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Police Report
By R.L. Oliver
WINDSOR SPRING ROAD
ASSAILANT CAUGHT
Willie Clemmons, of
Augusta, has been arrested and
charged with the February 13
assault on a young pregnant
woman at her home. According
to Richmond County
Investigator, Roy Connell,
Clemmons went to the home
seeking the husband of the
victim, but left when told he
wasn’t home. However, he
returned and asked to use the
phone but was refused. He
then asked for a glass of water,
which was handed him through
the chained door. When the
young mother handed the
water to him, Clemmons
grabbed her hand and forced
his way in. The mother
received lacerations and
abrasions after being assaulted.
BURGLARIES
A Scott Road resident,
• Leroy Talbert reported to
deputies that upon returning
home at noon last Thursday,
the following items were
missing from his home: Two
television sets, a stereo set, and
five diamond rings plus $ 150 in
cash. Total loss value was
nearly S4OOO.
Ronald R. Asbill of 230
Damascus Road told officials
he left his home for one hour
only to return and find his TV
set, a movie camera, and a
calculating machine missing.
The missing items had a total
value of $919.
RICHMOND COUNTY
INVESTIGATORS RECOVER
TEN CHANDELIERS
County Investigators, Chris
Lamb and A.E. (Buck) Clark
made total recovery of ten
chandeliers, and light fixtures,
one red carpet, two large
mirrors, and one inter-com
unit. The officers also
apprehended Danny K. Seigler
of 1807 Tubman Home Road,
and Joseph Leroy Kelly of 635
Moore Avenue, and charged
them with four counts each of
robbery.
Carl Lavelle, of 307 Myrtle
Drive, reported the theft of
S9O and a radio from his
apartment.
Rachelle’s Service Station on
Highway 56 reported $250
worth of Beer, SIBO worth of
cigaretts and SSO in assorted
cookies, cakes and potato chips
were stolen.
THREE ACCIDENTAL
GUNSHOTS REPORTED
An employee of the
Municipal Building, who wishes
to remain anonymous reported
getting out of her car and
accidently shooting her auto
heater. The employee , a
female, stated when she got
out of her car, her dogjumped
into the front seat where her
.22 caliber rifle lay. She said as
she was trying to remove the
• weapon from the front seat, it
went off.
Norman Newsome of 1942
Lumpkin Road was showing
his daughter how to operate a
shotgun. He watched as she
pumped it, and pulled the
trigger. The gun fired right
through a wall hitting her
mother in the leg. The mother,
Mrs. Eva C. Newsome, was
treated and released from
University Hospital. No charges
were made.
Mrs. Louise Lathan of
Martinez was taken to St.
Joseph’s Hospital seriously
injured as a result of an
accidental gunshot wound. The
incident occurred Thursday
February 22, when she
dropped a pistol from her
pocket book while entering her
home.
The weapon discharged and
wounded Mrs. Lathan. Last
reports state she was in critical
condition.
SIX FORT GORDON
SOLDIERS NABBED IN
DRUG RAID
Investigators of the
Narcotics Bureau of the
Augusta Police Department
raided an Augusta Motel,
where they had been tipped off
a group of men had registered
and had drugs in their
possession. Lt. A.M. Kent said
that a quantity of Marijuana
was seized. Those seized were
Ralph Brown, 22, Philip J.
Culver, 20; Ted M. Overdorf,
20; Rodney L. Reed, 19;
Richie L. King, 19; and M.E.
Iburra, 18, all of Fort Gordon.
MAN SHOT AND ROBBED
WHILE WALKING ON
GWINNETT STREET
Clifford Bostic, of 1112
Kent Street, told police that
five or six men jumped him,
shot him in the chest, and took
his wallet. Bostic was taken to
University Hospital where he
was treated and released. It was
not reported how much money
was taken.
SUSPECT IN NORTH
AUGUSTA CRIME HELD BY
AUGUSTA POLICE
John Arthur Jefferson, 19,
of 832 Hopkins Street, who is
being held by Augusta Police in
connection with the robbery of
Augusta Christian Day School,
is also wanted for charges of
breaking and entering of an
auto and grand larceny, in
North Augusta.
