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ATLANTA GETS BLACK MAYOR
Atlanta became the first
major southern city to get a
Black mayor Tuesday when
60% of its voters elected
Vice-mayor Maynard Jackson
to its highest office.
Official returns from all
of the city’s 193 precincts
gave Jackson 74,404
Arson Suspected
James Brown’s Third World
Destroyed By Pre-dawn Fire
By R.L. Oliver
The “Third World”, billed as
the South’s finest night spot,
was virtually destroyed by an
inferno type blaze early
Wednesday morning. Arson is
suspected in the case and
damage has been estimated as
high as $300,000.
World renowned soul singer
James Brown was called to the
scene and appeared at a loss to
explain the fire. Brown said, “I
don’t know, I don’t know. I’ve
been kicked in the teeth, I’ve
been kicked in the pants, but
this I don’t know about. Is it
wono to hui'd the fiv°' night
club in Augusta so the people
can have a fine place of
entertainment? Is it wrong to
want the best things out of
life?”
When asked if anyone knew
who or why the fire was set,
Brown said, “No we don’t
know why the fire was set or
Sgt. Tabb Case Gets
National Coverage
The recent controversy
surrounding the apparent
Augusta snub of former North
Vietnamese prisoner of war
Sgt. Robert Ernest Tabb gained
national attention last week.
Sgt. Tabb was interviewed
on NBC “Today” show last
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BLACK GOVERNOR TAKES OVER - Gov. Melvin
H. Evans of the Virgin Islands was elected last week in
Point Gear, Ala., as the first Black chairman of the
Southern Governors Conference. He is shown receiving
the gavel from Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama,
whom he succeeds for the 1973-74 term. Gov. Reuben
Askew of Florida was voted co-chairman. Gov. Evans, a
medical doctor, was born in the Virgin Islands. He
earned his medical degree at Howard University. --
Photo by Cockrell of the Mobile Beacon.
NATIONAL BLACK NEWS SERVICE
MEMBER
votes to Massel’s 51,237.
A 35 year old attorney,
Jackson discussed his victory
on the NBC TODAY SHOW
Wednesday. He said Mayor
Sam Massel’s attempts to
appeal to racial fears
“offended” the people of
Atlanta. Atlanta, he said, is
who set it.”
According to Chief G.E. Dix
of the East Augusta Volunteer
Fire Department, the fire was
concentrated in the rear of the
building and burned
progressively to the front,
destroying everything in its
wake. A one gallon jug with a
small quantity of gasoline was
found in the building.
The club’s manager, Charles
Reid, Jr., suspected foul play.
Reid said, “I would think it
was intentional because we
have had some threatening calls
concerning the club, which I
never really thought would
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Reid said that The Third
World was the realization of
one of Brown’s dreams. I
thought about something Mr.
Brown talked to me about
sometime ago, this (The Third
World) was a dream come true. It
WAS a dream. But it’s no longer
a dream, it’s ail over now.”
Tuesday. During the interview
it was pointed out by the
former POW that he has been
virtually ignored by his
hometown because he is Black.
Several persons including
Mayor Lewis A. Newman and
county commissioner Madison
P.O. Box 953
pound-for-pound the greatest
city in the country. “Atlanta
does not like anyone tampering
with our image,” and Massel’s
tactics were more than Atlanta
would stand, the Morehouse
graduate said. Several civic
organizations, including the
Atlanta Community Relations
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Local singer Leon Austin and his wife, radio
personality “Miss Perfect”, inspect ruins of James
Brown’s night club The Third World. Officials said fire
gutted the building and the hull is in danger of
collapsing.
Woo were interviewed
regarding their feelings in the
matter.
When asked why no formal
festivity was accorded Tabb
upon his return, Mayor
Newman said, “I was advised
by the then former
commanding General of Ft.
Gordon, Gen. H.L. Moore, not
to do anything officially
without his orders straight
from Washington, D.C. It was
unfortunate that he (Tabb) was
caught up in that big group of
returning prisoners at Ft.
Gordon and when they all left
to their various homes, I guess
he was over looked,” the
mayor said.
Accordin to Newman he did
not see the NBC telecast.
Richmond County
Commissioner Madison Woo
said, “I haven’t seen the
telecast I don’t know anything
about it.” Woo did say he
would put it on the agenda for
consideration at Tuesday’s
regular meeting.
Mr. L.D. Jones of Mt.
Auburn ■ Avenue, when asked
on Broad St. said, “I think the
individual who planned the
parade when it was first
teamed we had an Augustan
over there, then, rengaged
when he found out Tabb was
Black should be made public.”
Local D.J. Paul Geveland
said of the Tabb situation. “I
don’t think it’s fair. White,
yellow, Black or Brown, they
all shed the same type blood,
were hit by the same kind of
bullets and were fighting for
tiie same country, Why can’t
they all get the same treatment
when they come home? I think
it’s a step in the wrong
direction for Augusta to ignore
such an important situation.
He should be recognized not as
a Black, but as a man. The
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
Commission condemned
Massel’s attempt to divide the
city.
Jackson expressed optimism
that Atlanta can overcome
whatever division the campaign
caused. He pointed out that
the president of the City
Council, Wyche Fowler, is
sooner Augusta understands
this, the sooner Augusta
progresses.”
Mrs. Minnie Pierce said, “I
just don’t think it’s fair, not
fair at all.”
U.S. Black Publishers In The U.S.S.R.
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PUBLISHERS OFF FOR RUSSIA - Seven of the
eight Black publishers who flew to Russia last week for
a 12-day study tour are shown at Kennedy Airport in
New York with the Russian flight crew. Left to right:
Mrs. Lenora Carter of the Houston Forward Times,
secretary, National Newspaper Publishers Association;
John H. Sengstacke, Chicago Daily Defender; Ms. N.
