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r? V ~ Wins Vol. III. No. 48 wmmmmmmmmmmvMmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmtmm* Bl A group called the 3011 or8an^ Black Women's Political 3a^ ^aucas wi ' _ Caucas has been organic an organizing m< ? ?J Ora Coleman, chairper- state's political dis Candidates Ask For ~ Police Review Board A Police Review Board against individual offihas been a major plank in cers, such as police the platforms of several brutality, and generally candidates for city govern- monitor the law enforcement, and a common ment program to ensure cause among conserva- justice to all citizens. tives and political gadflies Rodney Sumler pictures alike. the police review board as When the NAACP a cross-section of the city, dropped its investigation containing a judge or of the shooting by police possibly the district attorof Tommy Lee Odum, they ney, some attorneys or tempered their verdict police personnel, and a with the rider that a police majority of citizens. He review board was a good would like to see the board idea. have as many members as A police review board, a grand jury, and hopes composed of citizens and that blacks would outpossibly some city officials numbfiLwhites. and police represents- 44After all," Sumler tives, would investigate explained, "It's blacks such matters as the killing who are involved in most of a suspect, charges 0f these cases." TV A ATP Investigation The NAACP has con- ney Sumler, talked to a eluded ith investigation of number?of?witnesses?of the death of Tommy Lee the Glenn Avenue inciOdum, who was shot^by.dent, and announced that police officers outside the no further investigation is Star-Lite Grocery on July necessary in this case. 11. Committee spokesman Odum, 21, attempted to Rodney Sumler explained rob the Star-Lite Grocery, the reason for the using a gun loaded with investigation, saying: blanks. He encountered "We feel that when police officers outside the anyone loses his life as a store and, according to result of police action, it some witnesses, pointed ought to be looked in to." his gun at police officers, The NAACP's decision refusing to halt when concurs with that of the ordered to do so. Allean S. police and district attorGiH, i black woman ney, who ruled the officer, and another po- shooting justifiable, since liKAtwan **' * ux^moii lucu ai vuuxn. ae oincers could not have was hit in the head and known that Odum's gun side, and died of his only contained blanks, wounds the following day. Although no evidence of The NAACP investigat- wrnngHning was in ing committee, which this case, Sumler called consisted of president for a police review board Patrick Hairston, Charles composed of citizens to McLean of the state investigate future inciNAACP office, and Rod- dents. i ^g,slative | i? e rt ? _|j_ Item 8 on the Congres- c0vera8<' '"eluding dental? sional Black Caucus Legisla- txp<nses'K 2< 'rust f"nd f" live Agenda calls for your nancmg based on abil.ty to concern and personal sup- a"d 3( rellance ?" ,he port. You may wish to retain federal 8?vtrn n< as the inand support each issue in this surer' a'on8 wlth ,he elir"'c^ri?c in caf. nation of co-insurance or deimportant scries in sate- , ... ... guarding our interests d"ctlb f' We are c?n?rned through the Black Caucus. ,hat ef orts <? Pass a muchf more hmtted program of 8 HEALTH catastrophic health insurance will limit progress toward The Caucus has vigorously* comprehensive national sought passage of legislation ea ' ")suranceto provide for a system of ^Th^aucus supports legis-_ national health insurance: lano" Provide grants to ? P^fahliQh r^oinna Hemnnctra. There is strong support and " w demonstrated need for such a "on Pr0?r,m* to encourage program, yet concern about *ch?o1 ?"dtn's cost, which fails to recognize from disadvantaged back.v grounds to pursue carccrs in the savings in unifying cx- j . j tK. the health professions, and isting health costs, and the K , , cost in human terms, con- tnd?"es H R 3432 whlch tinues to impede act.on on would create such a program. the bills before Congress. To Bccause the minority comreceive Caucus support^' a munity is critically underhealth insurance program served by the current health must contain three essential care delivery system, and elements: 1) comprehensive See Alert, Page 2 ! TON-SALl Saturday July 30, J 977 Suite t ack Women's Cau zation, "The purpose of that that Black w< II hold meeting will be to bring begin to col eeting together women from consolidate its T?1 1-T' - r ninrir twrt in thn ntntn in ?n ijri.M.h oT ifteeffort to consolidate a Concerning 1< tricts. political power base so plans,* Ms. fi ?,? -r - B| ' ^ V' ^ jH .,v ik * * ^ P* ^^^^BPPST ^hr ?mv I L^I V ' V vHHIH ' A Hair-raising Experience-Two contestants in the he break before braiding. The contest, sponsored by the featured entrants from several city recreation centers Magistrates SettleW The interracial couple r? who sued two Winston- Salem magistrates for refusing to marry them -^^KV have nearly won their 0 ^Hlv > ft court case, but their troubles are not yet over. Mr In a session Wednes- iir day, July 20th, U.S. v fc1"* Magistrate Herman Smith * f* advised Mike Lewis, \ attorney for the defend- W V ants, magistrates Harold i Thomerson and J.C. Wjj Lewter, to give top priority to the settlement Caro1 F,8ueroa of the case. This advise to marry them, the couple settle out?of?^<mrt went to the" Legal Aid indicated that in Smith's Society for assistance, judgment, Lewter and Bertram E. Brown n, an Thomerson did not have a attorney with the Forsyth defense. The two magis- chapter of Legal Aid, trates had refused to ^brought suit against the perform a marriage cere- magistratest asking for $5 mony for Carol Figueroa in actual damages, the and Thomas Person, cost of the marriage ' stating that interracial license, $50,000 punitive 1 marriages were against damages, and a court their personal and reli- order compelling the i gious beliefs. magistrates to marry them "When they told me and all other interracial 1 that," Carol Figueroa couples who request it. 1 recalls, "I waited to say: Because the magis- < 'That's your problem, not trates are appointed i ours.' " members of the state The magistrates' refu- judicial system, it was 1 sal to perform interracial expected that the North i marriages is in vitiation of Carolina Attorney General 1 a 1967 Supreme Court Rufus Edmiston, would 1 Hpriflinn T^vinrr I r a tWn riofowrl UnrM MWiwiVii | i_l l ^ V ij ? til C V>A A V?? 1 A H W11C1 11 | U lit I C [ t? " Commonwealth of Virgi- sentative of his office, nia, which outlawed racial Andy Vannoy, issued a restrictions on marriage, statement saying that they 1 North Carolina retained could not take the case J an unconstitutional law because it would constiprohibiting interracial tute a conflict of interests marriages until March 24, with the laws making such 1 1977, when the legislature marriages legal. repealed it. Person and Lewter and Thomerson Figueroa requested their engaged the firm of White marriage ceremony seve- and Crumpler to defend ral months after the them, and the case went state law was taken off the to court July 20. The books. magistrates refused to When Lewter and answer questions put to Thomerson refused to them by Legal Aid Society t M CHRG 603 Pepper Bldg. Winston-Saiem, NX cus Is Organized >men can continued, saying, "We and is an lect and hope to use that power in Minority efforts in best interest of Black Internatic Coleman non-partisan organization on July 1( ""' -' '?Transit E ______?? To Local ' Mayor Pro-tem C.C. ?Ross called him "Mr. Transportation,'' and . last Tuesday the city of ? Winston-Salem named its new Public Transportation Center in his honor, but Hampton D. Haith had been doing a masterful job of superii T vising the transit ay stem for a long time W before he received his accolades. Mr. Haith has been in the transportation business since 1942, and since that time he has been dedicated to thp rnnoo miKlirt WMMk/V V/l yUUUL' y transport at ion in Winston-Salem,_ first as manager of Safe Bus and now as co-ordinator PIP of WSMT. "Public transportation is more important now than ever before ,XJ Haith declared. "With urbraidlng contest take . Potion congestion, downtown public Hbrary, and P?kmg places cities now need an effective system oi mass transit. Vijt"["ypcifit?[ good reason to worry --- - _ about money just now: she is having job problems. Both Thomas Person and Carol Figueroa, who are legally blind, are employed by Industries [Wlf m for the Blind. Last week, t-m HE WmJ w says Carol Figueroa, she I 9 1was ta^en the job that " i she had been doing., and ;* given a different job which only pays about half the salary of her old job. '' "They said they moved me because I wasn't blind Thomas Person , . ., any more, but they gave lawyers, pleading the 5th my j0^ ^ a sighted Amendment,, and -they person," she stated:? flfikpH t.hflt H pnnait ir?r> a .... ?, "How can they suddentaken in the case be sealed jy gay no^ blind? That as well as an injunction to eye ^est jg months prevent disclosure of any 0id/' of their testimony to keep g^g js afraid that the secret anyway^_ transfer and pay cut After hearing the evi- gomehow related to her dence, Smith advised the involvement in the suit magistrates lawyers to against the magistrates, settle out of court, and