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The Augusta News-Review, April 25 -
From The
Block
To The
Hill
By R.L. Oliver
Overheard at the “9th”
Street Lounge, “Man Pablo
(Leon Booker) was so poor
coming up that he ate grits
before going to school, and at
dinner time he had the same
grits but sliced, then at supper
the very same grits but fried
this time.” Quote; Charles
Harris, Jr.
Glad to see Sonny Beard out
of the Hospital. Welcome Back
Sonny.
Belated birthday greetings to
Mrs. L.D. Waters, and Mrs.
Leora Turner.
For those that didn’t hear,
Augusta’s finest (APD) were at
court last week during the Civil
Suit in the federal building,
and couldn’t get their weapons
for almost twenty minutes.
Seemed like no one could find
the janitor with the keys to the
room they were locked up in.
Dig who was on the set
Friday, Frank Thomas
WJBF-TV, Sam (Lee) Jones,
the bone specialist from
WRDW. (just what is a bone
specialist, an orthopedist?)
Teddy Brown, Cyrus Hickson,
Rabbi Paine Phinizey, Oscar
“Big 0” Irving, William Griffin,
Richard Glenn (still on
grapefruit juice) Arthur
Stewart, Charles Rivers,
Charles Harris, Jr., and Leon
“Pablo” Booker.
Here are some facts and stats
that should prove worthwhile
for the newly formed “Augusta
Task Force Against Crime.”
The April edition of the,
“Black Enterprise” magazine
reported an enterprising plan
involving citizens helping the
Chicago Police combat crime
by blowing whistles on
criminals in action.
Called, “Operation Whistle
i Stop,” Blacks and whites are
busily enrolling and the
operation is proving effective
in decreasing crime in Hyde
Park, a community in Chicago,
DI.
Another operation of
citizen, police involvement in
the windy city according to
Chicago Deputy Police
Superintendant Samuel Nolan,
(One of the two highest
ranking Blacks on the cities
police force) are some thirty
two volunteer citizen car
patrols, equipped with radios
working with the police
department.
Nolan pointed out, most of
the citizen patroling is done on
weekends between the hours of
9:00 PM and 1:00 AM.
One man drives while his
partner operates the radio. If a
crime in operation is spotted
the car calls police patrol
headquarters which calls the
police squad in that area.
Nolan insists the areas
where these civilian patrols
operate do seem to reduce
crime.
This appears to be a costly
venture, but so is crime. I
wonder could this work in
Augusta-Richmond County?
For the benefit of those
News-Reviews readers who are
unaware, and asked my
assistance in finding out, here
is what the late hours law is;
Augusta City Code 23-69:
Unknown persons found on
the streets after 12:00
Midnight acting suspicious
failing to give a satisfactory
account of themselves will be
arrested.
Persons acting in a
suspicious manner in an area
where a crime has been
committed, or hiding, running,
etc., will be arrested. Code
23-69 has no set age limit.
Ever notice how important
the grassroots folk are at
election time, in church, at
voter registration, Mass rallies,
etc.? If you have then you will
also notice when decision
making time in these same
area’s comes around, the
grassroots folk have no say so
in policy making. No
grassroots, no grass.
Met two male models, “Mr.
Fox” and Al Rucks. They will
be appearing May 6th at Ist
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Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.
From Charlotte, N.C., comes
this note; Rogers Bennett is a
top bowler who won first place
and a trophy prize in a recent
tournament. Mr. Bennett also
was a major participant in the
team and doubles events.
His average in the singles was
102. So what’s unique about
Rogers Bennett? He is blind
and has only been bowling for
one year.
G. Lester Williams - Check
your brakes yuk, yuk.
Mrs. C. Delores Tucker says,
“black ain’t beautiful when its
dumb”. I guess she should
know, she’s the highest ranking
black in state government in
the country. Oh! 1 almost
forgot to tell you, Mrs. Tucker
is the Secretary of State in
Pennsylvannia.
Marvin Ware of the “Hill
Gang”, tells this one, a friend
of his got mad at his girlfiend
and took her false teeth from
her.
