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Prisons Official Target Of Suit
^PauU Ms, Mitchell
Reveal New Plan
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BY PAT BRYANT
Attorney Jerry Paul and the North Carolina
Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
have leveled scathing attacks on Wuter L.
Kauntsky, deputy director of N. C. Division of
Prisons, following a partial report released by
Kauntsky on the death of prison inmate William
McLaughlin. The Alliance and Paul said last week
that the 29-year-oId inmate died of neglect and that
a suit would be filed in his behalf in the feder^
courts.
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Kauntsky said that negli
gence of prison officials is not
the issue in McLaughlin's
deauth. but is "the liability of
an inmate when he is lakM
advantage of by another
inmate." Kauntsky'said that
one inmate, Joe Bandy, told the
dead inmate the prison food
contained drugs. He said that
another inmate advised Me*
'^iughlin to go on a hunger
strike because he was turned
down for parole.
^.\nne Mitchell, spokesper
son for the Alliance, responded
to Kauntsky. saying "Anv
which
int> nsive investigation
Carter’s
Travels
Altered
asserts ‘no negligence' in
connection of the d^th of a
man ill for three weeks and
receiving no medical attention
is worthless nonsense."
Jerry Paul, Durham attor
ney who defended JoAnne
Little, called Kauntsky a
"ootential murderer." Both
Paul and Ms. Mitchell spoke of
the three years Kauntsky
worked in the U.S. Army,
disciplining soldiers. "We are
not suTfv^ised at such conclu
sions by Mr. Kauntsky who
received his corrections train
ing in the stockades of South
Vietnam." Ms. Mitchell said.
Kauntsky served as the
operations ofTicer at the U.S.
Army Stockade in Long Binh,
South Vietnam in 1969 and 1970
and was commander of the
Joint Services Stockade, Ko-
rat, Thailand. 1970-71, before
being employed by the N.C.
D^t. of Corrections.
Paul said the McLaughlin
suit is needed because the
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VOL. 36 NO. 41 RALEIGH. N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 29, 1976
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Raleigh City Council
BANS HOUSING ilM CROW
★ ★ ★ ★
Ex-Official At Shaw University
★ ★★★
Silvey Wake Tech Dean
National Black News Service
PATERSON. N.J. - Former
boxer Rubin (Hurricane) Car
ter has been ordered not to
travel beyond the New York
City-New Jersey area while
awaiting a new trial on charges
of murdering three persons at
a New Jersey tavern in 1966.
Ihe restricted travel decree
was handed down by Superior
Court Judge William J Mar-
chese. who also denied a state
^request to revoke Carter's bail
' after a woman accused him of
^a'-iulting her at a Maryland
4 lotel April 29.
Carter, and co-defendant
John Artis, were released from
prison March 26 after the New
Jersey Supi erne Court ordered
a new trial on grounds that the
prosecutor's office suppressed
evidence during the original
trial.
Under the restricted travel
order. Carter must move from
his Connecticut home back to
New Jersey and report in
person to his probation officer
every Friday. Before the
restrictions, Carter was free to
travel around the country on
920,000 bail.
The judge's order came after
9 days of closed hearings. He
did give Carter a stay of 7 days
to allow him to move back to
(See “HURRICANE." P. 2)
prisons of North Carolina are
run as "inhumanely as the
Vietnam stockades."
Ms. Mitchell said that
Kauntsky's^T»artial report
which refeiTM to McLau^lin
as having an I.Q. of 62 is a
"coverup" and said that the
Alliance was used to coverupe
from Kauntsky. She said
Kauntsky was respcinsible for
Rev Ben Chavis, civil rights
Council
Approves
Action
(See PRISONS. P 2)
In a sweeping action here
aft
QIC Meet
i o Stress
passed b'
Religion
St. Aug.’s
^08t To
Aeaders
About 100 black leaders
attended Saturday's Black
Leadership Conference in
which 18 candidates attended
to present to the black
community their political
views and aspirations.
The Rev. Leon White, a
coordinator of the conference,
assessed the conference by
noting that the "momentum
seems to be building up for the
appointment of more blacks"
by those people seeking politi
cal office.
The conference participants
Saturday seemed most inter
ested in three concerns;
minority hiring, criminal jus
tice and prison reform.
(See ST AUG.'S, P 2>
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The
pulpits of more than one
hundred, Philadelphia • area
churches will be opened to
visiting ministers from arourxl
the nation on Sunday, August
29, 1976, as Philadelphia
welcomes the 12th Annual Con
vocation of the Opportumties
Industrialisation Centers of
America, Inc.
