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VOLUME 60 - NUMBER 29
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY,' JULY 24-1982
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- By Hayes Thompson : .
: U.C.W. Warren; head of Durham's
drug and vice operations in the Public
Safety Department, thinks Durham
deserves the title " All-American" city,
. Ms. Joan Burton, - a community
worker in the Few Gardens-Edgemont
..neighborhoods, believes the city falls
- way short Of that designation-
. But together they might helft the ci
ty live up to the designation it is trying
to win in a national competition.
Thus if Durham : wins the All
American City tdg, efforts by Warren
and Ms. Burton could keep the victory '
- from being tainted.'The award is given :
each year' by the National Municipal
I caguc, , and this year, Durham is
among 16 finalists selected from about
i. nn
' 1,1 ' ? ' . ' V.' '
T
, 600 cities that applied for the designa-
' tioa.v The winners will be announced in
August in Seattle, Washington during '
the League's convention:
The taint x)f the title would come
from the fact that though city leaders,
used efforts by a coalition of agencies
to solve the Few, Gardens-Edgemont .
drug problem to qualify for the title,
the problem is as bad as ever, accor
ding to some community residents.
The taint could be removed by ef
forts of. Ms.. Burton and .Warren to
launch a new anti-drug abuse program
in the two neighborhoods that would
center more around prevention, - than
just, arresting pebple:who selj drugs.
This approach, Warren believes; might
do more toward solving the' problem "
G.0ra,g;'
than just "busting" offenders,
v The anti-drug abuse project was pne
of three local ef forts cited in Durham's
application for the All-American City
designation.'
Others were? the community-based
fund raising 'drive to finance a new
building for the Lincoln Community
Health ' Center, and a citywide
economic development strategy that
was developed last year by a
32-member citizens group.
And while two of the projects the
fund raising arid the economic develop-
ment strategy clearly show Durham
citizens working together; to solve a
problerrt, the other project appears to
have only ' driven the problem
underground, from public view.
v
Mi lip
Effort
And, according to Ms. Burton, drug
trafficking in the northeastern Durham
neighborhoods is just as bad as ever.
"The problem is not solved by any
stretch of the imagination." said Ms.
Burton during a recent interview. "I
work here every day and I can testify
that things are almgst as bad as they
were before they (the police) came in."
The police came in during the sum
mer last year, following a growing
chorus of complaints about, drug traf
ficking in the area. ' f
According to several residents of the
area, the neighborhood was like "...an
open-air narcotics supermarket."'
Before the police "crackdown, drug",
dealers lined the sidewalks, moving '
quickly to sell narcotics to motorists
driving through the area. Buyers simp
ly drove by slowly, made -transaction
and drove away. Many of the sales oc
curred in broad open daylight. During'
that time, the Few Gardens-Edgemont
neighborhoods were the city's .drug
dealing centers.
Warren agrees.
"The corner of Morning Glory
Avenue and Holman'Street was an em
barrassment to the neighborhood," he
said. "There were drug ripoffs, and
older citizens were afraid to venture r
from their homes. The police depart
ment was getting a lot of negative feed
back because of the problem."
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Grimes Indicted By Grand Jury
that ' Grimes, who is
white, ran over Reams, a
black manr because, he
(Reams) was walking
along the 2400 block of
Guess Road with a white
woman. . v
Several local organiza-,
tions have said; that
Grimes should be charg-
By Isaiah Singletary
Followi ng a grand jury
indictment last week, the
man charged in the death
of a pedestrian in May is
scheduled for an arraign
ment in Superior'' Court
on July 26.
The grand jury indict
ment Robert B. Grimes,
19, on involuntary
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two eyewitnesses to the
killing to testify in the
trial-.' ' .. n .
