Seek Anewerg
To Aid Local Blacks
MirmiAU DO YOU IHINK A JUNIOR CITIZINS ASSOCIATION. SIMILAR TO THI JATCII'S
IMlESTIDN' NIIDID at this time? PlEAn GIVE VIEW. WHETHER IN THE
WA.VIIwn> AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE.
BILL MANUEL, JR.. PRESIDENT
BAN REALTORS
Thts orgonizotio*^ should provide us with on extention of
existing services or create new ones that are more
meaningful t the community. Of course, success and foilure
rates of progroms such as these cannot be measured by
percentages, for I feel that if only one individuol hos been
touched or helped, society has goined a useful und productive
member,
At any given time, ony program that con be o viable
resource *0 our community is needed. A Junior Citizens
Association similor to the Joycees is necessory becouse of
the complex problems facing our people todoy.
The overoll development of our youth today is very
importont. Through orgonizotions. such os the Joycees. thot
offer economic, sociol ond political insights, the potentiol of
our youth con be exponded, enabling them to recognize their
leodership qualities and skills, ond to toke o more moture ond
responsible look at the community overall. Todoy's youth con
become tomorrow's productive citizens. If on orgonizotion
con instill these values and ideals thot hove been mentioned
in the preceeding porogrophs, we will be poving the way for o
better community in the future.
Bill MANUEL.
For Jim Hunt
Webb Is Personnel Head
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Over Local Schools
Position
Seen As
Suit Shadows Lingering Major
"Svm'i'Kuiton wiihin the classroom, lack of black
in pi'o|)oHion to Iheratiool black students...and no
hl.H'k hiuh school principals " were the charges filed by the
W'.iki-Wendell Branch ot the .National Association lor the
Ads.incemeni of Colored People (NAACP) m its suit
.m.imsl the Wake County school system about 1'^ years
aiio
Tlia! case is still pending in the courts, but the problems
«hK h It .iddressed are still evident in the recentl) merged
IMIi’iUh and Wake County school systems.
A similar charge by the Dept, of Health, Education and
Welfare > HEW i and a busing case in Austin. Tex . which is
presentK awaiting Supreme Court ruling, will also affect
iSee SUIT. P. 2»
SINGLE COPY 20c
NAACP Solidifies Stand
Against G. Belk Garter
North Carolina'g L eading Weekly
voi. 3(i NO. i;) ral:;igii. n.c.. Thursday, ja.nuary 13. ibtt
Thought He Wag Conley
PATROL SHOT FISHER
Harold Webb. 51. one of three
blacks appointed to high level
S ositions in Governor Jim
unt's administration, was
selected to serve as director of
the State Office of Personnel.
Sunday.
Webb began his new Job
Monday after resigning as
deputy assistant superinten
dent and director of compen
satory education with the &ate
Department of Public Instruc
tion. a position which he held
for about 6 years.
Webb said. ' I accepted the
position as a challenge to
NEW YORK - Even though
many of the leaders of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple (NAACP) worked, individ
ually, for the election of
President-elect Jimmy Carter,
many of them felt that they
traded Carter for Ford and got
“Heir' to boot, while attending
(he annual meeting of the
Board of Directors and the
"Fellowship Dinner," held
here, Jan. 8-10.
It was quickly discerned as
early as Saturday that the
naming of Griffin ^11 for U.S.
Attorney General would sur
face a loud protest from leades
and members of the militant
organization The first dissa
tisfaction was noticed when
members of the executive
committee met to discuss the
matter. This committee an
nounced that all agreed th^t
Career had "betrayed the
trust" given in him by the
black electorate.
Bell appeared before the
Senate Judiciary (Committee
Tuesday to answer questions
and tr defend his handling of
southern school desegregation
cases during the more emo
tional part of the civil rights
movement. He said that he was
a moderating influence and
that l>e had an "even hand"
during the often emotion
charg^ cases brought before
him.
A news conference which
featured the ranking NAACP
officers on Saturday resulted in
Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilscm,
chairman. Board of Directors,
and Clarence Mitchell and W
W. Laws, both from Georgia,
and members of the board.
telling a television audience
that the appointment was the
greatest piece of impropriety
ever perpetrated upon (he
organization bv a President of
the United Slates.
Ben Hooks, who was intro
duced as the top man in the
organization, come Aug. 1. told
dinner guests at the New York
ment came that Carter had
voted with the members of his
all-white Baptist church, in
Plains. Ga.. to not take in any
black members Sunday, caus
ing the Board of Directors to
vow to take the protest to the
Senate hearings on Bell's
confirmation.
