m
.i i riehori B,^.-.rrla,n ilbmry <
iSupreme Liourt Kejuses
Plea: Little Must Return
f ★★★ TnBy
Shaw UJn Funds * Drive
The Carolinian
Prior to joining the prison
system, Harris was a recruiter
with VISTA (Volunteers In
Service To America), and
served two years in the Annv.
He has also served as coordina-
LAUNCHE8 FUND-RAISING DRIVE- Dr. C. C. Craig (Zad from I). eiecuUve secreUry. 6eii-
wal Baptist Convention of N.C., presents Dr. John W. Fleming (2nd from r). interim president,
Shaw University, with a check for 131,4M to kick off Shaw’s Emergency Fund-Raising IMve. Also
shown are: Lee Monroe (1), director of development, and Thomas E. Kee (r). director, university
relations at Shaw. (SeestoryonPaael).
New SupU Of Women^s
Corrections Interviewed
tor 01 the Community Volun
teers Program tor the state.
Harris will be the top
administrator at the prison, in
charge oi custody, inograras,
service, and overall manage
ment. His immediate goals will
be to upgrade personnel train
ing at aU levels and improve
communication among slatt
and inmates, to have a system
udiere promotions and hiring
will be based on merit. Hie
salary tor Harris’ position will
be $20,124 a year.
When asked about his leel-
ings on the JoAnne Little case,
Mr. Harris said, “1 can't really
comment on that case at this
point. I have never wwked
with Miss Little and to make a
Judgment at this stage would
be premature.”
In closing, Harris stated that
be and his stall will woA
towards developing a highly
MYanized system that will
meet the demands asked tor by
higher administrative otiicers.
(SeeNEWSUPT.,P.2)
VOL. 37 NO. 31
North Carolina'g Leaditifi Weekly
RALEIGH. N.C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 8.1978
SINGLE COPY 20c
BY JOYCE BASS. Staff Writer
The N. C. Correctional
Center lor Women has a new
si4>erintendent. Kenneth W.
Harris, an eight-year veteran
ot the N. C. Department oi
Correction, became the tilth
superintendent in the last tour
years at the center.
A native ot Durham, Harris
graduated trom North Carolina
Central University and is
presently completing work
towards a master's degree in
public administration at N. C.
State University here.
Head Of
Shriners
In City
BY JACK JENKINS
SUff Writer
The Imperial Potentate tor
The Ancient Egyptian Arabic
Order ot Nobles ot the Mystic
Shrine, Inc. ot North and South
America, Dr. Laddie L. Melton
trom Beaumont. Tex., paid
Raleigh a visit Friday. The
Imperial Potentate is in North
Carolina to attend a Shrine Ball
in Raleigh.
perUt I^terttSTb Menon wT
to Citv Hall where he was
greeted by Citv Councilman social issues, the American
BUJ Kniidit, who is the only Bar Association told Congress
tlieeSHKlNKHS’. P. 10) recenUy.
U.S, Ijahor Dept. Officials In City
CETA Probed
★★★ ★★★
African President Of The Gambia Declares
Russia Is ‘Using’ U.S.
Jawara
KENNETH W. HARRIS
Repay Attorneys; ABA
NaUooal Black Newt Service
WASHINGTON, D. C. —
Federal lunds are needed to
involved in litigation oi major
State Consumer Edttcation
Conference Here Friday
“Be An Informed Consumer” will be the
theme of the first annual statewide Consumer
Education Conference. Hie conference will be
held at the Jane S. McKimmoo Center for Con-
tfaiulna Education, and is being sponsored by
Wake Countv Opportunities’ Consumer Educa
tion Mobile Outreach Project.
The Mobile Outreach Project, directed by
Mrs. Gla^s R. Todd, has scheduled the confer
ence for Friday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ApjMariM as guest sMaker for the conference
win be Hiomas Rafferty, assistant regional
director of Region 4*s Community ^rvlces
Administration.
The conference’s agenda will include the
areas of employment and training, public serv
ices and financial services, to be discuss^ on
panels and in workshops by representatives of
state and county agencies. Hie cimference Is
opened to the public.
