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Since Retnm To Raleiiih’s Women’s (Correctional (Center
JoAnne Little Claims 8 Injustices
Rideigh's ijuke MJicefer Drowning
Father Dies At Outing
VOL. 37 NO. 33
y'orth Carolina's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 22,1978 SINGLE COPY 20c
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Strikes Bus With
Bicycle; Critical
Gregory Lee VS’alkins. a
16-vear-old Raleigh youth, is
still in critical condition in the
Wake Medical Center's inten
sive care unit. The bicvcie he
was riding hit a Capital Area
Transit bus Monday aiiernoon.
Watkins, who lives at 605
Solar Dr. (Apollo He^ us) was
riding his bike on Grantland
Dr., located in the Apollo
Heights subdivision, when he
swerved out toward the center
01 the road and hit the iront leit
windshield ot the bus and was
knocked to the pavement. The
bus was driven bv Drurv F.
Spain.
Spain said he sounded his
horn and slowed down as much
as possible, but that he could
not stop completely betore the
boy’s collision with the bus.
One 01 the passengers on the
bus at the time oi the accident,
Ms. Michelle Revis, 316 E.
(Cabarrus St..said that Watkins
"was coming down-the hill and
wasn't looking where he was
going." She said there was
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SHUTIN NECK
Oilicer E. T. Bert reported
that on Wednesday ai 12; 15
a m. at a residence, 213
Seawell Ave., Elvis I.«e Beck
with was shot in the back ot the
neck. The 21-vear-old Beckwith
who lives at the Seawell Ave.
address required emergency
treatment tor his gunshot
wound. His alleged assailant
had not been apprehended at
CAROLINIAN press time
Wednesday.
(SeeCRlMEBEAT.P 2»
nothing else the driver could
do."
There were no charges liled
in the accident.
Black Aide
Denies DC
*Bloodlet*
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
President Jimmy Carter's lop
black aide last week denied
that the resignation ot seven
black staiiers at the White
House over the past eight
months represents a "blood
letting” 01 minority personnel,
as some black statiers have
charged. Martha "Bunny"
Mitchell, a special assistant tor
special projects, spoke on the
syndicated television program,
America’s Black Forum.
Asked ii the exit ot so many
black statters, many ot whom
(See CARTER AIDE, P. 2)
Female (Custodian (diarges Bias-Says White
‘Principal Fired Me’
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HooksDaresNAA CP^ers
Officials
*Mum^On
Charges
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Managiog Editor
Ms. JoAnne Little, the
24-year-old black pri.son
escapee, who was return
ed to Ralei^’s N.C. Cor
rectional Center for
Women last week, filed 8
complaints with the In
mate Grievance Com
mittee in a letter dated
June 13, 1978. The young
woman told the chair
man of the N.C. Inmate
Grievance Commission,
Fred Morrison, that she
felt she was being
treated unjustly since
her recent return to the
Raleigh facility.
Ms. Little, who escaped trom
the local women’s prison on
Oct. 15,1977, was recaptured in
New York’s Brooklyn section
some 2 months later, loUowing
a high-sp^ auto chase. She
was serving a sentence lor
SINGER RELEASED FROM
HOSPITAL — Los Angeles.
Calif. Singer Nancy Wilson
was released from a local
hospital last Friday after 5
days of treatment for head in
juries. suffered in an automo
bile accident. The internation
ally-known attractive singer,
has performed with Duke Ell
ington. Count Basie and numer
ous other famous band leaders.
Sports Writer Clements
Is Dead At Afie 52
Raleigh lost one of its most beloved citizens and bports
performer-columnists at 5 a.m. Wednesday. June Zl, when
George Dewey Clements. Jr., 52-year-oid native of Tampa.
Fla., who had been in the Raleigh area for some 30 years,
died at Durham’s Duke Hospital after a lengthy illness. He
resided with his wife, the former Ms. Delores Graham
Howard, at 3812 .Newark Dr. in theKingwood Forest section
of Raleigh.
