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The Augusta News-Review - February 22, 1973, Police Report SISOO WORTH OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT STOLEN The American Warehouse and Moving Service reported two typewriters, an adding machine and a radio stolen. Items stolen, reported Augusta Police were reportedly valued at SISOO. CHURCH ROBBED Augusta Police reports indicated two record players and four speakers were stolen from the Holy Trinity Church on West Greene Street. The equipment was valued at $175. TWO ROB SERVICE STATION Kayo Service Station at 12th and Milledgeville Road was robbed by two unidentified men of SIOO. According to Augusta Police, the station attendent stated that two men, one with a knife, the other with a gun, made him hand over the money. 11 WRIST WATCHES TAKEN FROM DEPARTMENT STORE Store officials for Davison’s Department Store opened up Thursday morning to discover 11 watches and an unestimated amount of rings stolen. Augusta Police theorized someone was apparently locked in the store at closing time Wednesday night. TWO RICHMOND COUNTY SCHOOLS BROKEN INTO Southside and Fleming Schools were broken into last Wednesday. County Deputies reported an adding machine, calculator and electric typewriter missing from the Southside School. At Fleming School, an electric typewriter and an adding machine were taken. GRANDFATHER SAVES GRANDDAUGHTER William Laird, Sr., 75, of Rt. 2, Hephzibah, Georgia told Richmond County Deputies upon his return home he saw his 4-year-old granddaughter hanging from a tree in the front yard. He ran to her and cut her down then applied artificial respiration until an ambulance arrived. The child who was apparently playing when the incident occured was treated and released from University Hospital. MOTEL ROOM CLEANED Kenneth Groom, a desk clerk at the Miles Motel, told Richmond County authorities Winted! al I There’s someone nearby who needs you. Not a handout, just a hand. If you can spare a little time, why not call us now. It’s fun to be a volunteer. Call 738-7723 advertising <<• wife contributed • VL7 tor the We need you. public good he rented a room to a Robert J. Smith Wednesday, February 14. However, when the maids went to clean the room Thursday morning (Feb. 15) they found the following items missing; 2 Bed Pads, 4 Sheets, 4 Pillow Cases, 2 Blankets, 2 Spreads, 2 Bath Towels, 2 Hand Towels, 2 Wash Towels, 2 Lamps, 1 Bible, and 1 Ash Tray. AUTO BROKEN INTO Duane Blume shine of Co. A-5 BN-SESS Ft. Gordon reported his automobile had been broken into at the “K-Mart” parking lot. Blumeshine said one tape player valued at $57, 2 speakers - sls, 25 Tapes - $2lO, and 1 Tape box - S2O was taken. $344 BARBER TOOLS TAKEN Barber tools were reported stolen from the G & S Barber Shop at 1348 Vi Twiggs Street last Wednesday. ,PREGNANT WOMAN WITH CHILD IN HER ARMS RAPED Richmond County Sheriffs reports state that an unknown intoxicated man forced his way into the home of a woman with a baby in her arms. The victim said the man sought her husband, and she told the assailant her husband was not home and he left. However, he returned moments later asking if he could use the phone. Reports state that it was then that he forcedhis way into the house, slapped the woman in the face, forced her and her child into a bed and attacked her. MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE FOUND INNOCENT Peter Hans Wahl of Fort Gordon was found innocent of Rape in Civil Court Thursday, February 15. Wahl was in attendance at a preliminary hearing into the alleged rape of a young woman in her home. The case was dismissed, however. MAN BEATEN AND ROBBED BY UNKNOWNS Charlie Hallman of 1648 TY—« M Ciraat avnniin HaH this UllJlOOll UHVVV MMV story to police early Valentine’s Day. He stated he was driving a young lady to her home on Telfair Street when an automobile driven by her husband - Johnnie Watkins and another vehicle blocked his and four persons emerged from the auto’s and began beating him. Watkins told police that S3OO was taken from him during the melee. RAMADA INN ROBBERY SUSPECT IN CUSTODY Nineteen year old David (Iron Man) Palmer of 1100 Camille Street, Augusta, was i arrested in Fort Lauderdale -two weeks ago, will be | returned to Augusta soon and ’ charged with two armed j robberies of last year. Palmer is | wanted in connection with the * December 19 robbery of the I Ramada Inn. ® According to Richmond I County Sheriffs investigator, lIIAM-I-IHBI held ■ 1111 it il I!I B OVER _T 2nd WEEK He aims BP ff toplease. |R|— METROCOLOR SHOWS: 1:00-2:40-4:20-6:00-7:40-9:20 Page 3 Broadway Is My Beat By Joey Sasso National Black News Service Observations in Covering the Night Beat: Billy Eckstine is one of America’s top singing favorites after some two decades, headlines in the new show at Jules