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A CORRECTIOS OS EDITOR 'S SOTE
(Kditor’s Nottv In last \\t‘t>k's tMiiliiin ol Thr ( .MtOl.IM.W, lh<* iin|M't‘s*
siun was cunvt\v<>d that Harry l.tM* lluKKiiis. oi Halriuh- a Shaw Kradiiatr.
who wrote the t-ttluniii entitled. '‘Hats HH To that he ( .Mr.
llugginsi had been shortchangt'd by his ttwn histi iietois. The true laet is
that when Huggins enttTed a Virginia high sehool eiassrooin. |irepared to
teach students biology, he discovereil that thtw Mhe stiidentsi were ill-
prepared to conceive of the subject matter. Tluw. not he. could imt e\ en
read.)
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(barter Refuses Meeting
With Ben Chavis’ Mom
VOL. 37 NO. 4fi
Sorth Carolina't Leading Weekly
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
RALEIGH. N.C'., THUKSUAY. SEPTEMBER 21. li»7B
Man, 27, Allegedly
SINGLE COPY 20c
Slain In Love Tryst
SHAW HOSTS BLACK PL'BLIC OFFIClAIJt MFFTlNti — N.C. (iov. James B. Hunt. Jr. ad
dressed the N.C. Association of Black Public Officials on the campus of .Shan Lniverslly on Satur
day. Sept. 16. (fov. Hunt chultenged the black political leaders and public officials to “rock the
boat.*' if necessary, to do what is right and needed. Shuun abive. left-to-right: Robert Walton,
chairperson of the association and commissioner. .Mecklenburg County: Mrs. Klizabeth B. Co
field. vice chairperson and commissioner. Wake County; (iov. James B. Hunt. Jr., and Dr.
Stanley 11. Smith, president of Shaw I'niversity. who introduced the governor. (See story in
column4. Page IK
Trial Of
The' Is
Delayed
GOLDSBORO - The arraig-
ment oi accused drug 'kingpin'
Leslie 'Ike' Atkinson on drug
and conspiracy raps has been
postponed until Monday, Oct. 2.
court oiiicials said here last
'Ibursdav
Atkinson was taken to the
Wayne County Courthouse
Wednesday to enter a pleg on
the charges against him. but
his lawyer, Toliver Smith ot
Ann Arbor, Mich., asked tor ai
least a lO-dsv delay to prepare,
Dist. Attv. Donald Jacobs said.
Deiense lawyers were
scheduled todav to argue
claims ot prejudicial pre-trial
poblicitv and constitutional
arguments over the racial
composition oi the grand jury
that indicted the M defendants
in the case.
Much 01 Wednesday’s court
session was taken up bv
arguments beiore Judge For
rest Ferrell that deiense
lawyer, Thomas Loilin oi
Durham, could not represent
nine oi the 14 defendants in the
case without a conflict.
Jacobs argued that Loilin,
who represents nine persons
during the pre-trial phase but
will only defend eight during
(SeelKE’STRlAL.P.2)
444
Gov. Addresses Black Leaders Here
*Rock The Boat:* J. Hunt
Shaw U. IjCops Are
Afro-American Culture
Body Grows At State
BV ANN MCADAMS
The Society oi Airo-Ameri-
can Culture (SAAC) is a
growing organisation on the
campus 01 North Carolina
State University, Raleigh
Chartered in 1968, to do what
SAAC President Sherry
Williams calls “bringing black
students together," SAAC is
now launching a membership
drive. Some 400 “enthusiastic"
black students attended
SAAC's first meeting this year,
according to Williams, but
"we’re striving to attain the
entire population ot black
students at State as mem
bers," she says.
Some 1,200 black students
attend NCSU, Williams savs.
Several major projects are
WEATHER
'rbc five-day weather forecaat
for the peilod Wednesday.
Sept. 20. through Sunday, Sept.
24. it as follows: Unseasoaably
warm and sunny weathfu will
continue over North CaroUna
for the next few days. High
pressure will keep the weather
hot and dry, with temperatures
In the mid to upper HOs In the
mountains and (he low 90s
elsewhere. Lows will range
from the upper 50s and low 60s
in the mountains to the low to
oiid-TOs in the eastern portion
of the state. The extended
forecast calls for partly cloudy
tkiea Thursday through Sun
day. However, on Friday, a
chance of ahowers Is forecast.
Higbt will be In the 80s. while
lows will he In the 60s. There Is
a chance of light rain also on
Saturday and Sunday.
AMBASSADOR NOMINATES CHAMP FOR AWARD ^
LcKidon: U. N. Ambassador Andrew Young, left, has nominated
Muhammad Ail for the international award for valor in sports
awarded annually ^y the Victoria Sporting Club, a London
gambling casino, it was announced Sept. 14. (I'PI)
FBI Plot Against
Black Leaders Told
magazine reveals in (k)cu-
mented form, the pattern oi
insidious tactics, manipulation
and subversion that were used
bv governmental agencies to
disrupt the lives of black
leaders and organizations.
