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a , PAINE C ILLEGF. LIBRARY I 3AINE ("’LL GE C AMI bo JI lIM■ 11 AUGUSTA* GA '■'' 1 If NA AIIISA the PEOPLE’S PAPER ( 2Of)) HIBW «■> national black news service \\ // MEMBER X^- Vol. 3 Complete Tape Text Patty Hearst Says Malcolm X, Shakur Her Real Parents * JP ■j : w' ** St '■ * v '' vs» JMEL from San Francisco Examiner 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 Rlfl’ - /. ,v ■ jiff r Hk •'< ■ IRSSPP JI '. V -^Fr " [MB.- jE |y j| * J ? ll ‘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 te? ’B •' ..V . 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 See HEARST TAPE Page 6 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 NOTICE f Due to printer’s g g vacation, there | g will be no issue g next week. Services will resume the | following week. | However, our office will g be open during g this | period, | J | June 20, 1974 No. 14 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.