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Fowler Case Spotlights Across US
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Federal Government Eases Restrietions
PonderingHlJD A.ids Soul CitV
WASMINdTON. I) C - •y
The stdip of North ('.'irolina
roaifd into Wa^hin^'ion
Monday with ii^ U-^al
represeniing ihp attorney
pneral s office, le entorced
ny U. S Soliciioi Koheri
Hork, to try to c<»fu ini-e i he
U. S. Supieine Couit that
'Jessie Thurman Kowlet,
26-yi -old truck dri\ t i
shoulti remain in the
gas-death chaiTifier t)f the
Central N C, State J’ri'^on.
Raleigh, until enough ga-
has passed through his
body until he is dead
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Raleigh eoliri’
The joh of presenting the
case was put on the shoulder of
Deputy Attorney General .Jean
Beno> of N (’ Benoy. who
boasts of the fact that he is well
acquainted with death, due to
the fact he s[H*nt 12 years .n the
I S Marines as a stunner',
sergeant, talked about a de.ith
for a death His ar^iuniei '
centered around the fad tha: a
death by gas was no more enie^
than death bs an enem\ on the
battlefield
Beno> aryued that fn-rhaps
Fowler s death would he more
justifiable than tha' of a
soldiers, who died on me
battlefield He was consi'ioijs ol
the fact that Fowler knew .John
Henr\ Griffin and that thev
were supptised to have h«*en
friend.s And said tha’ .Jesse
Thurman was noi fon eu -o
shoot Griffin He argued th.ii <•
misunderstanding over .i dice
game gave Fowler no right to
S ull his .W calibre pistol on <i
ot July 1. 197-1 nigr.i and send
two bullets through (Jtiffm -
bodv. snuffing out his l.fe
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PROBE SHOOTINGS
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In Roxboro School Incidt-nt
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Principal
Men Still
Sought In
Violence
Tells His
Hi
Loans ire
Available,
38 Advised
Thirty-eight families were
informed of avai.'cble loan
programs with information
gathered from FHA. Research
Triangle Development and the
Mobile Home Dealers in the
rural area by the housing
component of Wake County
Opportunities. Inc Wake
County Opportumlies. Inc . is
the local non-profit community
action agency cooperating with
federal, state and local
agencies to coordinate efforts
in the attack on poverty in
1 Raleigh and Wake County
Information on loans and
housing was gathered at each
meeting with these organiza
tions. Workshops for the
distribution of information
were held for senior citizens
with FHA and Mobile Home
Dealers serving as resources
persons
The housing unit works with
the Advisory Councils of the
centers to secure funds for
emergency housing problems
such as evictions, natural
catostrophies and sickness
Since the need for funds for
these situations is acute, such
groups as Social Services, the
League of Women Voters, and
Women in Action for the
prevention of Violence, are
helping with emergencies on a
case by case basis Applicants
for existing loan programs are
recruited through community-
meetings and efforts with
individual cases from low-in
come residents. Further, all
referrals are investigated
In order that the housing
problems of Raleigh-Wake
Countv residents be given at
tention. the housing staff visits
* centers once per week, and
makes daily phone calls to get
prompt notice Outreach per
sonnel in the center areas of
Riley Hill. Fuquay and Apex
often inform the Housing
Department of Vacancies in
their target areas Because of
these efforts, more than 258
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• >:;i /nun i** li'-li'd in serious
(■•ndiMon ai Wake .Mem-
niiiil no-«pnal and another
w-is ^ho! Miinday. accord-
ini; to the Haleij;h Police
I h'parimeni
The first reported victim was
John W Buchanan. 102 N. E^st
Street, who informed "the
law " that he was the victim of
two robbers about 9 p.m when
he opened the front door of his
house Although the general
offense report sheet did not
indicate in what part of the
body he was shot. Mr
Buchanan's wound was not
said In he serious
Ben Rivers. 1336 Branch
Street. W’alnut Terrace, was
the present lime, he is in the
the pieseni lime, he isin the
intensive care unit at the
hospital
Mr Rivers was shot in the
stomach twice with a 22
calibre pistol, while he was at
the home of Ms Kathy Evans.
