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The Augusta News-Review - June 13, 1974 -
Police
Report
AUGUSTA MAN DIES
AFTER BEING SHOT OVER
SlO BET
An Augusta man, who shot
another man over a SlO bet,
originally charged with
aggravated assault with intent
to murder was bound over to
the Richmond County
Superior Court to stand trial
for manslaughter, during a
preliminary hearing in Civil
Court Wednesday.
Edward Turner, no address
listed, was arrested in
connection with the shooting
of Oscar Jesse, May 19th,
during an argument over a SlO
bet in a card game.
Jesse was admitted to
University Hospital paralyzed
from the waist down as a result
of the shooting. He died June
Ist, and the charge against
Turner was changed to murder.
Judge J.L. Cooper ruled that
Turner stand trial for voluntary
manslaughter following a
debate between the defense
and prosecuting attorneys over
the actual cause of death in the
case.
WOMAN THREATENED -
RAPED - THEN ROBBED OF
S7 AND FOOD STAMPS
An Augusta woman told
Augusta police that she was
awakened by an unknown
young man Friday who
threatened to kill her baby if
she did not do as he said.
According to police the man
assaulted the woman, robbed
her of S7 in cash, 533 in food
stamps and 1 tape player of
unknown value, then fled.
HORSE PILLS CAUSE A BIG
ROUND-UP
A horse tranquilizer,
phecyclidine (PCP), said by
Augusta Police to be “not fit
’or human consumption,”
along with sales and possession
of marijuana, heroin and
barbituates netted 15 arrests
with 15 other individuals being
sought in connection with the
case.
The arrests and charges are
the culmination of a six month
undercover operation against
illegal drug sales and possession
in Augusta, by police.
The round-up began Friday
with the city police being aided
by the Augusta-Richmond
County Metro Narcotics
Squad.
Those charged with the sale
of the horse tranquilizer
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include: Hezekiah Robinson,
21, no address given; William
Gordy Lang Jr., 19, 17-B
Colony Ct. Apts.; Linda Flynn,
19, 3022 Longleaf Ln.; Lori
Lynn, 19, 2905 - Arrowhead Dr.
and two juveniles for the sale
of marijuana. David Parker, 26,
2615 McDowell St., possession
of marijuana; Eugene Griffin,
34, 1629 Hester St., 2 counts
of possession and three counts
of the sale of marijuana.
Charged with the sale and
possession of heroin were:
Betty Hill, 25, of 184 Augusta
Homes; Raymond Lee, 32, of
the same address, and Jessie
Mae Evans, 46, of 101 Augusta
Homes, who was charged 3
counts with the sale of heroin
and 1 count of possession of
heroin.
Johnnie Nelson, 19, of 2318
Washington Road, was charged
with 2 counts *of selling
marijuana.
BIZARRE SHOOTING
LEAVES SOLDIER
WOUNDED
A Ft. Gordon soldier was
seriously wounded last
Wednesday after he reportedly
shotgun blasted into a local
house.
According to Richmond
County Sheriff s deputies,
Timothy A. Mathews was shot
and seriously wounded after he
allegedly fired several shots
into the home of Eugene
Talmadge Kirkland, of 2415
Boykin Rd.
Kirkland reported that
someone rang his doorbell then
shot through his bathroom
window. He got his .357
magnum pistol and went to
investigate when his doorbell
was rung a second time,
deputies said.
The man broke a window
pane to the front door of the
Kirkland home, then fired a
second blast through the door
that went through the ceiling
and the roof, according to
deputies.
Kirkland returned the fire
twice.
After arriving on the scene
the deputies followed a trail of
blood that led them to a yard
across the street from the
shooting. They found Mathews
lying in the yard next to a
shotgun, deputies said.
Seven live shotgun shells and
a death certificate with
Kirkland's name on it was
found on the wounded man's
person. Deputies said they are
uncertain as to why the death
certificate was on Mathews.
+ The American
Red Cross.
The Good
Neighbor.
Linda Keyes Answers
Your Questions
Dear Linda Keyes,
I found my young son
masturbating. My mother
yelled at my brother and I felt
like yelling at him not to do
that, but I hear now that they
say it’s not harmful. What is
the truth about it?
Worried
Dear Worried,
Masturbating is not harmful
and it’s a normal activity. It
serves a purpose because it
reduces sexual tension which
has no other normal outlet.
In the past masturbation was
thought to be a shameful thing
and was said to cause
blindness, insanity, pimples
and warts. At least that is what
parents sometimes told their
sons to frighten them from
doing it. The truth is it has no
harmful effect on either mind
or body. As a rule it’s usually a
passing phase in a young
person’s sexual development.
