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Augusta News-Review - January 17, 1974,
By Michael
BURGLARY & SHOOTING
Rev. Jacob A. Williams, 526
Gwinnett St. Ext. told officers
that a unknown man forced his
way into his house on January
11. Rev. Williams stated that
he told the burglar to stop but
he took a shot ai him. They
both exchanged shots but no
one was injured as the
unknown man soon fled in a
late model Cadillac.
MAN ELECTROCUTED
University Hospital reported
that Johnny Williams, 46, 1690
Old Savannah Rd. had been
pronounced dead on arrival
after sustaining electrical shock
on his job. Eye witnesses
report that Williams was
holding on to the side of a
truck that was placing a pole in
the ground, when the lift of
the truck hit a live wire.
PREACHER’S SHOTGUN
STOLEN
Rev. Milton Williams of
Aiken, S.C. told police that
some unknown person entered
his car during the evening of
January 13 while it was parked
in front of Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church. Among the items
reported missing was a 410
shotgun.
ONE BALE OF COTTON
STOLEN
One bale of cotton priced at
$250.00 was stolen from the
Georgia Railroad Freight Yard
on January 13. Police have not
been able to pick up any leads
in the case.
MAN CUT
Otis Williams of 1110 Bth
Ave. was reported cut in a
incident that occurred at the El
Morrocco Club. Williams, who
works at the club, told officers
that one customer was drunk
and making a lot of noise and
that he asked the subject to
leave. The customer pulled a
knife and cut him. Williams
stated that he would have a
warrant taken out for the man.
CHILD MISSING
Toney Lee Johnson, a white
male, 14, 5’6”, 145 lbs. with
brown hair, was reported
missing on January 10. Anyone
having information concerning
the where abouts of this child
is urged to notify police
officials.
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S3OO STOLEN FROM CAR
George L. Adams of
Charlotte, N.C. told officers
that unknown person or
persons broke into his car
while it was parked behind the
Ramada Inn on January 10.
Adams said that over $300.00
worth of merchandise was
taken from his car.
ARMED ROBBERY
Richard G. Petty of 3634
Meadowgrove Dr. reported that
on the 13th of January two
men entered his store, and one
of the subjects produced a
sawed-off shotgun and ordered
him to open the cash register.
Petty was then taken to the
rear of the store and left while
the two men fled the scene of
the crime.
JUVENILE BEATEN
Officers anwered a call on
January 10 to 2439 Leslie
Circle in reference to a child
beating that had taken place
the proceeding night.
A Mrs. Imler stated that a
child had come to her house
crying and told her that her
father had beaten her and she
refused to go back home.
The following evening Mrs.
Imler reported that her
daughter, while visiting the
Sketoe home at 2390 Wheeless
Rd. had been threatened with a
gun by Mr. Sketoe. The
incident is still being
investigated.
MAN SHOT BY WOMAN
Police answered a call to the
University Hospital Emergency
Room on Jan. 12 where Levi
Golphin, 1061 Daniel St. told
officers that Inez Buckman,
65, of 1713 12th St. had shot
him. Golphin stated that the
incident had occured at 1713
12th St. He was treated and
admitted to the hospital with a
wound in the left side of his
chest.
Inez Buckman was arrested
and charged with aggravated
assault with intent to murder.
A .22 caliber pistol was turned
over to police thought to have
been used in the shooting
incicdent.
ROBBERY BY FORCE
January 10, police answered
a call to the University
Hospital Emergency Room and
on arrival talked to Gregory
Shack of C-3 Signal Company
Ft. Gordon, Ga. who told
police that he found Henry
Hildebrant, 224 6th St., on his
knees near his car, with
lacerations to the head and ear.
Shack also told police that
he had heard four other Army
buddies talking about stealing
Hildebrant’s car. After telling
them not to do it, he jumped
Special Counseling for Guidance
of Veterans
Special counseling to guide
veterans through the maze of
problems associated with
buying homes is now being
provided by the Veterans
Administration Regional Office
in Atlanta, one of thirteen
offices to initiate this service in
the past two years. VA
Administrator Donald E.
Johnson said the program will
be extended to all areas that
have as many as 25,000
veterans from minority groups.
Johnson said the counseling
service, begun as a pilot project
in Los Angeles and Baltimore,
is available now in Denver,
Chicago, Detroit, Newark,
Cleveland, New Orleans,
Jacksonville, Fla., Houston, St.
on a passing train and rode to
Broad St. When he got off the
train he heard a man shout and
he returned to 6th and Ellis St.
and found Hildebrant injured.
Shack said that the other
soldiers were not at the scene
when he arrived.
THEFT BY TAKING
Police report answering a
call to the Warrick Motel
(Northside) on January 10, and
talked with Thomas Ferrell, of
Columbia, S.C. who stated that
thieves had broken into his car
during the previous night. He
stated that SIOO.OO in cash,
one American Express Card,
one Exxon Credit Card and
approximately $2,000.00 in
checks.
