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PATRICIA HEARST'S TAPE
Part One
Here is the statement of
Patricia Hearst, who identified
Man Convicted Os Killing
Wife, Another Gets Nine
Years For Manslaughter
In an emotion filled
Superior Court trial last
Wednesday Jackie Graham, 40,
of Hart County, Ga., was
found guilty of voluntary
manslaughter in the shooting
death of his wife, Mrs. Burma
West Graham, June 6, 1973.
The decision by the Superior
Court jury was unanimous. The
jury also recommended
sentence, before Judge William
H. Fleming, of 5 years in the
case.
Before sentencing, Graham
pleaded to the jury, “lam sorry
you found me guilty, please
make it light on me,” he said.
Mrs. Graham had been shot
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‘MEET THE PRESS’ CONFERENCE OF MAYORS - The mayors of six major
American cities will be the guests in a special one-hour edition of “Meet the Press"
Sunday, June 23, during the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors being
held in San Diego, Calif. The program will be colorcast live on the NBC Television
Network from 12 noon to 1 p.m. NYT. Mayors scheduled to appear on the program
are (top DR), Abraham Beame of New York City; Maynard Jackson of Atlanta; Roy
B. Martin Jr. of Norfolk, Chairman of the Conference; (bottom DR) Thomas
Bradley of Los Angeles; Pete Wilson of San Diego, host of the Conference; and
Richard G. Lugar of Indianapolis.
herself as “Tania,” on the
Symbionese Liberation Army
tape received by radio station
KPFK in Los Angeles. ■
“Greetings to the people.”
This is Tania. I want to talk
about the way I knew our six
murdered comrades, because
the facist pig media has, of
course, been painting a
typically distorted picture of
these beautiful sisters and
brothers.
Cujo (William Wolfe) was
the gentlest, most beautiful
man I’ve ever known. He
taught me the truth as he
learned it from the beautiful
brothers in California’s
concentration camps.
We loved each other so
much. And his love for the
people was so deep that he was
willing to give his life for them.
The name Cujo is the perfect
name for him. Cujo conquered
life as well as death by facing
them and fighting.
as she left a boarding house on
Milledge Rd., she died as a
result of the shooting.
MAN RECEIVES 9 YEARS
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
Harvey Lee Eberhart, 25,
was convicted Thursday in
Superior Court in connection
with the Nov. 10th shooting
death of James Williams.
Witnesses for the prosecution
told the jury that Eberhart
blocked Williams’ exit from the
2160 Club, whirled him around
and shot him three times.
Two witnesses for the
defense, Marvin Green and
Oscar Brown, who volunteered
P.O. Box 953
Neither Cujo nor 1 had ever
loved an individual the way we
loved each other, probably
because our relationship wasn’t
based on bourgoeis,
(obscenity) values, attitudes
and goals. Our relationship’s
foundation was our
commitment to t..e struggle
and our love for the people.
It’s because of this that I still
feel strong and determined to
fight.
I was ripped off by the pigs
when they murdered Cujo -
ripped off the same way that
thousands of sisters and
brothers in this fascist country
have been ripped off of people
they love. We mourn together,
and the sound of gunfire
becomes sweeter.
Gelina (Angela Atwood) was
beautiful-fire and joy. She
exploded with the desire to kill
the pig. She wrote
poetry-some of it on the walls
of the Golden Gate Avenue
to testify were sworn in and
sequestered (ordered not to
discuss the case among
themselves or anyone else) on
Wednesday, failed to show up
for the trial Thursday.
However, an agreement
between the prosecutor,
defense attorney, the
defendant and the court was
reached and the transcript of
sworn statements at an earlier
preliminary hearing of the
same case was read to the jury
in place of one witness. The
other witness, Oscar Brown,
was waived by the defense
attorney.
Eberhart was sentenced to
9!6 years in jail.
apartment in San Francisco-all
of it in the L.A. pig files now.
It expresses how she felt. She
loved the people more than her
love for any one person or
material comfort, and she
never let her mind rest from
the strategies that are the
blood of revolution.
Gelina would have yelled,
‘Fire Power to the people’ if
there wasn’t the necessity to
whisper the words of
revolution. We laughed and
cried and struggled together.
She taught me how to fight the
enemy within through her
constant struggle with
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Augustan Remembers The Duke
Augustan Jimmy Johnson
sang and danced with the late
Edward Kennedy Ellington's
band.
Johnson performed with the
Duke during 1959-60 in New
York’s Cotton Club.
The 41-year-old appeared on
radio, television and recording
Alabama Policemen Convicted Os
Beating 11-Year-Old Black Youth
Four Alabama policemen
were indicted by a federal
grand jury today on charges of
beating an 11-year-okl Black
youth and a Black man in
separate incidents.
Attorney General William B.
