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VOLUME 60 - NUMBER 4-
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA"- SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1982
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Accused killer Wayne Williams' defense at
torneys Alviir Hinder (I) and Mary Welcome leave
Hie t'nlton County Courthouse at Ihe concUisioii .r .
another day of testimony in Williams trial where he
is accused ol' killing two of 28 young blacks slain
oer a (tto-ycur period, ,
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By Trcllie L.Jeffers
ATLANTA Last
week the prosecution in
the Wayne Williams trial
sought to link a 29th vie- ,
tim to its case against
him in two of the 28
missing and murdered
Atlanta children.
Williams went on trial on ,
December 28, 1981 for
the murders of Jimmy
Lee Payne and Nathaniel
Cater, the last two
murder victims.
The 29th victim, John
Porter, was added to the
list because Porter's case
fits a pattern that the
Atlanta Task Force has
pieced together in this
bizarre case.
Porter had been found:
last year stabbed to
death, but had been
classified as an unsolved
Commission
homicide case. However,
blood stains indicating
that blood type B was
found during a search of
Williams' car, among the
blood types of six" others
Of the previously .
murdered victims who ,
were either stabbed or
beaten to death; Since
Porter's blood type is
type B, prosecution in
the Williams' case is
seeking to add Porter to
the list.
Other developments
last week in. the Williams
case grew out . '. of v
testimony involving the
matching . fibers and
animal hair taken from
both the murder victims
and Williams' home and
personal belongings. -
Contrary to chief at
torney Mary Welcome's
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Racial Jiisiice
Launches
By Donald Alderman :
RALEIGH - At . a
press conference" Tues
day, Rev. Leon White,
issued a blistering, attack
on the recent Reagan
Administration decision'
to grant tax-exempt
status to two schools that
practice racial
discrimination and laun
ched ' "a concerted
religious response"
against "the attempt to
cloak racism in the
Clothing of . religious
freedom". rr '
Rev. White, director
of the North Carolina
Virginia field office of
the United Church of
Christ Commission for
Racial Justice, announc
ed plans for a four-day
.'Christian Crusade for
Justice and Peace" that
will, include a ' march
from'' 'Goldsboro (o
Raleigh ' ? beginning
February 18. '
The Commission for
Racial Justice is respotK
ding to the President's
decision to abandon a
twelve-year ; policy . to
deny tax-exempt -v status
to . schools , - that
discriminate . against'
blacks. : : and .other
minorities. :
Goldsboro Christian
By Trellie L. Jeffers
k,The fear that Presi
dent Reagan's ad
ministration would deal
a set-back to civil rights
.for blacks that was ex
pressed by leaders short
ly after his election in
November, 1981, seems
to have been based on
very sound premises, ac
cording to information
released from , a Cox
newspaper survey.
,. The survey shows that
civil rights that blacks
gained over a period of
several decades are
rapidly diminishing due
to action or lack of ac
tion on discrimination
policies by the Reagan
a d'm i n i s t f a t i o n .
Although the President
reaffirmed his commit
ment to civil rights and
his opposition to
bigotry, the fact that the
Justice Department has -filed
only five civil rights
suits in the President's,
six months in office as
compared to President -Carter's
seventeen and .
President Nixon's 24 in
the same period would'
tent! to-indicate some
doubt as to this . d-.
ministration's i, thrust
asaiftst racial discrtmina-
w Facing Unpredictable Future
"."y"1 f"eled by 8 nasRin recession jumped sharply in December
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"It is unfortunate that
our ' larger denomina
tions have not spoken
out against what's nap
pentng in our midst.
Now is the time for the
Christian -community to
be heard loud and clear.
We must not only
challenge the unconstitu
tionality of the govern
ment supporting racism,
we must also struggle
against urtChristian
Christians who, in the
name of the Lord, teach
and , promote racial
separation."
The- ; fifty plus-mile
"Christian Crusade for
Justice and Peace" will
include Mons " in
Smith field and Clayton.
The crusade will
culminate- with a
demonstration and
prayer vigil in Raleigh on
February 21, White said.
He said sites, gathering
times and other details
will be made public in
about a week.
White's religious
response follows civil
and legal reactions. "He
said, "If people want to
be raicst, let them be
racist, but not in the
name of the Lord."
The NAACP an
nounced a campaign last
week to prevent the IRS
from subsidizing racial
discrimination.
The effort includes
asking the U.S. Supreme
Court to bar the Justice
Department from fur
ther involvement in Bob
Jones and Goldsboro
cases now, before the
court, requesting the
high court to designate
the . NAACP General
Counsel as Special' At
torney General in the
above cases, initiating ef
forts, aimed at reversing
the JKS decision, calling
an emergency conference,
of civil rights ' attorneys
to plan other legal action :
and urging the public to
call artd, write
Washington lawmakers
requesting a reversal in
policy.
Affirmative
27 Statewide Organizations
e of VRA
Urg
Passag
By Pat Bryant
RALEIGH -Twenty-seven
black and
white. North Carolina
organizations launched
the. first of a series of
events aimed at influenc-.
ing members of the U.S.
Senate to vote favorably
on key provisions: of the
School ' of North Voting ' Rights Act,'
Carolina and Bob Jones despite the vehement op
Univcrsliy; r of-' ,; South position of N.C.
Carolina Were '" granted Republican Senators
ta'x-cxcmpi status after ; Jesse' Helms and John ;
; the decision, sparking a ' East; -critical
response from the groups ranged
enraged civil rights ad- from the NAACP to the
vp'catcs, including the League of Women
-fJAACP. Voters, the AFL-CIO to
The President; saying- the N.C. Association of '
it '' is not the Internal Black Lawyers, the N.C.