"There were those who then
saw (he danger in "putting" all
eggs in one basket. Clarence
Mitchell said that he had his
work cut out for him. In view of
the fact that he was going to
need all the liberal sneators,
such as Javits. Brooke. Math
ias Kennedy. Humprey and
Prrc.'-.
N C s Alexander predicted
that there was no hope for aid
See BFLE. P 2>
Ms, Little
Files
Petition
Ms. JoAnne Little has filed a
grievance with the North
Carolina Inmates Grievance
Commission charging unequal
GRIFFI.N BELL treatment at the North Caro
lina Correctional Center for
Hilton Sunday night that he Women iNCCCW).
would not reiei i. in his fight ij Ms. UttN''^ complaint to the
free all men He referred to his <irie\ance Commission grew
not fighting to avenge the out of her being charged with
wrongs done his mother, in an infraction of prison contra-
(Georgia, but to see to it (hat band after a search of her room
every black child would be able bv C^pi Max Barbour. Bar-
to obtain the same education hour > search of another in-
Ihat every white child receives, male s room on the same day
disct.ised items prohibited by
The .strength of the protest me prison, but that inmate was
broammed when (he announce- Sei'llTTLE P 2t
Bkteks Attend All Phases Of
*Gov» HunPs Inauguration
Blacks participated in the
inauguration of Gov. James
Hunt Saturday in numbers
unprecedented by previous
administrations, Democratic
or Republican. Beginning with
the inaugural party on Friday
evening, at Reynolds Coli
seum. black barkers, busi
nessmen, educators, lawyers,
precinct workers and obser
vers dotted the marathon of
ceremonies that finally ended
Monday morning with the
swearing-in of the Council of
State.
INAUGURALPARTY
The affair was sponsored bv
the Junior League of Raleigh
and the North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra. Those seated
on the main floor of the
coliseum had purcha.sed tic
kets of $25 and $50 Proceeds
for the evening went to charity
Not many of the blacks
interviewed expressed a great
love for Master of Ceremonies
Andy Griffith, of Mayberry and
Beverly Hills, and his south
ern, hillbilly humor Jokes that
drew laughter from the thou
sands that attended often
poked light humor at women
Square dancing, symphony
•nusic. ballet dancing, and a
medley of songs complemented
Giffith’s humor
performances
Several prominent blacks
were scattered throughout the
coliseum Some of those in
attendance were: Secretary of
Natural and Economic Re-
sourci^ Howard Lee and his
wife Lillian. Senator and Mrs
-See BLACKS. P 2i
Local
NAACP
Meets
1 he Raleigh-Apex Chapter of
the National Association For
the Advancement of Color^
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Carey
Attica
Charges
Dropped
National Black News Service
NEW YORK - New York
Gov. Hugh Carey has pardoned
7 Attica inmates and has
commuted the sentence of
another involved in the bloody
1971 uprising at Attica prison in
upstate New York.
Gov Carey also ordered all
disciplinary proceedings drop
ped against 10 state police
officers and 10 prison guards
involved in the retaking of
Attica. Forty-three men w^e
killed. 39 of them from shots
fired b> the state police
officers.
Carey did not name his
predecessors, Nelson Rocke
feller and Malcolm Wilson,
when he accused them of
failing ^hysmaliyy<« in the
handltn^Pof the investigation
and prosecution of convicts,
troopers and guards in rebel
lion and massacre.
He said it was constitution
ally the duly of the governor u
"take care that the laws are
faithfully executed."
"The facts and circumstanc
es recounted in the reports of
Special Deupty Attorneys Gen
eral iBf'rnard) Meyer and
(Alfred* Scotti make it irrefut
ably clear that the state,
through Its highest officials,
faili^ abysmally in upholding
this principle in the handling of
(he Attica investigation and
prosecution. Due to insensiti
vity to (heir constitutional
responsibilities, equal justice
by way of further prosecutions
(See CAREYTIp? 2)
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Padons Inmates
Culprit
In Radio
Messages
aiv /.
•tvJrA.'
APPEARS FOR APPROVAL — AUy. Patricia FloberU Hama.
lefL Pretident-elect Jimmy Carter'! nominee to be secretary of
HUD, appeared before the Senate Banking Committee and SenaU
Commerce Committee on her numination Jan. IS. (UPli
DURHAM. iCCNSi - Sev
era! highway patrolmen fired
on their Virginia comrade.
