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VOLUME 55 - NUv"3ER 33 : , .. . "READ BY OVER 30,000 DURHAMITES". , DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1977 TELEPHONE (319) CC3437 PRICE: 23 CZU7Z Ail :HQAn:;;in ? TO PAR r1 4 ' ,"- V, ' l UUVJ r" 'i I ... .i '. .!. MS. JOAN LITTLE! ItlSIDETIIIS WEEK; a child, is yAiiniG : ' PAGE 6 ' ' EAGLES FALL , , .. .PAGE 10 . LliiCOLII HEALTH CENTER EXPAIiDCIG III, i:ev direction PAGE 16 iilMiiiuiiiiiiuiiinuimiiimiiniHiiiiiiiiiniNimiiHiimiiiilmHHiiiainta C-R Codd. Told niriraht Laws Aro Not Enforcod RALEIGH (CCNS ) Wit ness after witness told, the NC Advisory Committee to the U. S,. Commission on Civil Rights of flagrant abuses of mkrant ; farm laborers h Drimarily because the federal and state aeencies required tov enforce the i laws are more - supportive of growers than r Hour Law Division supposed of migrants. Witnesses in the ;? h enforce requirements that in day session included legal1 ?vcrevv teadeiiregi8te"; and 'v aid ' attorneys, ' paralegals, ,;,'showirprp6f that they can agehcy' officials , and advo-i'",. pay .migrant labor In accor- cates of migrant support groups. ' . -;' " Carl ' Webster,' Ho'rida Rural Legal ' Services Attor- ;ney, testified of the failure of an inadequacy of the Farm Labor Registration Act which requires registration of crew leaders and proof of financial responsibility fof me " crew leadefs to pay' workers arid 1 violations of the Wagner Peyser Act of 1933. r ' Migrants,' ,f' recruited ' in Florida and other states, are brought into North Carolina, ..i I iff,;.; i'HHl - ".. J WASHIGTPN fA) -' Freshffom a confrontation with President Jimmy Carter ' Ji- 1.. 1.2-1. 1 ..1 over iuc iiaggcuiigijr iugu of unemployment among blacks, v members of the Congressional Black Caucus are beginning to publish a weekly commn for' jiewspapers be longing to the National News paper Publishers' Association (NNPA) Black Press of America ; ' ' Their columns,, written in weekly dotation uhderf'the titles h f 'Congressional Black ' Caucus ' ' Reports " to ,Bt 'the People," will .covef the many . facets , of the legislative acti vities . of Capitol Hill as , they " ' relate to Black Americans , 'Thus,- for the first' time in Wtrtfv w -savt Dr. Carlton n . LiuiiuicLL. uicaiuDiii' ui ' uiv v tnmi 't..i. ' - Aj firing uie Dic wiimiwuvj will have access to the national h legislative prespectives or au 10 oiacK memoers or uic jnuuso ui Mdt Caucus ohty Column ; Representatives. ,n 'I,' ""' RALEIGH (CCNS) - Once again Joan Little comes before the R C. Paroles Commission fora de cision on whether she can be paroled' on her 7-10 year breaking and entering conviction. The parole commis sion gave favorable, review of Ms. Little's case last week, the first step in a process which includes an in vestigation and then a final decision, all of which will end by November 15. V Ms. Little was eligible, but turned down, for parole last December. After disapproving Ms. Little's plan to reside irf Washington. N. C., her home and also the origin of her indictment for the murder of Clarence Alligood, of which she was'subsequently acquitted, the Commission considered paroling Joan to Virginia ' where she would work and live in the Catholic Doicese. Jack Seism, then chairman of the commission said be cause "Her case has received so much publicity-and there is resentment in that community (Washington, N. C. ) on the part of some people," Ms. Little could not be paroled to live in North Carolina, especially Eartern North' Carolina. , ";., . t Since MayV'Joan ha? been in training as a dental technician at the Raleigh office of Dr. D. P. Lane. She also has joined a Muslim religious group with which she worships regularly and has taken part in community events on weekends. i ' Continually the target of hate mail last year, Ms. - little4 work release was interrupted last August -6 be n K N I IIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIHIMIMIIHIUMIIIIIMMIIIIIiniimilllllllUlM 75 At -RALEIGH (CCNS) -Frustrated with efforts in the courts to free the Wilmington 10,. 