Louis J. Ooitman, chairman
ot aba’s Consortium on Legal
Services and the Public Sub
committee on Transier oi
hegsi Fees, catled tor legisla
tion to permit courts and
administrative agencies to
reimiHirse attorneys’ tees and
other ezpoises to individuals
and groups who prevail against
the i^eral government in
certain public interest dvil
litigation.
Testitying betore a House
Judidarv subcommittee, Gott-
man said such legislation
would "contribute most lignd-
cantlv to bringlog about the luU
and lair reeoluUon ot impor-
(See REIMBURSE. P. 2)
4 Men
Seeking
Answers
Four U.S. Department
of Labor officials began
a review of the local ad
ministration of the Com
prehensive Employment
and Training Act
(CETA) program Mon-,
day. The investigators
had been expected for
several weeks to b^in a
probe of the federal a-
gency’s operation.
Mayor Isabella W. Cannon
has asked the labor ottidals to
examine 31 questions dealing
with policvmaking and possi
ble program abuses.
Lawrence Wray, a btaA.
«bo is a grathi^ »t »
Augustine’s CoUege here, was
lormerly director ot tte CETA
program.
Mavor Cannon, in a letter
dated Mav SI, asked the
oiiicials to deto’mine wbetber
the Ralei^ CETA program
has a iMoperlv tunci toning
advisory commiUee, whether
all agencies bMdliig on training
ctmtracta have been given
equal time and aseistence In
preparing Uds, and wbetber
the program has adequate
safeguards against coniUcts ot
interests on the part ot citv
otiicialt.
Mavor Cannon listed Sl
current and tormer ottidals
OMmected with CETA who
THE VILLAE BLACKSM1TH8 — Mnrpbysbavo. Ul. — For
Jlra Deal (r), U. and his brother, Ben. 11, bUcksmUhlng to s
way of life they have no Immediate plans of abandontag. They
have been operating at the same tocaiioD for 40 years. They are
shown uorkhtteUitoweeh. (UPI>'
Emergency Project
For Money Begins
Press Acts
WEATHER
The nve.4.y we.lher fwe- oranw;™ wiin i;E.TA wno 'n..
amlorlhe|KrloilWedM«Uy. ^
JiiM 7, Ihiwith S1U18.;. Jme ' VFll M
II, b u Itthiw.; Pertly eloiiJy, L. Jonei, the tnleral g kf
bamM and warm weether 1. leader, said in an later. V.W W IIKIIIS
BY STAFF WRITER
Shaw University officials called a press confer
ence Wednesday, June 7, to announce the launching
of an emergency fund-raising campaign to cope
with problems of financial crisis now facing the in-
stituuon.
la a special session on
Uoodav evanlag. Jiaie S, Uie
Executive Ooinmittee oi the
Heard At
Airport
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Managing Editor
“The apathy of the
United States is being
taken advantage of by
the Russian people.'^'
stated the Honorable H.
E. Alhadji Sir Dawda K.
Jawara, President of the
African nation of the
Gambia, during a brief
B ress conference, held in
le VIP Room of Eastern
Airlines’ headquarters at
the Raleigh-Durham Air
port last Saturday night.
Tbe iLngitoh-speaking leador
was accompani^ by an entou
rage ot his cabinet members,
also some U. S. college
presidents, as he headed tor
t ehurst by cat' tor two days
to )lay golf, kicking ou a
10-day virit to this country,
during which time he intends to
raise monies. He leit tor New
Vbiit CUv to continue his
^ipeal tor tuodt on Tueoday ot
this week.
He is chairman ot an African
grtMq), seeking countries in
sear^ ot funds tor GamMa and
seven other drought-stricken
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Maoiiging Edttor
Although 24-year-old
Ms. JoAnne Little has
vowed that “I would
rather be dead than to re
turn to North Carolina to
finish serving my prison
sentence,” it seems that
the young escapee from
the N.C. Correctional
Center for Women at
Raleigh by allegedly
scaling a 10-foot wall on
Oct. 15, 1977, has little
choice, since the United
States Supreme Court re
jected the latest appeal
from her attorney, Wil
liam L. Kunstler, for
more time in which to
show cause why it would
be dangerous for Ms.
