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Assault Charges Against Leroy McNeill Dropped May Get Jail. For Civil Rights Activities , ' By Donald Alderman ABC Officer Ronald Allen's assault charges against Leroy I McNeill were dismissed Wednes day in Durham County District Court. Judge Karen Galloway ruled the-state s,-videncein- sufficient ; 16 ' convict McNeill a . ,tured skull and Toss of hearing in his left ear as a result of the flashlight, blow to his head, McNeill, after having been twice refused war rants and following the advice of Public Safety detectives, had not. ob tained.awarrajiLagainst , Allen until his trial, said he will now attempt to ALICEVILLJS, ALA. Court of Criminal Ap Two Alabama women peals and the Alabama who have worked to help Supreme Court, which " black citizens 3 register " upheld ' " them."" '" In and vote in rural Pickens ) November, 1981, the County may go to jail in U.S.Supreme . Court , January. Civil rights ad- refused to hear the cases. ' vocates see their cases as ;j The , women's at part of a widespread ef- torney, Solomon Seay of fort to turn the clock Montgomery, moved for back on voting-rights. suspension of sentences, The women are Ms. and hearing was set for Julia Wilder, 69, presi- December 1. On that - dentof the-Pickens4dayr-the-courtroonv in County . Voters League Carrollton, Ala., the . a t nVv nrUhfrT. area and long-time ac- .0w womaB testifies tlv.sv ' , that she didn't know 1968 was my waking- what the voting was all up period," Ms. Wilder ; ahout.. r-oorted. has said. "We were try ing to get black cashiers hired at Piggly'-Wiggly. We had a march, and thirteen of us went to jail. I was the oldest." Ms. , ' - Bozeman describes what was hap pening in 1978: "We had There is a legend that the face of a black man lynched in Pickens County, after the Civil War can be seen in the " l tie Mate uourt of ad- window of the cour- peals said the evidence thouse in Carrollton. was 'confusing' but that After the December" 1 the testimony of that one court session, SCLC woman was 'sufficient - President Joseph Lowery for the jury to convict." told those who had One of the elderly gethered: 1 voters, Mrs. Lou Som- "These two women merville, 95, recently were politically lynched. a-big registrationdrive, deTcribed her experience -We-tame hereto be oii MS. BANKS MsBanks Promoted By M & F Jank RALEIGH - Ms. Julia Vivian Banks has recently been named assistant branch' manager of the Rock Quarry Road Branch of Mechanics & Farmers Bank in Raleigh. Ms. Banks, a Raleigh native, who attended West Cary High School, has pro gressed steadily since her affiliation with the bank in 1979 when' she-began as New Accounts Clerk and Head Teller. Ms. ; Banks is u a member of the American Institute of Banking and a former Consul with the Wake County Chapter Mechanics & Farmers Bank. When not on the job at the Rogk Quarry Road Branch, Ms. Banks is actively involved with the choir and usher board at Saint Matthew Baptist Church. She has also taken on the added responsibility . of N 1982 chairman of the Finance Committee for the Mis sionary Group and Young Adult Choir at Saint Matthew. Ms. Banks and daughters Kimberly Dawn and Kelly Renee reside at H-14 Washington Terrace in Raleigh. The . assault charge do so. ' stemmed from a raid at . District Attorney Dan the home of McNeill's mother ,in the Walltown section of Durham ; on November 7. When three officers arrived at the home, Mrs. Janet McNeill was not there. The officers reportedly located her at another house " in the neighborhood. She then accompanied the officers to her home where her son, Leroy, asked to see the officers' badges. Allen, claiming McNeill knew him, struck McNeill on-the head with a flashlight and proceed ed to search the house. Allen admitted during testimony that " he struck McNeill. In another charge, Judge Galloway found McNeill guilty of obstructing a law en rforcement officer. McNeill suffered a brain contusion, frac- K. Edwards, Jr., has been reviewing a Public Safety ' , investigation . report on the case. He has not yet made public a decision on what action he will take pursuant to McNeill's - brutality charges against Allen. He had said he wanted to hear evidence at McNeill's trial .before making a decision. In the belief that many serious discrepancies ex ist in testimonies from witnesses, a letter has been sent to U.S. At torney General William French Smith from the Durham Branch of the NAACP,' requesting the FBI to investigate Allen's behavior as well as the conduct of ABC Chief of Police -Roland Leary and District At torney Dan Edwards, ac cording to George Frazier, president. and an officer of the local Southern Leader ship Conference (SCLC), and Ms. Maggie Bozeman, 51. local NAACP president. v Ms. Wilder and Ms. Bozeman, who live in ' Aliceville, Ala., were ar rested in November, 1978. '. The. technical charge was "vote fraud." Their supporters Pickens County seat, was packed with sup porters of the women." Circuit Judge Clatus Junkin - postponed the hearing until January 1 1 . -v Meantime, support for the women in civil rights circles is building. In ear ly December, a