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Found Guilty Of Four Murders Here Standard p’:;.: oc,, llew8;)auer PO Jcoc 1736 |>WlflSi$j[^.T30,050 Harris Sentenced To Gas Chamber Plea Of ¥¥¥¥ ^ . State Conference Underway-Leaders Rejected DiscussNAA CP Goals A Wake County Superior Court judge TueMay after* noon sentenced 40-year'Old Joe Louis Harris, 603 Royal Street, in the Method community of Raleigh, to die in the state's gas chamber at Central Prison here. Ironically, Harris was ordered to he executed on January 9, 1976, exactly one year to the day that he is charged with the pistol 'murders of three sisters and the postmaster of the Method Post Office. However, it is expected that appeals will delay the set date of execution for an indefinite period Superior Court Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood pro nounced the sentence. Harris stood silently as the assistant clerk of court read the verdict passed to her bv the jury foreman. He wore p ^iatch over his left eye, which was blinded on September 23. 1974 when Mrs. Gertrude Clark Harmon, one of the four persons slain, is alleged to have dashed lye into his face, reportedly angry because Harris was dating other women while he was reported to have been “going with her.” The other victims on that fateful night in January, aside from Mrs. Harmon, were her sisters, Mrs. Bernice C. Harrington, and Mrs. Azalee C. Jackson, along with Mrs. Harveleigh Monte Rivera White, the postmaster and ^vic leader. It took the jury of five men and seven women slightly ^ore than 90 minutes l^fore deciding that Mr. Harris was capable of distinguishing bet ween right and wrong at the lime of the deaths. Names of the victims were read aloud in the courtroom after the four verdicts of guilty were pronounced. Jury foreman Kenneth Knight said the matter of insanity, which the defense had (See HARRIS IS. P 2) V. Jordan Calls For Aid To NY NEW YORK - Vernon E. Jordan. Jr., executive director of the National Urban League, issued the following statement in response to President Ford’s voposals for solving New 'York's fiscal crisis: “^e plan unveiled by the President today is gravely disappointing. It would not prevent default, and this by Itself would be ruinous for the City. It would maintain ‘essential services,’ but the President’s refusal to define those services other than police, fire and emergency hospital facilities copld well mean a decline in basic services that would encourage further flight of people and job-producing industries from the city. Further, the fiscal straitjacket that would be impost upon the city virtually assures its economic decline in the future, aggravating a situation that has already seen the area lose half a million jobs in recent years. “The assistance offered the city's 8 million people amounts to assisting them to hasten the city’s decline; it is a federal offer to pull the plug on the mechanisms that keep the city alive. f "The President's label of Scare tactic’ applied to those who seek a sounder solution to ^e city's problems more accurately reflects his own tactic of using the city’s fiscal crisis to scare the rest of the country into supporting deep (See V. JORDAN. P. 2) AROLINIAN North Carolina's Leading Weekly VOL. 34 NO. 52 RALEIGH, N.C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 197^ SINGLE COPYate Say They Mistreated Prisoner Three Cops Indicted At AME Zion Conference ★ ★ ★ ★ MILLIONAIRE HONORED AS "LIVING LEGEND" - Birmingham. Ala.; Dr. A. G. Gaalrni. Itll, and his wife. Mrs. .Minnie Gaston, admire a diamond ring on the finger of nationally-known religious leader, the Rev. Dr. Frederick Eikerenkoetter (better known at Rev. Ike) on evening of October 31. prior to the honoring Dr. Gaston, a self-made millionaire, as a "living legend.” (t'PI). Bishop Challenges Body Hilliard Speaks In Sanford SANFORD - Bishop W. A. Hilliard, speaking to the Tuesday afternoon session of the Central North Carolina Conference A.M. E. Zion Church, urged the ministers and delegates to become more viable in the affairs of their respective communities. He charged that the educa tion of children was the most urgent need facing America today. “We cannot expect our children to .survive in the job market of tomorrow with a mediocre education,” he said He continued by referring to the fact that too many black people are