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Ser>'in$ l ime At Centnl Prison
Convict Sues His Jailers
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McClain
C. Rowan Chides Carter^ Seeking
*Pities* Andrew Young
_ ^oTth Carolina’s Leading Weekly
R^EIGH, N. C.. THURSDAY APRIL 21, 1977 SINGLE COPY 20c
Sentenced To 40 Years, But Gamer
Man Denies Rape
a. ^ ^ ^ 1 i A . H
Leroy "BiU” McClain, 45,
whose last known address
was 9 Saint Augustine's
Avenue in the Lincoln
Park section of the city,
filed suit last week against
two former Wake County
jailers, seeking the sum of
$50,000 in damages, claim
ing they denied him new
eyeglasses and medical
attention. The two jailers,
both now separated from
the Wake County Jail and
both of whom are white,
are former deputies Ray
mond A. Harris and Steve
Tucker.
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Big Audience Expected In Durham
HANK AARON'S L'NIFORM IS RETIRED -- Atlanta — Hank Aaron, bateball'i home run king, if
honored April 15 in the Atlanta Stadium, where he broke Babe Ruth's record April 8. 1974...belting
out his 7l.\th hnmo run Hu Aamn's na kla jj t<. >_ _..i >«. a>... ^
7l.ith home run. By Aaron's side, as his number 44 uniform is retired, is his wife, Blllye.
Alex Haley To N.C. Fri.
Now an inmate at Central
Prison here, McClain filed a
handwritten complaint against
the pair.
In an answer to the suit,
attorneys for both Harris and
Tucker declared that McClain
had seen the physician and
nurse at the jail and had
Bronze Business
Pageant Concluded
The L'psilon Chapter of the
lota Phi Lambda ^rority,
Inc., held its 2nd annual Miss
Bronze Business Pageant on
Saturday. April 16 The affair
was held in the auditorium of J.
W Ligon Junior High School.
The beauty of the young
g^ariicipants in their evening
dresses was breathtaking. The
exhibition of black beauty, plus
the grace of the young laaies.
made the phrase. "Black Is
Beautiful." more meaningful.
The color scheme for the
pageant was black and gold
The musical theme was
‘Young. Gifted And Black ”
The attendance was good
Miss Chanetta Lytell. daugh
ter of Mrs Ida Ross Brewer
.-lamer, was crowned "Miss
Bronze Business" for 1977 Her
cf'ir* consisted of first rv.»r.er
Mielia .Merrill .ind .'.id
lunnei-up. Ms Shani>... .Nor-
ria She was cTowneri by Ms
Patricia Poster. ' Miss Hromee
Business" of 1976
Talent competition was wcm
Shriners
by Ms. Florrianna Justice.
S^ond place was won by a
dance group, "Unfinished Bus
iness." comprised of four
ycung ladies. Misses Shelia
Merritt, Shelia Walker, Pam
ela McGregor and Serena
Pretty. Third place winner was
Ms. Lorraine Jones. The
judges for the talent contest
were Bernard Rogers and Paul
Vandergriff.
The Upsilon Chapter present
ed two other awards at the
pageant The award for the
lota Woman of the Year was
presented to Mrs Joan Pea
cock, who received this award
for distinguished service to the
sorority and the Upsilon
chapter
The other presentation was
the recognltitm of seven Wake
County residents for their
outstanding service and eontri-
butictf) M> tM black community
of Wake County. The seven
were; Robert Birdges, supt of
^dent services of Wake
Aunty Schools; Mrs. Patricia
C. Caple, professor of Theatre.
Shaw University: Mrs. Elisa-
(See MISS BRONZE. P. 2)
Author
Appears
AtNCCU
DURHAM - Alex Haley,
author of the best-seUtng
"Roots" will speak at the
final session of a scholarly
conference sponsored this
week by North Carolina
Central University's Cen
ter for International Stu
dies.
Haley will speak at 8 p.m.