It’s sometimes useful to men
as well. Suppose a man’s wife is
late in pregnancy and normal
relations between them are
either uncomfortable or
dangerous for her. It may be
safer and wiser for him to
masturbate. So you see it may
even serve a useful purpose in
adult life.
Dear L.K.,
Can you get an abortion in
Augusta?
A.
Dear A.,
Not very easily. Few
" Blacks And Econtfitoics ”
EDITORS NOTE: Joseph Greene an employe of the Pilgrim
Health & Life Insurance Co., will soon publish a book on Black
economics. The following is an excerpt from that book.
Although significant
economic gains in the average
American life style is a
common acknowledged fact,
there is still disparity in this
area for the average Black
person. While the American
economy continues its upward
spiral, far too many Black
Americans are barely
s übsisting. According to
statistics issued by the United
States Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the average Black
family earns only 65% of what
the average white family earns.
The tragedy of this revelation
is that inflation nor the normal
cost of living takes this into
account when the average
Black American family shops.
That is, the average Black
family has to attempt to
extract SI.OO in purchasing
power (for goods and services)
with only 60 cents. A task
which is at most, miraculously
a near impossibility. This
picture is more exasperating
when one thinks of the decline
in real purchasing power. The
erosion of the dollar in real
monetary value compounds the
economic situation for most
Americans and especially Black
Americans. Hit hardest are
those Black Americans who are
unskilled and those on fixed
incomes. They find themselves
trying to make ends meet when
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Sales - Rentals - Trades
abortions are done in the
Augusta hospitals and it’s
difficult to arrange for one.
But if a woman wants an
abortion she can get help in
Augusta. The Medical College
has a counseling service which
is available by calling
724-0381.
Most women in this area
needing or wanting an abortion
are referred to one of several
recommended clinics in
Atlanta. These are clinics
approved by Planned
Parenthood.
If she is less than 12 weeks
pregnant this is the safest and
easiest time to have the
procedure done. She .will be
referred to an ’Atlanta clinic
and for a Tuesday, Wednesday
or Thursday appointment it
requires only 2-3 days notice.
It may take 10 days to arrange
a Saturday appointment. The
abortion will probably cost
SISO to 5165. The whole
procedure will take 4-5 hours
in the clinic and she usually
returns home the same day.
She should have someone with
her.
FOR CONFIDENTIAL
TELEPHONE REPLIES TO
YOUR QUESTIONS
REGARDING HUMAN
SEXUALITY, VENERAL
DISEASE, FAMILY
PLANNING, INFERTILITY
OR PROBLEM PREGNANCY'
CALL LINDA KEYES AT
722-6955 OR WRITE HER IN
CARE OF THIS NEWSPAPER’
the end is not to be found.
Many find their landlords
increasing rents, the cost of
their utilities increasing
rapidly, health care unbearably
high and food costing too
much to get one balanced diet
per week. These victims, on the
other hand, find their income
increasing at a much slower
pace or not increasing at all.
The results of such economic
conditions mean that the
average Black American has
few alternatives. It seems
logical to suggest that the one
alternative that should be
utilized is the employemnt of
as many budgetary devices as
possible. There are many
publications and programs
through federal agencies,
including public television
programs that suggest many tip
saving ideas.
Granted such information is
attacking the symptom rather
than the cause, it is one device
that works whether one
understands the many
ramifications of a spiraling
economy or not. Black
Americans must embrace any
feasible device that works in an
unworkable
economy
excerpts from a soon to be
published book by JOSEPH D.
GREENE of Thomson, Ga.
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THE
NEW
UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL
EMERGENCY
ROOM
Was at University Hospital
last Thursday during the Mock
Disaster Drill. It was well
rehearsed. As a matter of
record when Pam Lindsey, asst,
coordinator of public affairs,
took me oh a tour of the newly
renovated emergency room she
pointed out the real patients
from the mock ones.
Delores Royal, coordinator
of public affairs and patient
representatives pointed out
that there are no longer any
bars separating the patients
from the Hospital staff and
that there is a full time patient
representative on duty to assist
in patient needs.
Mrs. Royal also explained
that the out-patient clinic has a
full time patient representative
on duty.
MANPOWER COMMISSION
MEMBERS APPOINTED
The Richmond County
Commission appointed General
Harley L. Moore (ret.) and
Rev. Floyd Francis Cooke to
the State Manpower
Commission. Aven King of the
EEA and Joseph Jones of
LEAP were appointed as
alternates to the commission.
RAY DUNBAR TO
GRADUATE AND WED IN
THE SAME DAY
Richardene Dunbar tells me
that her brother, Ray Dunbar -
the Augusta teen, Augusta
would not accept -- graduates
from Webster College in St.
Louis, Mo. June 30th. By the
way, Ray will be getting
married the same day. He will
receive a B.A. degree in
English.
