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Humphrey Supports Youth Employment WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senotor Hubert H. Humphrey introduced legislation in the U.S. Senote to reduce youth 1 unemployment by creoting jobs in local communities ond ' providing counseling and job informotion to help young ptMle with problems in entering the job market. Block ym^ lead the nation in unemployment. Humphrey told the Senote he is proposing the bill becouse “I hove been particularly discouroged ond angered by this odministrotion's totol lock of concern for the job needs of Americon youths. "Youth unemployment In this country is o colomity. And this odministrotion hos been frozen in utter indifference to youth unemployment." Humphrey's bill, the Youth Community Employment Act of 1977, consists of two mojor ports. The first section would creote o notionwide Youth Community Service Progrom designed "to give our notion's unemployed youths the opportunity to work on useful and productive projects in their locol communities," ond to "provide them with o sense of occomplishment and worth thot con be the beginning of o lifetime of contributions to society." Humphrey colled ottention to the high unemployment rote among young Americons: 22.5 percent for teenogers 16 to 17 years old, 18 percent for teenogers 18 to 19, 11.8 percent for young odults 20 to 24, and 40.2 percent for block teenagers. "These extroordinory unemployment rotes mean thot there ore almost 3.5 million young Americons under the age of 25 who ore out of work," he soid, "ond they comprise almost holf the total number of jobless Americon workers." *When young people hove no opportunity to learn skills or work habits, Humphrey said, "they hove no productive role fill in our society," ond the results ore "psychological ond emotional domoge, insecurity ond olienation," os we*l os "skyrocketing crime rates for those under 25, and increos^ drug and alcohol abuse omong our notion's youth." "It also is a terrible waste for our notion's employers, who ore going to find that the young workers needed to expend production in the future will be less well trained, less skilled and less ottuned to the needs of the work place.' in addition, Humphrey noted, the high rote of youth unemployment has cost the nation some $40 billion in potential output. Recoiling thot government efforts ot youth employment during the Great Depression hod occounted for 7 percent of the federal budget, the Minnesoto Senator pointed out thot today, with 3.5 million young people unemployed, the federol government devotes less then one percent of the budget to the job needs of youth. "In the crisis of the Greot Depression," he said, "we did not hesitote to provide the ooportunity for work to our young people. And to delay any longer today would amount to 0 prescription for notionoi disaster." In Murder Case StanOarl rH;j 06., newB..a.,« ro jcx J. Harris Gets New Trial ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hohgood In Heroin Case Made A M. Kea Is Found Guilty Raleigh, who was convicted THE Carolinian VOL. 35 NO. 51 North Carolina’$ Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N.C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1976 SINGLE COPY 20c Friend Receives Sentence of ) was convicted of In MisHiSHimn JIDS HALTS CASE Chairman Ready To Post Bond ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ R.onnie Lonig Found Guilty CONCORD - CCNS - "Ronnie Wallace Long never had a chance." That was the concensus of about 200 blacks after an all-white ju^ convicted Long at 6 p.m. Friday of first-degree rape and first-degree buiglary. The 20-year-old black man had been charged with raping and robbing Sarah Juason McKinlev Bmt, a 64-year-old white widow of a prominent Concord executive. Her hus band, Gray Boat, was treas urer for Cannon Mills fM- about 30 years. She lives one block from the new Cabarrus County Courthouse in a stately. 2-story home at 158 Union Street. Assistant District Attorney Tim Hawkins said she used to babysit him and he was too police Solve Larceny Raleigh police last week completed part of an investiga tion which has stretched over a period of several months as they attempted to end a series of "larcenies by trick.” Del. L. K. Barbour said the police were working on the case with the knowledge that there was a similar "modus operandi” in a number of different cases. The series of larcenies resulted m the arrest of Ms. Brenda Ford Wolfe. 