Kamenskaya, stewardess; Howard B. Woods of the ST.
Louis Sentinel, NNPA vice president; Captain V.
Gromadin, pilot; Garth C. Reeves, Miami Times; Daniel
L. Inman, Thomasville, Ga., News; Robert J. Thomas,
Milwaukee Star-Times; Captain A Tikhonenko, co-pilot;
and Mrs. Frances L. Murphy, Afro-American
Newspapers. They will be joined in Russia by Dr.
Carlton B. Goodlett of the San Francisco Sun Reporter,
NNPA president - Photo by Cooper.
Augusta, Georgia
white. (Fowler defeated civil
rights activist Hosea Williams
for the post). Half of the city
council is Black and that the
Atlanta school board has five
Blacks and four whites.
Jackson said he was not
surprised by the margin of his
victory. “We expected a very
NAACP Plans Mass
Meeting At Tabernacle
The Augusta Chapter of the
NAACP will host its Annual
Membership Mass Meeting at
the hostorical Tabernacle Bapt.
Church Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
The main speaker will be the
Reverend Dr. R.E. Odom Sr.,
the pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Birmingham, Ala.
A native of Detroit, Dr.
Odom attended Wayne State
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Walter S. Hornsby, 111 gives Walter, IV a closer look
at Walter Hornsby, Sr., co-founder of the Pilgrim Health
and Life Insurance Company. The Company dedicated
its new district agency offices Sunday. (See related
photos page 5)
strong finish and that’s what
we got.”
Asked whether he would be
looking to higher office on the
state or national level, Jackson
said, he may not have any real
alternatives, because of the
racial factor, “I want to serve
Atlanta for eight years, and I
want to do the very best job I
can as mayor.
University University. He is at
present vice presendent of the
Greater Birmingham Chapter
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People. Music will be furnished
for this occasion by the Walker
Baptist Association Chorus.
Admission is free, everyone
" welcome.
By Slava Tynes,
Novosti Press Agency
A delegation of the
Afro-American National
Newspaper Publishers
Association is currently in the
Soviet Union at the invitation
of the USSR Journalists’
Union. Members of the
delegation include Frances
Murphy, D.L. Inman, Garth
Reeves, John Sengstacke,
Lenore Carter, Howard Woods,
Robert Thomas and Carlton
Goodlett.
Having visited Moscow and
Leningrad the delegation left
for Uzbekistan-one of the
fifteen Soviet republics. Prior
to the Great October Socialist
Revolution of 1917,
Uzbekistan’s population was
almost 100 per cent illiterate.
Today 3.5 million children
study in 9,000 secondary
schools. (The republic has a
population of 12.9 million).
After visiting a school in
Tashkent, the capital of
Uzbekistan, Carlton Goodlett,
head of the delegation, said,
“For the first time we have
seen national education in
action and we are delighted
with it.’’ He stressed that the
Afro-American publishers had
arrived in Uzbekistan
specifically to view the Soviet
successes scored by the people
October 18, 1973 No. 31
MAYNARD JACKSON
Atlanta’s mayor-elect
EDITORIAL
is sickle cell a phony issue
As recently as three years ago, many Blacks had never
heard of sickle cell anemia. Then all of a sudden, it
became the “in” thing, and the government started
setting up programs to cope with this disease that
primarily affects Black people.
Now some Blacks have become increasii igiy skeptical about
all the fuss being made over sickle cell anemia. They
point out that more than a dozen diseases kill more
Black people than sickle cell anemia. Blacks are dying
every day from high blood pressure, but only one child
out of five hundred is born with sickle cell anemia. Then
why all the emphasis on sickle cell?
Inspite of these arguments, it is obvious that sickle
cell anemia is a real problem for those who have sickle
cell anemia.
Augusta has the good fortune of having the biggest
and best equipped Sickle Center in the Southeast It is
one of only 15 Sickle Cell Centers in the nation. Persons
suffering with the disease come here for treatment from
all over the state of Georgia and from neighboring
states. They are often poor and without money for room
and board in a hotel.
The Augusta Sickle Cell Center is renting a house -
The Nancy Cobb House - to help solve this problem.
Nancy Cobb, 48, is a sickle cell patient who has virtually
won her battle against this disease. The Nancy Cobb
House will serve as a housing facility for sickle cell
anemia patients and their families who cannot afford
accomdations during their diagnosis and treatment at
the Sickle Cell Clinic.
The house is designed to exist through voluntary
contributions only. Every effort will be made through
professional counseling services to determine the needs
of these families and to increase their understanding of
sickle cell anemia while they are in residence at the
Nancy Cobb House. It is important to note that needy
out-of-town patients attending Talmadge hospital may
stay at the Nancy Cobb House although their afflictions
have nothing to do with sickle ceil anemia. As long as
they are poor; and room is available, the services of the
Nancy Cobb House will be extended to them.
Twenty-five thousand dollars are needed to pay for
these services. We think the project is worthwhile and
urge our readers to contribute to this noble effort
Contributions should be sent to:
The Sickle Cell Center
c/o Rev. E. McKay Miller
1526 Gwinnett Street
Augusta, Ga. 30902
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of the former colonial region
of tsarist Russia. The
delegation members, Goodlett
said, were particularly
impressed by the fact that
children, receiving a
well-rounded education, are
brought up not only in the
spirit of national pride, but
also in the spirit of
internationalism.
Having gone sightseeing in
the city and having met the
residents of Tashkent, the
guests from the United States
visited the Malek (tsar of the
steppes) State Farm in the
Hungry steppe.
The head of the delegation
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