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L awy ers SeeNeedForL aw Sta^Uar ^ rt;^ 06., Hews, a. er FKAK TKOl KI.K — Atlanta — Corrtu King tayi tbe cooflict In and could bring thr ( nilrd Slatei into a war and mean a black !>peaking at a n»>wii roofernce in Atlanta. Ga., Sept. it. (UP*' southern Africa it “explosive" insurrection at home. She was Raleigh Housing Ordinance Passes 1 A iocal fair housing ordin- [XlMl I! III IIAI'IIN' Burroa'S notb: tw caaoLmiAN <>> rwiabia M saSaaaUM wt IB* OrWat ■mI. MUaias • IfiwiiSiii MaSar H M*M«al utapfeM* laBi ter lu rtuio ■ ■ •‘- • MU rcfarSiac tS* Ul—a. a«MM •rftaiM ** BMP ia*<r uaN Mt af TM Crtma aaa« iSaalS ■#( >>Mam* tavalvaS *US ta« BaMc* faUu DaparUMM. Uarak; nutaa UM aaaat as tka aaUca Mauar Oaa all al Ua au«afial lar Ika CHsm Baal la saiSaraS. BIIR<*1.ARY hkported Thomas Hou ard Locklear, of 316 S. Swain, was arrested about 6 p.m. Sunday and charged with burglary after he allegedly entered the residence of Claude W. Bennett. 310 S, Swain St. The alleged burglary resulted in an estimated $361.75 in damages. He allegedly entered the home with a key. liVilkins Relieved Of Duty ^fc:w YORK Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple (NAACPi for the past 22 years, has been relieved of “day>io-day administrative af fairs" at his request, the civil rights organization recently announcecT . However, Wilkins. 75. will continue lo hold the title of executive director until July 31. l^is adminislrative duties will be carried out by Glouces ter B, Current, who had been director of NAACP branches. The national board said that ^ilkins was relieved from his ^ailv administrative duties to iSee WILKINS. P 2) ance which black leaders believe would benefit the black community was passed and adopted by the Raleigh City Council Tuesday evening. The fair housing ordinance has been descrios. as a supple mental ordinance to the exist ing federal law which prohibits unfair housing because of race, sex or national origin. The meeting lacked the feuding of previous meetings in which the principles and effects of the fair housing ordinance were discussed. Hie ordinance was unanimously adopted, with Councilwoman Miriam P Block first abstain* ing, but later joining the other council members. Mrs. Block said that she felt the fair ordinance provided sufficient protection for the minorities In the citv. She said she was Influenced by black leaders, such as Slate Senator John W. Winters and the president of Housing Opportunities Made Equal. Spurgeon Cameron. She said that their expressions for instituting the ordinance led to her Anal decision to vote in favor of the ordinance. Clarence E. Ughtner. Ral eigh's first black mayor, attended the meeting in which the ordinance was adopted. As mayor and city councilman, he supported a local fair housing ordinance. The present ordinance is the result of a settlement between those who opposed various sections of the ordinance, mostly realtors, and between those who were strongly in favor of its adoption, many black community leaders How the ordinance will be administered was proposed to the council's committee. Al though it has been adopted, it will not go into effect until further administrative deci sions are resolved. The ordinance will permit the city to investigate and study any complaints of dis criminatory practices. Civil suit or criminal charges are the penalties. If concilia tion cannot je reached. The civil peiulty charge is $30Q per day. with a maximum total of $1,000. and the criminal misdemeanor charges are $50 per day and 30 days in jail. Offers No Reason Peaceful School Opening Hailed WASHINGTON — The United Stores Commission on Civil Rights hos hailed the "relative peace and calm" in the implementation of school desegregotion plans this foil and praised the leadership in severol cities for working toward that end. "Neither Dayton nor Dallas nor any of severol lorge school systems which ore desegregoting for the first time hos experienced violence or disruption," the five-member panel said. "And olthough several unfortunate incidents hove occurred in Boston ond Louisville, they pole in comporison with those of lost yeor." The commission restated its contention thot lock of leodership hod resulted in violence in other cities ond colled on Congress to consider President Ford's proposal for o notional community and educotion committee composed of citizens with community experience in desegregation octivities. The committee would serve in on advisory copocity to loco! ^ leaders in other communities foced with desegregation ^ orders. "Where positive leodership exists, desegregation is more wlikely to be achieved with minimal difficulty," Arthur