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ni( K GKK.GKV VISITS LITTI-K TRIAL SCENE - RALEIGH. NX . - Miss JoAnne LiUlf mefls
Hilhri>tl rights aiTi\isl Dirk Gregory (Lion the steps of the Wake Co. Courthouse after she finished
testifying in her trial Aug 12. GregoO had earlier Joined a small group of demonstrators outside the
rourthousi fur a rally in aappori^f Miss Little. (CPU
Racial
Tensions
Mounting
A survey of racial feelings
throughout the L’nited Slates
revealed that Boston has set off
a conflagration that could
de.stroy the motivation that
race relations has had since the
turbulent days of (he 60s.
The CAROLINIAN received
advanced notice as early as
Aug 6. that Boston police were
preparing for its greatest
outbreak since the city was
mandated to integrate its
schools Persons in the know
said that even though the •city
of culture ' had almost, since
Crispus Attucks fell at Boston
Commons, had so patterned
Itself until it could not and
would not endure if democracy
really came.
The informers related how
the schools had been built
TESTIKIES AT TRIAL - RAI.EIGII. N.C. - Sarah BroemetR).
Korrsi Hills. .\.^ . Is escorted to rtmrt Aug. II by Cynthia Odoms,
an aide in the defense of Joan Little. .Mrs. Hroome testified without
the Jury j re>eni of luu alledged instances of sexual advances from
Jailer Clareiice .Alligood. the man .Miss Little Is accused of slaying,
in and l«71. After mulling over her testimony. Judge Hamilton
llubgnod alloHed her In testify before the Jury about the 1B7I ...... wv.i wu<t« m
iiicideiH. hut she was abruptly withdrawn as a witness by the (he iimer city for ^rtainTacia!
defense. i| 1*1) groups even though segrega
tion was not the rule. The inner
city structure made it the now
most devastating exception to
fair play and equality that the
has ever faced
3 Jurors
Weep At
Session
Three women jurors wept
softly here Monday as Miss
JoAnne Little testified as
to the manner in which she
was allegedly forced to
commit an oral sex act on
Clarence .Alligood. the
while man she is on trial for
killing on the early morning
of August 27. 1974.
Alligood was 61 years old
at the time, while Miss
l ittle was 2U.
Miss Little, who admitted to
having stabbed Alligood.
Beaufort County jailer at (he
time, has contended through
out the five-week trial thai
Alligood threatened her with
an ice pick if she didn't do as he
has ordered
She said she was in her cell
on the morning of the killing,
and Alligood approached her.
carrying an ice pick After
making advances toward her.
she said, he forced her to
commit the oral sex act
"It was not my intention to
leave him to die," Miss Little
testified Tuesday, in explain
ing why she fled" her cell. She
admitted that i don't know
w hether he was going to kill me
Ml- what."
The 2I-year-old woman said
she was only positive that
Alligood had been slabbed
once, although she had "hil at
him" three or four times.
"If I had known he had been
struck so many times (eleven).
I would have stayed there. It
was not my intention to leave
him to die there." she
reiterated
She said the only comment
made by Alligood during the
struggle was. "What the hell
you doing^”
Altemping to discredit Miss
Little's testimony. Prosecutor
William C. Griffin hammered
away on her character Tues
day morning, asking her
whether she "screamed.ho!
lered, slapped Alligood or tried
to run from him during the
attack."
Remaining calm, Miss Little
assured him that she was
afraid to do any of these things.
At one point in her seven
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As Civil Liberties Head>Elks Prexy
Fires Barnes In III,
THE 0AROLIN1AN
VOI.. 34 NO. 41
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
R.M-KIGH. N.C.. SAT.. AUO. 16. 1976
SINGLE COHY 20c
Tuo Policemen Charged After
NUDE MAN SLAIN
★ ★★★ -kirick
At Ralei;!li Memorial Auditorium
Black Teen Finals
Relieved | ^
Of Duties
By Long
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CHICAGO, ILL. -
Perhaps the most interest
ing action pertaining to
PIks of North Carolina at
the 76th annual convention
of the Improved Benevol-
lent Protective Order of
Elks, held at the Conrad
Hilton Hotel, Aug. 9-15
was the official announce
•.lent by Lem Long
hours of testifying, the woman’'president, N.C. Associa
broke down and sobbed, and tion, to Alexander Barnes
Hobgi
Juge Hamilton H.
of Louisburg allowed
Membership, Cash Are
Growing At City YMCA
^1
m||i.
inT/
ith cl total of 2;i7 new
JiImts and Ll.iKfiiX) raisi^d
T(he Hloodworth Street
VM(’A Membership Enroll
ment Campaign, the eamp;ngn
colonels held an enthusiastic
reiMirl meeting at the "V" on
Monday night, with A J
Turner, general chairman,
presiding
Campaign leaders with high
US Social
Workers To
Bahamas
N.\SS\I Haham.is Over
.SiMi mcmhci-N ol (he National
Assot latioM «)f Black Social
Workers will eomeiic at the
Na.ssaii Beach Hold trom .-Xiig
l9-2ii btr a >|m-ci.iI Lunfcreiice
on ".\ ( i.mparalive ,\nal>sis of
the Blai k Familv m Amcrii-a
(St^'fo BAHAMAS, P :»)
esi returns include Leroy
Brewer, commander-in-chief
of Boyer Consistory with 67
membiTs. $670.00; A J.
