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VOLUME 55 NUMBER 3 j
'READ BY OVER 30,000 DURHAMITES"
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1977
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. William "Bill" Quill," 63, of
Durham tells a . frightening
account of "bad luck" and ex-;
ploitation he has suffered since
he arrived in Ehifham on Trail -
ways Bus September 5th. In a
short month, between his arri-
val and October 11th, he was
mugged, ripped off of his' en -
tire earnings, recruited into
a slave labor camp and kept in
fear of bis life.
.. "I was walkina down Petti-
grew Street from the bus
. stations, looking for a room for ; ;
the night, when somebody -
mugged me and took all my
money," the articulate gum
explains. ' 4 - -He
had lived in Durham
during the early 1950's and
60's at 2708 Hay Street, but
had lived since then in Ne
wark, N. J., where he operated
a smaD appliance shop., t 't
Quill , said he was return
ing from Newark where he had
Ton
, RALEIGH (CCNS) -Anne
Shepard-Turner has been
paroled from her 7-10 year sen
tence for f conspiracy to burn
WHEELER
PUBLIC WORSHIP TO
IIOnOR DR. K1IIG
Martin Luther King; His Dream Is
Today's Perspective Tomorrow's Hope.
This will be the theme of a public wor
ship service honoring and .celebrating
his life. The service will be Monday,
January 17, 7:30 pm at First Presby
terian . Church, on the corner of
Roxboro and Main Sts. in Durham.
v The Rev. William Easley, pastor of
St. Joseph's AME Church, will deliver
the sermon. Choirs from St. Joseph's
AME and First Presbyterian Church will
" sing. ; J,'A .4 V'r :
The service wul be intenacial and
ecumenical, following , the . example of
King's ministry. " : ' " ' . '
f C f J iflfi V ay fQtoolmn Jirci.
If IhoiT Oivn Comrado
' (CCNS) - Several highway
patrolmen fired at their. Vir-
ginia comrade, Trooper Gar-
land Fisher, because they were
mistakenly informed that the f
"drier of the car was' alleged
kidnapper Reuben Sonny V
Conley, a black escaped men
tal patient, -i- j,
; Major Jack Cabe read the
., transcrint4 nf cnmmunicatinnii
' between. North Carolina and'
Virginia command stations and
v the North Carolina command
and several otticers while they
. deliberated about how to
. ' rescue Fisher from his captor
without unnecessarily : endan
, geringFisher'slife.'
C. G. Benfield.aN.C. ;
l-W.- . -.M ..... i 1 .1
l Hignway rairoi leiecoimiiuiuT
J cator in Raleigh Answered a '
phohe cafl at 1 2:02. a.m.' the
moming of November IS. On
TheUne was Sgt. Shoal of the-.
been, imprisoned nine months
for defending , himself in - a
' night intrusion in his radio
and ,, television . shop. , Quill
5 - tabbed the man and, was put
to jail for seven months Jbr
murder. " Charges against him
dropped, his business ; "gone
, to pot, he decided to come
back, to Durham, partially to
;getftwayntH.Newark'i;iFlo"
lence and live on his disability
check.:! - i? ..
a lump on ms neaa irom
his : Pettigrew Street mugging,
no relatives, and after nearly
twenty years, no friends to
take him in, he slept on win- vestea sweet, rotatoes on a
down sills of abandoned build- farm 10 miles north- of Ben
mes xn Pettigrew Street. Qufll !n. Hie bed ;that. he slept' in
then heard eood newsVa farm
in Johnston County that em
ployed farm hands to pick
sweet potatoes for seventy
v cents" ; per bushel, f which
provided living quarters and
good food, needed help..
Mike's Grocery in Wilmington
in . 19716 convictidn of the
nine other defendants with her
, has beomce .known as the
Wheeler Honored
'Durham business and civic
leader John H. Wheeler recent
ly received added honors in
V Uie field of finance this month
as he was teleded 'iiithe re-
, raw niuiuu nvmviviiuun " .
The announcement was
made in the January issue
of the black business maga
zine published by Earl, G.
Graves Publishing Co.
:, Citing his many civic and
Citing some of his many
civic and business interests,
the article .said the award
was made for his "distin-
guihed contributions to
field of finance."
the
Virginia State "Police inform-
ing him that Fisher had been.
kidnapped by a black mental
patient and had been shot. He
said that the kidnapper had r
ordered the trooper to drive
toy Atlanta and that he did
not want to - see any patrol
cars . or he would kill the
trooper.
v When Benfield asked who
was operating ; the vehicle
Ddffonfaff
sioai repueo, - inis reuow . . Coniey according to offi
that kidnapped Fhher is ccrs at the Kene wal cr0Uched
operating the vehicle; however, lJn floof on passengor
we do have a car behind him jj. Ar k. wwd -vMrh th
,him.w i '
y- 1 '
4 v One , hour late a faked
wreck had been staged in
Granville County on Inter
state , 85 and. more than a
dbzen ' patrolmen were . ready
to ambush the driver of the
vehicle and : rescue the kid
rapped rider, Garland Fisher.