Saxbe said two indictments
were returned in U.S. District
Court in Birmingham Alabama,
charging the policemen with
civil rights violations;
One indictment charged
three white officers of the
bourgeouis conditioning.
Gabi (Camilla Hall)
crouched low with her ass to
the ground. She practiced until
her shotgun was an extension
of her right and left arms-an s
impulse, a tool of survival. She
understood the evil in the heart
of the pigs and took the only
way that could demoralize,
defeat and destroy him. She
meant to touch people with a
strong-not delicate-embrace.
Gabi taught me the patience
and discipline necessary for
survival and victory.
Gelina wanted to give
meaning to her name and on
Augusta’s Jimmy Johnson with Duke Ellington.
sessions with the Duke. He has
also appeared as a “singing
bartender” locally at the
former Cadaver Club on 15th
& Walton Way.
According to Johnson, he
would not have come forth
with the information of his
association with Ellington had
Homewood Police Department,
James D. Hawk, Jr., James R.
Jennings, Jr., and Virgil A.
Self, with beating and
unlawfully detaining Frank
Hicks, Jr., age 11, on
December 1, 1973.
The boy was allegedly
assaulted after he was picked
up at a gas station for
questioning about the theft of
hubcaps from vehicles.
T he other indictment
charged Sergeant John L. King
JUN 211974
Augusta, Georgia
her birthday she did.
Ziya (Patricia “Mizmoon”
Soltysik), female guerrilla,
perfect love and perfect hate
reflected in stone cold eyes.
She moved viciously and with
caution, understanding the
peril of the smallest mistake.
She taught me, “Keep your ass
down and be bad!”
Fahizah (Nancy Ling Perry),
was a beautiful sister who
didn't talk much but who was
the teacher of many by her
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it not been for Duke’s death.
“I thought the people of
Augusta should know from an
Augustan how great he really
was,” he said.
Ellington died May 27th and
his body was viewed by some
10,000 people in the crowded
St. John Divine Cathedral in
New York.
of the Roosevelt City Police
Department, who is Black,
with beating Larry E. Sadler in
front of the home of Sadler’s
in-laws on December 1, 1973.
Both indictments charged
the defendants with violating
the constitutional rights of the
victims not to be deprived of
liberty without due process of
law.
The maximum penalty upon
conviction is one year in prison
and a SI,OOO fine.
EDITORIAL
NOW PENDING BEFORE SENATE - BLACK TV OWNERSHIP
IMPERILED BY BROADCAST LICENSE BILL
Television is the most powerful means of communication
today and white broadcasters often give the impression that they
are determined that Blacks will not share in this power.
Power, a capitalistic society, usually is equated with
ownership and the money it represents. By that yardstick, it is
devastating to realize that not one of the nation's 697 commercial
television stations is presently owned by Blacks or even has a
substantial minority ownership interest. Only 25 of almost 7,000
radio stations are controlled by Black owners.
And the Broadcasting Establishment wants to keep it that
way. Broadcasters are trying to push through the US. Congress
the “Broadcast License Renewal Act" (H R. 12993), which in its
present form would destroy forever the possibility of Blacks
gaining access to the media.
The bill was recently passed by the House by an overwhelming
majority vote. If Black America does not act vigorously, now, the
bill will also breeze through the Senate.
The Federal Communications Act now requires each
broadcaster to apply every three years to the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) for a renewal of his license
to operate. Black groups can now challenge the renewal of a
station’s license and obtain the license for themselves.
However, the proposed License Renewal Act would extend the
license period from three to five years and effectively eliminate,
through its other provisions, all forms of challenge.
The only other way that Blacks can acquire a television station
is to buy one. But stations in the major markets cost from S3O to
SSO million. That is too much money for minority groups to
raise.
Just the threat of a challenge has forced television stations to
be more responsive to Black needs. Now we stand to lose even
that.
If the Senate passes this legislation and thereby grants the
broadcast tycoons monopoly control of the public airwaves, this
will be an act of infamy long remembered.
Let your voice be heard on this matter before it is too late. The
bill in question is in the hands of the Communications
Sub-Commitiee of the Senate Committee on Commerce. Senator
John O. Pastore of Rhode Island is Chairman. Senator Howard
Bakerof Tennessee is the Ranking Minority Member. Write either
of them. Do not let control of the airwaves slip irretrievably
beyond our reach.
Augusta LEAP
Is Ranked No. 1
JOSEPH C. JONES
The Augusta Labor
Education and Advancement
Program (LEAP) has been
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ranked number one in the
nation by its parent
organization, the Urban
League.
Field Representative Joseph
C. Jones said, “Our program
was selected as number one
apprenticeship outreach
program in the nation."
The Augusta program was
competing with programs in 42
other cities including Atlanta,
Los Angeles, Chicago, New
York and Kansas City, said
Jones.
The Augusta LEAP program
has already met its annual
quota “and in doing so we are
five months ahead of
schedule,” said Jones.