DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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THE RHODESIAN HORROR STORY
In this week's edition, the second in a series
of stories detailing the bloody slaughter of
villagers 'as. told from the pen of a recent
escapee. He calls Rhodesia's heinous crimes
"a desperate move of a dying horse."
7or6 of Vbdoa
We know nothing of tomorrow; our busi
ness is to be good and happy today.
Sydney Smith
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VOLUME 57 - NUMBER 23
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1979
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Fayottovillo Stroot School Safqiy Patrol Wins
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to increase the military duq-
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cut the military ouaget,
warned, Mitchell. "Using a
massive propaganda machine,
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tary budget and slashed human 1
programs. It tne people spea
out, we can turn the country
around," the black lawmaker
predicted.
BY PAT BRYANT Maryland Congressman
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.- Paren Mitchell lamented that
The nation's $132 billion mili- each .year at budget time, the ?
t arv budeet came under attack Pentagon's powerful propagan-
last weekend by 75 southern da' machine pressures Congress
activists representing tenant
unions, community organiza
tions, and churches. When they ,
arrived at the historic 16th
Street Baptist Church for the
twolay conference, there was
a common thread that bound
them - opposition to drastic
cutbacks in social programs,
housing, health care, social se
curity, to name a few, while .
Congress serves gigantic 'to-'"
creases to the Pentagon,
A number of veteran civil
rights, labor rights, and peace
activists bridged the remote
ness of towns from which the
activists had come with experi
ence and information on the
nation's , budget process, and
the military's 46 per cent
share.
Resolutions demanding a
reduction in military spending
and increases in social
programs will be presented by (
these activists to state legis-.
latures, city councils, churches,
and labor unions. Unlike many
, weekend workshops, the
Martin Luther King Jr.
: Memorial Workshop on Human
. S a
Needs and Military Spending
drew a group or seemingly
dedicated , participants ready
and willing to work for change.
Noting that the late Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jriurged
"dissatisfaction with injustice",
Jack O'Dell, Operation PUSH'S
international affairs director, ,
said "we cannot negate and
nurture human life at the same
time". Investments to tanks,
missiles, bombs and other
military hardware, O'Dell
said, "is financing our
de-development."
$88 BILLION IN
MILITARY FUNDS
UNSPENT
Congressman Mitchell noted
that a total of $88 billion
unspent and uncommitted
funds are currently at the dis
posal of the 'military. That
amount could rebuild Ameri
can cities, develop a job for
everybody who wants to work,
and solve many of the other
social needs.
Converting industries that
produce military goods and
services to industries which
produce human , services, was
discussed ' a an . alternative.
" Tmncfarrincr ntiMiia from the
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Affy. Jorry Paul Appeals Conviction
RALEIGH Judge Staf
ford Bullock convicted civil
rights attorney Jerry Paul of
obtaining money on a pro
mise to perform services.
Paul appealed the convic
tion, a 30 day sentence
suspended for a year, and a
$50 fine and cost of court, A
By Pat Bryant
Paul had been threatened
with conviction in the North
Carolina judicial system;
since his successful defense!
of Joanne Little on a murder,
charge in 1975.
Undisputed testimony in
onen : court , indicated that;
Paul responded to the let
ter saying that he would "do
the work for Mabury", but
said in court he was under
the impression that Mabury
wanted him to ascertain
some medical records.
Meanwhile, Mabury
received . Paul's letter, and
Mabury had communicaedaidLthat he got the impres
military budget "to the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Development, Health Educa
tion and Welfare, and to other
social programs, was another
alternative chosen as a con
ference goal. .
Roe Spencer, general vice
president of the -International
Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers said
planned economic conversion
is the answer to a full employ
ment economy. Senators Mc
Govern and Mathias have spon
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Conviction of
Alleged Rapist
Spurs Movo
DECATUR, ALA. Final
plans have been announced
for a Southern Christian
Leadership Conference spon
sored (SCLC) united front
march against Ku Klux Klan
violence. Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
chapters around North
Carolina and the nation were
preparing busei and caravans
of supporters to make the
Saturday march in Decatur.
Two weeks ago, on May
26, several hundred black
marchers in this rural com
munity protested the convic
tion of Tommy Lee Hines for
the alleged raped of a white
woman. At the retarded
black youth's trial, evidence
was presented that he didn't'
have the capacity, mentally
or physically, to have com
mitted rape.
Before the demonstra
tions, Klan leaders had warn
ed SCLC officials that they
had better not march. As the
march began, shots were
fired and four people were
injured two whites and two
blacks. The march was not
completed. A continuation
of the May 26 march is set
for Saturday, June 9.
Demonstrators have been
urged to assemble at the
Decatur 'Community
Center ,902 - -Sixth. Street,
Last Rites Held Tues.
For Alexander Domes
Alexander Barnes,
dent emeritus of the D
Branch of the Ni
Association for the Ad
ment of Colored F .
died of cancer at D
County General Hosp
Saturday, June 2.
Barnes was bor
Cumberland C
September 20, 1903, tr
of ten children, to tl
Edgar D. and Mrs, Is
Barnes. He received hi:
education in the
schools of Selma and
entered State , Norm
Fayetteville where he
pleted the requiremen
high school. He att
Livingstone College
Salisbury.
