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Staodari rtLi 06., Jiew8.’a.>«r ;aji'2uf£"-3ei7t. '' Late Tribute Paid City*8 Tron Mike* BY WILBERT ALLEN -PETE” WILDER. SR. Hundreds gathered ot Chavis Heights Center at 2 p.m. tost Soturdoy to ottend the Ernest "Iron Mike" McDowell f^l^orial. And whot a memorial it wos. "3? 2:20 p.m., John D. Lewis, Jr. brought greetings os emree end the program wos on its way. Father Clyde Beatty, $r., choploin ot St. Augustine's College, offered invocation. The highlights of "Iron Mike's" life were given by "Pete" Wilder and by Ms. Glodys "Bubbo" Morgon. Pete took him from about 1916; Bubbo knew him before that period. In the "wrap up," mony old associations were mentioned. Cii..k nHimAc nt "PnALiA’' pArru "^Alinw" IbWIC "Pink" Taylor, the girl catcher on Lincoln Park's early boseboll team; Will Ricks, Roy Morgan, Janet Morgan, Cecil Hartsfield, Amonda Hartsfield. Among his loco! idols were George Hoywood, "Pinckle" Perry, Wolter Toylor, "Honk" Mitchell, "Hoggie" Smith, Joe Watkins, "Len" Hooker, "Schoolboy" Howord, "Big Train" Cozort, "Morvin" Williams, "Buck" Alston. "Oyriomite" Brewington, "Lomb" Borbee, "Not" Davis, Corroll Irvin, "Bill" Wilder, "Squirrel" McQuire, "Jm" Person, Henry Joyner, Hully Freemon, "Funny" Smith, "Bobby" Height, "Money" Smith. So the list continues, for it has stretched so many years. Recognition of friends ond comments come from Clorence E. "Boby" Lightner, former moyor of this city. The former mayor brought the house down with his wit and humor. With lit oil, he odded his keen admiration for "Iron Mike" > the Mrs. Rose Lee Willioms reod the poem of the "Sunflower," Mor there were lessons from the sunflower which so aptly ^described the man. Councilman "Bill" Knight presented the proclamations for the city bearing the signature of Mayor Jyles J. Coggins and the official City Seal. He touched on and louded McDowell’s intense Interest in the city's role and told of the seriousness of the assignments entailed in serving o large electorote. George Foxwell, principol, accepted the plaque for "Iron Mike" ond ossured the public that it would be No. 1 in St. Augustine's Holl of Fome, together with all other information relating to him. But Mr. Foxwell did more. He told of his command of the Russian Revolution and how he seemed to have known more obout it than his instructor. The instructor wanted "Iron Mike" to come out and meet the group. Mike's retiring modesty prevented him from doing so. Two solos by Ed Hall also highlighted the evening. The fomily of Mr. McDowell was called to the platform to receive the ploques. Mrs. Lillie Bell Montfort, sister of Mike, acquitted herself beautifully, ere teors came down to bring an early end. Such slogans from "Iron Mike" will linger with us: "Don't scold him, school him." "You've aot the greatest weapon in your hand, mode in Louisville and mellowed in the heort of Kentucky. Protect thot dish," "Don't be a retriever, be a receiver," "The men in blue, they ore so true, keep it cleon, Mr. Officiol," "There's going to be some head J knocking ond some frame rocking. Yeal Team," "Don't be ^ ofroid to fall, thot turf is woll-to*woll carpet," "There he it, there he is, get him," "Keep those boses breathing." Father Beatty gove a fitting, affectionate benediction. Following the oenediction, a repost of punch and cookies were dispensed in the social nook by Comp Fire Girls No. 527 in their lovely uniforms. Complementary copies of The CAROLINIAN were mode available by businesses and friends. Dr. C. E. Coleman, of Hamlin Drugs,- Giles Oliver, Hargett St. A&P Store,- Eugene Dunn of Dunn's Exxon Center; Hoywood's Mortuary Services ond Mrs. Mobel 0. Hoywood and her two sons. He ond her late husband. Dovid "^ort" Hoywood, had always appreciated "iron Mike." 02"'“« PO Jrac xfy^ ' Loulovll^^ Thousands Here ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Civil Rights Body Cites ★ ★ ★ ★ US School ‘Mixing THE CmOUNIAN VOL. 36 NO. 46 Morth Carolina’s Leading Weekly RALEIGH. N.