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PRESS RUN THIS WEEK 9,360 On CharpeH ()f C.ontipirary ?toJUai><,,frwiWjQ6 ce. :»io. X !• Xy 4Ktl MAYOR’S WIFE IS FREED White Jury Deliberates Less Than 2 Hours BY STAFF WRITKK An all-white jury of 7 men ami 5 women took less than 2 hours here Monday night to return a verdict of not guilty in the case of Mrs. Marguerite M Lightncr, wift of Kaleigh's first black mayor. Clarence Everett Lightner. elected in 1973 The trial began on Monday. J."! 20, after Judge Henry A. McKinnon. Jr of Lumberton. refused to grant a postponement, sought by defense attorneys for Mrs. [.ightner In an impassionate plea to members of the jury Monday morning. Attorney 'Ailliam G. (Buck) Ransdell. former Wake Countv Superior Court solicitor and chief counsel for the woman accused of consoirine to receive and dispose of stolen clothes and meats, warned the jurors "not to take the word of Wake County's biggest shoplifter in what she is trying to do to the wife of Raleigh's mayor." The chief witness against Mrs. lightner was an admitted and convicted shoplifter and former heroin addict. Mrs. Linda Shaw Jones, a Sl-year-old black woman. When questioned about the case immediatelv after the jury's verdict, Mayor Lightner said. "I'm proud and pleased with my wife’s acauitlal and my political future is up to the people ' At least half of the jurors agreed that the word 'conspiracy' was the key factor in finding Mrs. Lightner innocent "If the indictment had read receiving stolen goods, it might have been a different story," one Juror is reported as having said. Normally a soft-spoken man, Attorney Ransdell has the capacity to grill a witness mercilessly as he did Mrs Jones on almost every occasion as to the believability of her testimony. The other attorney was Samuel S. Mitchell, a black Raleigh lawyer. Although Judge McKinnon warned the packed courtroom audience against outbursts, there was a brief show of joy by most of the spectators (See MAYOR'S WIFE, P. 2) THE CAROLINIAN VOL. 34 NO. 15 ^«rl/l Carolina’n Leadinfi ff'eeklv RAl.KIOH. N.r. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. FEB. 1. 1976 I..1111-11.— j. .1 ,1 ii.»4— SINGLE COPY 20c Shot Itv Highway Patrolman AFTER THE VERDICT — Raleigh. .\.C. — Clarence Ughtaer. Mayor of RalelgK..<L). beams as he talks with reporters after his wife Marguerite IR) was found innocent of chargee Jan. 27 of conspiring to receive and dispose of tiolen goods. The Mayor called the verdict the end of "an ordeal" for him and his wife. il'Pli First NAACP Legislative NASH MAN MAIMED ¥ ^ 4 ¥ ¥ ¥ ★ ★ ★ ★ Mimliis Of Controversy Dinner Here Is A Success FSU Wins Junk Yard Fi^ht Council Victim, 25, Loses Sight In Left Eye The first legislative dinner, sponsored by the State Confer ence o' Branches. NAACP, held at Raleigh's Royal Villa. Saturday. Jan 25. goes down in history as the beginning of a new venture of awareness to the cause i' freedorp The speaker. S C. Repre sentative. Ernest Finney, called the diners to the sense of their duty to make freedom work He told them that the fight should never end until blacks had enough representa tion in city halls, courthouses, legislative halls, congress and even the White House to build a goverment devoid of immoral ity. motivated upon the fact that all men are created equal and propelled by the tenets of the Christian religion, would any American enjoy full Mrs. W It it r Is Honored At Raleigh- WCA Session BY MISS J E. HICKS The regular meeting of the Raleigh-Wake Citizens Associ ation. was held at the East Hargett Street YWCA Thurs day night with the president, Ralph Campbell, presiding. Prayer was offered by Mr. Cobb, then Mr. Campbell requested the reports of various committees. Many chairmen were absent or had no report. The public bus cor mittee was asked to report at the next meeting. President Campbell spoke glowingly about the services of Mrs. Harveleigh White to the community Her tragic and untimely death is a blow. Mr. J. Cobb was appointed chair man of a resolution committee in her behalf. Miss M. E. Ligon was suggested as a replace ment on the bicentennil committee. There was a heart to heart round table discussion partici pated in by many members regarding current issues which RWCA should be considering. At the next meeting, a report on the goals will be considered The president was urged to find persons capable and willing to assume responsibility. Miss Fran Stephens, due to another engagement, was not present. A special meeting is being planned for Feb. 18. Details will follow later. Confab Is Planned In Soul City SOUL CITY—Announcement was made here last week by Warren Regional Planning's executive director. John Hick man. of a forthcoming indus trial development conference. The conference will be held at Soul City on Wednesday, F'chruarv I9. and is co-spon sored by WRPC and the Office of Minority Business Enter prise (OMBEi. The purpose is to acquaint local business people and prospective busi ness people with the various technical assistance programs and services that are available through WRPC and other agencies-and to present in- (See SOUL CITY. P. 2) • JAKE ’ GAITHER TO KOOTB.