1 These eyewitnesses,
one of them the dead
man's brother, Eugene
Reams, told The
Carolina Times that he
saw the car that killed his
brother pass the couple,
swing around in the road
ed with murder, but both Several blocks away and
ictnib. me District Attorney s Do,mc c...nn rrnm v,
urimes trial date, accor- office have maintained ,pntr n - iumnort h
that the evidence., does xurb, struck his brother
not support a rnurder , And sped away with the
charge. .t v ,v flights .off.,- '
i in tioht 'ftf that ttosi- i The other witness. Ms.
tioTt. - and the. charge Patricia Reid,Mhe whitt, charges. against him have
. floainit firimes.it' isjrtoihiwtfman Reams was'-walk' ' subsequently been drop-
, - yi fJhat has included charges i tbrne
ding the Superior Court
Clerk's office, will be set
at the arraignment.
' The indictment i and
scheduled triaKare the
latest developments in a
tells essentially the same
story. Ms. Reid,
however, adds that she
heard the driver of the
car yell racial epithets at
them. ,
Ms. Reid also has said
that she recognized
Grimes as the drjyer of
the car because he and
her brother were involv
ed in drug dealings
together.
An investigation by
The Carolina Times later
revealed that Grimes, has
a long police and court
'record, - including drug
trafficking -'.N charges.
though ' most of the
I charges 5 tdrney's .Office will ra!l police she . was his;wiferi: beiore j trial.
" Mrs. Chisolm "
. No Time For Fodlishness
Shirley Chisholm Warns
Blacks To Get Serious
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Sheriff Allen
Reels From Controversies
By Joseph K. (ireen
In one of the most
blistering speeches of her
political- career, Con-.
grcsswoman Shirley
Chisholm told a gather
ing of North Carolina
blacks that black people
have no. ' : ' 'organized
agenda for collective sur-
; vival ; and that black
minds1 are being wasted
on television and the
"ptirsuir . of mean--inglessncss'',
;
Speaking before the
r: 11 1'lh annual conference
on ! the state's Black
Leadership Caucus on
last Saturdav evening at ;
NCCUv;Mrs; niisholm.
who Is retiring from
Congress, said that
blacks have to "leave the
good limes alone" and
gel serious. -"The
battle grounds
' have shifted from the na
tional nlevcl lo the slate
level," said Mrs.
Chisholm, who describ
ed herself as a "maverick
and fighter". . -
-She told the audience
of about 800 blacks,
. most of whom . arc
politically active, thai if.
they were serious aboui
making ' progress in
North Carolina, they
would send "Mickey
Michaux lo Congress".
, "Why do so ' many
blacks have to follow the
lives . of middle class
America into ' self
indulgence?" she asked.
"We have to gel away
from . blaming someone
else for our inefficien
cies." ' ; Mrs. Chisholm, who
,. was the first black
woman to run for the
presidency of the, United
States, tolc) the ,v con
ference participants that
she was retiring from
Congress, but not retir
ing from political in
. volvement. . .
"I am g6ing back to
the streets," she said,
"We have got to get
ready for 1984., This is.
f not my funeral. , I will :
. fight to the very end." ' ,
While a member of
Congress,' Mrs.
Chisholm has maintain
ed contacts with blacks
from all across the coun
try. . .t "I have been follow
ing what has been going
on in North Carolina."
she said, "a bloodless
; polit ical bat lie is ' taking
place here," she said to
the roaring approval. of
the conference par
ticipants.' The Cong ress woman
from Brook lyn, who
rarely bites her tongue,
; and who has a reputation
for espousing a biting
and realistic order of
black problems told the
audience that ; they
should "stop making ex
cuses for the . lack of
black progress," and
begin taking some con
crete steps toward ac
tion. v ' y
"Where arc the
Malcolm X's and the
Martin Luther Kings,"
she asked, recalling two
of . the country's
rbrcmosl leaders.
. "Blacks arc engaged
in petty foolishness,"
.she said. "Where is the
unity so that we can
achieve?"
"Shirley Chisholm is
.marching straight
ahead," she said about
herself vShc is not look
ing lo the norlh or to the
south, to the cast or to
the west . She is just mar
thing ever-forward." ,
By Isaiah Singletary
In the gun lap of his
race to keep his job for
four more years,
Durham County Sheriff
Bill Allen must feel like a
punch drunk fighter try-,
ing to duck left hooks
Analysis
with his hands tied
behind him.
