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Wife Indicted In Murder Os Husband
Shotgunned to Death a Y ear Ago
By Stan Raines
Mrs. Betty Williams was
indicted Tuesday in Superior
Court as a party to the murder
of her husband who was
shotgunned to death Nov. 10,
1974.
Jesse Lavert Williams Jr., of
Welfare Mothers March On Local Officials
Mothers faced with loss of
welfare checks and reduced
payments announced
Wednesday night that they
would march on local elected
officials Saturday to force the
officials to speak out for their
Singer Ruth Brown Stars
As "Mahalia” In "Selma”
Hollywood-Ruth Brown,
one of the top-rated singers
back in the days just prior to
the massive civil rights
movement of the 60s, has been
signed to portray the late
gospel queen Mahalla Jackson
in the joyous new musical
celebration, “Selma.”
Ms. Brown was presenting
music appreciation courses in
schools in Suffolk County,
N.Y. when television star Redd
SCLC Sponsors Essay Contest
The Augusta Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC)
is conducting an essay contest
to stimulate creative thinking
and writing abilities among
local school children.
The theme surrounds a
nation-wide effort on the part
of many citizens, officials and
organizations, especially SCLC,
to have January 15th, Martin
Blacks Who Helped Build Augusta
Augusta's Outstanding
Black Athletes
(Information supplied by Horatio V. LaMar)
For many years in the Augusta Area has produced many
outstanding Black athletes, many of whom moved up to glory in
the college ranks. The Blacks Who Helped Build Augusta
Committee (BWHBA) of which I am a member, points out rightly
that while almost nothing has been written about this subject we
must make a start to prevent its loss forever. Added ideas and
suggestions from NEWS-RE VIEW readers will be welcomed.
MANY SCHOOLS REALIZED IMPORTANCE OF ATHLETICS
The thrust of today’s column is largely on past history of such
former institutions as Haines and Walker Baptist while
remembering Paine College, Lucy C. Laney, Richmond Academy,
Butler High and others. Several families, such as the McNatts,
Cunninghams, LaMars, Witherspoons, Bowmans and others,
.produced two or more athletes.
BLACK FIGHTER AUGUSTA’S ONLY WORLD CHAMP
During the middle of World War ll,Beau Jack, a young Augusta
bom golf caddy, won the world’s lightweight boxing
championship in 1943, the only person to achieve such fame. He
now lives in Miami, Fla.
Some 70 years ago the late Willie Simms, an Augusta bom
jockey, won national honors as he finished first in many
professional horse races. He returned home and built a large and
beautiful home which still stands on Gwinnett between Ninth and
Eighth Streets. (We need to get more information about both
Beau Jack and Mr. Simms for the forthcoming Augusta Black
Museum - the need is for pictures, news clippings or other
material).
BOOZER TOP FOO T BALL STAR
A favorite past time is to tune on national television to see
Emerson Boozer, the former Laney half back, chalk up new
football records with the famous New York JETS. Boozer still
visits relatives and friends in Augusta.
MANY WONDERFUL ATHLETIC COACHES
Keystone to any successful athletic program is the person who
coaches and guides young people, and there have been many in
the Augusta area. Dr. I.E. “Ike” Washington, who was a star at
both Walker Baptist and Pame College, said to me: “Let’s not
forget those at Walker Baptist such as Lee L. “Pops” Cain, W.
“Crip” Credell and Charles “Chicken Charlie” Clark. And let’s
include at Paine the late Prof. W. Payton, who was both a good
See “BWHBA” Page 6
P. O. Box 953
1682 15th St., was found lying
face down on the dining room
floor with an easy chair over
his back and a dining room
chair upside down on the easy
chair.
Williams’ hands were tied
behind his back with an
cause.
In announcing the March,
Biondell Conley, president of
the Concerned Mothers Club
said, “Saturday we are going to
march on our elected officials.
If they won’t represent us,
Foxx, executive producer of
“Selma,” found the person he
needed to round out the stellar
cast that movingly tells the
story of the late Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. and the protest
years.
“I was always running into
offshoots of the civil rights
movement,” said Ms. Brown,
whose recording or ’Mama, He
Treats Your Daughter Mean”
soared to the top of the record
Luther King Jr.’s birthday,
decreed a legal national
holiday.
The topic: Why January
15th should be a legal national
holiday!
The Community Literary
Association will be responsible
for reviewing, judging and
determining the winning essay.
The prizes are: first prize, SSO;
AN OPEN FORL'M FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE
electrical extension cord.
Another extension cord was
around his neck.
At the time of the murder, it
was reported that Mrs. Williams
discovered her husband’s body
upon arrival from a trip to
Atlanta. She stated she had
then they are coming out of
office. We are tired of putting
people into office who won’t
look out for our welfare.”
The march is scheduled to
begin at noon Saturday. It will
proceed down Gwinnett Street
popularity charts some years
ago. “I was traveling in the
South and feeling the
aftermath of bigotry gone
mad.”
“Selma,” opening at the
Huntington Hartford Theatre
here Nov. 21, is produced by
Tommy Butler in association
with Jov Hubbard Jr. Butler,
who portrays Dr. King, wrote
the book, lyrics, and music.
Second, $35; third, sls.
Winning essays will be
announced and read on Jan.
15,1976.
ESSAY CONTEST RULES
1. Contest is open to all
students from the first through
the twelfth grades in the
CSRA.
2. Members of SCLC and the
Community Literary
Association or their immediate
relatives and dependents are
not eligible to participate in
this contest.
3. Essay must be one
hundred words or less.
4. Essay must be clearly
written, printed or typed on
lined or unlined legal size
paper.
5. Contest ends on Jan. 1,
1976 and all essays must be
sent to: Essay Contest, P.O.
Box 5098, Augusta, Ga.
