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VOL. 37 NO. lu
JVorth Carolina^ Leadirtff Weekly
RALEIOH. N.C.. THURSDAY, JANUAiiV 12.1B7S SINGLE COPY 20c
Alleged Victims Are Teenuged Sttidents
2 Face Rape Raps
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Justk-e Hill ask the I nhed Nattuns tii nindemn the I .S. and \oHli ( andiiia fi»r lioldiiii' (hr
HilmiiiKlMi lu as poliikai prisoners. Sealed neM lu VNhIte b, lr\ .l«.\nei. dlnuor of t oitiniuniix
Or^ianiialion fur Penal Reform for the rhurrh's eontiiiissuHi. See s(or> in t olunin H. I*. | 11 |*| i
Ms. J. Little^s Extradition
Hearing Postponed; No Bail
NEW YORK. NY. — An been received.
NEW YORK, NY. - An
extradition hearing tor North
^ Carolina priscm escapee. Itb.
JoAnne Little. Z3. originally
scheduled tor Fridav. January
6. was postponed 30 days
Fridav in order tor her
attorney to dissuade New York
Governor Hugh Carev trmn
lending her back to Raleigh.
N.C., where she escaped from
the Currectlona] Center lor
Women bv scaling a KMoot
fence on October 15. A re<iuesl
that she be tread on a bead oi
tlS.OOb was denied bs the oewi.
the court.
Ms Linda McKav. assistant
New York district aiiomev.
asked Brookls-n Criminal Cowt
Judge Cornelius O'Brien tor
the adjournment, explaining
that no extraditioa warrant
irom Governor Carev has vet
NC Murder
Suspect
Va/s First
HAMPTON. Va. ~ Norris C.
Taylor. S3, wanted in the pistol
slaving oi a New York aty
woman in a Selma, N.C. motel
will tirst be tried in Virginia on
charges ot robbery, otticials
here said last week.
Taylor will receive a ix'eU-
minarv hearing on Thursday,
January IS. on charges (M
maiming and roUiery, result
ing trom a March. l»7A
Incident, accordiiig to Robert
A. Boesler. Hampton's assis
tant commonwealth attorney.
Attorney Boester Said, “As
soon as we are dtme with our
case, we will gladly turn him
over to North Carolina.’’
Taylor is accused in the latal
been received.
According to Ms. McKsv. the
delsv in the receipt ot the
warrent stemmed trom deten
te allornev. William L. Kunst-
ler's request to submit briets to
Gov. Carev in oppoailimi to Ms.
Little's extradition. Ms.
McKav said these briets have
not vet been received in
Albany, the slate capital.
Ms. Little, serving a seven to
ten vear sentence tor breakii«
iniomoUM homes in naaiMcn
County, was at tne BeauKNd
County Jail awaiting the
outcome ot an appeal at the
time the latally stabbed while
jailer. Clarence Alligood. to
death with an ice pick. She was
acquitted ot hit murdv at a
trial in Ralei^ in July ot 1975.
She said .Mligood bad torced
her to penorm sex act* with
him
She was arreated bv New
York DoUce on December 7.
(See MS LITTLE’S. P. i)
GOP
Teacher,
Janitor
Charged
An air of mystery still
surrounds the occa‘*ions
of two alleged rapes,
which were said to have
taken place in
December, but not
reported by the Wake
County Sherifri Depart
ment to the news media
until last week. Kulh
incidents involved
leeiiaged black females
as victims.
A while. V-year-old driver
educaUeo teecher end a black
PUSH Head DU Kexnoter
Will Hear Jackson
Policy
Programs
Planned
WASHINGTON, D. C.
— The Rev. Jesse L.
Jackson, prominent
black leader and
rending president of the
Chicago-based Opera
tion PUSH (People
United To &ve Human
ity). will be the keynote
speaker at a Jan. 20
meeting of the
Republican National
Committee in Washing
ton. DC
Bill Brock, Republicao
NationsI Commitlae
Chairman, annouocad Mmiday
Mayor Seeks Office 3rd Time
National Black News Service
NICU.AKK, N. J. — Kenneli. A. OibMm. who eight >ear% ago became the
first black to be elected nia>or of a major citv in the east, annwiiiced at a
recent news conference that he would week a third four vear term as
rn^or of Newark. New Jersev's largest city. ’ When I ani re-elected.-
(iibson said, •my administration, my fellow Newarkers. and our Newark
supporters will continue to search for ways to accomplish more as we
keep putting it together to keep it togeUier.”
He said the crime rate was declining and health services increasing.
