VOLUME 55 - NUMBER 33 "READ BY OVER 30,000 DURHAMITES"
DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY. AUGUST JO. 1977
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Souili African Squatters
RosisJ Dumping
"flirt iiri.-ifY, s-- i"i" I. ,i . . ... '
: iapu wnue duck aouin Ainca stuaents "s pws were ineir uieeauv anyway, ine
, near Pretoria and Johannesburg move oh to residents said they would not move unless :S
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their ; third week bovcottine classes. , the
sqttattcr evictions near Cape Town have also
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fie
COvernment offered an alternative in
housing and jobs. , .,, , :$
provoked resistance. ,lf v V V ost of those affected are not eligible $
'UTMVJioveli.'ptha', .shantytowo., dwellers to. live as families in an urban area under $
called home are how jTnostly gone, bulldozed South African law. Parfly because of the $
into oblivion by the authorities or angrily lge colored (mixed race) population there, $
jvuiu niuvd uistuurages uiacus iroin com- 3.
ihg to Cape Town. It stopped building
family housing units for them a decade ago.
Newer black workers, must settle fqr
single sex hostels and live without- their &
family or else become squatters
"burned by the residents, themselves. And by
me weenena trucKs were carting on the
g families who refused free rail tickets to
Transkei and Ciskei ."homelands" over 700
miles distant. , l?
j When ,the bulldozers came last, week,
! j police had to use teargas and dogs to clear
the:, way for the demolition. Resident de
is monstrators were joined by ove,r 100 whites
j , opposed to the government's policy. Arrests
included several white 'sympathizers who lay
in front of advancing bulldozers, while the
$ presence of a V, S. diplomat's wife among
the protestors has caused a minor diplomatic
& row, between South Africa and the United
I Stated .
The 26,000 ; people who lived in
g Modderdam, Unibell, and Wekgenoot have
been involved, together with black and ,
:g colored residents of Cape Town's official
jj townships, in repeated protests over, the
;g last year. When they were given a seven
day quit notice last February they refused
SJj to leave and lawyers took their cases to
j , court,; The government said the settle
& ments were a health hazard and at least half
The existence of squatter communities
reflects the desperate housing shortage for
black workers in the Cape Town area as well ;!:
as a growing defiance of j Influx Control $:
Law? which break up African families,::-:
assigning the unemployed, women, children, ::
and elderly to distant and often desolate 8
"homelands." g
Meanwhile, the Transkei, a "homeland" j
set up by South Africa for Xhosa-speaking
people and declared "independent" last
year, has condemned the efforts by the $
South African government to ship thousands $
of uprooted squatters there. ::
In a continuing dispute over , whether
Xhosa speakers living and working in South ::
Africa have a choice to be Transkei citizens $
or not, Transkei has indicated it will not be a :
dumping ground for those unwanted by $
South Africa. ::
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IANI As
THE CASE OF THE POOR
pari ol hLs ifatc visit tK Washington TafHaniar) President JuiU Nyvran Jvhvrcd a
ut Howad University in the nation's capital whew he received an honorary dcyrec
avy emphasis or. southern Africa in Nvcrcrc talks. August 5,tth farter adminisira
i),.nit.- the 'hcaw cmnhusk or. southern Africa in Nvcrcrc's talks. Aucust 5. wkh farter adminiiira!
tkn olTicials. the Tanzanian leader those the conflict between the world' rich and poor a hl topic, g
Sec excerpts front the speech. Puee 5. g
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PordoGis For
10 Are Close AO Umii
PRESIDENT JULIUS K. NYERERE of Tanzania (R)
chided Americans for their Jirivestmerits ' in South
Africa. Introduced by . Los Angeles Mayor .Torn Brad-;
ley (L) President Nyerere responded to questions from
the press prior to a reception in'Jiis honor. Nyerere is
touring the United States and ? will study California
agricultural techniques during.; his stay in California.
(UPI).
