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VOLUME M-NUKIER 61
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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1978
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. ft'S3 KAREN LESLIE STEVENSON
Rfiodos Scholar Says
UNC Has PrdbloDS
BY LIONELL PARKER
'When I see things going '
wrong, I'm not going to re
main quiet," said Miss
Karen Leslie Stevenson, the
first black r woman to be '
; named a Rhodes Scholar in -the
United States.
Speaking In reference -to.'.-V
charges that the University . .
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill denied admission to ;
. qualified1, black students,-;
" M'"t tvcnnn tntd an
wdience of news reporters -and
photographers this , '
week tha things -at UNC 'f
were not all "hunkv-dory",'
Jerry Peal Soys Socfcfy
For Shooting
Civfl rights attorney ?
Jerry Paul told an Ashe-
boro group Sunday that ,
five young black men charg- -ed
with first degree murder
of a white girl in the mill
town "are charged with the
crimes of all of us."
I Paul and Winston-Salem
Alderman Larry 1 Little
spoke to a gospel singing
benefit for , the Asheboro
five. The I event was orga
nized by the Asheboro
Community Fund.
Powerlessness of blacks
and poor within the town,
high unemployment, relega
tion of blacks to meager
jobs, and unchecked as
saults by white facists upon -blacks,
created conditions
that the young men struck
out at, Paul said., f ,
, The. Asheboro Five, as '
the young men have become
known, are charged with the
June 21 slaying of 14 year
old Vicky Clark and wound
ing her girl friend, Tammy
Hurley. The girls were shot
about 1 1 p.m., following a
gas bomb explosion near
Vicky Clark's home Vicky ;
Clark, and Tammy Hurley
. who was spending the night,
went into the yard to
douse the fire and were met
with a hail of bullets.
A day latei-, 14 year old;
Joseph Hoover, 21 year old
Ronnie Hoover, 20 year old
'Tony Barnes, 18 year, bid
Michael James Mabry, and
21 year old Hubert Lee
"Tate" Miller had been
charged with the shooting,
with four of the defendants
confessing to being at' the
scene but not shooting at
, the defendants.
Police Sgt. Dexter Trog
don, the investigating offi
cer said the four accused
youths who confessed ap
parently r were triggered by
: the release of a white man
who yai suspected of
shooting three blacks
standing .outside a disco
club two days earlier. That'
but there were problems '
at UNC, , with specific
reference to discrimination",
in its admissions policies.
' "I'm not talking about
students that were not
qualified . that are being
denied, but ' qualified stu
dents are being denied ad
missions," she said. ,
C, 4There .were serious ac
cusations t. made by Dean ,
Renwick, and the University...
Has not answered, the ques-''.
tions that- .were , raised."
Those issues are still un
answered. Letters and edi-
SUrrCST F02 ASKEBOSO
shooting : of , blacks by
whites was one of several
incidents taking place in
the town in recent years
without prosecution of the
whjtes.
"If there was a way in
this community . for black
and poor people to get a
piece of the action,- get a
piece of the power and
have a say so, then these
five young men would not
be charged with a crime,"
Paul said. He continued,
saying "the crimes of these
young people are the crimes
of all of us", as he noted
that, the community had
failed to provide a system
that " the "young people
could feel a part of"
Winston-Salem Alderman
Larry Little, also a speaker,
recalled his experiences as
an activist within the Black
Panther Party in the sixties
, during periods of harass
ment by police and the FBI.
Little urged the audience to
keep an open mind and "do
not condemn these young
people before they go to
trial " as had often been
done In cases against Little
and other Black Panther ac
f Jfjyy f o Roiofcurso 91
. Congressman Parren J.
Mitchell (D-Md) has
announced that 9 1 small
businesses, many of them
minority firms, will be
reimbursed by the ; U.S.
Navy for losses they sus
tained in furtherance of the
Navy's ' v i Minority i
Recruitment Program, . The
losses occurred because
of the failure of John F.
Small, Inc., the subcon
tractor, who held the Navy's ,
basic ordering agreement for '
the advertising materials
and services.
The total reimbursement f
to all of the small businesses "
is $515,463.94, Among the
KISIDE THIS
VEiK'S ISSUi
Dr. Cobb's Letter To The
New York Times . . Pegs 5
Dr. David's Response To
The Durham Morning
Herald's story last
Sunday on Rhodeslans
Hvina under gun.Page B
Local 77 Officers Installed-Charged
not to forget
History . . . . . . Paga 3
LETTERS
TO
SANTA
Page22
torials have been written by
students and organizations,
but still no answer has been
given by the administration.