25. of 1839 Malone PI. She is in Wake County jail under a $7,700 bond facing charges of larceny by trick on three counts. Barbour said the woman had assumed the name of Tyeshea Dae Barbour said. "The police fkpartmeni had been investi- ^ling larceny by trick over the past several months. The ^ LARCENY. F. 2) Close to her to work on the case. Members of the Ronnie Long Defense Committee said a $10,000 reward was offered for information leading to the capture of the su^iect who rap^ and robbed Mrs. Best on April 25. The committee said Cannon Mills offered the reward. Police Chief Jack Moore would not comment on who offered the reward. A couple of weeks before the trial. District Attorney James Roberts told a reporter, "I’m being squeezed on by one side by the blue-bloods and the other side by the radicals” Jury selection started out with only 24 prospective jurors on duty for the trial Monday morning. White admitted to a reporter that it was unusual, noting that they usually call 50 people for a court session. But he did not explain the reason for the charge. Judge William Z. Wood of Winston-Salem, who dips snuff and uses dry humor during court recesses, summoned an additional 50 jurors. The defense sued 15 of 20 challenges, without cause, to remove jurors, while the prosecution used 4 of 15 challenges, three of those to remove three of four blacks out of a total of 70 pers|>ective jurors. Wood removed the other black juror, leaving an all-white panel. More than half of the dozen jurors and two alternates work for Cannon Mills, or their spouses are employed by the company. They said during questioning that they know of the widow’s husband and most of them had read about and discussed the case The state's case was based around the testimony of Mrs Bost that she saw Long's face several times that night when he broke into her home She described her assailant as being 5’5” to 5'9''. slim, very light-skinned, wearing a black leather coat, dark tobaggan (See LONG. P. 2) NEW YORK - Mrs Mar garet Bush Wilson expressed relief upon hearing that a Federal District Judge in Mississippi had temporarily hailed legal actions against the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple because of a $1 25 million judgment that had been hand ed down in mid-August. Mrs Wilson. Chairman of the National Board of Directors, was informed by NAACP General ('ounsel Nathaniel R. Jone^ of his success in obtaining a 10-day re-straming order on Friday afternoon. Mr. Jones had traveled to Oxford, Miss, on Friday morning to meet the U S. District Judge. The NAACP was prepared to post the bond before 4 30 p.m. on Friday, which it had considered to be the deadline. Jones said that the U S. Department of Justice had also submitted an amicus memo randum in support of the NAACP betore the District Court In her statement, Mrs.. Wilson said: "At the llth hour, f the Hon. Orma R. Smith, Judge imu/wie* of the U. S. District Court for Morris A. Kea, former acting supt. of the North Carolina Correctional Center for Wo men. pleaded guilty to one count of the distribution of heroin in Charlotte courts, Tuesday. On August 31, the 38-year-old Kea of Charlotte, was arrested on three counts of (he distribution of heroin and three counts of possession of heroin. After his plea, the other charges were dropp^. He was sentenced to four years in prison for the distribution of the narcotic, heroin. Kea, who was demoted from acting superintendent of the North Carolina 0)rrect- ional Center for Women, said that he became addicted to (he drug after his job reduction. According to his attorney, it was in an attempt to avoid depression. Kea was reportedly investing large sums of money into drugs for his reported dependency on heroin. Teresa Elaine Jackson, 31, of Charlotte was also arrested the same day as Kea and charged with three counts of possession of heroin, one count of distribution, and two counts of aiding and abetting Kea in the distribution of heroin. She pleaded to one count of distribution and received a 3-year prison sentence in court on Tue^av. (See KEA, P. 2) Tenants Protest Inereases killing three sisters and a community leader in Method last year, is to get a new trial by order of the N. C. Supreme Court. This new trial was ordered because Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood did not inform the iury that it could choose between a first and a second- degree murder conviction in Harris' trial. The three sisters killed on the night of Jan. 9,1975 were Mrs. Bernice Clark Harrington. Mrs. Azalee Clark Jackson and Mrs. Gertrude Gark Harmon. Along with these deaths was that of Mrs. Harveleigh Monte Revera White, who had been a character witness in a pre-trial hearing for Mrs. Harmon. The pre-trial hearing for Mrs. Marmon involved a charge of throwing lye at Harris, nearly blinding him. The killings of the four women occurred while Mrs. Harmon was awaiting trial. A longtime postal clerk. Harris received a death sen tence. He reportedly wanted to die and went into a hunger strike after being confined to prison. According to reports, Harris, is now undergoing psychiatric treatment in the prison's Mental Health Building. > Under a U S. Supreme Court ruling which invalidated North Carolina's death penalty, Har ris' sentence would have been required to be reduced to life imprisonment even if the State Supreme Court had upheld Harris’ conviction, instead of ordering a new trial. During Harris’ trial, his attorneys offered a plea of not guilty because of his alleged insanity, as suggested by psychiatric examiners. The examiners reported that Har ris was seriously disturbed but they could not account for his state of mentality the night of the killings. From acauaintancet of Har- (See HARRIS. P. 2) No^ttern DWrieV of ■>" Au''. toiuIrtl.'JS “ od