Carolinian I
RALEIGH, N.C.,
THURSDAY-SUNDAY
OCTOBER 6. 1968
VOL. 47. NO. 88
N.V.'a Semi-Weekly tS’25«
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST ELSEWHERE 300
National Leaden Prepare
To “Get Out The Vote"
Page 13
uBlack Moses" (Isaac Hayes)
Reaches For Younger Fans
Page 21
NEWS BRIEFS
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VOTER REGISTRATION
DEADLINE
Monday, Oct. 10, at S: 15 p.m. U
the deadline for registering to
vote in the: Nov. 8 general elec
tion. Anyone who has not
registered or changed their ad
dreas by that time will not be able
to vote.
Voter registration will be con
ducted Saturday, Oct. 8. at
Hunter's Exxon from • a.m. to 3
p.m. and also on Monday, Oct. 10,
at WLLE Radio from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. This is your last chance.
SHOPPING CENTERS TO
OPEN SOON
Poag & Thompson Develop
ment Co. announced that Phase I
of Its Millbrook Collection Shopp
ing Center will open in early
December. The 89.202-square
foot shopping center located at
Millbrook Road and Atlantic
Avenue will be anchored by a
12,337-square-foot Kroger super
market. Phase 1 will also contain
an additional 30,865 square feet of
specialty tenant retail space.
SEXUALITY EDUCATION
CONFERENCE
Carol Cassell, nationally known
•exuality education researcher,
writer and educator, will be the
keynote speaker at the “Straight
from the Heart” conference
Wednesday, Oct. 19. scheduled
from • a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the
Marriott Hotel, Research
Triangle Park.
(See NEWS BRIEFS, P 2)
Garth Reeves
Elected API
New President
For the first time in 26 years, the
board of directors of Amalgamated
Publishers, Inc. has elected a new
president. Miami Times publisher
Garth Reeves has been named to
replace longtime API prsident John
H. Sengstacke, publisher of the
Chicago Defender. The elections
were held last month in Chicago dur
ing the API’s annual shareholders’
meeting.
“John Sengstacke provided 26
years of tremendous leadership,"
said Reeves. “It will be hard to fill his
shoes. He was one of the founding
diembers of API. We are indebted to
his great leadership in bringing API
from nothing to where it is today.”
API is the national advertising
representative for 88 of the nation's
Afro-American-owned newspapers.
(See GARTH REEVES, P 2)
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Hacist Attitudes
Japan Buying Up U. S. Assets
BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS. 8R.
NNPA News Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C,-Japanese
expressed racist attitudes towarc
blacks and other minorities in thi
United States have increased blad
interest in assessing the Land of thi
Rising Sun and its economil
assets—especially those they art
rapidly acquiring in the Unltei
States. And this raises a fundaments
question:
What can blacks expect as the new
ly affluent Japanese, flush with ex- o
cess profits booty garnered through r<
the enormous one-sided sales of their J
products to acquisitively driven ol
Americans? If past is prelude, you
can expect a continuation, indeed, an J
acceleration of Japanese refusal to vi
move their auto, parts or electronics b
: plants into American neighborhoods b
accessible to blacks. pi
1 We can anticipate a continuation of
their refusal to admit blacks to dealer Vi
ownerships, etc. And most seasoned (i
iservers believe we cannot
laliatically expect any meaningful
ipanese apologies for or moderation
their racial insults.
But a cold, factual look at what
ipanese are doing in terms of in
istments in the United States might
) instructive. To be forewarned is to
) forearmed, is an old but apt
irase.
TRW, Inc., a public policy group in
ashineton. D C., has published a
ee JAPAN, P. 2>
Overcrowded System
Prison Crisis Examined
JAPANESE TOURIST
VISIT THE U.S. AND...
Officials
Search For
Solutions
The third prison population
emergency of the year expired last
month when the number of persons in
the state's 87 prisons dipped below a
legislatively mandated cap.
However, both state Correction
Secretary Aaron Johnson and Parole
Commission Chairman Sam Wilson
are warning that prison over
crowding will remain a constant pro
blem until the needs of the state's cor
rectional system are fully addressed.
"Our correctional system will re
main in crisis as long as the General
Assembly chooses to sit on the
reforms proposed by Gov. Martin
more than two years,” Secretary
Johnson said. Those reforms, outlin
ed in the Governor’s Ten Year Plan,
called for a two-pronged approach of
new prison construction and
community-based alternative super
vision.
"Those who thought this problem
would just go away should have, by
now, learned the error of their ways,”
Johnson said.
