. D. Bobbitt, Trigg was
Trailer
Fire Is
Deadly
NAACP
Denied Busing
Request
WASHINGTON. D.
C. — S^reme Court
Justice Potter Stewart
has denied without
comment a request by
the NAACP that the
court reinstate a
busing pian to
dcMgregate schoob b
Columbus, Ohio, thli
*^joiiia<(aiP'
fiied a 11-page.
urging tne court to
meet during the
summer; if necessory,
to set aside a stay ot
the desegregation plan
granted by Justice
William Rehnquist.
The NAACP contended
that Rehnquist’s order
has caused “near
chaos” in rearrangin
busing schedules am
class assignments in
anticipation of the
opening of school.
Council
Battle
Brewing
neon. To keep oal ol lao
CobfBt. awrMy mooat aot
terod by ■ poltef offl^or b -
Oadbp whIteOT daly. So ol
Ibt rlblter" oad yoa aoi
A MEETING UK PKt!:8IUl::.M'a> ^ Presidenu ol DUCk U.». colteges met rcceauy witk Krct*-
dent Jimmy Carter to discuss the special role the InsUtotioM have. The meeUag. la the CaUaet
Room of the Wliite House, also was attended by Housing and Urban Devel^meat Under Secretary
Hale Champion and the executive director for the NatlMial Association for Equal Opportunity and
Higher Edneation. Samuel L. Myers. The university presIdenU joining PresMent Carter were:
Chrbtopher Ediey. United Negro College Fund (N.Y.); MUtoo Carry, Bishop CoUjge (MarshaU.
Tex.); Norman FrancU, Xavier University (New Orleans. La.); Henry Ponder. Benedict CoUege
(Columbia. S.C.); IxMiis Stokes. Utica Junior CoUege (Utica. Miss.); Walter Washington. Alcorn
State University (Lorman, Miss.); Luther Foster. Tuskegee Institute (Toskegee, Ala.); Samuel
Cook. Dillard University (New Orteans. La.); M. Maceo Nance. South CaroUna Slate CoUege
(Orangeburg, S.C.): Frederick Humphries. Tennessee SUtc University (Nashville, Teon.); Luna
Mlshoe, Delaware Slate College < Dover, Dela.): Benjamin Mays. presIdent-emerUus. Morehouse
College and chairman of Board of ECducation (Atlanta, Ga.); Prezell R. Robinson, St. Augustine’s
CoUege (Raleigh. N.C.); Charles Lyons, Jr.. Fayetteville State University (FayettevUle. N.C.);
EUas Blake. Clark College (Atlanta. Go.); Herman Branson, Lincoln University (Lincoln Univer
sity. Pa.); Hugh Gloster, Morehouse CoUege (AtlanU. Ga.); Andrew Billingsley. Morgan SUte
University (Baltimore. Md.). (Seestory).
5:35. Otticer Weingarten was Mart, 1505 Downtown Blvd.;
called to 401 New Bern Ave. bv Mrs. Alberta HoUoway ot CDO
Pat Hancock with a vandalism Bern Ave. who received a
complaint. Arrested and $10 check from Fox Fire Hair
charged with malicious dam- styUst. 2301 Fox HUl Circle;
age was Reginald Jones, 22, ^Imo HeCov ot 1115 S.
who allegedly trespassed and East St., who coUected his 610
caused extensive damage to trom Baker’s. 110 East Hargett
the victim’s property. st
(See CRIME BEAT. P. 2) (See APPRECIATION. P. 2)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
TERRY’S FURNITURE
“EVERYTmCFORAWEa-FUUUSHEDHOm"
DURHAM - A Monday night
humanitarian talk show between Harry
54, and Dwight Norris, 21, both contributed an awtul lot to Rodenhizer, the accuser, and
Ol whom are black. They Uved SUte Board ot Education Citv CouncUman Clarence
on New HUl Road, west ot HoUv during a lime much dUierenl Brown, the accused, 01 impro-
Springs. than today.” p^f i^x actions, did very little
The cause 01 the blaze had Although luneral arrange- ascertain whether Brown
not been determined, accord- jnenta are incomplete. Trigg ^o^Jd resign or not.
ing to B. W. HoUand. assistant buried In Greensboro,
lire chief ot the HoUv Springs TRIGG, P. 2) ^^ee COUNCIL, P. W
Volunteer Fire Department
He said that the S. B. I. were
being asked to investigate.
(See2DIE. P. 2)
Appreciation
Checks Won
By 3 In City
A "miracle" has hsi^ned.
Ihere were three winners in
last week's App'-eclation
Money Feature, vrtiich means
evm^one won and that has not
hai^iened in a long time.
The winners were: Ms.
Beatrice Durham ot 2104
GUliam Lane, who picked up
her check tor 610 trom Flower
BLIGHT IN WAKE COUNTY — lUs bouse (top) Is located to
a rural area of Wake County • Wendell. Wake County Opportune
ties, Inc.'t C^sumer E^ucathm Outreach Project conducted a
consumer survey last week and came acrost the above sltna-
tions. According to officials of Ihe agency, "this to poverty at Ha
worst." The toilet faciUty ((Mthonse at bottom), to provided by
the landlord to the WrndeU area known as "Coktred Town." Al
though the tenants to this back street community pay a rising
rent, they have no water or sewage accommodati^, according
to Wake Op officials. (StaffPbotosbyGermrdEdwarda).