I feel that an editorial, in
the Daily Tar. Heel summed
it up perfectly, the, issues
have been buried alive, and
until UNC addresses those .
issues, there will always Wl'
a cloud of racism hanging'
,pver" Miss Stevensonsaid';
1 Associate Dean Hayden
r (Continued on page 24 ' '
FIVE
fo Dcme
tivists.
To insure an adequate
defense of the youthful
Asheboro Five, Little more
than once insisted vigorous
fundraising by all groups
within the town and all of
the town's oppressed blacks
joining some organization.
What attorneys will
represent the young men is
a question that has not been
settled. But Paul, who has
been retained by the fami
lies to direct and coordinate
the defenses, said Sunday
that he was in the process of
getting other attorneys to
work on the cases. ,
Little and Paul told the
audience that the only
effective defenses for the
t. Asheboro Five were mass
, defenses. Both men arc wel)
known for their efforts to
. build a mass defense for
Joan Little in her 197S trial
' for the murder of Clarence
AUigood, a celebrated case.
State ; prosecutors had
little or ho evidence to re
fute Ms. Little's conten
tion that AUigood, attempt
ed to rape the young wom-
- an in her jail cell when she
killed him' .
firms, receiving the largest ,
reimbursements arc '
Essence , Magaine, Encore
Magazine, Black Enterprise,
and Amalgamated Publish,
ers, Inc.
The Assistant Secretary
for . the Navy, Edward
Hildalgo notified Congress
man Mitchell of the
decisiori on Monday, De
cember 4. The decision to
reimburse followed a long
period of time and effort
in the study and resolution
of the problem.
. The , proceedings and
findings of : fact were ;
conducted by , the Navy .
Contract - Adjustment
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itrtio us h son is gtton:
niis whtk sfyall be tnlleb
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Coalition Presses for Citizens
fieveiv of Police
Representatives of. the
Durham Coalition Against
Police Brutality said this
week that they will contin
ue to fight to get City Hall
to establish a Citizens Re
view of Police despite po
lite bigwigs setting up an
internal unit to investigate
complaints of wrongdoing
by the department. -
Mrs. Josephine Turner, a
NAACP official and Coali
tion member, said the pres
sure is still up for a Citizens
Reveiw Board, but in the
meantime, . complaints'
Srnaf r.lrnori 17 Ous in ess Firms
Board.
In his ' summary.
Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Hildalgo held:
"Accordingly pursuant
to my residual powers under
Public Law 850804, I
hereby authorize and direct
the appropriate contracting
officer to enter into " a ;
contract with those subcon- .
tractors in amounts neces' :
sary to satisfy the indebted
ness, without interest, of
John F. Small, . Inc., to
; those firms, arising out of
supplies or services furnish t
ed in connection with
. Contract v'. N00600-74-A-.
0388. I find that this
houUtcx:
ISAIAH
would be tunneled to the
hew Internal Affairs- Divi-'
sion; Under newly develop
ed regulations, the one-mun
unit would have seven days
to report its findings of
complaints. ,
The, internal review unit
is similar to an internal
review unit Jisbandcd last
summer in the midst of
complaints of - police bru
tality against ' black citi
zens. The internal review
unit was mannpd by one
officer, at the time, Lt.
William . Bibby. who ; is
A"
action will facilitate
the
national defense."
' . Mitchell ' praised the
action taken by Secretary
Hildalgo. "It is this kind
of - . sympathetic '
responsiveness .which does
much to destroy the nega
tive, image of government
bureaucracy" . - Mitchell
said. The Maryland Con
gressmen added that, "he
(Secretary Hildalgo) dogged
ly, painstakingly pursued '
the petition for contractual
relief submitted by the
subcontractors and
arrived at a fair, just and
- equitable solution for all
mwm
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black. The new head ol (lie
unit is Detective Lt. I dward
L. Sarvis. a white.'
Mrs. Rosalyn Pelles. also
a spokesman for the Coali
tion, and member of the
African Liberation Support
Comhiittee' told THE
CAROLINA TIMES the set
ting up of the Internal
Affairs Division was an indi
cation that the police were
responding to pressure for a
Citizens Review Board. She
said that demands were
made that several policemen
(Continued on page 24
the parties involved...that is
real and I must admit, rare
public service."