Entries post marked after Jan.
1,1976 will be rejected.
6. All decisions are final.
AOIC Executive
Director Appointed
Isaac W. McKinney Jr. has
been appointed executive
director of Augusta
Opportunities
Induststrializational Center.
McKinney has been with the
organization since 1972. He
has served as instructor,
director of training, and
administrative assistant.
He was awarded a bachelor
of arts degree in sociology and
psychology from Albany State
College and attended General
Electric Management
Development Institute.
News Deadline Mondays-
No Exceptions!
Augusta, Georgia
talked with her husband by
phone the previous day.
Rhonda Jerrell Taylor and
Donald D’Antignac were also
indicted for the same murder.
D’Antignac is now serving a
life sentence for the murder of
David Dunn on Dec. 26,1974.
to 7th Street, then to Telfair
Street, and finally to the
Municipal Building.
Addressing about 70 welfare
mothers at the rally at C.T.
Walker School Wednesday
night, Margaret Armstrong
urged the mothers to take to
the streets. “The only way Dr.
King got the buses integrated
and jobs for poor people was
to take to the streets.
Somebody’s got to go to jail.
Somebody’s got to die,” she
said.
Larcheveaux Elected
President Os SCLC
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LIONEL A LARCHEVEAUX
Lionel A. Larcheveaux has
been elected president of the
Augusta chapter of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference. He had been
serving as chairman of the
executive board.
A 1966 graduate of
Tuskegee Institute,
Larcheveaux was a captain in
the U.S. Army, and the former
owner and manager of
Duraclean Rug and Upholstery
Cleaners.
He succeeds the Rev. J.S.
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Isaac W. McKinney Jr.
Assistant District Attorney
Ashley Royal declined to give
the News-Review further
information for fear of
prejudicial pre trial publicity.
A oench warrant has been
issued for Mrs. Williams’ arrest.
She had not been located by
police as of late Wednesday.
ATTY. KAREN FISHER
I nforms mothers of their rights.
Wright who declined
nomination for re-election.
“Rev. Wright is an unbelievably
capable and dependable person
as is evidenced by his many
committments and
responsibilities throughout the
CSRA,” Larcheveaux said.
Also elected were Miss
Biondell Conley, vice
president; Mrs. Clara Robinson,
second vice president and
Frank Bowman, chairman of
the membership committee.
Larcheveaux said the
chapter’s programs will be
designed to arouse the
consciousness, not the
emotions, of our citizenry to
the point of paying increased
attention to those things
having great effect on our lives.
SCLC’s main goal has always
been the eradication of legal
social and moral restraints tc
the free advancement of all
people, he said.
Police indicted
For Beating
Prisoners
Three Trinidad, CoL,
policemen and a police cadet
were indicted by a federal
grand jury on charges of
beating two Mexican-American
prisoners.
A two-count indictment was
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Dr. Frank Bannister (right) poses with New York Knicks Assistant Coach Dick
Barnett (center) and Cal Ramsey,former Knick star,who presently serves as the color
man for the telecast of Knicks games.
Dr. Bannister Addresses Business
League Banquet Saturday Night
Dr. Frank T. Bannister,
sports director for the National
Black Network and dean of
students, Paterson Public
Schools, Paterson, N.J. will be
the featured speaker at the
CSRA Business League Awards
Banquet Saturday night.
A graduate of Tuskegee
High School Students Own Company,
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returned in U.S. District Court
in Denver, CoL, against
Sergeant James Brezali, Hugh
W. Olson, William J. Warren,
and Robert D. Gomez.
All four were charged in one
count with beating and kicking
Domingo M. Vigil at the
Trinidad police station on June
16,1974.
Brezali was also charged in
the second count with striking
Gilbert P. Trujillo with a night
stick the same day.
The indictment said the
policemen violated the
prisoners’ constitutional rights
not to be deprived of liberty
without due process of law.
Vigil and Trujillo had been
arrested following a fight at a
wedding reception and taken
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Institute, Bannister earned the
master’s degree at William
Paterson College, and the
doctorate at the University of
Massachussetts.
He was a catcher for the
New York Mets in 1962. His
brief stint with the Mets
propelled him to a career as the
Detective Bursts Youth’s
Pancreas, Ruptures Spleen
An Oklahoma City, Ok.,
detective was indicted by a
federal grand jury today on a
charge of assaulting a
17-y ear-old youth allegedly
caught stealing an autombile
to the police station. They
were later released without
being charged.
Gomez is now a Denver
policeman, and Olson and
Warren are no longer employed
by the Trinidad police
department.
first Black with a nation-wide
sports show.
He is the author of two
books, “I Couldn’t Make the
Mets But the Mets Made Me”
and “Student Teaching in
Urban Schools.”
Dr. Bannister is a regular
sports columnist for JET
magazine.
Students in the Industrial
Arts Department at Tutt Jr.
High School are shown left
conducting a business meeting
and working on products
produced by the National
Products Company.
The company which is
comprised of 16 students has
produced coasters, cutting
boards, memo holders and wall
key holders. The students
raised $l2B for their company
by selling stock to parents,
friends and neighbors at $1 a
share.
With money from the shares
sold, the company purchases
supplies and pays club officers
every two weeks. Salaries are as
follows: $8.50 president, $7.20
vice president, Secretary,
personnel director and
treasurer and $6.00 workers.
The company has earned
approximately S2OO as a result
of its work.
tire.
The indictment was returned
in U.S. District Court in
Oklahoma City against 0. Ray
Summers of the Oklahoma
City police department.
It said Summers assaulted
Dana W. Wiley last June 4,
violating his constitutional
right not to be deprived of
liberty without due process of
law.
Wiley, whose hands were
cuffed behind his back,
suffered a ruptured spleen and
burst pancreas.
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