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Sworn In As Wake County’s Sheriff
J> Baker Promises 24-Hour Service
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At Raleigh's St. Paul AME Ghurch
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MichauxTo Speak Sun
Mr ^ U.X1.0 John Haywood BAker,
The Carolinian
VOLUME 38. NO. 6
North Carolina's Leading Weakly
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OP JESUS CHRIJT
THECAROLINIAN—THURS., DEC. 7.1978
SINGLE COPY 20c
SIIEKIKK BAKEK TAKES OATH OF OFFICE-Sherilf John Hiywood Baker. Jr., b abowe
above ukitiK the oath ot office here .Monday as Wake Coonty’s first bbek sherUf since Recon-
slruetlon, .See story in coiumn ». Page I. (SUff Photo by Paul R. Jervay. Jr.)
Plans To Move Bus Stop
Galled ^RacisP By Many
For Girculuting 'Inflammatorx' Leaflets
NC COP FIRED
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Says State Offieial Renelied On Vow
Ms. Little SeeksFreedom
.National Black News Service
WASHINGTON. D.C.-An
attempt by the management of
a major suburban shopping
mall to gel Metro, the district
bus company, to reroute its
service away from Ihe mall,
has been characterized as a
“veiled racist attack.
Metro representatives heard
testimony at a recent public
hearing on the subject of the
proposed discontinuation of bus
service to Landover Mall, a
large shopping complex in
Landover. .Md Mall owners
ana merchants have been
seeking a way to solve a
number of problems they say
they are having as a result of
having bus stops along the
mall. Vandalism and
Accusations of racism were
made by a number of people
who are opposed to the
discontinuatlOT of bus service
to the mall. Ernest Gray,
representing the Palmer Park
Civic Association, said the mall
merchants and owners are
issue “as an excuse” in order to
keep buses—and blacks—out. from
Charles Dukes.
shoplifting are spawned by
crowds that often gather inside
stores to wait for buses. Some
merchants also complain that
they have to hire more guards.
Mall representatives also
maintain that the heavy buses
are damaging the structure
beneath the roadway, causing
cracks and water leaks on the
mall's lower level. . . v «» —
RehabilitatinjS Pnsoners
Behind Statc*8 Oell
1»Win GILL community volunteers. Robert W. Wilson, chief
Many inmates suffer from low administrative officer of
morale because of family and Prince OeorgM County, said
socui,4)roblatns. Pope sayi,
“Moet people «nr awpkiaad at
how much a chat with an
inmate can help boost his
morale.”
Pope and other volunteers
(See PRISONERS'. P. 2)
13 Given
Discipline
By Chief
ukiBg the .irucural db^age ROCKy. MOUNT-One
iaaue“aaan«n»." in order fo Wlute Officer WRS fired
his job here
Tuesday, while 13 others
What can the community do
to help rehabilitate young men
behfiKl bare?
Community volunteers like
Paul Pc^ help fill the gaps in
the rehabilitation program at
Polk Youth Center in Raleigh,
N. C. Pope is Ihe Production
Supervisor for WRAL-TV in
Raleigh. As a community
volunteer, Pope is allowed to
take an inmate away from the
center and into the community
for 18 hours per week
This helps the Inmam adjust
to the changes of the outside
world. Pope feels that this part
of the rehabilitation process
decreases the number of
inmates returning to the
Fauntroy Urges Nat*l
Sickle Cell Program
But
repreaenting Ike Landover 8iven strict disci-
Mall management, called such pHnes for their roles in
testimony "Garbage." He said circulating racially of-
Uto is much Miering around fensive material within
the local police depart
ment last month,
allegedly aimed at
stirring up racial unrest.
Police Chief Arthur Butler's
action followed a disturbance
in the aftermath of the
distribution of a fake high
acfaooJ cempetencjf jaB wtri^
contained radal am agaknT
the black race.
Besides the firing of the
unnamed officer, Chief BuUer
suspended three other r .pe for
five days without pay. Offleial
r^irimaods were given to ten
others.
