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1-WlLS O0/2O/88 00000 ’'"'CHWIL WILSON LIBRARY N C COLLBCTION UNC-CH CHAFRL HILL NO 27514 ii]w Car#|a Clings l/OLUME 65 - NUMBER 51 (USPS 091-380) DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1987 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS NEW YORK-Shouting "murderers" people outside the court, where the Howard Beach trial came to an end, voice displeasure at the sentences that saw three white youths cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter. The fourth youth was cleared of all charges in the racially-motivated killing of Michael Griffith a year ago. (UPI Photo) Howard Beach Trial Sparks Massive Demonstrations By Lawrence Neumeister Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ About 700 protesters angered by the Howard Beach attack and other racial inci dents kept a vow to block the city’s The Economics of God The Honor Of Work EDITOR’S NOTE _ Jesus tenounced hoarding, condemned he accumulation of possessions md preached for care of the needy, m he also extolled the virtues of mrk. “The Economics of God" oncerns the divine value of useful ndusiry, the "honor of work." By GEORGE W. CORNELL AP Religion Writer Before leaving on a trip, a msinessman called three of his as- listants together and entrusted each vith a substantial sum, advising hem to put it to productive use *hile he was away, "Trade with this until I return," le said, giving one aide about 15,000, another $2,000 and the bird, $1,000. He wanted to ivaluate their initiative. Jesus told this story, with slight 'ariations in Matthew 25 and Luke 9, one of the many cases in which le showed his regard for using bility, time and opportunity irofiwbly. The gospels are laden with pisodes about money, property, redit, labor, harvests, estates. marketing, wealth and poverty. "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly," Jesus said. Six Christian denominations, Protestant and Roman Catholic, have recently examined U.S. eco nomic policies, finding them in violation of biblical principles, but also commending productivity. While Jesus denounced hoard ing, condemned the accumulation of possessions as an enslaving malady and insisted on caring for the needy, he "also showed concern for sound work. "Economic Justice and the Chris tian Conscience." In fact, "Jesus talked more about wealth and poverty than almost any other subject, including heaven and hell, sexual. morality, the law or violence," writes evangelical social-activist Jim Wallace in his book, "Call to Conversion." Jesus also aiqtreciated useful in dustry as shown in several parables, including the owner who left his as sociates to put his capital to work, "each according to his ability." The one given five "talents,” to merchants, doubling the sum to $10,000. The one receiving $2,000 also Invested the money, possibly secur ing .some timber and sawing it into lumber for resale to carpenters. He also doubled the amount. The third man, fearing he might lose the owner’s assets in some failed venture, buried the money (Continued On Page 3) subway and bridge traffic, blocking hundreds of thousands of com muters during rush hour. Several public officials and lead ers of the nonviolent protest, held in defiance of a court order, were among the 73 arrested by police who otherwise kept their distance during the protest Monday evening. "Mayor Koch, have you. heard? This is not Johannesburg,” the crowd chanted as it headed for the Brooklyn Bridge, led by a dozen black leaders linking arms. Among the demonsttators were about 50 whites. In jail Monday night, the protesters heard that a jury had found three white teen-agers guilty of manslaughter in the death of a black man hit by a car while fleeing a racial attack. The death was one of several racial incidents that prompted Monday’s protest. "We"re sick and tired of the law being used against us," Alton Mad dox, a demonstration leader, told the crowd. "This is a monumental occasion. This is a beginning of a civil rights movement in the city of New York.” Police said those jailed were being held on charges of govern mental obstruction and criminal trespass. All were being held overnight, rather than released, because their participation in the demonstration violated the court order, police SgL Raymond O’Donnell said. The leaders were arraigned Tues day and released. After they held a news conference in the lobby of the courthouse, some officers moved in to disperse the crowd and a shoving and shouting match ensued. One of the leaders, the Rev. Her bert Daughtry shouted, "Don’t lose the day hold it, "and Uie crowd moved back into the lobby, raising clenched fists and yelling, "No jus tice, no peace.” The tumult brought court officers from all over the building, and all court sessions were halted until or- (Continued On Page 