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4ffer Man Gunned In Back By Whit Knight Gives Views On Shooting jpouncil ¥ ¥ ^ Member Reacts Editor's Note: Raleigh City Councilman William Rogers (Bill) Knight, the only black member of the council, issued a press release on Tuesday of this week concerning the shoot ing of an allege unarmed black man by a white police officer last Friday night. The complete text of Knight's statement fol lows: During the past four days, I have been in constant contact with the assistant city manager for opera tions, Mr. Dempsey Ben- llk.lon, and Major Duke concerning the shooting of ^•loe Randy Smith. We first p met at 8:33 p.m. on Friday, June 4, 1976. Between (he hours of 8:33 p.m. to 11:4S p.m.. information was gathered from many sources, which included initial comments from John Knox. Questionable witnesses and the Walnut Terrace community. At 10:30 p.m . the decision was made by this councilman to call some community lead ers and city councilpersons together for a briefing on matters surrounding the inci dent and reduce rumors. Among the rumors was that Mr. Smith had been shot with a ■‘riot-gun.” Around 11:45 p.m, some community leaders and Coun cilman Quinn arrived for the briefing At that briefing, we were informed of the proce dures which were to be followed and actions to be taken. Also, we were informed that a meeting between top ^ police ufficials and Officer ^ Knox would be held on Satur- I (ay at 2 p m ^ Mr. Eienlon and I talked at 3:30p.m on Saturday and were informed that the investigation had not been complete be cause a statement was needed from Mr Joe Randy Smith. .Mr Smith's doctor and family had nut given permission for City officials to get information which could lead to the indict ment of the officer, depart- meiiui disciplinary action, or exoneration 'See KNIGHT. P. 2) Accident *Seen^ By Goodwin I’he leader of the protesting Raleigh Police Officers' As sociation (RPOA). John R. Knox. 25. who had, amoiH* other things, sought a substan tial increase in salaries an', urged the ouster of veteran police officer, who is now % Police CJhief Robert E. Good win. Monday found himself being partially defended by that chief of police on charges growing out of the shooting of a 2t-year-old black man. who was alleged unarmed last Friday night. The officer has been suspended from his duties, with pay, and the yictim is in the intensive care section at Wake Medical Center. According to Chief Goodwin, investigation into the incident reveals that Officer Knox, who is white, shot Joe Randy Smith of 406 W. Lane St., in the back, while investigating a call to the Washington Sixth Grade Center on Fayetteville St. He also said that the case is still open, but the investigation of the shooting, at this time, did not warrant either criminal or departmental action against the patrolman. Knox's attorney. William B. Crumpler, said of the shooting. t' “He didn't mean to shoot him. It was an accident, pure and simple.” . However, Goodwin stated that young Smith came out of an alley at the school and “advanced” on the cop or failed to heed his orders to halt. (See GOODWIN. P. 2i * [KW i II I II IIAHIf^ IS Million Blacks Are Of Age To Vote 1 HE CAROLINIAN VOL. 35 NO. 34 Sorth C.arolina't Leading Weekly RAI.KIOH. N. IHUHSDAY. JUNE 10. 1976 SINGLE COPY 20c llii« Station Bathroom Scene As w- ^ ■ rii If-. 4:1' *■ ★ ★ ★ ★ RAPE TRY ■¥■ ¥ ■¥■ ★ ★ ★ ★ Shuw Divinity School Hosts V lolent Assault Changed A Raleigh mar is facing • a. for three felony charges, lowing what police reported as a violent sexual assault in a bathroom at the Greyhound Bus Terminal on W. Jones Street. A suspect, Darnell banks of 2509 Dandridge Drive in the Biltmore Hills area of the city was arrested by “the law” less than thirty minutes after the incident was reported, early Monday morning. Banka was placed in Wake CtHUity Jail under a bond of $30,000, charged with assault on a female with intent to commit rape, crime against natu’‘e and arnied robbery. Officers were called to the terminal at 3:58 a.m., where Ms. Lucille Wesley of Rt. 4, Zebulon, told them that a man had assaulted her at knifepoint after coming into the female facility. She also said he took $2 in cash from her. Following the broadcast of a description of the alleged assailant. Officers B. W. (See FACES RAPE. P. 2) Census Of 1972 Released DR KELLY .M SMITH REV J Z ALEXANDER Divinity School Hosts 5-Day Meet The Shaw Divinity School's 40th annual Church l^eaders’ Conference will be held at Shaw University Monday through Friday, June 14*18. The first session will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday and the last session will end about noon Friday. lns.