' The evening of September
8th Quill was on his way to'
the good times ahead in , a
brown and gray . ford Econo-;
line van not alone but. with ,
several ouers worn uurnam to
becepme unknowingly, a part
of the U.:; S. east coast, mi
grant streanv',";'i;
"When we got there I was
shocked. The mattresses , were
fifty .. no g'css in the win-"i
dows . . .. no heat at nieht.
ana me rooa was lemoie,
Jaid Quill as he described the
conditions thah he lived -for
nearly five weeks as he har
at night was urine stained
worn mattress on a cold floor,
and no sheets. .
Work began at five thirty
every morning and . continued
until often ten thirty at. night
Wilmington 10 case;; now con
sidered internationally as an
example of "the gross
miscarriage of justice matted'
out to civil rights tighten.
Ms. Turner is expected to
return to her famjly this week.
Since her conviction she has
married Lewis Turner who is,
very active in prison reforrq
in North Carolina.
f!
'...tv,,;.;. Ji.i J . ri.i.. v.
white anti-poverty worker re
ceived the lightest of the sen
tences in the Wilmington 10
trial.; The other ( Black defen
dants' , "received sentences
ranging from 24 years to 34
years, and will have to : serve
one-fourth . of their sentences
before they are eligible for
parole'. , ' . ,
; Ms. Turner's parole came
at the first review of her
case by the N. C. Parole
Commission. Louis Powell,
Superintendent ;$ at the
North ' Carolina Correctional
v Center for; Women where Ms.
jurner, was mcarceraiea, as an
nonor inmate witn pnvueges
of weekend leaves, said that
she was "a very good inmate."
She is also enrolled at Wake
Technical . ; Institute where
she, travels daily to study.
Governor Hunt has been
called on by the National
Wilmington , A 10 Defense
Committee i to - arrange bafl
for the other Wilmington 10
but the Governor has not yet
responded. Before the in- ;
auguration Hunt said that he
wduld study .the.' Wilmington ,
10 situation immediately after
taking office." xw'""- ,
But only" moments be-.
fore the showdown at the road-
block the Virginia Sgt. Shoal
called back and said that Fisher.
was driving the ; car ; rather ;
the
down the ; rHver's side of the ; !
unmarked , patrol car was torn
apart by-" a volley, of bullets
that began as the car attempted
to go around the road block.
Fisher was kutd with 14 slugs
ta H, body
medical examiner says ' could
have been the direction from
which the' fatal bullets came.
An' autopsy report indi
cates that the bullets that were
fatal to Fisher were slanted
upward 'from the flor of
the car. Conley, his kidnapp
er, is charged with his death.
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HOWARD LEE
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The Wilmington Ten De
fense Committee announced
the delivering of a plea to the
Governor of North Carolina on
his inauguration asking for
his participation in resolving
the case of theWiimingtc n Ten
who are incarcerated in North
Carolina "prisons as political
prisoners. Immediate executive
action is being called for as The
Reverend Ben Chais and his
nine condefendants (The Wil
mington Ten) . have been
uniustlv imprisoned since
, Feburary
2nd ot i!rt year
(1976).
The message to Governor
Jants Hunt was accompanied
by additional petition signa
tures from residents across the
country imcluding several from
students it St. Augustine's
College in Raleigh.
The plea to Governor
Hunt said, "you too have a
major responsibility m resolv
l ing the issue of political pri
Congressman Parren J.
Mitchell (D-7th Maryland)
will address the Annual Awards
Banquet of the Durham
College Alumni Association on
Friday, January 14, at 7 p.m.
The Banquet, to be held at the
Durham Civic Center, will be
highlighted with a keynote
address by the Chairman ot
the Congressional ' Black
Caucus, Representative Mit
chell and an address by, Con
gressman Eke F. Andrews (D
N.C.) Congressman Mitchell will
speak to the "Issues of the
95th Congress as They Relate
to Black America." Employ
ment, skill development, hous
ing and minority business en
terprise have been the major
focuses ' of the Maryland
Congressman in his tenure in
the United States Congress. As ,
Chairman of the House Budget
Committee's Human Resources
Task Force, Mitchell introduc
ed amendments that provided
.'-. " , ,
GOV. JAMES HUNT AND WIFE
WDUIiiiillig'jV'Jfai m
SDners who languish ir the pri
sons of North Carolina."
"May v.e remind you of
the rece;it North Carolina
major newspapers which have
gone on record in r-upport of a
new trial for the Wilmington
10, the many thousands uf
letters and petition signatures
from citizens of North Carolina
and the States front coast to
coast, members f the U. S.
Congress ond the growing
international show of support
from Amnesty Intra, ational
and other world bodies.
Yes, the entire world is
now vatching to see whether
your administratYin will in fact
right the wrongs of the past.
