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Vol. II, No. 16
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
Saturday December 20, 1975
Little Charges FBI With Illegal Mail Use
by James Smith
Staff Writer
“For an organization that is
always expounding that law
and order be enforced and that
Justice should be done, I think
it’s about time that something
be done to that organization to
be sure that Justice is done.”
Those comments were made
recently by Larry Little, Black
Panther Party coordinator
when he talked of how the
Federal Bureau of Investi
gation (FBI) had used the
mails to harrass members of
the local party.
“We (Panther party) want
to be compensated for our
harassment and we want to
see the FBI prosecuted and
brought to Justice,” Little
said.
“1 think members of the FBI
should be in jail and I also
think many of them are
racists,” he continued.
Little’s bitterness toward
the FBI stems back during the
late 1960s and early 1970s.
Recently, reports were
carried that the Senate
ntelligence Committee, which
is investigating the operations
of the FBI, had in its
lossession documents show
ing that the FBI used a letter
writing campaign to harrass
members of the local Panther
)arty.
The report said that
evidence gathered by the
Senate committee showed that
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Larry Little reads letter which was allegedly sent by the FBI
and was signed “A BLACK BROTHER.”
the FBI had moved on several niember of the committee, is
levels to divide the party and specifically trying to deter-
discourage support for the *^ine whether the FBI directly
groups on an even wider scale indirectly precipitated what
than it employed against the become known as the
“meat truck shootout” at the
Panthers headquarters here in
1971,
See FBI Page 2
Ku Klux Klan.
The reports also said that
Sen. Robert Morgan, a
Concerned Women Visit Inmates
by James Smith
Staff Writer
About 51 members of the
ocal chapter of the Concerned
'Vomen for Justice, chartered
a bus Saturday and visited the
inmates at the Correction
Center for Women in Raleigh.
The local organization is
■comprised mainly of members
com the Experiment in
Self-Reliance senior citizens
;roup.
Mrs. Velma Hopkins, presi
dent of the local chapter said
lie purpose of the trip was to
distribute Christmas gifts to
die 488 inmates there.
After their arrival, she said
members of the other 16
chapters throughout the state
were also there.
' Members of the local group
carried gifts which had been
made or purchased and they
also carried items which had
been contributed by several
companies and organizations.
Although the groups were
not admitted to talk with the
inmates, Mrs. Mary P. Brice,
director of senior citizens
activities said one of the
highlights of the day was
when the inmates sang
Christmas carols to the groups
and gave recognition to Mrs.
Mary Pearson, the oldest
person there.
After a guided tour, the
local chapter adopted Dormi
tory C (Master Security Unit)
as their yearly project.
In the adoption of a
dormitory, the local chapter
will look after the needs of the
inmates and will try to visit as
often as possible.
‘‘We hope to be going to see
the inmates again before
Christmas,” said Mrs. Brice.
13 Arrested In
Narcotics Crackdown
by James Smith
Staff Writer
No trial date has been set
for 13 persons who were
arrested last week during a
drug roundup, but they will be
arraigned Jan. 5 in Forsyth
County Superior Court.
Capt. John R. Turner, head
of the police department
detective division, said the
arrests were the result of more
than three months of
undercover investigation. He
said the roundup was a
followup to last June’s raids in
which 23 people were
arrested. Most of them have
pleaded guilty or been
convicted by juries.
The arrests are part of a
statewide drug crackdown
which resulted in at least 13
arrests in Charlotte and seven
in Hickory. The State Bureau
of Investigation aided in the
investigations.
All the persons arrested
were accused of selling mostly
heroin. Turner said.
The drug roundup, accord
ing to Turner, began around 7
a.m. last Thursday when SBI
agents and detectives from
Winston-Salem began their
raids. The people offered no
resistance, Turner said.
For those arrested, bond
was set from $1,000 to $5,000.
Some of them have posted
bond and others are still being
held in custody.
Those arrested and charged
are:
Samuel Lee Morrison, 22, of
1824 N. Trade Street. He is
charged with conspiracy to sell
heroin and two counts of
possession of heroin and sale
and delivery of heroin.
James A. Baldwin, 26, of
1100 E. 19th Street, Apt. B., is
charged with sale and delivery
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TWIN PROBLEM FOR SANTA—At the annual Fayetteville
State University Christmas party recently, Ole Saint Nick had a
problem identifying twin boys Harvie Lee Hill (left) and Herbie
Carlton Hill. Anyway, Santa got their Christmas toy list from
parents Mr. & Mrs. Herby C. Hill Jr., of Fayetteville and
promised to deliver them right on time this Christmas Eve.
(FSU Photo by John B. Henderson)