The city is sounder financially now- than it was before, he said, citing the
fact that his administration had been successful in obtaining iKb million
in Federal and sUte funds last year — money that he said help^ hold
down taxes and sustain vital municipal services. Last year, Gibson
served as president of the United Slates Uonferuice of .Mayors. The
mayoral election is May 9.
NAAGP To ‘Flex Muscle*
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Maime at HMUba «ahwU at Ua.«a hImHi bad hrrn
mtssmg timer Jolv. abra k aaa Ueirm aWlr briag fWaa Irmii
Tbailaad la Kaglaad. CbaaKBlfa U a frilaa a«»r«hiprr «« j
rbarrb afftrial frail Tluiitaad aba faaad tbr taaiar aa l»»i
IMS at a prUdIrr'ft Uaod at ibr ^laxarll .Mirri lira iMarkri Jan.
b. I'araeUaa ( alraiaa. 51, Ma>a8ad. III., 4 ramp man Im Umiiu
Tigrrk air firlghl aba aiaaalixbu an Saadak* aw pratHirtiH <>l
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Raleigh Lodge Will
Host Y oath Couneil
WINSTON-SALEM - In
keeping with the program of
Ben Hooks, the nea directtK’ of
(he NAACP, Charles A.
McLean, field director for the
N.C. State Conference
oiiice here that the organi-
utioo plans to Hex its political
muscle in every denselv-pop-
ulated black congressional
district in tha sute. The eitort
will begin in the lirai, where
Women
sbootingot Miss Kathi King, 30, * T'v a «
who was slain January 2 at the
v.wa>*ct«uvc ui Mc^r- iu uw (iTK, wnere
Branches, vJiDouncedirMn his ihere are more blacks than
Methodist
they receive tht. support of
blacks.
Workshops are designed to
teach black voters that there
are certain guidelines that
should be set up as criteria.
(See STATE NAACP, P.2)
The National Youth Council
of Improved. Benevolent
Protective Order of EUw of the
World will bold its annual mid
winter retreat on March 3-6 at
the Hilton Inn in Raleigh.
The theme for 197S is; Focus
On Youth.
Grand Directors William S.
Lackey trf Statesville, and Ms.
Anna Mae Robinson of Gary.
Ind. will lead the program.
Delegates fror. .icroas the
United States will be in
mckel, where she was a guest in
Selma. Taylor was employed
thtfe.
Taylor is alleged to have said
be shot the woman during an
.^argument alter, he claimed.
^ she attempted to rent a single
room tor tow persons at the
price ot one. He said the
(See NC SUSPECT. P. 2)
Next week, the United
Methodist Women of Wilson
Temple United Methodist
Church. 1021 Oberlin Rd. will
hold -e of their most
impfM* annual observances
— the Call to Prayer and Self-
Denial.
(See METHODICT. P.2)
Kelly Alexander, state
NAACP president, has long
since warned that blacks must
become politically astute if
they are to ^rn their rightful
place in the political arena. He
avers that politics is power and
it has only two offsprings —
influence and money.
McLean says (hat blacks
must help to select the
candidates from dog catcher to
president. He is of Ihe opinion
that potential and hopeful
candidates must be screened
and then committed before
2 Re-Indicted In
Johnston Slayings
Cut'ounvrcit r\ ■«. v_,__.. a .... .
SMITHFIELD — Two black
Harnett County men trom
Benron, who escaped indict-
moils lor murder in June ot
1977 by wianing a |xe-trial
challenge ot the grand jury
that indicted them, have been
Two Readers
Find Names,
Get Money
Ms. Mattie Harris Lucas, 01
1109 Savannah, and fils. Maga-
line Hunter. 01 1305 Raleigh
Blvd., were both recipienU ot
tlO checks alter they tcNind
their names in last week's
edition 01 The CAROLINIAN.
Ms. Lucas lound her name in
the Starmoimt Pharmacy ad
vertisement on the Appred-
aiion Money Page and Ms.
Hunter lound ber name in the
Terrv's Floor Fashkios Mlvm'-
(SeeAPPRECUTION. P. 3)
indicted tor murder again by a
new grand jury, according to
District Attorney John W.
Twisdale Thursday.
A trial date 01 February 6 has
been set tor Jaroee Henry
Smith. Jr., 19. and Ezra
Stewart, 26, both charged in the
June 3 shooting deaths 01 a
Benson truck driver, and a
rookie Four Oaks policeman.
Ihe iodictmeols agsinst
Smith and Stewart were
quashed by predding Superior
Court judge E.Maurice Bras-
weil on October 11 alter finding
"groes irregulariUes’’ in the
way court otikials in Johnston
County selected the grand jury
that indkted the men.
