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
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In Durham
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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
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Black Wishes Seem
To Have Been Left
Unattended In HRC
Child Is KilledS‘£“
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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
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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”
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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.