large crowd turned out in Bir mingham for a rally in support of the women say they were acutauy. called by SCLC and the helping elderly voters Southern Organizing N.C. Mutual-Heublin Sign Group Agreement North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., the nation's largest predominantly black managed, financial in stitution, has announced that it has been assigned $42 million of employee group life insurance coverage from Heublin Inc. Heublin, a Connecticut-based inter national food and beverage marketer, said that the coverage sales in 1981. Its best known products include Smirnoff Vodka, In glenook wines, A.l. Steak sauce and Ken tucky Fried Chicken. North Carolina Mutual, founded in 1898, has nearly $6 billion of insurance in force and is the nation's 129th largest insurance company. It has over 900,000 policyholders and assets of $200 million. represents fifteen peiKK Macw,.,laiou,.x cenr of the total-life in-"' cutive vice president of FBI figures show an increase in female arrests for serious crimes - up 80 per cent from 1966 to 1971. surance provided for ap proximately 17,000 of its employees. Heublin reported more than $2 billion in North Carolina Mutual, said: "North Carolina Mutual is certainly pleas ed to form this relation ship with Heublin, Inc. understand the ballot, and vote. They were convicted by all-white juries in 1979. Ms. Wilder was sentenced to five years, Ms. Bozeman to four years. Ms. Bozeman was also removed from the teaching job she had held for 27 years. The convictions were appealed to the Alabama 'We are impressed with Heublin's desire to in clude minority firms in its purchases and in vestments. It is our-feeling that such ar rangements are not only mutually beneficial but are good for all America. We look forward to long and pleasent relation ship." Hicks B. Waldron, president and chief ex ecutive officer of Heublin, said: "Placing this insurance with North Caolina. Mutual reflects a continuing commitment on the part of Heublein to support minority-owned and managed enterprises. . "That consideration aside, however," said Waldron, "we have been very impressed., by0 ,Jh"? (Organization : itself and its proven ability to pro vide topflight service to the insurance needs of companies such as ours." Committee for Economic & Social Justice (SOC). The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, long-time civil rights leader, spoke. On January 9, two days before the women's scheduled court ap-; pearance, there will be a prayer meeting in Car rollton, called by SCLC, the NAACP, the Na tional Organization for Women (NOW), the Alabama Hunger Coali tion, SOC, and other groups. Dr. Joseph Lowery, president of SCLC, will speak. Par ticipants will meet at the Salem Baptist Church in Carrollton at 1 p.m. and march to the courthouse. Pickens County, which is southwest of Birmingham near, the Mississippi line, is forty per cent black. It has no black elected officials ex cept mayors of tiny all black towns. Ms. Wilder ancNMs. Bozeman are life-long residents of the and black candidates running for office. The politicians were especial ly afraid of the young woman .we ran . for School Board against a white banker. As it turn ed out, she only lost by 106 votes." As part of the cam paign, Voters League members went to the homes ' of house-bound elderly citizens -and helped those who could not read or write fill out absentee ballots all perfectly legal, according to Attorney Seay, if the voters' wishes were followed. Ms. Wilder and Ms. Bozeman were charged with "fraud" in connec tion with 39 of those ballots. The offenses were alleged to have oc curred in the primary run-off in September, 1978. The arrests were made on the day before ttfe general election in November. ' 'They picked me up at school just I was com ing in from the playground with my kids," says Ms. Bozeman. "There were five police cars like I was a criminal." At the trials, the state subpoenaed many of the elderly voters. According to Attorney Seay, all but one of them testified on cross-examination that they knew exactly what they were doing and that the ballots were marked Bowe Officially Files As Sheriff Candidate '. . V" s; I- v ti J , Spirited Exchange Macco A. Sloan, right, executive vice president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., learns about the production of Smirnoff Vodka from Hicks B. Waldron, president of Heublein Inc., during a visit , to the company's spirits plant in Hartford, Conn. North Carolina Mutual, the country's largest predominantly black-managed financial institution, recently signed an agreement to provide $42 million in group life insurance coverage to Heublein employees. Jess Bowe officially filed as a candiate for the office of Sheriff of Durham County on Monday. According to a press statement issued Mon day, Bowe, a thirtyryear professional in the criminal justice field, said that he believes "the time is right for a new approach to the pro blems which beset the department and which, if not solved, could threaten the safety and well-being of our com munity." Contending that "This is a time for competence. . . .experience. . . .in