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The Augusta News-Review, May 17, 1973 -
From The
Block
To The
Hill
By R.L. Oliver
Congratulation to Miss
Cassandra McLaurin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
McLaurin, who recently
received a Doctor of Medicine
degree from Howard University
Medical School in Washington,
D.C.
OUR (THE BLACK
COMMUNITY) “Gastropod
Mollusk Trophy of the Week”,
goes to none other than, Joe
Taylor of the Civil Service
Commission. This trophy is
awarded for his expertise in
embalming fluid sniffing.
So nice to hear that certain
members of the Richmond
County Board of Education are
thinking of an athletic
Director. 1 know they haven’t
overlooked coaches Marion
Barnes and David Dupree.
Irving Berlin, songwritter
celebrated his 85th birthday
May 11, 1973. Berlin wrote
“White Christmas”, and 859
other songs.
WORDS OF THE WEEK
Marvin Ware, “Watch that
Wall”.
Mose Eddie Morton, “I can’t
stop my head from shaking”.
Edward Clark, “I ain’t going
back to Greensboro”.
J immy Daniels, “Hi
Trooper”.
President Nixon, “An
individual -- even goverment
official -- is innocent until he is
proven guilty.”
A hearty hello to Peter
Jacobs, who just happens to
be, 105 years old. I'll be out to
see you next week Mr. Jacobs.
PET PEEVE OF THE WEEK
Women who board buses,
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The Adventures
“CHICKENMAN”
The Greatest Crime Fighter
The World Has Ever Known
Heard Exclusively On
BROADWAY FISH MARKET
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"60 Years of Continuous Service"
NOTICE
You’re a serviceman, troubled because some
member of your family could use the counsel of a
licensed psychologist, but it’s too expensive.
Under a recent directive, The Civilian Health and
Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS) will help you pay the bills for this
counseling. You do not need a referral. Why not look
into it?
Get a copy of the revised pamphlet “Uniformed
Services Health Benefits Program”.
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men iuuk into tneir purses to
find a wallet, containing a coin
purse, to get bus fare, then
simultaneously returns each
item back into her duffle bag.
Meanwhile only fifty people
are waiting to board the same
bus.
Guess what? Sam Cole of
the Modern Free Masons,
Butler Sanders, artist and yours
truly all were born on October
27 th.
Ever been hit in the chest
with a 1972 Pinto? Try it, you
won’t like it. I did, and it
hurts.
I understand my friend
Frank Thomas of WJBF-TV-6
has been ill and just returned
to work Wednesday, the 15th.
Welcome back Frank.
That was some side show
at the federal court building
Wednesday, May 15th. There
were more elders there than a
senior citizens confab. I even
helped one eighty year old gent
off an elevator.
Comedian Gabriel Kaplan
tells this, “1 heard I was
adopted so I went back to New
York and asked my parents
was 1. They said No! 1 was
rented.”
Hello’s and Hi’s to Eileen
Jones, Irene Calhoun, A.G.
Stewart, Patricia Patterson, Joe
Thomas, Henry Gilchrist,
Tommy Leonard, Estelle.
James Stallings, Melvin Frazier,
“Shoe String’’, Harry
McCorkland, Elbert Patterson,
Carolyn Simmons, Christine
Allen, Peter Jacobs, Mr. & Mrs.
Jerome McQueen, Carrie D.
Lawrence, James S. Samson,
A.M. Carter, Mary Simpson,
Carlton McDonald, Joe Jones,
Ray Tilley, Austin (Tweety)
Jackson and family, Arthur
Stewart.
A special hello to “The
Concerned Mothers of
Richmond County” and Mrs.
Rosa Robinson and Blondell
Connelly.
Trial date for the sixty seven
Tuskegee Mayor, OEO Official
Charged With Bribery
TUSKEGEE, Ala. - Johnny
Ford, the black mayor of this
city, and Taft Holland, an
official of the Office of
Economic Opportunity in
Washington, have been served
with bribery warrants obtained
by the community action
agency director here last week.
P.G. Tunde Balogun, a
native of Nigeria and the
agency director, charge that
Holland offered Ford more
indicated for gambling
violations has been set for June
18, 1968.