«u.e and .he st.o„d Church Lay leaders’ Instilute. oivmilv school, WASHINGTON - An estimated 15 miUton black Americans will be of voting age during the 1976 Presidential election, a 10 percent increase since 1972, according to a report released by the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Depart- n)ent oi CtHnmsroe. The report notes that the black population, which will comprise 10 percent of the 1978 electorate, is considerably younger Uiu the white votiag- age population, due largdy to higher fertility rates among blacks. It said that in Nov. 19TC 23 percent of blacks of voting age will be under 2S years old, compared with 18 percent for whiles. The report is entitled. Pro jections Of The Population Of Voting Age For ^tea: Jews Join Suit On Stamp Cut NEW YORK. N Y. - Five of the nation's top Jewish groups have joined with over 100 other religious, civic, consumer, civil rights and labor oraniza- lions in a suit to prevent the Ford Administration from cut ting $1.2 billion in food stamp prMram aid. l^e suit has succeeded in temporarily blocking imple mentation of new Department of Agriculture regulations which would remove 5.3 million people fr im the food stamp program and reduce benefits for an additional 5.5 million Americans. The five organizations are the American Jewish Con gress. the American Jewish Committee, the National Coun cil of lewish Women, the Unit^ Hebrew Trades and the Workmen’s Circle. The present court action. Registration and all sessions of the conference will be held in the Student Union Building on the Shaw campus. The theme for 1976 will be. “One God. One Lord. One Spiril-A Variety of Works. Services and Gifts.” The Biblical basis of the theme is I Corinthians 12:4-6. Dr. Kelly Miller Smith will be the principal resource (See CHURCH MEET. P 2) Site Of Trial Is Opposed POLITICAL MEETLNG FRIDAY The North Carolina Black Leodership Conference will convene at 1 p.m. on Fridoy, June 11, on the compus of Saint Augustine's College. The purpose of this conference is to ratify the block agendo for the Stote of North Corolino ond to finalize o questionnoire to be sent to condidotes for public offices. Steering committee mem bers and the general public ore invited to ottend. (See JEWS JOIN. P. 2) BY MILLIE WHITE Staff Writer The Sandra Dupree murder trial :;hould be “taken back to Scotland Neck.” the president of the Vanc^ County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said Tues- day. Speaking in a telephone interview, the Rev. Andrew J. Taylor satd that if the trial is held in Vance County. “It will only create a hazard and undo whatever has been done here.” Earlier. Taylor presented a request to the Vance Countv Commissioners, joining with them in their efforts to get the trial moved out of Vance County. The Dupree trial stems from the March 11 shooting death of a young black man in Scotland Neck by a white woman. The trial was ordered moved from Halifax County to Vance (See TRIAL SITE. P 2i vember 1976. It also iH^senls 1970 voting-age data on other minorities, including persons of Spanish heritage. American Indians and Asian-Americans. Overall. ;j0,041.000 Ameri cans, nearly 10 million more than in 1972, will be of voting age next November, the report said, noting that this is only half the increase that occurred between the 1968 and 1972 Presidential electirnis when the voting-age population grew by about 20 million persons. According to the report, voter participation has mark edly declined since 1980, with voting in Presidential elections down from 63 percent in 1960 to 55 percent in November 1972. It said that the 1960 Presidential election year showed the highest voter participation rate in the last 46 years. Church Leaders ’ Confab SAYS “HURRK'A.NE" CARTER TRIED TD KII.I. HER - Newark. N. J. — Mrs. Carotya KeUe>. Newark civic leader, speaks to press from her hospital bed at the Crippled ChiMrea's Hospital ia Newark. Ms. Kelley who help<^ roordinaie the oatlonal defense effort for Rubia (Hurricaae) Carter has accused the former middleweight contender of beating and kicking her iata uncoBsclousness and tryine to kill her. 