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Governor-elect Hunt's request
for the resignation of 169 top
.jtate fcoyenmfcnt policy
makers only Included positions
held by three Blacks. Hunt said
his "responsibility is to run the
government" as he said that
many of the career workers
.would be retained, i Y k :qi.
' Hunt's move to require the
top policy makers to resign and
possibly be retained by him
would, allow him to get control
of the bureaucracy The three
Black policy makers within the
169 were Dr.. Renee Wescott
Hill, director of the Division of
, Social Services of the Depart
ment of Human Resources;.
Geographis Command Section
within the Division of Prisons
of the Department of Correc
tions; and Frank Bright, Field
Operations Director of the
Adult ' Probation and Parole
Section of the Department of
Corrections.
The positions asked to be
vacated by the governor-elect
included 41 from the -department
of administration, eleven
from the Corrections, ten from
Commerce, ten from Cultural
Resources, 27 from Human Re
sources, fourteen from Military
and Veterans Affairs, seven
from Revenue, ; 22 from
Natural and.; Economic Re
sources and 27 from Transpor
tation. Whether the three blacks
in top positions will be re
appointed "and more blacks
hired; in policy making posi
tons to replace the traditional
all-white core of policy makers
is yet to be seen; Gary Pearce,
press secretary for Governor
elect ; j Hunt ; said that the
appointment of Howard Lee, a
black, and former mayor of
Chapel Hill and Dr. Sarah T.
Morrow, to ;J, first ; cabinet
appointments indicated " a
"different perspective."
inc muih uwi
Hunt asked to be vacated were
management level position
John Edwards, a member of
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John louls
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Fifth District Congressional Scat
ATLANTA, GA. - John
Lewis, 36, announced last
week that he has resigned as
Executive Director of the At
lanta based Voter Educa
tion Project, Inc., and is a
candidate for the Sth Dis
trict Congressional seat soon to'
Se vacated by United Nations
Ambassador-appointee Andrew
Young. - 1 ' .'
Over 1 SO community
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beencalled "a living saint by
TIME magazine for the
announcement, . , -
Lewis, drew a bs-raclal
crowd and the, veteran civU
rights leader played heavily on.
themes of cooperation and
harmony.
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"For the past J? years,!
have worked to build what I
like to call a beloved
community - a community of
justice, a community of love,
a lommunity at peace with
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CARTER CABINET APPOINTEES Carter's new Sec. of Defense, Harold Brown,
his new Sec. of Labor, Ray Marshall, and his second female to be appointed
Patricia Harris; HUD. They stand after a news conferencewhere Carter made the
announcement. (UPl). ;
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Bo A Ponafcy-'Viiis
CHARLOTTE (CCNS) -Fifty
demonstrators braved 25
degree weather for two hours
In Charlotte, Raleigh, and
Durham as they participated in
vigils opposing the re-instate-hient
of the death penalty by
the North Carolina Legisla
ture, The Charlotte vigil was
held on December 22 and
those in Raleigh and Durham
on Christmas Eve. '
The vigils were part of
demonstrations in nine
southern states coordinated by
the Southern Coalition of Jails
and Prisons. Demonstrations in
stopping the executions that
areon t0 bcgin unless thcre
is tatwventton the courts or
govcrnors of ,'he respective
states.
Resigns VEP
itself," he said.
"I am particularly pleased
with the people who are here
tonight, because they demon
strate what the campaign is all
about - people from business,
from labor, university pro
fessors, doctors who have left
their practices unattended,
and, most of all, working
people. '
This campaign is one of
hope and optimism, a con-
tination 0f my life's work
tQ crMte , new order m the
South 5th Congressional
j, , vciy spCciaJ dis-
trict; The bl-racial coopera-
tion ncw providcs a posits
-vamnu fnr th region and the
v r p -- ----
nation, This district symbolizes
a new Southern spirit of hope
and harmony." , . -.',
Political observers at the
meeting categorized Lewis as
the only black man with "a
169 Policy Makers
Demonstrators in North
Carolina focused on stopping
the N. C. Legislature from re
enacting the death penalty.
North Carolina's capital
punishment law was struck
down as unconstitutional last
July 2 by the U. S. Supreme
Court becuase the law did not
have provisions for juries to
exercise discretion in impos
ing death.
While supporters of efforts
to stop re-enactment of the
death penalty in North
Carolina have an impressive list
of twenty organizations that
are members of the Nbrth
Carolina Coalition Against the
Death Penalty, the numbers of
people -that came out in the
cold to' demonstrate were few.