788 Wilmington Terrace. Hali
fax ('ourl Apartments
According to a check with
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Story
S. Knight
MISS LI-TTLE ARRIVES WITH BODVfil'.ARD -~ Washington. N.C. — As her bodyguard, Russell
McDonald, keeps a w atchful eye. Jo.Anne Little arrives at the pretrial hearing Into her murder case.
\pril 22. The Little case is being argued by attorneys for both sides and it has been brought out that it
would be almost impossible for Miss Little to receive a fair and impartial trial, has been the defense,
while the prosecution is at templing to persuade (he presiding judge. Henry .A. McKinnon, (hat this is
not (he case. < I'Pi l
Rex Hospital Facility Named
Talks To Pfiip Joljfi Jerome Turner
Newsman
1300 PER MONTH NOT ENOl GH - Tallahassee. Fla. - A Utile
legislative envy Florida style. Rep. Marv Singleton.
0-Jacksonvillr (L). sticks her tmigue out at Rep. Eric Smith.
D-Jacksonville. Smith, an attorney, has a law office back bomr«
and gets t:t00 per month from the stale to conduct legislative
business out of the office. Rep. Singleton, a housewife, sav^she
can't run an office at home on S3U0 per month. iCPIi
‘Editor's Note In our is.sue
of April 19. we carried a story
about two Roxboro schools
Thi- story seemed to have
concerned many people m the
area In order lo present both
sides, w e had an interview with
a principal We herewith give
you his version of the
incident >
K()XIU)K(J-Thp CARO-
l.l\l.-\N. fin learning; from
Mr. Smith Knight, princi
pal ot Southern Junior
lligh School, that there
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Funds To Be Given
In Warren County
R-WCA And
Wake Tech
Bd. Meet
In a recent mid-day cere
mony. the Emergency Service
facilities at Rex Hospital were
dedicated in memory of John
Jerome Turner. Turner, now
deceased, was a part of the Rex
Hospital nursing service from
Sept 194.5 until his retirement
in .March. 1968
The ceremony was conduct
ed in the lobby of the
emergency entrance, whore a
large oil portrait of Mr
Turner, unveiled earlier, serv
ed as a backdrop for (he
momentous occasion
Joseph Barnes, executive
director of Rex Hospital, gave
opening remarks The Rev
Theo V Carter, pastor of
Wilson Temple I'nited .Metho
dist Church iwilh which
Turner was affiliatedoffered
within Its walls ’
Immediately following the
dedicatory ceremony, the
guests were feted at a buffet
lunch in the hospital cafeteria.
In addition lo several other
guests, special guests were
.lerome s w idow. Mrs Tuha H
Turner, daughter. Mrs Geral
dine ('rooms, sons. John and
Jerome, daughter-in-law. Mrs.
l.ouise P Turner, cousins.
Mrs Mildred Scarver and Mrs.
hrank Turner, and the Rev
Then V Carter
educated in the city's public
schools and Shaw I'niversity.
Following service m the Army.
Turner was the manager of his
father's shoe business at 15 E
Hargett St After the close of
this business, he became an
agent for N (' Mutual Insur
ance Co
In Sept , 1945, Turner began
his nursing service at Rex
Hospital It was during (hi.s 23
years of compassionate service
to suffering humanity, that
Turner made his greatest and
.lohn Jerome Turner made most significant contribution
several valuable contributions It was during these years of
lo society A native son of unselfish dedication to the
oberlin 'W Raleigh', he was (See FACILITY IS P 2)
Wake Eyes
Means Of
Transport
The transportation depart
ment at Wake County Oppor
tunities. Inc . IS stepping up its
services to the disadvantaged
in the Raleigh and Wake
County communities This
program deals with the
problem of providing an
adequate transportation sys
tem for the disadvantaged of
Wake County so that all of the
resources of (he community,
espi'cially those designed to
help poor people, may be
utilized lo the fullest extent
possible Presently, there are
no adequate means for those
persons without cars to avail
themselves of many of the
employment opportunities, a-
gencies services, or other
facets of community life
This program, which has
served many community resi
dents. was one of (he first
programs begun by Wake
County Opportunities. Inc in
1970 Today, services are
provided disadvantaged per
sons needing transportation to
and from day-care centers,
food stamp offices, social
service agencies, post offices.
