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NAACP War
New Challen;
By Milton Jordan 'Sanctions
Convention Coverage Rhodesia, w
News Service 0 should be i
LOUISMLLE?Unless more black peo- recent electic
pie rally to its call, the NAACP could country still d
find itself spread too thin, fighting too On domesl
many battles on too many fronts to be as tion's fiery exi
effective as it has been in the past. Hooks, told i
This undercurrent of warning drifted meeting:
clearly through the 70th annual conven- political manu
tion here last week that was a combina- back the stea
tion of discussions of problems facing made in the p
the organization, pep talks, exhuber- civil rights,
ance and internal squabbles. "What is f
Margaret Bush Wilson, NAACP na- white people
tional board chairperson, sounded the mimicked and
warning in her keynote address to more States Congre
than 10,000 convention delagates open- affirmative act
| ing night: "...we are now dealing with desegregation
| a climate much more treacherous than Internallv.
we faced in the 60s and before. We are face a ground
facing a subtle form, a covert form of some member
racism, and it is masked in all kinds of money, and a
colors, all kinds of style, and all kinds of controlled
intricate and sophisticated strategies.'' organization.
Noting some of the issues, the Said one del
problems that spread the NAACP's identified:
resources thin, Mrs. Wilson, a St. Louis that's all we'v
The energy crisis, a situation
earned the organization severe criticism given all the m
last year when its policy supported To this, Wi
energy expansion. NAACP natior
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, "If we don't
which she called a survival mechanisir freedom, thei
and a hedge against the greatest threat
^ | to our national security.
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Police Brutality Or
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By Yvctte McCoIIough
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entered their yard unlawfully and beat
them unnecessarily have been convicted
on various charges and sentenced to
spend a day in jail.
Charges were dismissed against a
fourth woman who testified that her toe
was broken during the incident.
Lawyers for the women said police
never should have entered their pro
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By Yvette McCulkragh
Staff Writer
^The Patterson Avenue YMCA Police?
Incentive Program was granted an
increase __of about $20,000 in their
budget by the Board of Alderman
Monday, but would lose a key staffer in
the process.
The aldermen voted 5-4, with the
Mayor casting the deciding vote, to
approve the , tax ordinance for the
1979-80 fiscal year. In doing so, they
also approved an amendment increasing
the budget of the incentive program
from $33,000 to $52,000r
The amendment calls for the deletion
of the city staff position in the program _
and having the director of the program
on the VY" staff. The city staff
position is that 4 of police incentive
coordinator, currently held by Alfred
Adams.
Adams, who has worked with the
coordinator since 1976 would longer
work with the program.
?Tm glad - we received what > we
- requested for the kids,? said Richard
Glover, executive director of the Patterson
Avenue YMCA. "However, I am
not happy if it means Alfred will no
longer be working with the program/'
Adams, contacted by telephone, said
he had, talked to City Manager Powell
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because the
ns weren't fair, and the
oesn't have majority rule.,
:ic issues, the organizaecutive
director, Benjamin
eporters, during a press mgM
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levering underway to beat W I
tdy progress blacks have
ast 10 years in the field of
generally felt among our Descendents
in this country is being family tour th
pandered to in the United Salem Chronl
ss by way of attackes on reunion here,
tion, and busing for school
7* said Hooks.
national NAACP officials f
[swell of^opposition from
s over the drive for more - 1 fF
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structure for the s ? ? ^ ^
of their m<
egate who asked not to be
'Since Hooks took over _ ? .
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lliam Oliver, a longtime Pa8e 011 **
at board member, said: g
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
larges Overlooked
~perty and charged that police failed to
tell the women they/ were being
Darcell House, and Juanita House
were found guilty of assaulting a police
officer, and resisting an arr#?ct i?
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Forsyth District Court Monday by Judge
William Freeman. Carolyn House was
found guilty of assaulting a police
officer. They were all sentenced to 30
days in jail, suspended for 29 days and
required to pay a S25 fine and costs^
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and was assured that he wd&d still be
affiliated with the Police Incentive
Program.
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'Tm glad to be working with the?
program and I want to continue working
with the program." Adams said.
4 'Without a policeman working with the
program it wouldn't be the Police
Incentive Program, it would just be the
Incentive Program."
Adams said he thinks there was some
misunderstanding about his position
and he hopes that everything has been
cleared up. He said it was felt by some
city officials that < his job was being
duplicated by Howard Jones, outreach^
director of the Patterson Y, wbo^also A
works with the program. * Adorns said
that this is not the case. ^
"I just want to continue working with
the program because our kids need
this," Adams said. "Our kids a
chance to go to camp and do other
things that the program offers."
as part of a four-year federal grant and
was designed to improve the relationships
between the > police and the
-community. ? The city took over the
funding of the program in 1975. The
program offers a variety of activities
with the main emphasis on value
orientation. The program serves over
1*650 kids.
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lc offices of the Winston- gathered for the
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wtlff intentionally causing a~^ public
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The case of the four women has
prompted the NAACP to renew its call
for a civilian review boardThe
incident involving the four women
and the police officers occured on
May 30 whenkPublic Safety Officer J. G.
Bullard answered a call about a stolen
bicycle. The officer testified that he
entered the House's property to investi
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only how the syst
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observe a few not
We hear a lot
from the court s>
this statement, b
brought on By the
Just based on t
I've noticed how
the judge are ill
i across ine country appear and have 1
sixth annnal meeting of I ve als0 notice
blacks come to cc
don't care how r
5 don't think you sh
a lawyer at youi; s
Another m^jor
tampton. Get details court,s; esp(ecia".y
v S. an I don t care
taking the whole
\ before a judge, w
ial Drifters bfpught off his hat and h
'h music" to Vvins- address a guy on t
nd a lot of memories Thankfully for
ge eight, plus a new ffense to his attii
a?mv^r.,ff lyr^a- rnr with. ahmBi
lig!itly.
There's one m<
timer basketball lea- men I've observ
5 to the man who appearing in cour
:he 4'one on One", is was dressed in a
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^ Jasi? -gate
the possibility of a stolen bicycle^
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was on ineir property unlawfully be?
cause he didn't have a search warrant.
They said they asked 1he officer to leave
the property and bring back a search'
warrant.
Officer Bullard testified that he had
probable cause because he saw the bike
in the yard. Bullard said that the
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imlttee of the Atkins Class of 1969 got
it their class's 10th anniversary, which
Inston-Salem Hyatt House. They are [1
ilshoim, Doris Montgomery, Patricia
f Jones and Rom Wm#
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5t couple of weeks I've had a chance to
:ial system in Winston-Salem and I can
hort time span, I've learned a lot -- not
em works but about the people who get
ist come before the judges.
erson's viewpoint, I.have been able to
iceable flaws.
about how blacks get such a raw deal
stem. I'm not in a position to debate
Lit some of the problems blacks face are
mselves.
he two weeks I've been attending court,,
the majority of blacks brought before
prepared. They come in late or fail to
:o be summoned by the bailiff.
;d that for very serious offenses some
>urt having failed to retain a lawyer. I
ninpr an offense may appear to be, I
lould go to court without legal advice or
ide.
probhem I've seen of blacks in the
young blacks, is that they seem to have
attitude. They stroll iff and seem to be
process rather lightly. One guy went
ith no lawyer, he had to be told to take
e addressed the judge liice he would
he street.
the guy's sake, the judge didn't.take
tude and had a court lawyer appointed
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)re thing I must say. about the black
ed in court. Of all the black men
t during the'time I attended, only one
presentable manner. I don't mean bySee
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