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10 IjOX 1736 Loulflvmo, “SJT Conyers, Others Visit B. Chavis /Express Concern ★ ★ ★ ★ For Jailed Cleric MCCAIN — “A lot of U8 feel badly that we focus attention on one case but there are brothers black and white ri^ht behind these very walls that could tell you something that would blow your minds alK)ut how they got there, lou Drought me closer to tnis system, and proDably a lot of us closer than we intended to get and what we begin to find out is that we are all trappy. Even us on this side of the wires are in our own way trai^;>ed just as you are on that side." TheM remarks were made to Rev. Ben Chavis by Congressman John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, as he and 37 press members visited with Chavis Sunday. May 2nd. at McCain Prison at McCain. Conyers and other black leaders were in the area to attend a Black Caucus meeting, held in Charlotte. Conyers continued, “What -sdniinistration of North Caro- we have to do is keep a * 7^ prison units. Since perspective that's large e- reimprisonment. I have nough so that we can lift all of personally witn^ed aspects ¥ ¥ ¥ 7,00f) Demand Higher Salaries Tutors March Here VOL. 35 NO. 29 Morth Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH. N C.. THUH.SDAY. MAY B. 197>i SINGLE COPY 20c Wake County Ex-\Mfe Faces US out of this mess " Conyers' vvisit to McCain followed charges of Rev. Chavis to the North Carolina Inmates Griev- C ce Commission that he is ing "unjustly " assigned to McCain because of "hospital atmosphere ” Chavi<: said that TB patients, as well as mentally ill patients, are incarcerated at the prison. McCain superintendent J. C. Harris, and deputy director of prisons Walter "Kip" Kautsky, have agreed that sick inmates are housed at the prison, but say that safeguards are taken so that there is no danger to Chavis' health They have denied that the unii is a hospitai. Chavis read a prepared statement which attacked the of the gross cruel and inhuman treatment of the tS.tXW women and men prisoners of the North Carolina Department of Cor rections 1 believe it is immoral to remain silent when one is made aware of injustice." Chavis said that the Correc tions Department had at tempted to silence him by moving him from Caledonia prison farm to McCain Hospi tal. Chavis said that the risks of him are that he will contract TB or be injured by an inmate that is mentally ill Chavis and 13 other inmates were trans- fei red from Caledonia follow ing their attempts to organize an inmates council. This attempt was crushed by prison officials. Included in the transferred inmates were iSee CONYERS P 21 MANSLAUGHTER RAP ¥ 4 ¥ ♦ Ms. ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ As RCRC s Associate Executive Director ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Salute To Moms WHAT IS A MOM? A mom it someone who knows oil our needs, Our dreoms, hopes and desires, llVith sincere interest in oil that we do. Someone who guides, ond inspires. A mom is filled with compossion. is openhonded, sympothetic ond forgiving. The smile of o mom is worm ond tender, And odds so much joy to living. A mom is someone with vast patience, Who colms oil our worries owoy. Someone with infinite trust in her children. And love for them doy by doy. A mom coo moke 0 home out of 0 house, By just being worm ond sweet, By her thoughtfulness and gentleness too. Which mokes life more beoutiful ond complete. A mom is full of strmgih ond judgment. Of loveliness, gentleness ond (^oce. She's someone whose love will be cherished forever "No" one con toke mom's oloce. -DEBORAH DIXON Mitchell Resigns Woman Teachers Meeting Of Blaek Xeaders Is May IS k A statewide Black Leader- f«hip Ctmference ia scheduled to be held in Raleigh, May IS, is which participants will begin to formulate a "Black Political Agenda " for North Carolina. It will be held at St. Auguatine'a College from 10 a m. until 5 p.m. At a news conference last Thursday morning, fanners of the conference said the agenda and national elections are presenting "very little sub stance" to what is relevant to the black community. The Rev. Leon White, director of the North Carolina- Virginia UCCRJ. said the non-partiaan conference will deal with black participation in the political process, and hope fully will provide guidelines for every group with political WALLACE G READE Mitchell To Quit May 31 Ms Beverl;. Mitchell, assoc iate executive director of Raleigh Community Relations Commission <RCRC). resigned her position Monday. May 3. to be effective May 3Ut. TTie resignation followed the end of 8 police probe of alleged political misconduct of Ms. Mitchell. 