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The Augusta News-Review - January 11, 1973, The People Speak Question: Do you feel that January 15 should be declared a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King? Should a local street be named for him? Why? Trudy Davis, First Street I think they should. He was a great man, a great leader of Black people as well as poor whites. He deserves it. Xl* *** i |k ? Finnel Bonner Moncrief Avenue Damn right. Due to Dr. King’s hard work for Black people and dedication to the underprivileged, Blacks as a whole owe this to him. America owes it to him. In all past times there have been holidays for white men. Never before has there been a holiday for a Black man. If this is a nation for ALL men, then why are they keeping this from us? r * ifl| z" . W Rebecca Dixon 9th & Wrightsboro Road I think so because he brought the colored people where they are at. And I think they should have a holiday and a street named after him. - TOPS IN TALL APPAREL T*U One Stop Shopping For All Tall Girls 7<*L 1018 Broad Street Phone 722-0035 S.S.S. TONIC k -- ImsS fefi-gs 11 as advertized on WR D W the stati on with "KICK” The News-Review will pay $1 for each question accepted fpr thia column. z bT - Isadora Tutt Sunset Villa Apts. Yes. I believe it should. He’s done a lot of things and the nation should recognize him in some way. ■ * s < MhK Teddy Brown, Walton Way Ext. It’s time that Black people get ahead. It’s what’s happening to get this. There are holidays like George Washington’s birthday. Why not Martin Luther King’s birthday? The Jews have their holidays. The Catholics have theirs. We don’t have a day at all. It’s only fair. Why not Martin Luther King Day. 'F-' I k Annette Smith, 12th St. It’s right to do it. They should show respect for him by doing this. advert i s| n l9~ pays 1 - Page 4 FORT GORDON KING MEMORIAL SERVICE AT FORT GORDON Memorial services on the birthday of the late Dr. Martin Luther King will be held at Fort Gordon on January 15. The services are set for 7:30 p.m. at Chapel 9 with all Augusta-area residents invited to attend. A former associate of Dr. King, Dr. Nelson W. Trout, will be the guest speaker. The 52-year-old Doctor of Divinity has served as a Lutheran minister since 1952 and is currently the executive director of the Lutheran Social Service in Dayton, Ohio. He is also the immediate past president of the Lutheran Human Relations Association of America. Scheduled to sing during the service is Paulette Pearson, the first black woman to compete in preliminary competition to the Miss America contest. Miss Pearson was the first runner-up in the 1971 Miss North Carolina contest and is presently seeking a graduate degree in music from the Academy of Arts in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Chaplain Henry Harvey says the purpose of the service is to “memoralize a great man, a man who really accomplished something for our nation.” The memorial service will be followed the next day by a race relations seminar conducted by the fort’s equal opportunity office. FAMILY FINANCE SEMINAR PLANNED Military families interested in professional advice on finances will have a chance to get it first hand during a seminar set for this month at Fort Gordon. Army Community Service (ACS) is sponsoring the course from 6 to 8:15 p.m. on January 24-26 at the Center Conference Room. The information will be geared to military families and relate to financial planning and personal affairs. The classes are being held in the evenings to allow attendance by both husbands and wives. Persons interested in attending are asked to call ACS at 791-2149/2201. Topics and instructors are as follows: Jan. 24: BUDGETING AND CREDIT BUYING - Mr. Archie McCracken, Asst. Vice-Pres., Consumer Lending - Georgia Railroad Bank and Trust Co. CREDIT UNION - Mr. J.C. Duncan, Manager, Fort Gordon Federal Credit Union. Jan. 25: BANKING - Mr. C.G. Antonakas, Asst. Vice-Pres., Georgia Railroad Bank and Trust Co. INSURANCE - CSM (Ret) Jesse E. Cofer (Instructor for two years at Education Center.) INVESTMENTS - LTC James A. Hanlon, Headquarters Command. Jan. 26: RENTING AND LEASING - CPT John T. Husson, Legal Assistance. 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The auction, to be conducted by Mr. Hugh Boyce, a professional auctioneer from Keysville, will offer items furnished by Augusta merchants, as well as some unique merchandise donated by extraordinary individuals and agencies. The Benefit Auction is open to all Officers Wives Club and Fort Gordon Officers Club members and their guests. Because the proceeds of the auction will benefit local charities, local merchants are encouraged to contribute items to be auctioned. Among items donated by Augusta merchants are silver, crystal, paintings, small electrical appliances, linens and clothing. Some of the unique items include a number of interesting things donated by the White House, a football autographed by the Atlanta Falcons, a personally autographed golf glove from Arnold Palmer, a basketball autographed by the Augusta Barbara Jordan, First Black Woman Elected To Congress