THEY MEAN BUSINESS ...
RIGHT ON
There is a sign at the public
library parking lot on 9th and
Greene Streets that says,
“LIBRARY PARKING ONLY
- ALL OTHERS WILL BE
TOWED AWAY AT THE
OWNERS EXPENSE". If you
have to go to the employment
office or any place else in that
area, I suggest that you park
somewhere else. 1 saw 5
automobiles towed away last
Wednesday.
CHIT - CHAT
Had the pleasure of rapping
with Sonny Turner - former
lead singer with the original
Platters - when he appeared
here at the SPEAK EASY.
Sonny now has his own
ensemble, Sonny Turner and
the Sound Ltd. This group
features Leonard Veal. The
band is sensational.
Sonny told me th?t one of
the reasons for the demise of
the original Platters, was most
of the group owned stock in
the Platters Corp, and sold
their shares to the then
manager.
WELCOME
We welcome Mrs. Eddie
(Janice) Williams to Augusta.
Mrs. Williams is visiting friends
along with her son Tim and her
sister Vickie Pope.
Mrs. Williams is employed as
a family court supervisor in
Birmingham, Ala. and will be
entering the University of
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Talmadge Gets Standing Ovations
From Augusta Blacks
Between two and three
hundred persons heard Senator
Herman Talmadge call for
“adequate education,
opportunity for gainful
employment, a good home,
and a safe and healthy
environment for every citizen
in Georgia.
Talmadge was given a
standing ovation before and
after his 15-20 minute talk
before a predomonantly Black
audience at Paine College’s
Gilbert-Lambuth Chapel
Rape Crises
Council
ATLANTA - The
Multi-Area Rape Crisis Council
(MARCC) held a press
conference at 11 a.m. June 13
in the large conference room of
the Southern Regional Council,
52 Fairlie Street, NW.
The conference was called to
announce MARCC's plans to
become the first regional rape
crisis council in the South, to
clarify the organization’s role
as a clearinghouse for
community efforts against
rape, and to point out the
recent exclusion of Black
women from the newly formed
rape counseling program at
Grady Hospital.
Alabama pretty soon. She also
celebrated her 34th birthday
last Saturday night.
HE’S BACK YA’LL
M/Sgt. George J. Thomas is
back in town ya’ll, I bumped
into him last Tuesday.
HAVEN’T SEEN
IN A WHILE It was
refreshing to see Mrs. Grady
(Cora) Abrams last week.
Haven’t seen her in quite a
while.
STEWART
A MEDALIST ??
James Stewart, circulation
manager for the News-Review,
informed me that he is also the
recipient of the Bronze Star
Medal. James tells me, it was
awarded for meritorious
service while in Viet Nam. He
also has 9 service medals but is
too modest to talk about them.
Ho, hummmmm. Understand
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SEVEN THIRTY BRO4Downtown
Sunday. The program was by
the Augusta Caucus.
The Senator said that he felt
that the most important long
range solution to today’s
problems are education and job
training. He pointed out that
when he was governor of
Georgia, his administration
spent more money on
education than all previous
administrations combined.
Talmade also noted that he
co-sponsored the bill to
increase Title I monies for the
AUSA Elects
New Officers
The Greater Augusta-Fort
Gordon Chapter, Association
of the United States Army, has
elected its 1974-75 slate of
officers at the group’s annual
fish fry at Fort Gordon.
The new president is W.
Rufus Foster, Augusta Division
vice-president of the Atlanta
Gas Light Company. New
chapter vice-presidents include
Bryce Newman, Raymond
Walters and Edward Skinner.
Colonel John Sullivan is the
secretary and Chris Antonakos
the treasurer.
Newly elected directors
include Charles Bellman,
Claude Booker (outgoing
president), Richard Daniel,
Walter Hornsby, Jr., Eugene
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AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
underprivileged, and the school
lunch legislation.
He was very liberal with his
compliments of the Paine
Chapel and the Walker Baptist
Association Choir. The chapel,
he said was as beautiful as any
in the state of Georgia. The
Walker Baptist Choir was one
of the top three choirs he has
ever heard, the other two being
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
and the choir that sang at
Winston Churchill’s funeral.
RUFUS FOSTER
Long, Dale London, MG
Harley Moore (ret.), Dr. C.M.
Richardson, and Lee Sheridan.
The new chapter president
has been an active Augusta
civic and business leader since
arriving in the community in
1969. He is a member of the
Board of directors of the
Augusta Rotary Club, Junior
Achievement, Augusta
Chamber of Commerce and the
United Way. Foster also is on
the advisory council for
Georgia State University and
the National Alliance of
Businessmen and chairman of
the public education
committee for the local unit of
the American Cancer Society.