Clements, affectionately known as "Coach." and "Bag of
Tricks," was sports columnist for The CAROLINIAN for
several years, writing the
widely-read weekly "Grid
iron. Diamond. Hoop And
Track." and "Drifting
Hack Down The Line." in
which he would reminisce
about the "good old days"
as he remembered them.
He was gi\ en the nickname
of "Rag of Tricks" during
his extraordinary exploits
on (he football field as a CLEMENTS
star performer with the St. Augustine's College Falcons
during the late l»40-early 1950 era. He graduated from St.
Augustine’s in (hr spring of 1951 and began his coaching
career at W ake Forest’s W .E.B. DuRois High School.
Since a kidney transplant some years ago. he had
undergone dial,\ sis treatments regularly.
(See CLEMENTS DIES. P. 2)
Jazz Greats Entertained
By Carter At White House
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Mar.y oi the nation s "jazz
greats" gathered on the wiiiie
House south lawn Sunday, June
18, to regale the President and
First Lady, cabinet members,
television stars and broadwav
periormers, with the sound oi
America's onlv indigenous art
lorm.
The occasion marked tnc
2&ih anniversary oi the New
port Jazz Festival. The event
started in Newport, R. I., but
moi% recently moved to New
York; and was attended bv
some 01 today’s most renowned
jazz artists. The musicians
were invited to pertorm at the
90 minute concert and donate
their services with most oi
them paving (heir own travel
expenses.
Among the jazz artists were
95-vear-old ragtime pianist,
Eubie Blake, Dizzy Gillespie,
Lionel Hampton. Illinois Jac-
quel and Duke University's
resident jazz musician, pianist,
Mary Lou Williams. Also
included were sax players,
Zoot Sims, Benny Carter,
Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz,
Drummers: Louie Beilson,
"Phillv" Joe Jones, and Max
Roach*^raced the scene. Max
Roach periormed a special
number tor "Sock Cvmbol”
and Trumpet, with Dizzy
Gillespie providing the trum
pet solo.
Ilie younger musicians pre
sent were pianists Herbie
Hancock and Chick Corea:
Tony Williams on drums, and
Ron Carter on bass.
The concert was being
broadcast live bv more than
2UU national public radio
stations. Ck>mmenta(or Billy
Taylor, a well-known pianist in
(See JAZZGREATS. P 2)
Comments
Not Alade
At Garner
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Managing Editor
Mrs. Joan Allen is a 30-
year-old mother of 5
young sons, all of whom
are being educated in the
Wake County Public
School System. Mrs.
Allen told this newsman
Monday of this week that
her white principal at
North Garner Junior
High' School. G. B.
Causby, “fired me for in
subordination.” The wo
man, who is separated
trom her husband, is
bitter about what she
terms, “this unfair treat
ment of me." Mrs. Allen
has served as a female
custodian (maid) at the
facility since February
of this year.
Mrs. Allen, a black woman,
who Uvea at 820 Ellington St.
(behind Lightner's Funeral
Home), savs she is desperate
to lind employment right awav
and plans to see an attorney
about taking legal action
against Mr. Causby, who was
not ayailable when this writer
attempted to contact him tor
his yersion oi Mrs. Allen's
dismissal.
iSee FIRED ME,'P.2)
Mothers^
Chat Set
Sunday
Mrs. Susie Vick Perry,
charter member oi the Alpha
Theta Omega Chapter oi the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Inc., now recuperating irom
eve surgery in an area
hospital, called in the lollowing
iniormation on Monday oi this
week:
The Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority's Mothers’ (hat will
be held Sunday, June 25, at 3
p.m. at the Richard B.
Harrison Public Library, 1313
New Bern Ave.
Mrs. Perry said discussion
would center around the N.C.
Chmpelencv Tests, soon-to-be
required ot all high school
graduates in North Carolina.
Subject OI the discussion will
be. Alter Graduation - What?