fmding the doors of job opportunities closing in their faces due to the fact that they have not ap^ied them selves to the values of an all-around education. Bishop HilUiard pointed to the fact that two members of the conference, the Rev. M. F. Ward and Alexander Barnes, had shown much interest in labor and employm«it. Rev. Ward is CIO organizer and is greatly concerned with better salaries and higher promotions (See AME ZION. P. 2) Masons Set 89th Talks In DaUas DALLAS, Tex. — 'i’he 89th annual session of the United Supreme Council, 33rd d^ree, A.A.S.R.F.M.. Prince Hall Affiliation, Southern Jurisdic tion, will be held Nov. 8-11, with headquarters at the Adolphus Hotel. Dr. John G. Lewis, Jr., soverign grand commander, will preside over the convoca tion of 33rd degree Prince Hall Masons, assisted by Dr. I. H. Claybom, It. grand command er. Dr. Lewis is grand master of the M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana, and Dr. Claybom is grand master of the Jurisdiction of Texas. Robert Martin is deputy for the United Supreme Council in Texas and commander-in-chief of the Texas Council of Deliberation. (See MASONS SET, P. 2) “TOGETHER WE VOTE” —■ Tbit couple leaves the voting booth at Lucille Hunter Gyaaahtm after casting their ballot in the \ov. 4th elections. .Newcomer Jyles J. Coggins, former state senator, won the mayoral race aod Incumbent William R. (Bill > Knight was re-elected to represent DbUicI C as a cHy coaocilman. (Staff Photo). J. Coggins Wins Mayoral Post; Knight Victorious Former state senator Jyles J. Coggins, local real estate developer, was elected mayor of the City of Raleigh in Tuesday’s voting, gamering 55 percent of the votes cast in defeating J. Oliver Williams, a city councilman. He received 13,705, while Williams got 10,874 of the ballots cast. Coggins received a strong endorsement from the black Raleigh-Wake Citizens Assoc iation Monday night in his bid for mayor. Mayor-elect Coggins carried 27 of the city's 42 precincts and won most of the black vote NBL Asks Parity For The People WASHINGTON. D.C. - Attacking the federal govern ment for passing-the-buck in response to demands by minority America for the formal establishment of min ority economic participation in the nation's proposed plan for the reorganization of the “railroads in bankruptcy,” the National Business League last week released a stinging status report on the organization’s (See NRT. ASKS. P. 2) I during the light turnout in those princincts. In District C (south Raleigh), incumbent Councilman Wil liam Rogers (Bill) Knight swamped his black opponent Herman Aldridge by 2,247 to 337 votes. Coggins led the ticket in the Detob^ 7 primat y when Mayor Clarence Everett Lightner, the city’s first black mayor, had his hop« for re-election ruined as Wlliiams placed second in the three-wav race. All incumbent councilmen seeking election won new terms. A newcomer on the council is Randolph T. Hester, a faculty member at N.C. State University, who* led in a four-man fight for two at-large council seats. The other at-large seat was claimed by incumbent mayor pro-tern Jack B. Keeter, ex-Raleigh fire chief. In a telephone interview from New York City, Coggins said, "I believe this (his election) indicates that the citizens want a well-balanced council, not only geographic ally, but representing all of the H ie. factions and areas. 1 je to do my utmost to fulfill the trust put in me. t wish to thank all the people and I look forward to returning home and beginning the job.” Coggins and his family left Tue^ay for a vacation in Moscow, Russia, before the outcome of the mayoral race had been decided. Appreciation Check Won By A. Williams Andrew C. Williams, of 512 Rock Quarry Road, was the only winner of a $10 check on last week’s CAROLINIAN Appreciation Money Page. Williams' name was listed under an ad furnished by Liles Shoes, which is located in downtown Raleigh. Liles’ ad- (See APPRECIATION. P. 2) Violation Of Rights Declared CHA'rrANOOGA.TENN. — Three Tennessee law enforcement officers were arrested Thursdav on a federal indictment charging them with mistreating prisoners. Attorney General Edward H. Levi said a three-count indictment was returned in U S. District Court in (Thatla- nooga. Tennessee, on October 23 and made public when the defendants were arrested. Indicted were Dennis G. fter, a detective on the i.tbiand, .Tennessee, police foi'ce; Stanley W. Neeley, a former Cleveland detective; and Glenn C. Cantrell, a former Bradley County con stable. One count charged Baker, Neeley and Cantrell with beating Cecil L. Stidger on July 22. 