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The Carolinian
VOL. 37 NO. 49
North CaroUna*$ Leaditifii Weekly
DIDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
RALEIGH. N.C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12.1978
SINGLE COPY 20c
Raleigh Woman, 65
URGE N.C. GOVERNOR TO PARDON •■CHARLOTTE THREE” - Raleigh, N.C. - Dr. Jamn
Grant (center), one of the Charlotte Three, responda to queetloni at a newi conference held here
Oct. ID. Grant and supporters of the "Three" called for Gov. James Hunt to pardon the men or
commute their arson sentences that stem from their convicllon in a IIM8 suhle burning. With
Grant are Rev. Leon White and Rev. Harriet Quinn. (DPI)
R-WOA Plans Big
BakerFund-Raiser
DROWNS IN TUB
CHAPEL HILL - Ac
cording to reports being
circulated about the can
didacy of Richard Batts,
a young black law stu
dent at the University of
North Carolina, seeking
to be elected clerk of the
Orange County Superior
Court on the Republican
ticket, white Democratic
county chairman, Hugh
Wilson, is guilty of
“smearing" Batts, in a
hotly-contested cam
paign.
!.i an alleged interview Mon
day. Batts is said to have
charged that Wilson linked him
with the high-spending cam-
byms.j.e.hick«
The Political Action Com
mittee of the Raleigh-Wake
Citizens Association is sponsor-
JOHNH. BAKER. JR.
... tiheriffs ca odida le
ing a gala fund-raising dinner
for Candidate John Haywood
Baker, Jr., black sheriff candi
date, 7 p.ni. Monday. Oct. 23, at
the Martin Luther King Student
Center at St. Augustine’s Ctd-
lege.
The speaker for the dinner
will be the Honorable Robert
Morgan. Democratic Senator
of North Carolina for whom
Baker served as legislative
aide. Also in attendance will be
Gov. Jim Hunt of North Caro
lina.
R-WCA is trying hard to rally
the friends of "Big John” to
support him. Five dollar tickets
may be secured from the Com
munity Drug Store, Hamlin's
Drug Store, Haywood Funeral
Home and Baker's headquar
ters. Bernard Allen is chair
man of the Political Action
Committee, and George Jones
is co-chairmen.
The regular meeting of the
Raleigh-Wake Citizens As
sociation will be held at 8 p.m.
(See FUND-RAISER. P. 2)
(]!an't Identify Photos Of Suspect
Rape Victim Is ^Unsure
paign of Jesse Helms. WUsun is
said to have acknowledged that
he made some reference to a
Batts-Helms coalition, when it
was reported to him that Batts
had a campaign war chest of
Lawyer
IConfuses
Female
JUDGE G. GREENE
Greene,
Riley In
Standoff
Benjamin L. Hooks
Stirs State Masons
ASHEVILLE - The ringing •’“".I'”";?" “"J*
words of Benjamin Lawson bi-ought
Hooks, executive director of fuTjb after he Mt down,
the NAACP. resounded so '“I "
clearly until when he finished, Sound The Bugle. He
the more than 800 persons who by saying that there
attended the Fellowship bme when the Children
Dinner, the feature of the I06lh become compla-
Grand Communicalion of the “heir leader found it
Prince Hall Masons, in the •>> motivate them
Mountain Inn on the Plaia at B Ameri
p.m. Wednesday, OcL 4, he re
ceived a check from the N.C.
WEATHER
ca had become complacent, es
pecially blacks, to the extent
that it was Just a little less than
catastrophic. He was much
concerned about President
Carter not being able to CMitroi
The five-day weather a predominantly-Democratie
forecast for the period Congress.
