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Seek Answers To Aid Local Blacks Alir ATIAU DO YOU THINK A JUNIOK CITIZSNS ASSOCIATION. SIMIIAR TO THS JAYCil'S IHftSl lUn* nccdeo at this time? Piun civi vuw, whether in the • ATTIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE. BY OR. CLINTON R. DOWNING <Aiilitent Proiviter. Educational Adminlitrotlen and Dlractor el the North Caroline Cenerol AsiUtanee Center, Eeit Carolina IMIvertHy. A Junior Citizens Association is needed for the Raleigh Community ond its orgonizotion and development should be encouraged. It is the cortention of this writer tnot such on orgonizotion is long overdue. The Civil Rights movement of the 196C: created o new and vibrant generotion of young block people. Their commitment ond determinotion to olleviote adverse sociol conditions existing omong the block populace astounded the conscience of many Americons who considered blacks to be o rother docile, acquiescent people. As the events of the 60s moved on with inexorable force, another still younger generation of blocks stood on the perinhery, watching and waiting their turn. This group of peop’e added economics to the venoculor of the doy. As we move into the letter part of the seventies, we observe vet onother group of youth seeking the orts of internal motivotion (self-conrept-building) ond on understonding of the works of externol motivators (rewords). An orgonizotion is needed to ossist these young citizens in Improving self-esteem while goining an understanding thot society rewords must be commensurate with satisfactory ■ See AID BLACKS. P 2> DK. C'lJ.NTON EMmS’ING About Jimmy Carter Stan-.ar'. Ct>., Vava.'jjf:' 2 Blacks Upset Henderson ★ ★ ★ ★ As Posts Are Filled Group Eyes Hunt Moves **** Leaders May Not Be Guests THE CJiROLINi'AN VOI.. Illi .NO. Vi North Carolina’s Leading Weekly U.Al.KKill. N.C.. THURSDAY. JANUAHY (i, IHTJ SINGLE COPY Me On New Year's Day MARSHALL IS KILLED "GranU Reddy^ Still On Rail FACES IN INE NEWS ASHICVILLE, (CCNS) - Federal Judge Braxton Craven released Dr Jim Grant and T J Kedd> on bond during a closed hearing FYiday in Cra ven's A.shevillc chambers Grant and Reddy are defen dants in the Charlotte 3 case They were convicted in 1972 for burning the L,azy •B” Riding Stables in (’harlotte and sen tenced to long prison terms Craven's decision followed by three days a denial of th>- Charlolte 3's petition for writ oi habeas corpus by Oiief Judge of the Western District. Wo(S- row Wilson Jones Attorneys at Chambers. Stein, Ferguson and Becton indicated that Jones' decision would be appealed to the U S. 4th Circuit Court of .\ppeals. but sought to keep (irant and Reddy out on bond while the appeal is in progress The Charlotte 3 seek to overturn their 1972 convictions, citing use of federal payment of more than $8.uou each to two slate’s witnesses authorized by convicted Watergate conspira tor Robert Mardian The secret payments were disclosed in 1974 by reporters of the Charlotte Observer Federal Judge James B. McMiliian. originally silting on the case u:i appeal, allowed a 'See GRANT. P 2> Man Stabs 2 Men, 4 Face Charges New Year's weekend was interrupted for several Raleigh residents as incidents of violence resulted in the death of one man and the wounding of two others. According to Raleigh police, Melvin Locklear. 44, of 313 S. Swain St., alleged^ shot and killed Lee Gustall Marshall. 45, of 604 E. Bragg St., aft^r the two became engaged in an ar^ment outside Locklears home Saturday. Locklear is charged with murder. TO HKAD USIA — Diplomat John K. Reinhardt, a 56-\ear- old black, has been picked by President-elect Jimmy Carter to head The I'.S. Information .•\geiicy <lSIAi, the first time in IK years a career Stale Dept, official will fill the post, officials said Jan. t. Reinhardt, who has been one of the department's leading negotia tors fur African Affairs, has the permanent career rank of ambassador and previously- served as L'.S. envoy to Nigeria. (UPll Carter Appointments Cause Stir InBlackCircle DIES OF HEART FAILURE — Jazz pianist and composer 4>roll Garner ('74 photo) died of a heart attack Jan. 2 enroute to a hospital where he had been under treatment for emphy sema. He was 53. A top recording star and nightclub performer. Garner also was a prolific composer. Among his best known songs was Misty. He had continue performing until .March 1975. when he had to cancel an appearance because of emphysema. He had been under treatment at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles and was released only last Wednesday. (UPl) BY \l RRKY E. ZEPHYR National Black News Service WASHINGTON - Presi dent-elect Jimmy Carter’s selection of Congressman An drew J Young iD-Ga.) to be the chief United States