Revenue Service's' Hunger Coalitkn to-
'responsibility to enforce NOW, the Catholic
sodal policy, said , he Cioccsc . Jo the N.C.
would support a congresf Federation of- Senior
sional bill aimed at Citizens,
penalizing schools that" Following a day-long
, practice4 discrimination, meeting, the leaders
White said the dcci- declared, "The Voting
Ki'on "represents an at- Rights ' Act is the cor
templ to rftll back racial " nerstone of all civil rights ,
understanding to the legislation. If the Senate '
dark ; days prior to the docs not renew ? and
1954 Brown v. Board of slrcngthch its provision,
Education decision," the South and nation will f
' Saying the about-face be pushed 100 years' i
in policy must not go un- backwards in time."
August 6, 1982. A 'vote
before the whole Senate
is expected sometime in
March, with Helms and
East. joining other
southern Republican
Senators in opposing the
Act.
Ms. Carolyn Coleman
of the state NAACP an-,
nonccd i the- assembled
groups', decision .to
declare February 14 as
Voting Rights Sunday"
in North Carolina, with
meetings ' planned . in
churches far grassroots
dicussion and informa
tion dissemination, t,et-
tcr writing to President
Ronald Reagan and to
against the cxtesion of.
the Act."
"Because our Senators
maintain their present
positions," said Chris
Scott of the N.C. AFL
CIO, "we find it
necessary . to send a
message around them,
directly , to the other
Senators arid President,
declaring that, hundreds
of thousands of North
Carolinians? need, re
quire, and; demand a
strong, tough Voting
Rights. Act."
Sqltt said the groups
joint message was being'
sent to all 100 Senators
and would be presented
discrimination
is being cpn-
tinually weakened and
the Reagan administra
tion shows no willingness
to halt this process.
Most crucial is . the
Voting Rights Act that ,
black leaders believe,: if
not extended, will cut the ,
very' heart; but of civil
rights. " If the Voting- By Donald Alderman
Rights Act is not extend-i Although the propos
ed, racist policies and 11- ed jcivic center-hotel
legaK procedures which complex is proclaimed
prevent . blacks from the Tide needed to lift all
voting could result in a. boats V the 'means of
serious reduction of putting Durham back on
qualified voters as well the map the 'surgery
as a reduction of black needed to give Durham's
elected officials. Also; a; downtown a face lift'
failure to extend the and tle 'spark needed to
Voting Rights Act wjll set Durham's economic
result in virtual development .on fire',
powerlessness in preven- many unanswered ques
ting legislative redistric- tions remain. Among
ting plans which will fur- them:
thcr dilute black districts. How much of the $15
and make it impossible million to $17, million,
for blacks to have equal the estimated cost of the
representation in . local civic Center (the public's
and state;.; elections. 'As' portion of the complex),
late as last week,, the would have to be. fmanc
Rcagan - administration ed by a general obliga
had not taken a position tion bond?
on the extension of the What assurances would
voting Rights Act aiidr be provided guarantee
therefore delayed hear-' ' minority participa
ine on the matter. ' downtown
Another important development?
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Action
Sloga
ns
Won't Produce Minority Vote
combine Hayti and
downtown development
in terms of financial
commitment?
How much in addi
' tional tax revenues
would the complex
generate?
;Who will manage the
civic center, which is ex
pected not to be a pro
fitable proposition?
Will a bond, referen
dum be called by the city
or by the city and coun
ty? Then there will be
special interest groups,
whose support is vital to
passage of a bond, issue
' that will not lend their
stamp of approval if
their interests are not
satisfied.
City officials have all
but conceded that a bond
referendum is the only
way. to finance the
public's portion of the
complex.
Officials of Dobson &
Johnson Inc., the pro-,
ject's chosen developers,
said last week while
unveiling the plan that
the hotel and office por
tion would not cost tax
payers. To allow the public to
fully acquaint it's self ;
with the $50 million pro
position, the City Coun
cil's Finance Committee
has scheduled . public
hearings in each of the
city's six wards to be
followed , by a full coun
cil hearing. .
The committee also
agreed to file notice for a
..bond issue on May 5.
: and named two "stib-
committees to studv the
complex's design and :
financing.
The ward hearings are
set for February 2, 4, 9,
18, 23 ad 25 in Wards
One through Six, respect
. - ;'' .'". -IS-
v.uiuinuea on raee j) ,
Senate Majority Leader in the Senat?. hearings.
Howard Baker is .also . , Sixty-one senators
ni.innpct have co-sponsored the
Displaying - letters
received from Helms and
East,, John Wilson of
the : North Carolina
Association
Educators, said,'
bill which the groups
support, but several of
the leaders termed the
support m many
v 0f senators
Wc meaning
as "sou .
not all would
want to make it clear to- defend ,kcy provisions
day that Our Senators arc opposed by reactionaries
not representing the vast 'fvh as ' .Helmms and
majority of North East- . .
Carolinians. We strongly special ; emphasis was
support Senate Bill i? 2 placed on mairttaming
This Bill H the saryj as 'the House version of the
the one passed ;' over oni. wn en specuies mm
challenged, White noted Testimony before a wbelmmingly 38v24) by election procedures can
that the Corrjmission is Senate Subcommittee . the, House of Reptesen- be ruled illegal by a court
sending . a message to began Wednesday, tatives. Only One North ify they are shown to
Christian churches as January 20, fcn extension Carolina Representative, result n discrimination,
well as to ' President of the Act f hich i now . ' Gene . Johnston of the Because of a recent U.S..
Reagan. ' ' scheduled lo expire r - Sixth District, voted (Continued on Page 6)
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LEADERS OF 27 ORGANIZATIONS MEET IN RALEIGH
,k SrQN VOTING RIGHTS ACT ,