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Milton Jordan Named Ex ecutive;
Editor Of The Carolina Times
By Isaiah Singletary .
The man charged with
the hit and run death of a
pedestrian . on ' Guess!
. Road last month has a
. long, two-year criminal
record, characterized by ,
- an unusual number of
dismissed charges.
Court records ': show
that Robert B. Grimes,
,19, who gave his address
as 2901 Carver St., has
been charged at least 1 .
limes with offenses rang-'
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ing irom larceny 10 urug-
trafficking In 14 of
those cases, charges were "
, dismissed by the state:
before trial.
Grimes is charged with
' voluntary ' manslaughter
and hit and run in the I
May 3 death of Chest er.
Reams. .Reams, 37, was!
struck and killed about
10:30 "that night as he
' walked south along the
2400x1 block of Guess'
Road with ' a white
' woman, later identified
as Ms. Patricia Diane
Reid.
The charges are cur-J
rently scheduled to bei
tried in District Court on
June 11,' but a source
close to the situation says,
the state will present the
case to the Durham
County Grand . Jury
, when it convenes on
June 7. .;. ?L ' v- r
anyrate'r&rimes is
- no stranger to the courts,
. though his records show
only three convictions.
, He pleaded guilty to -larceny
charge irt 1978
and ! prayer for judge-"'
mcnt was continued. ' '
' He pleaded not guilty .
to,' possession of a malf- i
beverage by'a minor in : .
1980, was' found guilty
and charged court costs.
Hc pleaded not guilty '
to . injury to property."
charges in, 1981, was
found guilty ;s and
sentenced to 30 days, '
suspended for two years.
on the condition he pay
$25 and court costs, plus
restitution or $117.9.
By , contrast, . in
' another 14 cases in which
Grimes has been charged,
with offenses . hanging
from driving tinder' the"'
influence, (DUDjio
breaking and entering an
au omobile, as well as
larceny and possession
of marijuana, the slate ,
Voluntarily dismissed the
charges .before trial. In.
addition to the outstan
ding -manslaughter and
tiii uiVJ run chanjes,,
Grimes is also cm icn. t'
. charged wjih two counts;
, of injury to property;',
' District. Attorney Dan.
K, f:d wards could not be
reached o explain the.,
reasons-lor such a Kigh ,
. imbor - of , voluntary ',
. dismissals 1 for such a
w idc ' arid y of charges
over.v a relative" short
period of linKv , v
However, a well-,
placed source, who1 ask-'"
ed not to he identified,"
told Tin Carolina Tilth's '
that ' the number of-
dismissals and the type
of charges indicate that
Grimes' has, some fairlv
solid connections with
the police. .
fc "From . " my
" experience." the source
said, "this sounds like
the record of an infor
mant, someone who the 1
police feel is more im-.
port ant to them on the
streets than in prison. It
looks like that; from his
past experience, Grimes
had begun to feci that he
could do , just about"
anything and get away
with it.'1 Durham. Police,
have refused to comment,'
,pn the ease,. , w
Grimes has apparenty
got ton away with a lot. .
For example, in 1979 and
1980, Grimes was charg-i
ecfith separate cases of;,
unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle and break
ing , and entering motor
vehicles. All cases were
voluntarily dismissed by
the prosecutor. On two
separate occasions in
1979, Grimes had two,
marijuana possession
dismissed, as
charge in 1981.
vountarily
s was a uut
A volun
tary dismissal is initiated
by the case s prosecutor.
: Another 1981 drug
trafficking charge was
also dismissed against
Grimes after his
girlfriend, -Ms. Barbara
nri Fisher, agreed to
plead guilty to the,
charges, under a plea
bargain arrangement.
In this case, court
records reveal the
following:
On June 14, Grimes
and Ms. Fisher were ar
rested in apartment 10 at
720 N. Gregson St. they
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DR. NEWSOME SPEAKS Dr. Clarence C. Newsome assistant professor
, at the Duke University Divinity School, wis the speaker last week at first Mary
A' nationally known
journalist with more
; than ten years media ex-
perience has been named
Executive Editor of The
Carolina Times.
Milton Jordan, 38, a
,. Durham native whose
- work has been the
published in Black
Enterprise, Sepia,
Newsweek, American
, Education, and the New
. York , Times, among
otherf publications,
comes to 77ie Carolina
Times', from Charlotte.
He had been an indepen
dent communications,
research and planning
consultant there for the
(past, three years, follow--
. ing t .five-year stint as a
local government and ur
ban affairs reporter with
'the Charlotte Observer.
