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Civil Rights Advisory Committee Meets Here StanO*! Pb, Jid' I'D ..roc 1' 06., •v* Body Not Pleased With Prisons Officials* ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Response h Noted Increase In Rents BY WILLIR WHITK. Starr Writer The North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCRl is not pleased with the response it has received from N. C. prison officials concerning Its recent prison study. Bobby D. Doctor, regional director of the USCCR regional office in Atlanta, said Tue^ay. "The kind of response that we have gotten from the Dept, of Corrections leaves a lot to be desired " He said he hopes ' future meetings with the officials "will a lot more fruitful " ^ Doctor made his remarks at a meetine of the aHvivorv committee at the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Tuesday when the committee was meeting with other groups concerned with reformation of the state’s prison system, 'hte meeting was chaired by the Rev, W, W’. Finaltor. pastor of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church and chairman of the advisory committee. He had called the meeting to discuss the committee's findings with the other groups and to solicit their help in getting officials to respond to the findings One of the key findings of the committee’s study, released earlier this year, was the small number of minorities and women in the top staff positions And Doctor return^ to that point Tuesday afternoon in the 2*2 hour meeting: "There needs to be more minorities employed in the system from the top down." he ^ said, noting too the lack irf women on the various boards .of the systerp ^ The various groups express* ed general praise and approval of the committee's report But a few criticism» were also made. For example, Allen McGre gor. representing tlte N.C. Prison’s Union, challmged the committee’s recommendation that more facilities be built in areas that are more readily Accessible for work release and social contact with the ctmt- munity. McGr^or said, "If you build more prisons, the state will fill them. If you build 500 new prisms, the state will fill them” Bob Morrison, co-founder of Second Chance, Inc. in Ral eigh, said the parole policy quires too long a period of imprisonment before an in mate can be consi^red for E Gar VOL. 35 NO. 27 North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 22, 1976 SINGLE COPY 20c Halifax White Woman HELD IN SliYINt ¥ ¥ 4 4¥4-¥- V'^ocational Guidance Head ¥ ¥ ^ ^ .P” — Wchmond. V.. - Tie sllnidg hc.l wai bad enough (or mo.1 o( April S been conirni lo .uder (rom only . • bl* c.r .1 Irtl. .nolhrr victim o( Ihc heal. Singleton wa. driving IrU r^tUtauSll!^ “ben he noticed smoke coming from under the hood The car »ai Cofield Becomes President Top Officer Of Mass. Firm Mrs, Lennon Is Elected MRS THELMA C LENNON Complex Proposal Adopted BY PAT BRYANT The Board of Directors of !‘bely and adopted, with modifica- xieel by the Wake jal Aide Society to restructure electricity allow ances in the KXMuit, federally subsidized complex. A change in the electri>'lty allowances used by tia<' complex to charge tenants for “excess consumption" of elec tricity was demanded by tenants at the last boa?d meeting in Biltmore Hills last week. 'Tenants and a legal aide attorney said that the allow ance was 12 percent too low and did not reflect the most recent increase in electric rates by Carolina Power & you are to make criminals out of them,” Morrison said of r^imKr 4K>me inmates. He said some - ^ inmates could be returned to productive community life ^Immediately after imprison- (See CIVIL RIGHTS. P. 2) Li^t Co. Carles Montgi a«r'i NMt; Th« CAXOLINIAN _ ■lu lu pablkailMi *1 n« crtoM repre- :ie tgomery sented the legal aide society presented a formula derived from an annual study of ^1 electric bills in Ihc "projecl. tu rtiMuittnfai. A* »a« u«M la Ik* Montgomery said that the 'ermula was developed "to um«i aai wi n* crtai* Baat ahaaid aat prevent the large majority of residents from paying ary utility surcharge, even in winter when electric heat is used." The rate is hif^er in the malarial tar Tke Crime Seal I* (aUaraA. MEN CHARGED IN B4E Two Raleigh men were charged Sunday with attempt ing to break and enter tne Holiday Inn Restaurant at 320 Hillsborough, according to " ileigh police reports. The two winter months, when electric heat causes bills to soar. For example, the allowance for January would be 564.11, and $10.24 in August. The board not (mly voted to . len, Anthony Limar Blalock, change the utility rate, but also of 707 Hadley Rd.. and Joseph lo have a rent increase so that K. Constant, of 908 Delany, the U.S. Department of caused about $5 in damages Housing and Urban Oevelop- during the alleged attempted ment (HUD) would pay for 70 