Upon leaving Livingstone,
he joined his father in the
building business and
together they came to
Durham in 1924 where he re
mained until his death, with
the exception of the time he
moved to Washington, D.C.,
with his father.
In 1927, he married the
former Miss Dorothy
Greene. It was during that
same year that he joined the
staff of The Carolina Times.
His career in newspaper
eventually led to public rela
tions work. In 1932, while in
Washington, he ioined the
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BARNES
African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church and worked
closely with the late Bishop
W.J. Walls. His column in
the Star of Zion, "The Mov
ing Finger", was widely
read.
During the early seventies,
he was president of the
Durham Branch of the
NAACP. At the time of his
death, he was an employee of
The Carolinian of Raleigh.
He was also serving as con
sultant to the Livingstone
Fwe
money under false pretenses
was dropped.
Wake County District At
torney Randolph Riley said
afterJJullock had found Paul
guilty that the complainant
against Paul, a Pitt County
prisoner Fred Mabury,
"hadn't been led down the
primrose path that he had
claimed.',' Riley didn't repre
sent , the state in the case.,
Prosecutor was Wake Assis-
tant District Attorney Bill?
Hart.
This was the third time
Jerry Paul, Tom Loftm, and
Jim Ludlow requesting
Loflin and Ludlow to appeal
a conviction to the Fourth
Circuit' Court of Appeals.
The appeal was to have, been
filed with the court by May
24, 1978.
Loflin responded saying
that he would take the case
for a $325 .retainer, Mabury
responded to Loflin's letter
by asking, his" mother, Rev.
D. Bernard of Greenville, to
send the money. She sent the
funds.
the aDbeal for $225. He in
formed Tom Loflin tha Paul
had been retained and asked
that Paul be sent the papers
on the case. -. ;
Loflin responded to
Mabury informing him that
Paul was tied up as a defen
" Continued on page 3
Dr. C.T. Vivian, newly ap
pointed SCLC executive
director, said his week that
responses to the organiza
tion's call had come from a
broad cross-section of blacks
and' well meaning whites. .
Dr. Vivian, a former Dean
Continued on page 4 -
Collece Centennial
;ii;sm INltr Fun1 ttaicino
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larnes was a member cf
Ttan "of the' -A fro-Atnertm-
the Pittsburgh Courier and
the Washington Tribune,
where he was general
manager. During the early
fifties, he founded and edited
The Capitol Times.
From 1956 to 1976, he
served as head of the Public
Relations Department of the
Kyles Temple AMEZ Chinch
where he served for many
years as chairman of the
trustee board. He was a
trustee of Fayetteville State
University; member of the
Associated Black P-s
Continued on page 2
MUL Conference Slated for (Chicago, III. July 22
$60 Million
Awarded ia Suit
FmllA HaEios $189,000 Apt. Housing
Loan To A Minority Woman
The 69th Annual Con
ference of the National Ur
ban League will open this
summer in Chicago, Illinois,
Sunday, July 22, and extend
through Wednesday, July 25.
The theme of this year's
Conference is "Mobilizing
for the Challenges ', of the
80's," and more than 12,000.
persons are expected to at
tend. Plenary sessions, forums, '
workshops, and other special
presentations will examine a
number of issues of signifi
cant importance as the na
tion moves into the next'
decade, The Conference of
ficially opens with a keynote
address by Vernon E. Jor
dan, Jr. President of the
League, on Sunday evening -in
which he will discuss issues
of particular concern to
Black Americans and which
will set the tone for discus
sion throughout the Con
ference. Among those scheduled to
particiate during the four
day meeting are: Mrs.
Rosalynn Carter, First Lady
of the United States; W.
Michael Blumenthal,
Secretary of the Treasury;
Mrs. Patricia Roberts Har
ris, Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development; Cyrus
Vance, Secretary of State;
Lance Kirkland, Secretary
Treasurer, AFL-CIO; F. Ray
Marshall, Secretary of
Labor; James Thompson,
Governor of Illinois; and the
Reverend Jesse Jackson,
President, People United to
Save Humanity (PUSH).
In addition, a number of
special programs will be
presented including two
special forurns "Energy
and Its Meaning to Urban
America" and "The World
of Black Business."
The NUL Last convened
its annual conference in
Chicago in 1943. That year,
the theme of the Conference
was "Victory Through Uni-,
ty," which focused the na
tion's attention on the need
to put aside racial hostilities
and include blacks in the war
effort by bringing down
segregated barriers in defense
industries and by integrating
the armed forces.
Headquarters for the Con
ference is the Conrad Hilton
Hotel. The more than 200 ex
hibits which comprise the ex
hibition portion of the Con
ference will also be housed in
the Conrad Hilton.
