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VOLUME 4 NUMDER,dtf'JT’ PEMBROKE. N.C. Thursday, September 9. 1976.
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2 INDIANS, 1 BLACK AMONG NEW LAWYERS SWORN IN
Swearing in of new lawyers christens new courthouse
New lawyers are shown being sworn in.
Earl Homer Strickland is far left and
Sandy Dexter Brooks Is shown far right.
[Elmer Hunt photo]
Sandy Dexter Brooks and Earl Homer min Currence, a Black & a native of I
Stricriand. Attorney Arnold Locklear Rowland. He was.also introduced to the
introduced Brooks to the court and bar by Arnold Locklear. Also joining the
Attorney Ertle Knox Chavis introduced bar were Catherine Biggs Arrowood,,
Strickland to his peers and friends. Adelaide Behan, Horace Mitchell Baker
Sandy Dexter Brooks will be associated H, Edward Hughes Johnson and George
with Arnold Locklear in the practice of Wright Lennon,
law in Pembroke. Strickland joins
Chavis and Horace Locklear in Lum- Two other Indians also have recently
berton. finished law school and have been
admitted to the practice of law
Brooks is a graduate of the UNC- elsewhere. They are Arlinda Locklear
Chapel Hill Law School. Strickland is a (formerly of the area) who is working
graduate of Yale Law School. for theNative American Rights Fund in
Boulder, Colorado; and Julian Pierce,
Brooks is the son of the late John another native of the area who is
Brooks and Mrs. Lela Brooks Locklear employed by the Securities and Ex-
of Pembroke. Earl Homer Strickland is change Commission in Washington,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard DC.
Strickland of the Prospect Community.
A reception was held at LRDA’s
The unusual class ofeight includes 2 Annex in Pembroke for Brooks and
Indians, I Black, 2 females and three Strickland following the courtroom
white males. Others beside Brooks and ceremonies. The reception was spon-
Strickland joining the bar were Benja- sored by local Indian attorneys.
Water & Sewer Hike
upsets Pembroke
Townspeople
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and things]
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Said an Indian wag with a hint of wit,
“It is appropriate that the new court
house is the scene of the swearing in of
these new lawyers; especially the two
Indians and Black.. Maybe it was worth
the oodles of money after all."
But the new court house seemed a lot
like the old one, antiseptic and inducing
a vague feeling in one that it might not
be a bad idea to get out of there as soon
as possible. The $2.4 million structure
was bone bate and provokes the
question of what in the devil did they
spend the $2.4 million on. The new
county structure seemed fortress like
and without soothing color..,, sort of a
sandy, stone law and order hue.
But it was a time of rejoicing for the
eight new lawyers, their families and
friends. More than 250 persons turned
out to see and hear Judge Henry A.
McKinnon swear in the new barristers
and welcome them to the practice of
law.
The eight new lawyers was the
largest class of lawyers yet in the
history of Robeson County;.
SANDY DEXTER BROOKS AND
EARL HOMER STRICKLAND
The two new Indian lawyers are
'Phil Diehl hired as attorney-
PHIL DIEHL HIRED AS
DESSIDENT’S ATTORNEY
Also, the petitioners did not think it
was fair to charge them more for water
and sewage than the average tenants in
the low rent housing units.
A turn away crowd turned out
Tuesday night for the latest round in the
rhubarb surrounding the recent water Controversey has arisen concerning
and sewer hike implemented by the the new town manager, R. D. Locklear,
town council and Town Manager R. D. Many townspeople think he has moved
ADOLPH DIAL AND PRESIDENT FORD MEET
Locklear.
Raeford attorney Phil Diehl address
ed the council in tl c name of, according
to Diehl, some 400 Pembroke citizens
who have signed a petition protesting
the recent water and sewer hike.
WATER AND SEWER RATES
increased
Water and sewer rates have
recently been increased from a mini
mum of $6.88 (up to 2,000 gallons) to
$9.00 minimum. Added usage of water
and sewer increases the cost of one’s
water and sewer bill proportionately
according to a scale devised by town
officials.
One part of the furor surrounding
water and sewer bills is the special rates
paid by the four housing sites of low
rent public housing in the town. Instead
of meters for each tenant in the housing
units, there is one meter at each low
rent housing site. The water bill paid by
the housing authority is lower than the
average citizen because, according to
officials, ibe housing developments are
public housmg (federally owned) and
are subsidized to some degree as they
are in other cities in the county and
state.