1973. Another count charged Bak er and Neeley with beating Kenneth W. Cooley on Novem ber 8, 1973. The third count charged Baker and Cantrell with beating James D. McOack^ on June 4, 1974. They were charged with (See THREE COPS. P. 2) Lumberton Is Hosting Conference LUMBERTON - The thrust of law enforcement, brutality, higher education, voter apathy and job placement, will be discussed at the three-day session of the annual meeting of the N.C. State Conference of NAACP Branches, which will open at the Holiday Inn, Interstate 85 and Highway 301 at 10:30 Thursday morning. The ugly head of brutality by and on highway patrolmen, and black drivers seems to be rising all over the state. The beating of three Durham people near Wake Forest by a patrolman, that landed a woman in the hospital and the trial in a Raleigh court, seemed to have been the signal by which patrolmen went on a rampage. Drivers of both races seem to have become apprehensive of patrolmen and in some instances, have used weapons on some of them. The beating of a Durham woman on a county road by a patrolman recently and the handling of the trial by the Judge, brought the wrath of the Durham branch down on his head and it is asking that Judge Sam Gantt be itTy)eached. The president of the Hender son branch has brought charges against several pa trolmen for the rampage they are alleged to have gone on In a church yard, where they are said to have shot into a group of black drivers causing death and bodily injuries. The fate of higher education (See NAACP GOALS. P. 2) Top Girl Scout Job To Native Of State National Black News Service WASHINGTON - Dr. Gloria D. Scott became the first black president of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. in elections at the 40th national convention of the Girl Scout National Council, held Oct. 26-29, here. A professor of education and director of institutional re search at North Carolina A&T Slate University, Dr. &ott is currently on leave to the National Institute of Education as a senior research assistant. A Girl Scout since her youth in Houston. Tex., Dr. Scott has served as the organization’s first vice president since 1972. She was a planner-participant in the Conference on Scouting for Black Girls, held in 1970 in Atlanta, Ga.. whjch explor^ wavs that scouting could more fully meet the needs and interests of all today's girls and women. "The Brownie Girl Scout of today will be the 32-year-old (See GIRL ScuUT, P. 2) SAYS RCK’KY'S MOVE A DISAPPOINTMENT — Fay- Pile, Miss.; Mayor Charles Kvers <’71 photo) said Nov. 4 Vice President Nelson Kocke- felier's decision nut to seek re-nnmination in 1976 was both a surprise and disappointment to many .Americans. (ITI). AKAs Hold Rendezvous In Raleigh “A Rendezvous With Talent ed Undergraduates,” was the theme of the program, spon sored by the Raleigh graduate chapter. Alpha Theta Omega of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, along with the under graduate chapters. Beta Rho of Shaw University, and Gamma Xi of St. Augustine's College. The event took place on Nov. 2, at the Richard B. Harrison Library. With Elizabeth Creecy as Beta Rho narrator, each soror introduced herself while sing ing and dancing. Candyce Newsome presented a selec tion. Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen, by Langston Hughes. Frances Harris sung, I Believe, paraphrased for A.K.A. Angela Webb demon strated her gymnastic ability. The group sang two songs, dedicated to the sorority. Laurene Moore from North Carolina State University read her original poem titled, A Thought, which she had written (See AKAs HOLD. P. 2) Say Blacks In Atlanta Trade Busing For Jobs National Black News Service ATLANTA — The South’s highest federal court • the U.S. Ckiurt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit • has upheld a school desegregation plan in which Atlanta blacks traded busing demands for guaranteed jobs in the school administration. ' Hie conlrovertial case has already sparked debate among civil rights lawyers. Some are contemplating appealing the decision that was handed down in New Orleans. Others