Who is Miss Magnificent?
Sharonna down at the Quality
Record Shop on Broad Street.
Coleman Jimmy White says,
he didn’t like last week’s write
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By R. L. Oliver
DOPE RAIDS - 16 YEAR OLD
ARRESTED
Richmond County Sheriffs
narcotics investigators, W.A.
Martin and G. V. Canady,
made two separate raids last
week which resulted in the
arrest of one sixteen year old
girl and several other persons.
In a Sunday evening raid at
1846 Derby Drive a sixteen
year old girl and other persons
were arrested. Deputies found
unlabled drugs, barbituates and
a guantity of Marijuana.
In addition to the girl, those
arrested were Ruth Jean
Pelletier of 2341 Walden Drive,
Cynthia Yvonne Pierce 19, of
1846 Derby Drive, Jeff William
McGriff 18, of 1537 Walton
Way, Carl Gregory 18, of 1019
Redbird Road and Kirk Eugene
Gordon 23, of the Derby Drive
address. All were charged with
violation of the Georgia Drug
Abuse Control Act.
In another raid earlier in the
week county narcotics
investigators reported the
arrest of two persons following
an extensive search of a mobile
home at the Augusta Mobile
Home Manor.
Having obtained a search
warrant from Judge E.M. Kerr,
narcotics agents from the
Richmond County Sheriffs
Department entered a
suspected trailer, finding the
door open and no one inside.
They found a blue zippered
bag containing drugs and two
bags of marijuana.
Also found was a photo
album of parties given at the
trailer and prints of the items
found. Arrested were Lawrence
David Smith and Patsy Odell
Smith both of Lot E-ll in the
mobile home park.
THEFTS AND BURGLARIES
REPORTED
Benny Scott of 2341
Franklin Street reported the
theft of speakers, an amplifier,
tape player and record set
valued at $236 from his home.
A Chamblee, Ga., man
staying at the Miles Motel, told
deputies he was missing his car
keys and S4OO Wednesday. He
said a man, whom he had hired
to drive his car was also gone.
Eighteen year old Herman
Wynn of 514 Dupont Street
was arrested and charged with
public indecency Thursday.
Two Milledge Road
apartments were burglarized
and an Augusta youth was
arrested on charges of receiving
stolen goods.
James Kerr of 1006 Milledge
Road, Apt. 3, notified police
that someone entered his
unlocked apartment and took a
radio, tape player and tapes
valued at $175.
Carl Riggs of the same
address, Apt. 5, reported a S6O
radio missing from his
apartment.
Robert E. Homes of 1175
Peters Road was arrested for
possession of materials stolen
from the Southern Silo
Company on Sunday, April
15th.
STEVE MANDERSON’S
TIRES SLASHED
Wrestling promoter and
Gospel Singing announcer,
Steve Manderson reported to
Police, his tires were slashed on
one side of his auto, and
someone kicked dents in the
side of his Cadillac.
Manderson of Rt. 4 Box
853, Columbia Road told
police his car was parked in the
W.J.B.F. parking lot when
persons unknown damaged it.
Damage was estimated at $250.
MAN STEALS CAR WITH
KNIFE
Willie Lynch, 32, of 260
Walker Street told Richmond
County Sheriffs deputies he
had his car stolen by a man he
picked up that tried to cut
him.
Lynch reported picking the
man up on Milledgeville Road
as he was driving toward
Wrens, Ga. He said the man
tried to cut his throat but he
warded off the blow, stopped
the car and jumped out. The
assailant then drove Lynch’s
1969 Chevrolet away.
THREE YOUTHS ARRESTED
FOR STOLEN GOODS
Three youths detained by
Nathaniel Jackson Named AOIC Director
Mr. Joe Scott, Board
Chairman of the Augusta
Opportunities Industrialization
Center (AOIC) announces that
Mr. Nathaniel Jackson, former
Fiscal Manager and Acting
Director of Operations, has
been elected Director of OIC
effective April 16, 1973. Mr.