'The police investiga- iSee MS. MITCHELL. P 2) itself »U1 be developed 6 lo 8 inlerest in North Carolina He week; after_ the Mav. 15 said that one of the past mistakes in the black corn- conference The conference planners expect 200 to 300 participants in the conference in which education, criminal pntice, social welfare, political education, health care, em ployment. housing and econo mic development will be discussed. Planners of the conference said in a (vepared statement, "No longer ia the question civil rights Slone We are concerned with the broad questions and issues facing the entire popula- * tion of this state " Travis Frances, a represent ative of the North Carolina- . Virginia United Church of ^ Christ Commission mi Racial Justice (UCCCRJ), said at the press conference that the planners of the conference want to "highlight what is important to the black com munity.'' He also said the candidates in the coming state muniiy has been that, *We have gone lo candidate! alone ■ Bui ..KSSJ cnJl he expressed hope that the *•■«- • irrawnSM mrnmbrr vt conference will provide a 'S‘.'S’tSU'-£ broader and more subatanlial ran,.', •«* rt,,r«ia, base lor presenting black TSS*-" aspirati(Hi8 to candidates mi<*i«m ovb aairich rMtt Conference chairperson Clarence Li^tner said that after the conference, questiem- naires will be sent to the various candidates in N.C. to obtain their responses on the various questions raised dur ing the conference by the black community The responses and questionnaires will also be provided to the various local communities throughout the state 'They will be used to evaluate local candidates. Lightner and the conference planners attempted to steer clear of any imiwession that (See LEADERS. P 2i il lar TV* t'rtauc B*ill W fMbvfH .\M.K<iKD R APE VH'TI.M A 14-year-old Stevens Rd. giri was (he alleged victim of a "forcible rape" about 4:30p.m. Saturday in the 240(i block of Stevens Rd.. according to Raleigh police reports. Ac cording to the reports, the alleged incident look place in a vehicle llie alleged incident was reported by a relative of the youth. The youth sustained scratches and bruises in the alleged incident No arrests were indicated in the reports. (See CRIME BEAT. Is Free; No Bail FUQUAY-VARINA - A 34-year-old Fuquay-Varina woman has been freed from the Wake County Jail in Raleigh on charges of shooting to death her 36'year-md ex-husband at her home early .Sunday night. The victim. Wallace George Reade of 126 I^wrence St was discovered already dead in the year of his former wife, located in the rural sec'lion of this area, on Angler Ud Two hiillels the chest had pul an end to his life Sheriff's deputies charged Mrs. Bessie Lee Reade. 35. with manslaughter in the incident, instead of murder According to Deputy Melvin T. Munn. who investigated, the woman repm’ledly shot her ex-spouse while defending herself. (See WOMAN IS, F 2) Agencies To Face 4 Suits National Black News Service WASHINGTON - A Coali tion of 10 civil rights, housing and civic organizations has filed suit in L' S. District Court here against the 4 fe^ra! agencies which regulate the nation's home mortgage lend ing institutions. The suit charges the 4 agencies with failing to carry out (heir legal responsibilities to prevent race and sex discrimination in home mortgage lending The defendants are the Office of the Comptroller of 'The Currency, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB», the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 'FDIC' and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board FIlI-BBi Together, they regnl.tif commercial and mutual savings banks and savings and loan associations which handled I3IU billion m residential mortgage loans in 1974 Appreciation ('heck (Jlaiincil By One Here