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rew&.a.er, Seek Answers To Aid Local Blacks QUESTION: 00 YOU THINK A JUNIOR CITIZINS ASSOCIATION. SIMIIAR TO THI JAYCfl'S IS NEIOID AT THIS TIME? PlEASI GIVE VIEW, WHETHER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE. _ BY JAMES BURT ^ Coordinator of Alumni Affoirs Yes. I think 'i Junior Citizens Association is desoerotely needed locotiy. This could oe the new renaissance of the black community. It could bring our young people to o more realistic view on life, instead of o negative attitude. A Junior Citizens Associotion could be the kind of institution tnoi wuuio toce up to tne seriousness ot the problems thot yeors of rocism hove erected, ond to deol with the intensity one commitment their solution demond. An ossociotion of this kind could provide the leadership troining for our young people to understood the importonce of orchestrating the diversified elements of our community to the point thot we would be able to speak the truth with one voice • leadership which speaks to our latent strengths instead of our lotent feorSi leadership thot would heol our wounds ond division; leadership thot would make us one people. We need an organization thot will seek out youth to become more Actively involved in government by voting and seeking office. If the truth be told, we will never be importont in America until we hove power, until we toke the weight, until we moke the public school system which we so desperotely need a place for education, rather then a bottleground where our children must fight to survive. To poraphrose an old hymn, and soy "We ore not here to ploy, to dreom, to drift, we must shun out the struggle, but foce it, 'tis God's gift, be strong." J4ME5 autr In Durham Scandal Stewart Gets 5 Years ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Procedures FouAht ★ ★ ★ ★ Trials In Progress Others Receive Terms The Carolinian VOI.. 36 NO. 8 North Carolina’s Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N, C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1976 Release Delayed SINGLE COP^f. Wc NC Alliance Elects Officers, In First Sets Programs, Expels Group 2 Battles JOANNE LITTLE FIGHTS Winner ★★★★ ★★★★ In HillsborouAh Schools UUKHAM (CCNS) - Sev eral programs to fight repres- .Sion were approved by the North Carolina Alliance A- gamst Racist and Political Repression at its organizing conference at North Carolina Central University. Durham Saturday. The conference, which elec ted this year's N.C. Alliance executive board to govern the implementation of the pro grams, had 95 individuals and organizations from across the state participating. Programs were derived from 6 workshops, including one against the move to re-enact the death penalty in North Carolina, another on police crimes in the community, one on prison conditions, another on repression in education, another on ways to free the Wilmington 10 and Charlotte 3. fa"w>r repression of A 60-day petition drive with door-to-door canvassing will seek to dramatize support for abolishing the death penalty once and for all in North Carolina. Rev. W. W. Finlator, discussion leader in the death penalty workshop, made the JoAnne Little nas won two recent battles which could have delayed her release from prison on parole later this month. The first battle was a hearing to determine if her 1974 probation from a shoplifting conviction should be revoked, thus making active a 6 month Changes Sought Discipline Has Become A Problem point that for the first time in suspended sentence. The se Its history, North Carolina does cond a charge of posses ■' “----ed fr J. Burt May Seek Council Position The former chairman of the X Raleigh Community Relations Commission (RCRC) may run tor a seat on the Raleigh City Council. But then, he may not. y In an interview this week. James Burl. 30-year-old Ra leigh native, said he is stud^inj the situation and has set two conditions as determinative factors in reaching a final decision. He said he is studying reactions to the feelers tiding sent out in reference to a council bid by him. *'[ am trying to put together the things they (citizens) say about the possibility of my running for council.” The other factor will be the type campaign organization which he hopes to be able to develop in the near future. In either case, Burt said, he will make a final decision next month. He said that so far reaction has been favorable. ”I have received a positive attitude from the people I have talked to.” He said his aspirations to the city council started about 5 ^ars ago, but that he deferred offer. He