Registration to the Con
ference is open to tne puDiic
CHICAGO - (NNPA) -Black
U.S. District Judge
George Leigh ton, last week
handed down a $60 million
award against Sears,
Roebuck and Company to a
34-year-old white inventor
who designed a socket
wrench while working for the
firm
Judge Leighton has cancel
ed the $10,000 contract in
ventor Peter Roberts made
with Sears following the
patenting of the invention
sixteen years ago. The inven
ference is open to ne puonc. - -- -
Information may oe optain- . -- --- r;"" r "7
edbv contacting the Nat onal ms .has made on the
SbL League Conference wr.ench' acc?rd the
DepStmtm, 500 East 62nd JdueonSears 15 aPPeahn the
Street, New York, New York decision.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
When the Farmers Home
Administration (FmHA)
recently approved an
$189,000 loan for an eight
unit apartment house in
I Wynne, Ark., it was the
agency's first such loan to a
black woman.
Mrs. Barbara J. Cody,
who owns and operates a
nursing home and other ren
tal properties in Wynne, was
recipient of the loan.
I Robert L. Cole, an FmHA
loan officer in Washington
who formerly worked in the
Cross Country FmHA of
fice, said "I think this loan
symbolizes the progress we
are making in reaching out to
minorities and women to
assure them an equal oppor
tunity in FmHA programs.
In this project, we are
cooperating with Mrs. Cody
in her efforts to provide ad
ditional safe, decent housing
in the community."
Cole spoke at dedication building on May 6. The loan profit" loan which means tht
ceremonies for the apartment to Mrs. Cody is a "limited the borrower can recieve up
Duke U. Researchers Evaluating
ll.C.'s New Child Guardian Lav
Two researchers at Duke
University's Center for the
Study of the Family and the
State are evaluating the first
15 months of experience with
North Carolina's new child
guardian law.
The law provides for at
torneys to represent children
in abuse or neglect cases, ac
cording to Sarah Ramsey,
one of the researchers. Ms.
Ramsey is a lawyer.
She and her co
investigator, sociologist
Robert Kelly, are conducting
a survey in 20 of the state's
counties to determine what
problems are confronting
judges, social workers,
parents and children, as well
as the lawyers appointed
guardians under the law.
Ms. Ramsey said there is
some evidence that the new
law is not working as well as
its proponents had hoped.
"Judges are not appoin
to eight per cent return on
her investment. FmHA also
provides non-profit loans in
rural areas for multi-family
housing for low income peo
ple and for senior citizen
housing. In some cases, pro
visions are made for rent
subsidies to people who
otherwise could not afford
decent housing. Borrowers
can be individuals, associa
tions, corporations or public
ting attorneys in many cases agencies in towns of up to
ana arc maiuiig iiu luiumga iu,uw FvFula-Llv'"
as to their reasons for not do
ing so," Ms. Ramsey said.
! She also said there appears
to be confusion among both
attorneys and judges about
aspects of the law.
Findings of the study
should be available some
time in the fall. Ms. Ramsey
said.
Support for the study is
being provided in part by the
Z. Smith Reynolds Founda
tion in Winston-Salem.
tain circumstances ut to
20,000. The current FmHA
interest rate for Rural Rental
Housing loans is 9 per cent.
Mrs. Cody's apartments,
Ronwes Manor, consist of
eight, two-bedroom apart
ments with laundry rooms
and other modern facilities.
They are located at West
William and "C" Streets in
Wynne.
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'ToAddross 39lb tJCJPA DooBlDg
Rudolph A. Oswald : 1
Chief Economic Advisor
AFL-CIO
Former Gov. Ronald Reagan
of California
W, Wilson Goode, Chairman
Pa. Public Utility Commission
. CHICAGO (NNPA) - Defender.
Ronald Reagan, former Reagan's address will be
- governor of California, and delivered Thursday evemg,
a leading Republican con- June 14, on the second day
tender for the Presidential of the three-day convention,
nomination, will address the the NNPA head said. We
. 39th Annual Convention of want to hear from all the
the National Newspaper candiates, Repbuhcan and
Publishers Association the Democrat alike, Sengstacke
' j ' Black Press of America. explained. We don t pro
J A..A,,.m.iit of nose to be in anybody s
Reagan's speech wad made pocket," he declared.
' her this week by John H. Other speakers at the con-
Sengstacke, NNPA president vention will be Benjamin L.
and editor-publsiher of the Hooks, executive director of
Sengstacke newspaper chain, the NAACP; Charles L.
including the Chicago Daily Brown, chairman of the
board of AT&T; W. Wilson
Goode, chairman of the Pen
nsylvania Public Utility
Commission; Robert W.
Morrow, vice president of
ITT . Continental Baking
Company; Robert Sellers,
chairman of the board of
Cities Services; Ms. Alexis
Herman, director of the
Women's Buearu of the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Rudolph A. Oswald, chief
economic adviser of the
AFL-CIO; Lloyd Hand,
president of the National
Alliance of Businessmen;
'BArry Gait, president of the
Williams Company; and
Thomas D. Walker of Gulf
Oil Corp. ,
Presentation of $20,000 in
Merit Awards to publishers
and newspaper staffers, and
plaques to six major adver
tisers in the Black Press will
climax the convention.
The advertising honorees
are:. AT&T, Chrysler
Coporation, Heublein,
Kellogg's, Miller Brewing
Company, and Quaker Oats.