Turner. 42 members. $500 00,
.N H Harris. 41 members anef
$410(10. Ernest L Raiford. 21
members. $421 00; Milton
George. 15 members. $166 00;
W W Gurdle. 8 members.
$l4;too, W H Peace. 14
memlHTS. $275.00; C, H Flagg.
'i members. $95 00; James E.
W ilson. 6 members. $75.00
New campaign colonels
reporting at (he meeting
included J. E Lylle. J, B.
Blount and Dr. Wiley Davis.
The next report meeting of
(In* drive w as sel for Aug. 25. al
which time it is expected that
the campaign goal of $4,500 00
III new membership fees will be
reached
The Bloodworth Street "V"
has long beeti the center of
community activities During
the past year. 36 community
cluhs and organizations held
meetings and sponsored a
variety of aclivitiesat the "V"
('urrcntly. the association is
planning to relocate with a new
'A'" facility to be built on a
recently purchased I6 acre
tract on Garner Road, near
Rochester Heights
There are many and varied
programs at the Bloodworth
Street, which serves both men
and younger males in almost
any area of endeavor
city
(See TENSIONS. P 2)
Rep. Rangel
Blasts Act
Of Dept.
WASHINGTON. DC -
Congressman Charles B Ran
gel (D-N.Y ) last week,
expressed his outrage and
dismay upon learning of the U.
S Department of Agriculture's
decision to establish credit up
to $1 million to finance export
sales of U. S. beef and dairy
breeding cattle to ranchers in
the Republic of South Africa.
The program also designates
the Standard Bank of South
Africa. Ltd . and-or other
eligible banks as the guarantor
to make it easier to finance the
export sales
In a letter to Earl Butz.
Secretary of the Department,
the New York Democrat said.
"I deplore such encourage
ment in light of South Africa's
policies and has voiced to the
I'N their support for a total
embargo against the racist
regime, the I' S government
persists in its efforts to further
trade, thereby promoting the
policies of the immoral South
.African regime Encourage-
tSec REP RANC.EL, P 2
a short recess so that she could
regain her composure.
Griffin also asked Miss Little
whether or not she had ever
had a venereal disease. This
question was ruled out of order
by the judge before she had a
chance to answer it. At the
time of Alligood's death. Miss
Little had bmn confined to the
jail for 81 days.
Her chief defense counsel is
Jerry Paul of Chapel Hill,
assisted by a battery of
lawyers, including Mrs. Karen
Galloway, a black attorney and
Raleigh native.
The case is expected to go to
the jury sometime this week
end or the first thing next
week.
that he had been replaced
as director of Civil Li^rties
AT LAST RITES FOR "CANNONBALL” ADDERLEY
Sat,
City Park
Scene Of
Killing
LOUISVILLE. Kv. -
Two Louisville, Kentucky,
police officers were indicted
by a federal grand jury
Wednesday on a charge ot
fatally shooting a 24-year-
old man who was nude in a
city park.
Attorney General Edward H.
Levi said the one count
indictment was returned in
U.S District Court in Louis
ville against Michael F Duffy,
25, and Paul W Nethery, Jr,.
26. both four-year veterans of
for hirasstXtiS Barnef TALLAHASSEE Fla. - Pallbearers carry the coffin of Julian the police department
tor ni9 association. Barnes, ( annonball Adderley from Florida A&M Unlverslly’s Lee Hall The indictment charo
black leader Rev. Jesse Jackson. (I'PI)
Jim Crow
Charged
By White
WASHINGTON. DC -
Robert L (Bobi White,
president of the National
Alliance of Postal and Federal
Employees, has filed a charge
of discrimination, bated on
race, against Postmaster Gen
eral. Labor Relations Depart
ment
Without citing the specifics
of the charge in his letter of
complaint to the Postmaster
General. President While pre
ferred to a portion of a recently
received letter from assistant
Postmaster General Gildea. as
the basis for the charge which
he is making
(See JIM CROW, P 2i
a well-known newspaper
man. is employed at The
CAROLINIAN in Raleigh,
N.C.
Barnes was told by Gong.
that he was replac^ at a
(See FIRES BARNES. P. 2)
Teenagers
In Raleigh
For Pageant
DANVILLE. Va. - The
Raleigh, N.C. Memorial Audi
torium will be the scene of the
third annual and 5th national
production of Pageants Unlim
ited, Inc., and the Miss Black
Teenage World Pageant. The
pageant program is set up for
two preliminary competitions
and .he world finals, all .0 be ScHeduIed
- „ , • , ' e ' UnlverMlly’f Lee Hall The indictrnent charged that
followingarequiem forlhe famous Jazz musician Aug.ll. Among the defendants, acting under
the ihe service were singer Nancy Wilson and the color of law, unTawfuliy
(See NUDE MAN. P 2)
A Voice From Woman’s Prison
Editor's Note: The CARO
LINIAN. in its continuing
efmrls to give its readers
unbiased, varied and differing
opinions, is pleased to present
the final in a two-part series of
an article, written by an
inmate at the Women's
Correctional Center, here The
writer is Ms Betty Hyman. 27.
a native of Tarboro. who
Scouting
Roundup
held In the Memorial Auditor
ium and open to the public.