said the strong point of his possible candidacy is. “I have been in this community all my life. I can touch people that some other people cannot touch. "I have not been sleeping the last 30 years,” he gaid, su^esting that he hat an intimate knowledge of the needs and desires of District C. Knight said he has not decid^ to seek re-dectlon. But then he said, “I have not decided not to seek re-election either.” Burt is coordinator of all alumni affairs at St. Augus tine's College. He graduated from the college in 1969 with a major in sociolo^ and later studied public administration at N.C. State University. not have a capital punishment law, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court's July 2 decla ration that North Carolina's law was unconstitutional and invalid. Finlator said. "The state has been doing just fine without it."Tocomplement the petition drives, the alliance and its affiliate groups agr^ to stage vigils and demonstra- tion« The police crimes workshop, led by Attorneys Shelley Blum and Jerry Paul, put forth Sion of items banned from inmate possession at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women where she is incarcerated. She will be eligible for parole on Dec. 19, at which time she will have served one-fourth of her sen tence. The hearing before Superior Court Judge Herbert Phillips to determine if Ms. Little's probation should be revoked is officially designated as a court proceeding, but has been number of proposals. It was characterized by Ms. Little and agreed to set up a clearing- supporters as "one more house (for informaUon con- '*'»y ^ ^ prison.” ceming police crimes) which charged wi^ ng pol will gather information police harassment, brutality and other abuses of power. That clearinghouse will inform communities on bow to use civilian review boards where they exist and advocate the establishment of such boar^ where they do not. The alliance also agreed to educate prison inmates on their rights to assure their (See ALLIANCE. P. 2) moving from her home in Beaufort County without noti fying and receiving consent from her probation officer, Mary Moore, and with viola- (See Ll'lTLE. P. 21 HILLSBOROUGH - tCNS — Changes in public school disciplinary procedures for students, development of pub lished rules which inform students of infractions for which they may be disciplined, and explanation of the basic constitutional rishts of stu dents were policies rec ommended to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County School systems in an interim report prepared re cently by the Community Opportunities for Educational Directions Project for the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The recommended changes were part of a study to determine if minority students iSee CHANGES, P. . 2) House May Study ’69 Panther Death present councilman Bill Kfught because Knight already Ind the mechanism for a campaign. Burt worked for Knight in the successful bid. Speaking of Knight's per formance as a councilman, Burt said that he is not seeking to represent District C l^ause of any failures on Knight's part. "I am not displeased with his performance. This (to seek office) has been a desire of mine which goes back about 20 years.” He said his possible candi dacy in no way indicates a conflict between him and Knight. He said some people have started rumors that he and Knight are not speaking. "But there is no conflict between the two of us - and there won't be.” Burt said he is considering running because he has "a right to run” and because he thinks he has something to WASHINGTON. D. C. — formof a letter from Morton H. A House Committee has been Halperin, a former staff asked to investigate the 1969 member of the NaUonal Secu- killing of Fred Hampton. _ Chicago Black panther Party leader, on the grounds that he had been set up by the Federal Bureau of I nvestigation through an informer and murdered” in an early morning raid by a special force of the Chicago police. United Press I nternational (UPI ) has reported. The request came in the ritv Council, now a director of projects in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union. The letter was sent to Richard Sprague, chief counsel and staff director of the House Select Committee on Assas sinations, the UPI article said. Halperin said that FBI involvement was establish^ (See HUUbE, P. 2) Attorney Questions Fencing (iREENSBORO - Attorneys for John S. Stewart, who is on indefinite suspension as presi dent of the Mutual .Savings and Loan Association, one of Durham's giants in the finan cial world, gave notice of appeal of the 5-year