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Vol. 4
Pres. Ford Tells Black
Press V oting Rights
Act Must Not Die
Washington (NNPA)-
-Declaring, “this law must not
be allowed to die,” President
Gerald R. Ford assured some
200 delegates to the
Mid-Winter Workshop of the
National Newspaper Publishers
Association last week that he is
working to extend the Voting
Rights Act of 1965.
His assurance came in an
address before the group last
Thursday afternoon during a
White House briefing in which
two cabinet officers and other
top officials took part.
Prior to Ford’s talk, Dr.
Carlton B. Goodlett, president
of NNPA and editor-publisher
of the San Francisco
Sun-Reporter and
Metro-Reporter, praised the
President for his nomination of
William T. Coleman as
Secretary of Transportation
and for his previous statement
in support of the Voting Rights
Act.
Goodlett also expressed the
concerns of the Black Press
regarding U.S. foreign policy in
Southern Africa and
unemployment here at home.
Beginning with the voting
rights issue, President Ford
said: “As Dr. Goodlett
indicated, I told Congress last
-week that 1 plan to ask for
another five year extension of
the Voting Rights Act first
passed in 1965, renewed in
1970 and up for renewal at this
time.
“This law must not be
allowed to expire in August of
Aaron Tappan Resigns
Former City Councilman
Aaron Tappan resigned his
Fourth Ward seat Monday.
Tappan was convicted last
week of theft by deception for
charging the city SBOO for the
use of his bulldozer which was
inoperative during the period
in which he charged the city.
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Loretta Evans and Mayor Lewis A. Newman hold proclamation proclaiming Nov. 25
“Loretta Evans Day”. Mrs. Alice Dunn and County Commissioner Ed Mclntyre look
Loretta Money Accounted For
Lukemia victim Loretta
Evans died Dec. 31, a little
more than a month after she
was feted with a trip to Disney
World and had a day
proclaimed in her honor.
County Commission
Chairman Ed Mclntyre, who
along with the WRDW Young
People’s Choir, co-sponsored
P. O. Box 953
1975. The Voting Rights Law
helped open the way for the
election of Blacks in all parts
of the nation, and that
movement must be
continued,” the President
added.
“As I look back over the
past 25 years, I am reminded
of how far America actually
has come, of how many
barriers have fallen, and the
number of prejudices that has
been laid to rest.
“But more importantly, as I
look ahead I know how much
work remains before every
child born in America has the
same opportunities for long
life, economic security, and
educational achievement. Much
has been done. Much remains.
But together we can make that
necessary progress,” Ford told
the publishers.
(The President’s bill to
extend the Voting Rights Act
was sent to Congress on
January 27.)
President Ford also pledged
that his administration will not
slice off a small portion of the
pie and say, “this is enough for
the 25 million Americans who
are Black.”
The President’s address
highlighted three hours of
White House briefing. Others
who briefed the group were:
James T. Lynn, secretary of
Housing and Urban
Development; Peter J.
Brennan, secretary of Labor;
Donald Rumsfeld, assistant to
the President; Frank G. Zarb,
The council was about to
discuss Tappan’s fate as a
councilman when Mayor Lewis
A. Newman produced Tappan’s
letter of resignation.
The letter said, “I hereby
resign my position as
councilman in the Fourth Ward
of the City of Augusta. It shall
the Nov. 25 ceremonies
released a statement this week
showing how the money raised
for Loretta was spent.
Os the total $2,596.34,
$456.53 went for her
amusement at Disney World.
The remaining $2,139.81
was deposited to pay the
following: Travel Ease $612.12
federal energy administrator;
Alex Armendaris, director of
the Office of Minority Business
Enterprise; and Irving Kat or,
assistant executive director,
Civil Service Commission.
Stanley S. Scott, special
assistant to the President,
presided.
Greetings were extended to
the group by Senator Hubert
H. Humphrey, Mayor Walter
Washington; Berkeley G.
Burrell, president of the
National Business League; Basil
Paterson, vice chairman,
Democratic National
Committee; Calvin Rolark,
president, Capital Press Club
and editor-publisher,
Washington Informer; Dr.
Lovinger Bowden, acting dean,
school of communications,
Howard University; Eddie N.
Williams, president, Joint
Center for Political Studies;
Stanley S. Scott, special
assistant to President Ford;
lheodore A. Serrill, executive
vice president, National
Newspaper Association; Ms.
Lois Alexander, President
National Association of Media
Women.
Other features of the three
day meeting were addresses by
Rep. Charles B. Rangel,
chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus; Rep. Phillip
Burton, chairman of the House
Democratic Caucus; and Dr.
Goodlett.
The News-Review was
represented at the workshop
by Editor-publisher Mallory K.
Millender.
be effective this day.”
Councilman William
Calhoun moved that council
accept Tappan’s resignation
and direct the collector of
revenues to collect all monies,
if any, due the city from
Tappan. The motion was
approved.
for round trip airline tickets to
Disney World for Loretta, her
grandmother, and her choir
directress, Mrs. Alice Dunn. A
stereo and TV set costing
$502.64 were purchased from
Good Year Service Center. A
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NNPA MID-WINTER WORKSHOP SCORES IN WASHINGTON-Top left, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, former Vice-President, brings greetings
to the group at the Mayflower hotel. John H. Sengstacke, editor-publisher, Sengstacke chain, is presiding; Top center, President Gerald R. Ford
welcomes Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett, president of NNPA and editor-publisher of the San Francisco Sun-Reporter/Metro-Reporter to the White
House briefing. Top right, Goodlett makes a statement to the President and his officers. Left to right are briefers: Irving Kator, assistant executive
director, Civil Service Commission; Stanley S. Scott, special assistant to the President; President Ford; James T. Lynn, secretary of Housing and
Urban Development; Peter J. Brennan, secretary of labor ; and Alex Armendaris, director, Office of Minority Business Enterprise. Middle left, Mr.