(See BLACK TEEN, P. 2)
Lott Carey
Baptists To
Convene
Secretary of Human Re
sources. David T Flaherty,
will be serving as chairman of
this year's fall recruiting
Roundup for the Occoneechee
Council of Boy Scouts
The council hopes to recruit
8.000 new members and
organize 200 new units m the
Scouting program in this
county and the 11 others it
serves If this objective is
reached, there will be 17.242
and
(Continued from la.sl w(>«>k)
happens to be white. She is
serving a 16-20 year sentence
for voluntary manslaughter.
Ms. Hyman attends classes in
the secretarial school at the
prison, is a member of its
Woman's Club, takes part in
the recreational program and
IS considered a modelprisoner.
She is also a religious leader.
She has been at the facility for
almost 2 years Ms. Hyman's
story follows;
Wednesday morning, as the
day grew nearer for the
proposed riot, the tension
getting heavier, girls getting
more nervous and restless,
inmates began fighting among
themselves and harassing
others that did not want to
participate. The day passed
with relative calm unti' ialer in
the afternoon Propaganda had
It that the action would be that
night, since no one would be
expiHiing it. The protestors
had also spread (he rumor that
the buildines would be set on
fire and called for ail the girls
who didn't want to be burned to
stay outside and be prepared to
run. A number of girls in my
dorm (including me) packed
the possessions that were most
important to them in paper
bags, pillow cases and blankets
and went outside, planning to
stay clear of the building and
(See A VOICE, P. 2
Dinner For
Caucus Is
Announced
WASHINGTON. DC. -
Representative Charles B.
Rangel, Chairman of the
Congressional Black Caucus
said last Thursday that a
"broad cross-section of black
(See CAUCUS. P. 2)
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airirm Tu l.»rp out ol Tbr I rlma Boat
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r(|l«lrrrd b> a polirr uilifar la rapaniag
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all the "Blollrr and you aon'l ba la TXa
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AP \in ME.NT IS ENTERED
Arthur Ervin Jones. 998
Peace Terrace (Halifax Court
Apartments) told the police
Saturday, (hat his apartment
had apparently been broken
into. He said that when he
•itfriNed hfjme. he found the
t.«t:. on and the back door
bFoken open However, he
^dmitted that a close search of
premises revealed nothing
was missing He reportedly
saw two Juveniles running
from Hu- immediate area, he
said. Daiiidge to (he door was
set at $|L
tSee CRIME BEAT P 3)
TRUCK BURN! IN BOITON - BOITON - VmUii rmm frw tanbi. u«l. ta 10.
' '* ** * ^blurbtnce broke out Involviof bundredo of bltcf»^i More
J?" J,',”'"' ‘"'“‘""I ‘f?* *“ rlot-trilned olfleert were called oolo duly. AulhwItI J loy”
lra.1 live »h to porMiii were llljured...oue of them a mao deicribod ai • younu d<K:tor who woo
beaten leveriy when pulled from bli automobile. lUPI) *
TOLEDO. Ohio — Lott Carey
Baptist Foreigh Mission Con- Uub Scouts. Scouts
vention is scheduled to hold its 'See SCOUTING. P 2
78lh Annual session here at the
Commodore Perry Motor Inn.
505 Jefferson Avenue at
Superior Street, with the Third
Baptist Church. Pinewood
Avenue and Division Street,
the Rev H Clarke Nabrii, D
D . as host pastor. The sessions
begin September 1.
According to Dr C. R
Edwards, pastor of First
Baptist Church. Fayetteville.
.N.C convention president, and
Dr W C. Sommerville. the
organization's executive se
cretary of Washington. DC.,
this year's meeting will be a
new experiment for Lott Carey
whose receipts total over
$500,000 this year. In keeping
with the modern tren^
(See LOTT CAREY. P 2)
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Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
I LL’S SHOES AND REPAIRS i
Appreciation
Check Won By
Mrs. E. High
fine lucky lady saw her name
in the advertisement paid for
by Lee's Shoes and Repairs.
104 E Hargett Street and 1300
Farm Road, came to the office
of The CAROLINIAN, was
identified, and won a check for
$10 in last week's Appreciation
Money Feature, sponsored by
this newspaper and participat
ing merchants.
She was Mrs. Elsie G. High,
(See APPRECIATION^ p j.
"Where Expert Service Is A Motto"
ONCE FAMED SINGER IS NOW LABORER - ALTOONA, U. ^
Jimmy Gilmore, who lang ban for II yean wUb the famed Ink
°^ti. now li a conitruciloa worker In Iowa. He went from
mming In (he baiemeni of a hot MiieUilppI church to tinging
with (hr Ink Spots on the stage of the London Palladium. Now
'iilmore swings with a Jackhammer, sharing the bUl with a farm
construction crew, (UPl)