BURGLARY NETS $1200.00
His and Hers Football, 1565
Broad St. was broken into on
January 10 by some unknown
person(s). The building was
entered from the northside
through abroken window
several machines were broken
into and about $700.00 in
change was reported missing
along with $500.00 worth of
tape players and cartridges.
MAC TRUCK STOLEN
Red Axon of Best Way
Freight told police that during
the night of January 11 some
unknown person stole a Mac
Truck from the freight
company.
WHISKEY STOLEN
The Rebel Room, 1001
Greene St. was unlawfully
entered on the morning of
January 11. Items listed as
missing include a black and
white TV, a Kodak Camera and
11 quarts of whiskey.
THEFT BY TAKING
($700.00)
Police answered a call to the
Warrick Motel where Jesus
Ayala of Los Angeles, Calif,
stated that his van had been
broken into during the night.
He estimated that over
$700.00 worth of merchandise
was taken from the van.
Louis and San Francisco.
The Administrator noted
that counseling “is to help
minority persons use the GI
loan program for home
ownership while adequately
meeting responsibilities both as
home buyers and as borrowers
on mortgage loans.”
Covered in he counseling
service are such topics as
availability and suitability of
homes, budgeting and ability
to meet costs and maintenance,
and access to jobs,
transportation, shopping
centers, etc.
Johnson pointed out that
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The Army has honored its
top civilian, WAC and soldier
of the month for January at
Fort Gordon. The award
winners are afforded special
recognition and awards on the
post in addition to gift
certificates from the military
affairs committee of the
Greater Augusta Chamber of
Commerce.
The WAC of the month is
20-y ear-old Specialist-Four
Laura Owens, a student in the
clinical specialist course at the
Army Medical Center.
The Department of Army
Civilian of the mon‘h also
works in the Medical Center.
More Blacks and Women
State Troopers Ordered
for Maryland
The Department pf Justice
obtained a consent decree
today requiring the Maryland
State Police force to hire
women and more blacks as
state troopers.
Assistant Attorney General
J. Stanley Pottinger, head of
the Civil Rights Division, said
the decree was signed by
Maryland officials and entered
in U.S. District Court in
Baltimore.
The agreement resolves the
first employment
discrimination suit brought by
the Justice Department against
a state police force. The suit
was filed last Friday.
The decree requires
Maryland to actively recruit
women and blacks for state
police law enforcement
positions and to hire and assign
them on a non-discriminatory
basis.
The state is required to
increase the hiring of black
troopers so as to achieve the
goal of a 16 percent black
force within five years.
Yearly goals are 4 percent
black by December 31,1974, 7
percent by the end of 1975, 10
percent by the end of 1976, 13
percent by the end of 1977,
and 16 percent by the end of
1978.
In addition, the decree
provides that one third of
those hired from the present
state trooper eligibility list
must be black.
Mr. Pottinger said the
agreement will substantially
expand job opportunities for
blacks and women on the state
police force. He estimated that
about one third of the state
troopers hired in the future
will be black in order for the
“while counseling is aimed
primarily at potential minority
home buyers because they
generally, face greater obstacles
•MF’lhe home-buying market,
any eligible veteran or person
may participate.”
Veterans interested in home
counseling are urged to contact
regional VA offices where the
service is provided. Those
interested in general
information on the GI loan
program should contact any
VA office, or representative of
local veteran service
organizations, the VA official
added.
Mrs. Betty Dunn of Arcadia
Court in Augusta has been
working as a personnel clerk
since graduating from the
Lincoln Business College in
Jacksonville, Fla. She’s a
graduate of Lucy Laney High
School.
The Soldier of the month is
2 8-y ear-old Specialist-Four
Marcos Suarez, a former
minister wiih he Salvation
Army who now works as a
chaplain’s assistant in the post
Chaplain’s Office.
Nominations for the award
are based on outstanding job
knowledge and performance of
duty.
state to meet its goals.
Mr. Pottinger stressed that
the numerical objectives in the
decree are goals and not quotas
since the state is not required
to hire unqualified persons or
those who are less qualified
than others, so long as the
selection standards are valid.
The decree also bans the use
of pre-employment tests and
other selection standards that
disproportionately exclude
blacks and women and that
have not been shown to be
related to job performance.
TTie state further agreed in
the decree to develop within
four months an objective and
reviewable method for making
state police promotions.
State officials denied in the
decree that they had engaged
in a pattern or practice of
racial and sex discrimination,
But they stated that certain
practices may have given rise to
an inference that such a
pattern or practice may have
occurred.
To avoid such an inference,
state officials said in the decree
that they have already taken
steps to increase the
availability of qualified black
and women applicants for
employment and have
eliminated the requirements
that state troopers must be
men.
The decree in the first final
order entered in an
employment discrimination
case involving a state police
force.
Decrees have been issued in
private suits in which the
Justice Department
participated against the
Mississippi and Alabama state
highway patrols, but both are
on appeal.
