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Few Solutions Offered By Donald Alderman Two candidates for: months-long Durham County Sheriff recently .'charged that mismanagement and poor administration in the Sheriff f office has, caused the county's1, crime rate to climb, and they say incumbent Sheriff Bill Allen, also a candidate, is responsible. ' ! Allen, Sheriff since his! appointment in 1977, in response said that the charges are unfounded, unworthy of discussion, and the two challengers are "arguing amongst themselves." The challengers, Dr.! Jess S. Bowe, director of the NCCU Criminal , Justice Program and Roland W. Leary, Chief of the County ABC Police, and incumbent' Allen crossed ideological sWords in recent inter view in which they outlined their plans and intentions for the sheriffs office if elected. Leary, With more than ; two decades of law en forcement experience solely in ABC police work, wants to be sheriff because he is skilled in surveillance ;: activities, : and he adds; "J Jdyf the reappor tionment fight raging in the state legislature has made that date uncer tain. A county election board official said it is likely that state legislators will postpone all county elections until the U.S. Justice Depart ment approves a propos ed redistricting plan. Ac cording to officials, June appears to be the earliest date that county elec tions or primaries can be held. There are no; Republican candidates for Durham County ' Sheriff. Additionally, the challengers rapped Allen's recent implemen tation of a gun lock-up policy. After receiving the blessings from the Durham County Com mission last week, Allen has instituted the policy1 which requires police of-; ficers to place their guns in a locker outside the booking area (where of ficers file charges against an accused) before enter-, ins that area the magistrate's court, The booking area, according. me , commission ww. OS ini a 1 a if if-1 D isl Sta i.karV ; riff 5 sOpiratiii Hundreds Turn Out To Mourn J. Elwood Carter AI.I.KN tivities and the manner in which it should be done. BoWe and Leary charge that Allen's in adequate leadership and supervision have left few deputies to police poten tial criminals. When pro bed, the challengers of fer shallow alternatives. Allen, on the other hand,, points to specific pro grams that he instituted. One reason; crime hasn't been curbed is because of a misalloca tion of personnel, Leary noted. He said three aren't enough field deputies patrolling " the county. He didn'J;know how many are patrolling per shift or how many he; would allow to patrol.? He said, however, that he would increase the number of patrolling deputies, and that he would employ; surveillance techniques to catch criminals. He mentioned using Un marked cars (even Volkswagens), hiring undercover cops in cluding informers, main taining stakeouts and us ing plainclothes officers. (VVF. Bowe also said the department is heavy in upper brass and more in dividuals need to be assigned to the field. While promising to cor rect the situation, he of fers no specific proposal. But Allen ' said he formed a Civil Division in July, 1979 to allow the Patrol Division to con centrate totally on criminal activity. Before 1979, the Patrol Division served civil papers, war rants and other legal : documents as well as of (C oniinued on Pauc 8) By Milton Jordan This Friday . . night when the Durham Business and Profes sional Chain holds its an nual banquet, one major feature will be missing. There will be no background presenta tions On the businesses and individuals highlighted by the Chain. This will be the first time in six years that the presentations will not be a part of the program, and they won't be there this year because J. Elwood Carter wasn't able to do them. "I think that this is a perfect illustration of Carter's worth and con tributions to , this organization, and to the community at large," said Dr. J.W, Hill, "His death leaves a void that will not be easily filled." Carter, 67, a chain board member and Advertising Manager with The Carolina . Ji CARTER Times, died Monday March 1, at the Duke University Medica Center following a short illness. His funeral was conducted at 4 p.m., Wednesday ' at Saint Joseph's AME Church, where Carter had been a long time active member. Burial was in Glennview Memorial Park. More than 300 relatives, friends, business associates and others attended the funeral, many of them some of Durham's better known business and civic leaders. f One of.tttem, W.A. Clement, a Tretired ex ecutive of North Carolina Mutual Life In surance Company, and former chairman of the , Board of Trustees at NCCU, recalled his long time friendship with Carter, noting his sense of warmth and con sideration for others. 'Carter had a genuine concern for humanity,"; Clement said. "He would often just stop by to give a word of en couragement, and these things really mean a lot." In a brief but stately funeral service, members of the three organiza tions with which Carter (Continued on Page 7) NCC Scares Private Segregated Schools Deplore Practices Of SAN ANTONIO - Harsh warnings about fhev' deserve hetr nro. il vMrh ri7 unt "TLr. Signed to improve the tection."