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Martin Supports Madans For Mayor
Continued From R)ge lA
responsibilities to our constitu
ents. We addressed the Issues
that most concerned them; on
the city, county eind state levels.
'We were dealing with the fate
of those westslders who had ex
pressed concerns about the nuin-
ner In which Duke was respond
ing to the power crisis," Walton
said. "I totally disagree with
Hoyle's assertion that he should
be entitled to equal time.That
would suggest that we were In
volved In some form of political
format which It was clearly not.
"I have checked with elections
officials on this point and any
contention such as this is whol
ly without foundation. We got
the suggestion from Ken Koontz,
who made the point that major
TV coverage was not reaching
the city at-large," he said.
Walton said radio stations
were the only effective means of
communicating during the
emergency. It was felt that WPEG
had to fill a more aggressive
role In getting pertinent Infor
mation regarding the disaster
out to the black community.
"After the suggestion was
made," Walton said, "I merely
followed up on It by phoning
Chester Williams (WPEG general
manager) and voicing the con
cerns that we had. Their (WPEG)
response was to Invite us to do
that news show. It's all about
public service: that's what we're
here for."
Martin does plan to seek equal
air time with WPEG. No slight
was Intended, according to
WPEG Station Manager Michael
Saunders, when asked to re
spond to Martin's charges, Saun
ders says, "That's not a problem
at all. We'll be glad to have him
whenever he's ready. I'll be wait
ing for his call."
Martin also strongly criticized
Walton for his non-committal
responses regarding whether or
not he's supporting Democratic
mayoral candidate Craig Ma
dans In a recent Charlotte Ob
server article. When asked about
his support for Madans, Wal
ton's reply was three consecu
tive, "Next question."
"When Harvey Gantt lost the
mayor's race to Sue Myrlck two
years ago, where were Walton,
Dannelly, Richardson and other
Democratic Party leaders to re
spond to the need then to recruit
and train If necessary, political
candidates to seek the mayor's
office," Martin said.
"Craig Madans has filled a
void with his own money, time,
talents and energy to provide an
alternative to the Lone Ranger
mayor we now have," he said.
"For anyone who claims to be a
Democrat to refuse to support
the Party's nominee. Is just po
litical backwardness," Martin
said. He called Walton's disposi
tion "ludicrous and deplorable."
Walton said that Martin Is at
tempting to preempt his (Wal
ton's) prerogative.
"He's absolutely wrong!" Wal
ton said "I'm surprised that
Hoyle would stoop so low. 1
thought he was a man of more
Integrity than thls."On the Issue
of his support for Craig Madans,
Walton cited a technical aspect
of Madans' candidacy.
"He Is not the Party nominee
until after the primary. So It Is
altogether proper to reserve my
judgement until after that time.
If, In fact, Mr. Madans becomes
the nominee, I will support the
democratic candidate."
Richardson could not be
reached for comment.
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All Black Army Unit Holds 12th Reunion
BrJOANKENT
THE SUN HERALD
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Bitter
ness enters Charles B. Hauser's
voice when he recalls his experi
ence as a black man In the U.S.
Army before the military was
Integrated.
He scored high enough on tests
to become an officer, but his at
tempts to advance were blocked,
so he decided to tiy to become a
warrant officer, which was
awarded on the basis of test
scores. He passed and was as
signed to a unit.
"But when I arrived, the com
mander said, 'I will not have a
nigger officer In my unit,' "
Hauser recalled, the words still
clear In his mind. 'They with
drew my commission and re
duced me to a private."
Hauser, of Winston Salem,
N.C., was one of 25 members of
the all-black 582 and 641st Or
dinance Ammunition compa
nies, which held their 12th re
union this past weekend at a
Biloxi hotel.
The units served In the Europe
an theater during World War II
and were among the first to
work the "Red Ball Express,"
which supplied ammunition to
the front lines.
"When you live together for
three years, you form an attach
ment that won't easily go away,"
said Harold Kirby of Chicago.
The attachment Is perhaps
stronger because of tlie discrimi
nation they faced.