\LL "HALL OF FAME” — New York — Alonzo Smith (Jake) Gaither, retired football coach and athtdic director of Florida AAM. was named Jan. 39 to National Football Foundation's "Hall of Fame." In 2S seasons as head roacn of the Rattlers, tiaitber compiled a record ot 203 victonet M defeats and 1 ties, d Pii. freedom Die dinner featured Che 6 black members of the N C General Assembly. Senators Fred Alexander ahd John Winters. Representatives. Joy Johnson. Richard Erwin. H .M* michaux. Jr and Henry Frye Malcolm <Peten Stanford, uho arranged the history making event, told the audi ence that the dinner was the advocate of the organization He said that every facet uf the state s citizenry had been invited to display its interest in (moving that the rights of every man woman, girl and boy\ regardless of race, creed or color was the concern of the advocate According to Stanford, let* ters were sent to people, beginning with the governor, judges, legislators, mayors, city councilmen, big business, small business, butchers, bak ers and even candlestick makers, in the hope that the NAACP might buud a solid f ihalanx to march on the egislative halls and aid in getting legislation passed that was purported to give every citizen the same opportunity to live and have his being. He also said that the same i^alanx should be on hand to aid in killing any class or special legislation that operated for a few or a special group. The dinner followed a state leadership conference design ed to alert NAACP leaders to a real job of service. Kelly M. Alexander, Sr., president, set up a state program that is (See NAACP DINNER, P. 2> Gibson Lays Off 370 ^ Employees National Black News Service NEWARK. N. J.-Kennelh A. Gibson, said last week that he would have to lay off 370 employees from the city's payroll in a move to reduce a projMted S33 7 million deficit in his budget for this year. The proposed layoffs would save the city about S16.5 million in wages, the mayor said. Caught in tho economic morass that has ghpp^ cities across the country. Newark's belt-tightening plans also in clude a slight increase in a real estate levy-already one of the highest in the nation - and a %l7 million slash in school spend- ing_ The mayor has submitted a spending budget of $292 million for this year to the City Council, which could approve or disapprove it Included in the plan is a projected S19.6 million in state aid for the budget year that began Jan. 1. But there is a hitch All cities here are forbidden by law to (lo any deficit spending And the mayor noted at a press conference that the statutory balance between the city’s incoming and outgoing cash flow was contingent, among other things, on the level of state aid—particularly aid to education. Another problem facing the black mayor is that he does not yet have all the specifics on a $66 million freeze spending imposed by the state lo determine what effect it would have on his budget During the past year, Newark was aided sutxitantial- ly by its share in the Federal-revenue sharing pro- (See GIBSON LAYS. P 2) Refuses Permit BY ALEXANDER BARNES FAYETTEVILLE - The administration of Fayette' ville State University, supported by the trustee boara and practically every segment of Fayetteville’s population, won a battle with the PWC M(>nday night when the city cnunctl remsed to grant the agency of the city government permission to spot zone an area immediately in front of the south end of the main campus. 'The area has been an eyesore to the community since 1921 when the city decided to use it for parking vehicles and supplies us^ by the city in performing the duties attend- has been zoned as R-6 area, which Is supposed to be residential, the city is believed to have been in violation of the zone code by having used it as a storage area all these years. The confrontation began when PWC decided to ask for a change in the zoning in order that it might have the right to make it a larger facility and to be able to store more pipes, cables, etc., thereby making it an uglier scene. The city agency had been deterred twice by the planning board when it failed each lime by having the planning vote a tie in each instance. Feeline that it had reached a stalemate before the planning board, tne PWC decided to take it to the city council. The city council decided that it would hear evidence on the matter and scheduled'it for Monday nigni. it is to oe remembered that Mayor Jack- son Lee, who presides over council sessions, is also the chairman of the FSU trustee board. The matter was discussed by the board at its Thursday meeting, with the chairman asking to be excused while the discussion was being (See FSU WINS. P 2) Appreciation Feature Has No Winners There were no winners in last week's Appreciation Money Feature, sponsored bv The CAROLINIAN and participat ing merchants, found on the back page of the first section of the newspaper Three persons’ names were listed in slots on that page, but there were no claimers for the checks that could have meant $10 more for each of the trio Be sure to check the page today Your name lust mieht be there SPRING HOPE — A 25-year-old black man who allegedly attacked a while Vash Countv High Patrolman on Wednesday. Jan. t, has lost sight in his left eye. according to information provided by the Duke University Eye Clinic. He is Edwin Alton Richardson. When first admitted to the clinic, Mr. Richardson's condition was fair. He was reportedly shot in the face bv the patrolman during an arrest attempt. The officer's name is Trooper R. G. Melton, who is said to have unleashed the lethal bullet from his weapon about 4 p.m. on that fateful day. -.See MAN MAIMED. P. 