tegrity. . . .fresh ideas", Bowe's statement lists fifteen pledges if he is elected sheriff. They are to: professionalize the sheriff's department; provide better police service in suburban and rural areas; afford effective police service for the aged, han dicapped, and minors; facilitate access to the sheriffs department; upgrade education and training of all per sonnel; assure fair and impar tial treatment . of all employees; promise unbiased, non-political in terference in the hiring, dismissal, promotion, and job assignment of personnel. seek professional civilian jailers to main tain the county jail; recruit and hire women and other minorities; increase visitors' hours at the jail; cooperate 100 per cent with school officials and parents in the solving of school problems relative to criminal justice; seek close cooperation with social agencies, in cluding school counselors, Alcoholics Anonymous, . and juvenile agencies; stress impartial en forcement of laws; streamline the effi ciency of the sheriff's department; and strive for justice and equality for all citizens of Durham County. 404 DOWD STREET DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA 27701 OR. A. 0. MOSELEY. D.D.. MINISTER J. C. TRUIETT. ASSISTANT MINISTER JANUARY 10, 1982 8-00 A.M. Morning Worship 9:30 A.M. Church School 11:00 A.M. Morning Worship TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED TO ALL : SERVICES 'y . Call 688-6052 or 682-8464 or 682-71 60 i A i w JUL (Mitartt Inttph (Shurdt of (flhrtat - 171 5, ATHENS STREET DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA 27707 ; TELEPHONE: 688-5066 . ' ' , V On the Move lor pod " Rev. J. Cecil Cheek, B.Th., M.Div. Minister 3:30 1100 4:00 P. JANUARY 10, 1982 A.M. Sunday School A.M. Morning Worship Church Anniversary . WEDNESDAY Mid-Week Service 6:30 P.M. Bus Service for Church Sunday School and Mor ning Worship Services. Everyone is welcome to come and join us in all services. , , f ... I A Emmanuel ffentmuifol 1200 W. Club Blvd. Walltown School Auditorium Durham. N.C. Ftnced-in taking OH Oniiow St. in rur at JANUARY 10, 1982 Inking Fw A ChanjrTtat UAOvtAndExcXttl Marton Wright. Psstor Sunday 10:00 AM ft 8:30 Pit Wednesday 7:30 PM Friday 8:00 PM their side. SOLAR SOUP? Uiing water heated to over 200 degrees F. by solar energy, George E. Clausen, president of Gflroy Foods, of Gilroy California, mixes a in the courtf oom: "The lawyer, said to me, didn't Ms. Bozeman come to jny house and try to make me.let her fix my ballot. It wasn't true. So I told him I'm the Lord's child, and the Lord doesn't want a lie. I said I have to tell the truth. ' No matter how "cup of instant onion soup. many times they ask me, I'm going to tell the truth." The charges against Ms. Wilder and Ms. Bozeman are not an isolated incident. Last year, a young black man in Pickens County, Willie Davis, was charg ed with disorderly con duct after he explained the ballot to voters. When Ms. Bozeman picked up absentee ballots that year, she said the sheriff said to her "You're getting some more of them. Maggie Bozeman will get them to vote if she has to vote them herself. We're go ing to get you this time.", At the time of the women's December hearing, local district at torney P.M. Johnston told the news media in Birmingham: "They could have been arrested on other charges since their conviction. Their efforts at the polls have continued. They are not satisfied with voting themselves. They have been bringing people in to polling places, wat ching them vote, in sisting that they be allowed to assist people." , Recently Ms Wilder said: "No matter how rough it getvi'm going 4.6 be here." Ms. "Bozeman, in addition to continuing voter registration and educa tion work, constantly ap pears before local government bodies to protest policies she claims are discriminatory. Dickerson. Inc. is soliciting bids from qualified subcontractors for the Roanoke Rapids. NC. Bid on January 26. 1982 2:00 P.M. Sub-bids are requested for: grading, concrdte placing, masonry, roofing, painting, architectural finishes, plumbing. HVAC. and electrical. Minority subcontractors are encouraged to submit pro posals and can request additional information on the scope of work from the individuals listed below. Contact Richard Glassen or George Sloan "Dickerson. Inc.. PO Box 400. Monroe. NC 28110 (704) 289-3111 Bids will be received after. 12:00 Noon on January 25. 1982 "Holiday Inn. Roanoke Rapids. (919) 537-1031. E0E MF. The tun it getting into hot water. The more than 200 F. water filling this cup was heated by solar panels. The "recipe" calls for a clean cup, 8 oz. of hot water, a package of instant onion soup and 402 solar panels, each four feet by four feet, installed atop the Gilroy plant in a project sponsored with the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Believed to be the first use of solar energy in the processing of food on a large scale, the solar project will supply heat to help dehydrate the more than 250 million pounds of garlic and onions processed an nually by Gilroy Foods, a subsidiary of McCormick and Company, Inc. 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