Wednesday, October 11. Hooks was peturbed that
through Sunday, October IS, is the U.S. Supreme Court took
as follows: ParUy cloudy skies the sUnd it did in the Bakke
covered the state late case. He was not too sure that
Wednesday and are expected investigations into the deaths
again Hiursday, with a chance and torture of civil rights work-
of showers in the western ers were being handled proper-
section of North Carolina. High ly.
temperatures Wednesday and He did not put all the blame
Thursday were in the low 7Ss. on the other side of the equa-
with the mid-60s in the lion. He was also critical of
mountains. Lows Wednesday black voters who put Carter
night were in the 50s. The and his Congress in office. He
extended forecast calls for a said that blacks should sound
warming trend, with sunny the bugle of warning to all e-
skies across the state through lected officials that elections
the five-day period, with very are being held in November
little precipitation seen. Low and that the sound was so loud
temperatures are expected to it would be heard at the voting
be In the upper 408 in the places,
western sections, climbing to He made a big pitch for black
the mid-50s in the east, with church-related schools. He
highs expected to range in the chided blacks, whom he says
mid to upper 70s through buy J&B Scotch, live in exp«i-
Sundav. give hotels and wear Brooks
Wake County District Court
judge, George Royster Greene,
and county district attorney, J.
Randolph Riley, appear to be at
a '’stoTKloir' as tfw head prose
cutor, on Monday a/ter.lOon.
set no trafnc cases and -fnlv a
few minor trials for dispositioa
in the jurist's cowtroom.
Because of this. Judge
Greene is said to have handled
some of the duties of the assist
ant district attorney, Ms.
Linda Mobley, and indicated
that he will do this until Mr.
Riley restores the normal
variety of cases to his jurisdic
tion. The district attorney's of
fice sets dates for trials and
makes calendars for the court
room.
-According to Judge Greene,
District Attorney Rilby is
"playing games with the
calendar." Riley refused com
ment when queried about the
situation in Greene’s court
room. However, he did
acknowledge that a problem
(SeeSTANT)OFF.P.2)
CULLMAN, Ala. — A
white woman who has
identified a 26-year‘Old
black defendant as the
man who raped her in
Decatur, Ala., last
winter, said under cross-
examination on the
witness stand last week,
she had been unable to
identify the defendant
from (Olographs sbowr
to her at the time of the
inveetigati^n.
for six years wa& a studvM at 4.
school for ih« mentally
retarded, has been charged
with the rape of three white
women and the robbery 6f one
of them. Defense Attorney
George Hairston, retained by
the Nstioaal Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People, said the woman
identified Hines as her
assailant during a preliminary
hearing on June 22. Hairston
said two white persons were
seated next to Hines at the time
she pointed him out as her
assailant.
Woman
Claimed
By Water
BY STAFF WRITER
Wake County medical
examiner, Dr. Laurin J.
Kassa, ruled Monday
that the death by
drowning last Friday of
Mrs. Olivia Harriett
Horton, 65, 1001 S.
Wilmington Street, was
accidental.
$8,000. Wilson is said to have
been so concerned until he
wrote a letter to the Democra
tic precinct chairman about 2
a.m. on a September day.
Wilson is reported to have
said that between his desire to
stop Batts, and his sleepiness,
whm he wrote the letter caused
him to not properly punctuate
same, causing Batts mnstema-
tion.
A part of Wilson's letter said,
"Helms’ $4.96 millicm war chest
has been widely reported.
Smne seems to have been filter
ing down to Orange County - ac
quaintances of Mr. Batts, the
Republican choice for Clerk of
Court, say he has an $8,000
(See CANDIDATE. P 2)
According to reports, the
woman had a tub erf water in
the backyard of her home.