ASSAULT SUSPECT
HEARING POSTPONED
The preliminary hearing of
rape suspect Willie James
Jackson of 1128 Eighth Street
has been postponed until
March 8, 1973.
Jackson was arrested by
Augusta Police last Tuesday
and has been charged with
rape, assault with intent to
murder, and assault with intent
to rape. It was learned through
sources that Jackson is wanted
on a fugitive Warrant for like
charges in North Augusta, S.C.
WOMAN ASSAULTED
SUSPECT CAUGHT IN BAR
Augusta Police reported to
quickly arrest Willie James
Jackson of 1128 Eighth Street
following the assault on a
woman going home from work.
The woman was walking down
Nineth Street when she was
attacked, dragged into a
backyard, beaten and raped
according to reports available
late Tuesday (Feb. 27).
Detectives found the suspect in
a local bar not far from the
incident within quick time.
Jackson has been charged with
rape, assault with intent to
murder, andassault with intent
to rape.
HEAVY SENTENCES GIVEN
IN SUPERIOR COURT
After deliberating forty five
minutes after a day long
session, Richmond County
Superior Court juries dole out
a total of five years and several
thousand dollars in stiff fines.
Sentenced were: Harold A.
Marks, Jr. and James T. Moran
to six months and $ 1,000 on a
charge of possession of
marijuana. Another man James
O. Strother in the same case,
was given three years in prison
on a similar charge. The trio
were arrested May 12, 1972 in
a raid by County Narcotics
Investigators.
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NOTICE
If you are a military dependent, or a person in the
military service who has retired, you are now eligible
for psychological services under CHAMPUS. The
government pays 80% of the charges.
You can get help from any licensed psychologist. You
do not need to be referred.
You can obtain assistance for marital problems (in
which there is an emotional disturbance), behavior
disorders of children, learning disabilities, depression,
anxiety, and psychosomatic illnesses.
If you qualify under Medicaid insurance, you are also
entitled to the same psychological services.
For information call any licensed psychologist.
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Hey, Guess who rides the
Augusta Coach Buses
frequently? Mrs. Teeney
Newman. That’s right, the first
lady of Augusta, wife of the
Hon. Mayor Lewis A. Newman.
A special commendation to
The Community Services
Committee of Southern Bell
Telephone Co. lasses and lads
of their local Pioneer Club. The
club recently participated in a
clothing drive for needy
persons, for “The Augusta
Rescue Mission.”
Clothing was collected at the
following branches last
February 16, by these good
folk; Helen Rawls - Fleming
Office, Loreda Thompson - Ga.
RR Branch, Francis Hixon -
Hill office-plant, Doris
Covington - Sunset Ave. Plant,
Virginia Smith - 937 Greene St.
Traffic, Frances Oglesby -
Fleming Work Center, John
Crawley - Fleming Work
Center, Bobby Bradford - Davis
Road Center, Aubrey Stewart -
Ellis Street. Work Center, and
last but not least, Betty Elliott
- 937 Green Street - traffic.
Friends, Ray Tilley and
Gordon Gardner of Journalistic
aquaintence have new
assignments, Ray is now crime
reporter, and Gordon has the
Health Care Bag.
My neighbor, Johnny
Holmes, of 603 Jefferson Drive
was seen talking to himself
(Feb. 20). Seems after working
Award For
Ace Volunteer
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Harvey Johnson
Harvey L. Johnson was
presented a special award by
ACE, Active Corps of
Executives, Small Business
Administration (SBA) for his
aid and management assistance
to small businesses in Georgia.
Mr. Johnson is Executive
Director of Central Savannah
River Area Business League, an
organization designed to foster,
to promote and to enhance
minority businesses. He was
formerly with the Georgia
Railroad Bank and Trust
Company.
Mr. Johnson joined the ACE
program in 1971, and has
worked with the minority
community to improve their
economic status.