(See COP FIRED, P. 2)
responee to jg number of
suggestions that Metro efiooee
alternate sites within the mall
area for bus stops, that while be
will relay these suggestions, be
is “Dessimistic about the
(See BUS STOP, P. 2)
medially
Charged:
Prisoner
John Haywood BAker,
Jr., 43, was sworn into
office here Monday, Dec.
4 as Wake County’s first
black sheriff since the
turn of the century.
Sheriff Baker is a former
member of the N.C.
Paroles Board and a
retired professional foot-
.ball player. Also known
as “Big John,” the new
sheriff is 6’ 6" and
weighs 272 pounds.
After receiving the oath of
office in a secondfloor Wake
County Superior courtroom
number 2, Sheriff Baker told
las constituents, “I can assure
you that I will serve you as
sheriff 24 hours a day, seven
days a week."
Among the overflowing audi
ence that witnessed the cere
monies were many of the city’s
leading black political and
social leaders.
The 10 a.m. ceremony was
called to order by Sheriff
Robert J. Pleasants, who
served as Wake’s sheriff for S2
years. Ibe oath of office waa
adminUtered by Superior
Court judge James H. Pou
Bailey.
Baker also suted, “I am
grateful to you for electing me
your chief law enforcement
officer." The crowd applauded
this statement.
Following the oath-taking,
Shoiff Baker started
A brief, private meeting with
his deputies, wu held later and
Baker said that hs used this
eooferaoce to announce the
t of three new staff
National Bbck News Service
WASHINGTON. D.C.-U.S.
Congressman Walter Fauntroy
has called for the develt^ent
of a comprehensive federally
Fauntroy noted that 2(
million dollars in federal fundi
are already parceled out to a
number of sickle cell research
projects. However, he fears
Center Stalislica show that one f ml'«<>% (unded program for U>«« funda may dry up in the
out of three inmate, will ^ PrevenUon, diagnoeis, and wuke of growing cooatramla on
hopefully, the cure of sickle cell
anemia.
return.
^^lorale^^^realconcen^f
WEATHER
The five-day weather fM'ecast
for the period Wednesday. Dec.
8, through Sunday. Dec. IS. Is a
follows: Sunny skies returned
to North Carolina Wednesday
and are expected to remain for
the next few days. High
temperatures Wednesday were
mostly in the 50s and low SOs
and highs Thursday will range
in the 60s to low 706. The
extended forecast for the state
calls for scattered showers and
thundershowers Friday, end
ing Saturday. Sunday will be
mostly sunny and cool. wHh
lows in the 50s, dropping to the
30f inland and the 40s along the
coast by early Sunday.
Clash With
Klan Averted
NRW ORLEANS,
La.—Robed Kiansmen
marched peacefully through
the French Quarter here, and
a feared confrontation with
black activists never did
materialize.
Biacks had said they would
confront Ihe Kiansmen, but
Police Superintendanf
James Parsons persuaded
the KKK to march at an
earlier time and by the time
about 15 counterdemonstrat
ors arrived, the brief Klan
procession and five-minute
ceremony at Liberty
.Monument was over.
government spending
Therefore, Fauntroy suggested
that legislation be passed to
authorize the establishment of
specifically nationally funded
sickle cell program.
His remarks wcto made in a
recent speech at the
Washington Hyatt Regency
Hotel before the International
Conference on Sickle Cell
Anemia sponsored by Howard
University here. Sickle cell
anemia is debilitating and
treatment can be extremely
costly. The disease, which
strikes mostly black people, is
genetic in origin. It affects the
red blood cells’ capacity to
combine with hemoglobin
needed in order to transport
oxygen to body tissues.
Fauntroy promised to work
closely with Dr. Roland Scott.
Direcor of the Howard
(See FAUNTROY, P. 2)
SETS GAB LIWT Oish^sg. WOUgrtOag
le his pump icWag castomm sf sb t8.ss gas Until Dec. L Shell
Oil Cs.'s decisioB (a rntisa gasolhie dellvcrMl fa dWtlars this
maath, coupled with reparts of law supplies by other oQ
companiet. triggered both fears of sBathr>f ssajar gasaline
shortage and taspkioas of a hoax. (UPl)
U. S, Attorney Is
TrusteeDay Orator
Henry McKinley (Mickey)
Michaux. Jr.. U. S. Attorney for
the Middle District of North
Carolina, will be the speaker
for Trustee Day, Dec. 10. at St.
