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As World Focuses Attention On Wilmington Ten ' ^Burgaw Hearings Aired " Hall Says ‘Reefers’ Offered ★★★ Traeinii Roots In Southern States Gambians Arrive Thurs VOL. 36 NO. 29 North Carolina's Leading Weekly RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY. MAY 12. 1977 SINGLE COPY 20c Raleighite Faces Murder Charge After H^IHanSlam if if 4-^ ★★★★ Will Attend yational Forum ★ ★ ★ ★ SHRINERS MARCH ON RALEIGH - One of Ike higkllgku of Ike Prince HnU Skrlnen' Gill Dir Festival held here .May sih through the 7th was their parade lo downtown Raleigh. From left, clockwise, an \.C. Shriner Drill Team steps down Blount St., as this specUlor Joins in the fun. Shrlners Ulk things over in front of the building housing the day’s big fish fr>-. Aspiring Shriners truck on down Blount St. natily dressed. Lovely ladies lead an entourage of marching Sands, and. center, this soulful combo added to the festive mood. (Staff Photos). Bullet In Chest “RulesChanging Overflight,” Is Fatd St. Augustine’s Grads Told Morgan T aps Mrs. Cotield Will Go To Ala. Sessions One man is dead as the W e are living in a world where the rules seem to change almost overnight. In the Amencan game of life, all of us need a college education to succeed,” St. Augustine's CoUege graduates were told during the llOth Commencement exercises May 8. question is being asked, ”A Dr. Anita F. Allen, chief of the Advanced Institutional De velopment Branch, Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare Office of Education, Washington, D.C, was the speaker. She noted, however, that there seems to be fewer jobs. Millions are out of work, and many no longer look for work. She said that, until recently, a college degree offered a key to economic success; but since changes in society have provided fewer jobs for college graduates, the County, and another is being held in the Wake County Jail on a charge <rf murder. No bond is allowed ’college educalio;, iko need. 117- She said, “Your college Eugene Ingram. 31. Seawell Ave., Raleigh, UVi was education has equipped you ?(»• charged late Saturday night You have obuined mur^r_ of J(^y Murder One Eyes NC, Ga. Conviets MURDER ONE, an unusual eo-minute documentary focus ing on the lives of six prisone'*s convicted of first-degree mur der in North Carolina and Georgia, will be distributed nationally by the Public Broad casting Mrvice to its member stations, Friday. May 13. It will be seen locally on Qiannel 4. WUNC-TV. at 9 p.m. A co-production effort of WNET-Aannel 13. New York; Georgia Educational Televis ion and the University of North Carolina Television Network, Murder One looks at the issue 4 Wa^es For >. Prisoners Advocated National Black News Service WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pri soners should have the same rights as free citizens except wnert restrictions are neces sary to insure orderly confine ment or to protect the rights and safety of the prison community. That is the conclusion of a two and a half-year study of prisoners and their legal rights released recently by the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section Joint Committee on the Legal Status of Prisoners. (See WAGES FOR. P. 2) Volunteers Honored At V Luncheon Wednesday. May 4. was a banner day in the lives of volunteers for the Raleigh and Durham Call For Action Centers as the WRAL-TV managers gave at 1 p.m. at the Downtowner Motel in Durham an appreciation luncheon for all volunteers of Call For Action. Mrs Mary Smith, director of Call For Action of Durham, presided A few members of the WRAL staff were pr^nt, such as President Goodwin. J. D. Lewis, program and minor ity affairs director. Raleign volunteers present were as follows: Miss Ann S. Hawkins, Mrs Joyce Cimerro, co-director: Miss Jeannette Hicks. Mrs Frances Sharpe and Mr and Mrs, Samuel Wolfe. J. D Lewis, in behalf of the station, (hanked and praised the volunteers for their service and awarded plaques of ap preciation for their early ^ involvement five years ago with Call For Action as directors to Mrs. Mrs Marie Geer. Durham, and Miss Jeannette Hicks. Raleigh. Cer tificates were also awarded to volunteers completing 5 or 3 >ears of ser\ice. Miss Ann S. Hawkins received a 5-year certificate and Mrs. Bessie (See VOLUNTEERS, f 2) of capital punishment through the eyes of those to whom capital punishment is a searing personal issue — the convicted, their