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The Politics Of Killing | On May 31, 1979, a distraught female teenager telephoned the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department seeking help. She said her tether was drunk and had beaten her. The seemingly routine domestic or family dis turbance errupted into the shoot ing death of two sheriffs de puties responding to the girl’s call and the death ef a state trooper who tried to apprehend the fleeing suspect, James Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins was convicted of first-degree murder and sen tenced to death for two of the v killings. Just 40 mimutes before a scheduled Friday (January 13), 6 a.m. execution, the N.C. Supreme Court delayed the execution for at least 00 days. The legal maneuvering involved to save Hutchins’ life involved 17 courts, included actions by the U.S. Supreme Court, the N.C. Supreme Court, a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a state Super ior Court, and two U.S. District Courts, numerous lawyers, and the Governor’s office, plus de monstrations by anti-capital 1 punishment activists and black civil rigbters concerned ’that Hutchins’ execution will open a flood gatb of executions against level of nuclear war will kill us all or at the very least destroy human civilization as we now know it. In spite of this fact, our . national government continues to stock pile nuclear weapons based* on the assumption that this will serve as a deterrent to war with Russia andlftll pre serve the peace. President Reagur confirmed this is an election year speech from .the White House on Mon day, January 16, when he skid his matching of a Soviet wea pons build-up had made the world safer. “The fact that nei ther of us likes the other's ' system is no reason to refuse to talk. Living in this nuclear agfe makes it imperative that we talk.” Unfortuntately, Mr. Reagan’s conciliatory message to Russia haft been viewed by moat ex perts as more political rhetoric Brought on by pressures from otff European allies and pOQs fftsiSLJaow anxiety among Ame OfUikVpters concerned over de letidi'ating relations between dig onited States and Russia, it in jfust such eroding relations timt could triggeraimclear war. Bw$,the American people, trufy'value hiiman life; and th< worth of the individual, we mus send a clear message to tht government in Wasbbgtdb, be it Republic or Democratic, that it must take the moral and politic al leadership to begin a serious de-escalation of the nuclear build up and movement toward a lasting and pqpanent peace. We cannot ' less. While these noble add courag eous efforts b*ve led to sub stantially improved race rela . tions add economic advance ment for blades, Mayor Gantt reminded the 1,*X> plus people at •e First United Methodist Church “we still have much . wotffc to do. Many of our white u/SfcoPt ,V . *J4 ‘ ' 7**- *y,[.. * *Vt . •• • friends are lulledinto a sense of security and righteousness wt»n/ they look around and see how fir black folks have coined Ihe lingering high levels of opportunity for far too many. bIack~'Americans is a clear re minder that we still have much workto do.” The central point in Mr. Gantt’s address was that as keepers of (he King dream “we must continue to figh( for or risk retreat.” Complacency and apathy are the allies of a retreat from social and economic justice, there fore, let iis aggressively seek justice. ' .' • ' THE CHARLOTTE POST #./ "T* * 1 " 1 1 ■■ f ■ ' ■■ “TIIE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER”T • Established 1918 Published Every Thursday by The Charlotte Post Publishing Co., Inc. Subscription Rate $17.88 Per Year i-———— ‘ Second Class Postage No. 965500 Postmaster Send 3579s to: 1531 Camden Rd.. Charlotte, N.C. 28203 Telephone: 704-376-0496 Circulation: 11,023 _106 Years of Continuous Service Bill Johnson Bernard Reeves Fran Farrar Dannette Gaither Editor, Publisher General Manager Advertising Director Office Manager Second Class Postage No. 965500 Paid at Charlotte. North Carolina Under the Act of March 3^1878 ,, ^Member, National Newspaper - _ Publishers’ Association North Cartriina Black Publishers Association a——_•_ , ■ * I>eadllne for all news copy and photos is 5 p.mM Monday. All photos and copy submitted become the property of The Post and will not be returned. - e National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, lae. ■ - __ M»«. MieMfu Art. CirtrHU. ». MU i « W. 4#Ui MU 1493 New York. New York 14934 212-489-1339 Needed Now—United Gm We Mutt Prevent 10 Our Own Children From Turning hto Junkiet Who Prey On Their Own People./ We Can... /AI Prevent That. Devil Threatening Families! that I am still facing per secution. It has seemed that not only myself but other black female mis sionaries have suffered the wort of the devil in-efforts to uphold and sustain God’s work. However, we do know that curses are turned into blessings, causing the devil to flee from thee. .« ' I have contributed un tiring and unselfish ser vices to the community, V'X'. i ‘ .. . .