S. ^flemming. chairmen of the commission, sold. "Where it is locking, confusion, anxiety and disruption ore often the result." The civil rights wotch-dog panel said thot desegregotion progroms were olso going smoothly in Montgomery County, Md., Mount Vernon, N. Y.; Akron, Ohio; Omoho, Neb.; Milwoukee, Wis., Joliet, III., Rosedole, N. J.; and Brentwood ond Ferguson-Florissont, Mo. Women Advise Carter ATLANTA. Ga. - Three nationally prominent black women were among the attendees of the first meet ing of the'51.3 percent committee - the women’s section of the National Advisory Panel of the Demo cratic Carter-Mondale pre sidential campaign. liie committee, made up of outstanding women lead ers and elect^ officials, met at Colony Square here, to be briefed by directors of major departments of the Demo cratic team. Rep. Cardiss Collins D- 111 ), Pennsylvania Secre tary of SUie C. Delores Tucker, and Mayor Doris Davis of Compton. Calif., were the prominent blacks at the briefing session. Rep Collins said that while Carter has talked on a number of issues, he has not addressed specific issues of iSee WOMEN. P- 2) Three Readers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Student In Charlotte 3 Case F T\ • • Q! 1Intercut Juage iJismtsses ISelj stressed THE CAROLINIAN North CaroUna's Leading Weekly BY CH.AKI.K.NK KKGKSTER Stuff Uritrr •‘If It weren't for North Carolina Central University tNCCUi I,aw School. I would never have been able to get into the law field. ’ Attorney Nate VOL. 36 NO. 49 RALEIGH. N.C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1976 SINGLE COPY 2Qc In Operttlion Butterfly MANY CASES SOLVED ★ ★ ★ ★ ♦ * * This Week ^ ♦ Currie said in a recent inter view. NCCU’s Law School has recently b<*come a very con troversial issue. This contro versy stems from accusations suggesting that the law school is inadequate l>ecause of the high number of students who failed the Slate Bar Examin ation recently. And whether or not this is a determinant of a quality law school, many use tnis evidence to attack one of Two Men Killed Here Police Seeking Suspect In Action Judge James B. McMillan of the Western Federal District Court, in a surprise move, has dismissed himself without ex planation from hearing the ^peal of the Charlotte Three. T^ case is now referred to U.S. District Chief Judge Woodrow Wilson Jones, to either hear himself or assign to another judge. Speaking for the North Carolina Alliance Against Racist and Political Repress ion, coordinator Anne Mitchell said. “This ominous develop ment is yet another in a series of attempts by the repressive forces in this state to re-incar- cerate Dr. James Grant, T. J. Reddy, and Charles Parker of the Charlotte 3. “We demand that the sys tematic repression of activists in North Carolina cease imme diately. beginning with the reversal of the Charlotte 3 conviction and the immediate release of Rev. Ben Chavis and sister and brothers of the Wilmington 10. For, these cases represent the consistent use of the full repressive powers of this state to imprisem the leaders of all of us wno are fighting for justice and equal ity in North Carolina." Convicted in 1972 of burning a stable in Charlotte. N.C., T. J. Reddv and Grant were (See JUDGE, P. 2i Raleigh city police are investigating two shooting deaths which occurred in (he Raleigh area (his week. The most recent incident was the death of a 35-year-old man at a poolroom at 128 E. Cabarrus St. John Albert Gist of 905 Wilmington Terrace, was shot in the head after a reported argument with an unidentified suspect. Toe shooting occurred a- round 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eddie’s Billards. The suspect immediately left the scene of .the shooting, according to police. E^die Lee, Jr. of 1100 S. State St., was arrested for (he shooting death of Andrew E. Terrell early Sunday morning. Terrell was reporte^y shot in the stomach with a pistol. The fatal incident was reported by Louvenia Todd HU) of 900-C Bragg St. Terrell was allegedly at the apartment of Luvenia T. Hill when the shooting occur red around 2 a.m. He died at the Wake Medical Center shortly after his arriv al. Officers C. D. Hinton and D. W. Martin made the arrest of Lee who is charged with murder. He is being held in Wake County Jail on a $2,500 bond Fencing Operation Sneeeeds NOT AS PESSIMISTIC — Salaam, Tanianla — U.S. SecreUry of SUte Henry A. Kissinger <L) follows Taniania President Julius Nyerere for further private talks, Sept. 21 at the State House. .Nyerere. reversing his previout pessimistic view of Kissinger's diplomatic mission, gave •nthuslastic approval to the first results of Kissinger’s African shuttle. The President said the U.S. had