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pr
McDougald Gymnasium at
SPEAKS SUNDAY — The
Laymea'i Leagae of Martin
Street BaptUt Chnrch wiU held
Its annual Men’s Day observ
ance nl 11 a.m. Sunday, April
24. Dr. John H. Wheeler, of
DnrhiuM. prvildcnt of MecHaon-
ics and Farmers Bank of
Darham. Raleigh and Char
ge. will be the guest speaker.
ne<pablic is Invited te attend
the worship service.
PTAHas
To Meet
City
BY JOSEPH B. CHRISTMAS
Colorful pagentry and well-
planned special events, will
fully depict the gathering of
hundreds of Shriners and
Daughters of Isis of the Desert
of North Carolina and other
stales, the weekend of May 6. 7
and 8th as they journey to the
Oasis of Raleigh to observe
Gala Day with ceremonies and
various activities. Kabala
Temple and Kabala Court of
Raleigh are host groups for this
special event.
Johnny While. Jr. of New
Bern, has done much work
within the Domain, by appoint
ing New Desert Departmental
leadership, as well a« Kabala
Temple, in order that new
ideas, objectives and goals
may be attained for what is
expected to be one of the
greatest Gala Lay celebration
and observance ever staged in
this Desert
The Imperial Potentate. Dr.
L. L. Melton of Beaumont,
Tex., and Imperial Command-
ress. Daughter Anita G. Adams
jfil Morristown, Tenn.. along
^ith other imperial officers,
will attend and assist with
ceremonies and deliberations.
Friday evening. May 6, the
(See SHRINERS TO. P. 2)
Zaire Is
Cited In
Charges
NntiennI Blncli News Servks
WASHINGTON - CIA Dirtcter
Stnnsfield Turner end the
Sennte InteHigence Ceniniittee
wHJ inveitigite the peMlthed
cbcrfei by fermer intelKfence
epemtiens officer John I.
Steckwell of wMespfend n-
hoses within tbs nfeney's
cinadestine services, nccerd-
ifif te en ertkle in The
Wnshiaften Pest.
Among the eilegntiens in ■
2,000 word open letter te
Adm. Tomer pehlished in The
Pest's Oetieek section Snn-
dny, April 10, 1977, wns thnt
the CIA stetien in Znire tried
te get Weshingten te pny $2
million to Znire President
Mebetn Sese Soke for on
iirpinne thnt wns worth only
ShOO.OOO.
Steckwell else eJleged thnt
the CIA Znire stntlen gove
money te "lecel friends" for
ths purchnte of on ke plnnt
■nd n ship. The fends were
reportedly supplied under the
pretext thnt the recipients
wers supporting the Americnn
effort in [the] Angelo [wnc].
Networks
On Trial
CHICAGO. Ill - The Na
tional PTA is giving the net
works notice that ii means
business when it concerns TV
violence! On July 1. the PTA
will launch its First Action
Plan, the next step in its
project to effect a reduction in
W violence, and an improve
ment in the overall quality of
programming.
Running for a 6-month time
span until Jan. 1, 1978, this
initial action phase is a
"probationary period” for the
networks, in which they’jl have
the opportunity to respond to
the demands of the PTA's
6>3‘million members for less
TV gore and more diversity
and quality in shows.
During this time, PTA
members across the nation will
be directly involved in an
intensive training program and
activities to make the organi
zation’s cause visible to the TV
industry, advertisers, and the
public. At the base of all
activities will be the National
PTA's "TV Action Center." a
newly established operation
which will serve as a clearing
house for all information
related to the project.
If there is no substantial
response from the networks by
(See PTA PUTS. P. 2)
ougi
NCCU. Invitations and tickets
to the address on contempor
ary Africa are being distribut
ed through the university's
Center for Inlernatiwial Stud
io.
The lecture will be the
concluding session of the
Center's third annual confer
ence, which b^oa llptradsy,
April 21. The conference wU'
focus on two topics; Sino-A
nerican relations since the
death of Mao Tse-Tung and the
majority rule movement in the
countries of Southern Africa.
Speakers for the conference
include distinguished students
of Chipa and Africa, represen
tatives of several Asian and
African countries, and scholars
from NCCU and neighboring
universities, as well as several
renresentatives of the United
Slates Department nf State.