Joshua Cooper, uf 813 S. Blount St . Apt I), was the winner of this week’s Apprec iation Money He found his name listed in an advertise ment on the Apppreciation Money Page on the back of the front section of last week's CAROLINIAN Two other names were listed on the Appreciation Money Page, however, the persons did not report lo The CAROiJNIAN office that ihev had found their names listed Ms Arstair B Smith, of 2016 'See APPRE( lATlON, P 2» MH.S RUTH B JONES Kducator Honored By NEA ROCKY MOUNT - Ruth Braswell Jones, a 5th grade teacher at Baskervilie ^hool in Rocky .Mount, was elected recently by the North Carolina Association of Education board of directors as one of the s female educational leaders of North Carolina. This election was held in response to a request from the National Education Association for assistance in developing a Bicentennial program which -See NEA CITES. P. 2) Rites Are Held For W, Bryant Funeral services for William Henrv Bryant were held \Scdiiesday. May 5th. at St. Paul AME Church with the Ke\ Nathaniel Gaylord, pas tor. officiating. Burial followed in ('aroiina Biblical Gardens Mr Bryant suffered a short iiines.s following the sudden death of his wife. Mrs. Lucille McRae Bryant, March 20. FiuniK members said he never recovered from her death. Kryani came In Raleigh in 1929 and worked for 2 years (See W BRYANT P 21 Asking Increases BY WILLIE WHITE. Staff Writer Black school teachers were prominent among the 7,000 teachers who demonstrated in Ralqigh Saturday for a 16 percent pay increase. After a rally in Dorton Arena, the teachers as sembled at the intersection of Hillsborough and St. Mary's and marched east on Hillsborough to the N. C' Capitol. They continued around the capito! and north on Wilmington a- round the I,egi«!ative Building and ended the march in a near-by state parking lot. Black school teachers were prominent among the 7,000 teachers who demonstrated in Raleigh Saturday for a 16 (See TEACHERS. P. 2i Delegates Off To Chicago CHARLOTTE - Bishop H. B. Shaw, senior prelate. .AME Zion Church, Wilmington, ac cording to reports from the headquarters of (he second largest black Methodist body in the world, located here, 'ed 114 delegates from N.C. to the 40th quadrennial session of the General Conference. McCor mick Inn. 23rd and Shore Lake. Tuesday. May 4 The N.C. delegation is the second largest (hat will attend the meet. Alabama will have the largest. The ministerial delegation will be composed, almost entirely, of men. The lay delegates will be 75 percent women for the first time in the history of the denomination Due'to the fact that there will be no election of bishops and there is a movement to restructure overall prcK-ess of 0^ DELEGATES. P ‘2> "PAY! FOUR TIMES FOUR" — Leading this cbanl, Herbert Dark, center, was in the lead column of marching teachers Saturday afternoon as thousands of teachers protested in the cHy for higher salaries. (WilUe White Photo). Reacts On Files Of Kin^ WASHING'TON. D.C. - In response to inquiries from the news media regarding the Civil Rights Division’s review of the Martin Luther King filet, Attorney (General Eklward H. Levi last Thursday, issued the following statement: I have directed (he Office of Professional Responsibility, headed by Michael Shaheen, to complete a review of all records in the Department of Justice concerning the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. The Civil Rights Division, under the personal directlM trf as.sistant Attorney General J. Stanley Poltinger, completed on April 9. a 5-month preliminary review of files at FBI headqsiarters. As s result of this preliminary review, the Civil Rights Division has recommended that ffle review be carried forward to comple tion with an additional exam ination of records at FBI headauarters and field offices. It is believed that more than 200,0(K) documents may be involved. (See MLK FILES, P. 2) Attorney Paul Is Queried BY PAT BRYANT (Editor's Note: The follow ing is an exclusive interview with Durham attorney Jerry Paul. Paul met with a client at the N.C. Correctional Center for Women in Raleigh. Date of the interview was April 29.) "They have charged me with saying that the N.C. Judicial system is racist and they charged me with saying that I am a freedom fighter and I have a responsibility to fight for freedom. 