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COUNCIL ON FILE
V RALEIGH (CCNS) - The Magistrate, Logan Howell, to ture. Mysteriously, the docu
Reverend Leon .White, Execu- allow changes to be made in a ments disappeared from the
tive Director or the North
Carolina Virginia Commission
for Racial Justice, accused
three persons of knowling
"where the files are", in refer
ence to the missing files in the
Wilmington JO case.
During a press conference
heM by the Michigan Wil-
mineton 10 Defense Commi
ttee, Ret. White stated, "There
are three people who know
where the files are. They are
Preston Hill (former staff
member of the Good Neighbor
Council, predecessor to the N.
C. Human Relations Commis
sion), Fred Cooper, (former
Director of the Good Neigh
bor Council), and Attorney
Dale Johnson (former Assistant
Attorney General and Special
Prosecutor in the Wilmington
10 case).
The press conference, con
vened by Ret. White followed
the presentation of 2,282
signatures on petitions to
Laney Funderburke, Appoint
ment Secretary to Gov. James
E. Holshouser. The petitions
called for executive clemency
for the Wilmington 10, who are
presently in the state prison
system serving sentences total
ing 282 years as a result of
convictions in 1972. Following
the reading of the press state
ment by Carolyn Moody, Ex
ecutive Director of the Wil
mington 10 Defense Commi- 1
ttee in Michigan, copies of the
petition were . presented to
Rufus R. Ed mis ten, N. C.
Attorney General, and an aide
to Governor-elect James Hunt.
The Wilmington 10 are
serving their convictions for
firebombing Mike's Grocery in
Wilmington in 1971 during an
attack on the city's black
ghetto by the Kulu Klux
Klan, the Rights of White
People, and other white supre
macist organizations.
. The convictions of the
eight black high school stu
dents, Ann Shepard Turner, a
white anti-poverty worker, and
Rev. Ben Chavis, a staff mem
ber of the Commission for
Racial Justice of the United
Church of Christ, have been
appealed through state courts
to the U. S. Supreme Court
and is now being brought back
throdgh the federal court sys
tem. Gurrently a decision is
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writ of habeas corpus wrucn
seeks to overturn the con-
viction. '
Defense attorneys are
seekine to amend the com-
plaint with a sworn statement
by the state's main prosecu-
tion witness saying that he lied
in the 1972 trial in Burgaw ana
was coaxed in rus testimony oy
federal officials and state pro-
secutors. U. S. Magistrate
Logan Howell has been consi
dering the request for over
turning the conviction since
February 1976. Also before
Howell is a request to provide
bail for the 10 defendants, a re
quest denied by Howell once
before.
A former employee of the
N. C. Human Relations
Commission, Rev. Aaron John
son, told newspeople in
November that the Commis
sion withheld subpeoned docu
ments that could have exonera
ted the Wilmington 10. The
documents. Rev. Johnson said,
were not present at the trial,
nor did subpeoned members
testify. According to Johnson,
Commission staffers were
afraid they would lose their
tundmg by me state legisia-
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ALLOWED A HOLIDAY - Alfred Odell Martin holds daughter Star, 2 year old,
and wife Ann holds Son, Bakeeba, 4 years old. Gov. William G. Milliken, of Michi
gan, granted Martin asylum in Michigan, December 24, from a Virginia charge.
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Carolina Times and
Commission s rues ana nave
not been seen since March,
1972.
Hill, when contacted at his
home in Charlotte, said he
couid not remember anything
a5OUt the files or their dis-
appearance. Fred Cooper, for-
mer Commission txecutrve
Director, said he rememDereu
when the files disappeared and
that no effort was made to find
them or report the disappear
ance to the proper officials.
When informed of the
missing files in November,"
1976, by a reporter, Ron Ingle,
then Executive Director of the
Human Relations Commission,
initiated an investigation by
the S. B. I. The next day, Ingle
was fired by his boss, Bruce
Lentz, Secretary of the N. C.
Department of Administration.
te feel with all these ex
posures of error of judicial and
organizational misconduct be-
fore, after, and during the trial,
the least that the governor,
governor-elect, and attorney
General can do is grant execu-
tive clemency to these inno-
cent victims of North Carolina
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GREETS CUSTOMERS JIM SHAW owner and
president of Shaw Tire Company of Winston-Salem
greets customers at the door of his prosperous busi
ness. Shaw, who started life as a sharecropper, went
into business for himself several years ago. He was
the first Black B. F. Goodrich tire dealer in the United
states. Shaw received management and technical
assistance from the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
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L VJ. Grantham To Operate
Business Development Center
The Goldsboro Business
Development Center officially
opened its doors on Decem
ber 30th for operation with an
initial staff of one person. The
Center is a branch of the
Durham Business and Profess
ional Chain.
The Chain has provided
business management
assistance to the small busi
ness community since 1938.
The Goldsboro Business
Development Center is a part
of the total expansion pro
gram in which the Durham
Business and Professional
Chain has been engaged.
The opening of the Golds
boro Business Development
Center will make the services
of the Chain more accessible
to small business persons in
HIS Bl.
twenty-six Eastern i
North
Carolina Counties.
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J, Black , businessman , Jim
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Shaw, 39; .-owner ot the pros-
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business people on
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takes to succeed, .
