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I " CAROLINA TFES SAT.. DECEfSR 24, 1977 .;:."::) DofcXw.-jffs'Soci -c:;prj VJiih Cater RALEIGH - Two defen dants in the Wilmington 10 and Charlotte 3 i eases hve , written President Jimmy , Carter requesting i pardon ' for both groups which have been designated by Amnesty , International, ' as cases of ! political repression. ' I ; . r Jim Grant, a Charlotte 3 : defendant, now out of orison on SSOjOOO bail and Mrs. Anne Shepard-Tumer, the , 'brdy 'Wilmington 10 defen-1' "dant who has been paroled, " d ispatched the' letter to Presi-' -dent Carter.'dated December ' '16, 1977. Carter ; his refused to r jtununcnv, on uc , n ummgiun , 4 10. case when questioned by ,t the media. The last instnace a. - . tirsi was at a press conference last week forllowing the visit of six U. S. congressmen to , North.. Carolina to ask Hunt " to pardon the Wilmington 10. The; letter focuses on violation of the human rights -1 of the two groups of de fendants, indicating that the ' courts have shown "no re- course but to turn to you." . The Wilmington 10 and Charlotte 3 cases are con- nected through the relation ship between Rev. Ben Chavis K and i Jim Grant, two freedom fighters,-who became targets 1 of the U. S. Justice Depart-- tnent's Cointelpro operation against cM rights 'workers t and leaders, v V t. . ; ' The letter states "Our Human rights have been vio 'lated by .the racist' criminal justice system of the state of North Carolina, along with the Nixonian U. S. Depart- ment, of Justice .who con- - " j-f ttkuu ii mnXtrvm Jmruutr ; c : I - CjM - i v uu"J'.".''jwiilhjjijwui n mji i iji 1 w mi e r n nju.ixj uu c i n nji fi n.i jrwiin n i n p y - --j." t ji j- - n i - r - rt '. - - - r- - r i j u wj ininnmnrn im "r rmnr "")"("' C 3 f I ' . - ' c - I- C 1 fV''M! f' ' rxv U i ... r .Jt pTj . k W " Fred Roberson came to trie Southern in 1964 . &j - te ayard switenman. Now he runs the yard. : ' L "RL'Mps to manage all the operations at -th&-.S ,V Oliver yard in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has ' ;.,.". thousands of rail cars under his personal supervision"', '," , i;'' asaterminal trainmaster for the Southern Railway. : t LxxDking back, Fred likes the way Southern promotes ; , X -53 ,1 - -1 -. one ot America s real growth industries. 3 3, i than all the A'i ' Aid by 1990 I j -We think this means a profitable future for .-' 4 Southern 1 J f J i: j 3 . 1 . THE RAIIVW ' f. f p rt ' .. 1 spired together to deprive us of our freedom because of our political' beliefs and acti vities on the part of human rights." , ' A former U. S. treasury agent," William Walden,' now retired in Hickory, N. C, along with other federal and state officials, were involved in a, web of entanglements through which state . courts were given information which led to ' indictments . against Chavisand Grant.!; .' li : The tactics of the state and federal officials to get convictions point to payoffs find enticements of witnesses , with , favors for convicting testimony.! Last May, three witnesses against, ; ; the Wil mington . 10 said that they lied, against j the ten for favors and reduction of their sentences. In 1974, the Char lotte Observer, owned by the Knight Publishing chain, reported payments of more than $4,000, each to two de . fendants who testified against Grant,; T. J. Reddy, and Charlie Parker, all Charlotte area freedom fighters. Docu ments obtained through the freedom of information act by THE CHARLOTTE OB SERVER revealed that the payments to the informers i were approved by Watergate conspirator Robert Mardian. i ! Despite j the evidence of wrongdoingsc in both cases, the courts have not moved to order new trials. A three judge panel of' the U. , S. Fourth ' Circuit ; Court of Appeals denied a petition for new trial for the Charlotte 3 recently, Attorney James Fre'dfiRoberson f: its people solely on the basis of ability and perform- i , :' ance. "Southern has been good to me!' says Fred. As part of Southern Folks, Fred's future is bright' : because Southern's future is bright. Railroading is $:, - " "r Railrrwrls nnw rrrv mnm frpinht trucks, airplanes and barges we expect a 143 percent Railway and Southern Folks. SYSTEM THAT GIVES A GREEN LIGHT TO r n r) r n nnntrtJ i. . ii mi )i inrin ippua -.K- II.IU..UII , ..i.i.J. mil ii. .i.ii-L. . i lj n......,...m..i.,.,i..u,.,.,,. . i wg,p -...umii u...i - mmr: f- -t ' ! .' ! . hlJ ! V ' - . . n..,( ...,i mmmm,m i.;, ;,,, CAC APPROVES CD PLAN-Pictured above is trie uurnam vommuniw Advisory Committee as IV approved, Tuesday,' the draft plan for the, fourth year community development program for a total budget of $2.3 milliori. Tn CAC endorsed $0.9 million for comprehensive, neighborhood revitalizatiori. $0.6 millipn for public improvements, $0.78 .million for, public service pro grams (housing counseling, housing education, recreation horrie: repair tor senior citizens, in-home health aides for seniof;citizens, and Edgemonf Corrv munity Center). The plan and budget will, now be reviewed by the finahc committee of the tity Drs. LI, Jones Named, "06f sf andino Yoono Ecfucotor" Dy Burham Jayceos ., Mrs. Marian Thompson, , rerguson nas appucu iui rehearing before the entire eight-member court. The Wilmington 10 case, better known that the Char lotte' 3 case, is also subject to appeals in federal and state courts.. Recently offi cials of the U. S. Justice Department related to the staff of Governor James Hunt that federal and state courts were not equipped , to handle the Wilmington 10 case. ; , ". ; earh vear ; ; combined. increase in ; , ; INNOVATIONS council, prior xo oemg sudmhucu am ,wic Vyi. Junes, . a icatiici ai jjjvvc s Grove Junior ; High - School, was selected "Outstanding Young Educator" of Durham County for 1977 byltthe Durham Jaycees last Tuesday evening. K . Contestants , , were between the ages of 21 and 35. Judging was on the bases of character, enthusiasm, for .the profession and the quality of teaching skills. - Mrs. Jones, whose .career objective is "to always, be involved in some meaningful and productive work that can possibly promote the cause of humanity", is the -wife of Paul E,, Jones, a manager at IBM in the Research Triangle Park. She is a graduate, of Barber-Scotia College, Con cord, State University of New York at New Paltz an4 ,has studied at Hunter College, .1 t J '(. (. !r- ' MRS. MARIAN JONES New York and the University , of Nortii Carolina' at , Chapel Hill, ,). , i , -,.. , ;VfM HUM, l' i.-r i im 9 . V ,v ft. J Jar.::: II. Pcato t!ac::d.Dirocicr off Sy;t:n:5 .jt v J.;!J, The Superintendent of the 'Chapel" Hffl-Carrboro City Schools, Dr. Robert C. Hanes, has' announced the appoint- tatnt of t James H- Peace as director of the local system's Community School Program. Peace served - as' principal of i the i .Frank, Porter Graham Elementary . School for the . past seven years.', .. -.ihiVThe Community School, . nugrdiit," iuiiucu. vy k : '.of the 1 1977 General i Assembly, endorses the con cept of community invohre ment in school programs and ficommunrty t use v of . public !ichool ( facilities under its . 'jurisdiction.) !- The ' major i responsibilities of the director h' will.be to organize and work with, m the nine individual .'community" School Advisory i' Councils and to utilize vohin Inteeis' as -much as possible in 5 'j carrying out the activities re li'i commended by the individual i councils.. In ; addition, the r j director !will handle arrange ; ments for the use of school i 'facilities, when such use is 'ji requested by various recrea- IVonian Hired As Jompcm Cify if...- aw. :;v.c;,S : , ,v In the wake of Durham's first woman city manager being hired to temporarily ' fin the position that Will be ' leftf vacant by ' the" resigna tion1 of L Harding Hughes, ' several council members have r expressed i -opinions i on whether an affirmative action plan should be adopted ' before a hew city manager is ' hired. ' Some Council mem " bers estimate i that hiring a . city manager will take as long ''as, six 'months duetto the '"'volume of applications which .' might si number more than 500. -- Ms. Regina Brough, an 1 administrative assistant to I. Harding Hughes, took 'the post at 5:30 Friday. Her 7 V J-S V '1 !' t 2(h i j i A, r ' - 1 K. Ccr.iT.!-7 Sc!:::l Prc:ra i j J.H. PEACE tion departments or by edu cational, governmental, charitable,'" civic,' or religious 'groups, 'will gather informa tidn ; about educational and ' recreational 'programs avail able within the community - and will serve as a resource to citizens interested in locat ing programs which will meet Dorfiarn Cfiy Dancoor : choice by the council is read by many observers as an in dication that the council will place priority. . on .the adop : tion of an affirmative action plan for the hiring of blacks and minorities J1 Three other city: 'employees; including . Comptroller Paul Bland were on hand to be considered by the Council." 