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POSSIBLY SITE OF COOK
PEMBROKE LEGAL
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^ LUMBEF LEGAL SERVICES
PEMBROKE-Earl Britt, who was
recently appointed to a federal Judge
ship in the Eastern District Court in
Fayetteville by President Jimmy Carter,
has tendered his resignation as vice
president of the Lumbee River Legal
Services in Pembroke. North Carolina.
Britt was the representative from the
Robeson County Bar Association. No
replacement has been named for Britt.
Dexter Brooks, Pembroke attorney, is
president of the board of directors of
Lumbee River Legal Services.
Britt and Brooks were protagonists in
the celebrated property dispute case
between the town of Pembroke and
Alfred Cook, now a property owner.
Cook has sued the town for more than
$1.5 million in the dispute and has now
lodged a federal complaint in Britt's
courtroom rehashing the charges but
claiming constitutional violations of his
civil rights. Britt was Cook's co
counsel with Osborne Lee, Jr. until he
was removed from the case, at his
request, by Judge Henry A. McKinnon,
Jr. on April 28. 1980. Brooks represents
the town along with Lumberton attornev
Dickson McLean, Jr.
Lee filed his federal complaint in
Britt's court even though trespassing
complaints remain in state civil court.
McKinnon has thrown out charges of
malicious prosecution, false arrest and
assault and battery brought by Cook
against the town and officials McDuffie
Cummings. Town Manager; Police
Chief Vernon Oxendine and former
policeman Harvey Bullard.
The town has countersued Cook
claiming that libelous statements have
been printed in the Robesonlan. the
county daily newspaper. Osborne Lee,
Jr. is listed as the newspaper's attorney
of record explaining to many how the
original complaint appeared in the
Robesoaian on the same day it was filed
some two years ago.
Britt was confirmed as a federal judge
on May 20 by the senate judiciary
committee and was sworn in at the
Robeson County Courthouse on May 30,
1980. He resigned his position with the
legal services on May 26. His co
counsel in the Cook case, Osborne Lee,
Jr., filed his federal complaint on May
19. The complaint remained a secret
until the complaint was aired in the
Robesonian on June 3. 1980. Federal
marshals served their complaint on
principals in the matter a day later.
Interestingly enough. Earl Britt par
ticipated in oral arguments before
Judge McKinnon on April 28 and asked
for permission to resign from the case
later in the afternoon.
Judge McKinnon has now resigned
effective October 31 as the 16th Judicial
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District Resident Superior Judge. It
seems that he will be replaced by
Special Superior Court Judge Sam Britt.
Judge McKinnon has not indicated
whether or not he will settle the
dangling trespass charges still re
maining before him in the matter.
The complaint in superior court is
seemingly "on hold," according to a
courtroom source, until McKinnon's
replacement is named and "it is
doubtful" Britt would hear arguments
in the case in his courtroom since he has
been a participant prior to resigning.
The Town of Pembroke has paid out
approximately $20,000 on legal fees so
far, prompting a town cynic to exclaim,
"That's quite a price to pay to plead
'Not Guilty.' "
Robeson
Youth attend
Nutrition Course
at Camp Millstone
. August 18. 19 and 20 was exciting
for twelve Robeson County youth as
they began their first camping experi
ence. Camp was learning about health
and nutrition as well as responsibility
and recreation. There was swimming,
canoeing, land sports, games, crafts,
dancing and classes in health and
nutrition. These youth are from families
that are enrolled in the Extended Food
and Nutrition Program which is taught
by six nutrition aides employed by the
Robeson County Agricultural Extension
Service in Lumberton, NC.
The two supervising leaders partici
pating from Robeson County were Judy
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NOTICE
The regular Monthly Meet
ing of the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Pembroke
scheduled for September 1.
tWO has been changed to
September 2. I960.
Town Clerk
Hyatt, nutrition aide, and Vernon
McHam, associate Extension agent,
4-H.
The Robeson County campers that
were given awards were: Eric Woods
from Red Springs who was honored for
making the most improvement, and
Sadie Mitchell from Lumberton who
was honored for most outstanding
camper. Other campers attending were:
Tyrone Battle, Keith McDaniel, and
Rodney Lewis from Rowland; Antonio
Faulk and Jennifer Mitchell from
Lumberton; Leslie Bullard from Red
Springs; and Marclies Jones, Victor
Walker, Steven L. Walker and David
Walker from Fairmont.