break-in, according to the percent of the increase, leaving police reports. the tenants with 30 percent of (.w CRIME RF.AT P 3) (See APARTMENTS. P. 2) ■m Native Of City Chosen Mrs. Thelma Gumbo Lennon, director of Pupil Personnel Services, NcHth Carolina Department of Public Inatruction. Ral eigh. has been elected aa preaident-elect of the Na tional Vocational Guidance Association - a division the American Personnel and Guidance Association. Mrs Lennon, presently at tending the annual meeting of the association, will begin ner responsibilities with the divi sion's Board of Trustees immediately The National Vocational Guidance Association is the oldest professional association in guidance and counseling and Mrs. Lennon is the first southerner to be elected to the post. She is a native of Raleigh, and presently resides in Durham with her husband, , '>hn D. Lennon. Mrs. Lennon has been invivived in the association’s activities for a number of vears. She formerly served on Its board of trustees, and served as chairperson of its Commission on the Education and Employment of Women. Mrs. Lennon’s tenure as I't'esident will begin in 1977. Film To Benefit Rights HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Fred Williamson will personal ly screen his latest film No Way Back Friday. April 23, to benefit the Civil Rights Hall of Fame being established in Gary, Indiana, as part of the proposed Civic Center. Mayor ^’i 'hard Hatcher personally if vited Williamson, a native son. lb participate in the ceremonies at Gary’s West Side Auditorium. In the mayor's conversation with the actor-director-producer, he said. "Gary is in the process of constructing a Naticmal Civil Rights Hall of Fame, so there will be a place where thousands of school children, as well as their putents, can come to learn about those who have struggled so hard and sacrificed so much to open doors of opportunltv for black (See FILM TO. P. 2) Appreciation Check Won By Mr., Graham Mrs. Mamie Graham, of 104 Carver St., was the only Appreciation Money winnei this week. The other potential winners. Mrs. Evelyn Hunter of 810 Cotton Place, and JoseiA H. Walters of 704 Calloway Dr., did not report to The CAROLINIAN office that they had found their names in the (See APPRECIATION. P. 2) MAYOR JACKSON Jackson Coming To City Dr. Prezeii R. Robinson, president, St. Augustine's College, has announced that the lOOlh Baccalaureate-Com mencement exercises will take (riace on Sunday, May 9, at 3 p.m. on the campus quad rangle. The speaker for the occasion will be the Honorable Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., mayor. City of Atlanta, G.i. Ihe senior worship service will be held at 7 a.m. in the College Chapel, followed by a flag raising ceremony at 7:30 a.m. on the quadrangle, and the flag lowering after the commencement. Highlights of other events on the calendar will include: Senior Class Ni^t, May 6, at 7 in the College Union; May 8. ROTC Commissioning Cere- (See JACKSON. P. 2) To Attend] Task Fore _ Sessions Ernest L. Raiford, the Executive Director of the Bloodworth Street Y.M.C.A. will ottend o meeting of the Notional YMCA Tosk Force on strengthening YMCA services in Block Communi ties to be held at the Downtowner Motel, Nework, N. J. April 23-24, 1976. He will present a paper on 'Objectives Relot^ to the Development of the Y.M.C. A. History for the Locot Association." Other items on the agendo of the two-day meet include ''Objectives for Cultural Enrichment." Notional Re cognition Programs for Y.M.C.A's in Block Com munities ond the interno- tionol 125th Y.M.C.A. Anniversory Celebrotion scheduled for Washington in 1977, and a visit to a YMCA Afro-American Cultural Cen ter in Action. Blacks Declare Victory HV HAT BRYANT HALIFAX ~ Blacks in Scotland Neck won a victory Tuesday as Mrs. Sandra Dupree, wife of a Freewill Baptist minister in Scotland Neck was held without bond after finding of probable cause in the shooting death of Harry Lee Di^ens. a 21-year-old black youth. Mrs Dupree is white. Tlif jailing of (he 34-year-old nitiihiT of (our was a .'eversal oi the .March 15(h decision of Disirici .ledge J T Maddrey to release Mrs Dupree on a $10,000 bond. Since mid-March, the Southern Christian Leader ship Conference (SCLC) has organized almost daily march es and picketing and boycott ing of local white merchants in Scotland Neck. District Attorney W. T. Burgwyn argued that Mrs. Dupree should be held without bond until her trial to protect society from her. “She should be fed out of the same spora as anyone else committing such a Bur^yn saio to ^ble I .liiMio K t'utiolft. .Ir 3o-> ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Cofield, is making black history in his adopted ciiv of Boston. Mass. Cotield. a black pioneer in the heretofore practically white world of high finance, is pr»*Mdent and chief executive officer of .Malmart .Mortgage Co, Inc Malmart, one oi the ofVu' very few full service morli BV .1 \MKS \, .SliKP.XKI) piTites He IS also a FNMA .ip- pnived conventional under writer l.iisl month. Cofieid was appointed lo the Boston Rede- velopmeni Authority, the first black appointed in (he 19-year history ol this important body. He ua.x chosen by William Flynn. >ecrelary lo the Governor of Massachusetts’ ot Communities and Stantord. where he distin- gui.