'I Pl*. Dr, IL Cobb A nnounees Wilkins* Job Criteria NEW YORK. N Y. - Dr W Montague Cobb, presideni of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and chairman of the committee seeking a replace *nenl for retiring executive direeter Roy Wilkins, has aiiaeunced 16 quaKfications for candidates interested in filling the position. The criteria, arrived at by the search and screening ctMnmittee, a unit of the Board of Directors, are as follows: Evidence of a sense of dedication to the work and goals of the NAACP: capacity to organize, manage and pro vide effective leadership for a large and growing nationwide membership; capacity to raise funds from constituents of the association and the public at large, int'iuding religious, bus iness. labor and i’hahtable organuatiuiu. vapseity to speak, art or respond m the best mierests of Ihe association in all situations and ui a manner cwisisteni with its baste principles, strategies and approved guidelines, an un derstanding of the impact of economic forces and social and political decisions, an under standing (H money manage ment and budgeting, of staff organization and of commum- canons techniques, an ability to delegate authority, com mensurate with responsibility. pro\en ability to lake the initiative, an esiablished repu tation for high personal inte grity. and sound mind in ■ MKind body Communicationa from cap- didaies should be addressed to Dr W Montague Cobb, Chair man. Search and Scmening Committee, NAACP. 1219 Gi rard St . N.W . Wastaii^Uin. D C 20009. Report On Drugs Is Startling Although given the ri^t to vote many decades ago, blacks have not even taken advantage of the opportunity to register. Since the Voting nights Acts of the 196Qb. thousanu of mem- (See IS MILLION. P. 2) Appreciation Check* Claimed By Three Here Minnie R. Frazier, of Mrs. WASHINGTON. DC. - A Law Enforcement Assistance Administration survey says 43 percent of inmates in state prisons had been drinking and 28 percent were under the influmce of drugs at the time of the offense for which they were serving time. LEAA administrator Richard W Velde announced last week. Mr. Velde said about 61 percent of the admitted drug users had used drugs on a daily or near daily basis at some time in their lives. Marijuana was the most commonly used drug, accounting for 92 percent of all drug users in slate prisons. Forty-five to SO percent of (he inmates who had ever used drugs reported having taken amp^tamines. barbiturates, cocaine or heroin and 15 percent illicit methadone. Se venty percent of the heroin users reported using (he drugs daily. Velde said as a result of the survey, the Drug Enforcement Administration is conducting The survey showed 51 per cent of all state prison inmates were white, and 47 percent (See DRl G REPORT. P 2) Dr. Brodie On Faculty At Shaw LI. 317 Wwlh St.. Mrs. Josephme in-depth study on the use of Bennett, of 614 E. South St., narcotics by prison inmates K4kf't NMc: TSf CAXOI.INIAN W rMMBtu lu MkUcallM •( IS* CriM •••I. tafiawlac • BKaSar at rnmftemtl 'Ba ulapkMM caQa lar lu rabwawwMi. At mat cutcA l« Ife* triflaal r«l(ai ■4la| , etr*aa« otehlu U kaap (Mr •ane* aM at Th« Crime Baal iliiaTl m kacamr laralvta •MS tk« Balciffe eattca OrMa^UBtai, tSarak; laiilaa ibalr aamaa m iSa eallcc bteuar. (ram wklck all a( tha malartai lar TSa Crlma Scat li fatkaraS. DRUG CHARGES FILED Claude A. Montague and Ms. wFticia Ruth Dupree, both of 614 ^ West St,, were charged with the possession of marijuana and the possession of a needle and syringe about il:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Raleigh police reports. According to the reports, the arrests were made at 614 S West (See CRIME BEAF. P 3) and Halbert R. Yarborough, of 415 Watson St., were all winners of this week's Appi ec- iation Money after they report ed to The CAROLINUN office that they found their names listed on the Appreciation Money Page. The Appreciation Money Page is listed each week on (he back of the front section. Yarborough was listed in the advertisement for the Ware house of Tires, at the comer of Davie and Person Streets, while Mrs. Frazier was listed in the advertisement for Piggly Wiggly, and Mrs. Bennett was listed in the advertisement fw ABC Mobile Homes. 