dele gate to the United Nations, and Patricia Roberts Harris, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has caus ed quite a stir in certain quarters of the national black community. At times, the stirrings even reach the level of criticism. But much of the criticism, however, seems to lack sub stance when viewed objective ly First, a number of blacks, especially some of the estab lished black politicians, feel a bit pul out that they are not participants in the selection game. But. some of the same people who are doing much of the complaining, did not embrace Carter in the early primaries They went with the "also ran" group. Only when it was '’perfectly clear” (to borrow a phrase) that Carter would be the Democrat’s flag-bearer, did the endorse ments begin to flow in. Some are saying Uiat Young should not have given up his congressional seat; that the United Nations has no pres tige; that he would not be able to help blacks from that New York post; and that he will be reading prepared material from the State Department. And on it goes - to ad absurdum. But. why not Young at the IN'* He certainly has all the necess.ory qualifications. Plus, he'll be in constant touch with representatives from the Third World (Africa, in particular). Se.isoned political observers see Young's U.N. post as a stepping stone to a very high State Department slot in about 18 months - to be the principal architect of a new U.S. policy towards Africa. Asd Young is no stranger to Africa He nas visited the area 6 times, is well respected among the African diplomatic community here, and has introduced several f iieces of positive African egislation. About Mrs. Harris, there is talk that she is "insensitive” to the real housing needs of the nation. That she is not "grass-roots” oriented. That she lacks the experience for the post. Now, once upon a time, there was a President of the United States who had a brother who was appointed Attorney Gen eral of the United States. Experience? Mrs. Harris, 52. was born in Mall<x)n. III., the daughter of a Pullmai; waiter and a school teacher. She was graduated summa cum laude from Ho- Marshall died in the emer gency room of Wake Medical Center shortly after arrival, from fatal wounds received from onesholwitha .22 calibre rifle which entered his hack According to LI. B. C. Nipper, the shooting was the result of an argument which "basically occurred" outside the IxickleaV home around 1:12 p.m. Satur day. Officer B. R. Baucom hand led the investigation and made the arrest. Detectives are presently investigating the case, and Nipp<>r said that several witnesses gave state ments in connection with the alleged shooting incidei.l. l.x)cklear is presently in the Wake County Jail, and is being held without bond. The other incidents put two men in intensive care at Wake Medical Center after they were slabbed on S. Blount St. Dan Rains Perry, while, of 506 Culler St., and Donal(i James Blanchcr. .vhite, of the same address, received serious stab wounds when they al legedly kicked in the door and enler^ the apartment of a resident Phillip Sanders. 22. ol 120*;; S. Blount St., Apt B. th( victim, allegedly reacted in defense of the alleged breaking and entering of his apartment by stabbing two of the three subjt'cts- Sgt Larry Marshburn said (hat the breaking and entering incident revealed no indication of an intent to burglarize the apartment, but their alleged entry was the result of an argument which erupted be tween the three subjects and Sanders. Perry received two cuts, one in the center of his chest and one in the lower abdomen, and (See MAN. P. 2) Caucus Continues Appointment Push (See CARTER. P. 2) NAACP Launches Military JusticeUnit LOOKS FOR BETTER RE LATIONS — United Nations Ambassador-designate An drew Young said Jan. 2. he considers Yietnam as "a kind of Asian Yugoslavia" and the ('arter administration will move toward normalizing re lations with that country. Young appeared on .NBC's "Meet The Press.” (UPI) ^ NEW YORK ~ The Herman Goldman Foundation has do nated $15,000 to the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People (NA ACP) Speciol Contribution Fund for the creation of a Center for Military Justice that will concentrate on assisting minority servicemen with "less than honorable" dis charges. Administrator Glos- ter B. Current said recently. Under the outlines of the proposal, the Center for Mili tary Justice will assist the NAACP branches in respond ing to complaints from serv icemen and veterans. It will develop strategies for bringing reforms to the present (iis- charge practices of the Armed Forces. In effect, the grant will enable the NAACP to expand Its program to aid servicemen an(i V( NAACP’s Armed Services and Veterans program