I i (^ity (Council Atwroves (JETA Reorganisation, But EicVur l li> rriaali> Van Born mvo, Tnloteh, H. C, BTf'lO Mayor States Views; Wray Is *Mum^ Cannon Expresses Coneern »Y(ll\UI.KSH.JONKS Kditor “I have a deep and sin cere concern for the black community of Kal- eigh and that is why I be- iieve that the trying posi tion of the Comprehen sive Employment and Training Act (CETA) needs a full-time administrator," Mayor Isabella W. Cannon, Ral eigh’s first female mayor and the subject of much controversy, attri buted to Lawrence E. Wray, now serving as head of the comprehen sive program, informed this writer Tuesday morning in her office at the Municipal Building. Mrs. Cannon, a 7t-year-old (Sw MAYOR. P 31 Foes Of BakkeTo *Rally^ BVIKANCKS (iHANDY Staff Writer The Organizing Committee Against Bakke, has announced that it will hold a rallv on Saturday. August 19, at Chavis Park to protest and to educate people on what they call the ‘ Bakke Trend.” The committee is planning neighborhood workshops to iniorm people about the wavs it believes atiirmative action programs will be changed or done away with completely as a result ot the Bakke decision and the tide oi other "reverse discrimination” cases that will soon be ilooding the courts, nationwide. The committee is made up oi several organizations: The Ra’.cigh Peoples' Rights Or- ganizaiton, ALSC (African ’Aberatioo Suf^rt Cemmil* tee) and manv interested in dividuals, under the auspices ot the United Church oi Christ’s Commission tor Racial Justice. It will “draw upon the ’eadershlp. enm'gv and in volvement ot everyday work ing people and other poor people throughout the neigh borhoods in the Raleigh area.” It's aim is “to tight against the trends and maniieslations that Bakke represents tor dis mantling atiirmative action programs intended to assist blacks, women, and other oppressed sectors tor belter employment opportunities, better education and housing conditions.” L. Wray -........... jj^nores* MillerHeadsElks^Youth Promise Ralcifthitc In National Position VOL. 37 .NO. 39 \orth Carolina’i Leading Weehlv DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3,1978 SINGLE C0PY2(K: Raleigh .Vort/i Apartment Dwellers ’Fed Up’ Btth Sewage Backup Here 444. 444 Urban l^eagne Projeet To Study ‘Black Image’ BY CIIAKI.KS R. JONK8 Managing Rditor Lawrence E. Wray, Jr., the alleged self-ap pointed administrator of the controversial Com prehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Program in Ral eigh, granted an inter view to the managing editor of The CAROLIN IAN at 9 a.m. Tuesday in his office on the second floor of the Professional Building, W. Hargett St. He was unprepared for the interview, agreed upon the previous day, via telephone arrange ments. During the lime that Wray had promised to give (his news- (SeeL. WRAY.P.5) YOUNG.STKKS FORM FYR\M1I) — These vuungsters. at tending the Day Care Center at St. .Vugustine's College, are ex hibiting their agility in forming a pyramid. Kottum nm. from left: Michael Jackson. Thomas Smith and Rodney l.ee. Second row; .Steven Smith and VNilliam ('le>. Top: .Michael Cooley. Background: Freddie Kennelt. acliv ily ctmrdinator. James N. Perry, Jr. Cited For Serviees Lite Insurance agenev, based in Winston-Salem. He operates in the states oi Georgia. North Carolina. South Carolina, and Virginia, and will expand to Tennessee and Kentucky in January. Ho has been selling life insurance tor almost 10 years, and has received numerous honors and awards during that lime Among these accom plishments la the attainment oi membership in the presligeoua Million Dollar Hound Table. Mr Perrv’s parents are. Mr. arrj Mrs. Janies N Perrv, Sr., Of 2S16 Fox Gale Dr.. Raleigh. WEATHER The five-day weather fore cast for the period Wednesday. Aug. 2. through Sunday. Aug. 6. is as follows: Scattered show ers pervaded the entire state Wednesday and are expected again on Tliursday. Highs both days are expected to range from IheMJs in the mountains to the low 9Us in the southeast. Lows at night are expected to be In (he niid-KOs and 7(is. The extended forecast calls for con tinued partly cloudy skies, warm and humid weather Fri day through Sunday. Scattered showers are expected in the western part of North Carolina Friday and across the entire state on Saturday and Sunday. I,«ws will generally range from the upfier 60s lo the niid-TOs and highs are expected to be mostly in the KUs and Wis. GREENSBORO - At its recent convention, the North Carolina Leaders' Club, a branch oi the North Carolina Lite Underwriters Association, elected James Nimrod Perrv. Jr. as its 2nd vice president. The North Carolina Leaders' Club is an organization, which is composed oi top Under writers in the slate oi North Carolina Mr. PeiTV. a native oi Raleigh, and a tormer CAROLINIAN newsbov, cur- renllv resides in Greensboro He graduated in \964. from Die J. W. Ligon Jr.