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Rducdtioni) >Shw 'comiiijiis Cited As 1 Blacks Uurged To Develop ^Oame Plan^ Chisholm SCL(> Board Members Say It Distorts, Malinins <11 4 f King Film Is Attacked Session MDLINIAN.: V«I,. S6 .NO, 40 tSf- North Carolina’s Leadinf; Weekly P 'I-EIGH. N.C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1977 SINGLE COPY 20c jfe .\(> ( o|>, Probation Officer Fingered-Yonth Says ‘THEY BEAT ME BY AI BHP:VE. ZEPHYR National Black News Service WASHINGTON. U.C.- Expre^sing fears that edu* cattonal opportunities for minorities may be stunted in the Congress and the supreme Court, black Con gresswoman Shirley Chis holm (D-N.Y.) urged the national black community to develop its own “game plan” at the elementary seconardy and higher edu cation levels. 4 ★ ★ ★ Addressing the 67th annual conference ol the National Urban League, held at the National Association Of (bounties Places Washineton Hilton Hotel b^re Iasi week, Mrs, Chisholm bluntly s^id: “I am afraid that the real danger to educational Mrs.GofieldIn Nat’l Post Educator, Comm. Is Selected "DAWSON FIVE" TRIAL BEGINS — OawMa, Ga. — Joheay Jackaoa (LL aae of the defendants in IbH “Dawson Five" trial, leaves the Terrell Cooaty Courthouse wBb psychologist Courtney Mulbn. Ilie state surprised the defense attorneys by stating It would not seek the death penalty for th* (ive black youths charged with murdering a Cl-year-otd white man in a widely publicized case. Jackson and Mullin are shown after adjournment Aug. I. (UPl) JMiss Black America Of NC Pageant To Winston-Salem WLSbTDN SALEM - Win ston-Salem's Revnolds Audi- 'i>r,am will he the site ul the ‘Ss- Black America oi .North .<i iioii Pageant at 8 p,m lYid',*. • 4 i:‘ Tw'-mv-Hix .V- ir-,.11. aiT«i«. ii.o siu,e Mill vie tor the title ind the right to compete^ national Miss Black Ai Pageant. The winner from North Carolina will be flown to Hollywood. Calif, for the national competition to be held in September. NBC plans to broadcast the entire program. Highli^ting the pageant will be a special guest appearance trom the reigmng Miss Black -America oi North Carolina. Mias Phyllis Tabron of Spring Heptf, Miss Tabron. who will tTown the new queen, says Preliminary competition will begin Thursday ni^t, A panel of Judges will score contestants In i categories: poise, swim suit, evening gown and talent competition. Ten semUinalista be selected Friday night, and the next Miss Black America of North Carolina will rie mie « m. Dickens Cites y Housing competition oi this kind fosters persona] development. “There are many intangible rewards," Miss Tabron ex plains. “The competition is only part OI the total experience. Every one develops lasting triend ships with oilier contestanu, while building poise and seli- contldence. Over $1,000 in scholarships and prizes will be awarded. Proceeds from the pageant will go to the United Negro College Fund. Mrs. Elizabeth Bias Cofield, Wake County Commissioner and profes sor of education at Shaw University in Raleigh, was elected an at-large mvinber of the board of directors of the National Association of Counties (NACO) at the ^oup's annual convH ition in Detroit. Mich, last . eek- end. Mrs. Cofield way first elected to the Wake Board of Commissioners in 1972. The NACO board wjt.^ ex panded this vear t«- give broader representation t(- min ority groups and women. Board members mi.>i be elected ofticials in goi'-rn- ment Mrs. Coiield was vice ; esi- dent OI the National A> 'ia- (See MRS COFIELD. * / ‘It Was My Belt:’ Wallace GREENVILLE - Ac cording to reliable informa tion furnished the Pitt County Branch of the NAACP, another serious charge of brutality has been brought against law en forcement officers of the town of Winterville, a probation officer and the sheriff of Pitt County. “They beat me with my own belt," the victim declared. A representative of The CAROLINIAN, who U also the director oi public relations for the State Conference of NAACP Branches, spent most 01 Saturday night and early Sunday morning listening to opportunity for minorities., coming from a direction that poses a serious threat to all the progress we have made during the past decade." During the Nixon and Ford years, the congresswoman said, the tight was for the “survival'' of lederal educaton tion eiforts. Now. however, she said, even though the presence of the Carter Administration has made it “a lot easier" for her to tight for education programs, “there is a new conservative trend in both Houses of Congress, and the Supreme Court has made a tew recent decisions which are equally serious attempts to undermine our struggle." That conservative trend, Mrs. Chisholm pointed out, surfaced recently in the Con- (See BLACKS URGED, p 2) how an 18-year-old youth, ARTIST I1p:aI-S IN GAHBAdE — DWroll - H’ilhoul garbagr, Anthony Wall«ce, waa allcfad- Calvin Lewis. 