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SOI L CITY I W ARREN
COl'NTYi - Even though
every mention of the develop
ments of Soul City echoes
political overtones, due to the
fact its founder and chief
developer. Floyd McKissick.
saw more virtue in (he
Republican Party and switch
ed in 1972. the US Department
of Housing and Urban Deve
lopment . announced that it w as
going to treat (he project like
any other "urban renewal"
(his week
Persons who have watched
(he rising of Soul City out of the
dust of Warren County and
have endorsed its coming into
Link-Up Of
Rights Foes
Hampering
being, welcomed the informa
tion that came from (he agency
(hat has to do with its becoming
a reality They point to (he fact
that in many big cities where
houses have been torn down for
several years, only grass has
been sown. They relate to the
fact that no one says anything
about keeping a crew of men.
at good pay. coming from
redevelopment funds, policing
these areas
In view of (he fact that many
other housing projects and
industrialization sues had local
agencies that did not have to
build roads, streets, put in
water systems, are far Whmd
schedule and have not received
the flack that Soul City has. it is
believed (hat HUD decided to
remove some of the restruc-
(ions that have attended
housing applications
The Raleigh-Wake Citizens
Association presented its spec
ial committee on educational
institutions of Wake County, to
the Trustee Board of Wake
Technical Institute at 7:30
Wednesday. April 16, at Wake
Technical Institute.
« George Spaulding, chairman
of the subcommittee on educa
tion. was the spokesman.
Copies of his remarks were
distributed to each trustee and
the delegation from Raleigh-
Wake Citizens Association.
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Frank L. Turner, a member
of the Rex Hospital Board of
Trustees (and a cousin of
Jerome) gave elaborate dedi
cation remarks.
He noted (hat Dr. Alfred
Hamilton, senior surgeon and
former chief, was instrumental
in making (he Turner memor
ial a reality He extolled on the
competence, compassion and
kindness (hat prevailed during
Jerome's employment at Rex
Hospital
In his conclusion. Turner
said, "I dedicate this Emer
gency Service to John Jerome
Turner, with the prayer that
(he quality of his service to his
fellowmanever be perpetuated
Underpayment Of Help
Increased Over Year
National Tenants’ Body
Sets Confab In Durham
DURHAM — On April 25-27.
the Southern Region of the
National Tenant Organization
will hold its annual conference
in the city of Durham The
National Tenant Organiza
tions primary function is to
bring people together to work
Those regulations require on housing issues and laws.
NEW YORK - The NAACP
General Counsel last week
charged that ordinarily law-a
biding people have linked up
with traditional racists in a
new alliance of adversaries lo
compound the problem of
implementing remedies for
racial discrimination
In a speech delivered at a
conference of urban planners
m Vancouver. B C . on Wed
nesday. April 16. General
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that subsidized housing be
adequate!) served by schools,
neighborhood shopping cen
ters. churches, playgrounds,
parks, hospitals, (heatres.
police and fire protection,
alone with garbage service In
many instances, these do not
abound
HUD IS said lo have taken
into consideration that Soul
City has many plans still on the
drawing board, but has not had
(he time or the speed that
many other projects have had
There is also the .suspicion that
(here is a sinister under
current. motivated by jealousy
and politics, due to the fact that
It was the dream of a black
man and nurtured bv novices
The iirs! appraisal oi tne
project's de\e!opmenl is said
lohase been negative, thereby
causing Washington to take a
"hands-off attitude The se
cond appraisal from which (he
last decision wa» r.'.wJt lo
waive some of the reauire-
ment,s will make it possible for
the reprocessing of the
application making it possible
for Soul ('ll) lo meet the
requirements
It IS also to be rememl>ered
Sw.SOULC^J^^
both on a regional and
national level
desires and interests of all
tenants and housing consumers
m the 10 slate southern region
The conference will be held
at (he Durham Hotel If you are
interested, contact Mrs Nellie
White at 2442 Btuefield St .
Durham (phone 477-09891 or
Mrs Pat Rogers at 477-7327
Patrick H Bryant heads the
Raieigh-based chapter of the
NTO
WASHINGTON - Illegal
underpayment of workers
protected by federal wage and
hour laws increased sharply
during the past year.
Bernard E DeLury. assist
ant secretary of labor for
emDlovment standards (ESA),
said nearly $82 million was
found, owing to 350.540 workers
II. (he first 9 months of fiscal
1975
During the same period in
fiscal 1974. $70,328,000 was
found owed to 266,600 workers,
under provisions of (he Fair
I,abor Standards Act (FLSA)
and other wage and hour laws.
