2-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT.. FEBRUARY 10, 1979
DIack Criminal Conference Held In Raleigh
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by Joyce Rhyan
Congressman John Con
yen ,Jr., D-Mich., Chair
man of the U.S. House
Judiciary Committee's sub
committee on crime 'chair
ed a public hearing on the
Law Enforcement
Administration (LEAA) last
week at the Black Criminal
Justice Conference held in
RaleigluN.C
"White collar crime cost
the nation about $40 bil
lion annualy and could run
as high as $200 billion if
anti-trust violations are in
cluded," said Conyers.
The poor according to
Conyers are receiving the
effects of white collar
crime by rising prices. He
beleives white collar crime
is a major factor leadind
to ' inflation.
The Black Criminal Jus
tice participants addressed
issues concerning the cri
minal justice process in
North Carolina dicussing
the development of legis
lation designed to bring
about positive changes and
advancements.
A massive criminal cri
minal justice process agenda
will be presented to the
eral Assembly from pro
posals brought out in the
conference.
Governor Hunt's recently
released "Crime Control Ag
enda" was critically studied
and evaluated. Irv Joyner,
Esquire, Commission . foi
Racial Justice issued a res
ponse to die agenda dis
cussing proposals that will
affect black citizens.
According to the response
the Crime Control Agen
da does not speak to the
degree of racism that per
meates the criminal justice
process.
The Commission for Rac
ial Justice deplores the
Crime Control Agenda does
for failing to call an affir
mative equal rights policy
designed to correct past
inequities and discrimina
tion. Of the 65 Superior Court
Judges in North Carolina
only two are black and of
the 127 District Court Jud
ges only five are black,
are no . black Clerks of
"Recommendations in the.
Crima Control Agenda lean
dangerously toward the ere-'
ation of a police state,Hsaid
Joyner In his response.'
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Today, House
Speaker Carl J. Stewart, Jr.
of Gastonia appointed;
Representaive Kenneth B.
Spaulding of Durham. to the
Law and Justice Committee
of the State Federal
Assembly of the
National Conference of
State Legislatures. The
Law and Justice Committee
focuses on criminal justice
systems, including police,
courts and corrections
systems; standards and
goals for criminal
justice systems; ecnomic
crime; consumer protection
programs and mechanisms;
constitutional amendments.'
and criminal code revision.
Representative Spaulding
also serves on the following
House committees for
the 1979 General Assembly;
Constitutional Amendments
Courts & Judicial
Districts, Election Laws,
Finance, Judiciary II, and
Local Government II.
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The, aimual meeting of
the Durham Voter's Alli
ance will be held on
Wednesday, February 14,
at 8 p.m. at the
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Hunter, Manager of the
City of Durham. A brief
business meeting will be
conducted . prior to Mr.
Hunter's talk. Refershments
will be served. You are
cordially invited to attend.
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CHINESE VICE PREMIER Teng Hsiao-ping walks around the grave of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with his widow,
Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Teng made the stop during his visit to Atlanta leading the Chinese delegation touring the U.S.,
looking at industrial and trade attractions. UPI Photo
Mrs. Norma Burton Elected Chairperson of DTSC
"We are planning to
i make, conditions better for
the tenants," said Mrs.
Norma Jean Burton to a
reporter in her first inter
view since being elected
chairperson of the
Durham Tenant Sterring
Committee. The church
worker, mother and civic
leader outlined a modest
plan to the tenant union.
The Durham Tenant
Steering Committee
(DTSC) is made , up , of
thirteen public ''housing
neighborhood councils
throughout the city. Each
neighborhood council is
represented by two dele
gates. The organization's
impact goes beyond the
Durham Housing Authority
and federal officials in the
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development are
no strangers to the
group's leaders.
Mrs. Burton related
what she hopes DTSC will
be able to accomplish in
the year ahead establishing a
tenant referral service, deve
loping programs for public
housing youth, and expand
ing jobs and recreational op
portunities, Other object
ives , are increasing tenant
utility allowances, getting
housing authority residents
hired in all housing
authority departments, and
getting tenants appointed
with voting power
to vacancies on Durham's
Board of Housing Com
missioners. Already tenants are
represented by one non
voting commissioner, and
several organizations are
urging the Durham City
Council to appoint two
tenants to the board.