2) Publishers’ Mid-Winter Confab Ends In Capitol Washington, D.C. — The National Newspaper Publishing Association, composed of more than 100 black newspapers, ended its Mid-Winter Workshop last Saturday, with a board meeting, in the Presment's Suite of the Mayflower Hotel. The meeting, which was Jones Talks To NAACP In Durham DURHAM - David Jones, head of the N.C. Department of Corrections, was the principal billed as an effort to show the 'Black Press as a Catalyst for Black Unity," is reported as taking a turn from its desired goal and is said to have taken on a political nature, which tended to show that the Democratic Party offered a semblance of what the theme was all about. It is to be remembered that _ the organization was formed speaker at the monthly approximately 35 years ago meeting of the Durham Branch, NAACP, at 4 p.m. Sunday at White Rock Baptist Church and has sought to combine the efforts of black newspaper enterpreneurs into a working union that would be a great NATHAN T GARRETT Testimonial Hp was selected due to the lore® the newspaper branch's concern over many huiirt rcndennK letters receiv-’ t'tl inim inmati'H of the Guess Road Corrections Center. .Many of the letters related that industry. In the early years it thread ed a unique path that led to success for many of Its members. The delegates to this , /-V intolerable treatment was worKsnoprouna a new situation tor irorren being inflicted upon the “nd found it necessary lo inmates Jones told the anxious discuss ways and means how to w rst J audience that he was aware of survive in the era ot Is itannea "'O fact that the svslem compelition for the p^chasing needs overhauling and he was power of the black dollar, trying lo do this. He recited There was much discussion some of the improvements he ®bout jhe policy tif many had instituted and many others papers, especially as it relates to who reads me paper and how DI RHAM Nathan T Garrett of Durham, will be honored as a civic leader, businessman and humanitar ian Sunday. Feb. 9. at Durham's White Rock Baptist Church Garrett completed a 2 year term on the Durham County Board of Commissioners on Dec 31 He is a former executive director of the Foundation for Communitv Development, which he found ed in IM7 He was controller of the .North Carolina Fund from 1964 to 1965 and deputy director of the North Carolina Fund from >965 to 1967. The program on Feb 9 is de.-scribed as "An Appreciation Event " It IS sponsored by \4'hite Rock Baptist Church. According to the Rev Lorenzo A Lynch, minister of the church, the event is co-spon- STTed hy 30 other churches, institutions and organizations, including the Durham County Democratic Party, the Dur ham County Republican Party See GARRETT TO. P 2 that he f :d planned. j. • f He bemoaned the fact that Th® ^sc^ions center- the penal institutions were ®. around how to get overcrowded and the trend ptfctilauon, now to keep It and indicated that the condition rising cost of maintaining would get worse before it got better. He was greatly con- potential advertiser was in- cerned about the rise of homo- t» consider class new- sexuality, drugs and youth papccs f«r the sentimmulily offenders He was conscious of they propose, but not for the • See PRISON HEAD. P 2) ‘See PUBLISHERS. P. 2) MRS JUDY HUBBARD ‘I Didn’t Use Name Of Paper’ Mrs. Judy Hubbard. 42. 2307 Old Gamer Road, who was charged with contempt of court in the trial of Mrs. Marguerite M Lightner on a charge of conspiring to receive and d'SpoM of stolen goods, and who reportedly said she represented The CAROLIN IAN newspaper, denied every thing when she confront^ officials of the newspaper this week. Mrs. Wilma W. Horton, one of the 2 white alternate jurors. told Superior Court Judge "-tin A. McKbaA, Jr. ot imberton, the presiding judge, that she heard Mrs. rlubbard say, "Those people are telling stories." Mrs. Hul^rd insisted as she confronted P. R. Jervay. editor-publisher of the news paper. accompanied by her husband, that she never mentioned to anyrae that she reprsented The CAROLINIAN and said, also, that she did not make any statement about the trial, whatsoever. Siesaid she onl^ spent about one hour and 10 minutes behind bars, although the ju^e had said she spent four hours locked up. He convicted her, allegedly, but dismissed the case "since she has already been locked up." The CAROLINIAN has never employed Mrs. Judy Hubbard to work for it in any capacity as reported by the (Jaily newspa per last weekend. Robertson Recuperates At Wake A check with Genoa Robert son, well-known Raleigh citi zen and cab company official, at Wake Memorial Hospital, at press time, revealed that he was in go^ condition, after having undergone tests. He was admitted to the hospital Sunday afternoon, after having complained of being aick for approximately 3 months. His inability to respond to prescribed medicines prompt ed him to enter the hospital. The latest report said that be had undergone teats and would be there for the entire week. Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK ONK-JIOl H M VKTIMZING "For The Most Personally .Satisfying Dry Cleaning" AMERICANS ARRESTED IN FRANCE - Paris— Folica la Paria • A meric su WiUie Roger Holder aad Catheriae Korkow. saapoctod al hUackim a IN to Algiers in 1972. Iliey were an« Mod oa the basia ot two-year aid ladlielaMali NI Fraacisco federol coarts. (UPl)
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