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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. United Loan & Firearms, Inc. 1040 Broad Street "Special" .22 Cal. Revolvers Shoots Long's & Shorts Only $14.95 Loan's made on any Item. Phone 722-1326 K SUBSCRIBE I | TODAY Ju THE AUGUSTA NEWS-REVIEW P. O. BOX 953 AUGUSTA*, tSEORGIA 30903 NAME ADDRESS —————————— — JU CITY One year (in county) $5.00 One year (out of county) ...... $6.00 •U 5 years (in County ) ..; $20.00 '1 5 years (out of county) $25.00 Page 2 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 | Fort Honors Three I c Tri? T f B It TRJ: li vVL E jwll P f! Mrs. Betty M. Dunn 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. JOHANNSENS TROPHIES SPORTING GOODS ! ENGRAVING CONVERSE ALL * Stars ßfiS?El We specialize in Team ELa— Equipment cor. 12th & Reynolds! Berry's Date Room & Supper Club 1832 Old Savannah Rd. at Molly Pond rd. STARRING JOHNNY SOUL WITH A BIG SURPRISE EVERY THURSDAY - A FREE RECORD HOP ONE NIGHT A WEEK. A CLUB WITH A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND WILL ASSURE SAFETY FOR YOU AND YOUR DATE. Black Fraternity Tackles Drugs and Birth Defects L I 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 advertising I Attention I >To have the! (News-Reviewl (delivered to j 1 your door j 1 Call I 1722-4555 I ROY L HOLLIMON ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LICENSE FOR - ****‘ CITY & COUNTY jEWST Day or Night 1402 12th St HOME 722-8360 IMF '' Office 722-4222 In The Same Building With W & H Bookkeeping & Income Tax Services SAND BAR PLAZA 200 BLOCK OF SAND BAR FERRY ROAD THRIF TEE SUPER MARKET M GROCERIES-WIEA.S-BEVERAGES JOHNSON'S L AUNDERMAT NEWLY OPENED - ALL MODERN EQUIPMENT BLACKMON'S BARBER SHOP ■ HAIRCUTS - HAIRSTYLES - BLOW-OUTS AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 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. David L. Johnson TAX SERVICE 2703 Peach Orchard Rd. Phone 798-5826 , , $49.88 r lulc Wainting Written Lifetime GIANT Giant Auto Painters 1817 Wilkinson Road Phone 733 I ii‘is The Augusta Opportunities Industrialization Center is presently accepting applications. Courses are being offered in English, mathmetics, ethnic history, consumer education,, market education (cashier-checker), distributive education, (retail sales), typing, and clerical office practice, preparation for G.E.D. (high school certificate). For more information please call Mr. Walter Jones or Oliver Pope at 724-0543 or visit us at 430 Eighth Street.