The FBI program under
which covert activities were
coordinated and executed was
called Cointelpro (“counter in
telligence program"). It is
known that over 2,300 pro
posals for disruptive activities
against black organizations
were approved and imple
mented bv the bureou.
The most intensive cam
paign against a black person in
the history oi the FBI was
directed against the late Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.
(SeeFBI PLOT. P.2)
NEW YORK. N. Y. —
Evidence indicates that there
has been an FBI counter
intelligence program against
black leaders. But how deep
does this conspiraev go and
what is the public’s awareness
Of this plot in Us entirety? The
October issue ot ESSENfTE
planned bv SAAC this year. A
race relations workshop is
scheduled lor October, with a
speaker from the Raleigh
community. SAAC hopes that
enough whiles will attend to
make tor a variety oi view
points in the discussion.
(See AT N.C. STATE. P.2)
Scene Of
Challenge
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Managing Edi(4M’
North Carolina Gover
nor, James Baxter (Jim)
Hunt, Jr., told an
audience of black public
officials here last ^tur-
day to "rock the boat to
get something more dnoe
to improve the lives of
blacks in this state.”
Although the governor said
be is proud of hit adnti-
oistration’s record in handling
the masaive problems ot this
state's blacks, he admitted that
imKti iftore cortfd, sHeuld and
must be done.
Addressing a group of bUck
public Officials M) the eampoa
Of Shaw UiUveraitv, the state's
chief executive said sub-stan
dard housing is one ot the
greatest areas where work is
needed the most.
Praising the work ot Howard
Nathaniel Lee. first and (mlv
Uack state secretary ot the
Department ot Natural Re
sources and Community Deve
lopment, Hunt declared that
his administration was the first
to make housing and commun
ity development an issue ot
cabinet-level iroiwoUnce.
“Make problems tor me, it
(SeeGOV. HUNT. P.2)
South Park
Action In
Session
Nearly 50 members ot South
Park Action, a neighborhood
organization aiiliated with
Carolina Action, met last
Thursday night to discuss
vacant lots and abandoned
houses in their neighborhood.
The group presented a slide
show ot unsafe areas to Beal
Bartholomew, chief housing
inspector lor Raleigh.
Anglee Shire, a spokesperson
for South Park, explained the
purpose Of the meeting, “We
demand that Mr. Bartholomew
ensures that his department
performs its duty to safeguard
the health and sai«>tv of the
people in South Park. We want ^ .
immediate inspection ot these A
lots and houses, followed by
action to abate the public
nuisances.”
Many other South Park
residents spoke up with com
plaints. Mrs. Lillie Blalock
described the problem oi the
overgrown lot next to her home
on Gamer Road, “I have to live
with rats in mv house and
snakes in mv yard because ot
that lot on the comer."
Mrs. Louise ConM'ew pointed
out that the Inspections De
partment permitted a lot near
her home on Branch Street to
become overgrown and rat
Unaware
Of Dmg:
Decision
Ms. Harriett McCul-
lers, who teaches
English at Durham's
Chewning Junior High
School, was freed of a
drug charge which re
sulted when officers said
they found drugs in her
house March 10, by a
Durham Superior Court
jury, in a quick decision
on Thursday, Sept. 14
The jury is said to have deli
berated about 40 minutes after
having been told by Judge John
C. Marlin that if it found the
teacher guilty, it had lo agree
that she was aware of heroin
being in her house.
Evidence presented tended to
show that she had no knowl
edge of the presence of the drug
and that it was allegedly-
carried into the house by
Shelton Leon Barrett, an
alleged boyfriend, now serving
a 5-year term in Raleigh’s Uen-
tral Prison.
Vice officers testified that
they fished 2 packages of the
powder from an 8-track tape
cartridge in her home at 1722
Wynne St. But her former boy
friend, Barrett, came back
(Sec TUTOR FREED. P. 2)
FOSTER OKANDMOTHKK IN ACTION — Atlanta: FiMler
grandparent. Mrs. Oussle Mae Jackson. 73, visits last neek with
a mentally handicapped child as part of a program which helps
Uie handicapped children as well as elderly low-income personK.
(UPl)
Refusal Blamed On
Attorney General
OXFORD - Mrs. Elizabeth
Chavis, mother ot the Rev.
Benjamin F. CHiavls, leader oi
the world-famous Wilmington
Ten, was imormed in a letter
from the White House last
week thst President James
Earl (Jimmv) Carter, Jr.,
would not meet with her as the
had requested in an earlier
letter to the President.
The dmial oi an audience
with the nation's Chief Execu
tive, came in a letter to “Mrs.
Elizabeth Chavis and Familv."
Post Office Box 433, Oxford, N.
C. 27565.
Rev. Chavis and nine others
were jailed several vears ago
In the lirebombing and other
incidents in Wilmington. N. C.
