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N\ACP ^eedom Rally Here Sunday
★★★ B. Hooks
Fiitfitive Returned To Isoltited Raleitih Prison (’ell Will Be
Ms. Little Told Rights Speaker
__ VZ!y BY ALEXANDER BARNEf
VOL. 37 NO. 32
yorth Carolina*$ Lrodiny Weekly
RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 15,1978
SINGLE COPY 20c
As ijhairmttn Of Wnke Opportunities' Boitrd
Holloway Quits
★ ★ ★
First In State-Roheson
County Supports Shaw
Advised
By Body
SUNSHINE OF HIS LIFE" — Los Anj^elos — At a reception held in his honor. singer*cumposer
Stevie Wonder geU into a few bars of "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" as he appears before a
tUnding room>onIy crowd at the Angeles Public Library June 12. The reception, pul on by the
music friends of the l>os Angeles library, is to kick off a month-long exhibit of memorabilia from
the multi-Grammy Award winner. (UPI)
Appeals Court Judge Erwin
Men^s Day Speaker Sunday
Judge Richard C. Erwin, oi
the North Carolina (^urt oi
Appeals, will speak on Father’s
Dav. at Wilson Temple United
Methodist Church June 16, at 11
a.m.
A native oi Marion, Judge
Erwin received his B. A.
degree trom Johnson C. Smith
Univertilv in Charlotte and his
L. L. B. degree irom Howard
Uoiversitv School oi Law,
Washington. D. C.
He holds membershipe with
numerous organizations such
as chairman ot the Board ot
Trustees ot Bennett College,
Greensboro; chairman oi the
Board oi Trustees oj St. Paul
Methodist Church, Winston-
Salem; (euBiae oi Amons
Cottage, Inc.; trustee ot the
Winston-Salem Forsvth Chuntv
District and the Western North
Carolina Ckinierence oi the
(See JUDGE ERWIN. P.2)
First Black Mormon
Priest fs Ordained
WASHINGTON, D. C. —
Mormon Church President
Silencer W. Kimball's an
nouncement that blacks can
become priests ends one ot the
denomination's stormiest con
troversies and brings it a step
closer to mainline American
Protestantism.
"It obviously has immense
ramilicatlons tor the leader-
WEATHER
The five-day weather fore
cast for the period Wednesday.
June 14, ihrou^ Sunday. June
II, is as follows: Cool, dry
weather is expected to prevail
over the state for the next few
days with highs in the 768 and
the low 868. Nighttime lows will
range In the 40s In the mmin-
tabu and In the 50s elsewhere.
Hie extended forecast calls for
lanny skies Wednesday and
Tharsday. becoming partly
cloudy and more humid over
the weekend, with a chance of
showers on Sunday. Lows are
expected to be in the 66s with
high temperatures ranging
from the mid-80s to the low 90s
Hiursday through Sunday.
Shoots Self
At School
Graduation
WEYMOUTH, Mass. —
Karim Thompson, at his high
school graduation, stepped to
the microphone, said "This is
the American wav." and shot
himseli.
Thompson, a 17-vear-oId
Mack student, was listed in tair
condition at a Wevmount
hospital Sunday. A bullet was
removed trom hit leit side.
The shooting occurred
Saturdav, just alter Thompson
and other members oi a
Weymouth South High School
choral group had linished
leading the graduates in
singing "Teach Your Child
ren.”
He stepped to the micro
phone, drew a pistol irom
under his graduation gown and
shot hlmseli.
Wevmoulh police investiga
tor I^anofe Flaherty, whd saw
the shooting on the school's
(See SHOOTS SELF. P. 2)
ship ot the church," said one
otticial 01 the Church oi Jesus
CSirist 01 Latter-dav Saints, as
the 4 million-member denomi
nation la otiicially known.
ITie 148-year-old denomi-
natkm, founded by a larm body
named Joseph Smith near
Palmyra, N. Y., is one oi the
lastest growing church bodies
in the country.
The young Smith said he
received visions irom an angeJ
named Moroni, who told him
the boy had been chosen to
restore the true gospel.
Until now. all "worthy”
Mormon males except blacks
are ordained at the age ot 12 as
deacons, the lirst ot six orders
01 the priesthood.