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r RALPH HUNT AND ASSOCIATES
RESPOND IN
STOLEN TOBACCO CASE
AREA NEWS REPORTS
The chair nun of the Robeson County
Board of Education and two other men
are on trial in U.5. District Court in
Fayetteville for allegedly fraudulent
marketing 3,226 pounds of tobacco in
1979.
School board chairman RalplKtiunt
and his partner in the operation of the
Lumbee Warehouse in Lumberton,
Charles Oxendine, and a warehouse
employee, Charles Hunt, were indicted
in early May by a federal grand jury
meeting in Fayetteville.
The three are also under indictment in
Robeson County on charges of receiving
stolen tobacco.
The trial may last as long as two
weeks, defense attorney Carl Barring
ton said Thursday. Approximately 100
witnesses have been subpoenaed by the
government and the defense.
Bank records introduced Tuesday in
U.S. District Court indicated that the
Lumbee Warehouse cashed two checks
totaling $1,4%. 12 on the same day that
Ralph Hunt and two associates al
legedly purchased and resold 3,226
pounds of stolen
Hunt and his co-defendants, Howard
Oxendine and Charles Hunt, are
charged with falsely identifying and
selling stolen tobacco.
Three government witnesses testified
earlier in the trial that they stole 15
sheets of tobacco and sold it to Ralph
Hunt for $1,480 in cash Aug. 2. 1979.
The three witnesses have pleaded guilty
in Robeson County Superior Court to
felony charges of larcey of tobacco.
Ralph Hunt, chairman of the Robeson
County Board of Education, operates
the Lumbee Warehouse in partnership
with Oxendine. Charles Hunt is an
employee of the warehouse.
U.S. Attorney Wallace Dickson earlier
presented evidence showing that the
amount of tobacco in question was sold
Aug. 2, 1979. on a marketing card
issued to Ralph Hunt.
The bank records were introduced by
the government in an attempt to show
that the warehouse operators had
obtained cash in approximately the '
amount the prosecuting witnesses
claimed they were paid for the tobacco.
The government rested its case
Tuesday afternoon. Defense attorney
Carl Barrington of Fayetteville said in
an opening statement that all three
defendants would testify in their own
behalf.
Howard Oxendine. in his testimony
Tuesday, said, "I have never seen any
of them before...until I got to the
courthouse."
Oxendine was referring to Hayden
Hunt, Ricky Hunt and Willie Jacobs
the three young men who have testified
that they stole IS sheets of tobacco from
area farmers and then resold the leaf to
Hunt and his associates at Lumbee
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opens its doors Saturday as the
5-G's Antique and Classic Car
{f Museum presents one of the
, i finest automotive collections in
11 the Southeastern United
<1 States.
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A grand opening and ribbon
cutting ceremony will be held
(> at 10 a.m. Saturday, as the
< i owner and operator of 5-G's
o Robeson business-man and
11 entrepreneur Gene E. Lock
lear. fulfills one of his life's
(, ambitions.
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11 "Robeson County has many
< > things to offer the tourist
trade," Locklear says. "I
believe that, with the natural
attractions we have, we just
need something to get the
peoples' attention. I hope to do
that with the museum."
The new facility will certainly
be an attention-getter, includ
ing more than 20 classic and
antique autos from an im
maculate 1929 Ford to a
special limited edition 1980
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow D,
one of only 75 in existence.
The collection includes a
classic 'S6 Thunderbird, '59
Corvette, one of the few
remaining 12-cylinder Jaguar
XK-E convertibles, and some
of the modern classics such as
the Cadillac Eldorado and
Cartier Lincoln Continental.
' The vehicles will be housed
in a unique circular building of
Locklear's own design, located
on Carthage Road Extension a
few miles west of Interstate 95
between Lumberton and Pem
broke.
Locklear has included other
artifacts inside the museum,
such as a rare arrowhead
collection, antique firearms
and other historic memorabilia
"to give a general historic
picture of Robeson County."
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"I'm certainly very proud of
the museum," said Locklear.
"And I hope that pride will be
shared by the people of the <
county." I
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Saturday's grand opening
ceremony will include a rib
bon-cutting attended by Miss <
Lumbee and several local and <
state dignitaries. <
Other open house activity will
be held Saturday through (
Monday, including the award- <
ing of door prizes daily, <
followed by the museum being <
open throughout the week of (
Labor Day.
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Warehouse in Lumberton.
Oxendine's denial followed opening
remarks from Carl Barriqgton, defense I
attorney, who described the govern-.
ment's case as "a foxhunt ...to convict
these men of something they are not
guilty of..."