(See ALEX HALEY. P. 2)
Female
Passes
Lie Test
ALEX HALEY
LEE R. WILLIAMS
Carl Rowan Speaks
At Fayetteville 17.
FAYXTTBVILLE Speaking at the fioal observance
of the lOOlh birthday of FayetteviUe State University
on Sunday. April 17, Carl Rowa& ccAebrated colunuibt,
author and statesman, told an efithuslas^ audieM in
Seabrook Auditorium, that be was ke^l^ his Rogers
crossed about President Carter's program and was
quite disturbed about Andrew Young's "foot-in-
mouth" policy.
He began by pointing out the
of the
infidelity of the Nixon Admin
istration: the attempted and
trying to unravel many of the
mysteries he alleged the
Carter Administration had
bounced back and forth on trial
and error basis since Jan. 20.
Rowan was mindful of the
fact that Carter's experience
wa.s limited and that he was
finding it difficult to do many of
the things that he vowed to do
as a campaigner. The speaker
was not too sure that the
President had surrounded
himself with the kind of
persons who would help him
carry out his campaign pro
mises.
He was sympathetic with
(See CARL ROWAN. P. 2)
YMCA To
Defer 77
Building
JAMES K. WILLIAMS
Head Of
Alphas Is
Planning
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's
■ ■ ‘ side ■ '
KAY'S BROTHER SPEAKS TO PASSERBY Atlanta James Earl Kay's youager hroUier.
Jerry, sprakit to a passeby as he leaves an Atlanta television station. WAGA. after taping a segment
for the "Oonahue" talk vhow .April IN. Kay said that reports he too might have been involved in the
assassinaliun of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. are "a bunch of bull." Jerry Ray accused the FBI of
plotting the riv il rights leader's death and said the agency hounded him and his other brother, John,
in an effort to get them behind bars also. (I'FI)
general president. James R.
Williams, has declared its 2nd
annual Business Encourage
ment Week from May 8-14.
In corresponding with more
than 500 chapter presidents
throughout the nation, he
stated. "Alpha has a long
distinguished record of encour
aging black youths to b^ome
involved in business, as evi
denced by one of the workshops
— “The Advent of the Negro in
Big Business" at the 1919
general convention in Chicago.
Williams continued, "chap
ters will hold workshops,
seminars and symposiums on
various subjects of Business
Encouragement for all bro
thers. especially young bro
thers w ho will ne^ stimulation
and motivation to enter the
various fields of business, to
help brothers who work on the
management level of corpora
tions to start their own
businesses: and. to encourage
independent businessmen to
expand their businesses
through joint efforts"
The local Busini-ss Encour
agement commiltc^es will in
vite business executives in the
communities to discuss ways
and means of going into
business, and to encourage
The Bloodworth Street
YMCA will defer plans for
construction of a new complete
general activities and physical
education building on its 164
acre Old Garner Road site and
proceed with Step I and dear
the site lor outdoor activities
including day camping, out
door games, water sports on
the 24 acre lake, family
outings, it has been announced
by Dr. Nelson H. Harris,
chairman and Ernest L.
Raifurd. executive director.
Step I was developed by a
N.C. State School of Design
student project. It now seems
that a sale of its dow ntown site
at the appraised value of
around isou.ooo plus additional
support from foundations will
be necessary to complete Step
II new building plans of the
iSee YMCA TO. P. 2)
Lee Robert Williams 28, of
Garner, was sentenced to
40 years in prison last
Thursday for the alleged
rape of a 14-year-old
Raleigh girl. The reported
incident occurred in an
isolated area off Rock
Quarry Road here in Jan
uary. He had velumently
denied th'e charge, but
failed a lie detector test,
while his alleged victim
passed the same test.
