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(imiik THE PEOPLE’S PAPER (2Wh national black news service \\ J J MEMBER XC — Vol. 2 $5,000 REWARD Intensified Search Underway For Lind ell Hunter By R.L. Oliver Reports, tips and sometimes wildspeculatingarekeeping the jg Augusta Police Department and the Richmond County Sheriffs Department ever alert for the man suspected of one - murder and the recent rash of Rapes and Assaults. On Wednesday, February 14, Valentine’s— IreriS /Ffiiott De Quosi? —of "308 fliilwood —Circle was found beaten to death at that address, along with her grandson who is still undergoing treatment at University hospital. The grandson is the son of an Augusta -College Faculty mernbgL/ Dr. Robert E.' ThefbUowing day (Feb. 15) upon answering a call of an attempted burglary at the home of Mrs. Nelson Burton of 3071 Wheeler Road, an all out intensified manhunt was underway in the Boyscout, Wheeler Road Area of Augusta - Richmond County by City and /' County Police Departments. The object of Augusta Mayor’s Nephew Shoots Parents Augusta Police returned 26-year-old Donald Newman, Jr. to a local veterans hospital Sunday (February 18). Newman, a Vietnam Veteran was being held for questioning in a shooting incident that occured at his parents home last Saturday night. According to police reports, Donald Newman, Sr. and his wife, Mrs. Hilda Newman, were shot while they were home. Other information regarding the incident cannot be obtained at this time, other than police witnesses reporting the younger Newman was responsible for the shootings. Both Mr. and Mrs. Newman are receiving treatment at University Hospital. There League Gets Accountant- Business Manager Business League happ3y~welcomes Mr. Kry son Wells to its staff as Accountant and Business Counselor. He holds a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia. As Accountant and Business Counselor for the Business League, Mr. Wells will assist in counseling and handle all the major financial duties in the preparation of loan packages. this manhunt is believed to be 19-year-old Lendell Hunter. escaped Rapist, and armed robber from the Alto Reformatory for Youth . Richmond County Chief Deputy - W.E. Anderson, said the hunt was initiated when the department received information that Hunter was in the Wheeler Road Area. The search lasted for two and one half hours approximately before it was called off. Anderson said additional patrols would be posted in the Berkman - Wheeler Road Area. Hunter-is wanted for escape, as well as, in connection with the charges listed here. Hunter is 5’ 9” tall, weighs 160 lbs. has black hair, brown eyes, wearing his hair in a semi-afro. Officials report finding Hunter’s finger prints at the scene of the De Quasie slaying, and have offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to Hunter’s arrest. Hunter was serving 2 life sentences plus 99 years. were no charges brought against the son by the parents, according to Detectives R.A. Williams of the Augusta Police Department. Williams said, “We realized he was mentally ill,” stating further that the man’s illness was the result of a nervous breakdown while serving in Vietnam. The father, Donald Newman, Sr. is the brother of Augusta Mayor Lewis A. (Pop) Newman. ■ And ■ ■ Vote^J| Coming from Athens Model Cities where he was Assistant Fiscal Coordinator and Fiscal Coordinator for Athens Child Development, Inc., Mr. Wells has an impressive work experience. Mr. Well’s educational background as well as his prior work experience will provide a solid base for assuming the Business League’s Accountant and Business Counselor position. P.O. Box 953 ' ■I■ Ml Ip i Ju- ▼ W ■ - { • f 1 i HI Lindell Hunter Census Shows More Interracial Marriages National Black News Service Washington - (NBNS) - The number of interracial marriages - especially those between black men and white women -- has increased significantly since the 19605, according to a Census Bureau report released last week. Os the 44,597,574 married couples recorded in the 1970 census, interracial marriages accounted for 66,789 of that total, an increase from 0.44 per cent of the total in 1960 to 0.70 per cent in 1970. The report also revealed that while black men marrying women of another race tend to marry white women, white men are more likely to marry American Indian or Japanese women when marrying interracially. And, those black men who do intermarry, are usually ones with a high degree of education and earnings. White men who marry black tend to marry at a percentage that is roughly consistend throughout the educational and earnings levels. Os the white male-black female marriages, the report shows, there were about 2,350 fewer such couples -about 7,352 - in the 1970 census than there were in 