Trooper Garland Fisher, be
cause (hey were mistakenly
informed that the driver of the
car was Fisher's alleged kid
napper Reuben "bonny" Con-
lev. a black escaped mental
patient
Major Jack Cabe. early this
week, reported the transcript
of communications between
North Carolina and Virginia
command stations and the
.North Carolina command and
several officers and patrolmen
white thev deliberated about
bow to rescue Fisher from hxs
captor without unnecessarily
endangering Fisher's life
C G Benficid. a vBiC
H^way Patrol iderommidle
cator in Raleigh, anawered’%
phone call at 12:02 a m. the
morning of Nov. 15. On the line
was Sgt. Shoal of the Virginia
Slate Police informing him
(hat Fisher had been kid
napped bv a black
(See PATHOL. P. 2)
Young Blasts Predecessor
On African Policy, Words
Governor and Mrs. Hunt, and
the Council of Sl^ale nod their p at i p.m Sunday
wives marched down the aisle hich Park The
in (ails and gowns to a long
(able for the entertainer's
The
executive Board meets at 3
p.m. The public is Invited to
attend.
WASHINGTON. D C - Con
gressman Andrew Young
(D Ga ). named by President
elect Jimmy Carter to repre
sent the United Slates at the
United Nations, said on televi
sion recently that his pre
decessor. Daniel Patrick Moy-
nihan. demeaned "an entire
continent’s leadership" when
he included other black African
leaders in a denounciation of
Uganda President Idi Amin.
Young responded. "My view
is (hat 1 shouldn't comment on
anv national leader." when
asked on "Meet 'The Press"
iNBC) what he thought of the
Ugandan president
Moynihan. now U.S. senator
from New York, called Amin a
"racist murderer" and added
that "it was no accident" that
Clinton
Gets Ist
On Council
CLINTON - The friendly
hand of dame fortune smiled
upon this farm town last week
when Isaac Miller was sworn in
as a member of the City
Council, becoming the first
black to serve in (hat capacity.
The vacancy occurr^ dur
ing December when a member
lost his life lighting a fire. The
•See CLINTON. P, 2>
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Mg. McDowell,
Jackie Lewig
Win Money
Ms Vivis McDowell ol 415
Dacian Kd . and Jackie A.
U*w is of 205 Plaza Dr . were
the two winners of last week's
Appreciation Money. They
. Iba patter blaurr lra« wbleb aU al toa reported tO The CAROLINIAN
alarlal lar Tka Crt« Raai U »albar#4. deadline that lhe>
M \N \SSM l.lED
Thomas William Edwards.
«i ot >19 S Blount .SI . was the
V ::m of an alleged assault al
100 S East St around 2:33
pm in which he was allegedly
shot ji with a pistol Fri'ddie
Brown ol 212 Began l^ne. was
anesied and charged with
with a deadly weapon
Me ( BIME HEAT. P 3i
had discovered their names in
advertisements on the Ap
preciation Money Page. Each
received checks for $10.
Ms McDowell located her
name in (he Hudson-Betk
advertisement and said that
she was very surprised. She
said. "It's the first time I’ve
won anything. Mrs. Nathaniel
S«T APUBEf lATlON, P 2l
INAl (il NATION Sl.NOEH — .vis. (•luiia li. Burke was one of
many hlacks who participated in various eapat ities in tlie
inauguration of (iov. Jim HunI during (he weekend Ms Kiii ki is
shown heie singmg the National Xnlheiii 'siall I’h. i..
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS V'/EEK
I ILLS SHOES
- H.,s \ X.inely (H Styles For All Occasions ’
WASHINGTON - "Roots."
Alex Haley's saga tracing his
family back 7 generations to
the abduction of 17-year-old
Kunta Kinte from Gambia.
West Africa, and his sale as a
slave in Virginia in 1767, up
until his family's release from
slavery after the Civil War.
will be shown on television for 8
consecutive days this month.
Endorsed by the National
Education Association (NEA),
the program airs in either
one- or two- hour segments
from Sunday, Jan. 23, through
Sunday, Jan. 30. for a total of 12
hours. 'The program runs from
*9 to 11 p.m. on Jan. 23 . 24 , 28
and 30. and from 10 to 11 p.m.
on Jan. 25. 28. 27 and 29.
Ms. Shepard
Gets Parole
Ms Anne Shepard-Turner
has been paroled from her 7-10
M-ntriu i' lor conspir.icy to burn
Make’s Grocery in Wilmington
ID l‘»7l She is exp<Tli*d to
return to her family this week.
Since her conviction, she has
married Lewis Turner, an
activist for prison reform in
North Carolina.
Ms Shepard-Tumer, a white
anti-poverty worker, received
the lightest of the sentences in
(ScT SHEPARD P 2)
National Black News Service
according to (be NEA Reporter
- an official publication of the
association.
