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Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina
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In Kinston, NC, trial opens for Ronald Clements and Harold Stroud on charges of violating North Carolina's Corrupt Practices Act by distributing defamatory handbills during the May 31 Democratic gubernatorial primary, linking candidate Hubert E. Olive to the Negro vote. Warrants sworn by attorney Jesse A. Jones.
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KINSTON, N. C. (A)—Two Kinston men are scheduled for trial Wednesday in Lenoir Superior Court on charges growing out of the alleged distribution of defamatory handbills in the May 31 Democratic primary for governor.
They are Ronald Clements and Harold Stroud, who are charged with violating the Corrupt Practices Act of North Carolina. The warrants were sworn out by Jesse A. Jones, Kinston attorney, who has been waging a one-man campaign against the distribution of defamatory handbills in political campaigns.
The handbills that resulted in the arrests bore a photograph which appeared in The Asheville Citizen-Times. In the five-man group was Hubert E. Olive, who lost out for governor, and another person identified as a Negro. The Citizen-Times said it did not identify any of the persons as being a Negro.
The handbills attempted to link Olive with the Negro vote and bore questions in bold letters: "Do you want a Negro paroles commissioner?" and "Do you want your children to go to school with Negroes?"
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Kinston, N. C.
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Scheduled For Trial Wednesday; May 31 Democratic Primary
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arrests resulted from handbills distribution; trial scheduled in lenoir superior court
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Two Kinston men charged with violating Corrupt Practices Act for distributing defamatory handbills in May 31 Democratic primary for governor. Handbills used photo from The Asheville Citizen-Times to link Hubert E. Olive with Negro vote, including questions about Negro paroles commissioner and integrated schools. Warrants sworn by Jesse A. Jones.