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Seek Answers To Aid Local Blacks OUESTION: DO YOU THINK A JUNIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION. SIMILAR TO THE JAYCEE'S IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME? PLEASE GIVE VIEW, WHETHER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE. BY ROBERT ROGERS WLLE DJ First of oil. I would like to congratulate The CAROLINIAN for the fine job for awareness that it is doing, not only in the block communities, but in the state as a whole. May The CAROLINIAN always remoin our constant conscience, reminding us of our shortcomings ond our downfalls, less we soon forget. Now, to your question; I personally think that the Joycees ore fine os an organization and there is no doubt thot their impact can be felt in some woy by us oil. I am really pleased ot the way they embroce oil segments of the community in trying to solve its own problems. However, any organization of junior citizens in the block community would hove to: (1) work on a' much lower level than the Joycees, working on the gross root problems of our community. However, this within itself would probably decreose the across the boord participotion which would be so desperotely needed; (2) it would olso hove to have totol dedicotion ot the people tnvolved in order to destroy the long time myth that only one successful organization con exist in the black community; ond lost, but 'See LOCAL BLACKS. P. 2t ROBERT ROGERS ^JurinA Local Funeral Woman Dies In Chmch # ^ In Durham ★ ★ ★ ★ Two Freeze To Death The Carolinian VOL. 36 NO. 15 yorth Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N. C.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 27. 1977 By Stomping Man SINGLE COPY 20c viM.s .1 wvii: i.i(;nTv Black Wishes Seem To Have Been Left Unattended In HRC Child Is KilledS‘£“ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ TKX.W — Auslin. Tex. — The Black CaucuK of Ihe Texas leglKlalure has decided (o make .Alex Haley, the author of “Hoats." an honorary Texan. <rpii Sharon “Cher” Brooks has been appointed to he acting director of the North Carolina Human Relations Commission. Ms. Brooks, white, licens^ attorney, is the first adminis trator to head the commission since Ron Ingle was fired in November when he disclosed to the press that documents that may have been related to the Wilmington 10 case appeared to be missing. Ms. Brooks has been active in Democratic Party affairs since she began with the commission in 1975. Last spring, she took a leave of absence to work as coordinator of President Jimmy Carter's H. Frye Greets DP Opponents In Snow The people standing in front pec-pl Mondays and ThtTrsdays hold ing signs that read. “Say No to Capital Punishment - Sleigh Alliance,” “No More Execu tions • Raleigh Alliance” and “Abolish the Death Penalty,” are protesting re-enactment of North Carolina’s death peully law. Usually small, the group attracted the attention of Guilford Representative Henry Frye. Jan. 20. to the extent that Frye left the legislature and went out in the snow flurries to talk with the group. “My immediate thought when I saw them out there was that if a person thinks enough of an issue to come and stand in the snow and raise placards and hold them up. that alone is enough to justify someone ^ going out and speaking to ^ihem. This is why I went out to talk with them, to lei them know that someone else is concerned.“ Frye said. Frye has been an opponent to (he dealh penally for several sessions and continues to work against its re-enactment. Last July, the U.S. Supreme Court declared Ihe N.C. death penal ly staiule unconstitutional be cause il did not give discretion to juries to administer the death penalty. At the time it was stricken by the court, North Carolina had 122 persons on death row. the highest number in the country. Most of them were black and Indian, and nearly all ooor There are several legislative strategies used hy the oppo nents of Ihe death penalty. One Is no compromise and a fight against re-enactmenl of the dealh penally. Another is to gel rape eliminated from the death penalty hill and to inclu^ only first degree murder as a capital offense. StUJ another is tn at tempt to get the legislature to study capital punishment to determine if it is a deterrent to crime before re-enacting il into law. Frye concedes that a dealh penally hill of some sort will he considered on the floor of the legislature this session, hut he - (See FRYE. P. 2) campaign in North Carolina. Another Carter campaign worker. Kathy Komegay, daughter of former 6th District Congressman James Kome gay, has been hired as assistant to Ms. Brooks. Ingle did not have an