Join
Tho NAACP
Ycb'IIDo
Glad You
Did!
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by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I heard the bells on
Christmas Day
their old, familiar carols
play.
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will
to men!
And thought how, as the
day had come.
The belfries of all
Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will
to men!
Till, ringing, swinging on its
way.
The world revolved from
night to day
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will
to men!
VJallfoun Citizens For
Action Lafost CA Group
At its monthly meeting, through stricter en
the Durham Executive forcement of the houring
oa.a r r ' PfAr" and ff Imnminnn
voted to approve addition
of the Walltown Citizens
for Action to its growing
number ' of neighborhood
organizations." "The
addition of this young and
active new; group will
strengthen Carolina Action's
efforts to improve condi
tions in Durham's low and
moderate income neighbor
hoods," stated Board mem
ber James Smith. "Walltown
Citizens fqr Action joins
over 60 neighborhood
organizations and action
committees across the
state who are working to
increase the influence of
working and low income
people in state and local
issues. .
Walltown Citizens for
Action has been organized
since October, when the '
group held its first neigh
borhood meeting. Elected as
temporary officers
were Thomas Nichols,
Contance Williams, and
Joseph McGill. The group
has been focusing its efforts
on upgrading rental proper-
Conn. Firm Joins Rcnfis
Of Minority Group
With assistance from the
U.S. Department of Com-,
merce's Office of Minority
Business Enterprise (OMBE)
ownerhship of a major Swiss
precision screw product
manufacturing firm -Jay-max
Precision . Products,
- has passed into minority
hands.
The Prospect, Connecti
cut firm was acquired by
Rupert Sterling, who re
ceived financial and business
packaging support from an
organization operating
under a grant from OMBE.
Dr. Randolph T. Black
well, OMBE director; on
a recent visit, and tour of
the New England plant,'
said, "the transactions
mark a milestone in OMBE's '
efforts to assist minority en
trepreneurs get into major ,
acquisitions.
"We expect ' more such
acquisitions in the future
as we emphasize develop 1
ment, of large-scale minor
ityowned firms within the'
American economy, Black
well said. v
, Jaymax, one of the lead
ing American manufacturers
Discrepancy
Exists Id
Salarbs
Durham County court
system is stacked with
white women holding the
majority of the jobs, a
recent investigation by
THE CAROLINA TIMES
shows. White women have
a strangle hold on the office
and clerical jobs while
white men have a
monopoly on higher
paying professional and
administrative jobs.
Office and clerical
accounts for 63 or 41
of the county's 65 jobs
in the court system That
number excludes judges
and solicitors, and includes
employees of the clerk of
court, court baliffs, and
court reporters. White
women hold 85 or 35
of . the office and clerical
jobs. Twelve black women
holding office and clerical
jobs account for twelve
per cent of the lower paying
clerical positions. In that
category, one white man
is employed and no black
men. Blacks constituted
32.6 per cent of the
county's population in 1970
Continued On Page 19
ncignooraooa . aaieiy
through installing additional
streetlights. "There are
. many more areas where our
neighborhood needs im
provement, as as taxpaying
citizens we will continue
working to get the city
services - our community
deserves," said Ruth
Carver, a member of
the group. Walltown Citi
zens for Action will hold
its next meeting on Jan
uary 16 at St. John's
Baptist Church at
7:30 p jn.
Carolina Action is a
neighborhood based citizens
organization with over 60
neighborhood organization's
across the state. Based
in Durham, the organiza
tion has been in existence
since 1974 and has been
active in issues ranging from
utility rate reform to im
proved senior citizen and
handicapped bus service to
local street and housing im
provements. Contact: Ruth Carver at
286-7018
of components tor electron
ic equipment, aut6mobUes,
cameras, household appli
ances, clocks, business
machines and dental
equipment, was purchased
from Ventron Corporation.
The financing consort
ium was led by Minority
Equity Captial Company
(MECCOX i New York
based minority enterprise
small business investment
company.. The financing
was coordinated by
MECCCs vice president,
Ray ton Gerald.
Dr. Blackwell said the
purchase price of Jaymax
was in excess of, J 1.5
million. Annual a sales
this year are estimated at
$3-miUion.
Rupert Sterling, the
new Jaymax chairman of
the board of directors,
brings extensive experience
in market planning and re v
search to the new acquired
company. Sterling formerly
worked in executive posi
tions with General Electric,
National : Broadcasting
Company, and Radio Corp
oration of America, v '