Little to return to this
state.
In a desperate and tast
minute eltorl to secure a stay
ot extradiUon lor Ua. UtUe,
Attomev KunsUer appealed to
black U.S. Supreme Court
JusUce Thtirpood Marshall last
(See Bts. LITTLE, P. 2)
MS. JOANNE
CA Wins
Favor In
Reaction
The NOTtb Caroline Reinam’-
aace Facility Board ot Gover-
nora Tueaday rcepmided taver-
NC Inmate Grievance
Body Reveals Changes
BY JOYCE BASS. SUff Writer
iU a meeting Friday. June 2, ha* a 6<member statt. The
the North Carolina Grievance main duty ot the commtosioa to
Commtosion oi Raleigh ap- to hear grievances ot North
proved suit chamtes, accord
ing to Fred U. Morris,
executive director ot the
commission.
John D. Campbell, chief
hearing examiner ot the
commission, resigned his of
fice to assume privste employ
ment in Ssntord, ettective
immediately. He is being
replaced by Leon Dwens ot
R^eigh, who bad been serving
as a hearing examiner.
Owens, a graduate ot St.
Augustine’s CoU^e in Raleigh,
Is a former citv athletic
director and a tormer recrea-
Uon director and counselor st
the Triangle Recreation Center
ot Raleigh.
He joined the commtosion as
a bearing director in 1974. His
most recently contribution to
the local justice system to as a
founding member ot the Black
Criminal Justice chapter ot
Raleigh. Owens’ wife, Martha,
to also employed by the stale.
Owens’ position as hearing
director to being tilled by
George H. Whitaker, a 1977
graduate ot East Carolina
Unlveraitv. Greenville.
The N. C. Inmate Grievance
Commtosion was created by
the 1974 General Assembly and
Carolina priaon inmates
expected to preveil for the next
few days. Scattered tbewert
should occur during the
aflernooat and evenings, in-
creating as the period pro
gresses. The extended forecast
calls for partly clondy. warm
weather Hinrsday, Friday and
Saturday afternoons and even
ings. Highs are expected to be
In the Sts Friday through
Sunday. Expected lows will be
in the Ms In this area. Light,
sontkeiiy winds will continue to
draw moisture Into the state,
earning an increase In temper
atures andhnmUUty.
view, that bto team would
examine questiona directly
related to the standard asaesa-
ment tonn used by the labor
department.
Jones said several questions
raised by the mavor wlU be
addressed, but he said, be did
not know whether the persons
suggested by the mavor would
be interviewed. He said, "We
like to make dectoioos on who
we interview ourselves.”
In a meeting with city
ottidals earlier Monday, Jooea
said, "The assessmmit will
detmmioe wbethw Ralei^...
(See CETA PROBING. P. 2)
WASHINGTON. D. .C. - In
what later tamed out to be an
allied enwwous rqtml, the
nation's major newq>apers and
broadcast facilities toiirt wadi
accused rdired NAACP execu
tive director, Roy WHUns, ot
working wUh the late FBI
director J. Edgar Hoover, in an
attempt to discredit the late
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The story, originally aMwar-
ing in The Washington Post,
nded that an FBI memo
actually reterred to Wilkins,
who met with FBI assistant
director, Cartha DeLoach on
Nov. 27,19M, and {Mxmised to
"tdl King that he can't win a
battle with the FBI and that the
best thing tor him to do to to
retire trom public liie.”
In tact, however, according
to George Lardnmr, Jr., the
(See HUY WILKINS. P. 2)
Appreciation
Feature Has
No dinners
There were no winners in last
week’s Appreciation Money
Feature. 'Three individuals
could have wm $10 each, but
they did not claim their checks
by the Monday noon deadline.
Mrs. Ullle Bell Keith, 314 E.
Cabarrus St., did not claim her
dteck at Pi^y Wiggly Food
Stores.
(See APPRECIATION. P. 2)
General Baptist State Conven-
Uon ot North Carolina met to
review tund-ratolng i^ans to
assist Shaw In the campaign.