assistant, and funds were not budgeted for the position hy the legislature. Jane Patterson, assistant secretary for programs in the Department of Administration, could not he reached to determine if the appointments were made due to the work of each woman in the ^mocratic Party. Prior to her appointment as acting director, Ms. Brooks shared the leadership of the agency with Jimmy Coleman, who was a co-director. Cole man is still responsible for the supervision of field staff. The Human Relations Com- missloo'i role in the new administration has not been clarifled. Hunt said before his election that he would uae the commiation to studY and police hiring practices of state agenc ies in an attempt to end racial and aexual discrimination in state employment. Hunt aaid (See WISHES. P. 2) Mother Is Held official Relates Tragedy 'tit" I'MItK l \ I.OVK Her Three Children Die In Home Blaze % ui:mi\ ntvK Garten ‘No Help* For 2 Yrs. Natiooal Black News Service EAST LANSING. Mich. — The plight of the poor prohaMy will not improve duHng the first two years of the Carter AdministratiMi, jM^cted civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, speaking at Michigan State university (MSU) recently. The sentiment which elected Carter is meaningless. Rustin maintained, without political organization to hack it up. a university statement said. “In the long run, it doesn’t matter how many blacks voted for Carter, or how many women. . ^iess they have an institutionalized way to bring pressure after the election,” Rustin said. The 66-year-old Rustin. who has been involved in social and civil rights movements since the early 19406. is president (See CARTER. P. 2> FAYETTEVILLE — Mrs. Patricia O’Neal Lova feels when trouble comM, U teema ^augMer. She Sh# Nken' Ji« was to multiply. R hegiln when t is said to have found that the'oil was too low in bit tank that il would not operate the heater in her trailer home. Knowing that she had to provide heat for her three chiloren, with the ther mometer around minus, she turned on an electric stove oven. The oven is said to have caused a fire that set the trailer off, resulting in the death of her three childm. After she felt that she had made the house comfortable for her children, she decided to visit a neighbor and when she was told that the house was on fire and her three children. Michael 4, Yolanda 3 and Latricia 21 months, had died in the flames, she was overcome with ^ief. Officers added insult to injury hy charging her with counts of child neglect three counts of man- waa in tears led froBi the burning embers to the Cum berland County sheriff's offlee, where she was placed in jail. A neighbor, Susan Usaery, said she beard the children crying and heating on the walla of the trailer shoi^y before the Tire was discovered. She toM deputies she was not alarmed, however, because she had heard them making noises before. The father, E^c. Allen Love, was on duty with the 6<XMh QM Co.. Ft. Bragg. Mrs. Love, who is pregnant with her fifth child, said her oldest youngster, a 6'year-old hoy. is staying with her relatives in New York. Firemen said they found the bodies of two of the children in the kitchen and one in the living room. DURHAM — Stark tragedy attended the frigid weather that attended Durham last week and caused the death of two people, whom it is alleged froze to death. An authentic report relates how Mrs. Alberta Smith, 72. and Willy James Smith, 55, were found dead, in a house, located at 123 Dunston Ave., in the low rent housing of the black community, about 3 p.m., Jan. 20. The medical examiner is alleged to have told one of the mils' hcari -rendering stories of how he felt the two victims died. He related how he felt the two died of exposure, In a bedroom containing a wood- coal stove, in which there was no evidence of fuel, eitho' wo^ or coal and the water frozen solid in the kitchen sink. The most pethetic story was told by H. M. Michaux, Sr., father of H. M. Michaux, Jr., a member of the General As sembly, the president of the Union Insurance and Realty Co., that collects Uie rent, for the owners, alleged to he J. J. Sanson, Raleigh hanker, and Dr. C. D. WatU, N.C. Mutual Medical director. Michaux reported that he visited the house after hein^ called and told that Mrs. Smith had not been seen since Monday. Jan. 17. Reports further show that when Mi chaux and Cornelius Waller, an employee of Michaux’s com pany, entered the bouse, they discovered the bodies of the two. dressed in shirts, pajamas and thermal underwear, partly under a bed. It was estimated that they had been dead about 48 hours. Michaux further stated that (See FROZEN. P. 2) ItolUiltT I.KF (iltlFKl.V Motives For Act Unknown Robert Lee Griffin. 