Special provisions of the Emergen
cy Prison Population Stai. Jization
Act were triggered in August when
the prison population remained above
the “cap” of 17,460 for a 15th con
secutive day. The law requires the
Parole Commission to take steps to
reduce the prison population to no
more than 17,280 on or before Oct. 9.
With prison admissions up almost
14 percent, Wilson said the task of
stabilizing the prison population is
becoming more difficult. “Every
time these special powers are invok
ed, the pool of parole-worthy in
divudals becomes smaller,” Wilson
said. He noted that 1,819 persons
entered the prison system between
(See PRISON, P 2)
Denomination Reveals Plans
EMPLOYEES PROTEST—TIm United States Postal savagely attacked late one night while walking to her car
Worker’s Union is shown here protesting on Person St., next parked some distance from the building. (Photo by TaHb
to the main pest oflce building after one at its members was SabirCaBoway)
New Headquarters, Development
From CAROLINIAN Staff Reports
The Western Assembly, Disciples
of Christ Churches, Inc., which was
founded nine years after the Eman
cipation Proclamation freeing slaves,
unveiled an ambitious building pro
posal on N.C. 701 in Johnston County
recently.
The church expects to complete the
Local Partners Take
Supermarket Venture
Last week, with the blessings of
friends, relatives, clergy and well
wishes, Jesse and Pam Alston and
Joseph Gwaltney took a bold step in
business. They opened the doors of
Wakefield Red and White Super
market
The opening of the store, formerly a
Big Star, came about as the result of
a luncheon between the young black
entrepreneurs and representatives of
rhomBs and Howard, food
wholesalers of Rocky Mount.
The spacious grocery store, located
In the Wakefield Shopping Center ad
jacent to Wake Medical Center, is
probably one of the most profes
ilonally put-together stores, accor
ding to Thomas and Howard
representative Dempsey Winstead.
Lambert Sutton, also of Thomas
and Howard, said, “I’m excited about
the opening of Red and White food
stores at this location, and I’m proud
to be a part of it, I’m sure you're .go
ing to enjoy shopping here." Those
remarks were greeted with resoun
ding applause from some 80 friends,
relatives, and clergy who turned out
to witness the store’s dedication on
Tuesday, Sept. 29.
a tore manager Jesse Alston acted
as master of ceremonies, introducing
his wife Pam and co-owner Joseph
Gwaltney and his wife. Alston also in
troduced the people who would be
staffing the store, including Mike
Deberge, meat manager, who was
kidded extensively about his "cheap
fryers;’’ produce manager Ben
Hooker; front end supervisor Lisa
Williams; Alston’s brother Kenneth,
frozen foods manager; and the host of
cashiers and baggers totaling some
92 employees.
Alston went on in his remarks to ex-.
plain, “The only way the door was
opened was God opened it for us. We
plan to put God first. Our people are
not working for ua, but with us. Each
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$783,000 headquarters building early
next year, according to Bishop
Charles J. Williams, who made the
announcement in Raleigh on Tues
day.
The foundation has been set for the
building that will include a sanc
tuary, as well as an educational wing
and space for a preschool and day
care program for the elderly.
member of the team is very impor
tant.”
Jesse’s youngest daughter inter
rupted him at this point, and while
picking her up he introduced various
relatives in the Alston family who had
traveled some distance to attend the
dedication. Aunts, uncles, and
Alston’s grandmother were there
making the occasion a real family af
fair, But Jesse’s mother re
emphasized the tone set by her son at
the outset that Tuesday with the
words, "God brought us this far. Now
is when we really need your
prayers.”
Ministers Sam Blaylock. Kev. J.
Gentille Everett, and Hev. William
Newkirk brought words from the
Scripture for the occasion, while
those attending offered the owners
their personal best wishes as the
dedication concluded.
Oft The Death Of A Pastor
BY DR. PERCY HIGH
Mptclal To The VAHOMNIAN
Editor's Note: Recently the community has lo»t two
greet religloui leader*, the Rev. Charles W. Ward, pastor
of First Baptist Church, and the Rev. B.C. Young, Sr.,
pastor of Rush Metropolitan AME Zion Church. This com
forting message delivered at the Memorial Service for
Deceased Pastors in Kansas City. Mo., helps restore faith
after the death of a pastor.