convinced Rhodesia “the game U up" on while minority rule. (UPl) Area NAACP Chapter Seeks Special Funds Officers PushFor Courses ARLlNtTfON. Va. - - newly formed groi^i - the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives • has urged that all American high schools offer courses in criminal and social justice and that the nation establish equitable and uniform penal ties for convicted criminals. Those were among other recommendations by the more than 60 senior black police officers from 24 states who The Raleigh-Apex chapter of the National Association for ‘he Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has launched a fund-raising drive to raise $5,000 to $7,000 for the national NAAPP The Rev. C. W, Ward, president of (he local NAACP chapter, said the drive was launched Sunday in response to the national office’s appeal for help in appealing a $1 million- plus suit in Mississippi. The Mississippi case gained national attention and brought on a financial crisis for the civil rights organization after white merchants won a suit which they filed after the NAACP led a successful boycott in Miss issippi several years ago. Ward said the local fund raising effort will culminate with a banquet the first weekend of November, al though the dale of the banquet nas not been set. The local president also noted that the Kaleigh-Apex chapter voted to give 5U percent of its treasury to the national fund-raising effort. He said the national office had asked all local chapters to make the contribution. The Raleigh Interdenomina tional Alliance "voted to make a cash donation from its treasury." Ward said. He also issued an appeal to area ministers to lead their church es in participating in the fund-raising effort. "I am calling on ail fair-minded and civic minded citizens" to respond, he said. He said checks should be made to the Special Contribu tion Fund. NAACP. Members of the local chapter also made several appoint ments in the Sunday meeting: (See NAACP, p’2) BY l*.\T BKV.WT An undercover operation in which stolen goods and drugs were bought has resulted in more than 35 persons arrested in Raleigh. Most of the arrest- tHi were black residents of southeast Raleigh. “Operation Butterfly” was the police code name for the clandestine operation, manned by two undercover officers, one an employee of the Raleigh Police Department and the other a State Bureau of Investigation agent. Operatin Butterfly used the cover of The Book Store, an outlet for X-rated movies and books located at 227 S. Wilmington St. Many custom ers of the book store bought neither books nor movies. Instead, they sold lawn mow ers. tape players, television sets, typewriters, cameras, watches, silverware, and other pro|H‘rlv valued at more than $I24.(MN). Conductor of the fence was known to his customers as Tony Dilranni. But he was an officer who was previously on the force of another metropoli tan police force. Since May 26ih. he had been making friends with the small "hust lers" who patrol Wilmington Street in their efforts to sell and sometimes pawn “hot” merchandise. the few black law schools in the slate. About 70 percent of the black students failed the examination Successful black attorneys who graduated from the NCCU law school and who are practicing law in the Raleigh area have expressed unani mous opinions that the law school should not be closed. Attorney Victor Boone said, "I vehemently oppose the closing of Central's law school" and find it "absolutely necessary for the (raining of black attorneys I question whether while institutions wili seek to allow black students to come to those institutions." Commenting on the ade quacy of Central's law school. Boone said. “I feel I was as adequately trained as whites at Carolina or Duke Some changes needed to be made, but all schools suffer some shortcomings. •‘When I attended, the facilities were grossly inade quate, though this is not prohibitive of a person prepar* himself for law. We had ing I (See CAUGHT. P. 2) Discrinitnation Compensation Made Available WASHINGTON - The Sen ate has adopted an amendment by John Glenn (D-Ohio) that would permit the Secretary of the Treasury to order pay ments to individuals who have been discriminated against in the allocation of Federal Revenue Sharing fun^ by local units of government. Glenn's amendment to the Revenue Sharing extension act passed by voice vote. In addition to cash awards to (.see PAYMENT. P. 2) An L'rgenl Appeal access to law libraries in the area," he said. “Persons who are making these accusations are uninformed and unaware of what facilities are avail able." Attorney Nate Currie said, “The school was inadeq^uate in comparison to white schools in terms