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| Chavis, Wilmington 10
|| defendant and N.C. AlliIs
ance board member,
released the following
letter to President Carter
on human rights through
the N.C. Alliance office in
Raleigh:
-j .De^ Mr.^ Presirfflnt;
?Slapped By
Woman Pit
Raleigh, N.C. [CCNS] Mattie
Diggs was sitting in
court waiting for her trial to
"continue and received the
shock of her life from a
burly, white Deputy Sheriff
of Robeson County, Gerald
Martin.
__ Martin, she said, u&lcaahed
all the force his right hand
could muster to slap the
young black woman in the
full view of court and her
lawyer.
Attorney H. Mitchell
Baker of Lumberton said that
he didn't see the incident but
fis^CT
Ram Coach Bighouse Gaines re
designating WSSU Week. W
Winslow Lowery Director of
Kenneth Williams, Chancellor
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WINSTON-SALEM, N
vis
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You have no doubt
rn/iftJirft/J nr? r? ?*?? 1
i cvciycu in any icitei s
calling for the U.S.
government's support for
thejcause^of human rights
in foreign countries where
there are alleged human
rights violations.
Most notably is your
recent response to a letter
from the Soviet dissident,
Andrei D. Sakharov,
wherein you stated, -'You
may rest assured that the
DailirrT^"
ins Suit
was told by several persons
in the court that Ms. Diggs
was talking with another
woman when bailiff Martin
told the two to 'shut un.'
4'There were some words
and several say he (Gerald
Martin) put his finger in her
face and then slapped her/
Baker said.
Mattie Diggs' account is
almost the same. She said
Mary Kinsley of Fairmont
was talking with her when
Martin told the two to 'shut
up.' She said when Ms.
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Coach Gaines9
Mayor Pr<
As a tribute to the
WinstSn-Salem State University
Rams, 1977 CIAA
basketball champions, by
virtue of winning the CIAA
tournament, Mayor Franklin
R. Shirley has proclaimed
March 7-12, 1977, as
Winston-Salem State University
Week.
The formal presentation of
the proclamation was made
to W.SSU athletic director
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ana neaa DasKeiDau coacn
C.E. "Bighouse" Gaines on
Monday, March 7 at 10:30
a.m. in the Trophy Room in
the Alumni Building on
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government will continue
our firm commitment to
promote respect for human
rights ? We shall use
our good offices 4?L-*eek
viic i ticaoc ui pi iouuci 3 ui
conscience."
As only one of many
American citizens who has
been unjustly imprisoned
not because of criminal
conduct but as a direct
result of participation in
"the human and civil rights
movement in the United
Group See
Bring PUS
by Sam Roberson, Jr.
Special Correspondent
A group of citizens here ar
trying to organize a chapter
of P.U.S.H. (People United
to Save Humanity). The
group, headed by Mrs.
Margaret Vigil* met last
week at Staley's Northside
Restaurant to discuss feasibility.
"Our purpose for this
meeting was merely to
determine whether or not we
could meet the criteria for
establishing a chapter of
PUSH here," Mrs. Vigil said
_WSSU Rams
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campus.
The latest honor is one of
many collected by Gaines
and his cagers this season.
The Rams finished th#>
regular season with a
mediocre 14-9 record overall
and finished second in the
CIAA southern division to
St. Augustine's with a 10-6
conference mark.
WSSU entered the CIAA
tournament with All-CIAA
guard Don Helton on the
bench with a stone bruised
heel and Mike Brown an
All-tournament selection in
1976 no longer on the squad.
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)eak Out' HStates,
I appeal to you,
President Carter, to first ||
set a national priority of
freeing all U.S. political
prisoners.
It is from a prison cell in 1
the state of North Carolina
where I urgently write to
you about the case known 1
publicly as the "Wilmington,
N.C. 10". We are ten 1
victims of a racist and
politicaLprosecution. m .
How can our govern- 1
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in an interview following
the meeting.-4We have sent
r off to the National Headquarters
in Chicago and will
expect the information
soon." ,
In addition, Mrs. Vigil
said that other meetings will
be called periodically to
determine the amount of
community interest.
The national PUSH organization
is headed by the Rev.
Jesse Jackson who is a
former leader of the
Southern Christian LeaderSee
PUSH, Page 2
Honored
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Showing a definite lack of
depth and with starters
Stenson Conley and Mike
Robinson slowed by breathing
problems the Rams
none-the-less upset Virginia
State, Virginia Union, and
St. Augustine's to capture
the conference crown.
Carlos Terry was named
the events MVP and he
aloncr with CrAnrcr** fJihonn
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the tourneys leading scorer,
and reserve Marco Dillard
were named to the Alltournament
squad. Dillard,
replacing the injured Helton,
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