850 S. Haywood St., whose police record is extensive, is being held in the Wake County Jau awaiting trial for the alleged 'stomping” to dealh of Blkil Duahawn Newhy, 4-year-old child of Mrs Janet Newhy. 619 Boundary St. Until press time, 'Hie CARO LINIAN tried to gather In formation concerning the mo tive and Ihe circumstances surrounding the dealh. It was learned that Ihe child is reported as having been badly mangled on Ihe front part of Ihe hodv. from the head (See CHILD. P. 2» St. Bapt. Those who are readers of the Bible would not have been excited at Rush MelropoliUtn AME Zion Church about 4 p.n . Jan. 19, when Mrs. Jannie Mae Lighty Alston, E. Martin St., was stricken. It is to be remembered that such deaths are spoken of when it reads that “two will he working in the field, one will be taken and the other left.” However, when she showed signs of being sick, the ushers worked with such poise and grace until few realized that even though she had come to witness the funeral of a relative, that she had suc cumbed. First aid assistants moved in quietly and administered ^icklv. led hy Mrs. Brooksie Farrar. It was soon found that there was no evidence of life and the Rescue Squad mov^ in. as the others had done, and took her from the church to Wake Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival. Fun«ral rites were held from Martin Street Baptist Chur^ Saturday at i p.m., Jan. 22, with Rev. Paul Johnson offici ating. Interment was in Mt. Hm Cemetery. 9)e was born in BishopvUle, S.C. and cam' to Raleigh at an early age. She married the late Matthew Alston and to this union, one child was honi. Survivors are a daughter, Anna Marie Alston, of the borne; her father, Mr. Reese Lighty. of Raleigh; a slater. Mrs. Gladys L. Phillips, of Raleigh; a foster sister, Mrs. Frances Duhoise of Plainfield, (See WOMAN. P. 2) Young Wants Black Preparation In SA Hunt Meets With CaucuSf But Offers No Promises Fire Destroys Cabinet Shop CARY — A fire of unknown origin destroyed the cabinet . shop of S. J. Farrar & Sons ^ Cabinet Firm. 1142 Evans Rd.. about 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19 Members of the firm told The CAROLINIAN that the opera tions for the day ended about 5 p.m. and everyone had left the shop. The shop waa located in the rear of the Farrar home. The presiiient. Rev. S. J. Farrar, and Mrs. Farrar. left for a visit to the parents of Mrs. Farrar. Two teenage girls were in thehome and were notified hy a neighbor that smoke was coming out of the back of the building. The neighbor at tempted to put Ihe fire out hy carrying water to it. However, he soon found that a new flame was rising in the center ol the building. He could not control it. so the fire department was called. It was reported that the firemen, who responded im mediately. concentrated on saving the home when they found that the shop section of the building was beyond saving. The estimated damage was placed at $28,(XM. All of the contents of the shop were destroyed, including th ma chinery. Operation was resumedMon- Monday of this week. The management announced that new Oerters had been found in the Southern Builders and Suppliers building, on Old Highway US 1. (See advertise ment in another section of this edition of The CAROLINIAN.) SEEKS «»KEICK — New York — Manhattan Borough Pres. l*«'r<’> Sutton formally an- noiiiK'crl Urdiii-fiday his candl- d;M-\ for Ma.\or of New York, ntiikint' him the first major hluck contender for chief e\e<-uti\e of the nation’s bigesi cil>..Sutton is S6. (I'Pl) Five blacks representing the N.C. Black Caucus met with Gov. Jim Hunt to discuss key policymaking appointments and jobs tnroughout state government for blacks. Emerging from the meeting, spokespersons for the group 8ai(i that no commitments were made hy the governor. But they said that he had listened to the delegation’s request for appointments and implementation of affirmative action. They promised to submit to the governor a list of specific blacks for jobs and a revised affirmative action plan for state government within a week. The meeting with Hunt was the second for the Black Caucus since December. At the first meeting, the group pre- •^enled Hunt with a list of 34 positions, ranging from secre tary of the Department of Human Resources to several administrative posts. Howard Lee was recommended for secretary of Human Resourc es, l^t received secretary of Natural and Economic Re sources Clarence Ughtner. former mayor of Raleigh, said caucus members were pleased with the governor’s appointments to date. “TTie governor has just been inaugurated and we think we have gotten some real significant appointments so far. We