"It wasn't the officers. It was
the enlisted men and society It
self," said James Wright of Wins
ton-Salem.
When they went Into American
towns, they still had to sit In the
back of the bus and could not be
served In restaurants.
'We felt like we were fighting
two enemies, the Germans and
the white Americans," said Kir
by.
The officers were all whites ...
southern whites, the veterans
recalled.
'The Army believed that they
knew how to handle blacks,"
Kirby said.
When they learned that their
captain, Maj. Herman Hinton,
was from Mississippi, they
quaked.
' Ken Koontz presents James Cuthbertson with new fax machine
Smith Athletics Gets "Fax"
;; Local, regional and national
“.college sports media will now
• :get the "fax" about Johnson C.
: ;Smlth University athletics more
; Iqulckly and more efficiently -
• Thanks to a gift from the Ken
I Koontz Public Relations agency
'.and a group of JCSU area mer-
. "chants.
■ The Koontz agency developed
• :and conducted a special adver
tising ceimpalgn to raise money
. • to purchase a new facsimile ma-
; chine for the University's Sf)orts
■Information Office.
"Our Sports Information Office
;began the year at a serious mar
keting disadvantage compared
•to other schools In our confer
ence and to other small private
colleges and universities across
the country," says James Cuth
bertson, assistant sports Infor
mation direction for JCSU. "Ken
and I were discussing plans for
the football season and he vol
unteered to take on a campaign
to get us a facslmUe machine for
my office's use," adds Cuthbert
son.
'The merchants around the
university were eager to help out
and they supported us whole
heartedly," says Koontz, a '72
JCSU grad.
Basically, the program works
like this: Koontz makes com
mercial announcements for the
merchants at JCSU's home foot
ball games In Memorial Stadi
um. His agency supplemented
their advertising fee with funds
he Is paid as public address an
nouncer.
"Because of Hurricane Hugo,
we have Included the announce
ments In the basketball season
for full-house crowds at Bray-
boy Gym on campus," says
Koontz.
Participating merchants In-
elude: A&C Chinese Fast food,'
- Simpson's Records and Tapes,
- Accent on Cards and Print, and
' the Steak 'n Hoagle, all In the
- new Cummings Retails Center
I at 2200 Beatties ford Road.
Others Include: McDonald's
- Gafeteria and Best Western Ho-
; tel, Mr. C's Chicken. Universal
; Beauty College, Beatties Ford
•Handy Mart, Watts Chiropractic
Center, and O'Nanny's Christian
Day Care Agency.
For more information about
your company's participation,
call Ken Koontz & Associates,
394-4044, or JCSU Sports Infor
mation, 378-1025.
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"'We thought 'oh not'" Wylie
Carter of Gary, Ind., recalled.
"But, when we got over the fact
that he was from Mississippi, we
found out that he was OK."
Black units often served on the
front lines, the veterans said.
"It was straight to the front,"
Carter said.
Deferments were reserved for
whites then. Wright had passed
college entrance tests widen he
got his draft notice.
He and the man for whom he
worked tried everything to get
him a deferment, but their ef
forts failed. He still has the let
ter In which he says an Army of
ficial wrote that the Army would
not defer him because he was
black.
But the veterans say that the
worst part of their experience
was returning to a still-
segregated America.
"You'd risked your lives and
lost people you loved, and you
couldn't even eat inside restau
rants." Kirby said.
All the veterans used the GI bill
to further their education. But
for Carter, It wasn't enough to
erase the prejudice.
He'd enrolled In the broadcast
school at Columbia College In
Chicago, and said he was doing
good work.
"But the professor kept saying,
'You are just wasting time.
There's no place for you,' " he
said. "Eventually I believed him
and dropped out."
All the veterans said they were
pleasantly surprised that Mis
sissippi was not as they had
feared.
Everyone here has been more
sincerely cordial than In their
northern cities, the veterans
said.
Their reception Is a far cry
from what they received when
they returned to American after
the war.
They all laughed In agreement
when Carter quipped, "If anyone
had told us then that we'd be at
the Hilton In Mississippi, I'd
have told them they were on
drugs."
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