Podell’s Copacabana. Eckstine, professionally and affectionately referred to as “Mr. 8.,” is as charismatic a performer as there is in business. He doesn’t use any gimmicks when he sings. His audiences, both men and women in it, are captivated by him. The letter “B” is not only his first initial but it also stands for his baritone voice. It further stands for the last initial of Al Bell, president of Stax Records, for whom Billy records. Eckstine has starred in the top cases around the country and has appeared on the leading TV shows. His professional career begins as a singer and emcee in night clubs in Buffalo, N.Y., Detroit, and Chicago. Billy’s singing began at the age of 11 in a church choir. Originally he was hired as a vocalist for the band of Earl (Fatha) Hines. For five years, Billy sang with Hines’ band as well as playing the trumpet occasionally. While with Hines, he helped other talents to get into the band including Charlie Parker and Sarah Vaughn. After leaving Hines, Eckstine formed his own group with Bud Johnson. This union lasted four years and featured various times the remarkable collection of jazz and “bop” musicians ever assembled. Some of the artists who played in Eckstine’s band included Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Denny Dorham, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, Lucky Thompson, Leo Parker, John Malachi, Art Blakey and Tommy Potter. We describe Eckstine as a “pivotal figure in jazz history.” Billy is now being produced on records by Soul Master Isaac Hayes. NEW LP FOR THUNDERBIRDS Jazz trumpeteer Billy Ford and The Thunderbirds, now featured, at Joe’s Pier 52 Showboat Bar, West 52nd Street is coming out with a new LP, “Our First Time,” for Susal Records, late this month. After the show we toasted Billy and the boys with a shot of Teacher’s Scotch to celebrate the occasion and wish him good luck. SAMMY DAVIS TV MOVIE COSTS MORE THAN $1 MILLION “Poor Devil,” the Sammy Davis Jr. - Chris Lee movie-for-TV which is also an on-the-air pilot for a series, may be the most expensive TV Donald (Iron Man) Palmer is in custody in the Richmond County Jail. Palmer, waived extradition after being caught in Fort Lauderdale. Palmer was picked up and brought back to Augusta by County Investigator Johnnie Adair. movie yet made. It is supposed to be costing considerably more than $1 million. GODFREY CAMBRIDGE HEART ATTACK IS JUST A RUMOR Godfrey Cambridge, who just left the Motion Picture Country Home Hospital after a stay of six months, told me he did NOT have a heart attack, despite what we have heard. He was more than 100 pounds overweight and it had to come off. At the Harold Robbins’ party Godfrey told me that Frank Sinatra now insists upon sending him to Houston for a check-up by a heart specialist just to make 100 per cent sure there is nothing wrong with Godfrey’s heart. Cambridge landed in the hospital after passing out. When he opened his eyes, Frank was standing at his bedside telling him not to worry about a thing. During the six months, Sinatra made many visits to the M.P. Home to see Godfrey, who says he will never forget how marvelous Sinatra has been. JOHNNY MATHIS LOOK FOR OLD LP If anyone out there has a copy of Mercury LP 20991, “Love is Everything,” please call Johnny Mathis (collect.) Seems the master has disappeared and they want to revive a cut from the album called “A Thousand Blue Bubbles.” Don’t call me! LEON ISAAC ON ROOM 222 Young actor Leon Isaac (he’s married to the beautiful dancer-singer Jayne Kennedy, who’s on the Dean Martin show) has been cast in a segment of “Room 222” Leon and Jayne are two of the nicest, most together people in Hollywood. It’s great to see a marriage where both parties are involved in show business, yet have managed to bypass the ego trips and facades which snares nearly all other show business couples. Here’s hoping they never lose what they’ve got. PEARL BAILEY TAKING IT EASY If you don’t see too much of Pearl Bailey these days, it’s because she’s finally listening to the advice of doctors and friends, and taking things slow and easy. Inside TV Hollywood people are talking about: The fact that Flip Wilson’s popularity at NBC has reached a new low. According to a young man who works as an NBC page, Flip passes him a dozen times a day and doesn’t even sepak. This same page told us that he and three other pages at NBC gave Flip a birthday card S.S.S' TONIC S as advertized on WR D W the station with "KICK” * . * f Annual Taugadetta (•* *■ ’" ‘ Kappa Chapter, Tau Gamma Delta Sorority, Inc., will present its annual Taugadetta featuring the A.R. Johnson Junior High School Band and chorus in concert. The program will take place on March 23, 1973 at 8:00 P.M. in the Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel at Paine College. One of the highlights of