are stressing the fact that we expect to participate with the governor and his staff people to enable them to make more appointments as time passes hy and as positions become open and available.” Asked why it was necessary for Ihe group to meet with the gov. rnor, Lightner said. "We wanted to inform the governor as to what jobs we thought would he ve^ important that our people participate in because, historically, we have been left out of certain types of jobs ■ Oi the 34 positions requested, Durham County Representa tive H. M. Michaux said 4 had already been filled, including the appointment of Lee, Harold Wehb as director of State Personnel, John Edwards as director of the State Office of Economic Opportunity, anil Dr. John Larkins as special assistant for minority affaii* The group also inquired about the hiring of blacks (Soo HUNT. P 21 National Black News Service WASHINGTON. D.C. - The next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations says this country should begin preparing blacks to take over the govern ment of white minority rul^ South Africa Representative Andrew Young (D-Ga.) made the statement on America’s Black Forum, the nation’s first syndicated black news inter view program on commerci^ television. Young, who be comes the first black to head up the U.S. delegation at the world body on Feb. i. said. "There should he a plan, ri^t now. to train black leadership to be able to run South Africa, once majority rules comes.” Young says he would “cer tainly support” a U.S. subsidy of black newspapers opposed to (Soe YOUNG. P 2) W'llM W \ (It \<. Alabama Hwy. Bears MLK’s Name The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved the naming of a 6.8 mile section of interstate highway in Montgomery, Ala. ^n honor of the late Rev. Dr. ^Martin Luther King. Jr., secretary of transportation William T. Coleman. Jr. announced before the Demo cratic Administration took over last week. 'The designated section.of Interstate lligliwav 85. which was opened to traffic in January, 1971, extends from the Montgomery city limits to its intersection with Inlerstate Highway 65 in downtown Montgomery. DOT has authorized the Alabama State Highway [>e- partmeni to erect signs saying, “The Martin Luther King. Jr. Expressway.” It is the only time DOT, including its Fed eral Highway Administration, has ever authorized the placing of signs other than route numbers or road information on an inlerstate highway. In this case, DOT was exercising its powers to grant an excep tion. Coleman said. The secretary’s authoriza tion responds to a resolution of the Alabama legislature that 1-85 in MoQtgomei7 be named for Dr. King and a request from U.S. Rep. Parren Mit chell (Md.) asking him to approve the recommendation. 'hie secretary said he had called Mrs. Coretta Scott Kir^ to inform her about this intention to name the highway for her late husband. In a letter to Ray D. Bass, director of the Alabama High way Department, sigi^ hy Coleman and Federal Highway Administrator Norbert T. Tie- mann, Coleman said: "We herewith authorize you to designate the portion of 1-85 extending from the Montgo mery city limits to its intersec tion with 1-85, as The Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway.’ You are also authorized to place signs on such highway which contain only the word legend ‘The Martin Luther •Soc MLK. P. 2) Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK BEN FRANKLIN “they Have Pleased Thousands ut ('usinmers” NM* \ l'l(l.\> IIOMHtED — Thi'.Urd annualtirorKeWahliingloii Carter .\Harri was ineki-iiled In hi ( .11 Mon (HMMlIetl at Pillkburgirv t aner luncheon recentl>. Mr>>. .Xrtegiouk Mom i tell, siamlin;; i I'^lii. III.till- llir presenlalion on bt-hall ol National .Achirtenieni (Itibk. Inc.. Ihe gioiip loumli-il lit lilt- l.ile hi . \hiin lllerx (pictured in baikKround) and now headed h> Mr^. Momm-ll. (•ihhIIiII. |Mol Ihe Nalnnial Ncutpaper Publiolierh .\hiiocialion (.NM’.Vi. seultsi lell. was Ihr main at lh«* aniitial ex enl which brouKht oxer 7(M perkuns to Pillkburgli's U ehs(i-i Hall II oli-l as a hrni-lil loi (amp Achiexemenl. an interracial facility for underprixile^ed <liililii-ii m-ai ( o'liM-ltsx ille. Pa. N.Nt . Im . plans the nalional celebration of t 'arx er \\ eek. I.asl x eai's t ban iii.m w.is Box Kohler inanai't-r ol s|H‘cial projects, tiull till Corp.. standing led. Next xeai's liead will hi \ki s .1.1 X lie Spain, senior X ice president of (iuK. sealed right. (iiMMilell, making his (iisi talk dm nig llie Ses«|iiieeiileninal year ol Ihe black press, rexealed the black media would be gelling its iiisl wire seixiee beinre year's emi.
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