ALso in the first 9 months of
fiscal 1975. more than 282,000
employees received about $43.-
210.o0(i in back wages.
DeLury said, "We attribute
the increase to vigorous
enforcement of the law by our
compliance officers, greater
awareness by workers of their
wage rights, and to a rise in
employer violations following
two minimum wage increases
since May. 1974
ESA's Wage and Hour
Division is responsible for
enforcing these pay protection
laws: The FI.^A. which sets
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Federation
Of Citizens
Here Tues.
C. Battle
Is Winner
The program of the confer
ence will feature workshops
conducted by well-informed
housing resource persons
1'here wilt be included 3 major
workshops in the areas of
S rivaie. public and subsidized
ousing These workshops are
designed to accommodate the
Appreciation
Cheeks Won By
Man, Woman
Officer Is
Accused Of
Rape Try
Two persons a man and a
woman, were the lucky reci
pients of checks in the amount
of $10 each last weekend uhen
they spotted their names on the
back page of the front section.
The rAROLINI.AN's Appreci
ation Money Feature, sponsor
ed bv this newspaper and
merchants listed on that page
each week
J .Sxivanus Simmons. 516>2
Branch Street, sau his name in
'S<-e APPREUIATION
LISTENS TO PRISON PROTESTS-W ASHI\GTON-D. ('. Correcllon Director. Delbert Jackson
(L( llitenb to prison guards protests about the treatment of eleven guards »ho Mere held as hoslaees
for IH-hours during j re\otl hx tninales ^nril l«, at the D. Jail. (I'Pli,
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
NATURAL HEALTH FOODS
• For The Very Best In Foods "
WASHINGTON. D C-A
former Manchester. Ohio,
police officer vsas indicted by a
federal grand jury last Monday
on a charge of assaulting a
black woman motorist after
slopping her (or an alleged
traffic violation
Attorney General Euward H
Levi said the indictment was
returned in U S District Court
in Cincinnati. Ohio, against
John O Shelton. 26 oL
Manchester, a corporal with
(hat city's police department
before he resigned in Sept .
1973
The indictment said Shellon.
Mhile on duty on July 25. 1973.
attempted to sexually assault a
Dayton. Ohio, woman, violat
ing her consiitutional right not
to be deprived of liberty
Mithout due process of law
The incident occurred in
Manchester after Shelton stop
ped the woman's car for an
alleged traffic violation
Shelton is white and the
Momen is black
Assistant Attornery Genral
J. Stanley Pottinger. head of
(he Civil Rights Division, said
the maximum penalty upon
conviction (Title 18 U. S. Code
Section 242/ is one year in
prison and a $1,000 fine.
Elks District Oratorical
M'inner. Miss Carmen Battle, a
senior at Broughton High
School here, was first place
winner in the Elks' District
Oratorial contest, held in
Chapel Hill Sunday. April 20
Miss Battle will compete wit
40 or more contestants in May
at the State Elks' convention in
Winston-Salem. Bro. J. Artis
Autry is local director of the
department
The North Carolina Senior
Citizens' Federation. Inc., will
hold its fourth annual meeting
at the Sheraton-Crabtree Mot
or Inn. Crabtree Valley Mall,
on Tuesday. April 29. from 9
a m until 5 p.m.
Registration will begin at 9,
to be followed untiT It by
entertainment, exhibits and
free health services.
From 12 noon until 3 p.m., a
luncheon will be held with
William "Sonny" Walker,
director of region four,
Community Services Adminis
tration. Atlanta. Ga., as guest
speaker This was formerly
known as OEO.
Aftei a 30-minute break,
pn*'-«ainment for the elderly
ave as guest performers,
locking Chair Swingers of
aO County and the Kittrell
College Gospel Choir-
Hundreds of persons 55 years
and older are expected to be in
attendance, along with others.
DKIGINAL SUPREME BECOMES A MOTHER—HUCLV WUUU
—Mary Wilson, the only remaining original member of the
Supremes singing group leaves Cedars of Lebanon Hospital with
her newborn. Turkessa Ferrer, who Is just five days. Father,
right, is Pedro Ferrer. (UPl).