is Julius Williams. The executive direc tor of the Herman Goldman Foundation is Stanley T. Gor don The NAACP has historically worked to end the problems of racial discrimination in the Armed Forces and played the major role in bringing about iho desegregation of (he mili tary in 1948. During the period of the Vietnam War and subsequent ly. the NAACP has sought to reduce the number of "less than honorable" discharges that have been given dispro portionately to black service men. A major contribution of (he .NAACP in focusing nation al attention on this problem was the report of the "Task Force on the Administration of Military Justice." which was DURHAM (CCNS) - A. J. Howard Clements, III, an official of the North Carolina Caucus of Black Democrats, said last week that Lauch Faircloth. N.C. Commerce Secretary- designate, has ap parently not been told by (}overnor-elect Jim Hunt that all state departments, includ ing the Commerce Depart ment. are to be equitably staffed by blacks, whites and native Americans Clements said blacks across the state will carefully watch sub-cabi net appointments to be made in early January. Faircloth was asked shortly after is appointment if he would appoint any blacks to the 10 positions declared by Gov ernor-elect H'«nl to be policy making positions in the Com merce Department. Faircloth responded. "Well. I’m not .sure.” During the week of Dec. 22. Hunt requested the resignation of 10 bureaucrats within the department classed as policy makers and thus exempt from coverage of the state personnel act. None of those 10 policy makers was black. Within the 9 departments <f1 state govern ment and the 169 top policy making positions, only 2 departments had black policy makers. for a total of three persons. Clements said he will hold Hunt accountable for the hiring of blacks in Commerce and other departments "There (See GROUP. P, 2) Korrost NOTK; TW CABOLINUN It lu ySUctll— •! n« Crtet ■••I. taOtt* ttwla^ t UfiBrttM aoiSfr t UN Endorses Armed Fight UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. — The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution that for the first time endorsed "armed struggle" for South-West Africa to secure independence from South Africa. The vote was 107 to 6. with the United States. Belgium. Britain. France. West Ger many and Luxembourg, vot ing against it. These coun tries also voted against the resolution when it was recommended by the as sembly's colonial committee Dec. 10. .Abstaining on both the committee and assembly votes were Denmark, Ire land. Italy, the .Netherlands, Spam. Austria, Sweden, Canada. New Zealand, Ja pan. Malawi and Uruguay. The resolution called on governments to grant "all necessary support and assis tance" in the struggle for liberation being led in the colonv. also called Namibia. b> the South-West African People's Organization (SW- .\!'Oi. It re«ognized SW APO as the "sole" representative of the people of the territory. trlflaal i eterans Directing the (Sec NAACP. P 2) C«(« US Court Supports t H Tbc CtUm a**! UiTslT^a vttS B«teUS P*U«* DosrtSMot- tS«reSjt tWir Mmn M tS« StetlK (raoi wskh »U •( ts« MUrtal Ivr TW CMom a«ai U zatS«r«4. Bias Suit Deadline GRAN TED DIVORCE — The wife of '(luhammad All, Khali- lah. has been granted a divorce from the heavyweight boxing champion on grounds of deser tion. (UPI) National Black Newt Service WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled (hat the time limit for filing civil rights complaints with the Equal Employment Opportun ity Commission (EEOC) is not extended because an employee chooses to go first through union grievance procedures. The ruling came in a case brought by Dortha Guy of Memphis. Tenn. The court wrote unanimously that Con- ? ;rcss. in setting a 9b-day period or filing such complaints, "gave no indication that it considered a 'slight' delay followed by 90 days equally acceptable” Ms. Guy. who is black, was fired by Robbins & Myers. Inc., for non-compliance with con tract agreements pertaining to loaves of absence She filed a grievance alleging an unfair action two days after her dismissal, and her case went through procedures set out in the contract between her employer and the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. The grievance went throu|^ the three steps prescribed in the contract and was denied. Then, on Feb. 10. 1972. 84 days after the denial, but 108 days after she was dismissiJ, Ms Guy filed a charge of racial discrimination with the EEOC against both her former em ployer and the union. (.See COURT. P 2i .MAN ASSAULTED George F^dward Malloy. 