"Input into decision
making is where it is at",
said Mrs. Burton.
"Tenants have to sit
on the board of
commissioners with voting
power so we can . have
some input," she con
tinued. "With ' one
tenant now without voting
power, we have no chance
of input into how we live."
The busy mother of five
works each day on
community problems facing
the more than 11,000
public housing residents.
For the last two years,
Mrs. Burton has directed
DTSC's Rental Aid Fund,
a revolving fund for
worthy tenants facing
eviction for non
payment of rent. Mrs. Jessie
Ferrell replaces Mrs. Burton
in that position.
Her other offices include
treasurer of the National
Tenants Organization,
recording secretary of the
Southern Regional Tenants
Organization, a Community
Health Facilitator of
Duke Medical Center, and
. vice chairman of the
Administration Committee
of the Operation
Breakthrough Board of
Directors.
A native of Durham,
Mrs. Burton grew up in
North Durham and was
educated at Hillside,
Whitted,and East End
schools.
"We are definitely
going to need plenty of
cooperation from all
tenants across the city,"
she observed. "It's a
big job but I am sure we
can make it."
CHARLOTTE WILMINGTON 10 CONFAB SET
Continued From Front J
ants rests upon the writ of
habeas corpus now before
Dupree. The legal question
before the jurist is whether
there should be a new trial.
"The simple fact of the
matter is it has taken too
long to get the ruling one
way or another from the
court," said Congressman
John Conyers of Michigan.
"They know we are going
to appeal if they give
the wrong ruling. They
know if they give the
correct ruling that there
will be a new trial which
will expedite the
time since obviously there
won't -Itnesses around.
That :-onal a time when
Chavis will be released.
Again referring to a letter
from the judge, Edwards
said Dupree claimed long
delays in the trial were
attributable to inability
of the federal court to
collect evidence in the case.
Ms. Charlene Mitchell,
Executive Secretary of the
National Alliance Against
Racist and Political
Repression, the organiza
tion that sponsored the
press conference, siad
if Judge Dupree holds out
another year all of the
Wilmington 10 would be
paroled. Ms. Mitchell
says delays have been
made on purpose.
"They know full well
that it will be very diffi-.
cult to raise the kind of
emotional and political
understanding of this
case if all ten are out
either on parole or the
parole is out," Ms.
Mitchell said.
Durham ministers
supporting the Wilmington
10 fired a question to
!l ft
Conyers asking what the
congressmen would do
next to free the Ten.
Conyers would not respond
pubiicly to the question but
later met with Rev. Alexan
der Moseley, Rev. L.H.
Whelchel, and Rev. Z.D.
Harris of Durham along
with Dr. John Fleming and
Rev. Luther Coppage of
Raleigh, and Dr. L.A. Miller
of Durham.
A day later several
leftist and church groups
met in Charlotte to fashion
a strategy to put public
pressure on Governor
James Hunt and Judge
Dupree. Since February
1978, Hunt has been
sitting on requests for a
pardon of the Charlotte
Three. The group has been
declared political prisoners
by Amnesty ' International
which has declared the
Wilmington 10 political
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Miss Valerie Whined, daughter of Mr. & Mrs David Whined, who is a senior at Hill
side High School, competing in the Evening Wear section of the Miss Durham Beauty
Pagent. (Photo by Kelvin A. Bell)
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prisoners, also.
1 The startegies include
coordinated support from
church laalbor, student
association, and civic
groups to engage in letter
writing campaigns to
Dupree and Hunt
and demonstrations.
Cultural events including
art displays, music, and
other activities are also
planned for several cities.
Restaurants
Continued From Front
men to make profits, said
many and for new black
owned eating establishments
to open.
Tapp agrees. He also says
mixed drinks will "certainly
be good for black people,
because most of the bar
tenders will be black,
especially in the private
clubs," he said. Trained bar
tenders are required by
the new statute, which
Claiborne Tapp says will
encourage bartenders to
unionize and demand high
salaries.
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Wily A. Branton, dean
of the Howard University
School of Law, said, "We
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forward to an exchange of
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Three Howard Univer
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receive a three-year
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the fall 1979 semester
under a new Scholars" -Program
created by the
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, Aetna life & Casualty is
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