New Book Looks At "Black Genocide"
THE ABORTION
CONTROVERSY, a book by
Betty Sarvis and Hyman
Rodman, provides the first
detailed look at both sides of
the “black genocide” question,
the charge that blacks will
become the major target of
liberalized abortion laws and
birth control services. The
book is published today (April
30) by Columbia University
Press ($8.95).
The supreme Court decision
Augusta Police for late hours
were found to have in their
possession goods which were
reported stolen from John
Gilchrist at 1913 Boykin
Street.
Sherriffs deputies had
investigated the burglary
earlier, and found stolen: on
television, one tape player and
thirty three tapes, valued at
$260.
MAN SHOT OVER POOL
GAME
In an argument over a pool
game, James A. Welsh, 65, of
501 Wright Avenue, pulled a
pistol and shot Paul Berry of
1398 Green St.
Berry was treated and
released from University
Hospital for a leg wound.
Welsh was arrested and
charged with aggravated assualt
with intent to kill.
MAN ANSWERS DOOR GETS
SHOT
Daniel Florance, of 1605
Floyd Street, told police that
an unknown man shot him
when he opened his door to
answer it. Florance was listed
in satisfactory condition at
University Hospital late
Monday.
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Jackson has been with OIC
since its inception December
1970. and in addition to being
Fiscal Manager, has worked
very closely with the Director
in all the administrative aspects
of the program.
He is a native of Johnston,
South Carolina and received his
of January 22 legalizing
abortion will increase the
tempo of the black genocide
arguments, predict the authors,
a sociologist and a researcher
who wrote the book while on
the staff of the Merrill-Palmer
Institute in Detroit. They point
out that black women will
wind up having proportion
ately more abortions than
white women. Evidence from
New York City and California
where the abortion laws were
liberalized earlier, already
indicates this. Before
liberalization, the abortion rate
for whites was far higher than
the rate for blacks. Soon after
liberalization, the black rate
caught up with the white rate
and is now much higher.
The sweep of the Court’s
decision, which effectively
places the choice of whether or
not to have an abortion in the
woman’s hands, caught many
people by surprise. It has had
its most serious impact upon
the still growin anti-abortion
movement. Led by officials of
the Catholic church, this
movement is planning various
means of attack on the
decision, according to Sarvis
and Rodman. Serious efforts
are already under way in
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B. A. degree from Voorhees
College, Denmark, South
Carolina. In addition he has
completed the following
courses: The Laws of Real
Estate, The Valuation of Real
Estate, and Leadership
Development all at Augusta
Area Technical School. He has
Congress to pass a
constitutional amendment to
protect the life of the fetus.
Just how wide and deep the
abortion controversy runs is
made clear by the book’s
discussion of all the moral,
legal, medical, and political
questions surrounding the
subject. Concise yet
comprehensive, THE
ABORTION CONTROVERSY
attempts to be, in the authors’
words, “fairminded, although
not always dispassionate.”
The special hazards that
poor women face in seeking
help with their medical
problems are discussed in the
book. The authors charge that
many hospitals are illegally
requiring women who seek an
abortion to become sterilized.
This policy of compulsory
sterilization is an illustration of
the arbitrary authority
exercised by physicians and
hospitals.
Hyman Rodman is a senior
staff member of the
Merrill-Palmer Institute, an
adjunct professor of sociology
at Wayne State University, and
the author of previous books.
He is presently a guest scholar
at the Brookings Institution in
Washington, D.C. Betty Darvis
also attended the Management
Training School in Nashville,
Tennessee conducted by the
OIC Management Training
School of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
His future plans include
further study in management
at Augusta College.
is a writer and researcher also,
until recently, on the staff of
the Merrill-Palmer Institute.
Dr. Alan Guttmacher,
president of Planned
Parenthood, has called THE
ABORTION CONTROVERSY
“a marvelously thorough and
excellent book” and “the best
yet on the subject.” Sociologist
Alice Rossi terms it “a sane
and balanced perspective that
acknowledges ambivalence and
ambiquity but states a
responsible position despite the
temptation to avoid doing so.”
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