'-Prodocors
Bbsgqnditlo.S
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Minority Businesspeople
Quosfion 01M Officials
Ms. Imani Kazana. National Coordina
tor for the Wilmington 1 0 Defense Commi
ttee commented Monday. August 15. that
site feels that "pardons for l lie Wilmington
10 are close arc close at hand." "Pressure
is mounting from all directions on Gover
nor Hunt (N. C). I believe that he is be
ginning to realize that time is running out
for him to take action before the federal
government takes action against the State."
Ms. Kazana' s views come as a result of
a series of positive developments in this
five year civil rights case. Within the past
several days a U. S. Justice Department
..spokesperson. John Russell, told reporters
that Attorney General Griffin Bell's office
had been in contact with Governor Hunt
asking him to "give serious consideration
to the pardon request." Bell's actions are a
result of a letter signed by 60 members of
. Congress urging federal intervention in this
case.
"Certainly Governor Hunt realizes that
the Justice Department would not make
such a request if It did not have the evi
dence to back it up." says Ktzana. A meet
ing between the Governor's office and the
representatives of the Jutic' Department
isto be scheduled soon
With talks beginning to assess the hu
man rights clauses of the Helsinki Accord.
Governor Hunt has also been constantly re
minded that failure to remedy the Wilming
ton 10 case is bringing embarrassment to
the country as a whole.
Writing to Governor Hum recently.
Congressman Charles B. Rangel (N. Y.y
pointed out. "it is important that the U. S.
as it purports to champion human rights
both here and in other countries begin to
preserve the civil rights of our own citi-.
zens if we are to avoid challenges of hypo
crisy by both the countries who support
the new Administration's position and
those who have voiced their critism."
Governor Hunt has also been under
increased pressure to grant pardons cf
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IN TWO HOUR SESSION
' , LOS ; ANGELES, CALI
FORNIA (CCNS)' - Paul
Maslansky,. a , spokesperson
tor .; Filmways Corporation,
has. responded to charges by
several 'directors of 'the
Southern , Christian Leader
ship Conference that the film
"Martin: , Luther King" dis
torts the history of the civil
rights movement, and de
fames many of the key civil
rights figures, (including the
late Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., and Dr. Ralph David
Abernathy, President Emeri
tus of the SCLC.
Filmways is the producer
of the 245 minute serial to be
shown on NBC television sta
tions much like Alex Haley's
"Roots". '
" . Maslansky says that the
charges by SCLC officials are
"natural" because for them
"everything is subjective
from the point of view of the
people who took part In the
(civil rights) movement."
Maslansky continued saying,
"they have their own pers
pective. It's necessary to step
back from it, that's why his-
Justice Sharpo
Appoints No
Blacks, Women
.The North Carolina Asso--.
ciation of Black Lawyers has
strongly, criticized N. C.
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Susie Sharpe for not appoint
mg "a single black or female
person to the Superior Court
Nominating Committee out
of the thirteen lawyers she
appointed on Monday,
August IS. " In a statement
Issued Tuesday by Charles E.
Daye, president of the NC
ABL, the organization
suggests that "any assertion
that no blacks or women are
qualified would be too in
credible to warrant refuta
tion. To assert that no blacks
or women are available would
be contrary to facts within
our knowledge."
"Justice Sharp did not
seek the counsel of the North
' Carolina Association of Black
Lawyers," the statement
continued, "regarding any po
tential appointees, notwith
standing our support of the
merit selection plans consi
dered by the 1977 Session of
the General Assembly. Nor
did Justice Sharp take advan
tage of our, offer which we
made in a letter to her
dated Aufiust 2, 197?. to assit
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torians ' are ! so very ImpOr
i tant."
L One Critic of:. the film,
I DfTCp Vivian,' a former.6
i-King 'aide arid SCLC board '
' member,' said in an interveiw
, that some scenes in the film
v were not factual and would
:, be taken by viewers as a fac
tual representation of the,
civil 1 rights movement. An
I example, Vivian said was a
t scene in . which two sanita
f tion workers were killed,
in Memphis in 1968, alleged
; ly by accidentia Vivian and
Dr. Ralph Abernathy, follow-
tog a review - of the film
: clips, told film writer Abby
; Mann that the scene was not
f factual as well as many others
time
were
in the film. At this
Vivian and 'Abernathy
aitacxea physically.