sentence that he received from Judge Eugene A. Gordon in the Middle District Federal Court, here, Monday. Stewart’s attorneys. Robin son O. Everett and W. G. Pearson, I 1 , made unsuc cessful attempts to have the verdict set aside. Stewart was convicted of making false entries on a loan to Thomas C. Upchurch and falsifying on a loan to Thomas Biggs. The discovery of the alleged wrongdoings rocked Durham’s financial structure because three of the buildings and loan associations were involved and a well-known real estate firm. The indictment grew out of charges brought against Dur ham builder Bobby Roberts and his brother, C. Paul Roberts, who amazed Durham with their building finesse and their multiple financial opera tions. Many of their trades were described as fantastic. Some sources say that because of them many blacks were able to buy homes who never dreamed of being able to buy Mulual Savings and Loan Association, with which Slew- art is said to have spent 4t years, was the only financial tnstituiiun indicted in the huge scandal. Stewart was the only black person involved with the alleged fraudulent operations, years, was the only black financial institution indicted in the huge scandal. Stewart was the only black person involved with the alleged fraudulent operations. He received a 3-year prison term and a fine of $10,000 in the false entry charge and a prison term of 2-year.s for falsifying an affidavit on (he loan to Thomas Biggs. The sentences are to run concurrently, C. Paul Roberts, president of Empire Properties and a developer, was sentenced to five vears in prison and fin^ (See STEWART. P. 2) Black Land Loss Study Available Land owned by blacks in the South could form the equity base for greater minority participation in the growing southern economy says a new study recently released by the U.S. Department of Com merce's Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE). Entitled, Land And Minority Enterprise: The Crists And The Opportunity, the 3-part report was prepared for OMBE by Dr. Lester M. Salamon, assistant professor of political science at Duke University. It analyzes patterns of black land ow'nership in 14 southern states, examines the long-term effects of land ownership on rural black families, and sug gests a low-cost government SECT FREE — Charlotte. N.C. — A federal judge declared Ira David Meeks mentally incom petent to stand trial on charges of hijacking a private plane to Cuba in 1970 and said he had "no choice” but to set the defendant free Tuesday. The judge ordered federal hijack ing and kidnaping charges plus state robbery chargt dropped. (L'PI) The apprehmsion and con viction of Johnny Melvin Christmas of breaking and entering the residence of Lonnie ' ' Chic” Holden. Jr., of 2293 Fox Ridge Manor, has been criticized as racist. Christmas was caught several months ago in the web spun by Raleigh detectives operating out of a ‘ ‘ dirty" boolutore on Wilmington Street, Reginald Frazier, Christmas' attorney, argued that Christmas was "entrapped by agent provo- catures" in what was called ‘ ‘ Operation Butterfly.” Un der cover police posed as fences or purchasers of stolen merchandise for resale. ‘ Operation Butterfly is nothing but a racist ploy against the black pMpIe of this community” Frazier claim^ in an interview during the trial. The New Bern attorney said that the majority of the defendants were black. He said SMOKINf.. — Angeles — Dolphin l.air. 21. is led to a police car by ".SU.XT” team members after he was brought down from ibi* loot of the 62-j.lory I iiited (alifornia Hank building .Moiidav. wlierc lie had held a building maintenance man hostage for several hours l.air. apparently driven by his strong anti-smoking beliefs, held his hostage until a message he had prepared was read on a local radio station, then released the hostage and surrendered to police. (I'PI) Rev. Kirk Speaks At NAACP Judge Refuses R. Long Plea The Wendell-Wake Branch NAACP will feature a special installation service at Pleas ant Grove Baptist Church in Wendell at 5 p.m. Sunday. Guest speaker will be the . Charles 1 (See TRIAL. P. 2) 7 Black Help Plan Inaugural SALISBURY iCCNS) - A delegation from the Ronnie Long Defense Committee has been ejected from the Rowan County Courthouse in Salis bury as they attempted for the second lime to present peti tions calling for reduction in Ronnie Long's $100,000 bond to Superior Court Judge William Z. Wood. Wood, the iudge who sen tenced L^ng to 2 life terms after an intense, week-long trial in Concurd in Septemlier of this year, had set Long's bond at $100,000, pending appeal. The