The clergymen and wor-
shirrs who will be partici
pating in these "OIC Simday"
services are part of a contin
gent of 3,000 delegates and
observers who are expected to
attend the Convocation this
year. The four-day Convoca
tion, which will conclude on
September 1, 1976, will attract
OIC family and friends from SO
U. S. states and territories and
many African and Latin
American nations.
“OIC operations are essenti
ally the work of the church."
explained the Rev. Dr. Leon H.
Sullivan, founder of the OIC
movement. "They represent
the translation of the rhimsiry
into concrete living terms."
Dr. Sullivan said that since
this convocation will take place
in the city where OIC was born.
it will highlight the strong
religious roots of the move
ment.
In addition to the "Open
Pulpits," OIC Sunday will
include a dramatic evening
program at the newly-built
Robin Hood Dell-West. Appear
ing in this (invocation prelude
will be Aretha Franklin, in a
program of religious music,
along with a one thousand
Tuesday afternoon, a Ral
eigh City Council commit
tee passed an ordinance to
ban anv discrimination in
the sale and rental of
housing. The move was
passed oy the council’s Law
and Finance Committee,
chaired Councilman
Ronald I. Kirschbaum, who
called the measure, "A
fairly strong measure" and
said, "I don't see why it
shouldn't lueet with ac
ceptance on the council."
Ihe chairman and Council
man James T. Quinn approved
the ordinance. Mrs. Miriam P.
Block, the other member of the
committ-^, was out of the
country.
if the fair-housing ordinance
passes, this city will become
the third city in the state to
(See BANS HOUSING. P. 2)
Dad Of
KILLED ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN - Wathlngtea Chester
>1. Plummer. Jr., was shot to death, July 25, as he ran onto the
north lawn of the White House brandishing a length of steel pipe.
Security police shot the 30-.vear-old Washington man when he
refused to obey repeated warnings from the police after he had
scaled the fence around the While House. (L'PI)
Two Is
Selected
Edward SUvey, of 2209
Sanderford Rd., has been
appointed dean of students
of Wake Technical Insti
tute.
REV. C. H. EWING
NC Zion
Sessions
Underway
Tutors To
Guilford
Meeting
GREENSBORO - Some
1,200 secondary teachers of
occupational education will
gather at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. Sat
the Coliseum in Greensboro for
the opening session of their
annual staff devdopmmt con
ference.
Prior to the opening session
on Tuesdav afternoon, the
teachers will be visiting some
70 commercial exhibits in the
Coliseum Exhibit Hall from 10
to 1 and again from 2:30 to 9
after the opening session.
Slated to be the keynote
speaker for the opening session
is Craig Phillips, state superin
tendent of public instruction.
"I always look forward to
(See TUTORS TO. P- 2)
(See OIC MEET. P. 2)
Increased Black Vote
Participation Be^un
National Black News Service
$T. LOUIS, Mo. Eddie N. Williams, president of the Joint
Center for Political Studies (JCPS), hos announced the birth
of a notionol effort to increase block voter participation in
local and notional elections.
In any close election on the notional level, o cohesive block
electorote which perceives its self-interest to be best
represented in one candidate, con moke o decided
difference in determining who goes to the White House,
Willioms told the Missouri Block Leadership Association in o
recent address.
He pointed out thot the block vote mode the difference in
1960, when less than 200,000 votes sent John F. Kennedy to
the White House.
Williams olso cited Census Bureou figures which showed o
decline in block voter porticipotion, and worned that the
block electorate's "failure to respond to oil pleodings to
get involved in the politicol process has dangerous
implicotions."
Williams sold that in on effort to combot the apparent
opothy in the block electorate, o new notionol effort to
increose block voter registration hos been lounched with
the formation of the Notional Coalition on Block Voter
Participation - on omolgom of block notionol organizations.
In addition to block elected officials ond the Joint Center,
members so for include the NAACP, Operotion PUSH
(People United to Sove Humonity), the Notional Urban
^'leooue. the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the NotiorKil Urban
Coalition, the Notionol Newspaper Publishers Association,
the Voter Education Project, the AFL-CIO, the United Auto
Workers, church organizations, masonic groups and Greek
letter orgonizotions, Williams sold.