The letter to Mrs. chiavis,
signed bv Ms. Fran Voorde,
Deputy Appointments Secre
tary to the President, reads, in
Appreeiation
Cheek Won By
Holding
Woman
DURHAM - Ms. Imo-
gene Ray, 20, found she
could not take it when
she visited Leon Craw
ford, 27, with whom she
had lived until recently,
and found Ms. Phyllis
Graham, 24, and Craw
ford looking at televi
sion, then allegedly pro
ceeded to kill the man
and wound the woman,
about 8 p.m. on Thurs
day, Sept. 14.
According to arresting offic
ers. Ms. Ray Is reported as
having lived with Crawford for
4 years. The two are said to
have come to a parting of the
ways about 4 days before the
shooting. It was reported that
Ms. Ray came to (he house to
ask Cr-'wford to keep her 2-
year-oid daughter over the
weekend.
Upon finding Phyllis there
and. with Crawford refusing to
keep the child. Imugene report
edly went into the bedroom,
armed herself with Crawford's
38-calibre pistol and came out
shooting. Crawford was pro
nounced dead upon arrival at
Duke Medical Center, from
shots in the head and chest.
(See SLAIN IN. P.2)
300 Are
Jobless
In *Fuss*
National Black Newt Service
WASHINGTON. D. C. -
tensive review ol lie entire Became ot Oie dispute between
situation to determine what the Labor Department and
action bv ihe Execulive East Coast apple growers over
Branch is warranted. The Pre- who should gel jobs picking
sident expects to receive the apples, about 300 Puerto
Altomev General's reeom- Ricana have been lelt without
mendation in the near lulure. jobs and living in Virginia and
Until Ihe President has had Ihe West Virginia motels at
I See PRES CARTER, P.21 (See JOBLESS. P 21
and
lull, as follows:
Dear Mrs. diavis
Familv,
On behalf oi the President, I
want to (hank vou lor vour
letter asking that he meet with
vou and members ot vour
familv during his pending visit
to North Carolina.
I regret that such a meeting
will not be possible. As vou
know, the Attorney G«)eral
has been conducting an ex-
MAY BECOME HEAVTl-
CtAN Raleigh Ms. JaAiiae
Little hgt been reletked (roni s
roaxinuin security wing of
Raleigh’s Women's Prisen and
enrolled la a cosmetology
coarse, prison officials said
Sept. IS. (UPl)
CRIME
BEAT
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altk aa ttai laaante HlailMUaf (u
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patter Maltrr. Thti ar aasM HSr ta lj
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ar far}. Hr awrrt) paSUak iSr lana ai ar
llaS (hrai rrpartrJ Sy (hr arrraUHC a<-
(krrt. Ta hrvp aal at TW Crtair Oral
t'olamaa. amrty amiaa aal brhu rwips-
IrrrO by a pofirr afOerr la rrpa^plite
(Mhipaklkaa4a(\.Sa»lMrty hrrpan
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(rtnr Bra(
“WRANGLER" BLUE JEA.NS
■SWIPED"
Timothy Cofield. 21. of 1518
Burgundy St.; Larry Williams.
20. of 2508 Baney CL. and
Melvin Harris, S, of 525 Lan
sing St., were all charged with
larceny in the Thursday morn
ing offense reported by Conso
lidated Cleaners and Laundry
of America, Ltd. The 3 are al
leged to have taken and carried
away some $380 in Wrangler
blue jeans. The arresting offic
er wasW. T. Liles.
(SeeCRlME BEAT. P. 2)
(SeeSOUTH PARK.P 2>
There was onlv one winner ot
a $10 check in last week's
Appreciation Monev Feature.
However, (wo other names
were listed on the page, which
is the last page in the front
section oi The CAROLINIAN.
It is sponsored bv merchants
and businesses, who are
interested in securing vour
patronage.
ITie winner last week was
Norman W. Averv, oi 2010
Eldwin Dr., who spotted his
name in the advertisement
paid for bv Jeffries Jewelers,
137 S. Salisbury St. Mr. Averv
(See APPRECIATION. P. 2
RLAiK .STUDENTS' SOflETY OFFICERS — Ms. Sherry
W llliamh. Atlanta, is prcsidenl of the S<Kict.v for Afro-American
Culture at North Carolina Stale I'nUeriiliy. Orlando Hankinh,
(left), ih hecretarv and Is from Jacksonville, N. C. Offlceps not
present for the photugrapli were: \'aneiiha Robeson. Parmele.
political affairs chairperson: Cheryl Lipscomb. Durham, social
affairs officer: and Sonnita Cannady. Washington, D.
communications officer. There are more than l.tfOO black
students at NCSU.
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
NORTH HILLS TV
• wnm rou cam Emm m ok kemt with ease'
EMBATTLED SEN. BROOKE WINS RKNOMINATION — Bouton — Embattled Republtcao
Edward Brooke, the only black member of the I'.S. Senate, wavet to suppmters after he won i-eno-
mination for a third term, narrowly holding (»ff a conservative challenge from wUhln his own
party from Boston broadc8*'''*r A% I Nelson In the Massachusetts Primary Sept. 19. (UPl)