SAT., DECEMBER 30. 1378 THE CAROLINA TIMES-3
AnoibQiry.K-Dairtl-Cto
Tr Y BY JOYCE RHYAN
A former Raleigh busi-
nessman and barber was
recently ordered released
. rfrom prison by Wake
Superior Court Judge Edwin
k S; Preston Jr. after ! the
:: N.C. ; Court of Appeals
,s threw out a false pretense
'!"c6nviction.
A ' J William Arthur ' Moore
believes it all started with
K-Mart and a conspiracy
i'against him. After reading
' THE CAROLINA TIMES
; report of K-Mart employees
beating Bobby Sims, Moore
felt compelled to tell his
-story which is contained in
i the following paragraphs.
"" In March 1976, Moore
' claims, he was beaten and
' his ; autpmible damaged by
K-Mart employees at 4500
Western Blvd. Moore was in
.'the process of purchasing
rrierchandise when the clerk
""asked to see his. K-Mart
; check cashing card. After
showing her the card, she
- asked him to remove it
p from the ' covering so i t
: could be seen better. Moore
' refused saying it was visable
enough.
ri Charles Carter, the
security guard, was sum
imoned. Moore said
Carter asked him for the
'card not stating why h
wanted it. When ,. Moore
again refused to give up the
card he said Carter went to
,; a microphone calling out a
i number that brought em-
ployees running. Moore
! then quietly walked from
the store to a phone booth
and called police.
Moore said, "While sitting in
my car, 9 to 10 K-Mart
employees grabbed the
' door,' pulled me out by the
Ronoual Cards For License Plates
Wore Mailed Doc. 18
.RALEIGH - The
i Division of Motor, Vehicles
l.of. : : the ' North Carolina
vDefllrtment tftCmTjppr
irf0oiitizijmindij2 nwft&r
tvist today validation
stickers and plates for
1979 will go on sale
''throughout the state on
' January 2.
Renewal
cards
mailed
should
necessary
for
1979
; taming
I or plate were
Z December 18 ; and
, be received by December
i 29.' Anyone not receiving
i
a renewal cara snouia
notify the Division of
Mr. Hooki, tin. Aaron, Mr. Aaron
. - . ' -' ' .
Dear Friend; v -
"It was the best oftimes.it was the worst of times. . So wrote Charles Dickens in
the opening passage of his classic, "A Tale of Two Cities," more than 1 19 years ago. The
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zation, the NAACP. On the one hand, we have initiated several new and exciting
programs, while at the same time, we are experiencing one of the worst cash flow crises
in recent years. , '
Several events, including the Bakke decision and the' implications behind Proposi
tion 13 have necessitated an increase in supportive services to our units. Despite the
steady rise of individual contributions, these factors, coupled with spiraling inflation
have produced a critical financial situation which gravely threatens our ability to serve
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Wishing, you and yours the joy and peace of Christmas-all year long.
Benjamin
CHRISTMAS GIFT TO THE NAACP
In this joyous season of giving, please find
enclosed my gift of . to help the
NAACP continue its struggle to win equality
for all mankind.
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torn null yow lit dm to
NAACP, 1W0 em.
neck while the car was run-. ,
' ning, beat my head, against
the car, twisted my arm and
kicked .me." He recalls a '
black woman ran over and
Wed, "Why are you beat
ing that man. like that?"
Moore a small built man
continues, "1 weighed only i
140 at that time and this
lady pleaded with them '
to stop beating me."
Moore was arrested and '
- charged with disorderly con
duct. The case was thrown
out and Moore filed a law-,
suit ,-.v against K-mart for
' $500,000. - Moore believes
that this is the root to
what he claims is - a con
spiracy against him.
Following, the K-Mart
incident, Moore was picked
up on. what he argues con
vincingly were false charges.
One uch , false pretense
charge was thrown out by
Judge Green, Moore stated.
In March, 1977, Moore
was again indicted on a
false pretense charge.
' The indictmenicJiargedjhat
W.A . Moore unlawfully
and willfully did feloniously
' unto J. J. Morely Inc., a
men's clothing $tore -in
Crabtree. Valley Mall.