1960. However, the rate of interracial marriages between black males and white females more than doubled from 7,534 in 1960 to 16,419 a decade later - an average of one in 80 marriages. White men with more than 12 years of education marrying women of equal learning chose a black wife on the average of one time in 1,000 during both decades. These figures, which were based on a 5 per cen sample from the overall matital statistics and projected to represent the total U.S. population, also show that interracial marriages are usually between men and women of roughly equal economic status. However, the data also notes that white women sometimes marry black men with lower incomes of their own, whereas black women almost never do. The largest percentage concentration of black-white marriages is in the West, where Professor Leaving White College For Fisk National Black News Service Washington -- (NBNS) -- Saying that he hoped his action would start- a trend. _noted sociologistic. Eric Lincqh) has Communications Problems Os Disadvantaged To Be Aired An Augusta businessman and three local educators will delve into the problems of communicating with economically and culturally disadvantaged youth during this Thursday’s Career Guidance Institute (CGI) at Augusta College. The Institute, held every other Thursday at AC, is designed to help educators and business personnel learn from each other about the career needs and opportunities of disadvantaged youth. The 9 to noon session scheduled for the College Activities Center will feature talks by Mrs. Le Jeune Ellison, assistant professor, Speech and English, Paine College, Michael I. Miller, instructor of English, Augusta College; Bill Wolfe, manager of a local chain store; and Maurice Washingon, an English teacher at Butler High School. Following the morning classroom session, the group will embark on a series of sensitivity tours of selected community agencies, according to Dr. James M. Dye, AC education department Augusta, Georgia some 15,600 of the 7.6 million couples are mixed. In all areas except the South, the interracial couples are concentrated in urban areas of more than 50,000 persons. announced that he will leave Union Theological Seminary next fall to join the faculty of Fisk University in Nashville. The 48-year-old Dr. Lincoln said his move was the result of a growing sense of obligation but noted, however, that many black professionals now teaching in predominately white institutions may be deterred from making a similar move because of low salaries, heavy teaching loads and the lack of clerical help at predominately black universities, most of which are experiencing serious financial difficulties. A frequent lecturer on religion and minority group relations who is, perhaps, best known for his study, “The Black Muslims of America,” Dr. Lincoln said he believed that there is “an almost desperate need of black scholars with visibility at black colleges” and that the presence of these black scholars would give students “a new kind of hope and a new kind of pride.” Saying that he was responding to pressure from responsible blacks in the academic ranks rather than militants, Dr. Lincoln said that he also wants to rear his two young children in a black environment. chairman and project director. CGI participants are drawn SEE DISADVANTAGED Page 6 n ■ <J oo I1 a fc at'.V, J ZD "J A wwHK Debutantes of 1973 were honored with an annual Pre-Cotillion Tea, Sunday, February 18, 1973 in the Music Building of the Lucy C. Laney High School. At this gala affair, each young lady was presented a gift from various organizations of the city. Mrs. Agnes Weiss, the speaker for the occasion, brought a very challenging message to the Debutantes from their theme (Live Lovely for Excellency). Music medleys were rendered by two of the Debutantes, Miss Chery) Anita Evans and Miss Bonnie Childs. Parents of the Debutantes completed the setting for the evening with beautifully decorated white lace tables with red cupids and valentine decors as background. They served the guests a delicious repast. Mrs. Earl H. Thurmond and Mrs. James Lawson were the co-ordinators for the affair. Role Os Church In Race Relations The project in Humanities and Contemporary Issues will meet Monday night at Paine College from 7:00 - 9:30 P.M. The speaker will be Rev. George B. Thomas. He will discuss “The Role of Church in Race Relations.” Rev. Thomas is Associate Professor of Church and Society, Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. He is also the Project Director of Religious Heritage for the Black World in Atlanta. Heated Exchange Highlights County Commission Meeting The lengthy 42 item Agenda Richmond County Commission Meeting featured its own sensationalism, with oratory, protest delegationers, and