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Duke University Library Newspaper Department -Durham N, C A 27706 Tf jo Cltzli Press- Our FrczCen Depends M On It! V: - : The man who trust meat will make fewer; ' mistake than the man who distrusts then, . , - , Omar Ctvout S(:scn f c acd Gtailfc ScnJcnco CHARLOTTE (CCNS) Despite the testimony of a psy chiatrist that he is schizonphrenic and legally insane, a jury of twelve persons, ten of them white; found Leroy Johnson guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Vicky McKinley. Johnson was given a sentence of life imprisonment.' . Prior to his arrest on April 21 , a few hours after Vickey Mc Kinley had been abducted from the parking lot at Central Pied mont College where she had been a student, Johnson, 32, had been in and out of prisons and mental institutions, since the age of twelve. Defense attorneys, relying on the defense of innocent by reason of insanity, have not denied that Johnson killed the young woman. Her mutilated body was found about (M. hours after she was forced into her car by a man bearing Johnson's description. About two hours later Johnson was arrested driving Ms. McKinley' s car on East Independence Blvd., one of the most heavily traveled and policed thoroughfares in the city. According to Dr. Charles Smith, a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine who examined, him, Johnson was absorbed in a delusion . fantasy when he killed and mutilated the , 19-year old Central College co-ed. Smith stated that Johnson was unable to understand the nature of his actions or distinguish between right and wrong. The ability to determine the difference between right and wrong is the basis upon which people are judged sane or insane fotkgal purposes, iv; ':, Smith further testified that Johnson; "tiansported tW atrocious killing into something that was in the nature of fantasy which had some - to him, at any rate - pleasurable kind of attributes to it." In Johnson's fantasy the crime was like, "ritualistic slaughter," Smith stated. During a pre-trial psy chiatric examination, Johnson had told Smith that Ms. Mc Kinley was scared to death and tried to bargain for her life, Johnson had stated that three other persons had knocked Ms. McKinley down, shot her and beat her One of them cut her throat, according to Johnson, "so" she wouldn't tell nobody. I could tell that the big gun killed her.!! According to Smith, "He Continued on Page 10 1 ' $ Hi Mm Blacks jboq: Each Stand Trim Corporal Qb-Assignod ToU.CDasc 1 GETTING THE ORDER STRAIGHT EARLY - Two young hopefuls .make sure Santa's Helper at South Square gets their complete orders. Insldo This Vcclt CHRISTMAS CONVICTION CHALLENGED Page 3 BAN DEATH PENALTY -ENTERTAINMENT- '- Pages 12-13 WANT TO MAKE CHILD A CRIMINAL? Page 12 BLACK MIND RHYTHM Page 14 ill CBplong, h4 CHERRY POINT (CCNS) Corporal Daniel Bailey, a marine organizer for the Ku Klux Klan of America was transferred December 3, : 1976, from Camp Pendleton Califor nia to Cherry Point Marine Air Station in eastern North Caro lina in the midst of racial turmoil at. the. California A U. S. Marine Corporal ' and organizer for the Ku Klux Klan has been re-assigned from racially-torn Camp Pendleton, California, to Cherry Point Marine Air Station. Cpl. Daniel Bailey was transferred under ' heavy guard to Cherry Point " where; according to Captain J. M. Pendergrast, Bailey is "carrying but his duties just like any other marine". Mean- while at Camp ' Pendleton, Black Marines -race trial for attacks on KKK members. ' An alleged' raid on a iNovember 13 beer party spon sored, by Camp Pendleton fKKKs brought' to. public's attention the level of , racial tension in. the Marines. White puty Director of the Agency v Marines 'were - i reportedly Leon Penny, requesting; "that 'dubbed' and beaten in the inci the situation of the salary be " dent which polarized, much, of, tookedinto." f . . toe huge military ease. S1W AuqoSob n Plaques were given recently to attorneys Who have paid a major portion of their pledges to the annual fund campaign of the North Carolina Central University School of Law. Shown holding their plaques are, from left, W. G. Pearson III of Durham, Joseph Williams of Greensboro, J. Kenneth Leo of Greensboro, William Marsh of Durham, Harry E. Groves of Durham, and Michael E. Lee of Greensboro. Among the Durham attorneys who were unable to attend the presentation cere monies but have made contributions were C. C. Malone and John H. Wheeler. The plaques were presented by President William C. Friday of the Unive sity of North Carolina. , . q2I Cgfl ppeaod By - . RALEIGH (CCNS) - Paul April, 1975 when she learned Keller, .Tetiring Executive Di- quite by chance that several rector of the Johnston and Lee employees in her department srS-ovS-'Wrni.. k J&W& immkM hoth awaitinc the results or an wm w aiiw s.ww KIIISTOII CIVIL rights lead:r is harassed KiNSTON(CCNS) Robert B. Brown, a dis abled army veterap, moved to Kinston, in rural eastern North Carolina two years ago to help Blacks in the community organize themselves to solve problems in housing, , inadequate education and of the elderly. "Right from the beginning the police started to harass me -and asking people who I was telling them I was a militant," Brown said. But, according to Brown, he wasn't stopped by the harassment. He rented a house and began to recruit members into the Lincoln Community . Service Society .whose Imme diate goal was to get federal funds to carry on some acti vities such as programs to feed senior citizens. When asked about the response from local business men, Brown' said; that they "thought that ' because we were trying to help poor Blacks that we were a communist group or . mili tants, but that's not so." Brown, 39 years old and a native of Kinston, described ' the small tobacco community , as about 25 years behind the rest of the state in race rela tions and in living and work conditions. The community is, "changing a small bit due to large factories moving South but even those treat Blacks a$ if we have nq rights," ' Brown said. He cites several examples of Blacks who work for DuPont, a multi-national ' corporation, as . 