Sponsors oi the annual AKA
Debutante Ball, held at the
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
and the New Raleigh Civic
Center in 1977, the sorority,
also provides linancial assist
ance in the lorm oi scholar
ships to deserving young area
lemaie students.
The public is invited to
aiiend the session.
Several interesting events
lead up to the Debutante Ball
annually. The Ball is consid
ered (he crowning event of
black Raleigh's social season
and includes charm sessions
for the debs-to-be, their mar
shals and parents and/or
guardians of both sexes.
MRS. JOAN ALLEN
...claims unjust treatment
JOSEPH J. HARRIS
...drowns in Raleigh lake
Father^ sDay Picnic
Claims Dad*s Life
BV ALEXANDER BARNES
LAKK WHfciELEK i Kaieigh) — V\iicn Joseph J
Harris and his family left (heir home. 2 to."! Nebo SI.,
Durham, last Sunday morning, tie-re was no
thought that death for him lurked in Ihe waters of
this Tamed picnic spot. Neither dtd attendants at
the lake dream that about 10 minutes before,
warned that there were no life guards or rescuers
and swimming was not allowed, Harris would be
sucked to his death.
Mary Elizabeth Torlan oi
Rougemonl; and six grand
children.
NC Gov.
Chided
By Leader
A total of $47,400 was
raised last Sunday after
noon at the Ralei^ Civic
Center, during the
Annual Freedom Fund
Drive and Mother’s
Rally.
Since the death of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
many people believe the
civil rights movement is
in decline. Many are
asking the question,
“Where do we go from
here?” Others are , „
waiting to see who will “veral mobile homes in Besu-
emerge to be the tont- „„
MS. JOANNE LITTLE
breaking and entering in
connection with the burglary ot
less leader of a dejected
people.
We are nol as many dub us to
be, a leaderless people like the
eiiects 01 a hurricane, long
alter the storm has pass^, we
the people are still on the
move.
ot this week on chargee ot
escape, by a Wake (Tounty
grand jury.
All attempts to interview her
bv C. R. Jones were thwarted
bv onicials at the prison. Ms.
Little, who has the use ot
almost perfect English, writes
This lact was evident in the in a beautUul penmanship. Her
n I. e.-.- j^iencee were well-consiruct-
ed and there was no evidence ot
North Carolina Stale Con
>See DARES NAACP. P. 2)
Offer Of
Job Nixed
It was reported that Mr.
Harris. SO, went into the water
as he was plaving with his
grandchildren on a iloating
pier, suddenly going down and
never coming up.
It was not determined how
deep the water was where he
went down. It was reported
that his body was lound 15 leet D*,
irom the pier. It was brought in
about 4p m. by members ot gy aubrey E. ZEPHVR
the Raleigh and St. Mary's National Black News Service
Rescue Squads. The body was WASHINGTON, D C -
carried to Durham, where It gjoharj cordon Hatc-
WM prepared mr bmal. her ot Gary, Ind., expressing
The luneral w U be held at ..^eep regret," rejected an
Burthw Funeral Home at 2 „„„ ,o Join the upper most
p.m., Thur^av, with burial m ,^g p, white House Advisors
Beechwood Cemetery, Dur
ham
'Die victim was bom in the
to President Carter as liaison
tor the cities and minorities.
Mayor Hatcher stressed, in a
^ama seciion oi Durham prepared statemenl, that his
aunty, where he received his ,ur„i„g ,he otter was
elementary and high school because oi his "deep commit-
education. He was a long-time men, and duty" to ihe people oi
employee ot the American iseoUATCHFCNlxs^ p si
Tobacco ampanv. and at Ihe '‘'«"AT<-»LSNIXfcS,P.2i
time01 death, was a chauiieur
whose duties were to drive the
onicials and buyers throughout
tobaccoland.
Surviving are his wite, Mrs.
Clara H. Harris oi the home
WEATHER
The five-day weather fore-
rati for the period Wednesday.