Diehl addressed the council and said
that the petitioners wanted the council
to go back to the original rates because
they thought those rates were equitable
and supplied enough revenue to support
the program of the town.
too quickly to attempt to change the
alleged bankrupt condition of the town.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Locklear was the
subject of discussion among the councW
in executive session.
COUNCILMAN MILTON HUNT CALLS
FOR LOCKLEAR’S RESIGNATION
In response to a recent charge of
driving under the influence, and other
personal problems, a number of people
have called for Locklear’s resignation,
including Councilman Milton Hunt.
Reportedly, Milton Hunt, at Tuesday
night’s meeting, called for Locklear’s
resignation, His motion died for lack of
a second. At a previous meeting, the
town council, in essence, placed
Locklear on probation.
Many towns people have been
angered by the fact that Locklear hired a
White as a collector of delinquent taxes.
Originally, according to town officials,
the tax collector was paid under the
auspices of a CETA program and was
only supposed to work through June 30.
He is still employed by the town.
Attorney Diehl asked for pertinant
information from the town concerning
the water and sewer hikes and promised
further action in the matter.
Actually, as one townsman put it. “no
action was taken, but we did let off
some steam.’’ The townsman promised,
"This is not the last you’ve heard of
this...”
PerribroLe Boosters
Meet Tonighr
President Jim Freeman encouroges oil
members of the Pembroke Booster
Club to attend over/special meeting of
the Boosters Thursdoy night (tonight) at
Pembroke Senior High School. The
meeting will be held in the cofeterio
and will begin ot 7:00 p.m.
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SADDLETREE WOMEN
STATE CHAMPIONS
The Saddletree Women’s Softball
Team won its title at Mocksville for the
second consecutive year, and for the
second consecutive year the Most
Valuable Player Award went to Alice
Kennedy of the Saddletree team.
The Saddletree Women’s Athletic
Club is a unique Robeson County
experience, and their ability to play the
game of softball is well recognized
throughout the state. Congratulations to
the Saddletree Women's Athletic Club
team for the fine year they have had.
ENROLLMENT RECORD SET AT PSU
PSU set a new enrollment record
Thursday when the university computer
center reported that 2, 187 had
registered.
This is four above last year’s record
enrollment. The FTE (full time equiva
lent students), those taking at least 12
semester hours, is 20 more than a year
ago.
^ Dr. Norma Jean Thompson, begin-
»ning’ her fifth year as Dean of
Admissions and Registration at PSU,
made one initial comment about the
record enrollment in both categories.
“Great!”
She added, “This is the best calibre
student body we’ve ever had at PSU
based on their SAT (Scolastic Apitude
TesT> scores and thetT tanks Vn ctass.”
Dr. Thompson says she feels that
more and more college- age young
people are becoming aware of what PSU
has to offer.
“I think our faculty and other
students deserve credit, too, for the fine
calibre of students we now have,” she
concluded. “They have all helped to
recruit students for PSU.”
NO CRIME FOUND IN PROBE-BRITT
Dist. Atty. Joe Freeman Britt said
Friday a State Bureau of Investigation
probe of alleged bribes at the Robeson
County prison unit shows no evidence of
criminal conduct.
McKeithan Jones, currently an in
mate at the Yadkin County prison unit,
had charged in March that while a
prisoner at the Robeson County unit he
had given money and building materials
to warden J. A. Oxendine and other
prison employees.
Britt, after studying a confidential
report by the SBl, said Friday there was
no evidence of criminal conduct, but
that the investigation did not rule out
possible “administrative indiscretions.’
Jones charged in his written com
plaint presented to the Inmate Grievan
ce Committee that he had given
Oxendine and guards at the unit a total
of $1,081 from Sept. 1974 to January
1976. Some of the payments were in
cash Jones charged, including dividing
the profits from selling coffee in the
prison canteen, and other payments
were in the form of fence posts and
food.
Britt said Jones told SBl agents he
had given money to prison officials, but
only as gifts, not as bribes for favors.
Britt said Jones filed his grievance
after being transferred to the Moore
County prison unit, and after he had lost
his work release privileges.
investigation after his own agency was
unable to estalish guilt or innocence in
the case.
PROSPECT WINS
Tailback Jeffery Cummings and
wingback Ricky Jones each grabbed
touchdowns Friday night to power
Prospect to a 14-6 victory over Acme-
Delco here in an opening night football
tussle. I
Cummings ran for 35 yards in the
fourth quarter to grab his points
and made the conversion too.
Jones made first points for Prospect
by making a one yard run across the
goal line in the first quarter, but failed
in a bid to run for two more points.