'helpless.' "They can't do anything 'or they get fired." He said that a young Black man in his thirties was slapped and fired last week Continued on Page 15 investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC). But each . hopes fot a different out come. The investigation stems from events leading up to and including Mrs. a Bryant's dis missal last December as Di rector of Community Develop ment for the Agency, a post the young black woman has held for seven years. Specifically, Mrs, Bryant charges Keller and the Agency with ' haying fired here, "in retaliation for my attempts to get a salary adjustment, which violates Section 704 (a) of Title VII of the Civil "Rights Act of 1964." Section 704 (a) of Title VII makes it Illegal to discriminate against any person because he or she has made a charge, testified, or partici pated in any manner in an investigation under Title VII. "I am. seeking reinstatement wth fuD back pay, damages and attorney's fees," said ' Mrs. Bryant, contacted at her home . in Raleigh. V, The story, as , Gloria Bryant tells it, began back in She wrote a confidential memo to her immediate superior, De- gan, "uitenaea w narass me, including one incident in wrucn Continued On Page 10 Dlacli-OvDod lend h Sod Goro ProiflJcblo Land owned by blacks in the South could form the equity base for greater mino rity participation in the grow ing southern economy says a new study published by the U.S. Department of Com merce Office of Minority Bus iness Enterprise (OMBE). Entitled "Land and Min ority Enterprise: The Crisis and The Opportunity," the three-part report was prepar ed for OMBE by Dr. Lester M. Salamon, assistant pro fessor of political science at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. It analyzes patterns of black land ownership in 14 southern states, examines the long-term effects of land ownership on rural black fam ilies, and suggests a low-cost Government policy designed to stabilize black land losses in the South and strengthen black agricultural enterprises. Approximately 65,000 southern -: b, lack ; landowners, controlled close to 6 mil lion acres worth about $1 billion at the time of the 1969 Agricultural Census. But the Commerce De partment study notes that the volume of black-held land,, while 'substantial, is far less than the amount owned by blacks 15 or 20 years ago. In the Interim, blacks have been losing land at the rate of 333,000 acres per year. Slowing this trend is cri tical to the preservation of Continued on Page 15 ICKK - trouble-makers. Two Marines were reported dis charged as undesirables by the San Diego Tribune. However, one of the ' main organizers, Cpl. Bailey was transferred to Cherry Point. s " v ; CaptainPendergast conunander of " the Cherry Point installation, said Bailey is not restricted and is to "carry out his duties just like any Marine and is certainly not in the brig."Before leaving Camp Pendleton Bailey was detained in jail and was flown to North Carolina under military guard. At Cherry Point, Pendergast said Bailey has assumed the position of ground safety non commissioned officer. Asked about race relations at Cherry Point, Pendergast said, "Its outstanding' every where you go around here; you see white and Black and Mexi can Americans eating together and doing other things." Race relations ; in the region surrounded by Cherry Point were made worse by the actions of a para-military or ganization of Marines and former Marines headed by Continued On Page 71 The Congressional Black Cau cus Friday voiced its strong opposition to a tax cut, now being considered by Presi- dent-Elect Jimmy Carter, Speaking for the Caucus, Congressman Charles B. Ran gel (TD-N.Y.), a member of the House Ways and Means Com mittee, said that the "Ologic of a tax cut as a means of stimulating the economy de fies description", "To sug gest", he continued, "that by , providing relatively small amounts of money to the more' prosperous in the na tion will stimulate their indi vidual spending is wrong not pnly by reason, but also by experience." Congressman John Con yers (D-Mich.), who was in strumental in initiating a let ter to President-Elect Carter signed by a broad spectrum of House Members,, pointed out that according to eco nomist John Kenneth Gal braith, the 25 per cent of the nation with the lowest in come would receive no tax return under the proposal Continued on Page 15 ; By Jesse H. Walker W:f X v M II JoGnnol Iffornoy Jcny Pal fu Court NEW YORK - Rep. Barbara Jordan of Texas and Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris, former Ambassador to Luxemburg ' and former dean of the Howard U. Law School are two persons mentioned prominently as being considered for President-elect Jimmy Carter's cabinet.. Being women and black, they