(• city, state and world to bring about peace and harmony to my fellow man whether or not be be rich, poor, black, white, learned, etc. My mission is to cre ate auna develop a religious freedom for all, a freedom now! i f am asking those caring people out there to join me in raising $20,000 which is ^jUratd^iamy I've had three at torneys already who were out for selfish gain and they did not have my beet In terest in mind whatsoever. We need 20,000 people to ■end $1 toward this, ef fort. We call upon all peo ple to come to the aid of not only me, but ourselves. Liberty is a seamless gar ment whose unraveling endangers everyone. Therefore, we call upon President Reagan, the courts, Congress, and the Senate to restrain agencies of government from contin uing encroachment and de fiance of God-given rights as human beings and as people who have cocne to rely on the fundamental principles of freedom of this great nation. “Withbut love, we are nothing,” ICor. 13. Mrs. Estop M. Theaspsoa P. O. Box 30382 Charlotte, NC 28230 •Has it occurred to any one that the primary goal Of the power structure - might hot be quality edu cation for all? Hie as sumption has always been that this is the goal. If a solution is found, what would be the result? Bet tor educated electorate? That’s one of the results. More, competent compe tition in the Job market? True. When people know mere, they expect more. They become lees gullible. A Waking man can be a langerous man. Argentine Deigh From Capitol Hill ■» .. ■■ M C°l_^■Becte While Folks Alfreds L. Madison Special To The Post People aren’t crazy," was a statement made when White House Prees Secretary Larry Speakoa stated that President Rea gan insists that the CM1 Rights Commission is an independent agency. When Clarence Pendleton, Com mission Chairman, ap peared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for confirmation he said he would carry out the wishes of the Preaid—t. In a te lephone conversation to this reporter, President Reagan said, “The Civil Rights Commission serves at the pleasure of the Presi dent, and believe me I was not getting any pi—sire out of it They are snip ing at me at every in stance and much of it is not true.” White House Coun selor EM Mae— evidenced that the commission is e public rotations agency for Civil Rights organiza tions insist that the agreed On compromise, spec tries I ly called for retention of the Commissioners Mary ’Louise Smith and Jig Ruckeishaue Yet, after the Administration accepted the compromise, it fired Smith end Ruckelhause be cause they were for busing, affirmative action and K was felt they would vote against Pendleton for Cess na iseion chairman Thane actions of the Admtaistra <1 ■ • vr r?MBw >z ' *■ 7^,. «JPpMHPF'VT : Mon remove aQ doubt about independence, and it sur rendara the Commission to the control of the Presi dent. It reflects President Reagan's aB-out assault on civil rights for blacks. Hispanic*. American In dians, women «nd the Linda Chavez, the newly appointed Commission staff director, has Issued e memo which dvU rights leaders sey show that she sion. Ms, Chaves la te mending that affirm ativa actien measures which have been qpbald by the Courts, be reas sessed, She Me that Oowt ordered affirmative action, discriminates against whites Chavez stated that tha Detroit ease, which bed not bean decided by the lower Court's decision Which states that the De troit police should be pro moted - one white and one black until black police promotions reach SO per oent. Chavez Ignores the tact that blacks are also equally qualified for pro motions as whites The memo suggests that alternatives to eourt or dered busing for achieving school desegregation should be found. Chavez recemmendh that the pre vious commission’s work of employment discrimin ation at women be discon tinned. She challenges the concept Jd equal pay for ms. . uuvez is against bilingual education tar Hispanic* She calls for rmeamsanent o( student aid for Hispanic and black ■toiknta who attapd, tra ditionally, black and Jlis panic colleges. * /» , The memo «n« !«■*> change fat the previous commission’s monograph of restricting effects of the VottnR Rights Adt. The new Arector con siders differences la iacomo, education and housing between races ant neceassrtly proof of ffis crlmination to renting and •eiMng houenr to minor idea white neighbor ad in public homing pro iects in their communities Her memo and interview evidence the fact that she l ^Tir' fads affirmative action ad versely affects academic standards in higher edu cation. Chavez should con sider the discriminating dispersement of federal funds in institutions of higher learning in the North Carolina school case, with particular em phasis on the differences in the nursing schools at the University of North Carol ina and the nursing school «t Agriculture and Tech nical University, the tra ditionally all Mack North Carolina University. What Linda Chases is really saying is that there is really no discrimination against blacks, HMpanks, women and native Ameri cana. She is seeking to change g^ whole purpose for creation of the com-1 mission from investigating and aoonotorh^ end mak ing recommendations for discriminating against Wnorities to protection of whites. Cftavn to asking for abandoomofat of previous ootnmtookM studies, sad Sabrma’s cotama wgl The nation s fourth leading kiUer bairns about 50,000 lives each year and thetfisk is greptar for teenagers than for any otjpr age the killer is motor vehicle accident. The drivers most likely to be invohfed in fatal crashes - and the Ones most likely re sponsible - arOteenaged drivers, according^ to a study done for the Insurance Institute^ for Highway Safety. ' By Mary H. FatreO m (President of the “ National Mvcattoo Amaociation Four years of English. Three years of tenth, sci ence and social studies. A half-year of instruction in computer science. Does that curriculum sound too rigorous or de manding for Ugh school students? Of course not. But the National Center for Education Statistics says that leas than two percent
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