36. a Detroit Saniution worker, would be both out of ly lured trom his home by G. ^ w«rk and out of a hobby. Lewis uses items from the trash, mainly w Williams s Wintarville 17 f« ■ ,rl^y-a ne»kpapfr and roagajinf photographs, as inspiration poi|„ officer'and • pnhalkm W'jX—aU »■> dlsplny July jl al the ollicer. whoee Uat name U Urlrnit lllslorical Museum al a special ahowing spnnsored hy j„jy j; Operation Cnderslanding, a community development organiza- between 9 and 9'30 D m taken tIon. (I’Pli ^come trom among them. EDITOR’S NOTE: The fol lowing article was writteo by Lawrence T. Dickens, candi date for the City Council from District C.) Better housing, a broad issue, is closely connected with the inspections division within the Public Works Committee. (See DICKENS, P. 2) Tickets are on sale at Reznick's, Model Pharmacy. North Carolina Mutual Insur ance Co., Gilmore’s Funeral Home and The Real Thing, all located in Winston-Salem. Pres. Carter Names 2 More Blacks To Government Posts WASHINGTON, O.C. - Tws Bers bMa bevs bees eppeistsd te gevenMsestel peiHleni by PresMest Carter. The PretMest lest week aeaikieted WHUni B. Jesei ef lei Angeles te be esibeiiedor eitreerdlaery sad plenipotestiery ef the United States te Haiti, repladag Heyward Isbais. Jenei is U.S. penaaaest represestathre te the Uaited Natiess Idecatiaaal. Scientific end CeHnral Orfanizatlen (UNESCO] in Paris. Also appointed wes George V. Great ef New Verb te be U.S. Mershel for the Soetbem District ef New Verb. Grant received e I.A. from Ferdbam Uaiversity ia 1974, aad from 19S3 entil his retkeaieat in 1977 served eo the New York City Police Department, where he wes promoted tbreagb the ranks to snperrleer ef detectives. BY J. B. HARREN ROCKY MOUNT - Attorney (tormer judge) Sammy Chess of High Point is the scheduled speaker for the Aug. S local NAACP banquet to be held at the Rocky Mount YMCA. The banquet is a teature of the annual Freedom Fund Rally and Life Membership program, according to Mrs. Esmeralda Rich Hawkins, president of the Rocky Mount (See EX-JUDGE TO. P. 2) WilkinsPasses‘Torch’ To Set At Banauet Williams, Vivian ® State Their Views For more iniormation, call (919) 724-5566 or 723-0984. Written requests for tickets should be mailed to the pageant office. The address is: 509 E. Third St., P.O. Box 457, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. ATLANTA, Ga. — A movie, to be presented in a television series, much like Alex Haley's “Roots,” about Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.'s role in the civil rights movement, nas arawn scathing attacks by members ol the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) executive board of directors. Thi r attacks were made after reading the script and viewing small segments known as film “clips.” Although the film is fictional, Rev. Hosea Williams and Dr. C. T. Vivian contend it distorte the civil rights movement of the 19508 and '60s. Hooks As NAACP Head NEW YORK - In s simple but profound ceremony, Roy Wilkins turned over the reins of NAACP leadership to Benja min L. Hooks on Thursday, Julv 28. Margaret Bush Wilson, chairman ot the NAACP Board ol Directors, noted during the ceremony that “this is the first that we have had the passing of the torch from one to the other." The torch (lassing became eitective on Monday. Aug. 1, when Mr. Hooks formally assumed office. It was symbo lized by a specially-made gold key to the national office attached to a plaque that Mr. Wilkins handed to his succes sor “The NAACP ship has steered through some heavy seas," Mr Wilkins said in his characteristically quiet man ner. “It has not capsized because it has had a dedicated and skillful crew.” Hooks noted that, although progress had been made in the quest by Airtcan-Americans lor full equality, the civil rights struggle was tar trom over. But “thank God our problems are new and different,“ he said. What has changed, he said, was the scope oi the problems. Then he jokingly said to Mr. Wilkins, "Thank you tor the key to the troubles." Immediately following his brief but rousing address. Mr. (See R. WILKINS. P 2) Appreciation ChecksClaimed By Two Men The writer and producer ol the lilm, Abbey Mann, who is also the writer of the Kojak series, plans to air the film "Martin Luther King" on NBC television, but both Rev. Williams and Dr. Vivian, SCLC board members, said the film maligns the civil rights move ment so criticallv that pressure (See KING FILM. P. 2) to a road and beaten, for what he termed the "lip” he gave the white probation