Moses told the fellowship of his followers, upon the
realisation of his earthly departure, these words. “The
eternsl God is your dwelling place, and underneath are
the everlasting arms.” Jesus assured His disciples, as He
approached His own earthly departure, with these worth,
“You have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your
hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from
you.” As he approached his demise, Paul wrote these
words to the congregation at Corinth; "For we know that
if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a
building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal In
the heavens.” And, while filed on Patmoe, John reported
this assurance; “Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord! Blessed Indeed, says the Lon’ that they may rest
from their labors, for their deeds wih tollow them ”
I know that Jesus said to His disciples, ‘Let not your
hearts be troubled;” but when a pastor dies, strange hap
penings occur. When a pastor dies, no flags fly at. half
staff. No businesses dose down, no presidential order for
national mourning is issued. And no governor sends a
special representative to read a proclamation of state sor
row.
When a pastor dies sinners rejoice, but saints reflect.
When a pastor dies, a church suffers far more than she
readily realizes. When a pastor dies, a trumpet for the
Lord is silenced, an administrator becomes absent, a
counselor’s counseling is concluded, a holy medical con
sultant is no longer consulted, and that voice which speaks
at the homegoing of every saint is hushed.
When a pastor dies, that strong hand wliich held babies
at their dedications is stilled. That tender voice to children
and sometimes harsh and yet heavenly one to adults
speaks nn more. That rock who reminds college students
(See PASTOR, V. 2)
Bishop Williams, , residing bishop
of a six-county ari a comprising
Wake, Johnston, Sampson, Harnett,
Wayne and Cumberland counties,
said that with this additional funding
Western Assembly Disciples would
now be able to broaden their scope
"to meet the needs of the people, the
underprivileged, the hungry, the il
literate... and through meeting the
needs of hum n suffering and pro
viding humai development. . we
might in turn attract more souls to
God.”
The completion of the headquarters
is one part of a four-phase project
consisting of building a residential
care center for the elderly, apart
ment units for the elderly, anc
a youth camp, as well as the head
quarters. The building’s completior
is important because its emphasis
will be on church leadership training
community leadership outseacl
training and socioeconomic leader
ship training and development, anc
coordination of other programs whlcl
the Western Assembly wants to im
plements The building, along with al
other structures to be completed, wil
sit on 4:i acres of land.
The Western Assembly Disciples a
Christ Churches, lnc„ wee incur
porated in 1872 in BentonvtUe. Tin
primary assembly membership b
North Carolina is 3,380. The Weetan
Assembly is an affiliate of the om
million-member Christian Churcl
<Disciples of Christ), with head
quarters in Indianapolis, Ind.
(See HKV. WILLIAMS, K 21
Rowan Verdict;
Mistrial, But,
Charges Pending
BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS, SR.
NNPA News Editor
WASHINGTON, DC.-A DC
Superior Court jury, proclaiming an
inability to reach a unanimous dec
sion in the guilt or innocence of
celebrated syndicated columnist Carl
T. Rowan, Sr., was sent back to its
chambers and firmly ordered by
Judge Arthur Burnett, Sr., to con
tinue deliberations until a unanimous
verdict was reached
But after deliberating four more
hours, a total of 10 hours, the
12-member jury—10 black, two
white—wearily returned declaring
they were hopelessly deadlocked in
weighing charges of illegal posses
sion of a gun and ammunition against
Rowan. The jurors’ inability to reach
a unanimous decision prompted
Judge Burnett to call a mistrial. He
said the city would be given several
weeks to attempt a new trial should it
want to. There was some speculation
that the city would drop the charges,
(See ROWAN VERDICT. P 2)
Judges'
Bench
CRIMESTOPPERS PAYS
INFORMANT
Crimestoppers paid $1,000 la:-■
week to an informant who provided
Raleigh police with information
about the fatal shooting of a
maintenance worker at Tara East
Ap rtments. Police charged a
Raleigh man with murder one da;
after the Sept. 21 shooting. The slay
ing occu ed during a robber;, at the
apartmt ’s information office
It wat he third Crimestoppei
reward pai. since the program begai
in Decemb - 1987, said Raleigh
Police Sgt. J r Fisher, the depart
ment’s Crimestoppers coordinator
The other rev rds— $200 for informa
tion bout a robbery and $1,000 for in
formation that led to the arrest ml
three suspects in a murder
case—were paid in June, Sgt Fisher
said. Callers to Crimestoppers at
834-HELP can remain anonymous
and are eligible for rewards of up to
»1,000.
r DRUG TF LABS
1 A legialative panel informally ap
prove*! TuMd.iy proposed legislation
1 that would '•quire e ployers to use
1 drug-testing labor ion approved
by the state or by rev fitted groups
(Sw JUDGES' Bids H. P. it'