The Wake superior court
jury deliberated for several
hoars Thursday in the case,
where the polygraph (lie
detector) results played a
large part in MUU^s’ coo-
victioD. On Wemsday. the
jury deliverated for 80 min
utes Judge Maur ce E. Brae-
wel) presided at the UiaL
The main Issue which faced
the iury was the cootenlioo by
Williams that he had sexual
intercourse with the girl
(whose name The CAROLIN
IAN chooses not to print,
although the two other local
newspapers have) with her
consent. She declared that Uie
man forcibly raped her.
The operator of the poly
graph, Steven Davenport of the
SBI, testified that Williams had
failed the test when ask^ the
same questions as had been
asked the girl.
Testimony showed that Wil
liams admitted having inter-
Js
LEROY "BILL" MCCLAIN
received medication. The an
swer also stated that the
defendants thought that he
could get glasses at Central
Prison
McClain said he broke his
glasses while working at the
Wake Counlv Home on Whita
ker Mill Road last July while
serving part of a 3-year
sentence at the Wake CkMntv
JaU. * (
The suit was filed against the
two men after McClain lost an
(See CONVICT. P, 2)
NAACP
Leaders
See Bell
course with the girl on January
(See DENIES RAPE. P. 2)
Students*
Discipline
Alarming
ROBERT H. BEATTY
Was Man
Fired For
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Stu
dent discipline problems are
increasir.^ and are a major
concerh'^^hooi authorities
across the nation, according to
a study report issued by the
National ^hool Boards As
sociation (NSBA).
The conclusions are based on
a survey of 100 school dif tricts
conducted by the Ad Hoc
Committee on Discipline of
(See DISCIPLINE. P. 2)
NEW YORK. N.Y. — Offi
cials of the NAACP described
as "cordial" and "helpful"
their meeting in Washington
last Tuesday with Attorney
General Griffin Bell and other
Justice Department members
to discuss civil rights enforce
ment.
Representing NAACP at the
meeting were Margaret Bush
Wilson, board chairman: Max
Delson, a member of the
board; Benjamin L. Hooks,
executive director-designate:
Hobart Taylor, member of the
board of NAACP's Special
Contribution Fund: Clarence
Mitchell, director of the Wash
ington Bureau: and Nathaniel
R- Jones, general counsel.
Among the topics discussed
during the meeting were the
following:
The role of the Justice
Department in carrying out its
responsibilities for assuring
proper enforcement of Title VI.
which requires that federal
(See NAACP BODY, P. 2)
Activity?
Two Women
Appreciation
Check \Mnners
Two CAROLINIAN readers
found last week that it pays to
carefully read The CAROLIN
IAN Appreciation Money Page
advertisements. The twu read
ers, Mrs. Elnora Taylor, of 1123
Walnut St., and Mrs. Barbara
Leak, of 202 Lincoln Ct..
received 510 checks.
.Mrs Taylor reported to The
CAROLINIA.N oHice that she
had found her name in the
'See .APPRECIATION. P. 2(
Robert H. Beatty, 64 and
black, and a member of the
Cumberland County Citizens
Association, was one of the N.
C. House of Representatives'
assistant sergeant-at-arms,
until his employer determined
that he "had not learned the
limitations" that went with his
duties. This occurred earlier
this month.
However. Beatty contends
that he did know the limitations
of the job and was fired
because of political influence
from Washington. D C.. Larry
Eagles, sergeant-at-arms,
denied any outside influence in
the firing, but admits Beatty
was never told that his work
was unsatisfactory before he
was fired.
Beatty said that he had been
working with blacks and native
Americans in Marion. Dillon
and Marlboro. S.C., with the
ice .MAN FIRED. P 2)
(See ALPHAS' HEAD. P 2)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
BAKER’S SHOES
• FOR G(K)l>-L(N)KING. EC'O.SDMICAL FtMiTWEAR""
CO.NSIDERS TROOPS POTEN'HAL THREAT — I'aited Nations
— -Angolan .Ambassador EUsle de Figaeiredo bolds a news
confrrrnrr at the L'niled Nations April 19. Figueiredo said be
considered tbr presence of foreign troops in bis countrv as a
potential threat. He also denied that Angoian or Cuban troops had
entered Zaire or were supporting the insurgent faction in that
vuuntrv. (I'PI)