Scott greets Mrs. Alice Dunnigan, former White House correspondent and author of a new book, “From the School House to the White House.”
Center, Ms. Brenda Joyce, publish relations representative of Gulf Oil, sings a solo; middle right, Representative Charles B. Rangel, 3rd from right,
chats with Frank L. Stanley, Jr., co-publisher, Lousiville Defender; Mrs. Mildred Brown, eidtor-publisher, Omaha Star; Ms. Ophelia DeVore
Mitchell, publisher, Columbus Daily Times; Howard W. Kutz, vice president, Audit Brueau of Circulations; and John H. Murphy 111, chairman of
the board, Afro-American Newspapers. Bottom left, Chairman John H. Powell, Jr., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is addressing
workshop; William O. Walker, editor-publisher, Cleveland Call & Post, is presiding; bottom center, Ms. Barbara Proctor, president of Proctor &
Gardner Advertising Agency, discusses the ad sales presentation; John L. Procope, editor-publisher, New York Amsterdam News, is presiding,
Mayor and Mrs. Walter Washington visiting with publishers; John H. Sengstacke and Dr. Goodlett are with them; bottom right, Rep Phillip Burton,
chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, is shown addressing workshop.
Augustan Named
To Who’s Who
Robert H. Gladman has been
named to Who’s Who Among
Students in American
Universities and Colleges. A
mechanical engineering
student, he attends North
Carolina A&T State University,
Greensboro, N.C.
He presently serves as
president of Pi Tau Sigma, an
Gunman, Cop Wounded
In $6,000 Robbery
An Augusta Policeman and
an alleged robber are in serious
condition at University
Hospital after a shoot out
Monday afternoon.
Officer J.T. White was
placed in the Intensive Care
Unit following surgery Monday
night. He was shot in the chest,
stomach and right hand.
A bullet made a hole in a
bottle of pillls officer White
was carrying in his shirt pocket
according to another officer.
He said the bottle of pills may
have deflected the bullet
enough to save White’s life.
Cop, Gunman Seriously Wounded In
$6,000 Ninth Street Robbery
honorary fraternity for
mechanical engineering
students.
The husband of Mrs. Mary
Katherine Gladman, he has two
daughters, Velrie, 3; and
Krista, 5 months.
They reside at 2531 Pirway
Dr. in Augusta.
Thirty-one-year-old John W.
Hickson was allegedly in the
process of robbing Blalock
Grocery, 1359 Ninth St., when
he exchanged gunfire with
officers at the scene before
being shot in the back as he
fled. The bullet exited through
his stomach.
According to police,
Hickson had taken $6,000
from the grocery store and
from customers in the store at
the time of the robbery.
He was charged with three
cases of aggravated assault and
four cases of armed robbery.
February 6, 1975 No. 46
State Witness In Tappan Case
Arrested For Posing As FBI Agent
Thirty-one-year-old Dan
Willie McCain of Route 1,
North Augusta, S.C. was
arrested last week by FBI for
allegedly representing himself
as an FBI agent last August and
September. He also figured
prominently in the Augusta
Canal case which led to the
resignation of former City
Councilman Aaron Tappan.
He is free on $5,000 bond.
McCain was interviewed for
a job with the City of Augusta
Jan. 15 and went to work at
the city stockade as a guard
Jan. 21.
He was arrested last Monday
and resigned Wednesday,
McCain listed as references
Chairman on the Stockade
Committee Hugh Cross, former
City Councilman Aaron
Tappan and Richmond County
Narcotics Investigator Warren
Martin.
City Personnel Director
Michael Taylor said no
background investigation was
conducted on McCain.
McCain appeared before a
grand jury that indicted Aaron
Tappan as a witness for the
state on August 19. Four days
later, he applied for a job with
the North Augusta Police
Department.
He was one of the partners
of M&M Construction Co.
which was paid SI2OO for
work on the Augusta Canal and
Eve Street Bridge.
During last summer’s canal
hearing (July 24) City engineer
Jim Messerly testified that then
City Councilman Aaron
Tappan had asked him
(Messerly) to use some of his
friends for construction work
on the canal.
“He recommended, asked
me, if we would use M&M
Construction Company,” said
Messerly, “Now. CSRA Paving
handled that work for us and I
asked Mr. Laughinghouse (of
CSRA Paving) if we could use
him (M&M), would he go
ahead and use him and his
machine, and he did use him
some.”
At that same meeting, Ben
Smith of Ben Smith’s
Landscaping Company testified
he learned the city needed to
rent a bulldozer through Dan
McCain of the M&M
Construction Company.
City records in August,
1974, revealed that CSRA
Paving Company had been paid
$78,875 for work on the Canal
and the Eve Street Bridge, and
that of this amount, CSRA
paid $11,462 to sublet
equipment from M&M
Construction Company.
Besides the CSRA
subletting, records show that
the city paid the M&M firm
$575 directly on one occasion
See “McCAIN”
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