Dr. Leon Sullivan, the
founder and head of OIC said
in a statement last week: “This
is our country, too, and we
want to help it. I believe in
America.
This is my country. I am a
militant patriot, I have done
everything in a positive
manner. Give me some word of
hope that we can work within
the system and change the cries
in our streets from Burn, Baby,
Burn, to Build, Brother,
Build!”
“Welcome, Chicken Man”
Legislation that would
increase the minimum wage
from $1.60 an hour to $2.00
this year and $2.25 an hour
next year was approved by a
House Labor subcommittee
last week.
This word from
Philadelphia: “Following a raid
by agents of the Treasury
Department’s Alcohol,
Tobacoo and Firearms Division
and Philadelphia policemen,
three men were arrested in that
city last week and were taken
to Washington, D.C. for police
lineups in connection with the
January 18th murders of seven
Hanafi Muslems.
According to investigative
sources, at least one shotgun
and several handguns were
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federal funding on serveral
poverty programs if Ford took
control of them.
Balogun contended that
Holland’s action was intended
to give the mayor who was
elected last year, more control
over antipoverty funding and,
thus, constituted a bribe.
Ford, who was released on
SSOO bond, said the charge was
“just another silly step taken
by a few radicals here in
seized in the raids and a variety
of charges were filed against the
men, who were taken to
Washington for possible
identification by witnesses to
the slayings.
Several witnesses have
tentatively identified the
suspects as persons seen fleeing
the area of the Hanafi
headquarters on the day of the
murders.
Just for information, let it
be known that Lonnie
(KING-ROW) Connelly,
Robert (FLASH) Gordon,
John Lee, Jo-Jo The Thriller,
Freddie Gavin, Howard Wade,
and yours truly used to be
WAUG’s “Black Thing”, back
in 1968-69.
Well now let’s see what else
is interesting...mmm...“Retired
pawn brokers in Miami have a
new hobby. They play gin
rummy while sipping Mallox.
Ya’ll go out and see the
“Arts Festival Parade,”
Saturday. Arthur Stewart,
director of the Neighborhood
Youth Corps (whose float will
be entry number nine in the
parade), tells me his corps float
will represent a number of
Georgia state symbols.
Symbols such as, The state
tree-“LIVE Oak”; state
motto-“Wisdom-Justice
-Moderation.
Arthur also tells me he is
having trouble obtaining the
our community who have
already caused too much
trouble.”
Holland, who posted SI,OOO
bond, was reportedly in
Tuskegee to confer with Ford
on a “city/county human
services program” which was to
be funded by OEO. Ford said
OEO officials in Washington
contacted him several months
ago about taking over poverty
programs after there were
reports of “misappropriations”
of funds.
“All we were doing was
trying to keep the city from
losing these funds which we
badly need,” Ford said, adding
that the U.S. Attorney’s
office in Montgomery told
him he was on “sound legal
ground in conferring with
Holland on the status of the
local program.”
Balogun charged that Ford
had been promised $1 million
on one occassion and over
$600,000 on another if the
city took control of several
poverty programs.
According to the Circuit
Court clerk, the charge will
come before the grand jury in
the fall.
state bird, “Brown Thrash”,
and state flower, “Cherokee
Rose” alive.
Ever heard of a tree grows in
Brooklyn? Well, former city
councilman W.W. Hasty has a
garden growing in Augusta.
Come see it at 1008 Ellis
Street.
Emperor Halie Selassie of
Ethiopia is eighty two years
old and still rides horses every
morning, exercises daily and
even enjoys his morning
trampoline exercises. I am also
informed that he speaks,
English and French very
fluently, but never in public. In
public he always uses his native
tongue Amaric.
One last note regarding the
“Lion of Judah” is that he is a
devoted Christian and prays
every .mos n i n.g bes or e
breakfast, (which 1 consists of
tea)
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| Police Report M
By R. L. Oliver
JAMES “POP EYE”
WILLIAMS SLAIN
Mrs. Louise Lattimore of
1718 Douglas Street, reported
late Saturday that two men
had been fighting in the rear of
her house. Williams, identified
as “Pop Eye” fell to the
ground. He was pronounced
dead on arrival by coroner
M.T. Woodward at University
Hospital. As of this writing no
charges have been filed.