75 - demonstrators , marched outside the N. C. Democratic' Party headquar- : ten calling for party inter vention to influence a Wil mington 10 , pardon from eitherN. C. Governor James Hunt or President Carters ,Part of demonstrations in 26 cities coordinated across' the nation . by the ,, National Alliance Against Racist A Political Repression, North Carolina demonstrators called for voters to defeat a ' and othei! states, promised .good housing, pay and work n tag conditions. But what they receive.' said Carl -Webster is llntirely,different4ip-: . l The -mployment . secu '. "rify. u Commission of North carouna ana me w. . ie Apartment' of Labor Wage and dance to requirements of the 'Fair Labor Standards Act ($2 .00 per hour minimum wage). ,.. Richard Joanis, Deputy Director of the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Association, told of migrants being brought into North Carolina without having 8 work,' often without money v and with no agency enforc ing the law. Carl Webster went on Jo , tell of ' violations of Peonage Continued On Page IS to The first four columns'will be written by the, officers of ;the Caucus - Rep. Parren J. Mitchell of Baltimore, the dynamic ' 'chairman; ' Rep. ; Snirley Xhisholm, New York, vice chairman; Rep. Ronald V. Pellums, California,, secretary; and Rep. Cardlss Collins, Illinois, ' treasurer.' See ; Mitchell's column on page 4. r . .The other members of the Caucus will ' write , their in alphabetical order: Repre sentatives Yvonee B. Burke, California; William L. : Clay, Missouri; John , Conyers, Jr., and Charles C. Diggs, Michi-, gan; Walter E. Fauntroy, Dis trict' of Columbia; Harold E.1 Ford, Tennessee; o .tun i.-u, Augustus F. Hawkins, California; 5 Barbara r : Jordan, Texas; Ralph H. Metcalfe, 1111 s nolsf Robert iN. C; Nix, Perm sylvania Charles - B. Rangel, New York; and Louis Stokes, -. OhiOj Each5 membef i of the Caucus will write a column every 16 weeksW-1!. Pen WfJPA for W-10 November succession referen- v2J " ftm dum to allow Hunt and sub- Wilmington 0 prior to the , sequent . governors to serve November- election, we are - mdre than one term, unless "B .Pgph o vote agains the (Wilmington 10 get a " his bill .It s like tit for tat pardon Continuing. - she said, "He , N.C. Alliance coodinator has the ability to free the Ms. Anne Mitchell, said to the Wilmington 10 and we have group, with the aid of a bull- the ability to - let him be 4 IIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll fJofioflfllly-Fonied Ml'y : To Address llasons :; ;By R. IRVING BOONE V ,When.jjthe. tinJC Prince Hall. Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, convening in its 107th -Annual Communication ' in Winston Salem, October 4-6, assem bles in Annual Banquet, Wed nesday, October S, at 8 pjn. the keynote speaker will be delivered by the Honorable Julius LeVonne Chambers of . Charlotte, Attorney -at-Law. " " - A vigorous and uncom promising i exponent of , social justice, f ; Attorney ? .Chambers has established an t enviable record as an out 1 standing civil 'right! lawyer; and is widely ., acclaimed as , one of the most responsible, o articulate and fearless leaders on the : contemporary American scene. He is the senior part ner . in the law firm of Chambers, Stein, Ferguson, andLanning. The inspiration of .this annual event will be further enhanced through greetings from Bishop Herbert Bell Shaw, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the approxi mately 50,000 member Prine Hall Masonic Family of North Carolina. Awards for meritorius service in the several areas of performance will be pre sented by the Awards SEVENTY-FIVE Saturday trying Wilmington 10. (CCNS),.; -y--"' ix m ' ' h I . ir ,m piiia m Mmmmii ; "11, m-- mimmLt- ur.'o. wsmk- I it.rw.m.ii.i.n .i.Mrf.ii .,,11,. ...niijilliiilSlifel ii' 1 1 ' cause of a threat phoned to Dr. Lane's ottice. After a week's interruption, Ms. vLittle resumed her work. ; Ms. Fincher, Superintendent at