a semi-heate verbal swap. All five commissioners agreed to concur with a Planning & Zoning Commission request to deny a Zoning Change from, Zone 1-A (Single family residence) to, Zone B-l (Commercial). H. Quattlebaum drew the ire of the Richmond Hill - Windsor Spring Road residents with his presentation of why the Zoning change should be approved, claiming his land is worth $25,000 and he pays taxes on it, but can’t make any profit on the land. One particular irate resident, George Anderson said, “Mr. Pre-cotillion Tea Debutantes honored at this affair and who will make their debut April 29, 1973 are Miss Joanne Allen, daughter of SFC/RCT and Mrs. Leonard E. Allen; Miss Maria Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Brown, 111; Miss Bonnie Childs, daughter of Mrs. Nancy C. Childs; Miss Thelma Coleman, daughter of Sfc. and Mrs. Perry Coleman; Miss Cheryl Anita Evans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert V. Evans, Miss "GooUe Gets The Goodies” Joseph R. Goode, Jr., the former manager of the now closed ART THEATRE, who was convicted on an Obscenity Charge by the Richmond County Superior Court, but subsequently freed by Georgia Court of Appeals, won another court battle to regain film seized from him during his arrest in March, 1971. Attorney’s for Good filed a possessionary warrant against Superior Court Recroder, Ben Sloan, 111, to gain possession of the film, “Her, She, and Him,” and a preview of “Southern Comfort,” the pictures had been in the possession of Sloan, who would not give them up because of legalities involved. However, Civil Court Judge, Honorable L.W. Cooper cited the Georgia Court of Appeals Ruling to the effect, the warrant was, illegal, the arrest was illegal, and the seizure was illegal. Hence, Goode gets the goodies Strickland and no one else makes up my mind for me, the land value is not worth $25,000 and he pays no taxes.” This particular item ended with chairman, Norman Simowitz sounding the gavel to restore order. Other items on the agenda were approvals by the commission of: (A) 100 Gallon gasoline request for Merit System, Director Curtis Cisrow. (B) 75 youths for a summer Youth Program at a cost of $42,000. The Youth Program will provide workers for the Recreation Department and Augusta College students in an intern program working in the Merit System Department. (C) Alterations and expansion of District Attorney Richard Alien’s office. February 22, 1973 No. 49 Alaughn Freeman, daughter of Mrs. Thelma W. Freeman; Miss Joanne Howell, daughter of ESM and Mrs. Horace H. Howell, Sr.; Miss Lugenia Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Annie Johnson; Miss Phyllis Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston P. Johnson; Miss Elaine Lawson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lawson; Miss Edna Mae Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Moore, Sr.; Miss Ramona Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Moore, Jr.; Miss Jacquelyn Tubman, daughter of Mr. and Mis. George L. Wooden; Miss Maggie Thurmond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Thurmond; Miss Deborah Wiley and Miss Phyllis Wiley, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaneil Wiley; Miss Harriet Twiggs, daughter of Mrs. Ruth Twiggs; Miss Deborah Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Young; Miss Vickie Wheeler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wheeler; Miss Cheryl Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Williams; Miss Murline Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Kendrick; Miss Sandra Wimberly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Flim Wimberly; Miss Janice Tanksley, daughter of Mrs. Julia B. Tanksley, Miss Merita Butler, daughter of Mrs. Ida Robinson; Miss Shirley Edwards, daughter of Mrs. Annie M. Edwards; Miss Wanda Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson; Miss Sheila Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Jones; Miss Josephine Ruffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ruffin; Miss Gloria Stewart, daughter of Mrs. Arlena Stewart; Miss Jackie Lipkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lipkins. (D) Names Mrs. J.L. (Caroline B.) Mitchell to fill the vacated seat on the Merit System Board due to the resignation of Mrs. Janelie Lindsay, who is moving from the area. (E) The hiring of Ralph Mobley as County Computer Programmer at $ 12,000 yearly. The commission turned down an appeal by a “one chair Beauty Shop” in the Eisenhower Drive Area to lift the ban on parking in front of her business. Commissioners also announced the Monday, February 26, 1973 meeting at 4:00 P.M. This meeting will be open to the public for the purpose of setting up priorities for Federal Funds received from Revenue Sharing.