In 'making the an-
' houncement of Jordan's
appointment this week,
Mrs. Vivian A. Ed-
onds, editor and
publisher ot the
rohna Times, said:
s part of our active
long range planning,7
"we've "been looking for
('hist the richt nersnn to
j - o . i
head up our. editorial,
planning and systems
development operations,
and Mr. Jordan fills that
bill very well. He brings
tp us just thf right com
bination of skills, talents
and abilities that will
.help tis newspaper con-'
who started with The
:uirotina Times in
February on an short
term consultant con
tract, the new position
offers just the! right com
bination of professional
challenge and stability
for this point in his
career. -'"'
VI started with the
black press . , and have
always wanted to ork
with . a black
.newspaper," he- said,
"but by the same token I
realized very early in my
career that I needed
some considerable Jordan'
seasoning before I would abandoned our tradi
be ready to make sigmfi- xrvke to ,ne
,cant contnbutionSLto the black community," he
black
press, i oeneve i.D-.u hvt
now that I'm ready to do expanded that 'service by
enlarging our focus
McLeod Bethuot Recognition Program, sponsored by j he Durham Chapter ol' nWMnu ,l, "
U-National Cftuneil-t-egi,WowifHpttU6tAVAc
that.
At , The Carolina
Times, Jordan's primary
function is editorial
planning; training and
supervision. But he also
plays an integral role in
the newspaper's new
research and develop
ment program, and long
range planning strategy.
"We have some uni
que and challenging op
portunities to broaden
our services to this com
munity," Jordan said,
"and we have begun put
ting operations in place
to accept these
challenges and to take
advantage of these op
portunities." . Jordan went on the
throughout the com
munity. For example, we
have positioned
ourselves to provide ex
pert coverage in three
major areas" of concern
in this market: local
government, urban
development and educa
tion." According to Jordan,
the paper's approach
now is tp provide in
depth, analytical
coverage of the com
munity, what he calls,
"giving our readers the
story behind the story."
Jordan's journalism
career "began in
Greensboro with The
Carolina v.,-.; Peacemaker,
Bethune Manner".
' The Carolina Times is
,' a sixty-year-old weekly
newspaper that.,currently'
Ms. Clarice Tr66p55 ;
Martin Believes To Celebrate
Bible Will Help Anniversary
' J See Page 3 . ," Se,e Page 6 : '
say that the newspaper
i cvcmiy launvnea wtu The r Cnmlinn
new j readership and 77 and The q,..
advertising development nian in Raleigh In 1970
Hiv5'. ucsigncu iu Jordan heramp the First
.sed a federally financ
d Rumor Control Clinic
nd managed a radio sta
iorr'.in that city, as "well
is. hosted a weekly televi- :
iion talk show.
He went to Charlotte
is an Observer reporter
n 1974, and resigned in
1979 to open his con
sulting business..
In his career, Jordan
has covered a number of'
nationally significant
events, tie covered the
Wilmington 10 case, as
well as the JoAnn Little
case, and also covered
the changing ; of the
guard at the NAACP
when the late Roy
Wilkins resigned as its
director and Benjamin
Hooks assumed the post.
As a free-lance writer,
Jordan has wriUeikab.ouL
a broad array of sub
jects, including the elec
tions of Mayors Ernest
Morial in New Orleans
and Richard Arlington
in Birmingham profiles
of such well-known
: blacks as Dr. C. Eric
Lincoln, Dr. -W. Mon
tague Cobb and Clarence
Mitchell, former director
of the NAACP's
Washington office.
He has also lectured
extensively around the
country, and served for
two years as board chair
man of the Southeastern
Black Press Institute, a
Rockefeller Foundation
' funded organization in
followed hv hrief tint Chapel Hill.
, juiuan anu ms wire,
the former Ms. Sadie
Smith, a 1972 graduate1
of the NCCU law school,
' serves more fhan'30,rjO(rTiriy-w Kt.r'-nnrV .,aodaimer.. relocation
readers locally and new- advertisers to the-wjth i.jhe'-' Wttminzton. supervisor in ..Charlotte,
regionally. '"'
According to Jordan,
-.
papery.
, "We have
- Star-News 1
in no way ingt0IK He
in ; Wilm-v nave two sons and now
later super-'.jvein Durham.:
NAACP Files Lawsuit Against
LDF For Use Of Name
If Approved By City Council
Minority Business Enterprise Program
Could Bring $3.6 Million To Contractors
? WASHINGTON -"The
National J Associa
home."
, The NAACP
tion for the; Advance- largest 'and '
mcnt of Colored People grassroots civil
: (NAACP) this week an
nounced that it was filing
. a . lawsuit; against the
NAACP Legal Defense
' Educational, Inc.
(LDF or Inc. Fund) to
halt the Fund's con
, tinucd unauthorized use
of the f:fi Association's
. trademarked initials,
NAACP,' ' ' ,1
' According to NAACP
v Executive Director Ben
jamin L Hooks,' VWc'
are forced to seek relief
" In 1 the courts because
LDF has flatly refused to
discontinue the use of
the Association's initials
while -conducting cor-,
poraic business." 5 "
, '"If they do not want
,10 cease . using the in
itials, we usked them to
rejoin NAACP." Hooks'
declared. 'This 9 hey:
have also refused to lo
and t luis, we have no
alternative but to act 10
preserve the ; NAACP's
s name and history." 1
After efforts 10 1 per
suade LDF to give up the
privilege of using the in-,
itials failed, the NAACP
retained Edward i W
i Brooke, an attorney with
'the Washington law firm
of O'Connor & Hanuan,
to undertake the possible
legal action against LDif,.