5) "If anyone will not work, let him not eat White Patriots Members Split But Klan Marches On Jesus spoke about love as it re lates to the economic life of the people more than to any other single moral issue,” U.S. Episcopal bishops say in their 1987 analysis. each worth about $1,000 in silver or gold in those times, promptly and zestfully tackled the project Perhaps he bought cloth, had it made into garments and sold them SPREADING CHRISTMAS CHEER - Zafa Temple #176 distributed 34 Christmas boxes to needy families who otherwise faced a bleak Christmas. Pictured left to right are; Noble James Cameron, Past Potentate J.T. Tucker, Noble John Rhodes, Noble Frank Burnett, Past Potentate; Noble James Wall, Noble Willie Hill, chairman; Noble Theodore Johnson, Noble John Riley, Potenthte; Noble Nathaniel Flintall, Chief Rabban; Noble Exter Gilmer, Noble Edward Liuter, Noble Fernando Kea. By Susan Price Wilson Associated Press Writer RALEIGH (AP) _ Former White Patriot Party leader Glenn Miller made the breakup of his white supremacist group complete in 1987 when he agreed as part of a federal plea-bargain to testify against members of his former organization. Miller himself may be going un derground as part of the federal government’s witness protection program. But while Miller’s white supremacist group faltered, the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan marched on and some North Carolinians were again victims of racial harassment. There were isolated reports of harassment, such as the cross burn ing at the home of a white Iredell county teen-ager who had danced with a black girl at a school dance. In Union county, a Klan member pleaded guilty in April to assaulting a black man who lived with a while friend. A former White Pauiot was convicted of lying to a federal grand jury that was investigating the shooting of a black woman’s car. Acting U.S. Attorney Doug McCullough said he recommended that the U.S. Marshal Service create a new identity for Miller and his family under the wimess protec tion program. He suggested putting the family in the program because of concerns about their safety after Miller agreed to testify against other while supremacists. "You won’t be able to talk about Glenn Miller any more,” McCul lough said. "We’ll still know him as Glenn Miller, but we will not ever use his bogus name, of course. So whenever he shows back up in court, he’ll always be Glenn Mil ler.” Miller was scheduled for sentencing in January after plead ing guilty to issuing a "declaration of war” against blacks, Jews, homosexuals and other groups. McCullough said he was recom mending a 5-year sentence. Miller said at year’s end he was writing a book about his 15 years in the white supremacist movement. He had been accused of violating the terms of his appeal bond by leaving his Hillsville, Va., home earlier this year, and the letter con taining his demands was issued in April while he was being sought by authorities. Miller was later arrested in a raid at an Ozark, Mo., mobile home. With him were Robert Eugene "Jack” Jackson and Douglas Sheets and Tony Wydra. Wydra was released. It was Miller’s testimony that put some of his former associates be hind bars in November, authorities said. Jackson and Sheets were charged in the slayings of three men and the woundings of two others at a Shelby adult bookstore in January. Investigators said the bookstore was a gathering place for homosexuals, but prosecutors said the supremacists’ ideology would not be a central focus of the trial, which has not yet been held. Jackson and another former White Patriot, Stephen Miller of Fayetteville, were convicted earlier in the year in Elizabeth City on charges of conspiracy. Jackson was convicted of conspiring to obtain an illegal weapon, while Miller was jailed after being convicted of con spiring to buy stolen weapons for a series of robberies. Jackson, who was with Miller and didn’t appear for the con spiracy trial in Elizabeth City in April, was convicted in absentia. A federal jury later convicted him on charges of failure to appear at the trial, rejecting his argument that threats by Miller kept him away. Virgil Griffin’s Christian Knights of the KKK staged rallies in towns from Belpre, Ohio, to Wil mington. Griffin was fined $50 and given a 10-day suspended jail term for failing to get a burning permit and carelessness with fire in a cross-burning at a September Klan rally in Charlotte. Another Christian Knights group, led by Carroll Crawford of Bear Poplar, N.C., created a furor when he decided to stage a march in Greensboro, the scene of a bloody 1979 confrontation between Klansmen, Nazis and anti-Klan demonstrators. When the city decided to allow the march, it opened some emo tional scars for citizens who saw (Continued On Page 5)
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