delegation had in its possession petitions containing the signatures of more than 1,000 persons calling for reduc tion of the bail. They had been waiting at the Rowan County Courthouse to present the petitions to Wood, who was scheduled to begin holding court there. Wood, a source said, spotted the delegation and entered the courthouse from another entrance. The delegation then attempted to present the petitions to Wood, but were prevented from doing so by the Rowan County Sheriff's Department, which refused to allow them into the courtroom. They were then told to leave the courthouse iSee JUDGE. P. 2) Rev. Charles Kirk, of Fayette ville. Music will be rendered by the North Carolina Women's Correctional Center Choir, Kirk is known throughout eastern North Carolina as a dynamic and resourceful speaker. I nstallation of branch of ficers for 1976-’77 will be after Kirk's address. A fellowship hour in the recently renovated fellowship hall of the church will proceed the installation service. The public is Invited. Branch president. Mrs. Mary E. Perry, who was instrumental in securing the choir for this occasion, said that it will be a worthwhile occasion to attend if for no other reason that to hear the choir. policy designed to stabilize black land losses in the South and strengthen black agricul tural enterprises. Approximately 65,000 south ern black landowners control led close to 6 million acres worth about $1 billion at the time of the 1969 Agricultural Census. But the Commerce Depart ment study notes that the volume of black-held land, while substantial, is far less than the amount owned by blacks IS or 20 years ago. In the interim, blacks have been losing land at the rateof 333,000 acres per year. Slowing this trend is critical to the preservation of this unique minority-controlled re source. One solution, the study suggests, is to give minority landowners greater access to 'See BLACK. P. 2) WASHI NGTON - Seven blacks have been named to the 39-member 1977 Presidential I naugural Committee. All members were selected at the request of President-elect Jim my Carter, according to com mi t tee hea dqua rters spokesmen here. The list represents a non partisan cross-section of lead ing I WIN' Eorrons note: n« casounian H The CiIm ng Americans, including gov ernors, mayors, union presi dents, business executives and cultural leaders, as well as early campaign workers and advisors. The committee is in charge of wery aspect of the inaugu ration, except the swearing-in ceremony, which Is the re sponsibility of the Joint Con gressional Committee on I n- augural Ceremonies, the spokesmen said. The black members are: Congresswoman Yvonne Braithwaite Burke (D.-Calif), chairperson of the Congres sional Black Caucus Mayor (See SEVEN MrMMi IM l•l•»AMW tall* tor Hi Af UlrA la ifet •riflaal tAllar'a b*i« rtfariiaf lk« calama. pwiiai vltklag la k««f ikair aamri •( Th« Ciimr •••( ahaaM aal kream* lafalvtA attk tk« Kaltlfk PaUaa Dcpartaieai. ikcrtk; fatUaa Ikalr aaaaaa aa ikr palkr btotur Iraoi Wkick all af ika malarial far Tkr CVtaa Brat to fa*Atr«4. AKSAUl.TCHAKGED Ms. Gwendolyn Pearl Mitch ell, 18. 718 Quarry St., reported to Officer W L. Carter on Dec. 5 that she was allegedly assaulted at the above address bv being hit with a bottle. She allegedly received a laceration on (he left side of the forehead. • See CKI.MK BEAT, , P. 3) L. Moore R7n« Appreciation Money lll.^T'S .MY DECTSIO.N! — Washington — Transportaiion Sft retard William Colrman announces Dec. 6 that he has rejected proposals to require air bags in cars, suggesting instead a 2->ear (iemoiisiralion project beginning 2 years from now and affecUiig ontt I rela(ivel> small number of cars. (UPL Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK VIRCJIMA FASHIONS I'(elebrale The Holiday Seaton In Uor Styles And Fathlont" Lee A. Moore, a resident of 318 Fisher St., was the only winner of last week's Appreci ation Money He reported to THE CAH6l! NI AN office before noon Monday that he had found his name listed among (ho advertisements on the Appreciation Money Page and received a check (or $10. His name was in the Hudson Belk advertisement. arKUG((i.fc. — aouth Itrnd, Ind. — A theft suspect arrested in an early morning roundup in at. TN/o other names were also Joseph County, struggles with police as he is removed from a police van at the St. Joseph County listed amona the advertiae- Jail-of auspeeU were arrested in a concerted effort by federal, state, county and city police. (See APPRECIATION. P- 2) culminating a project in which pollceposedas fences for several months tobuy stolen goods. (UPI)