the evening will be the crowning of “Miss Teen-Ager 1973.” Pictured above are the popular young ladies of the CSRA who are contesting for this title. Contestants shown standing ■X WF W< L f T > wj| t al- J _y * F H| The A.R. Johnson Band is under the direction of Mr. and Flip didn’t even thank them. Also, the crew on Flip’s show complained that he wouldn’t even acknowledge their presence even though they’ve been working on the show for two years. Finally, someone approached Flip’s personal manager, Monty Kay, who in turn introduced Flip formally to the crew. Even the shoeshine man fails to get a “hello” out of Flip. Says the page: “Flip has gained his popularity because of the characters he portrays, but in real life he won’t even talk to a Brother when he passes them in the halls of NBC. We see guys like Sid McCoy (producer of the “90 Minutes” talk show hosted by Cannonball Adderly), Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson and they always speak. But not Flip.” The pages say that Foxx is easily the nicest star at NBC and is never too busy to stop and chat, or at least say “hello.” from left to right are: Misses** Yulanda D. Lamkin, Judy Jackson, Jacqueline Evans, Mary McCoy, Veronica Clark and Rosalyn A. McKie. Not pictured is Miss Diane La Verne Mance. Advisors standing include: Ophelia McCain, Mattie Kemp, Florine Evans, and Magnolia Donahue. Seated are: Taugadetta Committee members, Sorors Sandra Odum Cordelia Gunter, Deliah Lamkin, and Soror Gladys Biggers, Basileus. Jerry Wilhite. He has served as band director for nine years at A.R. Johnson and one year at Seago Jr. High School. He is a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church. He attended Wiley College , Marshall College, Bishop College in Dallas, Texas; Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas. He is married to the former Miss Liz Reed and they have one daughter, Trecia. The band presents concerts each spring in various schools throughout Richmond County. Johnson is the feeder school for Lucy Laney High school and 85% of Laney’s Band is composed of Johnson’s former students. Friends, please hear Johnson in concert. f SUBSCRIBE | TODAY 111 THE AUGUSTA NEWS-REVIEW P. O. BOX 953 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30903 KjjU' . NAME ADDRESS city —————————— — One year (in county)ssoo On’ year (out of county)s6.oo I jk 5 years (in County)s2o.oo 5 years (out of county)s2s.oo “A warm December” A Film Starring and Directed by Sidney Poitier fI'WW-4*- oilr “A Warm December” is the first film that Sidney Poitier has both starred in and directed for his own company Verdon Productions. It is also his first film for First Artists Productions, a company he set up with Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand, Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. This multi-talented group now has financial and creative control over movie projects from initial pre-planning to final distribution. This is Sidney Poitier’s second directorial chore. His first was the highly successful “Buck and The Preacher” in which he both starred and directed opposite Harry Belafonte. “A Warm December” is set for National General Picture release around Memorial Day (May 30). Jamaican born beauty Esther Anderson plays Sidney Poitier’s leading lady in “A Warm December”. Ms. Anderson will be coming to America from her home in London to make a national tour on behalf of “A Warm December.” Bronx born Yvette Curtis, only 12 years old, has toured the United States in the award-winning musical “The Me Nobody Knows.” In her Monday g Amvets Post 616 MARCH sth ; 9th & Wilton Way KING FLOYD C«OOCXXXXXXXO FRtDAY FEBRUARY 23rd SOUL SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24th VOLCANOES « yH miai first film role as Sidney Poitier’s daughter, she made her first trip outside the United States to London and the film had to provide her with a tudor to keep up with her studies. In “A Warm December” Sidney Poitier plays the part of an American doctor in London who meets and falls in love with a mysterious and beautiful African girl who works as a diplomat in her country’s London Embassy. “A Warm December” is Sidney Poitier’s 28th starring role in motion pictures. Esther Anderson won her role opposite Sidney Poitier over 265 other girls who were tested for the coveted role. 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bush were honored recently at the Civic Room of the Pilgrim Health, Life and Insurance Co. with a reception to celebrate their 50th Anniversary given by their daughters and son:Mrs. Annie M. Walker, Mrs. Thelma Williams, Mrs. Juanita Chavous, Mr. Miller Ashley, all of Augusta; and Mrs. Willie Eva McClenehan of Los Angeles, California. The couple were married December 20, 1922. They have thirteen grand children and seven great grand children.