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1976 SINGLE COPY 20c FoUowin;! Long Investigation, Ousted PRISON’S CHIEF FREE it -k it it Cleric A. Davisy Others In City To Support Colleague, Others ikudying March Finlator Indicates Attitudes Commission Release Desegregations tudy The massive Labor Rights and Human Rights March nears its Labor Day deadline in Raleigh, but not without controversy. North Carolina Commis* sionerof Labor, T. Aver> Nye, sent a telegram Aug. 27. to Georgia State S«>nator Julian Bond and to Colorado Lt. Governor George Brown, tell* ing each to “stay at home" it they wanted to help North Carolina workers. ‘Then on August 30, Golden Frinks, national coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), said m would join the march bringii^ with him about 57 marenera from the Continental Walk, but it was thought that the march would decrease the chancea ot Howard Lee to defeat House Speaker Jimmy Green In a (See MS. DAVIS. P. 2l National Black News Service WASHINGTON — The U. S. Commission on Civil i^hu has concluded after a lO^month national study W school desegregation that "desegregation works.” failure ot public officials to exercise leadership in support of (he courts' orders. J^mmission Chairman Ar idb’ S. Flemming said: ‘'We Officials Concede have reached an overriding conclusion, as a commission, that desegregation works. We are prepared to debate (he soundness of this conclusion with anyone" Its 315-page report "reveals that in most communities desegregation has gone peace fully and Si oolhiy For every Boston and Louisville there are dozens of other communities, which have received no head lines and atlraciod no tele vision coverage, uhere deseg regation is proceeding without major incident." The report cited Minneapo lis, Denver, Tampa-Hills- borough County (Fla.). Taco ma (Wash 1. Stamford (Conn.) and Williamsburg County <S. C.) as outstanding examples of school systems where “deseg regation works" “It is even working in the ^vast majority of schools in ▼Boston and Louisville in spite of the determination of some citizens and the'r leaders to « Aarl its progress." the port said. The Commission attributed many of the problems in ^ston and Louisville to the Perhaps the most import ant ingr^ient in successful school desegregation is leader ship. boih at the community tSee SCHOOL STUDY. P. 2) At Attica Knight Opposes Actions A'mCA. N. Y. — Striking inmates of the Attica Correct ional Facility have won a- greement on some rules changes included in their 4B demands. It was uncertain, however. (Editor'a Note: The Rev. w. W. Finlator, chairman of the North Carolina Advisory Committee on the U S. Commiseion on Civil Riglita, has released the following statement concerning the Labor Day March to be hdd here MondsyJ: The National Alliance Against Racist and Politi cal Repression is returning to Raleigh on Labor Day to hold another march against what it regards as ^stemic injustice in North C^Una. Because of its intensive ^..iw.^ctvo maiIUNAL scholarship WINNER — Mist Carmen Jeaa Battle, a recent participant in the Prince Hall Shrine talent and tcholarahip pageant program contest, sponsored by Prince Hall Shriners at the S3rd annual Imperial Council session, held recently In Los Angeles. Calif. She performed her talent and displayed her beauty before an overflow crowd of more than S.IXM In the Al .Mailalka Shrine Temple exhibition ball In L. A. Prior to her arrival In L. A. to compete* In the pageant, the beautiful young lady had competed on a local, slate and regional basis to reach the national and vie for one of the top four awards. Following completion of the pageant and a queen’s dinner, she joined the new PH Shrine Queen and other members of the queen’s court for a visit to local hospitals and radio and TV interviews over local and national networks. For her effort in the pageant, she was presented part of atlS.OOO annual financial grant and scholarship award to attend a school of her choice anywhere in the USA. Miss Battle is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lorento Battle of Sanderson Road. Raleigh. N. C. She was sponsored in the pageant by Kabala Temple No. 177. PH Shriners. A June, 1975 graduate of Broughton High School, she Is enrolled as a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring In music. A member of First Baptist Church of Raleigh, she is active in Sunday School. B'TU and Bible School. The iS-year-old winner is 5’ 8" tall and weighs 135 pounds. Lobbyist Mitchell Attacks Both Sides preparation and wide pub- Bd^ am ’ ■ and because of recent issues that have kept North Carolina in tne national news, the event will be fully covered bv the (See MINISTER. P. 2) A. Loftin Names L, Wray KIMINGER ADDRESSES QIC IN PHILADELPHIA — on whether to end the action which began Aug. 23 when Raleigh Mayor Jyles J about 90 percent of the 2,000 Coggins came under attack prisoners refused to leave their Wednesday by councilman cells for meals and work William K. Knight after Cog- details, gins said that he had talked Various demands of the with many black leaders who strikers range from "house- objected to making it a keeping" arrangements, such criminal offense to discrimi ■ * •“ * ’ worked out by priMner repre- SfzL" !'