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Vol. 6 P.O. Box 953
Our Election Choices
After a careful review of the candidates in the August 10 pimary
election, The News-Review has made its choices on the basis of
what they have done while in office or, in the case of those who
have not held office, what we believe we have reason to expect of
them. We made our selections with the well-being of the Black
community in mind, in particular, and the community in general.
OFFICE CANDIDATE lOUR CHOICE
County Commision Travis Barnes
Tony 0. MundyTravis Barnes
County Commission Dr. Richard Clifford
Sarah Leiden
Roy C. Patrick
A.C. Proctor Dr. Richard Clifford
Sheriff James G. Beck
William F. Weaver Edwin Sherrod
Claude S. White Or
Edwin Sherrod William F. Weaver
William A. Anderson
Coroner Jesse Redd
Wyman B. SimmonsNo preference
Superior Court Clerk J. Lester Newsome
Helen SpeltzNo preference
Tax Commissioner Isabel P. Dicks
Jerry Saul Jerry Saul
District Attorney Richard Allen
James Blanchard Jr. Richard Allen
State House Donald Cheeks
(89th District) William A. Snyder Donald Cheeks
State Senate John Fleming
(23 rd District)James L. "Jimmy” Lester No preference
State Senate Thomas F. Allgood
(22nd District) Matthew Mulherin
Norman SimowitzThomas F. Allgood
State House Bobby Cheeks
(Republican)Robert C. Beckham No preference
U.S. House D. Douglas Barnard
(10th District) Tom Harrold D. Douglas Barnard
Betty Hemenway Or
Wyman C. Lowe Mike Padgett
C. Moreland
Mike Padgett
T.R.'Ted” Ridgeway
Public Service George Addison
Commission Eugene Huber
D. Inman
Jack P. Nichols
Ford B. Spinks
Jesse WilliamsD.L. Inman
Judge, Court George T. Smith
of Appeals Jack DorseyNo preference
The News-Review feels that Travis Barnes has been exceptional in
his courage and willingness to stand up for issues affecting the Black
community, and we feel that he is particularly deserving strong
Black support.
Cuban Women Organized
AndOn Rise Many Moving Up
From Domestic Work
By Angie M. Dickerson
Member of World Peace Council
Editor’s Note: This is the
Sth in an 8-part series on
a recent visit to Cuba by
18 Black Press
representatives and other
leaders.
HAVANA, Cuba -i One of
the highlights of my trip to
Cuba as part of a delegation of
18 Black publicists and civic
leaders led by Dr. Carlton
Goodlett, president of the
National Newspaper Publishers
Association, was a visit to the
National Headquarters of the
Federation of Cuban Women in
Havana.
Our delegation was greeted
by members of the Secretariat
and staff. They proceeded to
explain the historical
background and functions of
this mass organization of more
than 2,000,000 members.
It is important to
understand the status of the
average Cuban woman before
the revolution to appreciate
the progress the federation has
made in 16 years. The women
lived in a world completely
dominated by men with a
routine confined to house or
church.
Those who did work were
largely domestics in the towns
or field hands in the
countryside - those for whom
there was no work, it is said
that thousands engaged in
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prostitution. Not only did the
average Cuban woman lack
skills or basic human rights -
most of them were illiterate
and their hard life left them
old before they were 40.
The Federation of Cuban
Women in 1960 was therefore
a very essential part of building
the new society in Cuba, for
without the support of the
Cuban women it could not be
done. They started by bringing
together the associations that
women did have, religious,
social clubs and associations.
But block level organization in
the Barrios was the main form.
For the federation the
question of home entrapment
had to be dealt with if
illiteracy was to be overcome
and if women were to join the
labor force. It was necessary to
offer courses in sewing and
first-aid to get women and
young girls out of their homes
and into a classroom.
Once there the organization
began to take shape - those
who could read taught others
who came to learn; women
were made aware of their value
as citizens; women became the
eyes and ears of the
community, to ferret out
counter revolutionaries who
tried to sabotage the
revolution. Women began to
gain a new self image, while
simultaneously the whole
population was being educated
to the vital role of women in
building a revolutionary Cuba.