-Sr High School in Raleigli. Alter that, he attended North Carolina A&T State University, where he received a B. S. degree In business administration. He has also attended several Lite Insurance Schools, including the Institute oi Insurance Marxeting at Louisiana Slate ’.Iniversitv. He is currently beeking the designation ot chartered liie underwriter. Perry is presently the pre sident 01 National Insurance Marketing Corp., a brokerage Women ‘Boozers’ Inerease Wlielher or not more and more w’omen are drinking ‘booze’ excessively or whether they are simpiv making their wav through the maze nt a ioggv mind, it is now estimated in a study prepared tor the U.S. Congress that one-halt ot the 10 million adult alcoholics in the nation are women. In a press conierence beiore installing the appointed mem bers to the N.C. Women’s Task Force on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Dr. Sarah T. Morrow. Secretary, North Carolina Dept. 01 Human Resources, said, “North Carolina has its proportionate share ot alcohol and drug abusers, but we are doing our best to do something about our problem.” Dr. Marrow also pointed out (See BOOZERS’. P. 3) JAMES N. FERRY. JR. Minority Shakeups: Hostility National Black News Service WASHINGTON. D.C. - A National Urban Coalition study has confirmed that a combina tion 01 iorces, including esca lating housing prices, has led lo poor, elderly and minority residents being displaced by more aiiluent newcomers in renovated urban neighbor- hoodb across the country. In some OI these neighborhoods there is rising hostility and tension between the old settlers and the vanguard oi the middle class “urban pioneers.” Focus To Be On The Arts NEW YORK, N.Y. - In recognition of the per vasive influence of the mass media in the formulation of racial at titudes, a special forum on ’’The Black Image in Motion Pictures and Television,” will be pre sented on Sunday, Aug. 6. by the National Urban League during its 68th annual conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Serving as moderator will be Tony Brown, the producer of the longest running black public affairs program on tele^ vision. "Tony Brown's Journal," and a syndicated columnist. ParUcipanu will Include IjOU Goaaelt, Esther Holle. Norman Lear, Pam Grier, Raymond St. Jacques and Dr. Nathan Hare, a distinguished psychologist. The purpose of the forum is to create a broader and more de tailed public awareness of the role played by motion pictures and television in creating the image of blacks, both in their own minds and in the minds of others. It seeks further to illuminate the decision making process in the entertainment industry vis- a-vis blacks, and how the public can impact on the process in a positive manner. Full Vote For D.C. Advances National Black News Service WASHINGTON. D.C. — Dis trict 01 Columbia non-voting delegate to congress Walter E. Fauntrov, Rev. Jesse Jackson 01 PUSH (People United to Save Humanity), and Clarence Mitchell, Washington Bureau director oi the NAACP, were “very optimistic” about pass age 01 the District ot Columbia lull voting representation a- mendment (House Joint Reso lution S54). alter meeting with Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.) and B other Republican sena tors recently. Their optimism was sparked when Sen. Baker told them he would not oppose a move to put the amendment on the Senate iloor this session. Baker said he was “sympathetic” toward the issue, but remains unde cided on who he wilt eventually vole. At a press conierence follow ing the meeting, Jackson stressed that eniranchisemeni 01 the District oi Columbia was "in the national interest.” and that it must not be seen only as an ethnic or racial issue. He also said this is a good opportunity tor Republicans and blacks to broaden their political bases. CRIME BEAT KIIITOK’K NOT!-:: Thi* rolamn cr fealarc h pradacfd Id tbr paMir Mafral with ■« aim (award* rlltninallat U* ctMlaaU. NamrroM ladivkluali ha\E re- quntrd (hat (h«> W dvra (h« raaitdara- (loD al DYrrlo^lni (nrlr llitlai m the K dtce bloKer. Thla we wowld like U da. aweter. U ia aat aw poalUaa la be Judfe ar >tuy. We meeel) Mhlbh the (aria aa wr Hod Ihem reported b) the arreetlnfl at- (Icen. Ta keep aat of The Crime Beal C^amaa. merA* meant nat belna refit- lered by a poUce allker la repariuf ab lUtdlpn wbUe w daty. .So tlm|My keep otf the ^Blatter" and yoa won't be in Tbe Crlnr Beal. RAPE ATTEMPT REPORTED Police arrested Daniel Jones, 33. 