families and the families of their victims. In July, 1976, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was constitutionally acceptable in cases where jury discretion was used on a case-by-case basis. Murder One examines the cases of three convicted murderers in North Carolina, and three in Georgia. All were doing time on Death Row. Tlie Supreme Court upheld Georgia's death penalty because it met the jurv discretion criteria, but in North Carolina, where the country’s largest E>eath Row had bMn located, death sentences were commuted to life, because the death penalty there was auto matic. Each of the six prisoners profiled in Murder One tells his story, juxtaposed against inter views with their families and those of their victims, location footage, newspaper clippings and photographs used to create visual descriptions of the murderers’ ana victims’ prior lives, and the circumstances surrounding the crimes: Henry Jarretl is the kind of killer society fears most ^ one who can kill again a..d has. Jarrett. 26. was sentenced to (See MURDER ONE. P. 3) society. more than job skills, with the ability to think critically, to know the difference between knowledge and opinion. In spite of the bleak prospects you have, due to the sacrifices of others, acquired an education for the future. An education for the future is as important as lob training, since no one knows what attitudes and skills will be required during the next 60 years.” She reminded the students of the role black women have played in their heritage and in their own lives, and added, “There is no place that bfack women cannot go - be prepar ed!” Around 225 students received degrees at the exercises, held on the quadrangle of the campus. The speaker was introduced by Dr. Prezell R. Robinson, See GRADS TOLD, P. 2) Ms. Ford To Head Housing NEW YORK, N.Y. - The NAACP hos oppointed its ossistont generol counsel, Attorney Morgrett Ford, to serve os octing director of its Deportment of Housing. Mrs. Morgoret Bush Wilson, choirmon of the NAACP Notionol Board of Directors, onnounced thot the appoint ment was effective April 2Sth ond continues until o permanent replacement is nnmed for William R. Morris. (See MS. FORD. P. 2) ♦ ‘d Frank King, 23, Rt. I. Apex, who was shot once in the chest with a .22 calibre rifle during an argument around 6 p.m Saturday. King died later Saturday night. Wake Deputy Sheriffs B. M. Holt and P. L. Womble arrested Ingram at the scene Saturday afternoon and charg ed him with felonious assault. The murder rap cam4 follow ing King's death. (See WAKE MAN. P. 2) Plan By Knight Aida WT The Raleigh City Council last week accepted a motion by Ck>uncilman William R. Kni^t which allows for the extension of McDowell and Dawson Streets without drastically af fecting the predominantly black Walnut Terrace com munity. The extension of the two streets include a 3>4-mile project which would connect them with Wilmington St., south of downtown Raleigh. The earlier plan, however, would have cut across several aves in the southern part of Mt. Hope Cemetery and would also have called for the removal of Washington School. Knight said the earlier plan “would have had a negative effect on the Walnut Terrace community.” The plan which he recommended, and which was finally adopted, passes across a northern part of the cemetery without crossing over any present grave sites. It also avoids the present school site. Work on the project is expected to start in the early fall. Apfireciation Checks Go To Two Readers Two readers of The CARO LINIAN received $10 checks after they reported that they found their names on the Appreciation Money Page of last week’s CAROLINIAN. Three other names were also listed, but the readers did not report to The CAROLINIAN office before the noon Monday deadline Mrs. Hettie Burt, of SION. Academy St., Cary, was listed in the New Bern Avenue Exxon advertisement; Michael Blount, of 209 Lynch St., ^x. was listed in the Adult Book Store advertisement; and Mrs Beatrice Strickland of 3209 Idlewood Village in the Hudson Belk advertisement. Readers who find their names in advertisements on (See APP.iEClATION. P. 2) EUGENE INGRAM MRS. ELIZABETH COPIELD Delegation Of 13 On Cultural Visit A cultural delegation of 13 Gambians, including a represaotative of the President of that country, a difscendent of the hero of “Roots,” KunU Kinte, and several artists, will anive at the Raleigh-Durluuii Airport at 4; 19 