This plan of organization,
starting at the block level has
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Former Detective
Beck Wanted Drugs Planted On Grady Abrams,
And To Have Carrie Mays Shut Up Tor Good’
A forma- Augusta detective
Monday accused Police Chief
James G. Beck of trying to
have the business establishment
of a former lieutenant burned,
of trying to have drugs planted
on a Black former city
councilman and of trying to
have City Councilwoman
Carrie J. Mays “shut up for
good”.
At a news conference called
by sheriffs candidate Bill
Weaver, ex-detective W.R.
Johnson, who was s member of
Olds Highest Ranking Black In Justice Department
Augusta’s Eldsworth
Tommy Olds was recently
promoted to the position of
special assistant to the director
of U.S. Marshall Services making
him the highest ranking Black
in the Justice Department.
Friends in Augusta held a
reception in his honor
Saturday night at the
Thunderbird Inn.
Olds was an SB,OOO a year
police lieutenant for the
Augusta Police Department
when the riot took place in
1 9 70. The Justice
Department’s Community
Relations Division sent in one
of Old’s Black classmates at the
University of Georgia to
evaluate the disturbance here,
and Olds learned that his
classmate was making $19,000
a year. Olds resigned from his
position witn the Augusta
Police Department, took a job
with the Justice Department,
his classmate, Frank Maddox,
who had helped him get the
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expanded to the municipal,
regional and provincial levels.
In preparing women to join the
work force en masse, the
federation has assumed
leadership in providing the
child care facilities, the health
and hospital services, and even
the transportation.
Today women constitute
680,000, roughly 27 per cent
of the total work force, as
compared to 12 per cent
before 1960. The 12 per cent
employed before 1960 were
mainly in domestic and
personal service, in
non-productivelabor. Today
women are teachers, doctors,
government officials,
technicians, construction
workers, scientists, and
members of the Central
the vice squad from 1971 to
1974, said in 1971 police
lieutenant Tommy Olds had in
some way provoked Beck.
According to Johnson, Beck
then ordered Johnson and
another vice squad officer to
bum down Old’s place of
business located on the comer
of Ninth and Hopkins streets.
Johnson said he and the other
officer informed Beck that an
elderly couple was living
directly behind the building
and he said to us, “I don’t give
job was his training supervisor.
Olds smiled with pride as he
noted, “A year later, I was his
boss.”
Yet that turn of events has
somewhat typified Olds’
astronomical rise through the
ranks of the Justice
Department. Asked to explain
his success, he said simply,
“Extreme sacrifice.”
“I left my family here and
went sometimes 60-90 days
without seeing them.” But he
turned adversity into
advantage. “I gave all the time
that was needed to the job.
Other people had to divide
their attention between the job
and their family. I was able to
put in long hours, and I was
working for a man who liked
hard work and long hours.” It
apparently paid off. After his
raise in November his salary
will be approximately $34,000
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John E. Hardy 111 has
joined the News-Review
staff as a sports reporter.
Hardy is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hardy Jr. and
a member of Tabernacle
Baptist Church.
He is a graduate of T.W.
Josey High School and a
1975 graduate of Knoxville
College in Knoxville, Tenn.,
with a major in business
management.
Hardy is a member of
Omega Psi Phi and Phi Beta
Lambda, a business
fraternity.
Committee of the governing
party.
The leaders of the federation
did not reflect any attitude of
complacency. Despite these
advances, they told us, there
remains a need to mobilize
more women in the labor
force, particularly to ensure a
larger production of consumer
goods such as electrical
appliances and home comforts.
All of these items are still
rationed.
There is no unemployment
in Cuba so additions to the
labor force of the country
must come from those not yet
involved, and in the main these
are women. This question was
discussed seriously at the
recent congress of the
federation held in 1975.
The congress also stressed
the necessity of women
becoming more politically
involved, pointing out that in
Matanzas Province, less than 8
per cent of the candidates were
women and only 3 per cent of
women candidates were
elected.
The is deeply
committed to a program of
solidarity with nations
struggling for national
liberation and aids such causes
on many levels. It is constantly
host to the delegations of
women from every land.