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OIC BURGLARIZED
Raleigh police are investi
gating a burglary at the
Opportuniti*^ Industrialization
Center in which 15 IBM
Selectri,. typewriters were
taken, according to police
reports. The reports indicate
that it was first thought that 20
electric typewriters, valued at
911.000, had been taken. Ac
cording to police, the building
at 415 E. Martin, was entered
by someone "using a key to
enter (through a) front or side
door" The alleged (heft took
place between 6 p.m. Friday
and 8:14 a m. Sunday, accord
ing to police reports. It was
reported by Bruce E Lightner,
executive director of the
center. No arrests have been
made.
(See CRIME BK\T, P. 3)
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
NEW BERN — Persons who
knew the N.C. Conference,
AME Zion Church, 50 years
ago. who will attend the
Ck>nnectional Council which is
slated to meet July 28-30, will
get a new picture of the
personages of the conference.
Most of the leaders have
passed on, however, the efforts
of one George Moore have been
very well rewarded by the
pastor, officers and members
of Ginton Chapel, host to the
meet.
It is to be remembered that
the "Mother Church," St.
Peters, was the first church
organized by J. W. Hood when
he brought Zion Methodism to
the state and stands as a
symbol of free worship by
blacks.
Rev. C. H. Ewing and the
congregation conceived the
idea that Clinton Chapel
needed a favorable sanctuary
and through the sanction of
Bishop W. A. Stewart, pro
ceeded to procure a loan from
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company and built a
commodious building, includ
ing the W. A. Stewart Hall
which serves as a Christian
Education (Center and a Com
munity Building.
Ginton (^^1. under the
leadership of Rev. Ewing, has
become the mecca of Ziem
Methodism in eastern North
Carolina. This is evidenced by
the fact that the trustees repaid
the loan in record time, which
caused the treasurer of the
N.C. Mutual, a Zionite, Cicero
Green, to exclaim that he was
glad Ginton Chapel had met its
obligations, but was sorry that
his company would be losing
the interest.
'This operation enables other
AME Zion churches to procure
loans, without a tot of r^ tape.
The pastor and officers jour
neyed to Durham and paid the
obligation. There was a mort
gage-burning ceremony, pre
sided over by Bishop A. G.
Dunston, Jr. held Nov. 1975.
The Rev. Ewii^ was inform
ed in May that Ginton (Thapel
had been selected to host the
Conneciional Council. He set
up the necessary machinery
and all New Bern has respond
ed to the entertaining of the
meeting.
The new dean joined Wake
Tech in January 1975 as
director of institutional plan
ning and develi^Mnent. He will
continue to coordinate the
activities of that office while
serving as dean of students.
vesident of RaleUh since
19^. Dean Sllvey hetdseveral
adminstrative positions with
SI..IW University before joining
Wake Tech. He graduated fr<Hn>
St. Paul's CkiUege, Lawrence-
ville, Va. and has attended
graduate school at Cdumbia
University, New York Univer
sity and the University (rf
Maryland.
Siivey is affiliated with a
number of educational and
business organizations, includ-
(See TECH DEAN. P. 2)
Conyers Urges Aid
For Labor Mareh
WASHINGTON. D. C. —
Congressman John Conyers
(D-Mich.) has issued a public
appeal for support of the Labor
Day March for Human Rights
Labor Rights in Raleigh, North
Carolina.
EDWARD SILVEY
Head Of
NAACP Is
Accused
Six Area
Women
Honored
Six area women have been
named to the 1976 editiMi of
Outstanding Young Women of
America b^ause they have
"distinguished themselves in
their homes, in their profess
ions and in their communi
ties.”
The women are: Ms. Ruby D.
Green, of IIXQ Fox Hunt Ln.,
Apt. E; Ms. Annette Henriette
Exum, of 5019-A. Ft. Surot«’
Rd.; Ms. Mercedes D. Winters,
of 101 S. Pettigrew St.; Ms.
Carol Adams Gartrell, of 2709
Glascock St.; and Ms. Eleanor
Nunn Simmons, of 1006 S.
Person St. The sixth woman
named is Ms. Zulla Farrar
Toney, ^07 Gaither St., Hill-
crest Heights, Md., a native of
Apex.
The Outstanding Young Wo
men of America program is
designed to honor and encour
age exceptional young women
between the ages of 21 and 36
(See 6 WOMEN. P. 2)
COATSVILLE, Pa. — Dr. C.
H. Butler, president, Pennsyl
vania State Conference of
NAAG* Branches, along with
an associate in a business
venture, Walter DeLoacb, ac
cording to a news story, have
come in for some serious
criticism about a rundown
apartmrot building, in which
30 poor black families live in.