From South WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Barbara Jordan, the first black woman ever elected to Congress from the South; Rep. Louis Stokes, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; and Clarence M. Mitchell, widely known national legislative representative of the NAACP, will address the Mid-Winter Workshop of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) here January 24-27 at the Mayflower Hotel. These workshop program features were announced this week by NNPA President Garth C. Reeves, Sr., of the Miami Times. Another highlight of the three-day workshop will be a discussion of ways of expanding the circulation of black newspapers. In addition to highly successful NNPA member publishers, the panelists will include: George S. Wiedemann, circulation director of Time magazine, Robert H. Fentress, vice president of Johnson Publications; Jack F. Patterson, circulation director of the Washington Post, and Robert Macklin, assistant general manager of the International Circulation Managers Association. Workshop sessions will also discuss: (1) the extent to which black Americans may be College Jaguars, and more. Tickets are being sold at SI.OO each for an opportunity to win a Portable Panasonic Pop-up TV AM/FM Radio or one of four separate $25 cash prizes. The Officers Club will offer a special dinner menu and beverage prices for the evening, plus dancing to the music of the Burrell Bates band. As an added feature, the Special Sweethearts of the Officers Wives Club will act as waitresses with all of their tips going to the charity fund. A group of approximately 15 foreign'military officers will tour Fort Gordon on January 31. Sponsored by Department of the Army, the tour of Army installations has included Fort Gordon for the past five years. Representating Central and South American countries, the officers are all distinguished military graduates of their respective military academies. Major General Harley L. Moore, Jr. will welcome the group to the fort. Their tour will include visits to the Military Police School, the 4th Brigade, and the Southeastern Signal School. At noon, the Junior Officer Council will host a luncheon for the visitors. The group will depart the Augusta area on February 1 for a visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. expected to benefit in the future from the programs and services of the Departments of Housing, Labor, and Health, Education and Welfare; (2) how Black publishers may acquire more radio and CATV stations; (3) the results of the recent national election; and (4) how Black newspapers may share more fully in Hollywood advertising. During the workshop,' the publishers will share with new members of Congress in a reception hosted by the Capital Press Club in the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building. And they will visit the new national headquarters of the American Newspaper Publishers Association at Reston, Va. This Week At Your Library READING READINESS WORKSHOP AT THE LIBRARY A Reading Readiness Workshop is scheduled at the Main Library at 902 Greene Street for two Saturdays: January 20 and 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This is a free workshop open to all who work with young children. Among topics to be presented during the first session on Jai uary 20 will be: a film; a discussion and demonstration on how to plan and conduct picture book story hours; use of poetry for young children; teaching concepts and demonstrations on the use of library materials; and puppet making. For the Second session, January 27: demonstration on audio visual aids for pre-schoolers; poster techniques; library services available for pre-school programming to include bookmobile support. Consultants and leaders include: Mrs. Laura Adams, Mrs. Muriel Applewhite, Miss Edna Cunningham, Mrs. Phyllis Easley, Mrs. Sanunie Lackey, Miss Janet Myers, and Mrs. Alyce Simpson. All who plan to participate must have registered by name by January 16 and only those who have registered by then can be enrolled. Participation will be limited to the first ninety who register so that all who attend can learn and Indigent Defendants Courts’ Credibility Suffers When Defense Is Inadequate ATLANTA (PRN) -“When a poor person goes to jail without having had the benefit of adequate legal counsel, both the credibility of the judicial system and respect for law suffer.” That conclusion was reached by speakers in Macon at a recent meeting of the State Bar of Georgia in a panel discussion on “The Bar’s Continuing Challenge: Providing Legal Representa tion to Indigents Accused of Crime”. Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia, told the lawyers that only by providing competent legal counsel at the pre-trial and trial stages, can the “endless appeals which are creating a problem of credibility be stopped”. “These appeals,” he said, “rarely have to do with the guilt or innocence of the accused, but instead point to errors in procedure which may have violated the defendant’s Constitutional rights.” Judge Stolz said that in 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court said for the first time that an accused person in a state court had to have a lawyer at his trial. “Since that time,” he declared, “that principle has been extended so as to require that legal counsel be made available from the time of arrest for any person who could be subject to any form of confinement - even in juvenile and traffic courts.” Another speaker, Lewis R. Slaton, district attorney of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, cited a survey showing- a varied share. For further information contact Mr. Carl Shurtleff, Workshop Coordinator, at the Main Library, 724-1871. On exhibit in the glass display cases of the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library through February 14 are the pressed flower pictures arranged by Louise Thigpen of Augusta. Preserved in their natural colors, flowers of the garden, field and roadside have been combined to make framed floral pictures, bookmarks, trays and lockets. This nostalgic exhibit, in the second-floor lobby of the Main Library, is open free to the public during library hours. PROGRAMS FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN Programs are planned for pre-school children who are old enough to enjoy books. “Pre-school Story Hour” will be held at the Wallace Branch, 1237 Gwinnett Street, on Wednesday at 11 a.m. and at the Appleby Branch, 2260 Walton Way, on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The “Picture Book Half Hour” at the Main Library at 902 Greene Street will be held on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. 0 p „ r „ Truckload Motor Oil Sale! —— — Sale Prices Thru Saturday Only! Popular Heavy-Duty C2' Motor Oil I CZ ZX 1 "“I Regular T cl ■ J I / S lsf T V y SAVE 95c fj JL Igj f IKL nil if heavy it / TT I 111/ duty mjSwßfr wj/ j Regular /fl 49c <* /I Qts. I our BEST! SPECTRUM MOTOR OIL o*i I Regular 59c Qt w| l»%uQ| save77c O 9u l v!otor / OIL Sears multi-grade motor oils ;■<, exceed all new car specifications. Stock up now while prices are at an IBP® I all-time low! Sears Service Center is available for oil changes too! KQ jL SHOP 8:30 A.M. TIL 9:00 P.M. - MON. THRU SAT.,. SUNDAY 1 P.M. TIL 6 P.M, pattern of meeting the requirements of the Supreme Court rule in Georgia. “Each county is on its own as to how it will comply,” he said. “There are full and part-time public defenders, contracts with Legal Aid societies and court-appointed attorneys who, depending on the case or the locality, will receive adequate payment, token payment or no payment at all.” Mr. Slaton said the Governor’s Commission on Judicial Processes has recommended that the State, rather than the counties, should be responsible both financially and administrative ly for providing defendants with legal counsel. “1 think this is the current approach,” he said, “because it will give us a uniform system, and lack of uniformity from one court or jurisdiction to another, is in itself an invitation to appeals of convictions.” Atlanta attorney Edward T.M. Garland, also on the panel, said a major problem is that most lawyers prefer other types of practice than representing criminals. “But more lawyers will have to become willing to do criminal work if the legal profession is to carry out its responsibility of maintaining respect for the law,” he declared. Mr. Garland said if lawyers cannot be paid full fees for representing indigents, the State could take certain steps that would make it easier for a court-appointed attorney to conduct an adequate defense. ■ BONUS!! Jg / \ Extra 100 S.B<H. Green / Pl J . Stamps With I. I I Bucket or ' 31 Barrel Os 31 Chicken And This £ ' » \ T T PldWl Coupon ! |[ \ 12 Broad Street CuijseJ UM thammfi Mrs. Mary Jones, 77® -4 Personnel Interviewer APPLICATIONS RECEIVED 8 AM to 5 MONDAY THROUGH ■ FRIDAY ■ 1001 REYNOLDS ST. An Equal Opportunity Employer In this connection he mentioned: * Full disclosure of information held by the prosecutor, * Uniform rules of procedure in all trial courts, * Making State crime lab facilities available to the defense on the same basis as to the prosecution, and * Establishing a staff of investigative personnel the lawyer could utilize. Mr. Garland pointed out that it is no longer “adequate and competent” defense for a lawyer merely to enter a plea of guilty for an accused. “That accused, when he is sitting in prison, can think of a lot of things the lawyer didn’t do in his defense, and he can not only petition for habeas corpus, but he can also sue the lawyer,” Mr. Garland said. He said recent court decisions have made it clear that “adequate and competent” representation must include the interviewing of all witnesses, the analysis of evidence for legality, and determining that any confession was properly obtained and search, seizure and arrest were properly conducted. “The volume of criminal law work will continue to increase,” Mr. Garland said, “because the population will increase and there will be more indigents entitled to a full defense in their trials and appeals. “Also,” he concluded, “more activity in society will be of a criminal nature, due to new laws dealing with consumer rights and environmental protection.”