Twisdale had appealed that
niUag (u the cowt, but said
Thuradav that in view c the
new lotfictiMBts againat the
pair, be woidd drop his sppeal
because “the quastioea raised
will be moot in the time they
(See 2 JOHNSTON. PJI
attendance, coming from as
far away as Nassau. Bahamas
On Saturday. March 3. the
(See ELKS’ YOUTH. P. 2)
Southern
States
Extended
Natkmal Black Newt Service
WASHINGTON. D.C. - Col
lies and universitiea in six
Southern states were givra s
lOKiav extension, until Feb. i,
to submit court-Mdered dese-
gr^tion guidelines to the
Department ot Health. Educa
tion and Welfare.
Ihe ertenshm was requested
bv HEW otticials sbortlv alter
out-going Virginia Gov. Mills
Oxtwin rccieved oiticial HEW
notiilcation that his state
college desegregation plan had
been rejected, and the sute
(See 6 SOUTHERN, P.2)
Federal
Agencies
Agreeing
Natiwul black news sariits
WASHINGTON. D C. - Iht
Carter Administration has
proposed uniform gthdehoa
emplovae testing and other
selectkm pmredures, accord
ing to a joint sUtamsot by the
US. Equal Employment Op-
.ertunity Commission
(i^EOC). The Department ot
Ji dice, the Department oi
Labor, and the Qvil Service
Commisston.
The proposed guidelines,
develop^ jointly by the shove
named agencies, will replace
two thtierent sets ot employee
selection guidelines whieh
have been in etiect since
November 1978. One set-tbs
Federal Executive Agency
Guidetine-wss adopted by
three 01 the tour aggiuryif jit
that time. Separate guidelines,
which the EEOC adopted in
1970, were republished in Nov.
1976.
The uniiorm guidelines are
aimed at protecting the rights
01 workers to be Ured and
promoted on the basis ot
job-related standards and
without regard to race, sex or
ethnic background.
’The guidelines are beiiM
proposed to imitenent the
requirement ot the US. Su
preme Coirt that employers
Justify the use ot tesU or otbsr
(See AGENCIES. PS)
BY WILLIE WHITE
Surr Writer
The next few days In
the Wilmington 10 case
will be filled with
anticipation as Gov. Jim
Hunt moves toward his
self-imposed deadline of
taking action in the case
“within the next two
weeks.”
In a short sutement released
Tuesday, Hunt noted that
case had run the gamut of tw
North Carolina judicial
system. As a result of 'hU,
Hunt began taking steps U
make good on bis freq’.enUy
repeated promise that be
would take tome concert
actions in the case oriy after
court alternatives had been
exhausted. In Tuesday’s
statement, Hunt saij, “1 think
this is an appropr ate time for
the governor to make a
decision.”
Other tUn this short
sutement, Hunt has had little
to say r. jout the case since the
North Carolina Court of
Arpeals last week refused to
/snt the nine blsck men and
one white woman a new trial.
The Wilmington 10 were
(wnvicted for allegedly burning
a white-owned groctfy store
during racial turmoil in
Wiimingtoo in 1972. The charge
also involves conspiracy to
(See •W DECISION, p. 3)
Recognition
Urged Sun,
ATLANTA — The
Rev. Dr. Jeteph E.
Lowery, pretideol of
the Southern ChiiMiu
Leodenhip Coafer-
owe. teat a totegraai
to Pete Roxelle.
coiBBUfloaer of the
Natfoaal Poothall
Leagae, Wodaetday
arglNl htai to hoMT a
regaeot froai the New
Orieaat 8CLC Chapter
for a Bioaieat of
siteace at the
heghniag of the Saper
Bowl foothali gaaM hi
luemory of Dr. Martia
Luther King. Jr.
Dr. King, whose
birthday Is Jaa. 1$, the
day of the Super Bowl,
was elected fouadiag
president of 8CLC in
New Orleans M years
ago.
Rev.Chavis
Remembers
Birthday
tEdlUr’s Nats: Tbs
foUowliig letter was written by
tbe Rev. ?«ajsailn P. Otavis,
Jr., tender of tbe Wilashigten
Ten. from bis cenfhiement
qnarters at McCain State
PHsen. It Is dated Jnnnnry IS,
19 s.tbediteaftbeMrtbdny«f
the late Dr. Martin Lather
King, Jr., and sddresacd te the
“Today is a very important
day in tbe historic stn^ule of
bumnnlty for justice, freedom
Rod peace for we celebrate
today the birth of a man who
(Sea HEV. CHAVIS. P.3)
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