"Work," says Shaw.
v V Shaw's TireJompanv, re- over nwand more .ofthe re
cently wrapped big sponaWites to help his mother
slice of the RM Reynolds and father .
lobacco ; Lompany a -we
account. Reynolds was happy
to see Shaw succeed in getting
his. share of. the company'?
very active minority business
purchasing program, coordina-
ted by Joseph C. Grogan, a
corporate purchasing agent
who works closely with the
Office Of Minority Business
ic- nupn in eQn
minority suppliers. OMBE is an
agency of the U. S. Depart
ment of Commerce.
"But they only gave me
the opportunity," Shaw says.
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Reynolds is fair, but they
nricesandaualitvnrndiictsand
work "
Shaw started work early, The foreman of Number
helping his father sharecrop 60" was "Big Bud" Hunter,
when he was five years old; whom ghaw remembers with
hoeing cotton, carrying fertili- affection.
zer, and doing other odd jobs. Hunter, a white man, be
As soon as he was old enough, friended Shaw and the men
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conveniently located at. .411
South James Street in Golds-
he went off to school near- '
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and sisters moving away to the
North, one by one,; leaving
him. as youngest son,' to take
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worked at a local hotel, furn -
ture store, and drive-in restau-
with the R. J. Reynolds Tobac
co Company in "Number
Sixty" tobacco factory.
Although his pay was
$1.65 per hour, he soon be-
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came known tor nis gooa worx
and was gradually promoted
t0 jhs involving skilled labor,
boro. The office hours will
be Monday thru Friday, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 pm Opera
ting the new office is Leonard
W. Grantham. He received a
B. S. degree in Business Ad
ministration from Livingstone
College in 1974. He is married
to the former Miss Sheila
Sherrod of Goldsboro. Mrs.
' Grantham is employed by the
Wayne County Public School
System as a secretary. Prior
to joining the Chain's staff,
Grantham was employed by
Heilig-Meyers Furniture
Company in Goldsboro.
Other facilities are located
in Durham, Raleigh, Fayette
ville and Wilmington. Indivi
duals or businesses desiring
M servls 0I. . Tr
Business Development Center
.. raia nt-rw;
the services of the Goldsboro
may, , van . ' - ' .
stop, by 41) M111 Jan5
, Street in Gbldsbor:::
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.4 HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Zafa Temple 176,
Zafa Court, Durham Consis
tory No. 218, 32rd degree,
held a Christmas party for a
cross-section of the
community. The Zafa Temple
is making great strides in
community service.
The Carolina Times
Photos by Ken Edmonds
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developed a war friendship
over the vears.r Alter anaw
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even greater interest in Shaw's
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In 1967, Shaw had nis
own home, cars, ' and was
pretty well situated, but he
wanted more. He wanted to
be his own man. So he turned
in his resignation 30 days in
advance to Hunter. Despite
Hunter's i appeals, Stow' re.
nl,,nH, fi'Vnd when he left
Hunter's ?. appeals, ? Shaw re
mained firm and when he left
the plant fBig Bud" had tears
in his eyes when he told Shaw
goodbye. i : -
Shaw heard of a service
station for sale through a
friend, took his profit shar
ing money earned at Reynolds
and bought the business, at the
corner of -16th andL Liberty
in Winston-Salem. When he
brought the station, it was sell
ing 17,000 gallons a month. In
two years, Shaw was selling
65,000 gallons a month.
In 1969, Shaw became the
first minority B. F. Goodrich
tire dealer in the United States,
and he began calling on R. J.
Reynolds for their' tire
account.
Reynolds kept sending him
back for better prices.
"They taught me some
thing about business," Shaw
says of Reynolds. "They
wanted to help me but they
wanted even more to. turn me
into a businessman."
Eventually, his price was
right and Reynolds started
sending him business. When a
downturn occured in the
economy, a Reynolds execu
tive showed up to help Shaw
over the hurdle with financial
advice. Another Reynolds
executive, who asks to be
anonymous, personally arrang
ed a business loan for Shaw
during the same period.
Reynolds also arranged
for Shaw to do the recapping
of tires to service the needs of
the giant Sea-Land Corpora
tion in New Orleans, a sub
sidiary of Reynolds Industries.
Shaw's business is now
very successful. He is vice pre
sident of the regional Boy
Scout Council, serves on a
Governor's Committee, and is
involved in a leadership role in
several community service
organizations. Yet, he stills
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works alongside his employees
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ms long struggle:
"Don't give me any
thing. Let me earn it."
He also believes that if it
were not for a majority
company like R. J. Reynolds
there would not be a
minority like Shaw's Tire
Service.
BCADP
Expresses
Faifh In
During its October meet
ing the Durham Committee on
the Affairs of Black People
!assed a resolution unanimous
y expressing profound appre
ciation for the years of faith
ful and unselfish service ren
dered by John S. Stewart. As
the Committee's former chair
man, as representative of the
Black Community for more
than 16 years, as a member of
the City Council, serving as
Mayro pro-Tern, as chair
man of the Council's Finance
Committee, as chairman of the
Building Committee directing
the erection of the new City
Hall, and numerous other
committees Stewart was
never flagging in the per
formance, of outstanding
' service for all of the people
of Durham without compensa
tion. He was an outspoken
' advocate adn champion of the
rights of all of the people of
Durham. The Durham Commi
ttee expressed its continuing
exteem and confidence in the
character and . integrity ' of
John S. Stewart, and felt cer
tain that upon appeal to a
high court the unfortunate
situation in his life, will be
cleared up. v
amnns
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