35. of 205>;( .Maple St . was the victim of an alleged assault at 26 N. Carver St around 8:10 pm .Sunday. He sustained injuries in his face from shell fragments According to police reports, a gun was shot through a window Malloy was treated at a local medical facility a^d rolea.sc*d SS Two Readers Win Week’s Appreciation iSce CHIME BEAT. P. 3) Ms Allene Pills, of 307 S. Tarboro St. and Wallace Lee of 18.V) F'ounlain Dr . were the two winners of last week’s Appreciation Money. They discovered their names among the advertisements on the Appreciation Money Page and each received a check for $10. •Ms. Pills discovered her name in the Ben Franklin ■ See APPHFXIATION. P. 2) Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK IIUDHON HKLK MELVIN I.O( Kl.E.AR hf:nderson (CCns) — Some North Carolina blacks are displeased with the inau gural activities invitations being .sent to Jimmy Carter supporters. They are saying that blacks are being excluded. N’lP’s are reported as having received invitations to the "Inaugural Parly" to be held Thursday evening, following the ceremonies. Not really an invitation, but an application, the receiver is entitled to attend one of the four parties with payment of $25 per ticket, up to two tickets. For $15 each, the invitee is entitled to an inaugural book. The inaugural parlies will be attended by fewer than 50 blacks from .North Carolina, unless the current quota for the slate's blacks is increased by the inaugural staff. Several key black supporters, organiz ers. and contributors that had expi‘cted to attend will not Typical of the Carter sup porters who have not been invited is Henderson physician J P Greene, who received a leiler from Carter's staff in early December indicating that he would receive tickets to the parlies. (Jreene. and Leo Hatten, chairman of the Second Con gressional Black Caucus, helped deliver a solid black support fur Carter in the Presidential election. Hatten was one of the early supporters o( Carter Neither he nor Greene has received an invita tion. (Jreene said that after (Sw HF:ndER.S()N P. 2) J. Grace Remains Only Suspect In 'Sniping' DURHAM. (CCNS) - Dur ham police have concluded that the weapon used in three, and possibly a fourth, sniping was a .30 caliber rifle. The analysis of weapons used came several days after state m^i- cal examiners determined the gun was a rifle. The shootings received wide spread attention after the death of a former Durham Herald editorial page writer, HerbiTt C. Bradshaw, as he washed dishes in his home Dec. 22. The death of Herbert Mcdlin. in the 1400 block of Fayetteville St., and the shoot ings of Leroy Goldston (in the neck) Dec. 10 in a con\ enience (Set* GRACE. P. 2) Larkins Get State Position Governor-elect Hunt wil bring Dr. John K L.arkins fron retirement to become the Special Assistant for Minont) Affairs and Special Projects, a Mb traditionally held by a black person. Larkins, one of two blacks who dircclt*d the Hunt cam paign in black communities throughout (he stale, has advised the last 10 governors, excepting lame-duck James Holshouser. in various capaci ties. beginning in 1942 when he was employed as the consul tant on Negro work. Larkins, slenderly built, and keen on many of the facts and figures that escape man> people, said (hat in 1942. (he number of professional blacks working in slate government in Raleigh was five, two of which were .secretaries. The remain- d(‘r. according to I.,arkins. were custodians and l.iborcrs Qu(*s(ioned on his priorities. Uirkins said he will continue to I.ARKINS. P. 2) INM.ATE INVITED TO INAUGURATION — Texas prison iiiinalp Mary Bradlx. 55. proudly holds an invitation received iniilliig her to the Presidential inauguration of Jimmy Carter Jan. 2(1. She wrote a letter, about two months before the election stippoiiing Jimmy Carter, saying. "1 can’t \ote. but I can pray for you." She received a note from Mr. Carter thanking her and then Jan. :i she received the invitation. (UPI) Yeargin Celebrates 95th Birthday Here BY AI.EX.WDEK BARNES A recent interview with the veteran. 95 year-old J. W. Yeargin. telling of his experi ences as a civil rights fighter in Raleigh and vicinity, caused researchers to back the ar chives and bring out some incidents almut which Yeargin was concerned. He often talked about the Wilmington riot which drove ‘ ?as hundreds of blacks from the .seaport town, where a ray of hope was beginning to shine through. It was Yeargin's experience to move from Raleigh to Selma, where he operated a foundry for a while. It was in (his town that a black man was (See YEARGIN. P. 2) "Dress Your Entire Family In Hudson Belk Fashions” WITH DAUfilll'F'ltS — Miss F)ffir M. Yeargin, left, and Mri. Willi*' Y. McCulitrs, Juiti with tiieii I fiiitier. .1. W. Yeargin. in momenth of enjoyable reflection during recent celebraliun of his !)jlii
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