Constrastinglythc
Post,
broad enough base of support
Jo succeed Andy Young" and
said he, Lewis, has emerged as
the frontrunner for the post.
The presence of so many
white leaders was seen as an
indication Lewis will have
vitally needed support from
the white community, seen as
essential because the district
is majority white.
For the past seven years. ;
Lewis headed the Voter Ed
ucation Project's non-partisan,
efforts in voter registration and
education with minorities
throughout the South. A de
dicated believer in the
philosophy of non-violence as a
tool of social change, he was an
advisor to two American Presi
dents, John F, Kennedy and
Lyndon Johnson, and in 1975
was awarded the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Peace Prize.
Seeks
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machinery of government, is
set to hastily re-enact the death
penalty. Governor-elect Hunt,
campaigned just a few short
months ago saying that he
would support re-enactment of
the death penalty. le reasoned
that he thought that the death
penalty is a deterrent to serious
crimes. As soon as he takes
office, the Coalition will seek
to get Hunt to use his influence
to initiate a study to determine
whether capital punishment is
a deterrent to crime before
passing a law that would put
people to death.
The judiciary took a rare
opportunity on December 19th
to pass on a proposal to re-
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CAN'T BE 'TOP DOG'-Alderman Wilson Frost
the black president pro tern of Chicago's city
council, was booted out of succession to Mayor
Richard J. Daley by what is called a "back room
dal" worked out by City Hall power brokers,
Tuesday. All thirteen black aldermen who had
supported Frost, for the post, voted for 53 year
old Alderma n Michael f Bilandic (white) as
interim mayor. Frost was elected chairman of
the Finance Committee, reportedly the second
most powerful position in the- Cook County
Democratic structure. (UPl)
Reuben "Sonny" Conley
Vicfini of Trooper Affocfi
1 RALI 101 1 (CCNS) -iState
Transportation Secretary
(1. Perry Greene fired two
'Highway Patrol troopers, de
;moted I'otu vpatrol members -land
three civilian patrol mem
bers received warnings.for their
;i part , in the pat rol roadblock ;
in which Virginia state patrol
- man Garland W.' Fisher was .
;. killed . Greene took no action,.;
gainst hijghway patrol mem
bers who physically abused
t rooper - Fisher s alleged " ab
ductor; .Reuben
"Sonny"
Did black
Troopers Robert Williams,
28, and D. H. Matthews, 26;
were fired vfor firing into a
police jtruiser that was alleged
ly highjacked by Reuben Con
ley.? The Virginia patrolman.
Garland W. Fisher, at the wheel
of the vehicle, was plugged
with 14 bullets. 4 of which
were said al a preliminary hear
ing to have been fired from a
gun purchased by Conley.
Greene said that Major G.
D. Russell was demoted to
lieutenant for not exercisinr
command authority and de
moted Lt. W. Pickard to ser
geant for violating patrol re
gulations and not going to the
scene to assume command.
Sgts. Raymond Evans and
S. S. Bailey were also demoted
SEX BIAS
Grievance Commit fee
Says Wing Guilty
(CCNS) a Mildred Payt on,
a fired North Carolina Central
University (NCCU) law pro
fessor, was found by a five
member grievance committee
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to master trooper lor failing to i
"assume proper . command" " '
None of the demotions or
fi;ings were for physical abuse
that WRAL-TV reporter! Paul,
Crawley said he - witnessed. ,
Crawley said police kicked and
called -Conley-"nigger'' while :
he lay in the open ditch of
water for several minutes with
out medical attention. Conley :
w as shot t hrce t ime s at t he .
roadblock.; - Crawley's report '
delayed front publication two
days after the occurrence, was
i released' because. I rawley said
' Major Jack Cabe, Coin
mandcr of the Highway Patrol,
when -questioned about
findings of. the investigation of
Cynley's physical abuse said he
was not familiar with allega
tions that Conley was abused.
Conley has been charged
with the murder of Garland
Fisher. A medical autopsy was
released on Wednesday Decem
ber 22 after a gag order
supressed its contents. The au
topsy report traced the direc
tion of bullets that medical
examiners claimed were fat al
to Fisher as being on the right
side of the body and "passed
from right to left and upward
through the body." Conley
was said by patrolmen to have
been crouched on the floor of
the car on the right side.
to have been discriminated
against by Chancellor Albert
Whiting because she is a wo
man.. Wluting, reportedly re
quested on two occassions to
appear before the Comrnitiee,
did not, but sent Vice-Chan-ccllor
Leonard Robinson and
Special Deputy : Attorney
General Edwin M. Spears to re
present him. 1
Mrs. Payton, a black
Hfiman. was one of the four
NCCo law professors; last
I spring who were requested to
sign new contracts although
. the contracts under which she
and the other professors were
employed were permanent, un
less found by the 'institution
"to be guilty of incoinpetancy.
immorality, insubordi nation,
or other offenses, recognized
as just cause.'