Paul AME Church for the 11
a.m. service. Attorney
Michaux is a native of Durham,
having graudated from North
Carolina Central University
with a bachelor of science
d^ree in biology in 19S2.
He has done graduate work
RECEIVES ROCKEFELLER
AWARD — The Rev. Jesse
Louis Jackson of Chicago,
director of Operattoa PUSH
(People Uoited To Save Hu-
manltyi, this week received
oue of the coveted Rockefeller
Service Awards for “extraor
dinary achievcmeni." A South
Carolina aative. Rev. Jackson
bag. sduate of N. C. AAT
State University at Greens
boro. (UPl)
Appreciation
Money Won
By Two Here
Two lucky leaders of The
CAROLINIAN claimed checks
of $10 each in last week's
Appreciation Money Feature,
sponsored by this newspaper
and participating merchants,
and ffMind on the back page of
Uie front ction of The
CAROLINIAN.
Winners were: Mrs. Ethel
Kearney, 1111 Smtthfield St.,
whose name appeared in the
adve *t)sement paid for by
Terry's Floor Fashions. Inc.,
.(See APPRECIATION, P.
Trustee
Praises
Minister
at Rutgers University in
physiology and biochemistry,
and at Ntartb Carolina Central
University in the field of
business administration and
economics. He was awarded
the juru doctor degree with
l»nors from NfXU. In his real
estate experience, he has
served as the executive vice
president and member of the
Board of Directors of several
family-owned corporations
serving the state of North Caro
lina.
Ms. JoAnne Little, 24-
J year-old convicted ^
^ felonious escapee, filed a hands while workii« hlTway
petition, in Wake the crowd. He finally
Superior Court Monday ^
thrnuffh hor Affnrnpv where be and
inrougn ner auorney, wake cisrk Cowt J. R*»seU
saying her conviction for Nipper swore faihb 82 deputies,
the charge is invalid and al^ with is members of the
seeking to be released Qty*<^uDtyBuresuof identiA-
from the Women’s
Correctional Center
here.
Ms. Little's lawyer, Jerry
Paul, filed the writ,
the coDvktioa be set mMs
because North Carotina ofi
to cbgmUgg
otehrltahif
e^dition prorwwtngs ta New
Ttw young wnmnn wu
aeotenced to an addlttonal six
mcmfhs to two years in prison
after she pleaded guUty to the
escape charge eariier in the
year.
According to the petition. N.
C. offlcUU, during proceedings ^
in New York, saw that the state ll'Bf A'B'Moao
“was not seeking her extradi- -•-FU'Of fgcroll
tion on the escape rap, but National Blaek News Service
solely for the completion of her
unexpired sentence for bresk-
ing and entering in Beaufort
(bounty."
It also declared that the state
lacked jurisdiction to charge
her with escape since the was
not returned to North CsroRna
on that charge.
Iknom Mi. Tricia Sanford
BaaSySpeeWasslBtaM; Dnmy
T. BettiuBir. pnpsrty control
officer and Atty. Jane R.
Garvey, legal adriasr.
(SeeJ. BAKER. P.2)
Neva Hope
Seen For
(S«MS. UTTLE.P.,)
Children*s
WASHINGTON. D.C.^Local
minority-owned buainesaes are
promised more access to
government contracting with
the esublbhmeot of a feder
ally sponsored Minority
Business Opportunity Commit
tee (MBOC) in Washington.
C. R4ti)ert Kemp, executive
director of the Interagency
Council for Minority Business
Enterprise, announced
formation of the new commit-
u1 in: FilmOutOn
Durham Committee on Ihe .