Maslansky,! . contradict-
.toganinterrence
.was objective sa.
inevitablv there're ' eoina to
be distortions and accusations!
of distortions and overexa
gerations and underemphasis
of things.". ,He claimed that
the Memphis scene was fac
tual, however, referring to
Vivian and Abernathy,
commented "of course it's
very embarassing when you're
part of a movement and
didn't realize one of the
things which prompted Dr.
King to go to Memphis. . ."
During, the course of
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RALEIGH (CCNS)
One hundred minority busi
ness people were given details
and an opportunity, to' ques
tion representatives of federal
and state Offices of he
Minority Business Enterprise
(OMBE) concerning the Local
,she said, will be $44 million i
Funds, she said, cbiild be cut
off .if local governments did
not Comply with; the law.
vi -The Local Public Works
Program (LPW). although in
tended :for construction of
FORMER CAROLINA TIMES NEWSBOY
Hawaii State Legisf of or In City To
Discuss Youth Problems
.;Rep .Charles
M. Catnpr
of the
public Works, projects chosenl'
" . .Pi mm OtKrV.- p,,;.,v i Dui , pi 'm i iyuiihiciii, , beUi'-Vteticftairman
7XZr&?i WWy business, participa - aI&Si MkZ'Zx i,.TO?,WB1
tore than ' . ,u:?w'r ' , "7 ' tnc nawa it state Legislature
Durham-Meigh Prison
Groups iJeet Trimble
RALEIGH'- Members
. of the Raleigh and Durham
chapters of the Caledonia
iPrisoneVSupport Group
?met Friday i with Assistant j
Director of Corrections.;
Robert Trimble to update!
Trimble on whali, if any, '
changes had occurred and
whether improvements had
!been made by personnel at
Caledonia Prison Farm to up- '
grade the ' conditions of the
prisoners there.' '
;; The meeting was held as
;, a follow-up to an earlier dis
cussion held by the group
with Trimble and Secretary
j of Corrections Amos Reed
calling attention to several
practices occuring at Cale
donia that were of question
able legality.
In accord with the re
question of Trimble, only
two persons from the Cale
i donia ..Prisoner Support
i Group met with him. These
: were Mrs. Mary Dunn of
Raleigh and Mrs. Stella Battle
of Durham. The issues dis
I cussed included:
Health care and sanitary , r
conditions; . '
f Use of - forced labor .
. where prisoners are being
written up for disciplinary '
) action for refusing to work in '
- the fields in the 107 degree
I heat in violation of, the U,.
. S. and North Carolina Con- ' .
I stitutions; : ;"v -
; Establishment of legal
libraries on all units in accord .
with the recent Supreme
, Court decision; ... .:, ;
1 That infonnatkn be
I made available to families,
- friends and those concerned
about the welfare of prisoners
as to the whereabouts of .
these individuals. It is report
ed that families have been
given false information as to
the whereabouts of the in
carcerated; Medical . records , of all
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tion. Before the more than
two hour session was over,'
several : ; of the. minority
businesspeople Cast .doubt
as t 0 w h e t h e r t h e
Congressional mandate can be
enforced by OMBE and the
Economic Development Asso
ciation. ; ''
On hand to answer, ques
tions and explain the Con
'gressional assurance that
minorities will get ten per
cent of the contracts and
subcontracts were Ms.
Estrelita Smith, representing
OMBE Atlanta, and Bill
Brewster, representing the
Economic Development Ad
ministration. Ms. Smith said that
applications , from local
governments for public works
construction projects are
being received from North
Carolina and across the
nation, most of which will be
funded or rejected by Octo
ber. North . Carolina's share.
projects, Ms.' Smith said.
would haV? : to assure local
goverrnments that they
would subcontract at least
ten per cent of their contract
amount to (minority busi-
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II & llliiPPlili5: If WIS
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REP, CAMPBELL
will be in Durham this week to
discuss a variety of educational
and youth, problems with City
authorities in these fields.
, The Hawaii legislator will
be attending the National Con
ference of State,. Legislators
Meeting iti Detroit. .After that
meeting, he will .attend the
20th Convention ' of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference in Atlanta, Ga.