By R.L. Oliver
all night, the driving home and
forgetting to leave some keys
at work, the driving back to
return them got next to him.
Lucky for me, he forgot them.
I got a ride to work, Heh-Heh!
I was about to freeze awaiting
for Augusta Coaches
“Buckboards.”
Good seeing Dan Cross and
Arthur Stewart and the gang at
County Commission meeting
(Feb. 20). Also good to see the
aimiable Rev. Battey of
Cummings Grove Baptist
Church on Broad Street.
Speaking of Pastors,
Salutations to Rev. N.T.
Young, F. Francis Cooke,
Arthur Sims, J.S. Sims, and
Nathaniel Irving. Be seeing you
all soon, I still work on
Sundays.
Believe it or not, I saw
Howard (ugly man) Wade on
Broad Street. And it’s true, he
really is. And I just glimpsed.
Ya’ll didn’t forget did you?
For local events, fraternities,
sororities, clubs, etc. buzz me
for your news. Any news, just
plain news, news. Now I
cannot write a novel for you,
but I can get your news
publicized, and free if its
newsworthy. Give me a call at
722-4555. See Ya’ll next week.
A hearty “Get Well” for
Mrs. Mellott -- Get Well Soon
Mary Loo.
Mrs. Josie Saunders tells me
that her little brother, Bruce, is
taking Karate Lessons at the
Y.M.C.A. on Broad Street.
Look out Chevelle and
Tammy.
1 saw several old friends for
the first time in 1973. John
Radeck, number one al
WJBF-TV, Leon (Pablo)
Booker of Kendall, and the
Amvets Post 616
9th & Walton Way
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Justice Department Files Suit
The Department of Justice
filed a civil suit and a consent
decree last Tuesday to end
racial discrimination at a trailer
park and restaurant-bar next to
Glynco Naval Air Station in
Georgia.
Attorney General Richard
G. Kleindienst said the suit and
decree were filed in U.S.
District Court in Augusta,
Georgia.
The suit charged that
man from Mcßean, Jay Bell.
Phase I, Augusta’s newest
nite spot on Sand Bar Ferry
really had a splash Grand
Opening, Thursday, February
22, 1973.
George Mays is working on
his Masters at Augusta College.
Guess who caught a case of
the flu on the way to Atlanta?
Little Caesar, himself, Curt
Cisrow. I gave him a remedy
that might help. One half pint
of Old Grandad and three
lemons. You heat the Grandad
with a cup of water, add
lemons sliced. When liquid
comes to a boil, turn off the
heat. Drink while hot, go to
bed, and cover up. This remedy
guarantees sweaty relief from
the flu.
Roy Bowdry of 542 Blum
Street, tells me that he is still
working at Talmadge Hospital.
Did you know that one of
the best Electronic minds in
Blacksville belongs to Charlie
James. Now doesn’t that shock
you?
My good friend, Mrs. Mary
Damico, retires after twenty
eight years with the Georgia
Employment Services here in
Augusta. She retires March 1,
1973. I learned of her leaving
last Wednesday when I
dropped in at the Department
of Labor Offices at 601 Greene
Street.
Mrs. Damico, Mrs. Parrish,
and Mr. Williams, chit-chat
quite frequently.
The CSRA’s newest
professional is Chief Walter E.
Newman, of the North Augusta
Police Department. He is very
Cathleen Sylvia Moore, owner
of Sylvia’s Trailer Park and
Sylvia’s Tourist Court, refused
to rent cabins and trailer spaces
to black persons and refused to
serve them in the
restaurant-bar and package
liquor store on the premises.
The consent decree
permanently enjoins the owner
from refusing to rent dwellings
and to deny service to blacks.
It also requires the posting of
impressive (read our interview
in the week’s review).