-iied himself in conducting the icsearch for the financing segi.ient of a study entillerT housing And Urban Resource Development for the City of San Francisco. Calif. He was a consultant for the prestigious (See COFIELD. P. 2) banking firm, in all ofT??e* Kngland slales, provides per- '''''' manent financing to home said to the motive has (See SLAYING. P. crime, couri. No prol . 2) Ceremony Sun, At Gardens On Sunday, Af^l 25. at 3 p.m., dedication ceremonies will be held at Carolina Biblical Gardens on Sanderford Rd.. in Raleigh for (he recent installa tion of the “Avenue of Flags Memorial" honoring the 5 branches of the service, the first of its kind m the Raleigh area. Presaitation of 3 flags will take place for ceremonies raising during the program. Congressman Ike Andrews’ representative. Arch Hath- cock, will present an American flag that has flown over the nation's capitol to the Ameri can Legion Department Ad jutant James Adcox; John Murphy, deputy secretary of (he Department of Military and Veterans Affairs of N.C., will make the presenlatitm of the (See CEREMONY. P. 2) owners in both the existing housing and the new construc tion markets Cofield's com pany IS also active in proj^i mortgages and the permanent financing market for mulli- lamily unit apartments and common and industrial pro- Labor Confab Planned MIAMI. Fla. - The Labor Affairs Program of the National Urban League will hold its 8th annual Labor Affairs Conference. May 11-14, in Miami, Fla. The conference, with the theme, Affirmative Action - A Labor, Industry And Govern ment Responsibility, will be held at the Sheraton Four-Am bassadors Hotel. The conference will consist of general forums on a number of topics including affirmative action, full employment and new developments in appren ticeship. Two workshops on affirmative action and in creasing job options for women will also be held. Special awards will be presented to Dorothy Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women; Carmen Maymi, director. Wo men's Bureau, U.S. Depart ment of Labor; William Pollard. Civil Rights Depart ment. AFL-CIO; Dr. Daniel H. Kruger, professor industrial relations, Michigan State Uni versity and Ronald T. Gault, program officer. Ford Found ation. Addressing the over 400 expected delc{»j‘*es will be Vernon E. Jordan. Jr., execu tive director. National Urban League; Ms. Height. Dr. F. Ray Marshall, chairman. De partment of i^onomics, Uni versity of Texas and Pierce Quinlan, administrator, Con centrated Employment Deve lopment, U.S. Department of Labor. Lane Kirkland, secretary- treasurer, AFL-CIO, will be the keynote speaker at the annual awards banquet on Thursday, May 13. Outstanding appren- will provide the BRA with a new perspective on housing and urban renewal His iinaiicial expertise and man agement background will help him make a positive contribu tion to BKA when it considers future programs and pro jects " A l%;$ graduate of Raleigh's Ligon High School. Cofield rtH'Cived his B A degree in busiiu^ss administration from the University of North Uaroliii.i in I'haiK'l Hill in 1%7 and his master’s degree in that area ol s(ud> from Stanford I liiviTsitv in California in 1970. Briore starling Malmart. Co- field was an instructor at lAMES CDFIKLD JK Judge Hastie Dies Suddenly; Rites Held BY ALEXANDER BARNES PHILADELPHIA. Pa. - The serenity of the sanctuary of Baptist Temple, located on the campus of Temple University, was not disturbed in the least when some of the top people in America’s judicial system joined people from all walks of life last Saturday in a fitting memorial to one of the most respected to ever grace the bench. William H. Hastie. The memorial got underway when Rev. Leon Sullivan opened the solemn occasion with a prayer. The setting became more solemn when Robert E. Grooters sang a song of consolation that compared favorably with the life of Hastie and pictured his transition to a peaceful shore. Marvin Wachman. presi dent. Temple University, in a subdued tone, told of the service that Hastie gave the school as a member of its trustee board, in guiding the administration. Wachman said he was quite grateful for Hastie having been around during the campus disturbances of the '60s. Honorable Thurgood Mar shall. associate justice. U.S. Supreme Court, told of what a consoling factor he was in planning civil rights cases. He told of how the NAACP lawyers won a case without even going to court, it was the case that opened the Air Force. He said that Haslie’s experience with the War Department gave him the knowledge needed to draw up the bill of particulars. The brief was said to have been so convincing. The plaintiff was only asking to have the right to join the Air Force and gam the right to die for his country. 