June 21, through Sunday, June
25. is as follows: Warm
weather and hazy skies ruled
North Carolina on Wednesday,
whirh was the first official day
of the summer season, arriving
at 1:10 p.ni. that day. .\rternoon
and evening thunderstorms
were expected W'ednesday. At
the first day of summer, the
sun was visible more on Wed
nesday than during any other
day of the year, rising at 5:39
a.m. and setting at 8:35 p.m.
Highs Mill continue to be in (he
HUS. with lows expected to be in
the GOs. The extended forecast
rails for partly cloudy skies
with a chance of thunderstorms
over (he state Thuisday, Fri
day. and long the coast, on
Sunday. Highs (or the period
will be in (he 80s. except for
some 7Us in the mountains.
Ix>ws at night are expected to
remain in iheUUs.
bitterness In her letter to the
Grievance Committee. She
said in a letter that she tell The
CAROLINIAN had "proven to
be (air in printing events sur
rounding mv cause”
Minority
Contractors
Sought
BY JOYCEA. BA88
It building your own drive
way is just a hobby tor you,
why not turn a hobby into a
succeasiul career that has
deiinite linancial lUbilitv?
The lederal government has
allocaied work lor minority
and women contractors, but
the number ot willing indi
viduals who could lake advant
age 01 these opportunities is
small.
Contractors such as C. C.
Mangum, Inc., are deligenllv
seeking women and minorities
who are interested in becoming
(See CONTRACTORS. P. 2)
two daughters. Patricia Harris
and Jo-Annette Harris; one
son, Thomas Earl Harris; one
brother. Thomas Harris oi
Durham; one sister, Mrs.
Appreciation
By 2 lAtdics
Cheeks Won
Two ladies were recipients of
checks worth (to each in last
week’s Appreciation Money
feature.
Mrs. Mary Crenshaw. 321
Hill St., picked up her M'innings
at the FCX Store. 301 W Cabar
rus St . while Mrs. Gertrude
Carrington. 609 Lalta St.,
claimed her check from Piggly
Wiggly Food Stores. 2014 Fair-
I See APPRECIATION, P. 2)
Raleigh Women Behind The
Bulldozers Queried By Scribe
BY JOYCE A. BASK companies.
Careers lor women have Mrs. Harriett Soiolongo, U
generally taken the light sideot oneoi these women. Asa heavy
duly and strength, but there’s a equipment operator tor
new dav emerging. Today, in Mangum Construction Com-
the city oi Raleigh, there are 15 punv, she has a very important
women who have chosen to put job to do and she takes U
their wits and muscles to the
job 01 paving roads and
grading land lor construction
seriously. Ii you watch her at
work, one oi the lirst things you
notice is her business-like
posture behind the wheel ot her
bulldozer. With hair pulled
back, she sits in the driver's
seal OI one oi the most poweriul
01 road machines. What’s it
like?
"It’s great lun. I notice
everything. I have to be aware
01 the machine at all times. Il I
(See BULLDOZERS, P.2)
PRESIDENT C2\RTKR HOSTS JAZZ LKtiENDS — Washing
ton — President Carter gathered the naiiun’K jazz greats on Ihe
While House laun June IM in tribute to the music he called
"speclar’ to -America and helped "break doHii its racial
barriers." Here, ('arter welcomes 95-yeur-uld ragtime pianist
Kubie Blake (K) and yells fur (he festival tu begin. (CPI)
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
SATI RAL HEALTH FOODS
•FOR THE MOST NOURISHIMG FOODS • NATVRAUr
Bl LLIMiZEK DRIVER. TRAINING DIRECTOR Mrs. Edith Finch of Raleigh, is shown at
(he wheel of a bulldozer, while Bill Parker of Gamer, right, director of training for C.C. Mangum
Cunslruction Co., Raleigh, looks over a work sheet. .Many women. boUi Mack and white, are now
engaged in (he consirnctiun trades. (Staff Photos By Joyce A. Bass).