The origin oi the black
exclusion rests in the Mormon
doctrine (hat all human beings
(See MORMON PRIEST. P. 2)
JUDGE R. C. ERWIN
Ex-S&L
Exec Is
Jailed
DURHAM — Former Pre
sident John S. (Shag) Stewart
01 Mutual Savings and Loan
Association, received another
reversal in his attempt to prove
his innocence on two counts ot
talsiiving records ot his com
pany, when Judge Eugene
Gordon, N. C. Middle District
Court, denied a three-point
(See EX-S&L. P.2)
In State
A letter addressed to
Ms. JoAnne Little from
the North Carolina
Grievance Commission
contained information
dealing with the proce
dures and guidelines In
volved in appealing any
unjust treaimenf she
might feel is being givBn
at the North Carolina
Correctional Center (or
Women. Ms. Little was
returned to the N.C. Cor
rectional Center for Wo
men at Raleigh last
weekend, then placed in
an isolate cell.
According to Fred G.
Morrison, Jr., executive
tor of the Grievance Com^y^
sion, the letter rekd as foUowg;
"DearMiss Little:
"I write to reacquaint you
with the North Carolina Inmate
Grievance Commission, which
was established by the 1974
General Assembly. The
purpose is to provide those
serving sentences with legiti
mate, established method for
the administrative settlement
(rf grievances.
"I am enclosing a copy of
Policies-Procedures relating to
the grievance iqechanism.
Basically, any person serving
lime can file a DC410 grievance
fmm with unit officials when he
or she thinks he has been treat
ed unfairly. The prison folk
have 15 days to respond in writ
ing afterwhich, as desired, an
appeal can be made to the
Grievance Commission for
consideration.
"I hope your expressed fears
of unfair treatment prove to be
unfounded.! know Mr. Kenneth
Harris who was recenUy nam
ed to head your institution will
do what he can to see that all
residing at NCC(^ are treated
fairly. Please feel free to call
on us whM neqessary."
Signed,
FredG. Morrison, Jr.
Executive Director
N.C. Grievance Commission
Mr. Morrison said the Griev
ance Commission meets (Mice a
month. At this meeting, it re
views any grievances which
might arise from the correc
tional center.
Appreciation
Feature Hus
/Vo Claimants
There were no winners in last
week’s Appreciation Money
Feature. Three individuals
could have won 610 each, but
they tailed to claim their
checks bv the Monday noon
deadline.
Mrs. Alice Evans oi 3044
Woods Rd., did not claim her
check at Baker's; James
Hainesworth oi 2409 Ellerbe
Lane, did not claim his check
at Raleigh Tire and Oil Co.;
(See APPRECIATION, P. 2)
MRS. DOROTHY N. ALLEN
...executive director
DR. J. MILLS HOLLOWAY
...resigns chairmanship
Johnson Presents
pheck To Fleming
Dr. Jov J. Johnson, chair
person tor the Robeson county
division ot the Shaw Universitv
Fund-Raising drive, Monday
preaented Shaw Universitv
with a check tor 62,000 to bring
the URal raised to over 65,000,
the lint countv in the stale to
raise the suggested minimum
amount.
According to Thomas E. Kce,
director ot Universitv Rela
tions, the state has been
divided into 100 areas, repre
senting the counties, with a
HUD In
Survey
Of Wake
GREENSBORO - The
Greensboro HUD Area Office
has survey’ed all subdivisions in
Wake (bounty with five or more
houses completed in 1977,
according to Mrs. Betsy H.
Stafford, area director. In the
39 subdivisions that met this
(See HUD IN,P. 2)
chairfraoo and co-chaiTper-
son lor each county. "A
suggested minimum goal ot
65.000 has been set tor each
(SeeSHAW RECEIVES.P.2)
BURGLAR
NABBED
A 3l-year*old Ral
eigh man hab been
arrested and charged
with breaking and en
tering the home of an
B3-year-old minister
here. Clemmons Whit
ley, 8 Bladen St., was
arrested at the resi
dence of the Rev. Wil
liam L. Perry, a retir
ed mail carrier, of 904
E. Hargett St., less
than 2 blocks from
where Whitley stays.
The offense took place
about 11:05 a.m. Fri
day and. although no
property was reported
as naving been stolen.
850 in damages was re
ported by Raleigh
cops.
Female Constnietion
Workers Sueeeeding
BY JOYCE BASS
SUff Writer
Non-traditional careers are
not unusual tor litleen women
who have chosen to take their
positions in the world ot
construction tor C. C. Mangum
Construction Company ot
Raleigh. Women, black and
white, are tindlng success in
what others might teel is truly
a "man’s world."
Bill Parker, director oi
Training with C. C. Mangum,
has been a part ot the company
tor (wo years and within that
(wo year span, liiteen women
have joined the ranks ot the
men on the road scrapers,
compactors and bulldozer dri
vers.
"The law says we should
have at least 2 percent ot our
employees compoised ot wo
men by 1979. We have at least 8
percent now, and we are
leading the area in lemale
reoresentation in this state,"
said Parker.