11)0 plaintiff was permitted to join the Air Force, therby killing the cause of action. Hastie, shortly after finish ing Amherst College and passing the bar, masterminded the first test case to desegre gate the University of N.C., when the late L. E. Austin took Raymond Hocutt to Chapel Hill to enroll in the School of Pharmacy. He is said to have joined C, 0. Pearson and C. Aubrey McCoy in presenting this case. His son. William. Jr., reprsented the family and proved he was the illustrious son of an illustrious sire. He chose to follow his father into the legal profession and now practices in San Francisco, Calif. The renown jurist leaves also his wife, the former Beryl Lockhart and a daughter, who also entered the fi^d of law. Attorney Karen Williams. Washington. D.C. There is also one granddaughter. He was Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands from 1937 to 1939. In 1943, he resigned his post as civilian aide to U.S. S^retary of War Henry Siimson to protest (See JUDGE DIES. P. 2) Raleigh Close Up Committee Makes Report To Community lUMMITTEE .MEETING - The Rev. W. W. Flniator. (left), chairman of the .N. C. Advisory Committe. and BcMy Doctor, regional director of the L'. S. Commiailon on Civil RighU Office in /‘(laniii. met with prison reform ^oups Tuesday lo discuss the committee's recent reconiiiiendations on N.C. prUons. See story in Culumn I. Page I. iPhoto by Willie While!. Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK CAROLINA BIBLICAL (JARDKNS "For A Well-K^l Final Resting Place ’ The Raleigh Fellowship Committee for Close-Up suc cessfully completed its years fund-raising activities and ^nsored a meeting at the First Baptist Church, honoring 21 Raleigh area students and a teacher who are recipients of Close-Up Fellowships. These fellowships are contributed by churches, organizations and interested individuals in (he Raleigh community, many of whom were in attendance at this final reporting session. The Close-Up program was made available in North Carolina specifically in the Wake-Harnett County areas through (he efforts of Sen. Robert Morgan who introduce area .students to the Close-Up program for the first time last year Mr John Baker. Jr . administrative aide to Sen Morgan, has served as co chairperson of this year’s Raleigh Fellowship Committee and reported that a total of $5,364 had been contributed from the Raleigh community for Close-Up fellowships of $298.00 per student. Mrs. Lucille Webb, Sander son Senior High School teacher and departmental chairperson of social studies, was also a recipient of a Raleigh Close-Up fellowship and will accompany these 21 students to Washing ton. D C. on May 2-9 Mrs. Webb, co-chairperson of the Raleigh Fellowship Commit tee. was selected by a subcommittee for a fellowship due lo her genuine interest in and work with the youth of the communilv and in order to provide additiunal representa- li M- and in«ight mlu the ^'PI _ viewed by a teacher of social studies. Mrs. Webb has served dually as a co-chairperson of the Sleigh Fellowship Com mittee and committee liaison at Sanderson Senior High. She was presented to the g^roup by Mrs Marjorie Debnam, committee chairper son. who presided at the meeting. Mrs. Webb introduc ed the student fellowship recipients from Garner, Enloe. Broughton and Sanderson Senior High Schools, and the committee liaison teachers Mrs Thelma Dent ot Enloe Senior High and Mrs Mary Davis of Broughton Senior High Mrs Webb paid special tribute lo these liaison teachers whose assistance has been invaluable to the Raleigh Fellowship Cumtniiiee All sluoenis receiving Ral eigh Close-Up fellowships were presented gifts of travel kits contributed by the Friday Afternoon Book Gub and the Prestige Club, lliese unique and useful gifts were generated by Mrs. Nora Lockart, co- chairperson of the Raleigh Fellow-snip Committee. Mrs. Lockhart assisted Mrs. Her man White, president of the Friday Afternoon Book Gub. in presenting these travel kits. Student fellowship recipient Reuben Young, a senior and student body co-president, expressed thanks on behalf ctf the 21 fellowship recipients and stated that all stuwnls are eagerly awaiting their week- long educational e^rience. .Mrs. Minolta Eaton, co chairperson of the Raleigh Ft'lidwship Committee, ex- 'See n.OSE UP. P 2)
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