Barrington, in his opening remarks to
the jury, said that each of the
defendants would deny that they had
ever seen the three men whose
testimony is the basis for the gov
ernment's case. Barrington's has. ac
cording to news reports, concentrated
on hitting the truthfulness of the young
men. attempting to show that they are
not telling the truth. One example is
Barrington concentrating on attempting
to show that the 15 sheets of tobacco
weighting about 250 lbs. a piece
were placed on a bed of a pickup truck
and brought to the warehouse.
Barrington is expected to bring forth
some 60 witnesses in behalf of his
clients. The case is expected to take up
the rest of the week.
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JUDGE McKINNONTO RETIME
Lam be rtea-Superior Coart Judge Henry
A. McKinnon, Jr. hu told attorneys
his Mbine district that he plans to retire
as an active judge Oct. 31.
In a lette to attorneys in the 16th
Judicial District, he said be wilt
continue to serve as an "emergency
judge."
The 57-year-old judge has served as
one of a special group of judges
assigned to handle problem trials hi
recent years.
Among those he presided over was a
series of pretrial hearings for Joan
Little, a black woman who was acquitted
on a charge of murdering a white jailer
in Beaufort County.
Lumbee
River Legal
Services
EXPANDS INTO CUMBERLAND
COUNTY
Lumbee River Legal Service*,
according to Mr. Julian T^Pterv*. tb?
executive director, will be expanding its
services into Cumberiand County. 'The
expansion is a result of a recent decision
of the Legal Services Corporation, the
Federal agency that funds legal service
programs. According to Mr. Pierce, the
decision of the Legal Services
Corporation ends a highly controversial
issue between the Cumberland County
Bar Association and Legal Services of
North Carolina (LSNC). The Bar Asso
ciation had earlier protested the initial
decision of the Legal Services Corpora
tion to fund LSNC for Cumberiand
County legal services.
LSNC is a confederation of various
egal service programs throughout the
State. Lumbee River Legal Services, a
member of the confederation, will be
responsible for the administration of
egal services in Cumberland County.
["he exnansion efforts will rmiuiw
according to Mr. Pierce, the opening of
an additional office within Cumberland
County. Mr. Pierce states this new
office, expected to open within the next
three to four months, will require the
hiring of an additional staff which will
include attorneys, paralegals, and sup
port staff. Central administration, how
ever, will be under the direction of the
Pembroke office.
Presently, Lumbee River Legal
Services serves the counties of Rich
mond, Scotland. Hoke and Robeson.
The Corporation provides free legal
services in .the area of civil law for low
income persons unable to afford an
attorney ?
Mph Ha* mmd Howard OmmHoc are
a how a dortag happier momenta la front
of Laaabae Warehooae. Their caae la
continuing in federal conrl la Fay
ette vile thh week.
BOARD MEMBER DAVID GREEN CHANGES VOTE
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by Connee Brtyboy
1 Things got interesting at the
Robeson County Board of
Education Monday night
where they met to consider
delaying school and other
matters.
Board members listened as
one parent approached them
about re-assignment of his
. ch?'d. They went aiong with
the recommenuadbns of the
re- assignment committee.
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They responded to a Red
Springs System request for
any funds which had not been
aiocated from School Bend
laaua HIAftidiA If Mthg
nwnlVI? as VevwifQ
that there waa no monies
which were net allocated.
Lillian Faye lamiaar moved
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workdays for vocational edu
cation teachers, as well as
secretaries and guidance coun
selors They will not work
from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Once
again, LUlian Locklear. as
pressed her dislike of the idea
of guidance couselors and
secretaries having to work an
extra 30 minutes per day with
no additional pay. She la
married to the guidance coun
selor at Pembroke Senior High
School.
Tommy D. Swot! had some
comments on guidance coun
selor. He atresaed that some of
them were not doing what they
were supposed to do In
relation to preparing studeuta
. to enter cottage Te this Mm.
Lealdear replied. "....I would
any, lot's deal whh it...an the
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And Swart responded. "....I
insist Miw dm lino of
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students, instead of the entife
student bod jr." He suggested
that the superintendent check
info the matter.
In response to a comment
from a member at die last
meeting that he did not ten
any termers at the meeting
several fanners attended Moo
day night's meeting. Alee
Board ef r Hurt
J.W. Hunt and H.T. Taytef, J
dressed the hoard and teqnee*
ted a de^la^ti^epeei*of
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