Parker said the length oi
time it takes to train a woman
in construction work, depends
(SeeFEMALES, P.2)
Replaced
By Wake
Caucasian
BY CHARLES K. JONES
Managing Editor
Dr. John Mills Hollo
way, chairman of the
board of directors of
Wake County Opportuni
ties, Inc. for the past 2
years, resigned during a
special call meeting
Monday night of this
week. He was succeeded
by Bobby Weathers, a
wriite member of the
board, who had been
serving in the capacity of
vice chairman.
A memoer of uie board for
the past 12 years, Holloway,
who is vice president km: linan-
cial affairs at St. Augustine's
College, had previously served
in many other capacities while
on the board. He said that he
will no longer be affiliated with
Wake Op in an official capa
city. but has offered his assist
ance from time to lime as it
may be needed.
The reason for Dr. Hollo
way’s resignation was not
made immediately clear.
Although it was brought to
light on Monday of this week
that the board had "put a
freeze" on paychecks of em-
(SeeJ. HOLLOWAY. P. 2)
Church
Rises From
NC Ashes
FAYETTEVILLE — The
Rev. J. C. Gray, pastor, the
piiicers and members, along
with concerned persons in the
area, are happy over the tact
that Mt. Hebrew A. M. E. Zion
Church, located In the Kellv-
Springtield Tire Company
Community, has risen trom the
ashes oi a lire, reported to have
been set bv unknown persons.
May 1977.
It is to be remembered that
the lire occurred in the wee
hours 01 the morning and
caused perhaps the greatest
consternation that the peaceiul
community had ever laced.
The building was the show
place 01 the community, being
(See NEW CHURCH. P. 2)
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
Kelly M. Alexander,
Sr., president, N.C. Con
ference of NAACP
Branches says that the
1978 “Freedom Day
Celebration,” scheduled
to be held Sunday, June
18. at 3:3u p.m., at the
New Raleigh Civic
Center, 500 Favetteville
Street Mali, featuring
the crowning of the
“Mother of the Year,”
will bring the largest
number of persons to
Raleigh that has ever
attended the annual af
fair
The occasion will be the
climax ot a drive that has been
going on throughout the state to
aid in the light tor freedom bv
the NAACP. The branches are
divided into two groups, the
Big Citv and Small (}itv. The
Big C^tv is composed cities
with large black populations,
while the Small Citv is
composed ot rural communi
ties and small towns. The
winner in each division will
receive an all-expense paid trip
to the national convention,
which will be held in Portland,
Oregon.
Music will be lurnished bv
the Emanuel Hill Memorial
Reformed Freewill Baptist
Church CTiancel Choir. It will
be directed bv Mrs. Dorothy C.
Pitt. Two 01 the state’s most
respected traternal leaders,
Mrs. Maggie Strong, Eastern
‘KICKIN' UP A STORM — Ms. KarUiu Kill, star of Broad
way’s bit musical. "Timbuktu," and super promoter Don King
get into action at a packed press reception announcing King’s
international Sportsman’s Hall, which was held at Caesars Pa
lace on June 8. the evening before the Norton/ilolmes heavy
weight Utle fight, in t.as Vegas. All of (he "Hustling" took place
at New York City's swank Tavern on the (ireeii Restaurant.
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
JOHNSON’S (iROCERY
-THE SaCHIOimOOD STOKE FOR BARGMMS"
NO CONFRO.NTATION — Tupelo. Miss. — A Ku Klux Klansman and a black go tbek own way
on Main Street here June 16 prior to planned marcbes by the KKK and a civil rights group, the
United league of North .Mississippi. < UPi)
BENJAMIN L. HOOKS ”
Stars and Grand United Order
HousehtM ot Ruth, and Mrs.
Clara W. Newby, Court ot
C!alanthlans, will' be special
guests.
Benjamin L. Hooks, new
(See NAACP TO. P. 2)
CRIME
BEAT
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mitad iSal (Sn W (K oi tSa caaaMera-
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paUct UaUrr. Tab «r waaM uEi (a da.
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(lad Uan rtperiU ky Ua arratfac a(-
Hcara. Ta km aai el TVr Criaia baat
CakMBai, merity amai aat betas raab-
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(kidtafi whUa aa daly. Be Oanlb keaa afl
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Cnria Beat
STRUCK ON HEAD
Ms. Cynthia Marie Baldwin,
No. 9 Franklin Terrace, Chavis
Heights, told otticers that at
3:25 p.m. Tuesday, she was
assaulted bv being struck on
the head at the Franklin
Terrace address. The 2S-year-
oid Ms. Brown was slapp^ in
the lace, according to police
reports. She required no
treatment.
(See CRIME BEAT. P. 2)