of facilities." Offering an example, he said, "Instruc tors, not so much as their qualifications, but the number of instructors," was a factor. When these (inadequacies) are compared to law, law being basically a self-taught course, one who devotes himself can team the principles of law." In reference to the strengths of the law school, Boone said, "I consider the more relaxed atmosphere to study law at Central a positive factor." The attorneys suggested that there was no single answer for the high failure rate of black Central graduates who did not pass the bar examination this year. • Attorney Acie Ward said that there is a psychological factor involved in those students who fail the State Bar Examination. They have a preconceived notion, “that they are not going to pass. Even if thev don't verbally or mentally admit it” it is present in a lot of students, she said. “The psychological factor would not 1^ there al UNC, Wake Forest or Duke.” She continued. "It is part of the human process. On the surface it seems as though each person has (he same chance" in passing the bar. Bui in the final analysis, she said. “A law student gets as much out of it as he puls in." Attorney Carlton Fellers said. “Most of the whiles from Central passed the bar." He Win Money Three winners are announc ed as Appreciation Readers of the w<^k: Ms. Francine Spen cer, of 1405 Levis Way; Mrs. Mary E Raines, of 1300 Branch St ; and John R Moore, of B13 Newcombe Rd. They reported to The CAROLINIAN that they had found their names among the advertisements on the Appreciation Money Page. Ms. Spencer's name appeared in the Bea Hive advertisement, Mrs Haines' name was in the (See APPKELlATIOi't, P. 2) attend^ a recent 2-<lay meet ing at the Twin Bridges Mariott Hotel here, sponsored by the Joint Center for Political Studies (JCPS) the Police Foundation and the Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). The officers in attendance were all above the rank of captain. The closed-door con fab centered on ways to reduce crime in low-income urban areas where a large percent age of minorities live and where crime rates are very high. ‘Too often the police and the community are so busy fight ing one another that the criminal slips through both groups," said Reginal E^ves, Atlanta’s commissioner of oublic safety. Hubert Williams, Newark’s police director and chairman of the new group said: "We intend to address basic issues of criminal justice because the way the country is moving, the civil liberties of all Americans are being jeopardized. The old ways have failed - it is time now for new voices, new policies and for legislation that IS progressive and aimed at (See COURSES. P 2) NNPA Wants Black Reporter On Ford-Carter Debate Panel *1 ne Board of Directors ot the National Newspaper Publish ers Association (NNPA) has dispatched an urgent appeal to the League of Women Voters that it assign a black reporter to the m^ia debate panel assigned to ask questions in the Ford-Carter debates Thursday night. The board noted that the League has already selected an all-white panel and that more than 25 million, a majority of the nation's minority groups, will be deprived of “a black viewpoint" at the presidential debate beginning in Philadel phia next week. In sending a letter to the league. Dr. Carlton Gcxxllett, NNPA president, said he was acting after a unanimous vote on a resolution of the board that “a distinguished black reporter sit in (he press panel to assure a complete coverage of America's Civil Rights and the candidates’ viewpoints re garding black Africa which at the moment is the focal point of world politics." The directors met at the Summit Hotel in New York City last week to project a im foi wide-ranging program for the 1977 Sosquicentenmal year of the founding of the black press. The group stressed that the vast black market is reached l)> NNPA editors of more than 2INI newspapers and magazines read bv more than 6.IX)0.0(X) subscribers. ‘'This is noi a too miniscule an audience.” Good- leti said. Goodie!, president and pub lisher of the San Francisco Sun Reporter »nd 8 other Bay area (See PANEL. P. 2) Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK CARALEIGH FI RMTTRE GO. “Furnish It nun Caraleign Furniture' MAKING A POINT —Columbia, S.C. — Dr. M. Maceo Nance, president of 8,t’, State College (L). makes a point when the Special Committee Studying Pollce-CoramunUy Relations made Its report to Go\. James B. Edwards (C). Committee chairman James A. Rogers (R) presented the report which recommended improvements In training and community relations programs In the sUte’s law enforcement agencies. (CPI)
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