1 i -- Proposals . to adopt an affirmative action ( plan has i been pigeon-holed in the r council's finance committee, but the matter; is expected, . by some council members, to ' be placed , on the committee's calendar very " soon. ' ' Finance committee mem ber Mrs. Margaret Keller, who a '--'1 1? v - ,.. . their needs. : Peace brings to this new , position, a varied background of education and experiences. f He attended North Carolina Central University , and UNC CH. He holds the B. S. de gree ' in Commerce and Eco ' nomics witha"' minor f In : Education; the' M. S. degree in' business administration ' with a minor in education; ' the", "G" certificate in busi ! ness ' education;" the : Sbcth vj Year (Advanced) certificate , in educational administration with a minor in sociology and .with 'special emphasis on' ' 'school-community leadership. ; rf Peace's family includes his wife, Mrs. Constance Peace, a " teahcer at Carrboro Elemen tary School; a son, James, Jr., " a senior at UNC-CH, and a daughter; LaVerla, a medical - technologist who resides in CaUTornia. !i 1 :' ' Ar native ! Chapel Hillian, ' Peace resides on Maple Drive. ''' He will assume his duties as director of the Community School Program on January 2,1978. represents the city's Ward I, says the ' council - should "communicate something to the new city manager about the council's position" by "taking a step on affirmative action." Her Comment was made when questioned by a . reporter as to her position on hiring a black assistant city manager, as had been pro- - posed. An affirmative action plan would set goals and a ' ' timetable for blacks,-women, native Americans and other minorities to be hired at all levels of.dtyA government , where they- are not hired in numbers corresponding to their existence m' the city's population. A black assistant city' manager,; some council men say, could be in charge of monitoring ' affirmative . action. V- :-' Council member Carroll 4"Pledgeri"Who represents the City's Ward 2, seesidop- ''ntowxff aMBfflwntJtAaction .. plan and the hiring 'of ! a city manager . as unrelated matters He says that ; he supports equal hiring. : Although several mem bers of the council have said . that a black to enforce affir- mative action in city govern ment would be better than a white a six member search committee, r appointed by , Mayor Wade .Cavink Will be prohibited y from k , asking whether prospective Candiates would hire a black assistant, assuming . the manager is white. Mrs. Keller said vthe council's action on affirma tive action would make its position clear. . ' , - ( . If ; the hiring - process takes as long as six months, even Pledger, dubbed by many as a conservative,' says that an , affirmative action plan ; would possibly ' be adopted before a manager is hired. , Councilman ' Stewart ? Pickett who says he stands behind affirmative action 100 per cent,; comments that whether a black or a white person is hired in a-position to monitor makes no diffe rence. "I don't think it can be implemented any better by one than it could be by the other ; (race),'' Pickett : said: : i 1 ' In other matters related to the selection of a : city manager 4 the : Durham . Committee on the Affairs of Black People received a re port of v its a; executive committee to back having a black chosen for the assistant city manager position. ; Vcrrea Ctrroll Joins Hedges Cenpeign Warren Carroll, for years the driving force behind the highly successful N. C. State Universitv Wolfoack v Ouh ' has joined the Luther Hodges. ' for Senate campaign staff as assistant treasurer.' ''', ' Carroll will work in fund .raising and related campaign activities. - Carroll said he was join ing the Hodges campaign for two reasons: "First, because I ' am proua oi iNorin Carolina and want to make sure that , we have the very best repre sentation in Washington. And second, because I - think Luther is the best candidate for the Senate and the one who can do the most effec tive job for North Carolina."