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RALEIGH (CClS) - It
may have been calculated
when Governor James Hunt
spoke first stating his position
that "only as a matter of last
resort should : the , governor
act", to pardon the Wilming-.
ton 10. His comment pre-
ceeded the pleas of mothers
of the jailed rights acti
vists who are now serving a
sentenc of 282 years : for
firebombing a grocery in
1971. The witnesses against
the 10 have confessed to the
courts that their testimonies
were lies in the initial trial,
contrived by racist prosecu
tors, but the courts still
maintain that the first testi
mony was the truth.
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VJhifaliors Residents Qally In Shooting
Doath of Dlacti Han
A rally was held on Tues
day, July 26 to call for
justice in the fatal shooting
of Charles Lee, allegedly by
Joseph Judge. The rally was
S)onSored by the ' People's
oalition for Justice at the
Triple Oaks Recreation Cen
ter on Highway 301 North
between Whitakers and En
field. On April 19, 1977,
Charles Lee was shot through
the chest, allegedly by Joseph
Judge. . Lee died - two days
later. Judge has been indicted
for murder, but no trial date
has been set, or has Judge
spent any time in jail. He was
released on $200 bond. Lee
was black and Judge is white.
Shortly after the death
of Charles Lee.'J a protest
march with over 500 people
was held. Several marches and
rallies have been held since
April 19th. At the last rally,
held July 6th, speakers from
the African ' Liberation
Support Committee (ALSC),
. a member group of the coaU-
tion, called for the residents
of Whitakers to 'persist in
the struggle to see justice
done. Nothing changes with
out a struggle. So if we want
justice, we must struggle for
it." , '
, Waldo James Is chairman
of the People's Coalition for
Justice.;
BAPTIST CONVENTION IN SESSION
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MRS. MOLESTER
Mrs. Elizabeth Chavis,
mother of Rev Ben Chavis,
told Gov. Hunt that his
policy of not intervening in
cases before the courts "is; a
good one especially when the
court move as. it should
move." The retired Vschopl
teacher . reminded Hunt that
the case-had been' in the
courts for six years and
the courts .have ,J4"done;
nothing.: '
( f She diplomatically stated
the love of the mothers for
North Carolina and their de
sire to see the state a leader,
but for the smear i held oyer
the state bythe tase.There
seems to be a lot of colusion
in high places. There seems to
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MRS. CLAIRE H. LAWRENCE leads line of one seg
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be a thdency toward ven
geance.; There seems to be
something in the making that
we are going to make an
example of. you, innocent
t or guilty So we decided to
speak to you as parents to
another parent . ; You have
children.. Each of these
: mothers has their son. My son
is. my only son," the retired
school teacher told Hunt. ,
r s, .Mrs. Delores Moore,
mother . of Wayne Moore,
whose college career at Shaw
University was interrupted to
return to prison, said she,3
too, feels the courts are not
going to act. "They have had
every opportunity to do so.
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- Approximately
' 5.000:-
Baptists are in Durham this
v week attending the General
Baptist State Convention of
? North Carolina. Inc., and -
meetings of its auxiliaries.
White Rock Baptist Church,
.pastored by Rev. Lorenzo -Lynch,
is the host church."
" with meetings and discussions
being , held also at various, !
other churches and Durham
College within ' the Durham,
community. . , i. "V
.The, Convention .consist sV
of I70Q Missionary Baptist '
'f. Churches, over 1000, pastor? '
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SEtllORSAT
GIRLS STATE
The , ,a Thirty-Eighth
Annual .'' American Legion
-Auxiliary Tar Heel Girls State,
Convention met recently " at ?
i the University of North Caro-
L-Wnn at Greenshnro. t1' I i -x J -V,
lai ncci vih oiaic was
originated and.established in
1940 by the American Legion
Auxiliary Department of ,
North Carolina as an Ameri- 1
. . canism project to provide for .
. High School girls of the state
an opportunity to; .study , and
practice citizenship 1 in a
democracy. It has developed
within .several .thousand
. , young leaders a deeper sense
of their responsibilities as citi-.,
, zens and has proven a practk
, cal source op instruction in
k vlhe , structure .and .'.operatlonA
ps state-government, tvery.