Mrs." Payton and
Alexander Bolt, a white male
professor, also in the law
school, refused to sign new
contracts contending that they
are tenured or permanent em
ployees. On September 30.
1976. Whiting fired Payton,
but allowed the white male
professor to continue to teach,
although Bott refused to sign
the new contract in tlie same
manner as Payton. '
- Tlie ericvance committee
hinfinc w the second for Ms
Payton. '
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GRACE
Grace Charged In Assault-
James Willie Grace, charg
ed on December 23 with im
personating a police officer and
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill, has emerged
as the main suspect in the
Durham sniper case. Four
Blacks and one white were
either shot or shor at, by a yet
unknown assailant, between
December I Oth and Decem
ber 27th. Two of the per
sons shot, -Herbert Medlin.
26. of 1206 Scout Diive, and:
Herbert C. Bradshaw, 68, of
1107 Vickers Avenue, were
killed. While James Grace has
not been charged as the "sni
per", according to Durham
Chief of Police Jon Kindice,
lie is the main suspect in the
shootings Most of the sus
pects, according to Kindice,
are black.
The shootings received
widespread attention following
the death of a former Durham
Herald editorial page editor,
Herbert C. Bradshaw, as he
washed dishes in his home.
December 22nd. The death of
Herbert Medlin. in the 1400
block of Fayeteeville Street,
and the shootings of Leroy
Goldston (in the neck) on
December 10 in a convenience
store, and David Soloman. 36,
a service station attendant
(in the arm and hip) received
mediocre attention until
Bradshaw was shot.!
A day following Brad
sliaw's death, Durham Police
Chief Kindice said he bejieve
the snipings to have been
the work of one person.
Kindkc, explaining his theory
that the cases were connected,
said "linkages in the case did
not appear until .Bradshaw was
killed". He cont inued, saying,
"certainly it did not become
isolated, instances anymore."
Bradshaw . was shot
approximately one and one
half hours before three teen
agers were fired at on the
corner of South and Enterprise
by a man wielding a pistol. One
of the youths. William Brown,
of 91 1 South Street recognized
James Willie Grace as the
assailant. Grace was Sought by
police since the youths were
assaulted and was considered
a , "prime suspect" in the
sniping cases. So far police
have not charged Grace with
the snipings but have interro
gated him extensively.
' Ihete are. many litfon-
sistencies in the case which
cast doubt on Grace's guilt of
the sniping Both of the dead
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men were. shot with what au
topsy reports indicate were
rifle bullets. .However, Grace
is charged in the assault
warrants with firing a hand
gun at the youths.
The assailant was un
known in all of the sniping
cases that Durham police claim
to be related However Brown
charges that Grace walked to
the opposite side of the comer,
well in his and the other
youth's view and began shoot-
inc. The assailant did not pre-
sent himself in the snioine
cases.
Grace has a long police
record oi violent crimes ail oi
which indicate pistols. Assault
with deadly weapons and
armed robberies frequent his
dossier.
Grace does match a psy
chiatric profile of the sniper
developed bv Dolice. Kindice
described the phantom killer as
"psychotic" and shooting. at
random. The three youths
who claim to have been shot
al by Grace said they had
seen him one or two times and
did not know him personally.
None could give any motive for
the shooting.
Grace was committed to
Umstead Mental Hospital twice
this year, Durham County re
cords show. Once in May," his
mother committed him when
he allegedly threatened his wife
and daughter. In a hearing by
Durham County District Judge
Gantt, he was ordered released.
Later, in October, he was
committed to Dorethea Dix
Hospital in Raleigh to deter
mine if he was competent to
stand trial in charges against
him. He was found to be schi
zophrenic and incapable to
stand trial.
Grace is also charged with
impersonating a police officer.
The warrant indicates that
Anne Warren, of 703 Philmont
Street, said that he came to
her house and represented
"that he was a police officer
looking for a girl. Bond on,
that case was set, at $200.
While Durham police ad
mit having no evidence to link
Grace to the snipings, Lt. Dick
Morris said that he is "90 per
cent sure that he is our sniper.
Morris said that his experience
in investigative work has
"pretty much convinced" him
but "I could be wrong."
Morris, Captain Lee and Lti
Tony Rigsbee are in, charge of
the investigative team to find
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