During the last weeks,
Allen, who faces
Durham, County ABC
Chief Roland Leary in a
runoff election Tuesday,
has been hit with two or
three good shots to the
head.
First, Durham Public
Safety officers arrested
one of Allen's deputies
and charged him with
selling a gun to a jail
prisoner last January.
The gun allegedly was '
later used to help ihc
man escape. ,
On the heels of that,
came ..charges; thai the :
same deputy, and a
magistrate solicited scx
ual favors from a woman
prisoner in return for
helping her with a
drunken driving charge.
And last, but certainly
not least, a neatly typed,
flyer that began quietly
circulating in the black
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' Community
Allen with,
MS, BVNli
A Day In Court
Led To Another
And Another
charges
running a
nacist department.
None of these charges
taken separately packs
thai much of a wallop,
because Allen contends
that he can answer each
of them. But coming
together like a vicious "beyond
combination ol jabs and cectjon
hooks to the neaa, tnc
charges could have Allen
job hunting this time
next week.
So the fight for the
sheriff's office has been
mean and vicious. But
the real question is has
the fight for the job
opened . wounds that
could hamper effective
law enforcement
cooperation between the
two departments in the
future?.
No one wants to deal
with that question just
yet. Allen's enemies
smell victory, and Allen
says he's not looking
next Tuesday s
And whatever the out
come Tuesday, Allen is
certain not to forget the
last six months for a long
time because, in many
ways, the future of his
24-ycar law enforcement
career boils down to just
that the last six mon-
(Coniinucd on Page 3)
Michaux Run-Off Is Hard Ball Game
, By Joseph K. Green
As the July 27 primary
run-off election nears for
the 2nd District congres
sional seat, ' H.M.
"Mickey' Michaux con':
tinucs to hurl political
hard ball t I.T. "Tim"
Valentine. -
Michaux and Valcn-''
tine came in first and se
cond in the June 26
Democratic primary,
with Michaux garnering
about 44 per cent of the
vote, and Valentine pick
ing up about 26 per cent
of, the vote. 1 ;
Michaux has gotten
y-'j,''
! E EE g H
Notice
The Second Primary is July 27. ,
Polls are open 6:30 atm; to 7:30 p.m.' ; " :
Only registered Democrats may vote. "
The deadline for applying for absentee ballots is 5
p.m., July 22.
pne-stop absentee voting is available until S p.m.,
July 22 at the Board of Elections.
The deadline for receipt of the absentee ballots by :
the Board of Elections is 5 p.m., July 26. . : ,
Unaffiliated voters cannot vote in this election. :
For more information, call the Board of Elections,'
-682-5745. ...
s s s a s si b 3 a a ja & is a a a a s a a'a 3 ri 1
the support of major,
black and white national
and state officials. Mrs.
Corelta' Scott King,,
widow of Martin Luther
King, Jr. i has sent a let
ter to 45,000 black voters
in the district urging
them to return to the
polls. The letter does not
tell them to Vote for
Michaux, but it is con
ceded that most of them .
win. -;
Morris Udall,'
Democratic , ? Con
gressman from Arizona
and a former presidential
candidate, has sent a let
ter to more than 10,000
white v voters . in the;
" district urging them to
vote for Michaux.
Udall and many other
- Congress ' ?. members
- believe that Michaux will
be a better congressman
than Valentine because
he will come to Congress
with experience,. having
served as a former U.S.
Attorney, according to
t Michaux aides.
. "The people are
beginning to realize that
Michaux will be more ef
fective than Valentine,"
said Ms. Pat Gill, a prin
cipal Michaux aide. "He
will be able to work with
members in both bran
ches of the Congress for
the good of all of the
people of North
Carolina."
According , to
Michaux, one. of the
chief issues facing North
Carolina; is the tobacco
price support program,
which he supports.
