f Rev. S. R. Johnson (^^alls (]!onvener ‘A Lie* Election Could Split State’s Baptists if if if if if if Turner, Monduy Sight Orator At UNC-CH OtllCrS In Bond C hides Pres. C arter Conflict JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS THEIR COMPLETE FREEDOM — WashtngtOM: The Joitlce Departmeni urged Nov. 14 a Federal judge U> free the WIimingUNi 10 defendanta of all charges because of “serious questions*' about Constitutional procedures at their 1172 flrebombiag trial. Hie defendants are shown here Jan. 21, 197S In Raleigh. N. C. From left to right, standing: Wayne Moore; Anne Sheppard Turner; James McCoy: Willie Vereen; Marvin Patrick and Reginald Epps. Sealed, left to right: Rev. Ben Chavis; William Wright: Connie Tindall and Jerry Jacobs. Ail have been freed, except Chavis. oliUn l8t Meet Interest Looms Fed up with years of neglect and ready for change, residents of the Watson and Hunter Park areas organi zed the Watson-Huncer Com munity Organization in conjunction with Caro lina Action. Over 75 peo ple crowded the Morn ing Star Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday, Nov. 14, fo** the organi.^ation*8 fi.'st neighborhood meeting. Rasklecits udw attaodad the maaHag eaaa prenara^ (Mctsaa vaHoos pnVmhs which plague tbe neigh borhood. Mn. Saline Elliott and Mra. LucUte Hayes men- Uooed that homething haa to be done about cars speeding in the neighborhood. Mrs. Sara B. Sharper commented that "The neighborhood ia filled with dangerous speedways, rather than safe streets for residents." The problem of rats, addressed by Mrs. Idella (See NEW ACTION. P.2) G. Frinks Thwarted On Fight WINSTON-SALEM- The president of the Organized Christian Schocris Monday said he group won’t join the Southern Christian Leadership CtMiference in fighting the state competency teet. The Rev. Daniel D. Carr, (SeeG. FRINKS, P.2) R-WCA To Meet Thurs. The Raleigh-U'akc Citizens Asociatioii will meet at K p.in. Thursday, Nov. Hi, at St. Ambrose Kpiscopul Church. 8i:t Darby Dr., as annouitcetl b> its president. Ralph Campbell. The pro gram will be an anal ysis of the Nov. 7 elec tion. The meeting is open to the public. Appreciation Check Won By One Reader Then was only one claimant for CAROLINIAN AppreciaUon Mooey in last week's feature. It itas the sister of deceased Mr. Samuel Hunter, formerly of 401 E. Lee St., whose name was found Id the advertisement (See APPRECIATION. P.2) HELD IN BLUDGEONING DEATH - New Roebetle. N. Y.: ArresUag efficers Al Tozsl and partaer, Tmb Hu0cs (glasses) lead suspect Mkbiel Sprtrmau, 21, frain au arralgamcnt where he was charged November 14 with secoad-degree murder. PoUce arrested Spearman, a stage band, hi coaoecUon with the bludgeoning death of an actress. (UPt) Bond: CarterShows No Paycheck Care CHAPEL HILL-Persons who heard Georgia State Senator Julian Bond speak about President Jimmy Car ter's indifference to hymns sung in black Baptist rtiurches when he spoke at the Univer sity of North Carolina Monday ni^t, had no doubt in their minds as to what the outspoken civil rights leader thought about the "bom-again Presi dent." He left no room for specu lation about his fedings when he said, "He may know the words to our hymns, but he has shown that he has litUe interest in our paychecks." Bond painted a gloomy pic ture as he compared these times with those that brou^l marked progress to blacks. He was of the opinion that a national mood of selfishness had gripped neo-Clkinfederates so firmly that they had gained the upper hand. 11118. he felt, had relegated blacks to the extent that they would forever be in a lower class. He cited the fact that the cruel hand of white domination had moved blacks from the back of the bus to the front of the unemployment line. He saw this “cramping" the economy of blacks to Ibe extent that they could not flex any muscle in the financial world and. therefore, would be subservient to a (SeeSEN. BOND. P.2) 89-Pa^e Briefing Is Noted The United States Justice Department Tuesday filed an amicus curei (friend of the court) brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, urging that the convictions of the Wilmington Ten be reversed. The brief was an 89-page iriend-of-the- court action. Aeccnliiig U> Dr. Owrlai E. Cobb, ancuUvo DIroeor, Oom- mloolofl for Racial Joatice, nbwibi I "Thia action la very impor tant in tbe cootlnuiag cam paign to free and vindicate teo young people who have been unjustly