'They have made it a crime for a lawyer, one of the people who is supposed to know how the judicial system operates, to tell people the (ruth about the judicial system," said Durham attor ney Jerry Paul in a recent interview. Paul’s remarks were made in response to the (See JEKKV PAUL, P. 2) RODNEY HUNTER Boy, 8y Killed By Car HOLLY SPRINGS - Fun eral services were held for Rodney Huiiter, 8, of Holly Springs at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bazzle Creek Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. The youth, son of Mr. and Mrs Willie Hunter, of Holly Springs, was killed in a car accident Saturday on N.C. 55 when he apparently ran into (he path of a car driven by Gint Utley, also of Holly Springs. Police Chief Nathaniel Burl said the youth was knocked about lUO feti when the vehicle struck him. No charges were’ filed in connection with the accident. Burt said the Utley vehicle was traveling 35 miles per hour, and was within the legal speed limit for the town. The accident occurred in front of Woodward's Grocery during a Saturday afternoon rain. The eulogy was delivered by the Rev. Harold Trice, pastor (See BOY KILLED. P 2) New Column This week. The CAROLINIAN introduces a new column, entitled This 1$ The Low. It is sponsored by the Lowyers of North Carolina and written by Robert E Lee. The column will run weekly for o period of one yeor ond exploins many things thot wilt be helpful to our reoders. WILLIAM H BRYANT CONFERENCE PLA.S.SEKH — Four of the puaBrrs for ihr N.c'- BUrk l.eiidership 1 uofrrenre at a press CMifM^uce at IH. AMgustwr't ( eltrgp last week. I,efl to right are. Raleigh Citv Count ilman WUItsB Kalght. fermer msyer Claresce Lightaer. looimittioe on Rsriai Jostlre director l,eon WbUe and Coinmtssleit efftela! Travis Frasers. Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK APEX DlSTRIBl TORS For The Bt-fcl (■■ !■ uiliilurt* Dramatic Increase In Use Of Guns By Youth Gangs WASHINGTON, 0. C. — A Federally-funded study released lost Fridoy showed o dromatic increose in the use of guns by youth gongs ond said some gong members exploit both schoolteachers ond pupils and occosionolly cloim the right to administer classroom discipline. The report, financed by a S4e,690 gront from the Low Enforcement Assistonce Administration, was conducted by Or. Walter B. Miller of the Horvord Low'School. (.enter for Criminal Justice. It examined the gong situation in six lorge cities - New York, Los Angelas, Chicago, Philodelphio, Detroit and Son Francisco. Restorch also was conducted in Woshington, D. C., St. Louis, Cleveland, Boltimore, Houston ond New Orleons. "Dr. Miller's report is both important and disturbing," soid LEAA Administrator Richard W. Velde. ‘It is probably the first ottempt ever to compile o notional picture of youth gang and youth group problems based on direct visits to gon^ locates." Dr. Miller estimoted that New York. Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit ond San Froncisco could have as many as 2.700 gangs ond 81,500 members. These figures, he says are "probably still conservative." New York has the greotest concentration of gongs, according to the study-police estimate 31S gongs with 8,000 verified and 20,000 olieged members. Los Angeles and Philadelphia hove the highest proportion of gong members, with the "overoge" estimate showing close to six of every 100 mole youths ossocioted with o gong or group. Of all the cities surveyed, only in Houston wos there unanimous ogreemenf thot the city hod no gongs, however defined, and that there hod been none since 1945. The question of why only Houston reports no gong problems will be studied further. Dr. Miller's findings were based on information from 61 public and privote ogencies ond interviews with 148 people involved with gongs including police, social ogencies, the courts, correctionoi systems and probotion personnel-rother thon undertoking an ind^imdent survey of gang members. Mony gangs hove *heir own "colors ' and go by such flomboyant names as "Savage Skulls," King Kobros Cho'os,' oiiu 'Cnps,"
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