Dr: Jerry Oravton, chairman
ot the Executive Committee ot
the Convention, reported that
thevotetosuppcMTt Shaw in this
iund-raislng campaign was
unanimous.
At the close Of the meeting,
Dr. C. C. Craig, the Conven
tion’s Executive Secretary,
(See FUNDS’ DRIVE. P. 2)
nation* in the area ot Sahel, ^
which is. country oi eight
natimis, s<Hith ot the Sahara
statewide citizens’
ot Attica.
According to the President ot
aD Insurance companies in
North Carolina to notify driv-
ara when their automobile
liabiUtv insurance pedicles are
ceded to the high risk Reinsur
ance Faculty. Drivers in Ute
Facility are charged 10 per
cent higher rates than those not
in the Facilitv. The board's
unanimous vote to require
notiiication was greeted with
applause and cheers from the
(See CA WINS, P. 2)
At Shaw University
The Gambia, "The Organiza
tion ot Airican Unity (OAU)
trowns upon outside powers
trying to influence our contin
ent with milltarv arms."
Accompanying President Ja
wara were the following
ottidals ot hto country:
Hon. Lamin Kin Jabang,
(See AFRICAN PREXY. P. 2)
Diyinity School Planning
Church Leaders’ Meeting
The Shew DiyliiUv School’s P ” comercnce will^
The Shaw Diyinltv School’s
annual church leaders cooler-
ence, comprised ot the 42Dd
annual ministers' institute and
the lotirth annual lav leaders*
instiide, will be he!(i at Shaw
University, Raldgh June 12-16.
Hegislralion tor the contereoce
wiU begin on Monday, June 12
at 9 a.m. The tint session to at
1:30 p.m. on June 12. The
conference wiU end around
noon Friday, June 16. R^totra-
tkm Mvl ell sessions wlU be
held in the Student Union
buUdiag pn the Shaw Udversi-
iv campus.
The th«ne tor 197$ will be;
Rethinking The Church’s Mis
sion and Methods In A Secular
Society.
Dr. Raymond F. Harvey will
be the principal resource
person. Dr. Harvey to pastor oi
the Greenwood Missionary
Baptist Church. Tuskegee In
stitute, Ala. He win pre^ tba
opening sermon oi the cbqfer-.
eoce on Monday, Jane 12; M t.
lecture on the theme Thesday
through Friday at 10:30 a.m.
Addilioaal signitlcaot teaturea
claases, workshops, and wor
ship services, featuring tome
.■SHUtEY
yEUtoiP
N.C. GOVERNOR GREETS SHRINERS’ IMPERIAL POTENTATE, STATE OPP|CB*8
Gov. James Baxter (Jin) HuaL Jr., of North CaroHaa, third from left. 1' ^howo greeUag the na
tional Imperial Potentate d Shrinedome. Dr. Laddie L. Melton of Beaumont, Tex., ia Hoot’s office'
here at the SUte Capitol last Friday afternoon. Others In photo, from left, are: Nobles Jacob B.
Allen. PotenUte of Kabala Temple. No. in. Raleigh; John P. (Top) Greene. Past PotenUte of
Kabala Temple; Johnnie White, Imperial Deputy of the Desert of N.C.; and James R. Barnet,
Imperial Deputy of the Oasis of Hendersun. Imp^l Potentate Melton was in the state to attead
the Sth annual PotenUte’s Ball, sponsored by Inman Temple. No. 188, of llendersoo, which was
held in the King's Room of the Royal Villa Motor Inn at Rblelgh on Friday evening. June 2. honor-
i'tg Noble Tomir Patrick. Potentate of Inman Temple. tSeealory, P. I).
-Appreciation Money
. SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
THE FLOWER MART
•^rnwim LOVE. USEOKLY THEKsr
CAPTURES BARBARA JORDAN’S CONGRESSIONAL
SEAT — Houston — in Ike Democratic primary runoff for the
Congresslooal seal vacated by Rep. Barbara Jordan after 3
terms. SUte Sea. Mickey Lelaad defeated another sUte legtola-
tor, Anthony HaJI (not shown) in the ISth dlMrict contest June 3.
(UHI)