Detective Lt. B. C. Nipper said
Hiring By
CETA Gets
Criticism
Garland H. Jones, county
OICGS REUNQUIBHeS HOi«E IMTHES TEMPORARILY
OetreR— Rep. CUrles C. Mggs. D-Mkh. iR). goes over his
stalencnt wRh an aide prior to a newt cmltroott Oct. 16. where
he anaa—cod that he was temporarily stuping aside from his
offkial Arties, hut said he felly expects to he restored to power
by his coBstitueels Nov. 7. Diggs. SS. a 24-ycar House veteran
aed Confess' senior Mack member, was convicted Oct. 7 of
mail frond and payroll paddieg. (UPli
800 Inmates To Be
Served By Chaplain
Ingram Is
Pressed
By A ction
The woman testified that the
rape occurred about midnight
F^. 16, as she walked along
the loading tlock at the railroad
depot where she was employed.
Following her testimony,
Decatur policeman Keith
Russell ad^tted raping three
women when he was arrested
May 23. Reportedly, Hines has
an IQ of 38 and a panel of stale
psychologists found him
competent to stand trial.
The Department of
Corrections has employed a
Muslim clergyman to minister
to the spiritual needs of nearly
800 inmates who profess an
interest in the Islamic faith.
Chaplain Matthew B.
Hamidullah. 28. of Durham,
began hit duties Sept. 25.
Caroi'.ta Action, the state
wide citizens’ organization, has
called for and won a special
meeting of the Board of Gover
nors' meeting of the N.C. Rein
surance Facility.
Carolina Action plans to
press Insurance Commissioner
John Ingram to keep a promise
he made Sept. 14th to establish
clean risk rates within the Re
insurance Facility. Presently
all drivers in the facility pay a
10 percent surcharge. Over 85
percent of drivers in the facility
have clean driving records.
When Commissioner Ingram
(See INGRAM IS. P.2)
The trial was moved to
Cullman from Hines’
hometown of Decatur, Ala.,
because of racial unrest there.
However, the racial unrest
followed Hines to Cullman
''' ‘unly, where 2 percent of the
population is black. Members
of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference and
robed Ku Klux Klansmen have
congregated outside the
courthouse during the trial.
NAAGP:
Coalition
Claim Off
NAACP TO
MEET lSL N.
NAACP TO MEET
The Ralelgh-Apex
Chapter of the Nation
al Absociation for the
Advancement of Color
ed People (NAACP)
will hold its regular
monthly meeting Sun
day, Oct. 15, at 4 p.m.
at RICH Park in Me
thod. The Rev. Dr.
Charles W. Ward. Sr.,
pastor of First Baptist
Church here, is presi
dent of the chapter.
The public is invited to
attend.
CHARLOTTE - Kell} Miller
Alexander, Sr, local mortician
and veteran president of the
N.C. Conference of Branches of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple (NAACP), this wedc vehe
mently denied charges by
Nelson Johnson, co-chairman
of the N.C. C^liUon.for (Quality
Education, that the NAACP
and the slate's Black Democra
tic Caucus are "less vocal
against the competency tests
because they are awed by an
appearance of power on the
part of the state."
Instead. Mr. Alexander said
his group is "mellowing out" on
its stand against the test. "We
haven’t lessened our stand in
any way. The NAACP does
home work, not mouth work,"
(ieclared Alexander.
He said attorneys for his or
ganization are in the process of
deciding if legal action against
the tests should be taken and
will make a public repmt when
the 35th state convention gets
underway here on Thursday.
Oct. 18.
The stale president Mid that
Macks would be victimized by
(bee NAACP SAyS.P.2)
serving a prison population he
has devoid his ^forts to in a
volunteer capacity during the
past three years.
His employment was
recommended by the North
Carolina Advisory Committee
on the Religious Ministry in
Prisons and brings to 14 the
number of chaplains serving
the prison system on a full time
basis. There are. in addition,
five part-time chaplains on the
Department's staff and several
others in a part-time status
sponsored by individual
churches or denominations
Chaplain Hamidullah is a
graduate of North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical
State University, Greensboro,
where be majored in history,
and of North Carolina Central
University. Durham, where he
was awarded a law degree, He
received his training in the
Islamic faith in Chicago and
Washington. D. C. He and his
wife are the parents of one
child.
for severalnours.