The entire world is watching to
see if there is any humanity in
the socalled "new south" or
whether you too will allow
innocent people to waste away
in prison because of then'
i'forts to bring about positive
change in North Carolina
Address Bqem
one million summer youth em
ployment jobs for economi
cally disadvantaged teenagers;
allocated an additional 125,
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PAREN MITCHELL
through peaceful means f
We would like to suggest
that you have a mandate not
only from the citizens of
North Carolina, but also from
the citizens throughout this
country to take .Executive,
Action immediately and clean
the blemished slate of North f
Carolina by granting releases '
and exoneration to Reverend
Ben Chavis, his 9 co-defendants
(The Wilmington 10), Dr..
James Grant, his 2 co-defendants
(The Charlotte Three) ,
and the many other political
prisoners across the state. Their
release should be a ' priority'
in your new office.
Finally, may we wish pro-;
gress and prosperity for the.
Stnie of North Carolina under
your leaderslup; as Governor '
making it as beautiful as the
landscape
after the political
prisoners
course."
are released,, of
gv
000 jobs under the Compre
hensive Employment - and
Training Act for the victims
of the current! depression
recession that has permeated
the economic core of America;
increased housing programs for
low and moderate income
families ; " allocated, more; funds
for instiutional assistance in
higher education-for programs
as University . . Community
Services, Trio-Special Programs
for the Disadvantaged, Work
Study and U University
Community ; Services. 4 He
cornmented''There4;exists ah;
efficiency argent
Vlm , lor eon
3Znt
v- effective , mi
SSn kuded
Maryland Congressman Uluded
L rafmbS ConS
B?ack X!r&
Offffkieil T
, RALEIGH (CCNS)
Blacks participated in the in
sugurationof Governor James
. Hunt in numbers unpreceden
fcd by previous administra
tions,1 Democratic or Repubji
can. Beginning; with -the inau-
. gural , party on Friday even
ing at ' Reynolds Coliseum,
Black bankers, businessmen,
educators, lawyers,, precinct
workers, and observers dotted
the ' marathon of ceremonies
that finally ended Monday
morning with the swearing in
of the Council of State. ,
r INAUGURAL BALL v
The affair was sponsored '
by the Junior League of
Raleigh and the North Caro
lina Symphony Orchestra.
Those seated on the main
floor or- toe coliseum naa
purchased tickets of $25 and
$50i Proceeds for the evening
win go to cnany. i
Not many of the blacks
interviewed'
j expressed a
for Master of
Andy Griffith
and Beverly
great -.love
Ceremonies
"Mayberry"
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INVITED Texas prison inmrta Mary Bradix, B5, proudly
holds an- invittionncaived inviting har to the prtsidentlat
inauguration of Jimmy Carter on Jan, 20. Mary wrote letter,
about two rmmhs' before the altction supporting Cartar, say
ing "I can't vote but I can pray for you. She received a
.note from Carter thanking bar and then January 13 she ra
cevied the imitation. (UPI).
are elected to represent all of
our constituents.. In doing so
we have placed, as top priority
; the issue of. employment and
attacking the racial disparities
that have long forced Black
America to be victims of an
insensitive economy. ;': The
Caucus Chairman continued,
-w. t. k-
r-.n t a.w
of Black
which is 4 25 million black
pebple, to inaease the po
tential to contribute to the
economy." : .
,f a
$&2tttfS
Banking Currency and Housing
duction -was quite honored to
, Jf" ; , .
College Awards Ban-
, He expressed. reverence
f. the founder, Dr. L.
HarrisMd the principle, upon
duration
k Hills, with his southern, hill
billy humor. Jokes that drew
laughter from the thousands
that attended often poked
light humor at women.
Q Square dancing, symphony
music, .ballet dancing and a
medley of songs accompanied
Griffith's humor.
Governor and Mrs. Hunt
and the .Council of State and
their wives marched down the
aisle in tails and gowns to a
long table before the floor
where the entertainers
performed.
'$ Several prominent blacks
were scattered throughout the
Coliseum. Some of those in
attendance were: Secretary of
Natural and Economic Re
sources Howard Lee and wife
Lillian; Senator and Mrs.
John Winters, Sr.; Vice
President of Mechanics and
Farmers Bank, J. J. Sansom
and his wife, Vivian; a Shaw
University professor; Fayette
viQe State University President
Dr. ' and Mrs. Charles Lyons;
Dr. and Mr sr. Sidney Barn-
Continued On Page 14
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which? the
cefved.
College was con-
- '' Others to appear on the
program are: Dr. John R.
Larkins, Special Assistant to
the, Governor of North
Carolina, Mayor Wade L. Cavia
of Durha, Harold Webb recent
h ( appointed Director of
Personnel for the State of
North Carolina, John IL
Wheeler; Chairman Durham
Committee on Black Affairs,
and Dr. L. M. Harris, Founder
and President Emeritus, and
Dr J. Wt Hill, President of
the College.
In addition to the awards
presented to outstandir.3
tlumni at the banquet, the
annual U M. Harris Teache
of the Year Award wia b
Harris Teacher
presented to an outstanding
faculty member. Reservations
;&ncugC
College's Development Ofuce.
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