but industries for the negotiations began. Blind say that the job will According to Brown, be phased out in three .he magistrates have Weeks. Ms. Figueroa's agreed to sign a consent attorneys have advised 3rder agreeing to marry her to wait the three interracial couples. weeks before considering "I don't know if I want further action. Lhem to marry us or not," r- " gays Carol Figueroa. "It ^eVit?zw%lZ,el^ would be bad to have your V^XlTOIXlCl? wedding performed by somebody who hates ^/cqtllCr The monetary aspect of the case is still unsettled, but the magistrates have wUIlOOK agreed to pay, says Brown. The exact amount K Paym?r m7 C??l th* remaining o? Z l r^^U f ,C1Z ' the week, with highs in however One of Uwter the 70.g 8 ,ow and Thomerson s st.pula- 80v Chance^f d ,, Uons m agreeing to settle ^ 15% is the prormse that no one 2Q% Friday thru Su*. Ve ?U 6VeI day. Sunny & hot disclose the sum agreed Mondfly flnd Tueftday Carol Figueroa has mCLE ?? *20 Cents * outgrowth of the the . only non-partisan Caucus of the organization actively in>nal Women's - volved in the state to hick?met in increase minority?wo Dalern tn .Ttrnpr TLl&li^S repFFB86f1it8tlOfi ifr 3 in Raleigh. It is ' )ccns) I kiilding Dedicated ? Black Official ? This last position, he explained, is important because it gives him the responsibility of ensuring that minority businesses get a fair chance to bid for federal projects. Even with a building named after him, and 4 4 being close to becoming a senior citizen" as ^he put it, Hampton Haith is not resting on his laurels. He still has plans for improving the **$3S transit He is Hampton D. Haith particularly concerned with the elderly and "Public transporta- with handicapped portion is bound to lose sons. money, though^' said "In the future, we Haith, explaining why must pay more attensuch systems are no tion to the needs of the longer privately owned. handicapped/' said "Operating costs are Haith. ?av VtVWt 1UVU high, hut fares must be special buses which ?kept -to^-a minimumso have beefi designed tc that poor people will be accomodate wheelable to use the chairs. Winston-Salerr system." does not have any 01 ? those buses yet, but he Haiths civic activi- hopes that they will on? ties are notjimited to rday ^ purchased fo. transportation. He has the city tran8it 8ystem. served the community the^ meantime, = he and the state for many says-;?drivers?assist years in various advi- those paasenger8 who * . sory capacities, includ- ^ unable to cope wteh , ing: 4 years as a board boarding on their own. member on the N.C.when he is not . Dept. of?Corrections engaged in community Commission, a formu- activities or church lating the regulations work at ^ Benedict's for the state's prison Haith enjoyg golfing A system; a member of row 0f trophies in his the Winston-Salem den suggest that he Planning Board for 13 handles golf as he does years; and liason officer the transit 9y8tem: very for minority busi- skillfully. nesses. Anti-Shoplifting Program Launched Thomas Blair, Manag- are juveniles) and the ing _ Director of? the Greater Downtown AssoWinston-Salem Retail - iation of Winsti-kn-.Qoi^^ Merchants Association, As a part of the program announced the launching merchants will be urged to of a massive county-wide adopt a uniform policy of program to dead more reporting all shoplifting effectively with the crime incidents to the police. An of shoplifting. elaborate computerized record system will be Losses from shoplifting maintained to enable the have reached staggering police department and proportions. La9t year court personnel to deal losses in Winston-Salem more effectively with alone amounted to an repeat junvenile offendestimated $20 million. The ers. An information netcosts were ultimately work has been established borne by each citizen in to keep merchants inthe form of higher prices formed as to the disposi(shoplifting loses cost the tion of junvenile shoplift average Winston-Salem ing cases and an antifamily of four $560 in shoplifting educational 1976K campaign _wil) be carried into the schools. The new anti-shoplift ing program is the product Blair stated that he was of a one year effort on the confident that a concerted part of the Winston-Salem effort on the part of the Retail Merchants Assoc- merchants, law enforceiation, the Forsyth County ment personnel and the Juvenile Justice Council, courts would result in a the Court Counseling significant reduction in Service, the Juvenile shoplifting which, by any Division of the Winston? measure, is the most Salem Police Department expensive crime against (over 50% of shoplifters business today. *
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