Raleigh patrolman M. R
Sansom said witnesses
informed him that they had last
seen Mrs. Horton about 10 a.m.
Thursday. At the time she was
found, Mrs. Hortou's arms
wn-e also in the water, which
was located at the bottom of a
flight of stairs in the back of the
house.
Although there was no
evidence of foul play when the
body was found last Friday,
Nipper added an "at present"
to the statement, saying that
his investigation would
continue
Dr. Kassa reported that the
woman had apparently slipped
and fell into the tub as she
came down the stairs. He found
no eviiknce of foul play during
the autopsv. it was reported.
(See DROWNS IN. P.2)
administrative assistant with
out interviewing any other ap
plicants (or the psailtoo. which
ys an annual salary of
$10,764
liie receoUy-hired director
of the Comprehensive Employ
ment and Training Act (C^A)
program, Jt^n C. Moon. last
(SeeCFTTA HIRING, P 2»
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General Robert C. Gaskill.
USA. is the new deputy director
of the Defense Logistics A-
gency.
He succeeds Rear Admiral
Phthp Crosby. USN, who has
retir^.
Gaskill comes to DLA from
(See GEN. GASKILL. P. 2)
FOUR HELD IN 1j%RUENY
Terry Marilyn reported to
Officer L. T chargmg
that Patrick Bridge*, il.
Vernessa Clark. 24. Denise
Bridges. 20. and Annetta
Bridges, 18, allegedly look
$68.41 in assorted ciothing The
incident occurred at the
Family Dollar Store on
Crabtree Blvd Officer Liggim
charged the 4 with larceny.
They are ail East Hargett St
reaideots.
(See CRIME BEAT. P 2)
Appreciation
Cheeks Won
By 2 Ladies
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
PROTEST RHODESIAN VISIT TO t'.S. - Atlanta - AcUvIst Hesea WUUams nses a hmlfkorm at
Dr. Joseph Ixowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (c) and Atlanta
Mayor Mavaard Jackson «L>. join Williams in prertest of the visit to the United States hy
Rhodesian President lao Smith Oct. 9. lAiwery called Smith "a man who represents apartheid. op>
prestloa. the murder of black people in their homeland." The 3 blach leaders led several hundred
blacks through downtown Atlanta in protest. I UPl)
NORTH HILLS TV
“WHEJti Man Goes toward ultimate OWHEMSHir^'
Two ladies claimed a total of
$20 in checks last week as win
ners of $10 ead) in the Appreci
ation Mcmey Feature, sponsor
ed weekly by The CAROLIN-
IAN and participating busi-
nesses, and found 00 the back
page of Uus newspaper's front
section each week
The winners were. Mrs Lu
cinda Hayes, 2506 Evers Dr. in
Kingwood Fmrst. who saw her
name in the advertisement
paid for by the Warehouse of
Tires, S. Person and E Davie
.Streets: and Ms Vessie Ar-
nidd. 407 S. Haywood St.. Dixon
and Spencer TV. Inc . 502
Downtown Blvd.
The name of William O. King.
1732 Eastern Blvd (Apollo
Heights), was also iist^. It
was in the space provided by
FCX, 301 W. Cabarrus St. How
ever, Mr. King failed to identify
bii.iself at the office of this
newspaper by the 12 noon Mon
day deadline, and. therefore.
(See APPREQATION. P 2)
DODGER GREATS TURN OUT — Dodgers Stadiam —
Former Dodgers catcher great Ray Campaaella (la vhacl-
chatr), aided hy faraMr Dodgers pMchar great Daa Newcambe.
throws aat the first haU (Ml coMeri. la Lea Aagdes Dodgers
cauher Steve Yea^ (la left faregd.). la open the 1976 World
Series of the Dodgers vs. the New Yarli Yaahees. The Dodgers
woo the opcaer. 11-6. (UPt)
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