convicted fm* a crime that th^ did not commit. We, of course, are elated that tbe most important law enforce ment agency in the United States has. after an exhaustive and impartial review, con cluded that the trial of the WilmingUHi T«i was a farce. (See AIDS‘TEN'.P.2) REV. DR. E. B. TURNER Baptist Church, Cross Link Road, Raleigh, styled, in a news release, N.C. Black Baptists Propose New Organ- (See BAPTISTS, P.2) CRIME r»r » ▼ L>b.r-« I 90M OP OIC PROPERTY UPTED Luther Junku* Mclisod, SI S. Swain St., has been arrested and charged with breaking and entering and larceny. Al 3:96 a.m. Sunday, entry was gained to OIC, 41S E. Martin St., by forcibly lifting a window and crawli^ in, according to police reports. $580 worth of adding machines, radio, cassettes, and cassette player were missing. (SeeCRlME BEAT. P.2) DC White Population weather Black Parents’ Group T o Develop N e w Thrust Since its inception a little more than one year ago. tbe Black Parents’ Association has been working quite diligently on the many prcrfilems that face black youth in the educational arena. What b^an as a small group of concerned parents, has grown to an organization of more than 100 active members, and the impact of tbe wganizalion is beginning to be Mt. "When we looked at Raleigh and Wake County." said Brad Thompson, chairman Of BPA. ‘Sve recogmzed that the educa tional needs of black children were just not being met. With the integration of schools and the spreading out of the children, the missing element became parental and com munity involvement." The organization immediate ly began to deal with some major issues. The construction of a school off Cross Link Road became one of the major struggles. Through letters to the editor, mass participation al school board and county commissioners’ meetings, and input to Vernon Malone, school (See BLACK PARENTS’. P.2) Growing National Black Newt Service WASHINGTON. D.C.-Ac- cording to new District govern ment figures, Washington’s white population has increased for the second year in a row, after a steep decline that lasted for a quarter of a century. Overall. Washington was 75.1 percent black in 1977, accord ing to the new population estimates, the high^t pro portion of blacks for any major city in the United States, even though the number of blacks here has been falling each year since 1972. "The white population has bottomed out and now is rising slightly," said Albert J. Mind- lin, the city's chief statistician, (SeeD.C. WHITES. P.2) The five-day weather forecast for the period Wed nesday. Nov. IS. through Sun day, Nov. 19. Is as follows: A c(M front was expected to pass through North Carolina Wed nesday, becoming stationary along the coast by Wednesday afternoon. Low preisnre systems were expeerMf to form aloug the southern sections of the state. This is expected to bring the rain, starting to the raountains and overspreading the rest of N.C. by lliursday. The extended forecast calls fcM* a chance of rain over the state Friday and the eastern sections over tbe weekend. Highs will be in tbe low 80s, except along the coast, where the ther mometer b expected to hover in the low 708. Lows will be In tbe 48s In the mountains and tbe 58a ebewbere. DR. HORNE HONORED BY NORTH CAROLINA BAPTISTS - Dr. BertbenU DunUp Home, executive secretary and treasurer of tbe Woman’s Baptist Home and FtN^lgn Mbalonary Convention of Norto Carolina since 1850, was given a "This is your life" type retirement teitimonial on Friday night. Nov. 18, at the Raleigh dvlc Center. In photo. Dr. Home b shown admiring one of the many plaques and citatioos she received with, from left to right: Dr. C. C. Craig, Judge Richard C. Erwin. Dr. John R. Manley and Dr. Joy Joseph Johnson. In bottom picture, Dr. Home b seen in the center, along with Dr. Corbin Cooper and Mbs Nancy Curtb, both of the Department of Cooperative Mbslono of the C. Baptist ConventiMi. (See more photos and information about the gala observance on Page 21 of this edition). Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK Heilig-Levine Furniture Co.; "FOR QUAUTY AND ECONOMICAL FVNISHINCS" SPRAYS MACE ON' HOV — .Miami. Fla.: Ms. Madeline Howard, 71. abowi bow a IS-year-old boy knocked her glasses off her fat e after blowing smoke at her ou a city bus Nov. 18. Mi. Howard became so InrenKcd that she sprayed the boy with mace and touched off a wild melee, which sent six persons to the hospilal.