officer. The events ot the whole aitair as told by the youth and !'is mother, takes one back to the days ot the Ku Klux Klan that rqde ruthlessly through the county in yesteryear. Anthony, who is alleged to have received a probationary sentence tor breaking and entering about 2 months ago, was supposed to have reported to Bonner, the probation oiticer, every Monday and pay to someone $15 per week. The investigation, held by otiicers oi the Pitt County Branch NAACP at 1:30 p.m. Julv 30. revealed that Anthony did not report on July 25. Bonner is alleged to have called him at his home. 545 Mvrtle St.. Winterville, and told him that he was coming out to see him. (See BEAT ME', P. Candittuten’ yight Tils Bloodworth Street YMCA will have a Condi- dotes' Night Monday, Aug. I, at 7:30 p.m. at the YMCA. CandMotei for the Raleigh City CeaacH wlH be preseat fa discuss issues oiid view pehits. Williaoi Raigbt, mtiod Petbies ond J«ms E. lart bove coaseated te be preseat. Caadidata Lawrtaet T. Diekaas soys tbot, “Doe tf 00 ooftre- saea caoiailtaieat, I wM bt uooble to ottaod." 1 Laymen Of AMEZSeek Approach . 2) BY ALEXANDER BARNES NEW ROCHELLE. N Y. - Mrs. Betty Stlth, president. Layman’s Council, AME Zion Church, returning to her office, after 3 weeks of study of the denomination, resolved that something must be done to broaden the horizons of the second largest black Methodist body in the world. She began at Charlotte. N .C., where she presided over a genera] meeting of the council lor 3 days. In an effort to (See ZION LAYMEN. P. 2) Black Woman Sgt. One Of Top 12 Selected DR. WM.M. FREEMAN HolyChurch Two Raleigh men were the lucky recipienU of checks in the amounts ot $10 each this week as they saw their names in advertisement on the Ap preciation Money Page. Raymond Brown. Jr., 916 Seabrook Rd.. spoiled his name in the advertisement Freeman To Take Nash Job Naliensl Hack Naws Sanrka PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Cek. — Tackakol Sargaaat Noacy Taylor, fraoi tbt 44tb Aarespac* Dtftait Wiag, was rtcantly lakctad as dot tf fka top 12 tolUtad ptrsoanol ia tka Air Foret. Sbt It ossigntd to tbo Huoian Roioorcos Cootor at At Potarsoa bast and bos boon octivo in comoianity affairs in this rogion sinco bar osslfnniant bora in 1975. Nor invelvoMont In both military and civilian aetivHias lad to hor stkeflaa as Patorsao Air Fore# Boso Noncommissieaod Offieor ef tbo Year for 1974 aad tbo dUtiactioa of Outstoadiag Womaa ef tko Year for the Potorsea Air Force Bose Complex h 1974. Sbo is corrootty debig associate work it public rolotloas ood mass commaakotiaas mid also Is prasto^ parsai^ a bacbalar of arts dogroa it babavoriai sckoco. M. paid tor by Hodgin's Seafood Convocation^ 1 L. Davenport, Jr.. 304 Heck St., rwy -w-v * reported that his name ap- 1 O 1-MirllflIll Carolina Biblical Gardens' advertisement. This DURHAM — The Western cation oi the United Holy Church ot America will hold its 8th annual Convocation Aug. 7-14 at the Fisher’s Memorial Holy Church in Durham, locat ed at 420 Peidmont St. Hishop A. W. Lawson presides over the district. lAi. AmSISTANT — Lucisn Gstrwoed has been named The convocation will feature special assistant to AssitUnt Secretary ot Labor Ernest G workshops, lectures, seminars (ireen. Employment and Training Adminlstrstion. I'.S. Labor and evangelistic services. The Department. A native ol Louisville. K>.. he was previouily with program format is designed to the farullv of Ubor and Human Resources. HHio Slate address the full needs of I'nlverslty. (olumbus. (See HOLY CHU.-^^.TI. F. 2) cemeterv is located on Creech North Carolina District Convo- wn viccvn (See APPRECIATION. P. 2) The Rev. Dr. William Freeman, a veteran educator in the Wake County Public Schools tor 19 years, is leaving Wake to become assistant superintendent tor personnel in the Nash County School Sys tem, Freeman, a native ol Nash County, has come up through the ranks, having served at all levels in the Wake System He has been a teacher, a counse lor. a high school principal ot a black school, principal ot an integrated elementary school, (See DR. FREEMAN. P. 2). Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK NATURAL HEALTH FOODS "IF IT'S NATUIAL, Wl HAVE IT." CONSOLES “SAM'S" VICTIMS' MOTHERS — Breoklyn. N.Y. — Mr.. Neyia Moikowiti (L), mother of wounded Stacy Moskowitz, and Mrs. Teresa Vlolante (2nd. R.). mother of Robert Violante. listen to Ira Clark <K), executive director of Kings County Medical Center. July 31. Their children were critically wounded by the mysterious gunman known to police as the "Son of Sam. the .44 caliber killer." Stacy died early this week. (UPI)
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