You say, where to buy the
News-Review? Well, here are a
few places for starters. East
Boundary Curb Market,
George’s Shell Station on
Gwinnett St. Ext. at East
Boundary, Gwinnett Street
Pharmacy, Murphy’s Pharmacy,
Fat Man’s Forest, Home Folks
Music Shop, Gepfurt’s
Pharmacy, Pate’s Package
Shop, Food Plaza No. 2, Sim’s
Cleaners, Swint’s Department
Store, Spur Service Station
(Old Sav. Road), Josey,
R.O.T.C. and Sunset Villa
Laundry and Service Grocery.
It was nice seeing WRDW
Radio’s newsman Sam Jones,
covering the combination,
city-county Sheriffs Dept.
City Police Dept., Request for
Human Relations Commission
Asst., in the Lendell Hunter
case. How many Black
Newsmen has there been in the
past five years? You don’t
know, do you? Well, I will tell
you. Mr. Charles Harris, Sr. ;
Charles Harris, Jr., Mallory
Millender, Ralph Stone,
Night-Train Lane, Jay Bell,
Wilbur Mazcyk, Frank Thomas,
Billy Dotson, and last, but
most assuredly not least -
Yours Truly.
Here are some Hello’s and Hi
There’s going out to, Shirley
Perry, Patricia Prescott, Peggy
Douglas, Elbert Peabody,
Johnny Holmes and Sarah, the
Kelly’s on Jefferson Drive, and
all the Davenports on Fleming
Street.
Come on now, someone said
that they could not find me
last Friday evening (that was
Feb. 23) ask Melvin Frazier of
the DeSoto Club where 1 was -
I was interviewing with the
gang there and next door at
Shoe String’s 9th Street
Lounge.
The Gospel Group was seen
discussing coming gospel
attractions in the parking lot of
Channel 6. That would, of
course, be Rev. Thomas Sapp
and Brother Shelby.
To Ed Dunbar, Top Kick of
WBBQ, “I have stabilized.”
Hon. Mayor Lewis Newman
said there is no question about
the safety of Lendell Hunter
after he is in custody, that’s
assured. When asked about
confidentiality regarding
someone that were to call
information leading to the
arrest and apprehension o f
Hunter, his Honor also said this
is absolutely assured.
County Commissioner,
Madison Woo, has a broken
wrist. Hope it mends quickly
without too much discomfort.
Be sure to see “Black
Sabbath”, a play being
presented by the Paine College
Dramatic Club on March 1-3.
The play will be held in the
Music Building at 8:15 P.M.
and it is being directed by J.C.
Taylor.
For those who requested it,
The Augusta News-Review - March 1, 1973,
equal accommodation
statements on all signs and
billboards advertising the
establishment.
In addition, the owner is
required to notify the base
commander and the housing
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FINANCES IN ORDER - Former POW, Major
William Hardy of Fayetteville, N.C., is undergoing
medical, intelligence, and administrative processing at
Fort Gordon’s U.S. Army General Hospital. Major L.J.
Anchor (left), post finance officer, is shown briefing the
returnee on his Army finance records.
the telephone number for the
Augusta Human Relations
Commission is 724-2246.
Charles Walker, director, is
really doing an admirable job
in that position.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to
WRDW’s Sam Jones on March
15.
The rise in food prices across
the nation is finally catching
up with 7-11 and Kwickie
Stores
Hey, Guess who I ran into
on the last night of February,
1973? Nope, not a lamp post,
but Paul (Deputy) Reynolds,
Melvin Frazier, Walter Childs,
Pop Shine, and Richard
Packey, at their lodge meeting.
Paul Hammonds and Jessie
Bowdry had their heads
together checking the scene at
Shoe String’s.
Jesse (Sonny) Beard is the
walking pride of South
Richmond County, he’s
beaming because of his two
sons in college. One’s at
Augusta College.
Scrooge McDuck of
WAUG-FM-Stereo in way out,
played one of my favorite
artists, “Chuck Berry.”
Hello Doug and Linda -
That’s Doug Dumas and Linda
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referral office that she no
longer discriminates in the
operation of her facilities.
She is further required to
pay S3OO to a black naval
airman and to allow him to
reapply for a trailer.
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