** '“•••“Ser iddreued the bUck oriented sentative, anf correelSli.l oificials would end Ihe alrike. “'■ S AWca-. ilrict Inmates were reported by '"'“"’P*'''’'' »l“' ‘"y •enie d - isitors to be sharply divided — — d the Morris Kea Faces Charges nate on the basis of race and sex and religion when renting or selling houses or apart ments. Coggins' statements were made as (he council considered a fair housing law. No action as selection of library books and movies, to setting a maximum pri^ term of five years, appointing parole board members who are independent of the Correctional ^rvices Department, and liberalized procedures for parole, tempo- CHARLOTTE — Morris C, Kea, the 38-year-old former head of the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women at Raleigh, is in the news again. He and a woman companion were arrested Tues^y morning on drug chargra. was taken because members of racy release programs and the Raleigh Board of Realtors time off for good behavior. (See FAIR HOUSING. P. 2) (See PROGRESS IN. P. 1) Kea is accused on six counts of selling heroin to a stale Federal Bureau of Investiga tion agent, stated Rufus L. Edmislen, Tar Heel attorne*. general. If convicted, he could receive up to 15 years on each charge. Kea became one of the highest-ranki^ blacks in the N.C. Corrections Department and was acting superintendent of the facility in June of 1975, when violence flared. Kea had lost control of inmates, charged stale prison hierarchy, and this led to the eruption. He had been suspended from his Ca.OOO-per-year Ralei^- based penal institution for female prisoners. Since (he Capital (.ity disturbance. Kea had been suspended pending investigation, Ralph D. Ed wards. prisons chief in North Carolina, related 'Tuesday Af ternoon. Arrested at his home. 1523 Plumslead Rd., Kea meekly accompanied the (wo slate bureau agents. Indicted along with Kea and free on a similar unsecured bond of $10,000. was Ms. Teresa Elaine Jackson, form erly employed by the Depart ment of Correction She lives at 9301 Feldbank Dr., and was taken into custody at her home. Both suspects were taken to millloa In damagn toJ2 whit, mercbiati bard bit by la-Moaomk boycott iaa>< yean a|a. Al Ml I, in riaiborne County Assessor Evan Doll. (I'PI) ‘ 0"*^ questioned for a short while. Miss Jackson was dismissed from her typing position al the South Piedmont unit because of absence from her job. without acceptable excuses. Kea is said to have sold the iCodb PRIctONS’CHTRF P 2) Lawrence Wray, intergov ernmental co-ordinalor for the City of Raleigh is being investigated for allegations of racial discrimination in hiring. The allegations are being investigated by (he Atlanta office of the Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commis sion. The complainant is Mrs. Annie Loftin, 908 Greenwich St. Ralph Campbell, president of Ihe Raleigh-Wake Citizens As sociation (RWCA), said (he RWCA supports Ms. Loftin in her claims against Wray because "artificial barriers in job descriptions have been designed against blacks, and Wray has said (hat he is resDOQsibie for hiring." Camp bell said education^ require ments failed to account for Ms. Loftin’s experiences. •Mrs. Loftin said that she applied for (he position of CETA Coordinator which has a beginning salary of $9,000. At Ihe time her applicaiton was made, Ms. Loslin was unem- (See L. WRAY. P, 2) WASHING-TON - The civil rights planks of the Democra tic and Republican Party plafTorms are "examples <rf pussyfooting, mealy-mouthins, hale-mongering, and platitutu- nallng — not worth the paper they’re written on." ITie planks were thus sharply criticized by Clarence Mitch ell, director of the NAACP’s Washington office and legisla tive chairman of the Leader ship Conference on Civil Rights, a lobbying group of civil rights, labor and business organization. Mitchell said both platform planks "are examples of how you can have it both ways and say nothing." He said the Democratic plank saying bus ing should be a "judicial tool of last resort" was designed "to satisfy the racists and (hose who want to maintain segrega tion. It wasn't mere p^itical expediency, it's an act of outright duplicity." His harshest criticism went to ihe Republican Party plank which opposes "forced busing to achieve racial balances" and proposes "consideration" of a