the N. C. Correc tional Center for Women, said Ms. Little has been an "average" inmate and had adjusted well to prison life and to her job. In December, Ms. Little was described by Lewis Powell, then- Superintendent of the institu tion, as a model inmatej; Asked if there are any ulterior motives lurking in uk oacKgrouna aunng ne; investigation ot the parole case analyst Luther Mitchell commented, "As far as I know, Ms. Little will belgiven every consideration due her," and that there ha never been any such motives in the deliberations. Mitchell was the' case analyst who investigated her case in December. - In December, Ms. i Little described a counseling session between1 Mitchell and her in the following wayi, "My case analystr'Mr, L M. Mitchell, came over here and told me that my going back to the eastern part of North Carolina .1$ an absolute no. And that if I was considering changing my plans, I should go to Vir- gWia . v..;' -ht- t Ms. Little will face five new parole commissioners for her next review; all recently appointed by Demo-' t cratic Governor James Hunt. The previous Commission gained disfavor with Hunt because they did not parole as many inmates as had been done, in previous years,. inus impacting an aireaay .ommimti, r & Brief Wcomini cW - monies, auspices of the loed , Ctmrlng rnmmittcP uill precede the keynote message; ; Demonstration llinilllllllHUHHIItlllllliniHIIIIIlHlilHIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIlHIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIir GOV. tlAHES ATT'Y FcARSOIJ, II DISTRICT JUDGE RALEIGH-Attorne'y William Gaston , Pearson,' II, has been appointed Durham County's first black judge by Governor Jim Hunt.. Pearson will fill the vacancy created by the retire- i ment of District Court Judge ; E. Lawson Moore. The announcement from the governor's office said Pearson "has an outstanding reputation as a fine attorney with twenty years experience. He is a great community leader who understands his city's problems and knows how our justice system can help meet these problems." Pearson is a partner in the firm of Pearson, Malone, Johnson, DeJarmon and; Spaulding. He is a Durham natWe who graduated from North Carolina Central Uni versity "and it's Law School. His numerous affiliations ; include membership on the. Durham County , Hospital DEMONSTRATORS marched outside the North Carolina Democratic Headquarters last to build pressure for N. C. Gov. Jim Hunt and Pres. Jimmy Carter to pardon the . overcrowded prison system. re-elected.' Mrs; Elizabeth Chavis. mother of Rev. Ben Chavis,: of the Wilmington 10, spoke to the gathering of the . support the case has attracted ' across the United States and indeed throughout the world.. Calling for action now as a ' continuing .part ' ,of the struggle for civil, rights, Mrs. Chavis said,"We will never get. tired of marching,, we will never' get tired of singing, we "will never get . tired j of demanding .our' rights." x , 3 '.' The demonstrations took,; 'SWllI outside the Hilton Inn WR;ine. TZZ . ,uuiuugii wwhiui - Continued On Page 2J board of 'trustees chairman, Civic Committee of the. Dur ham Committee on ' the Affairs of Black People; a trustee of Saint1 Joseph's AME Church. - ' .?.E A Pearson is manied to the former Miss Jessie W.! Logan. Thev are the parents Of one son, William (Billy) G. Pear-1 son, HI. - - 'j- munuiuiiiHiHituiiiiiiiiiiiiHimi A I id Jl i 1 1 i - . v, V vz vvti '"';r:-' 4 ' ti &vm- v- v I, ......w....,, , MmiMM (iwif i " ' TAKING THE OATH - With her 6 year old daujhttr, Stacty Pyhh,d'"lg; Bible; Mrs. Azie Taylor Morton, a native of Dale, Tex., takes her oath at tht 36th ,,iiMwiiiivt.i.,w...