3922 Tara Drive at 9; 15 p.m. Friday, and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon and attempted rape when he allegedly held Ms. Pamela Merle Futrell, 16, 107 Polk St. in her home at kniiepoinl. She was unhurt. (Sec CRIME BEAT. P.3) FUNDS INTACT AFTER SHAW UNiVEHM'SjF MHIiL — Shown above li Tyler Hall (front and back vtcwn), the fOH-yoar- old flnicture. which iiandH on (he Wilmington St. tide of (he Shaw University campuh, and which waa damaged by fire, believed to have been caused by lightning Monday night. .Ac cording to Dr. Stanley J. Smith, new Shaw president, the mune> collected in (he Emergency Fund-Raising Drive was not harmed by the ensuing blaze. (Staff Photos by Paul R. Jervay, Elks’ Youth Head Hard Worker Here Lawrence Edward Miller, 27. of Raleigh, was commissioned as grand director of youth of Elk's (I.B.P.O.E. of W.) on July 14. The appointment was made by Judge Hobson R. Rey nolds. Grand Exalted Ruler of the 450,0U(>-member8hip organ ization at the Elks’ National Headquarters in Winton. Miller is the third person ap pointed to a national position during the past year. Others are: Lem Long. Jr., Grand ' Commissioner oi the Elks' ** ’ national shrine, of Charlotte; Mrs. Annie T. Carpenter. (SeeMILLERIS, P 11) LAWRENCE E. MILLER Check Won By Mrs. N. Cannon Hiere was only one winner in last week’s Appreciation Money Feature. TTie winner was Ms. Naomi Cannon, ot 1705 Pender St. She picked up a check tor $10 irom the C^- raleigh Furniture Co., 1600 S. Saunders St. Ms. Teresa Kune ot 920 Tower St., and Oorge Crain ot 1501 Maple St., tailed lo get their checks tor $10. Ms. Kune had a $10 check waiting tor her al Jeiiries Jewelers, 137 South Salisbury St., and Crain had $10 check wailing tor him at the Coiiee S.ioppe. 210 S. Wilming ton St. Women Describe Plight BY JACK JENKINS The CAROLINIAN received a call from Mrs. Doris Alston of 1622, Apt. A, Burgundy St., located in the Raleigh North Apartment complex. Mrs. Alston wanted The CAROLINIAN to send someone out and take a look at her apartment which had been flooded from a sewage backup. W’hen (his reporter arrived at (SeeSEWAGE.P.5) ‘/She ExcellethAlV Dn Lewis Declares BY CIIAKI.KS K. JONES. .Managing Editor "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excelleth them all,” the Rev. Or. Willie B. Lewis told the remains of 26-yearH)ld Mrs. Joan Hunter Mack last Friday as her flower-bedecked casket reposed at the foot of the altar of the First Cosmo politan Baptist Church, ISIS Cross Link Rd., where the young woman had served as pianist and organist as well as a member of the choir during her high school years. The minister chose his text from the Book of Proverbs, 31st chapter. Mrs Mack, who was married only last Nov. 26. was stricken on Sunday. July 24, while vaca tioning with her husband, Jesse James Mack, in the area of Knoxville, Tenn. Born July 30, 1951 in Raleigh. Mrs. Mack suc cumbed at East Tennessee Baptist Hospital in Knoxville, after suffering what is believed lo have been a stroke. She was a graduate ot both John W. Ligon Senior High School, Raleigh, and A&T State Uni versity, Greensboro. She was making her home there at the lime 01 her unexpected death. “She was the protrait of a charming daughter." Lewis went on lo (ell the more than 1.000 mourners who packed the church for the 4 p.m. service. “Strength and dignity were the ^ 'v iSeeMRS MACK,P.5) MRS.JOANH.MACK VICK PRESIDENT URGES Fi l l. E.MPLOVMENT — Kansas CUy .Mo. — Vii't* President Walter Mnndale (L) talks uith Rev. Jesse Jackson (Hi during the Operation FISH ronveniion in kansas ( ity July 29. .Mondule stressed the iiupurtaiue of full employ nieiu in his speech. Jackson «is the founder of Operation FUSIL (I'fM) Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK NATURAL HEALTH FOODS "FOR SEW ASD FVUr REBUILT QUALITY MATERIALS ' MOURNING FAMILY LEAVES CHURCH — Shown leaving the church are mcraben of the im mediate family of the late Mrs. Joan Hunter Mack. 26-year-old Raleigh native, whose funeral was held Friday. July 28. at First CosmopullUn Haptiil Church here, where she served as organUt and dedicated church worker. Left-to-right are: Jesse James Mack, Greensboro, widower; Mrs. Pearl Hunter, mother: andOmellous Hunter, father. See story. (StaffPbotoby Charles R. Jones).