TWO BROTHERS,
WIFE, ARRESTED IN
CLOTHES COMPANY
ROBBERY BY FBI.
AGENTS
A federal grand jury in
Atlanta indicted two
commerce, Georgia brothers
and the eldest brother’s wife
on charges of hijacking
shipments of clothing,
relabeling it and then stocking
the thousand dollars in stolen
merchandise at stores in
Smyrna and Maysville, S.C.
The brothers Ambrey
Dewitt Allen Jr., 50, and
Aubrey Joe Allen, 46, have
criminal records for auto theft
and bootlegging dating back to
1949. A.D. Alien’s 28-year old
wife, Nancy Ann, is also
charged.
According to the
indictment, when the two men
were arrested, FBI agents
Hey Dewitt “Canon”
Williams - here it is, “You’re a
super salesman,” and for those
that don’t know - try him out
at Richard’s Buick.
Don’t see much of Richard
Glenn these days - Hey Rich!
Where are you?
The civil Service
Commission of Augusta ruled
(fantastically) that a
moustache is a fire hazard. This
has to be a first among all the
zillion ways recorded to keep a
Black man down.
(For more info regarding
this ■ matter see this week’s
editorial.)
found $7,600 worth of men’s
underwear, $24,000 in men’s
trousers, and $51,000 worth of
men’s shirts in their possession
in an automobile belonging to
A.D. Allen.
Agents also found in Aubrey
Alien’s possession a radio
scanner capable of monitoring
police radios, several revolvers,
a rifle, ammunition for guns,
ski masks, gloves and a bolt
cutter.
The indictment says the
defendents used walkie talkies,
Citizen band radios and the
police” scanners to keep in
touch with each other to avoid
detection by police.
The theft count charged the
trio with stealing 6,672 men’s
shirts, worth SBO,OOO in a
shipment from Raycord
Manufacturing Company of
Spartenburg, S.C. to Bobbie
Brooks, Inc. in Morrow,
Georgia.
In 1964 A. D. Allen was
convicted to seven years for
auto theft. He was described at
the time as the ringleader in a
million dollar car theft
operation in North Georgia.
A.J. Allen was sentenced to
five years for auto larceny in
1965.
$193 SOCIAL SECURITY
CHECK STOLEN
Jim Lockhart of 1650
McCauley Street said his social
security check for $193.10 was
stolen from the glove
compartment of his car parked
at his house. The incident
occured between 9:00 am and
10:00 am Sunday morning.
MAN ARRESTED-SELLING
DOPE OUT OF HIS
BEDROOM WINDOW
William Justin Howarth, of
2015 Herbert Lane was
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charged with possession of
Marijuiana, although it was
reported he was storing
marijiuana and selling it from
his back bedroom window.
Thirteen plastic bags with
cannabis traces were found at
the Hebert Lane address.
Howarth was arrested
following an, “extensive
investigation” on the basis of
confidential information. He
was also charged with
possession of a bottle of
unlabeled drug.
TWO ARRESTED STEALING
IN JAIL PARKING LOT
Dennis J. Smith, 21, and
Leonard J. Wright, 19, were
arrested in the Augusta Police
Department parking lot, and
charged with stealing hub caps
and lights from civilian cars.
Police reported a Break-in at
Mark Walters Fancy Foods,
1101 Broad Street Tuesday.
An estimated $125 worth of
cigarettes were stolen.
Another burglary reported
at the Augusta Electric Motor
Company, where SSOO in
copper wire was taken. The
location was reported as 8,
Ninth.
Two reports of home
break-ins included 2922 Pan
Handle Road, the home of
W.C. Screws. Police discovered
a .32 caliber pistol and $3lO
taken.
The second break-in was at
tire home of Willie L. White,
where a radio tape player
valued at $135 was reported
missing.
EX-BOUNCER; FOOTBALL
PLAYER FINED-PROBATED
Edward Ramon Jr., an
ex-bouncer and Augusta Eagle
football player, was fined SSOO
and given twelve months
probation in connection with
The beating of his estranged
wife, and another man at her
apartment last August 1972.
Ramon was convicted by a
Richmond County Superior
Court Jury that recommended
the conviction be treated as a
misdemeanor.