could stand good chances. t 4 Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton has asked Secretary, of State Kissinger to reassess American policy on granting visas to South Africans. Also Secretary-designee (ms l .Vance Sutton who attended a conference on Africa in Lesotho, was refused a visa to visit South Africa. Senator Dick Oark, who attended same conference, was allowed iri, Sutton reported on his trip on Dec. 12 when the World Mutual Service Committee of the New Harlem YWCA held its Tribute to the South Africa Quest for Freedom. ' : " Tsietsi Mashinini, the leader of the student uprising in Soweto, South Africa, is now in the United States where he says he will be "moving around,' rpeaking, educating and agitating." Mashinini, who escaped from South Africa in August, is now a student in London. He sees an armed struggle between blacks and whites in South Africa within five years and says the Indians and coloreds who once looked down on the blacks, are now "corning together" on the black : 8ide" ," " . , The selection by Jimmy Carter of Dr. June Jackson Christmas of New York to head the 12-member group that is planning the transfer of the Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare from Republican to Democratic hands pointed up the dearth of women in NYC in top policy making spots. Dr. Christmas is Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services in NYC. Other top women are Eleanor Holmes Norton, Chairman of the Commission on. Human Rights and Lucille Rose, NYC Em ployment Commissioner. NROTC SCHOLARS Four North Carolina Central University students have been awarded Navy Scholarship by the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at North Carolina Central University. The scholarships are awarded through a national selection process. Shown receiving congratulations from Commander Howard Petty professor "of naval science, are, from left Kenneth D. Wilson, of Greensboro; Anthony AC Murphy of Greensboro: Anthony D. Harrison of Greensboro, and Timoethy C. McMIIIian of Sanford. ' The NROTC unit at NCCU now enrolls 45 students. Nineteen hold Navy Scholarships. (CCNS) - Motions are to be filed this week in the disbar ment proceedings initiated by the N. C. Bar Association ' against civil rights attorney Jerry Paid of Durham. Judge Edwin Preston heard argument supporting dismissal of the case , from Paul's v attorneys . on December 7 and 8 in the Dur ham Superior Court. .Preston. ' said he would make a ruling on the motion after giving attorneys on - both sides a chance to argue them in "court . Paul is charged with making critical statements about the judicial " system W North Carolina and the United States which Eugene Boyce, attorney for the N. C. Bar, said Paul and other attorneys are forbidden to , do by the canons of ethics that govern lawyers' " conduct. Paul is also charged with: having financial ; interests in a movie and publication rights in the Joanne Little trial which the Bar claims was improper and, again, is governed by the code of conduct. vThe essence of the matter before Preston is whether Paul has the right to criticize the bar and the judicial system as he did when he said that, given enough money, he could in- fluence the outcome of a trial of any defendant. This, his -attorneys say, was done in the' trial of Joanne little,, where funds made possible extensive . use of research staff, pro fessional consultants, investi gators, and others to present the defense case. Marvin Miller,! one of PauTs attorneys de-j fended the statement in argu-i ments to Preston saying that they were true ' and that to deny Paul the right to make the criticisms would be to deny, him freedom of speech guaranteed - by: the First Amendment to x the U. ' S. , Constitution.' ', ' The State Bar also charges ' Paul with making statements that would attract clients to . him which violates the canons Continued on Page 15 Captain Robert R. Turner, a veteran of 21 years in the NYC Fire Department is the new president of the Vulcan Society, Inc., the fraternal organization of the city's black firemen. He and other officers elected wul be installed by Borough President Percy E. Sutton on Dec. 19, at the or ganization's 18th Annual Christmas Party. The affair also provides gifts for the shut-in patients at Harlem, Cumber land and Kings County municipal hospitals, :,;;V: M ,-:,. V , Arthur A. Fletcher, a member of President Ford's staff and former Assistant Secretary of Labor, says he is a candt date for the chairrmnshh of the Republican National Committee. He once worked as an assistant chairman of the , committee. ' - Some black leaders are warning blacks not to expect too . much too soon in the Carter Administration. The National Urban League's Vernon Jordan has already issued a warning. The latest comes from Mrs. Coretta Scott King who warns that Jimmy Carter will need some time to make good his pro mise to create more jobs. Said she, "I feel realistically you -can't bring about chanms that are so far-reaching in a short i v uunuausaonragBfj" weiBegege!egeEe?.4e';. er HOLIDAY SCI IICULE ': : " In order that we nay better serve our readers and advertisers, THE CAROLINA Tl.V.ES wig move the bed news deadline to Monday and the advertising dd"ne to '1 Tuesday noon for the Issues of December 23 and January 1, 1377. We appreciate your cooperation tor it f wCI allow us some time off for the holidays, teo. m :. . ... i 4, -
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