p.m. Thuradav. May 12, and will remain here until 1:43 p.m. May 14. The groi^ is touring many southern stales where descendant'' of native Gambians now reside. A press cmference will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday on Bicentennial Plaza (across Jones Street from the stale legislative building) in Room 11' of the Archives and History Building, 109 E. Jones. From noon until 1 p.m., * Mothers* Mareh* Is May 22 According to Kelly M. Alex ander, president of the N. C. Stale Conference of NAACP Branches. Nathaniel Jones, chief counsel for the organiza tion. will be the principal L-naairor At thf> annual Mothers' , March, which will be held at Fabala Kanute, balafon musi die Raleigh Memorial Auditor- cian; Norse Kanute, vocalist; ^ 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Abdullie Samba, hatlam musi- **"' cian; Yan Kuba Saho. kora musician; Manjago Suso, kora musician; Musa Kebba Dram- meh. lie-dry artist; and Kat- amata Salli^. tourism officer. An exhibition of Gambian arts and crafts will be on display all day Friday in the lobby of the N. C. Museum of History. 109 E. Jones St. The delegation will tour Raleigh’s state government offices from 9a.m. until U a.m. and again from 2:30 until 3:30 p.m. Friday. From 3:30 p.m. until 5 p.m., the delegation will be entertained by Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., at a reception at the Governor's Mansion on S Blount St. Charles Ihomas of the Office of the President of Gambia will narrate a native Gambian combination of storytelling and music, accompani^ by Gam bian musicians, playing such instruments as the hallam, the kora and the balafon. Among those expected to be present are (he following: Dr. Lenrie Peters, head of (lelega- lion. renowned Gambian poet and novelist; Juanidi Jallow, senior tourism adviser; Baka- ri Sidibe, head of Gambian archives and lecturer on the customs and traditions of Gambia; Sain Kinte, officer of the Ministry of Education, lecturer at Yumdum Teachers' College. ' ;mber of the Monu ments and Relics Commission and lecturer on the Mandinka tribe; Jay Saidy. journalist; May 22. Ihis affair will bring to Raleigh the largest number of mothers from throughout the state, that has ever attended. The meeting culminates a friendly rivalry that has been conducted for almost a year. The contestants are divided into two categories — big city and small. The big city division finds it hard at times to come up with more money than many of the small branches. The Durham Branch has run away with the big city honors five limes in the past six years. Accortling to reports coming in, there is a possibility that the worm could turn this year. Raleigh. Winston-Salem and Charlotte are believed to be corraling forces that could upset the “Bull City.” The Chatham County Branch, which has a formula that is hard to beat, has taken the small decision honors repeatedly- Its mothers have been putting on projects throughout the year. Tbe winners in each division will receive an all-expense paid trip to the national convention, scheduled to meet in St. Louis. Mo.. June 25-July 1. B. J. Battle, treasurer, will taking reports in (he office the auditorium at 1 p.m. " “Mothers' March” will be handled b;i' Mrs. Blanche Davis, Durham, who was the “!976 Mother.” All mothers (See ’ MOTHERS ” P. 2) Mrs. Elizabeth B. Cofleld, a member of the Wake County Board of Commis sioners, has been invited to attend the Air War CoUege National Security Forum at MaxweU Air Force Base in Alabama, May 15-20. When contacted at her office at Shaw Univeraity Tuesday, Mrs. Cofield told a CARO LINIAN newsman that she will attend. She wiU leave the city Sunday. Mrs. Cofield, who was nominated bv Senator Robert Morgan (D-NC) as a representative to the Forum, is one of 80 who were chosen from a list of several hundred nominees, the Air Force announced. Those who attend will be billeted at Maxwdl Base and all of the seminars and discussion panels wUl be held there. rh ) he the twenty-fourth annual lorum, the Air Force said, and the list of those invited includes dvilian lead ers representing business, in dustry, labor, education, the news media, law, medicine and religion. The session's puipote is to increase understanoing of na tional security issues and to brief those attending on the nation's security problems. Violence Erupts In *BuU City* DURHAM - Shades of the Camp Butner faracial descend ed upon this tobacco town