. unit f ,ne American Legion
''Auxiliary, Department of
North Carolina, may sponsor
girls to Girls State, Appli
, cants to Girls State :; are
chosen from the rising senior
class of the high schools of
k the State. ' 1 1
Some of the girls chosen
v who attended -the cotjventipn
are pictured: Cheryl Yvette
i Spann, daughter of Mrs. A: D.
j Spann, f3519 Arlington, PI.,
v Cathy Darleen Parrish, daugh
, ter 'i of Mrs. Hattie ' Parrish,
1009 Delray "St., Gail
, Yvonnia Hayes, daughter of
t Mr." and Mrs. Ramond Hayes
of 1 1 06 Cherry Drive., Gloria
Jean Vaughn, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. v Garland i Vaughn
.' 3632 Four Season Drive and
Colette Rene Wallace daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James D.
Wallace; 1708 Athens Ave.
The girls were sponsored
by the Weaver McLean Auxi
liary 175 of the American
Legion, Chairlady of the unit
is Mrs. Arnetta W. Barnes. All
. girls are rising seniors of Hill
side High School-'
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Cash Sr.. is 70 vears old. a
white man born In North '
, Georgia and has worked
. most of his life, at least the .
last 25 ; years" to pay for"
his house at 313 N. Kins
, Charles Road.xBut he's had
a black neighbor for the
. past two years whom his .
wife i dislikes intensely, and
now he's looking for a buyer
for his house.
Cash lives beside James
Barrett , who swore out a
warrant for assault with a
deadly weapon on July 3
following an incident in
which Mrs. Cash allegedly
pointed a double-barreled
shot gun"at Barrett while he
was " In his yard, approach
.'lng the' steps to his back
door. l
. "I was', jreally , afraid;
Barrett said. He continued,
saying. "I ; was in the back
yard sitting - at' the, ; table
figuring out the recipts for
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I Auxiliaries in attendance
are "the Sunday School Con
gress, and . Baptist i Training
Union , (BTU), Ushers and
Ministers, Woman's Baptist
Home and Foreign Missio-
NO ROOM
Reports came into THE
CAROLINA TIMES' office
hot and heavy early Tuesday
morning that numerous dele
gates here for the General
Baptist State Convention had
been turned away from the
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EXCERPTS FROM REMARKS OF PRESIDENT
JIMMY CARTER TO THE NATIONAL URBAN
LEAGUE NATIONAL CONVENTION
ANDY YOUNG has become throughout the world the
exemplification of what this Nation stands for, what " our
Government stands for in the field of basic human rights.
Andy Young. . . ., a man who has a voice of his own, but
who works closely with me, and I might say other members
of the United Nations have joined with him in letting the
deprived people of the world know that the United States
with all its power and influence is interested in them and
is their friend. - . ,
... .1 DON'T SPEAK with a lonely voice; thai the
members of my Cabinet are united with me, and that there
is no division between the Urban League and my Administra
tion.. But we do. need to have a closer working relationship
because it is obvious that we have a long way to go and we can
get to our destination of having a decent life for all Americans
If we work close together in a constructive and cooperative
fashion.
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Congress our proposal tor basic weuare reiorm. jobs wui dc
v v u,h7nHhi refnrm oromm for those who are able
work, and self-respect and adequate living conditions for those
.... .wu tn .,nri rtnr noai t for all thnei uhft wiint tn
lie III1USL UtILIIIU HUB I. IU III
urtrk to he able to find work so
and so they can be proud and they can be self-suiTlcient ; :
. . .AND I WOULD like to point out than an emphasis
on jobs and work for those who are able is not discriminatory,
it is not moving backwards, and it is not a deprivation of basic
rights. What we want is for people who are able not to be per
manently dependent on Government, but able to stand on their
own feet, support their own family and have a constructive atti
tude toward our society.
: .'. . IN THIS WELFARE proposal, there wDI be an addi
tional I million job opportunities. Our goal is to make sure that
every single family has a member of it with a guaranteed job by
Government if necessary, and this is a goal that we intend to
reach . . . '
w '; . WE HAVE BEEN working now for six months on a
tax proposal that will be simpler and fairer and will reduce the
burden on the average American. But in the meantime, we have
already gotten Congress to agree - the bOI has been signed, it
has been passed into law to reduce taxes $4 billion with the
primary emphasis on the low and middle income families, whkh
means that a family that makes about $10,000 a year on a
permanent basis Would have u 30 per cent reduction in their
: income t,ax payments. That has already been done. ;
. , . . WE HAVE ALREADY proposed and the Congress
' has already agreed, to Increase the Title I program by more than
S3S0 million.