Even though Dr. ButUr
answered the charges by
saying it was a humane gesture
on the part of the owners to see
that disadvantaged blacks in
South Coatesville would have
better housing facilities, hit
denial is directly counter to
what governmental authorities
(See SLUMLORD. P. 2)
Conyers' statement hails the
September 6 national demon
stration as an important
rallying point in the fight foi
social justice
“1 urge ail persons, for whom
the struggle for economic and
political justice is an essential
part of life, to join in this
momentous march in Sl
eigh," said Conyers.
Conyers, in his appeal, notes
that the L^bor Day demonstra
tion asbumes even larger
significance against the back
drop of political sterility
demonstrated by the major
political party forces in the
country.
"We have reached the point
where almost half of the ISO
million eligible votera in this
country refuse to participate in
the electoral process. The
ruinous economic policy which
has brought us two massive
recessions in five years has
worked well for entrenched
centers of wealth and power in
maintaining a climate of fear
and insecurity, pitting worker
against workers, workers a-
gainst the unemployed, whites
against blacks, and small
towns against the cities,"
Conyers said.
The Labor Day March,
initialed by the National
(See REP. CONYERS. P. 2)
B. Chavis
Continues
His Fast
Alphas Set
Unique *76
Covention
Seottsboro
Defender
Sueeumbs
A ppreciation
Feature Has
National Black News Service
NEW YORK. N.Y. - Shad
Polier, an active attorney who
was dedicated to the cause of
civil rights for all, died
recently in New York at the
age of 70.
The nationally-prominent
lawyer and leader of the
American Jewish Congress,
first became involved in civil
rights when the Seottsboro
case erupted in 1931, according
to an AJC sMkesmao. Polier
was profoundly disturbed by
(See SCOTTSBORO. P. 2)
NEW YORK. N. Y. - Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity breaks
new ground as it prepares to
convene its Tuih Anniversary
Convention (July 30th - August
8th) in New York City and
Monrovia, Liberia, W. Africa.
This inter-continental meeting
is a first in the history of black
Greek letter organizations. Dr.
Walter Washington, Alpha's
general president and presi
dent of Alcorn State University
in Lorman, Mississippi, has
declared 1976 "Alpha's Inter
national Year" noted that this
convention is a direct out
growth of the Fraternity's
traditional commitment to ali
humanity. He further pointed
out that the group's heritage
and ritualistic symbols are
steeped in the African tra
dition
The New York host commit
tee for the meeting is com
posed of representatives from
twelve chapters (college and
alumni) in the Greater New
York area and is chaired by
Attorney William Decker
Garke. Members of the Eista
(See ALPHAS SET. P. 2)
The leader of the Wilmington
Ten has informed sui^rters in
a recent letter that he is
planning to continue his fast
until the Raleigh Labor Day
March to "dramatize the
needed mass participatioti"
the event.
The leader, the Rev. Ben
Clhavis, wrote the letter to the
N.C. Alliance Against Racist
and Political Oppression.
Rev. Chavis bi^an his fast
some 89 days ago and vows that
he will continue it until the
Labor Day March on Raleigh,
scheduled to attract thousancte
to the Capital City of this state.
The march is Lwing coordin
ated by a locally-based com
mittee against racism.
2 Charged
In Haying
Moonshine
Twenty-four gallons of
moonshine or white lightning
whiskey, valued at 9200, were
seized here Monday night,
along with a 1970 Buick
automobile. It was the largest
haul of non-taxpaid liquor
made here in four years.
Gtarged with possession of
the liquor for sale and
transportation of it were
William K. Holland, 33, 2520
Old Gamer Rd.. and Uoyd C.
Norfleet. 808 Suffolk Blvd.
According to the chief of the
(See MOONSHINE. P. 2)
.\o Winner*
Neither of the three persons
listed on the Appreciation
Money Page last week claimed
the Appreciation Money for the
week. Listed in advertisements
on the page were Mrs. Sallie D.
Williams, 2216 Roberts St.
(Heilig-Levtne); Ms. Doris E.
Ballard, of 6im Quarry St.
(One Hour Martinizing); and
Ms. Doris B. Gay, of 105 N.
Pettigrew St. (Warehouse of
Tires advertisement).
Persons whose names are
listed ip advertisements im the
Appreciation Mon^y Page
should report to The CARO
LINIAN office before noon
APPRECIATION. P. 2)
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
RALEIGH FCX SERVICE
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TRAUKDY ON GREYHOUND BUS — Hirkiocr. N.Y. — A Greyhound bui hooding (or New York
City. ipuB out of control and flipped over onto the median of the New York State Tliroway. July 23,
killing one passenger and injuring the other 42 persons aboard. (UPD