- . oos t on. Treas. SecvMicnaei Biumenwai suminuwrw iiiiiiHiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinMiiiiiitihiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiii 'ffflt' JOB JUUHC. Is free WHITAKERS (CCNS) -Joseph Judge is free. ' He was sentenced to ten years probation after, a guilty . plea, to the involuntary man slaughter of Charlie Lee. f r . On April 19th, Charlie Lee, a black farmworker, and his friend walked up to Joe Judge's store in Whitakers, made a purchase, received some change and left. Shortly after, he counted his change, and decided he had been short-changed by the shop-keeper, Joe Judge. He returned to the store to deal ;;. with the issue and this time' when Charlie Lee emerged from Joe Judge's store, he . had. been shot. Two days . later Charlie Lee was dead. . ? v Joe Judge ; was charged with the murder and initial reports indicated Judge was charged with murder and re : leased on bail of $250. Nash County Clerk of Court how ever told ; a reporter that Judge's bond was set at S10JOOO. ': - ';r. Vl J Hie iillief f On The Streets Igofo The trial was set for the August , term for Nash County Superior Court, only ., to be postponed until last ' Monday, September 19, when a special session - of Court was held and Judge placed on probation. , : i Judge, was tried last Saturday, however, by the " People's Coalition for Justice. Shortly after the death of Charlie Lee, re action to the incident re sulted in demonstrations, meetings and eventually the formulation of the People's Coalition for Justice. The emotionally and - politically charged 4 ... situation of Whitakers eventually was to involve a number of people from other areas of the state, Brimarily Greensboro . and xirhairu These were members of the African Liberation Support Committee whose influence ' now leads the Robert Dctifty Fffos For FAYETTEVILLE (CC NS) - Robert H. Beatty has filed for one of six seats on the Fayetteville City Coun cil. This is Beatty's second bid for the Council since his retirement. In ! his ; previous candidacy he lost by only I few votes. ' Often proclaiming him self to be a candidate "for the .i masses and not, the classes, Beatty ' advocates collective bargaining- with 'municipal unions, paying public and pri vate employees ' decent wages" and upgrading many of the unskilled municipal jobs, and stringent code en forcement of minimum hous ing codes. Beatty resides at 513 Spaulding Street in Fayette ville and is active in the Fayetteville Cumberland , County Citizens Association, ot which he is co-ordinator; the Cumberland County Citt zens Association, of which he is treasurer; and the Fayetteville Branch of the NAACP. .V : U 4k fllDI mm vtw. r People's Coalition for Justice. African Liberation Support Committee is in turn lead by another organization called Worker's Viewpoint Organization, a relatively new leftist group whose ranks ' include a number of experi enced activists and organizers. Under the leadership of Worker's Viewpoint Organi zation,, an attempt has been made to build a mass movement in the Whitakers: area around the issue of .Charlie Lee's death. The death of Lee, however, is seen as a symptom of greater social ills and these ills, these issues, are the real focus of the leadership of the Whitakers struggle , for ALSC and Workers Viewpoint Or ganization. What exists can ' hardly - be described as a mass movement at mis point, but there is a hardcore Continued On Page IS ' Known on both sides of the track, he has distinguish ed himself by recent attempts to organize support for Terry Wayne McDougaL a 17 yea old black youth found guilty of the second degree murder of a white youth at school and sentenced 30-80 years in prison. Beatty has also been active in the continuing battle of blacks to get affirmative hiring at the Fayetteville Technical Institute. He has also been involved in trying to get private employers who contract for public tax dollars tn hire hlacki and minorities. ( As for the opposition, there is a weak field of four incumbents and ten new comers. 1 Beatty has received the endorsement of several or- Etrdzations, Including the nited Rubber Workers Union local tt Ke'Jy S?rir field Tire Company out Lis Fayetteville, The Curr.t:: land County Citizens A:: elation and several others. Council ' ' ifc. .W c;
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