' As Chairman of. the Sub
Committee on Higher Educa
tion tjf the Hawaii, State Legis
lature. Rep. Campbell will hold
conferences with, several offi
cials of different universities
in the nation to discuss trans
ferability of course credits.
Programs related to im
proving reading and mathema-,
tic skills will be discussed with
the Superintendent of Educa
tion. In his role as Chairman of
the Subcommittee on Youth
Employment problems, he will
dialogue with appropriate city
and state officials concerning
these areas.
Rep..Campbell was elected
Jrom a district where black
voters constitute lets thatf
one-quarter of one per cent
of the total registered voters.
He is the first black elected
legislator in the country whose
black constituency constitutes
such a small percentage of the
total registered voters.
When asked to comment
on his election he said, "The
voters are more interested in
good government and repre
sentatives who are committed
to honesty in government.
Race and ethnic background
are minor in their thinking.
When asked to comment
on an article In the U. S. News
Ju World Report which listed
Hawaii as one of the five states
without a black elected offi
cial, he remarked, "Yes, once
there were five but now there
are four."
The lawmaker from the
Aloha State was born in North
Carolina. He graduated from
Hillside High School and North
Carolina Central University. He
was a paper . boy for The
Carolina Times and the
Durham Sun.
IVifmington 10 Attorneys
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TJeet Titn Gov. Hunt
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EYE TO EYE -" Just being a bit careful, Topaze Stinson of Hartford, trades looks with Duncan the great
horned owl at Camp Durant. Eileen Fielding (C) a naturalist for the Children's Museum of Hartford, Conn In
troduced youngsters to a boa constrictor, a ferret and the owl. (UPI).
RALEIGH (CCNS) - On
Wednesday. August 10, Gov.
James Hunt, following a
closed meeting with attorneys
for the Wilmington 10, said
that he'.s not considering a
pardon for the ten civil rights
activists, nine of whom re
main imprisoned. Defense
attorneys James Fuller, James
Ferguson and John Redmond
met with Hunt for an hour
and 20 minutes at the gover
nor's office to discuss a
petition for a pardon of
innocence for the Wil
mington 10. The petition
was submitted to Hunt in
June. This was the first time
defense attorneys had the
opportuniy to personally
present the petition.
Emerging from the meet
ing somewhat expressionless,
chief defense attorney James
Ferguson reviewed the pre
sentation for the press. "We
talked about the facts of
the case, we talked about the
impact the case has had upon
the citizens of the state, citi
zens of the nation, citizens of
the world and we talked
about the injustices that we
see involved in the case, and
the inability or unwillingness
of the courts to grant
meaningful relief at this,
time," Ferguson told fifteen
news people gathered on the;
capitol steps.
: Hunt has not moved
, from his position that he
ought not Intervene as long
as the case to to the courts.
The Initial trial was to 1972.
The conviction of firebomb
tog a white-owned grocery -
store and conspiracy to
assault emergency personnel
has been appealed since then
to the N. C. Court of
Appeals, the N. C. Supreme
Court, the U. S. Supreme
Court and the U. S. Federal
District Court. A writ of
habeas corpus, filed in the
Federal District Court of
Eastern NorthCarolina is
now pending along with an
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Festival Sun.
RALEIGH (CCNS)! -More
than 4S0 supporters of
the Wilmington 10 gathered
on the campus of St; Augus
tine's College last Sunday
where they were entertained
by a host' of black artists
from across the state who
donated their talents to an
affirmation of their support
to free the ten civil rights
activists. The cultural festi
val, sponsored by the
North Carolina Alliance
Against Racist and PbUtcal
Repression provided an after
noon and evening of music,
dance and drama and the
- graphic arts. .
Although the artistic
offerings of the participants
created t festive atmosphere,
the occasion was lent solem
nity by the presence of
Wilmington 10 defendant
Rev. Ben Charts mother.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chavis and
members of her family. In the
St. Augustine's chapel Mrs.
Chavls thanked the various
organizations and individuals
who have worked assidody
. for the release of her sen tr.i
the other eight yours r.tn
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