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Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies
Mayor Lewis A. Newman (R) and Paine College President Dr. Julius S. Scott
Jr. cut ribbon at newly paved Mulherin Street which runs through the Paine
campus. Citycouncilmen Bernard Mulherin, M.L. “Slick” DeWitt and Chamber
of Commerce Director Charles Bellman look on. (Photo by Sam searies)
Angela Davis, Julian Bond
Go To Bat For Wilmington 10
In 1969, Angela Davis lost
her job as assistant professor of
philosophy at U.C.L.A.
because she was an admitted
Communist and an outspoken
social critic. She is one of the
few militant activists still
around.
On Labor Day, she, along
with State Sen. Julian Bond
and Colorado Lt. Gov. George
Brown, will be featured
speakers at a rally to free the
Rev. Ben Chavis and the
Wilmington 10, who are
imprisoned for a total of 282
years.
Last week, in a telephone
interview, The News-Review
talked with Miss Davis from
her parents’ home in
Birmingham, Ala. Her is part of
that interview.
News-Review: What is your
assessment of the militant
thrust in the Black community
today? Has it been crushed? Is
it dead? Have we moved into a
more sophisticated direction?
National Sickle Cell Month
September is National Sickle Cell Month. If the need to have
such a month seem surprising, then that is precisely why the
National Association for Sickle Cell Disease, Inc., has designated
this period to focus on sickle cell activities. To paraphrase Mark
Twain, the reports of the conquest of sickle cell disease have been
greatly exaggerated.
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease which affects
Black people primarily. One out of ten Black persons has been
estimated to possess the sickle cell trait, and approximately one
out of 400 Blacks has sickle cell anemia. The problems posed by
sickle cell disease are just as prevalent as they have ever been, but
public interest and media coverage are on the wane.
While it is true that great strides have been made in improving
the quality of life for persons with sickle cell disease, much
remains to be done. The need for viable vocal public support of
quality sickle cell programming is greater than ever.
The failure to maintain the momentum which marked the
emergence of sickle cell disease as a prime concern of the Black
community less than a decade ago, has ominous implications for
all of us.
Public awareness is one of the most important weapons in the
fight to overcome any problem, and it is doubly important when
that concern is a major health problem.
The consistent, sustained support of an alert and informed
public is needed to:
- Make certain that local, state and federal agencies adequately
fund programs and services for persons with sickle cell disease.
- Enable established sickle cell programs within the Black
community to continue programs and services.
- Develop screening and education programs which will enable
our young people to make informed decisions in their own best
interests on matters such as marriage and child bearing.
- Encourage research in the detection and treatment of sickle
cell disease.
The Black community has much to gain from the continued
impetus of the sickle cell disease program. Os prime importance is
the conquest of a disease which has had a great impact on the
lives of Black people, but equally important to us is the stimulus
of participating in a successful program developed and conducted
within and by tile Black community. The expertise and
techniques that brought the sickle cell movement this far will be
equally effective when applied to other health, social or economic
problems with our communities.
The job is not yet done; the battle is not yet won. During
September each of the NASCD affiliated organizations will be
conducting sickle cell awareness programs within their
communities to remind us how far we have come - and how far
we have yet to go.
ON THE INSIDE
How do you see that?
Miss Davis: Basically what
has happened is that the
organizational structures have
broken down So that the
sentiments of Black people and
their militant aspirations have
not been expressed in as clear a
manner as they were several
years ago. But that is not to
say that the will to struggle is
not there. I think that is
stronger than it has been in a
very long time. And the basic
problem that we should be
Barnard, Allgood, Hooks Win
Races In Democratic Run Off
In a hotly contested race D.
Douglas Barnard defeated
Michael Padgett for the 10th
Congressional District House of
Representatives seat by a very
small margin.
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concerned about solving now is
how to rebuild the
organizational forms that will
allow us to organize all of this
energy and desire to resist.
News-Review: What effect
do you think that the humbled
posture of militants like
Eldridge Cleaver will have on
young people?
Miss Davis: I think that it is
very unfortunate that Cleaver
See “ANGELA DAVIS”
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Barnard had less than 3,000
votes more than Padgett, with
all but one of the 255 precincts
reporting, in a contest that was
marked with mudslinging.
I n Richmond County
Barnard had 10364 votes
compared to Padgett’s 7,776
total. However in the Aug. 10
primary Barnard had 3,509
more votes in Richmond
County than Padgett.
Thomas F. Allgood also
defeated Matthew W. Mulherin
in the 22th District runoff
election for the Geoigia
Senate. Allgood had
approximately 59 per cent of
the votes.
This was Allgood’s first
attempt at a political office.
Mulherin was a former county
commissioner and state
representative.
Allgood won 25 of the 26
precinct.
Jerry D. Hooks defeated
incumbent W.H. “Bill”
Goodson in the Justice of the
Peace race in the 89th District
Democratic primary runoff.