constitutional amendment against (he "assignment of children to school on the basis of race." It further endorses equal treatment in job6"but not by resurrecting the much discr^iled quota system." Mitchell said. "Anybody who talks about 'forced busing' is appealing to Ihe basic passions of human nature." He predict ed (hat wholesale violence could follow if (he proposed amendment were adopteo ban ning “assignment of children to school on the basis of race." "Anv attempt to oas.x an amendment with the effect to diminish or destroy the rights we now have to obtain full citizenship would arouse op- poiiiion. If such an amendment actually got adopted and became part of Ihe Constitu tion. we would undoubtedly fight for our rights. Such a fight that would be a real calamity l. would dwarf the terrible aspects of Ihe confrontations in Beirut and Belfast " He said blacks' reaction to such a (See C, MITCHELL. P. 2) Fleeta . (X)NI HAHi.rr • Drumgo Out EAlMr'f N«t«: Tkt CABOUNUN to krMtotolllf iU •! TX« CYIm ■•M. Mtvtoiff a trwfliM antokar af pana^ iMaIrfat aaA niipSaaa aalto lav Ha rttawUlaMaM. Aa wai atataS la lAa James Revia Won Appreciation Money Last Week James H. Revis. of 1304 E. (ones St., was winner of last veek's $10 check in Apprecia- ion Money. He was one of three persons listed on the Appreciation Money Page. 'The other persons listed were William C. Dobbin, of 2812 Goldm S:.. and Mrs. Dorothy H. Barker, of 2301 Everett Ave. Mrs. Barker was listed in the Central Park Mobile Home Park advertisement. Dobbin was listed in the Raleigh FCX Service advertisement, and Revis was listed in the Kar Pans, Inc advertisement. Three names are listed on (See APPRECIATION. P 2) TAMAL. Calif. — FleeU Drumgo, who re^'ently was acquitted in the San (^entin Six murder trial, has beer released from San Quriain Prison after serving nine years of a 5-10-15 year sen‘ence for burglary. Drumgo. 3i. was sent to prison in 1966 for the burglary '>f a television store in which nothing was stolen. Drumgo and another man were seen by a night watchman who shat at them and caused them to flee. His co-<lefendant served only six months in jail. Drumgo's recent acquittal in the San Quentin Six case was his second acquittal in a murder trial. Earlier he and John Cluchette were acquitted of charges of killing a guard at Soiedad Prison. The Soiedad Brothers’ trial took its name from a book written by co-defendant George Jackson. He was killed at Quentin, two days before the (rial was scheduled to start, on August 21. 1971, along with three guards and (See FLEETA OUT. P. 2) Mltotom awvvov vtok^ u k**^ umIc ooM* od •! i>« CrtoM Omi ■HmmSh MMMI tovolTvA wHH IHv PoOm OvpwtmvM, ikvrofey v«Uia« is«lr ttimti m Ik* p*Uc* bt*u«r. toMi vktek *11 w ia* malarial tor Tk* Crtm Smi to fatk*<«4. THREE CHARGED IN BAF. The Pork Palace Restaurs .it, 1421 S. Wilmington St., was (he scene of a breaking and entering incident about 2:45 a.m. Monday when three men apparently attempted to pry a chain from around a vending machine, according to Raleigh police reports. Their efforts resulted in about $100 in damages to the east wall of the restaurant and charges of breaking and entering against them. 'The men were: Luther Earl Carter. 25. of 931 Peace Terrace; Erie Fredrick Cool ey. 19. of 1354 Branch, and James Junior Medlin. 19. of 810 Wilminston St. M18SIS8IPP1AN8 STAGE PROTEST — Port GIbsoa. MUs. — Fayette, Mias. Mayer Charles Evers (ceoter) led about $9 pickets, Aag. 29. at ptcketiag resomed to protest a coarCs award ot $1.2 FREE ON BOND — Charlotte — Morris A. Kea. the former director of the North Carolioa Correctiooal Center for Wo men. was arrested Sept. 31 on charges of tale and possesiioa of heroin, the Attorney Gen* ersTs office reported. He and a female companion were re leased on bonds of $19,999 each the same day. (UPI) JA Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK HKICCS HARDWARE "Qaulity House And Garden EUiuipments" TWO CHARGED WITH DAMAGE Daniel White. 28. of 611 Peyton St., was the alleged victim of vandalism at 2:25 a.m. Aug. 28 when van^ls apparently damaged property belonging to him in a parking lot at Ihe above address, according to police reports. Police charged Richard Mitch ell, of 501 Solar Dr., and Jerry Williams, of 713 Glenbrook, with damage to property. Damage was estimated at $25. In addition. Ms. Brenda Vick of the same apartment complex, was alto the victim of vandai sm at the same time. Damage was estimated at $25. (See CRIME BEAT. P 3)
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