Robert Sandy Harrison
wrote Moore a check
for $ 1 37 to purchase a
suit. Moore declares
that he had no know
ledge of Harrison having
closed out the checking
' account and the check
being worthless. Moore
purchased a $135 , three
piece suit from :.J.J.
Morley with the check
written and signed by
Harrison.
Although Harrison
admitted writing
Motor Vehicles in Raleigh
by mail at 1100 New
. Bern ' Avenue or by
vtekphonet.-Kfr at v. (919)
b7i33,-302S. ,ii "Yuktf, Vio
' Elbert L." Peters, Jr.,
Commissioner of , Motor
Vehicles, said, "It will
take from ten days to two
weeks to" obtain a card and
new plates or stickers must
be displayed by midnight,
February 15."
Newcomers : to North
Carolina or those buying
a car for the f rst time
should make application for '
' a license plate at the nearest
local agency.
L. Hooks Bjllyfr Aaron ,
GIFT NAACP MEMBERSHIP
I think a membership in the NAACP makes an
excellent gift.. Please issue such membership in
my name to: ,-. -:;:'. .;,;. -.. j'
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,t.he v check '.; to Moore -'
..and telling him that he had
' funds in the bank the
' accused - was treid, f
accused was tried, found
. guilty,' and sentenced to
8 to , 10 years in prison
by Judge " ; Harry E.'
' Canady. Moore's . lawyer.
Mohamed M. Shyllon
stated in a written account
that "the trial ! court
should' have granted the
- defendant's motion to
. dismiss because the state did
not ' ' offer substantial
- evidence that Moore had
. actual . knowledge that - the
check , was npt covered by
sufficient funds.
Shyllon appealed the con
viction.. ' While ; awaiting - appeal
... Moore was not? released on
bond but sent' - .to
Central Prison as a safe
keeper inmate' pending
, appeal. Once at
-.Central.. Prison, Moore re
calls several occasions he
nearly lost his life. First,
as: white-inmate, walked -Up
to him and said, "1 come to
get you boy." Moore said,
"He then stabbed me in
the chest three times with
'an object that I think was
ether an ice pick or
screw driver." Moore
claims that he was not
"allowed to see a doctor. He
filled put a grievance form
and nine days of suffering
? had passed before he saw
a doc-tor.
Shortly afterwards,
another inmate beat Moore
and attempted, to throw him
50 feet from$h fourth floor
but was- apprehended by
two fellow inmates.
Moore suffered much
harrassment and thought he
With the exception, of
some special classifications,
1979 automobile licenses
will be. j,enew;e4 with avali-
to the upper right-hand
corner of the current plate,
over the 1978 sitcker.
Care should be . taken , to
place the sticker exactly as
instructed to ' prevent
accidental removal. :
An annual license
plate will continue to be
issued for all other classi
fications, including trucks.
v Any newly acquired
vehicle will be issued a plate
and sticker unless , a plate
A LETTER OF APPEAL
FROM THE NAACP
Hank Aaron
' had been through it all and
then- came - the' fire. 'On '
May 2 1, 1978 a fire. broke
out in Moore's 6 by : 8 '
cell.1 Moore, said, i waS'5
awakened by a burning
, sensation near my leg.
There was fire everywhere.
I woke my roommate and
we began to cry for help.
v Eveyrone on the floor was
screaming fire.
A quick thinking Moore '
placed his feet in the
commode and" his head in
the sink running water down
his back. "Everything was
, burning the walls; , the
. mattresses, , my clothes.
my shoes had even melted." .--
, I wanted to move from the
commodejP said ., Moore,
"to give my roommate, a .
break but I couldn't the
flames were inches from
my back." Moore said
it took about twenty
minutes for . the . guards
to come open their cell.
Moore said, "1 have been
through it all and I am not
afraid any more. 1 was
afraid when I first stepped
into Central Prison, I was
afraid when I was stabbed,
I was afraid in that fire: .