4301 Highway 70. East. '^ree names are listed on the Appreciation Money Page each week. Persons who fi^ their names listed on the page should report to The CARO LINIAN office The LEAA survey, complet ed for the agency by (he Bureau of the Census, also says tahl 7 out of 10 ii.mates in state prisons previously served time in other correctional institu tions. Of the 191,400 persons in stale prisons during Jan. 1974 - when the nationwide study was CMiducted • about 23 percent had served 2 sentences. 19 percent 3 sentences. 12 percent 4sentences.and 16percent 5or more sentences About 33 percent had served lime a.s juveniles. About 52 percent of the prisoners had been sentenced to serve time in prison at least twice for the same offen.se Of these, 42 percent were sentenc ed twice. 28 percent three times. 16 percen; four times, and 13 percent five or more times Ur Priscilla A Brodie has joined Ihe faculty-staff of the ^aw Divinity School as assis tant professor of Christian Education and coordinator of Church Vocations Dr Brodie received the Bachelor of Arts degree from i^aw University, with a con- L'eniraiion in English After her undergraduate work, she taught English at the B F Person-Albion High School in Franklinton She also taught at theJ B Dudley High School in Greensboro and at llhaw. She rei-eived the .Mas.er of Divinity and Ihe Doctor of Ministry degrees from South eastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest During her Master of Divinity studies. Dr Brodie conceniraied m Christ ian Educ'alion Dr Brodie is (he daughter of the Rev and Mrs t) H Brodie of Franklinion “HUSBAND’S” ROLE BEING PHASED Ol'T — New York — When the CBS televIsiM tcriet "Good Timet" retnmet next fall. Ms. Etlher Rollc. shove. Is going to he portraying n struggling black mother, try ing to manage her fam^ alone. The male parent, por trayed by John Amoa. It being written out of the tucertafni situation comedy ahont an urban black family la Chkagn. .Amot bad atked to he releated from hit portrayal af the father in order to portae other ialerettt. The Nationoi Black Media Coalkioa. however, a Hathingtoa-bated argnaiso- tion concerned with htneb repretenlatioa on televlaian and radio, hat atked CBS to retain the father character to at not to give "new roott” m T\ to the tiereolype of Ihe falherlett black famUv. BLACK LEADERS DISTURBED —HarrUburg. Pa. —Rep. K. Uroy Irvit (Li taid June 3 be will not ute his position at Houte majority leader to exact revenge fer Ihe state Democratic Committee’! refusal to name him at an at-large delegate to the July natioaal convention. The Rev. Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK Leroy Patrick. (Ri Pret. of the Penna. Black Committee, wat to ute hit language, “mad..damn mad.” Patrick taid he and bit organization feel the tame way about the state coromltlee't defeat of Mrs. C. Eieloret Tucker's bid for another term at vice chairman. “Both actions are an intuit to blacks.” he taid. il'Pli. .M‘K\ 1)**^ I HIBl I s ■For Hie Be»t In Qunlily Furniturt And Accwmhm Raleigh Feminists Set Workshop Roieigh Feminists Orgonizad for Action >s sponsoring o workshop Soturdoy on sox discrimmotion in tmploymont The keynote speoker will be Ms. Hizo PoschoM. dirocter of stote ond community offotrs for the Atlonto office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission During the morning session. Ms. Pw choll wdl conduct o workshop on recognizing sex discriminofion During the afternoon session she wiH deliver on oddress on rho benefits of state ond local civil ri^ts logislotton Ms Poscholl IS tht author of Bocouse of Sox. n hondbook on discnminiotion The workshop will begin at 10 #m m Boyor Hod at St. Auoustine's College It will end at 3 p.m Other pgrtkipwts include Ms Beverly ft. Mitchell, former ossociote executive of the Roleigh Community Reiotions Commission, and Ms Bonnie Medinger. iool Equal Rights Amondmont coordinotor for the Leogue of Womon (fotors. Roiotgh police ottorney Kurt Stokemon will ^'so porticipoie in the workstx^ sessions The workshop is open to the puhliv Registrotton fM is 13. Persons interested in porticipoting m the -aorkshop or» osked to coll Ms. Judith Porker 832-4540.
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