LeVar Burton, a drama
student at the University of
Southern California, plays
young Kinta, while Cicely
Tyson plays Binta, his mother,
and 0. J. Simpson appears as
the father of a young girl
kidnapped along with Kinta
Haley, whose book. Roots, is
number one on the New York
National Black Newt Service
Amin headed the Organization extinction of Israel,
of African Unity lOAU). Young said Moynihan "went
Moynihan was responding to too far" in extending hit
a call bv Amin for the
criticism Irom Amin to other
Africans.
Later in the program. Young
said. "I don't approve of any of
(he policies of Idi Amin" and
said he would support the use
of American power to "rectify
policies" in olack Africa, as
well as in white-ruled countries
of southern Africa
"I see the United Slates
moving towards a very ag
gressive policy to bring ma
jority rule in southern Africa."
he said. "I don't see sanctions,
but I see an arms embargo, of
course "
An arms embargo has been
in effect since 1964.
H \ROLl) WEBB
promote good personnel prac
tices in state government and
to enhance emplo> ment oppm--
(unities for blacks, women, and
other minorities " He added
that his ambition in fulfilling
(his pcxiit'on was to ' assi^^t in
improving government "
Webb said that in his new
posMon. he "proposes to
further develop and implement
an alfirmaiive action program
which includes training oppor
tunities for employment al all
levels" Acconding to Hunt.
Webb's appointment will allow
minoniies to be recognized in
pariu'ipating in stale govern
mental functions, and Webb
affirmed this by saving that his
appoin'meni "will be good for
th** future of all citizens ' He
s;- d The governor show s his
c- nmiime.i' to improve condi-
iie-* (or peoole' 'by appuint
ing him). Webb ha.t had 14
years of experience in state
government.
Webb, a Greensboro native,
attended North Carolina A4T
State University, where he
received d B.A degree in
biology and chemistry, and
later earned a master's degree
in education administration
and supervision.
He was employed as a
teacher in (he Hillsborough
school system and was a
principal in Orange County for
9 years.
In 1962. Webb began working
for (he state as a science
education consultant in the
Slate Department of Educa
tion. He was later promoted to
assistant director of the Na
tional Defense Program of
Education, associate director
of Human Relations Division in
the Department of Public
(See WEBB. P 2)
NEA Endorses Haley’s Book
Tiu.es best-seller list, electri
fied the NEA (invention at
Atlantic City in 1972 when he
told how he traced his family's
history from three African
words passed down by oral
tradition. Eventually these
clues led him to a "grito" - a
trained oral historian of the
Mandinka tribe in Gambia,
who related the kidnapping of
Kunta Kinte. Haley’s great,
great, great, great grand
father.
(IN TilK ROM) — llfillvwood
— Uttiidlt-ndcr Counl Ktthir < '7-1
liliciloi. who sullrird it hfurt
ulMi-k whili* pluviiiu an rn-
al Distirvland last
L.iIhm' Dav. is lakiiig his band
on toui attain. <l Pl>
Reed In At Gorreetions
Amos Reed, a former top
corrections official in Oregon
and Florida has accepted the
post of N. C. Secretary of
Corrections. He was appointed
to the post by (^vemor James
Huni after visits to Raleigh’s
Central Prison, a maximum
security unit, and several
youth development centers.
Reed. 61. described his duties
as being in "a most difficult
arena” citing overcrowding as
the most pressing problem
facing his tenure. North Caro
lina’s system, built to hold
10.000 inmates, currently hous
es more than 13.000. Hunt has
said that he w-*uld build
temporary bousing for inmates
untiipermanent structures can
be built. Reed is expected to
carry out those plans.
Asked whether he would
recognize the 5,000 member N.
C. F^isoner’s Labor Union and
allow it to have meetings in the
prisons. Reed said that he
would comply with a court
order to allow the union to hold
meetings in the prisons, but is
not in favor of having inmate
unions in the prisons.
The North Carolina Pri
soner’s Labor Union is not a
labor union, but an aaaociation
of prisoners, which the U. S.
District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina says
has the right to meet in prisons
the same as other groups.
Former Secretary of Cor
rections David L. Jones denied
the inmate union the right to
hold meetings in the state’s 77
prisons.
The prisoner's labor union
made several suggestions for
change in prison policy to
Jones. Reed said that "some of
the best ideas come from
inmates” but also said that
ideas from inmates "can be
taken too far."
"The staff of a prison must
run the system." Reed said.
"I^ere are all kinds of ways
that the staff and inmates can
fe^ into the decision - making
process." If Reed puts into
practice such involvement of
inmates in policy-making, it is
expected to be fairly visible
within the next few months
because he said that be is
"a great believer in structure"
wiihin organizations. He did
not say how inmates would be
ibee REED. P 2'