During our stay in Cuba we
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a goddamn about them - they
are just another couple of
niggers.” The building was not
burned down.
Also in 1971, according to
the sworn affadavit, former
City Councilman Grady
Abrams had angered Beck.
Beck said Abrams was using
marijuana and he wanted him
caught. Johnson said they drew
up a search warrant but never
could get any information that
Abrams actually had marijuana
on him. But, Johnson said,
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Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Olds pose with Mr. and Mrs. James G. Beck at reception
Saturday night in Olds’ honor.
America’s Oldest Black Church
Celebrates 226th Anniversary
By Stan Raines
Silver Bluff Baptist Church
of Beech Island, S.C., held its
226th anniversary Sunday.
Speaker for the occasion was
the Rev. Harry Blake, pastor of
Mt. Canaan Baptist Church in
Shreverport, La. Included on
the program were: Henry R.
McKenney, mayor of North
Augusta, S.C.; master of
ceremonies was Sol Walker,
vice-president of Pilgrim Health
and Life; » Ken Kennedy,
representing Ascension Luther
Church and Stan Raines,
circulation manager for the
News-Review.
Also on the program were:
William E. “Bill” Motts, mayor
of Williston, S.C., and
candidate for S.C. Senate Seat
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Davis Announces Candidacy
Attorney Prentiss Ivory
Davis announced Tuesday that
he will be a write-in candidate
for chief judge of the Civil
Court
Davis is the spokesman for a
newly formed group, the
Politically Independent
Demonstration Qub for
Red Cross To Investigate South
African Mental Institutions
The retired president of the
International Red Cross, Jari
Hjalmasson, has confirmed that
die Red Cross is negotiating
with the South African
government to investigate that
country’s mental institutions.
Revelations of psychiatric
abuses made by the Church of
Scientology promoted the
interest of the Red Cross. The
article said that over 8,000
Black mental patients are being
held in psychiatric camps and
hired out as a cheap labor
force. Patients were being kept
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Beck told us that he wanted
Abrams caught even “if we had
to plant some marijuana on
him.”
“During 1973 City Council
race,” Johnson continued, “I
was in Chief Beck’s office
when the chief instructed me
and other officers to do
anything we could to defeat
Councilwoman Carrie Mays.
The chief instructed us to try
to find anything we could that
he could use to get her out of
office.
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Two hundred and twenty-six year-old Silver Bftitt
Baptist Church is oldest Black Baptist Church in the
United States.
Augusta. The group announced
the candidates it is supporting
in the August 10 nrimarv:
Helen Speltz, Clerk of
Superior Court; C.C. Moreland,
U.S. House of Representatives,
10th District; William Weaver,
Sheriff; Thomas Allgood,
Senate, 22nd District; Sarah
Leiden, County Commission;
in vacant mine compounds and
mine shafts and Black patients
who received electro convulsive
shock treatment, etc., were not
given anaesthetics because of
financial considerations while
white patients were
anaesthetized. (giving ect
without anaesthetics can cause
broken teeth, bones, spine, and
even death.)
Sylvia Cain, spokesperson
for the Church of Scientology
in Washington, D.C. stated,
“We are glad to see that our
demands are being met We
“He told us he had tapes of
phone calls between Mrs. Mays
and other people and that we
should tail her if necessary to
get something on her so he
could shut her up for good.”
This was during the time Mrs.
Mays had the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation to bust a
multi million dollar numbers
ring in Augusta.
During the four years he was
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John Fleming, Senate, 23rd
District; Jim Blanchard,
District Attorney; Bob
Beckum, State House, 89th
District (Republican); Don
Cheeks, Senate, 89th District
(Democrat); Jack Dorsey,
Judge Court of Appeals; and
D.L. Inman, Public Service
Commission.
attribute this to die help of the
Black Press in making the
conditions known throughout
the world.
The Red Cross has asked for
the right to make repeated
visits to South Africa and also
to have the rights to interview
patients without witnesses or
supervision. We hope to
eventually see ail psychiatric
attrocities corrected in South
Africa and all other countries
who allow die psychiatric
profession to takeaway man’s
basic rights and liberties.
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