Affairs of Black People. E/f I I4 fwa
member of the National VI.
u „ Associalion of Real Estate Natloul Black News Service
O' ‘he Board BURBANK, Cal.-The Walt j, the aut of the oall,».l
Road Raleigh, and a member of Directors, chairman of the Disney Educational Media
R* nc t'r'h Aflaiis Committee and Company has produced a new **•
Memorial Baptist Church for ..hairman fiim.ti-in oimeH at vnnnoaient ,
But its function is the uroe
the 40th U.S. city
uhere a MBOC hu been set up.
"The Washington MBOC U
unique in that it addresses local
needs in a metropolitan area
Baptist Church for chairman of the Constitution
many years, wrote a letter to and By-Laws Committee
theeditorofTheCAROLINtAN 'Se \u s^r"SI“tn the
t R Association of Real
Estate Lice,« Law Official.
Debnam. Sr., for preaching a
funeral al the church on
Sunday, .Nov. 26. for James
Robert Jones, a veteran
deacon.
The unique feature of Mr.
Starling's letter is that he did
not know the deceased man.
who had served as a deacon at
Fayetteville Street Baptist
Church and First Cosmopolitan
Baptist C^hurri) for a combined
total of 37 years. He was
allegedly denied a Sunday
funeral by his church and the
Rev Uebnam, who is a
postman in the South Park area
of 212 E. Lee Street, where the
deceased resided, performed
the last riles at his church.
Mr. Starling's letter follows:
To the Editor;
TOCOM.MEND
REV. DEBNAM
“I am a member of (he
(SeeTRUSTEE, P.2)
(SeeMICHAUX ro.P.2)
filmstrip aimed at youngsters
from the 4th to the 10th grade.
Entitled, “Martin Luther
King. Jr.: The Choice to be
Greal.’’ it traces the
(See KING FILM, P. 2)
T.,
(See HOPE SEEN.P.21
HELD IN .STABBING DEATH-New Vork. N. V.-Earv la Edwards. Jr.. 17. is eiearteal ky pelice
as they leave pnlire sutionhou»e here late f>ec. 5 en raete to Police HeadqBarten where he aad ao
■aidetitifit-d l5->ear-old were booked oa aecood-deftree murder charge*. The pair were haofced bi
eoBBectiiH) * ilh the ktabbing Hr .ith of Irene Maxwel. 31-year-old Scottish (asbioB designer, owtiidf ■
p.'pular bar tii MjnhaUan’s.Snhuarea. (t'PI)
Appreciation Moriey
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
HUDSON-BELK DEF T. STORES
•TWO LOCATmS FOR YOVR
YVIE SHOFHMC C >NVBtlERCE”
MEVnONEO A8 POSSIBLE GUYANA .MURDER SUSPECT
—Geergetawa. Gaysaa—FagRIve David HiU. kaowa as RabW
Edward EBBaaael Waikiagtea. Aoierlcaa-keni kead a( Ike
Heuae e( Ivaet-aaatker Cuyaaa-kaaed rdlgkau argaataatitw.
b tke AlkerllaWB aeetioa a4 Geergelaaa. adaalu la aa latervlew
ke faeei aeveral ctiailaal ckargea ia Ike United Stales, ill la
reparlediy aae af ike persaaa aiealioaed ia scaled arrest
wartaau laaaed ky tke FBI at praple Ike FBI believes are respaa-
sikir far the Gayaas abylBg a( Rep. Lee Hyia sf CaUlirmia.
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Wr Ike --BlaUer^ aa4 yaa aia'I ke M Ik#
CrtBMlleal.
MAN ASSAULTS COP
William Edward Yates, Uli
Gregg St., waa arrested and
charged with aiaault on Officer
Jimmy Max (Hover at 12:46
a.m. Sunday. Officer Glover
was allegedly kicked on the leg
by Yatca at the magistrate's
office. 300 S. Salisbury St..
accMding to the offense report.
ROBBED OF tZM
Harlee Downer, 617 Campao-
elle Dr., was reportedly
attacked by beating and taking
$260 be bad on his person
Sunday. Hhe incident aUegedty
took place in the 100 block of
Went Bragg St. at 6:S0 p.rn*. the
report eodad.
I See CHIMB BEAT. P.S)