. Michaux said during
an interview that the
farmers of North
Carolina were crucial to
this state and crucial to
the country
By Isaiah Singletary
Ms J Cynthia Bynum
went to court On a Mon
day in May, not to be
tried, but to give her
brother some moral sup
port during his trial. Yet.
t took her nine weeks to
get out of court.
In the process, Ms.
Bynum. 22, and A&T
State University senior
social services major,
learned at least two
valuable lessons that all
citizens need to know.
, She learned that the
slightest mistake in deal
ing with the criminal
justice system can toss
the average law-abiding
citizen into a swirling
vortex, of circumstances
that can give one a police
record, a migraine
headache, ! and have
one's name splahsed
across newspaper pages
like that of a criminal. In
most : of these cir
cumstances, the citizen
the victim in this case
has little opportunity
to explain what happen
ed, and . few people are
' willing to listen anyway.
She also learned that
a congressman. "We complaining to the police
must deal with the jelly about being mistreated
bean mentality that is I by a police officer often
presently floating down avails nothing because
the Potomac River," he the police investigate
said, speaking of the cur-1 themselves and then tell
rent President in ' you nptning.
Washington.
this state miss this op
portunity and sent the
wrong man (Valentine)
anywhere near the na
tion's capital."
Michaux says that he
wants to create a
"positive partnership
with the people for pro
eress and brosnerity. as
Michaux said that the
According to political ', defense budget has got-
Insiders. Senator ; Ted ten out of hand. "We
Kennedv voted for the
tobacco price support
program for the first
r time in his congressional
history because of, his
relationship with
Michaux and a few other
, political leaders in the
state:
have guided missiles and
niisguided people."
' Ben Ruffin,. a chief
aide; to Governor Jim,
Hunt, said that he per?
sonally supports
Michaux and ' that he
! urges other citizens to
cast their ballots. for him
There are only about (Michaux).
ten or twelve peopt in MThis Is probably the
this state who have the ;most important congres-
of influence in sional race in the history
type
Washington that Mickey
'will ;have," said one
, observer, ."it would be a
, shame if the people, of
of our state, Ruffin
said during an interview,
"It is one that we must
win."
Ml ivae rallv Ininkino
about trying to do my in
ternship in Durham as a
juvenile w court
counselor- Ms. Bynum
said during an interview
about her experiences,
"but now, there's no
way."
But 'despite going
through what she called
"the absolute worst ex
perience of my life",
which included being ar
rested and charged with
obstructing . an officer
and disorderly conduct,
Ms. Bynum survived and
won at least a partial vic
tory. . On July 13, when she
finally went to court,
after being charged . on
May 17. the prosecutor
took a voluntary'
dismissal ol UK case
This means that her case
can be reopened any time
within the next two
years. But reopened pr
not, Ms. Bynum now has"
a criminal record that
normally would follow
her the rest of her life.
Bui good news follow
all this bad news for Ms.
Bynum and anyone else
who finds himself caught
up in the criminal justice
system, victimized by cir
cumstances and the
system's lack of sensitivity-
You can now , have
those police . and court
records erased complete-'
ly, no more to haunt you
in job-hunting efforts, or
otherwise; indicate that,
you are not an upstan
ding citizen. I
But first, let us show
how Ms. Bynum and. ac
cording to some court
officials, many other
people inadvertently get
ronnrtt tin in t K criminal
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justice system.
Monday, May J7, was
a Brisk Spring day, sort
1 i t-r a . ma
01 nan way oetween cnu
ly and warm. Ms.
Bynum's V brother,
Reginald, was due in
court that morning. He
was charged with
speeding and resisting ar
rest. And while he plead-
. ed guilty to the speeding
charge, he contended to
the court that the ar
resting officer beat him
up for no reason.
But District Court
Judge W.G. Pearson, II
ruled against Bynum and
ordered him to pay a fine
and the costs of court. In
y a mixture of anger and
disgust, the teenager
strode from the cour
troom, slamming , the
; door behind him. The
judge ordered police of
ficers in thecourtroom
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