CAC Meets
Monday Night
The Community Action
Committee, Richmond
County’s advisory arm of the
CSRA Economic Opportunity
Authority, will meet at 8:00
Monday night January 21st at
2390 Walden Drive.
According to CAC Chairman
Henri Freeman, letters have
been mailed to presidents of
organizations formerly
associated with CAC, asking
them to appoint new
representatives.
Head Start
Mother of the
Month
CSRA Economic
Opportunity Authority Head
Start Mother of the Month is
Mrs. Betty Majors. She is the
mother of five children. Two
of which are enrolled in the
Head Start Program. She
resides at 3403 Jewell Drive in
Augusta. She is being noted for
her “outstanding volunteer
work” in the Head Start
Program and “dynamic
leadership ability”.
We salute Mrs. Betty Majors.
Women’s Health
Center Sets
Clinic Time
The Women’s Health Center
will hold a clinic Wednesday,
January 23, 1974, from 5 to 9
p.m. at the Planned
Parenthood building at 1862
Central Avenue.
For an appointment or for
information call Planned
Parenthood of East Central
Georgia, Inc. at 736-1161.
NAACP
Awards Banquet
The Jefferson County
Branch NAACP will sponor its
Awards Banquet Friday night
January 25, 1974 at the
National Guard Armorv in
Louisville, Ga. at 8:00 p.m.
Awards will be given to Mr.
O.W. Carter, Mr. W.E. Price,
Mr. James Abbott, Mr. W.F.
Allen and others. Speaker Mr.
Rufus Huffman of Tuskeegee,
Ala. NAACP Southern
Education Field Director.
Gas Sales
Limited at Fort
Post Exchange officials at
Fort Gordon have imposed a
ten gallon limit on gasoline
sales at the post service station.
The limitation is the latest in a
series of moves taken to
conserve gas in the face of the
energy crisis.
Al Swingle, general manager
of the Gordon PX, says the
fuel shortage “has caused us to
close two service stations and
drastically reduce the operating
hours of the one remaining
station.” The official think? it
may be two or three years
before the fuel situation makes
a significant improvement,
particularly where military
customers of exchange service
stations are concerned.
The new controls will allow
patrons to buy only ten gallons
of gas per car per transaction.
The action was ordered by the
Army-Air Force Exchange
Service in compliance with
recommendations of the
federal energy office.
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Black Fraternity Tackles
Drugs and Birth Defects
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TELLING IT LIKE IT IS about drugs and their side effects, Charles
Wright, Phi Beta Sigma chairman, triggers a thoughtful response at
a Project SADD meeting. Amidst the fun and games of program activ
ities, the youngsters learn about health care and personal hygiene.
By Janet DeJulio
Did you know that untreated
syphilis and gonorrhea can be
passed on to an unborn child?
. . . That many babies are
born junkies? . . . That twice
as many black babies as white
babies die before their first
birthday?
Project SADD (Sigmas At
tack Drugs and Defects) has
set out to answer these and
other questions for members
of black communities. The pro
gram is sponsored by Phi Beta
Sigma, a national predomi
nantly black fraternity, in co
operation with The National
Foundation-March of Dimes.
The program started at Cop
pin State College in Baltimore,
Md. This fall it was adopted as
a national project by the fra
ternity.
Protecting Health
In a joint effort, Sigmas and
the March of Dimes are trying
to insure a healthy birthright
for future generations. March
of Dimes researchers are in
the midst of examining means
of preventing birth defects,
which strike some quarter of
a million American babies each
year.
The Project SADD goal is to
inform today’s youth, as po
tential parents, about the im
portance of protecting them
selves from health hazards that
later could jeopardize their
children’s health.
“Project SADD aims at rid
ding communities of some of
the causes and conditions
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known to damage new life,” ex
plained Charles Wright, chair
man of Phi Beta Sigma. “Focus
is on the father, and on his re
sponsibility for making the
next generation our best.”
Project SADD was designed
primarily to reach teenage
boys, to gain their interest and
confidence, to influence their
habits, and to get their help in
reaching other youth. Girls are
now included too.
Each Saturday during the
school year, about 50 young
sters gather at the college’s
recreation center.
The group is with the Sig- 1
mas from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Their
meals are provided at the col
lege cafeteria. The day’s ac
tivities range from health edu
cation to Black History classes.
Museum outings, music fests,
and self-defense lessons in ka
rate also are part of the pro
gram.
Student Outreach
Some of the topics the Sigma
members discuss with the
youngsters are the dangerous
effects of drugs, alcohol, and
venereal disease. They not only
inform the youth about the
immediate peril, but they also
warn about consequences that
could occur in the future.
The Sigmas tap their own
resources and adapt their tal
ents to the program activities.
Many of the fraternity brothers
are top athletes, student organ
ization leaders, or scholars.
“What the Sigmas are ac
complishing with the young
sters today may promote a
better life for the youngsters
of tomorrow,” Wright says.
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