a o' *"■ *0 SO.U. Fi.Au straining order in the Missis- sippi case against the NAACP enjoining the enforcement of the statute and all proceedings relating hereto. "He set a hearing on the temporary restraining order for 9 a.m. Oct. 7. "Through the last minute commitments of friends, parti cularly the AFL-CIO, the NAACP was prepared to post with the Chancery Court of Mississippi the bond of $1,563,- 364 Carter Vows Review Of Wilmington Ten me National Wilmington tolerate the kind of racist dent, he wi Ten Defense Com..iitlee an nounced that it has received a response from the Jimmy Carter campaign on its request injustice that has so often put civil rights leaders in prison." The campaign’s reply also "The NAACP had strained all of its resources anti was hard-pressed to meet this unconscionable legal require ment for intervention in the case of expressed the certainty "that if "By the deadline, the N'AACP had raised $763,374 through loans and contribu tions. The AFL-CIO guaran teed the balance of $800,000 which the Association was unable to raise in the short time period. "It is mandatory that fund raising continue in order for the Association to keep its commitment to our friends and in order to fulfill (he terms of the agreement with the AFL- CIO ” the Wilmington Ten. The case involves ten civil r ghts activists currently serv ing prison terms totalling 282 vears for alleged criminal acts growing out of their civil rights activities in Wilmington. North Carolina in 1971. The response, signed by Samuel A. Bteicher of the National Issues and Policies office of the Carter campaign, offered assurances that if elected. Carter, "will not he (Carter) Is elected Presi- CHARLOTTE » Despite low temperatures and heavy rain, several black woman, wadm M Qiarlotte's public housing community, picketed in from of the Charlotte Housing Authority to protest charges for maintenance and service beyond normal wear and tear. The pickets claim that the authority, the largest public housing manager in the state, violated the terms of their leases. Housing Authority di rector Ray lAmeeling denied the charge. Mrs. Carie Graves, an outspoken tenant, said tenants will give the Wilming- and the Housing Authority ton Ten case the attention it reached an agreement in May deserves." to the effect that "before any A similar request sent to changes in the lease" the President Gerald Ford receiv- resident advisory council ed a response signed by would have input into policies ! K)!'.! i i! I II haium' XOITOa'S NOTE: Ita CABOt4NlAN toi moUM ttf yrtlkrtl— •( Crte* BmI. • trinHm tir H MWMl faHvlrtM MOt tar u ralawauwtu. Baue li ■rl(l«ar MlUr'* Ml* r*f*r«l*« tk« iSce CARTER, P. 2) State NAACP Lauds Rescue and charges that are imple mented by the Housing Au- autho me judge's order came as local NAACP chapters across the nation were straining their treasuries and as they were sponsoring various fund-rais ing activities to help save the national civil rights organiza tion. Two Readers Win Week^s Annreciation r, 'S t r* ?< f ■ Ms. Martha Leonard of 1325 Holman Street and Robert A. Powell. Jr. of 100;i S. Person Street notified The CARO LINIAN that their names appeared last week on the Appreciation Money Page The two winners of the Appreica- tion Money each received a check for $10. Ms Leonard's name ap peared in the One Hour 1^1 Martinizing advertisement and A Powell's name appeared in the ^ Kerr's Ben Franklin adver- ™ tisement. The name of Ms Imogene Greene, of 552 E Jones SI., was on the Apprecia tion Money Page but she was not a winner t^ause she did » , not report her name. Her name appeared in the Apex Distribu- ' tors ad Three names are listed in the - advertisements on the Appre ciation Money Page each week t A $1(1 check will be issued to readers who discover their names on the Appreciation Mone.N Page and report this ' discovery io The CAROLIN- ' IAN office before noon Mon day CHARLOTTE - CCNS - Kelly Alexander. President of the North Carolina Conference of Brandies of the National Association for (he Advance ment of Colored People (NAACP) lauded the rescue of the 67-year-old national NAACP organization by (he AFL-CIO which guaranteed a $800,000 balance on a $I .563,000 bond posted in Mississippi. This will enable the civil rights organization to appeal a $).2 million judgment against it for tx)ycotting white merchants in Port Gibson County, Miss., in 1966. Alexander reminisced that the civil ri^ls organization has fought vicious manifesta tions of racism in Mississippi. But he said, "Black people in Mississippi don't stop; they are a breed of people that don't stop." He said that they have lived "through murders and vicious lynchings down there" and are "accustomed to being captured down there.” Alexander’s remarks about (See RESCUE. P. 2) thority. She said the authority adopted a new replacement and repair list on July 28 and that the resident council was not consulted. Housing Authority director Wheeling, cornered by report ers while hurriedly exiting his office parking lot, first said be had "No comment" to the tenant’s charges and then said. "It’s the first I've heard about it." Wheeling later