Monday when Judge Thomas H. Lee issued a temporary restraining order against more than 2,000 strikers, who walked out of the Liggett k Myers Tobacco Company, because of what they termecl unfair labor (H-aclices by the company. The injunction addM fuel to an already flaming sltualitw, due lo the fact that U was announced last week that LAM was going to open an employ ment office to recruit new workers, at its Briggs Storage Area, located on Broad Street Extension. The workers sta tioned pickets at the area sometime ago. when the company deciaed to have those employees who wanted to return to work leave their cars there and ride busui to the plants of the company. The strike has met with mixed emotions among aome (See VIOLENCE IN. P. 2) BURGAW - AUen Raj Hall, chief prosecution wit ness aaainat the Wilmina ton Ten in 1971, declared under oath here Tuesdaj afternoon that he enjoyec marijuana (reefers), lique and "took it easy” in < beach cottage, which were he said, provided by tlu wards between sessions ol the sensational trial. Tlu Wilmington Ten are seekini new tri^ during a post conviction hearing here, which is expected to last most of the week. Hall also said that the prosecutors had promised him a reduced prison term for his part in the firebombing of a vocery story in Wilmington during the racial unrest. He has recanted his five-year-old testimony which led to the conviction of the Rev. Benja min F. Cliavis and nine other persons. Hall’s testimony, along with that of two others, was challenged earlier Tuesday by state attorneys, arm^ with secret federal grand jury transcripts and other (locu- ments. All three now claim that they lied in their 1971 accounts of the case. Hall was guided by defense attorney James E. Ferguson, n, as he startled spectators in the courtroom with his tales ol drinking, “smoking perf,” and fiahing while be awaited his turn to take the witness stand in 1971. Joe McQueen, New Hanover County ^eriff’s do- tective, gave him the mari juana. Hall stated. (Sec WILMINGTON 10. P. 2) Jackson To Shaw Saturday The Honorable Dr. Maynard H. Jaduon, Jr., mayor of Atlanta, Ga.. will be the qnaker f(w Shaw University's commencement exoxises to be held at Raleigh Memorial AudiUtf'ium, Saturday, May 14 at 8 p.m. Dr. Jackson, the son M Dr. Irene Dobbs Jackson, chair man of the Foreign L^uage Department at North Carolina Central Univeraity in Durham, is a 1956 graduate of More house CoUege in Atlanta, and graduated Cum Laude In 1964 Im the NCCU School of Law with a J.D. degree. He became vice mayor of Atluta in 1970, and in 1973, became the youngest mayor (35) and the first black mayor in Atlanta’s history. Dr. Jackson is also a member of the Board of Trustees '*1 Morehouse CoUege. and bdds honorary doctorates from Morehouse. Delaware State CoUege and N(XRJ in Durham Gardening Aids Ready Woke County Opportunities' Urban Center, Ixoted at 567 E. Horoett in Raleigh, has gordening supplies ovoilobie to the low-income com munity. If you need soil, feriilizer or seeds, coll Woke County Opportunities' Urban Center at 633-1580. NAACP TO MEET The Roleigh-Apex Chopter of the NAACP will meet Sunday, May IS, at 4 p.m. at RICH Pork in Method. The public is invited to attend. The Rev. Dr. Charles W. Word is presideat of the chapter. ON TELEVISION FRIDAY NIGHT — As a result of the 1976 Supreme Court decltloo ou capiul punishment, death sentences In (ieorgla were upheld, but death sentences in North CaroUiw were commuted lo life. Henry Jarrette. 26. Is serving a Ule sentence in North Carolina for rape and first degree murder committed as an escaped convict. Jarrette and other prisoner convicted of first-degree murder in North Carolina and Georgia are profiled in Murder One. a documenUry co-produced by WNFT-13, New York. Georgia Educational Television and the l nlv,r«lty ol North Corolino Tolfvlslon Nolwork. Murdfr On, will be distributed nationall> by the Public Broadcasting Service to its member stations Friday. May 13. Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK NATI RAI. HEALTH F(K)1)S "101 HUITH FOODS AT THIl* liST" WILMINGTON TEN WITNESSES — Borfow — WilMOHl b Ike oriflul '-WUmbilUo Ik” trlol Alirn Hill ILIU l«l lolo Ih, Pood,, Co. loU while Jereme MUckeU IRI le led lelo Ike cowrUMUie U Irillly in Ike paelMtonvicIloo beerinl Miv •. Beth have Mid Ike, Uey lied In Ike Uiel end Hall Is Mippoced to testify Isle, tUPl) ^
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