Hooks ' stressed ) I ho
NAACP's goal is -con-,
filiation with the LDF. ,
'. "Our intention." be
said, "is to Jiavc tlic LDF
come home.'! Even after
the suit is filed, "wc will .
welcome them,' back.;
is . 1 he
oldest
rights
. organization in thetoun
. try with a membership of
450,000 in 1800 branches
throughout 50 states and
the District of Columbia.
, "We have numerous
programs including voier
registration, education
and economic ' develop
ment for increasing jobs
and business oppor
tunities for minorities.
' . . : v
Our legal , department;
under General Counsel
Thomas I. Atkins, has
scores of , suits on
redisricting, - school
segregation and employ
ment rights. We-are the
one true NAACP with
'an illustrious history,"
declared Hooks, "which
stretches back Dcyond
Brown to the great anti
lynching work of Walter
White and to the brilliant
leadership 0 Dr.
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By Joe K. CJreen
Black? contractors
could receive as much as
$3.6 million if a soon to
be proposed program is
adopted by the Durham
City Council. '
Assistant ; City
Manager-"'Cecil Br,own
said during an interview
this week that he is draf
ting a f plaiV to be
presented first to a conn
oil 'committee and later"
to the entire council that
would insure blacks
about thirty per Cent of
the estimated SI 2 million
construction payroll dur-.
ing the building of a .
downtown civic, center; t
hotel and office building'
complex. 1
, But the plan outlined
by Brown appears to be
substantially different,
from the original
demands from Durham's
black leaders for a
"significant piece of the
action" in the construc
tion of what has come to
be called the Downtown
Center. Originally, black
leaders discussed par
ticipation from a
'business standpoint,
which would mean that
the percentage would be
figured ooan investment
hnsvraflvr than ....!..
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base. "
For example, it is1 ,
estimated thai the two-
year construction project
will, bring about $28
million to Durham in the
purchase of labor and
materials. About $12
million of that is called
"payroll for local
workers". The $3.6'
million ( mentioned in
Brown's' plan is about
thirty per cent of the
payroll figure. But to be
consistent with the "
original demands, ihe ;
thirty per cent estimate
would have to yield
about $8.4 million which
would include, purchases
of services and materials. 1
v ,ll is not clear 'at this
point why the plan to be
proposed by, Brown is ,
based upon ; the payroll ;
llgurc. rather than the
total est inatcd construc
tion cost .v, The payroll
figure is based upon an
estimate of $9 to $10 per
hour for about 3(X) t o
350 workers employed
for the two-year project ,
.The number of construc
tion jobs is estimated on
a basis of one iob per
$100,000.
" vAt least one black
leader appears' not to be
terribly concerned about
the difference.
1 Willie Lovctt, head of
it he Du rh a m Commi 1 1 ce
on the Affairs of Black
People, said that black
contractors should get
. ihirt y, per ccn t or more ,
.not only of the construe
'tion of. the civic center,
but that his organization
.wanted to sec significant
'numbers' of blacks
terestcd in
construction," Lovett
said, "but we are in
terested in employment,
and the operation of the
civic center as well as
other city and county
projects."
The plan Brown will
propose for the
downtown project will
include several special
features, according to
Brown,, such as getting
white firms to assume
bonding responsibilities
for black firms in joint
venture efforts.
"We are looking lor
black firms that have the
capacity, and ability 10
take part in the construc
tion program.": Brown
said; "We will be look
i ing at companies not on-t
ly iii the Durham area,
'but all across the state.
For the most part, ac
cording the Brown, the
percentage figure is the
result of a request from
the Durham Committee
that blacks receive at
least thirty "per cent of
I he civic center construc
tion cost.
Brown went on to say
that when the question
of black participation
first came up, Durham
Mayor Charles"
Markham appointed a
special committee com-;
posed of himself (the"
Mayor) and .... five
"members of the' city -council.
That's the com--mittec
to which Brown
will present his program.
The program," .. if
adopted by council, will
become a part of the ci
ty's el fort to generate the
VKRNON K. JORDAN receives the Fannie Lou
Hamer Freedom Award , from the National Con
ference of Black Mayors, Inc., al an awards Inn-,
cheon sporored by Coca-Cola USA. Pictured (l-r),
are Jordan"; Richard C. Hatcher,' president of ,.; cm ployed once, the con- Downtown Center. The
NCBM, and Eugene McCullers, manager of Com-I siruci.on is nmsncu. i v,,i ... -'uuc a
' munily Affairs, Coca-Cola USA. , "The. Durham Com-, civic center that will go
v , , r - . mittee is not only in-'r (Continued on Page 6)