say it is a realistic approach. "We must study it and otherwise have no comment,” said James Nabrit of the NAACP’s Lraal Defense and Educational j^ind, Inc. The plans were drawn up two years ago, and it has split the black community here in half. Since 1958, when Atlanta entered the school desegrega tion effort, the school system has drastically changed from 70 percent white to now almost 90 percent black. In 1958, there were about 115,000 students. Today, only 80,000 students are left. Whites are still leaving the cities for the suburbs and private schools, and the public schools are turning all black - from top to bottom. Today, the school superintendent is black, two of every three administra tors are black, and 60 percent of all teachers are black. "Based on live, present reality, it (the Atlanta school system) is free of racial discrimination and it wears no proscribed badge of the past.” the appeals court said, ack nowledging that: "Ev^ judicial design for achieving racial desegregation in this system has faui it added: “Notwithstanding the lack oi success ip mtegraUoa these classromns, our task is to test whether the plan realistic ally promises effective protec tion now for the ri|^t of the pupils to a nondiscriminatory education.” The court concluded with a statement that is certain to ignite more debate on the issue (See TRADE BUSING, P. 2) RTI Scene Of EEOC Sessions A conference on Equal Enuiloyment Opportunities (EeO) is scheduled for selected employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection A- gency (EPA) on Friday, Nov. 7, at the Research Triangle Park. Dr. Burton Levy, director of administration, EPA, noted that the conference will provide a bettn* under standing of the goals and effects of the Federal Equal (See RTI SCENE. P. 2) Senator Hugh Scott Breaks With President Over Food Stamps National Black News Service stamp issue. Scott has refused WASHINGTON ~~ Senate to support the President’s plan Republican leader Hugh Scott to limit the program only to has broken with the Ford those persons at or below the administration over the food poverty level of $5,050. ST. AUG.'S OFFICIALS BREAK GROUND FOR NEW BUILDING These officials are breaking greond for the new $850,000 music and fine arts building at Salat Augustine’s College. Left to right: Dr. M. Moran Weston, chairman of the trustee board (looking on); Dr. Prezell R. Robloson. the college president; Richard Helmold, trustee, co^batrman of the development campaign,” William J'«al)r* »’f r fh-iLirtu I*: (he otrai-J; ar.na. J. '‘'aasom. irvalee, u:ui oi the development eempaigu. Ground was broken on November t. Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK NATURAL HEALTH FOODS N llt-alihier, Hapo!-” ''j" FOfi J PROTEST CONFINEMENT OF INMATES — Trenton. N.J.: A column of demonstrators marches outside the walls of Trenton State Prison. Nov. 2. protesting the confinement of Inmates to their cells since a t.ct. 16 disturbance at the prison resulted In the St ‘hhin? nf f>ne Irmalf 'Hr »• (>ii‘:dip{! of 'spvera’ others. .•iiiM-s:- i-x'.vi mu>l tt • ►H XU.) re*-‘ii‘ •niraii''*. Scott, instead, has cospon sored a proposal by Sens. George McGovern <D-S.D.) and Robert Dote (R-Kan.), which he said would set a flat, maximum allowable net in come for a family of 4 at $7,776 compared to the administra tion's poverty line cutoff. Scott said the McGovern- Dole measure is a “positive step toward reform.’^ While both approaches move in the same direction, he said, “unfortunately, the adminis tration QTQoosal goes beyond the realm of streamlining and reform. "It will present a undue hardship for millions of Americans who have a legitimate right to and a desperate need for food stamiM." He pointed out that the administration's plan would remove from eligibility be tween 3.5 million and 6 million people, establish eligibility below the poverty line and require an assets limitation test. He noted that the McGovern- Dole proposal “offers substan tive and meaningful reforms by establishing a single stand ard deduction formula to be used by all food stamp participants. It simplifies the existing program by eliminat ing the purchase price require ment for food stamps and by adopting a uniform benefit ratio of 30 percent.” Srotf is concerned about •u '.n'.i?.».n iinut lb*' 1^<1
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