He has filed over 9
lawsuits in federal court
including $137 million
against former Wake District
Attorney Bu'rley Bl Mitchell
Jr., two assistants, and
the Wake Probation Office
for conspiring to do him
bodily harm and depriv- ;
ing him of, his constitu- "
tional rights.1
Moore spoke with
members of the Depart
ment of Justice in Washing
ton, D.C. He said the FBI
are 'investigating his case
now.
is to be transferred.
"There are It 1 license
agencies across the. state,"
said Director of Registration
-ni6Azalie Rivers.! ".Webopel
mititm Will ti(ke:kdva'tiagei
of these offices and buyf
their licenses earlv."
Rivers satid the ;;difion;'
is lauching a hew communi-;
cations program thisyear to
encourage vehicle owners'
to purchase the license
plate or stickers before
the end of the renewal
period. ' Carrying the
slogan, "Get Yours'
Early," posters, counter.,
cards, and public service
announcements will
convey the message.
"We feel this pro
gram will aid in the re
duction of waiting time
and-' provide better
efficiency at our offices," ;
said Rivers. ' ,
Rankin Security
Awarded
Contracts
G. R. Rankin Security
Service has been, awarded a
$100,000 commercial
. contract by Avon ,' P.rov
" ducts. Inc., of Rye, New
York, for unarmed guard
service to begin January. I ;
and continue for one year -Ten
guards will be utilized.
Sixteen fulltime
positions of continued
guard service through
September has been
awarded Rankin 5ecurity in
a $78,000 , federal con
tract to provide unarmed
guard service for the
Environmental Protection
Agency . for ; the Motor
Vehicle Emission Labora
tory In. Ann Arbor, Michi
gan. Ilatlcy Reports
For Duty At
Camp Lejcuno i
K!: Marine"
Private First' Class Alvin D.
Hatley, ''son bf Mrs. A.B.
Hatley !bf . ' ' 5-H
Wabash Ave.;! 'Durham,
N.C. has rcproted for duty
with 2nd' Marine Division,
Marine Corps Base Camp
Lejeune.'N.C,
A 1978 graduate ,of
Durham High Schoo, he
joined the Marine Corps in
February 1978. ;'
Ihrhen a person is locked
says Mattie Gaines, a 51-year old grandmother of five In Detroit. "I tell them (prisoners) if they want to find anything
good in life, they have to first. find themselves. Mrs. Gaines has been spending every spare moment in the Wayne
County Jail for the past eight years talking and listening to prisoners, and she loves it. "God gave me that mission one
day, "she said of her frequent visits on behalf of the prisoners which takes 12-to-24 hours of her time each week. UPI
Black
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Found
RALEIGH - A black Wake
County district court judge
found a former black sani
tation worker guilty Mon
day of assaulting a white
woman during an , argu
, ment 9yer, garbage collec
tion last month. Twenty
five year old Tyrone Akion
was sentenced by
Judge Safford Bullock to a
90-day jail term which was
suspended upon payment of
$50 and court costs.
Akipn's attorney, Cressie
Thigpen of .Raleigh gave
the notice of appeal.
During an argument
with iAkjon on August 3,
; Mrs. . Patrica Lee
A Edwards, a 31 year old
white , woman testified
.that she called Akion a
"S.Q.B.". Mrs- Edwards
further testified that she
'returned to her house
"and attempted to
phone i' the city's
.sanitation division.
; After ; getting no answer.
i' the
woman claimed ,. she
returned
truck.
to the garbage
l: I Mr
cuiiipiaiiieu
Akions
supervisor; James
Allen . and i - Akion then
knocked hfeif6wn,,,After
getting upborn the ground,
the womafji testified Akion
knocked ,her down a
second time.
Akion's supervisor James
Allen and fellow sanitation
worker George , Fogg con
tradicted the white woman's
testimony insisting that
Akion was struck, first and
was agitated by the woman.
Fogg testified ,t hat h e
saw Mrs. Edwards standing ,
in front of Akion cursing,
screaming, and yelling
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Samtation Worker
Guilty of AssttMt
obsenities. Then the
woman slapped Akiori, Fogg
testified, and Akion hit the
woman once before the
two locked in struggle.
Allen testified that from
his position at the front
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