said tenants were in on a number of meetings about that lease. Legal Aid was even at the meeting representing the ten ant* ” Ms. Graves said that the resident advisory council would continue its fight until the charges are rescinded. She (See TENANTS, P. 2) . ^ .. kMf lh*lr mmmmmm Ml ST TV OV* BmI tVvM Mt v«MM iMT*ifV vXfe IV n«i*i(k OoartmMt. iVr«V nUfaif ikA mmm M IV 9*Uc« M*(t«r (TMi wikh cU •( tV kr TV CHm Bm* k (•UmtM. ASSAULT CHARGES FILED James Lewis McBride, of 313 E. Cabarrus St., was charg^ with assault with a deadly weapon Friday. Jackson Billy McKinley, of the same ad dress. was treated and releas ed for a laceration on his l^t hand after he was ailege^y cut with a knife. Ilie reported assault occurred at 313 E. Cabarrus St. around 9 p.m. Friday. KNIFE CUTTING REPORTED Simon Taylor. 35, of 801 E. Hargett St., was the alleged victim of an assault. He was reportedly cut on the left side of his face with a knife and treated at a local medical facility and relea'sed. The assault incident reportedly occurred in the 200 block of Camden St. around 3:21 p.m. Sunday. (See CRIME BEAT. P. 3) Officials Draft Fair Employment Legislation For State’s Workers Dl'RHA.M - CCNS - N. C. Rep. H. M Michaux. Jr., of Durham County, said last week that he has drafted a Fair Employment Practices Act that would outlaw race, age and sex discrimination in employment practices in North Carolina. The announcement followed by one day a meeting between several officials of the North Carolina Human Rights offici als and Democratic candidate for governor. James B. Hunt, expressly seeking to "sensi tize " Hunt to the need for enforcement of anti-discrimi nation laws. Michaux said the Bill, co-au thored bv Senators John Winters "is ik*signed to elimi- HONORED — Shown from left to rlglil are Mrs. tools E. Alstoa, Anthosy Estes. Clifton P. Jones Bad Mrs. James E. Holshouser. Jr., honored guests at a reception of the .American .Vrthritis Aatoclatlon. The reception was held at the Governor’s Mansion Friday evening. Jones, president of t^ association. Mrs. Alston, widow of the late editor of The Carolina Times, and 7-year-otd .Antbouy (IITf Child of Hope), stood with Mrs. Holshouser in the receiving line to greet about 300 guevts. , Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK .MURRAY’S PHARMACY "We ll Meet Your Medicine Needs” nat^ and etiectuate on a state-wide basis complaints of discrimination in employment because of race, creed, sex, age or (he usual racial discriminatory practices." He said that (he bill would not take away from the Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commission hearings, but would put en forcement on the local level, "with final recourse in the federal courts." Director Harris Williams of the North Carolina office of the Equal Employment Opportun ity Commission (EEOC) of (he U- S. Dept of Labor, said the federal agency has a backlog of cases which exceed 3000. Michaux said that local en forcement would help to alleviate that backlog. .Many of the people that await EEOC investigations have been fired. Beverly Milchell, a former associate director of the Raleigh Human Relation- (.'ommission, said that m. .y of her clients had wait' . for the EEOC to investigate cases for periods longer than two years and are appe'aling their firings. Michaux s Dili would create~a 5-member commission to over s' discrimination investiga tion and enforcement. The bill does not specify who would enforce the provisions of the measure. That has been left blank. But Michaux said he prefers that the law be enforced by the North Carolina Department of Labor and the North Carolina Human Rela tions Commission. Michaux said that the Di rector of the Human Relations Commission should head up the new commission and investiga tors should be selected from the Department of Labor. His idea of enforcing the law will probably be opposed by the Human Relations organiza tions. Sources say that most would like to see enforcement solely under the Human Rela tions Commission. Those sources say that the agency's experience in reconciling ra cial disputes makes it (he agency with the mc^t sensiti vity to handle delicate prob lems. Michaux's proposal is also likely to be opposed by John Brooks. Democratic candidate for Commissioner of Labor. Brooks campai^ed for estab lishing a division within the Department of Labor that would enforce prohibitions against race, sex and age discrimination. Brooks said that he would not comment on (he law that is now still in committee until he has had a chance to read it. John Becton of Durham, Jack Bullock of Charlotte. Nancy McGellan of Greens boro and Sam Gray of Rocky Mount, met with James Hunt and discussed enforcement of anti-discrimination measures last week. Dr. John Larkins, a trouble-shooter for Hunt, was also present. Becton, executive director of the Durham Human Relations Agency, said that a "diligent effort to sensitize" Hunt nad been attempted by the group. He said that Hunt made no commitment and said only that he would consider the coup's wishes. Gray said that alterna tives to passing a fair emnlov- menl act were discussed with the candidate.