-1 -i Bowe wants to give up a relatively secure job and face public scrutiny every four years because he is outraged at the level of education and train ing of deputies. He em phasizes professionaliza tion. "You can't pin a badge on every Tom, Dick ' and Harry," he said, "and expect them to do a good job." Allen seems unshaken by his challengers' criticism, but he is not totally ignoring them. He points to a prograrn he's started, such as the Patrol Division and Civil Division, to counter theif charges. So he rests his case on improvement; "I'll continue to improve the 'i; v department if reelected," he said. Leary, ABC chief for 21 years, said the major crime problem in , the -'county is commercial and residential burglary, therefore, he plans to im plement an aggressive crime prevention pro gram that ' includes in creased patrolling and surveillance. Bowe, who has directed the NCCU program for ten years; admin istra t i v e mismanagement mean ing, he said, particularly the utilization of person nel. .."There are too many ' chiefs and not enough Indians," he said. Creating a profes sional department, one that is sufficiently educated and trained in law enforcement is the task Bowe hopes to take on. Qn the other hand, Allen, an employee of the Sheriff's department for 23 years, said there are no issues, that the challengers v are not annual mill uic wuiik" ings of the department and what the challengers propose to do are things already in place that are being expanded upon. So, with an election date uncertain, the cam-1 paign for Durham Coun ty Sheriff is heating up. The sheriff's electioni was originally scheduled j for Mayk , but thef jail wmcn is unaer encouraeemeht for ..the.ir" i....:u.r.. i , . ; wiumuii' Allen's 'supervision, and state law provides for the sheriff to not only ad minister but also to devise policy a unique position for an elected ' official. Allen said the pro cedure eliminates the chance of an inmate" snatching an officer's ting gun and shooting so- tions meone in tne DooRing area. Bowe and Leary disagree. .Bowe defined the magistrate's office as an independent, . public agency where citizens don't have to be in timidated by police of ficers; or jails, and on that basis, he doesn't support the policy. "A police officer OUght never have to sur render his gun in a public place,',' Bowe said, and "W officer .has the responsibility to protect his gun at all times." "I don't concur with Sheriff Allen," Leary said, "it leaves the of ficer in a vulnerable posi tion." Concerning possi ble, injury to police of ficers and citizens, Leary said, "That's the chance you take everyday when you get up to go to work." Guns are allowed in the booking 'areas of Wake and Orange countrjnei ties snerin s depart ments, officials said. In Orange County, the jail and magistrate's court are in separate buildings and the booking area is in the same building as the jail. The only restric tion there, an official said, is that officers can't take guns in the jail, a standard operating pro cedure for Durham, Wake and Orange jails. Even without guns, Allen said, an officer has protection: a billyjack and training in subduing disorderly inmates. COUNTY CRIME All of the candidates agree that the crimes that Occur most often and, therefore, need the most attention, are residential and commercial burglary, but they disagree on what is being done to curb such ac-1 churches to deal with this and other problems of racism . were principal themes of speakers at a Consultation , of Racism convened by the i Na tional Council of Chur ches recently. The 200 consultation participants, represen- many denomina and a number of racial groups, spoke but themselves on topics of critical concern the economy, racism in education, lack of com mitment to affirmative action and voting rights, racial violence, and racism in church-related segregated schools. In its primary resolu tion, a "Call to the Na tion," the conference ad dressed racism in educa tion, particularly in private segregated schools. "We deplore practices of those chur ches that have, segrega tionist and racist doc trines and maintain private schools to cir cumvent school desegregation," the con ference participants said. "So-called 'Christian' schools, which renounce the humanity of all per sons and teach superiori ty or inferiority of specific groups and races, violate both public policy and Christian doc- racial minorities"! arid called on : people across ,the country to "counter the ' dismantling of potential ly effective techniques to i rtiake equal employment opportunity a reality." ! Catching up the mood of the conference was Julian Bond, state senator in Georgia, whose speech drew a standing ovation. In augurating Ronald Reagan as president of the United States "began the process of marching America backward into the 18th century, and surrendered foreign policy to men who 'believe that all national struggles for self determination are directed from Moscow and that nuclear war is a viable option," he said during his address to the consultation w eonesday evening. :. r.v.t r: 5. Despite, thop-: pressive forces around us, ' despite the heavy weight of the self satisfied, the cold heartedness of the neo conservative con federacy," Bond said, "a great deal of the solu tion to our current con dition lies within our hands There is much we can do for ourselves. If registration equal registration for whites. nowhere , do white Amerivote.'j'equai percentages of their registered population. ri. "The road before us is clear," Bond stressed. "Remember that there are large numbers of Americans whose vision ' of their future does not ' match the view from the Oval Office. There i; a sizable body of opin on in America which reft es to surrender yesterdfy's goals to the occupant of M&Ame-Atyyater, To B Nominated For Parks Award forces us to do tomorrow "'.;"- ., h. that which we should have done yesterday, that we may someday say that the early eighties were the years when black America awakened from a long slumber. "The power of the ballot box is an underdeveloped resource in most of black America.' Almos nowhere does black ; "We are appalled," the resolution continued, "at the blatant attempt by the Reagan . ad ministration to give aid and comfort to segrega tion. We call on the Na tional Council of Chur ches and all denomina tions to join in litigation to declare unconstitu-. tional the conferral of tax benefits to ' all segregated schools, ' public and private, and to support the , 14th Amendment.'' (The Na tional Council of Chur ches hai'not taken an of ficial position on this issue.) tThe conference par ticipants also called - for full . employment; deplored the federal budget cuts, which they called "the most systematic retrenchment of government policies iSiiiiiiii'Sls i Black Scholars Gome Home To Honor Their Mentor By Milton Jordan Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, an internationally ac claimed historian, scholar and author, believes that black Americans are strong enough and committed enough now to prevent any real "turning back of the clock" on economic, political and social gains' in this country. She also believes that the black church continues to be a strong institution for political and social change in, this country. "I believe that we will fight every step of the way anyone who wants to send us back to the dark days of overt and virulent racial discrimination and in justice," said Dr. Edmonds during a recent inter view in her home where she is working on her latest book, among dozens of other activities. "I also believe the black church will continue to be in the heat of political and social issues in this country." Both of these issues the ability of blacks to successfully resist negative change and the strength of the black church as a social and political force will come under scrutiny this week during the sixth annual Helen G. Edmonds History Colloquium. The theme for this year's colloquium, to be held in ihe NCCU student union and at White Rock Baptist Church, is "The Black Church in Historical Perspective." 1 . . : According to colloquium organizers, objectives for the tworday session include efforts to provider ,..an understanding of the many faces (social, cultural, political economic and religious) of the Black Church. ,. V ,,. ; ' , ...questions (aboutthe historical record of the Black Church and its relevance for the 1980s. All sessions are free and open to the public, and qualified persons who are interested may sign up to receive academic credit for attending the sessions. 1 s i (See Related Story Page 10) !igSSg.SS3SSSlB3Si registered and organized and educated and energized. And while each of us must take responsibility for reordering the Congress, there are other jobs to be done as well: "The scattered and fractured constituency of progress. . . .racial and language minorities, labor, the sexually op pressed, those for whom" the American dream has become a nightmare, must mobilize their troops and lead them once again onto the streets against the bar ricades of apathy and in difference. "To accomodation with apartheid, we must say No. To the reversal of racial equality, we must say No. To the elimination of those pro-1 grams that sustain life, we must say No... "We must say No to our self-imposed political impotency, to bur seeming inability to finance our own libera tion. We must say Yes to life, to liberty, to the pursuit of happiness. . . .to the future, not the past," Bond concluded, "We can prevail, and we shall endure, and we will overcome." Other speakers also outlined the problems facing blacks and other racial minorities in the U.S. "Never has a people been so alienated from its government aS are blacks in the United States today," said Ms. Maudine R. Cooper of the National Urban League. "Black Americans are having a ; real 4epression. The of- (Continu'ed on Page 8) By Donald Alderman The Durham Section of the National Council of Negro Women will nominate Ms. Anne At water for the 1982 Rosa Parks Award at their monthly meeting Sun day, March 7. The annual Rosa Parks Award is the highest recognition given by Women in Communi ty Service (WICS), a coalition of five national women's groups. Deeply involved in community activities, Ms. Atwater is a member of the Board of Directors of Operation Breakthrough, an anti poverty agency, an employee with the Durham Housing Authority and works with numerous other agencies designed to aid the poor and under privileged. Most recently, Reader's Digest featured Ms. Atwater, along with reformed. . former Klansman Who Quit Hating", and- Warner Brothers is reportedly .making a movie about their lives. A high school drop out from rural Colum bus County, North Carolina, Ms. Atwater moved to Durham in 1953. Decrying condi tions of the poor and the unfortunate, she involv ed herself in programs and services to help their plight. Hired in 1967 by the United Organization for Community Involve ment, she worked to develop ways to over come economic and social poverty in blighted neighborhoods. The same year, 77ie Carolina Times named Ms. Atwater Woman of the Year. An active member of the Mount Calvary United Church of Christ, she will be; ordained a deacon there Sunday, From marching ta the Klansman CP. i civil rights demonstra an article entitled, The (Continued on Pmu 71 1 PHILADELPHIA Trenlon, N.J. carpet dealer f 'hiiiips Moore smiles as he leaves a f!tlv Hall a fi'. man. Moore, who lived in Durham, was a fugitive from a chain gang. for It yean before a routine computer check at Ihe airport here indicated he was wanted. The Philadelphia District Attorney's of fice withdrew its ' fugitive warrant against him. Trenton Mayor Holland called him , model - ciiuen. irti
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