. . . . WE HAVE MADE A major expansion in what is called
countercyclical revenue sharing to focus into the most deprived
" urban ghetto, unemployed areas, to be administered by Patricia
Harris.' And 1 have already signed into law a S4 billion public
r. works bill. Under a new urban program that we are proposing,
5 .4 the Secretary of HUD. Patricia Harris, will have the authority
(Continued
nary. Layman's League and
Junior Missionaries.
Executive and General
Board meetings were held
on Monday morning and
afternoon with the Woman's
IN THE D
some refunded their deposits
- after, having had received '
confirmed reservations, some
as far back as May.
WhOe early reports put
the number at approximately
fifty. , who could not i, be
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Convention Annual Banquet
at Durham Civic Center Mon
day evening, followed by
Fvangelistic Services Monday
night held at Mount Zion
Baptist Church.
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Woman Named h lkad
Voter iuutation Profccf
ATLANTA, GA. - The
first woman director, Ms.
Vivian Maloni Jones, has
been named to held the non-
Partisan Voter Education
roject (VEP), the Atlanta-
Sased organization which has
elped to register almost two
million black voters in the
South since 1962.
Ms. Jones, whose
appointment as executive
director is effective August
I, succeeds John Lewis, who '
left VEP in January to run ;
for the congressional seat
vacated by UN Ambassador
Andrew Young.
, ; "Mi. tnnet ufl! rnntinue
I tcTbulld on the successes of
l the Vdter Education Project
v and wiHNieek to expand Its
5.t effectiveness? In -f. the years
li aheadiv staled f VEPVPrt.,
KdwipHiriyHuiey-yho"
announced the appointment.
"Vivian Jones brings to the
VEP a combination of crea
tive commitment and
administ rative : skills which
will serve the organization
weU."
President John F.
Kennedy federalized the Ala
bama , National Guard in
January, 1963 to make
Governor George Wallce step
aside and allow Vivian
Malone, and James Hood to
enroll . in the previously
all-white University of
Alabama. ,
Student kvnd GuiJfy of
Tmnass at
NEW BERN Seven
teen year old Rufus Myers,
Jr., was found guilty last
Thursday of treapass at New
Bern Senior High School. The
conviction, his attorney
claims, resulted from his
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" cess' .of law. His mother,
Mrs. 0" "Brook Myers, a
former teacher in tne scnooi.
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. ay Rufus was suspenaea.
not Tor his own oenavtor,
but in retaliation for a
dispute she had with shcool
officials, which resulted, in i
civil suit. .
On May 3, Rufus Myers
refused to get out of the
school cafeteria line after
being served a spoiled piece
of chicken and having three
times unsuccessfully tried to
get a better piece. After
school principal Grove C.
Fields was unable to obtain
another piece of chicken for
Rufus from cafeteria workers
Rufus was ordered out of the
line which he refused to do.
Subsequently, ; he was
carried to the principal's
office.
The charge was later
found to , be "Insubordina
tion: A
After the long afternoon
in Field's office, Rufus was
suspended for two days. This
was appealed to the superin
tendent who had been at the
hearing, and who denied
the appeal. Then Rufus
Myers appealed to the New
Bern Board of Education.
The Joint Session started
early Tuesday morning at
White Rock with the Con
vention being called to order
by Dr. . Joy J. Johnson,
President, who is also t three
term representative in the N.
C. General Assembly.
Highlighting Tuesday!
meeting wis the adoption by
the Convention of fifteen re
solutions recommened by
President Johnson:
establish Adult Literacy
Programs to teach adult read
ing and writing;
establish Brain Bank
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MS. VIVIAN JONES
"Ms. Jones was a civil
rights pioneer," stated Huge.
SfWe. need t. the spirit .of
f independence and tenacity is
the VEP continues its struggle
to enroll more than 25
million unregistered blacks in
the South and as we try to
turn the rising tide of voter
apathy in the nation as a
whole."
Ms. Jones, a native of
Mobile, Alabama, attended
elementary and Kigh school
in that city. She entered
Alabama A&M University in
1961, pursuing i major in
Business Education. In June,
1963, she transferred to the
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, - After two weeks, an offV
cial letter to Ms. Myers from
from the Board of Educa
tion arrived, informing her
that the school board had
decided not to hear the
matter and the suspension
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