Prospect’s next game is Friday where
on home turf they will clash with
Maxton.
TWO PEMBROKE YOUTHS
KILLED IN CAR WRECK
Two Pembroke teenagers were
killed Sunday in a predawn Robeson
County traffic wreck, pushing the North
Carolina Labor Day weekend toll to
eight.
The deaths brought the toW for the
year to977, according to N. C. Highway
PatTot. The Lahoi Day Week end tott \s
we\t he\ow the 34 deaths that were
reported during the Labor Day week
end last year.
Killed in the 3:05 a. m. wreck on State
Road 1339 about 1.5 miles south of
Pembroke were Thomas Ray Strickland,
17, and Steve Albert Lowery, 19.
The two were passengers in a car
which ran off the road and over turned,
a spokesman for the patrol said. The
investigating trooper cited high speed
as a contributing factor in the one- car
wreck.
107 REGISTER IN PSU-CHARLOTTE
GRADUATE PROGRAM
A total of 107 registered last
Thursday night for PSU’s new Graduate
Studies Program in cooperation with
UNC-Charlotte.
A follow-up registration will be held
Thursday, Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m. when the
first night classes will be held from
6:30- 9:30 p.m.
Registration and classes will be in the
Jones Health and Physical Education
Center.
Students may complete work on their
Master’s Degrees in two years. A total
of 125 graduatedthis summer through a
similar cooperative program between
Appalachian State University and Pem
broke State University.
COMMISSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of the
Commission of Indian Affairs is com
posed of 27 members- three from each
tribe and association represented by the
Indian commission and six members
serving by virtue of their office within
state government.
The Board of Directors includes the
following tribes and officials:
Fred Morrison, director of the N. C.
Inmate Grievance Commission, turned
the complaint over to the SBl for
Adolph Dial and President Ford meet.
Ricky
President Gerald Ford meets Adolph
Dial in the East Wing of the White
House. Dial was one of two hundred
Indian leaders throughout America who
met with President Ford at the White
House on July 16, 1976 to discuss
problems and possible solutions to
Indian America’s plight.
Dial is the Chairman of the American
Indian Studies Department at Pem
broke State University and is presently
serving as one of the five Indians on the
rv .aCC
American Indian Policy Review Com
mission. Dial is also chairman of the
Robeson Historical Drama, Inc., the
sponsoring agency of the wildly suc
cessful outdoor drama ‘Strike at the
Wind!’ which just finished its first
Said Dial. “President Ford seemed to
be a very nice and sincere man. He is
not arrogant and was easy to talk to
although he did all the talking at our
meeting. 1 believe some good will come
from it.” *
Dial was one of three Lumbees who
attended the meeting. Dr. Bobby
Brayboy and W.J. Strickland also
attended the prestigious meeting. Bray-
boy is chief of the National Indian
Health Section’s Recruitment and Strick
land is the former head of CENA (The
Coalition of Eastern National Ameri
cans.)
Brooks selected
Warrior of Week
Ricky Brooks was chosen as
the unanimous candidate for
Warrior of the Week honors by
the Pembroke Senior High
coaching staff. Ricky has been
a fine team member during the
pre-season training, display
ing a good attitude and a
willingness to give one hun
dred percent of himself. Ricky
certainly proved that willing
ness last Friday night in the
Warriors' 6-0 victory over the
Rowland Cobras. He played
both at an offensive and
defensive tackle position and
was a member of all the
special teams. It was such
defensive play as Ricky dis
played that allowed the Warri
ors to stop Rowland from
scoring.
Steve Tyner
Cumberland County Association of
kr Indian People, Benjamin Maynor, Viola
i Jacobs, Cynthia Keys: Guilford County
' Association of Native Americans, Lon-
k nie Revels, Pat Cavan, Jerry Brewer;
T Metrolina Native Americans, Lee Roy
4 Epps. James Barak, James Lowry;
1 Waccamaw-Siouan, Shirley Freeman,
I Linda Jacobs. John Webb: Lumbee.
1 John W. Oxendine. Alton Hunt, Ertle
Knox Chavis; Coharie, Marty Simmons,
Lawrence Emanuel. Ricky Maynard;
Haliwa, W. R. Richardson, Glenn
Richardson, Gilbert Lynch; State offici
als. James Hunt. Lt. Gov.; Phil Kirk,
Human Resources; George Little, Natu
ral and Economic Resources; James C.
Greene. Speaker of the House; T. Avery
Nve, Labor; Manford Emmrich, Employ
ment Security Commission.