Hooks obtained 58 per cent
of the votes. Goodson had held
the post since 1972.
By G.R. Wright
Charlene Mitchell, executive
secretary of the National
Alliance Against Racism and
Political Oppression, blasted an
Augusta City Policeman for
spending too much time
arresting the street pushers in
the Black community instead
of working to stop the drugs
from the main source.
Ms. Mitchell comments came
before a small gathering
Wednesday, August 24 at the
Southside Community
Building.
Prior to her comment, the
Charlene Mitchell Blasts Police For Wasting Time
Catching Small Pushers Instead Os Suppliers
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Augusta, Georgia
Evidence Indicates Formation Os Crime Family
Four Indicted For Recent Murders
Four men charged with
murder, rape and kidnapping
were indicted by a special
session of the Richmond
County Grand Jury. The
incidents occurred during a
four day crime spree which
resulted in deaths of three
people.
The four men indicted were:
Jose Martinez High, 18, 501
Sand Bar Ferry Road; Nathan
Brown, 24,719 Sth St.; Judson
Isaac Hayes Facing Bankruptcy
LOS ANGELES - Famed
musician, singer and Academy
Award winner Isaac “Black
Moses” Hayes may be facing
bankruptcy due to debts
totaling more than S 6 million.
Sources close to Hayes, who
reportedly is on tour with
Dionne Warwicke in Kansas
City, Mo., refused to give
details of the singer’s financial
dilemma.
Reports that he may be
forced into involuntary'
bankruptcy were recently
published in the Tri-State
Defender, a Memphis, Tenn.,
weekly newspaper owned by
the Sengstacke newspapers.
The Tennessee paper
reported Hayes failed to honor
an agreement with the
Memphis Association of Credit
Executives calling for a one
year moratorium to pay off his
creditors with periodic
payments of SIOO,OOO.
The initial payment of
SIOO,OOO was due on May 22,
but was not forthcoming then
nor during a subsequent 30-day
grace period.
Stipulations of the
moratorium reportedly were
worked out by Gary Plotkin,
Hayes’ lawyer, and Beverly
Badger, executive vice
president-secretary of the
Memphis Association of Credit
Executives. The pace called for
the creditors to “take whatever
action is felt would protect
their best interest” if Hayes did
News-Review Reorganizes Staff
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Frank Bowman Sian Raines Al Irby Audrey Hazier Mary Gordon
The News-Review has
made a major staff
reorganization,
Editor-Publisher Mallory
K. Millender announced
this week.
policeman appealed to the
audience to call him personally
if they knew of any drug
pushers in the community. One
member of the audience said
after the policeman’s appeaL
“that’s a good way to get
killed”
Ms. Mitchell strongly urged
the people to organize trade
unions. She said unions were
the only way for the people to
protect themselves against big
corporations and that unions
ensure people of wages.
“North Carolina rates the
Ruffin, 23, East Gate
Apartments; and Alphonso
Morgan, 17, 115 East Espinosa
St.
High was charged in
connection with the deaths of
Leroy Linwood, 1471 Roulette
Lane and Willina Hall, 36,
2016 3rd Avenue on August
20. He was also charged in
connection with the death of
James C. Gray, 54, North
Augusta on August 22.
not honor the agreement.
When the deadline and grace
period ended, Hayes reportedly
sent a letter to Badger
explaining he had experienced
“unknown problems” since the
agreement.
“When the last album
19-Year-Old Convicted
In Slaying Os Judge’s Wife
Despite its bloody,
passion-evoking beginnings, the
trial had been surprisingly
short. Three days after it had
begun, a six man, six woman
jury found 19-year-old
neighbor Randy Darnell
Mitchell guilty of the February
17th slaying of Fulton County
Criminal Court Judge Horane
Ward’s wife, Ruth, and
sentenced him to life
imprisonment by Fulton
County Superior Court Judge
Elmo Holt. The judge did not
request the death penalty.
Fulton County Assistant
District Attorney Andy
Weathers had argued
successfully that Mitchell had
killed the 49-year-old Mrs.
Ward because she had
Advertising manager
Frank H. Bowman was
promoted to general
manager. Circulation
manager Stan Raines was
promoted to managing
lowest in the percentage of
people in unions,” Ms. Mithcell
said, “7.5 per cent.” She cited
incidents where the people in
North Carolina were harrassed
and intimidated whenever they
tried to organize. “The same
things happening in North
Carolina are happening in
Georgia,” she said.
“Forty per cent of the
people in North Carolina live in
housing without plumbing,”
she said. “The only way for the
people to get decent housing,
jobs and education is for them
to organize,” she added.
September 2, 1976 No. 22
The bodies of Linwood and
Ms. Hall were discovered
beneath the Sad Bar Ferry
Bridge. Linwood was shot by a
pistol and Ms. Hall by a
shotgun.
Gray’s body was found near
a dirt road at the end of a Bush
Field runway. He was also shot
by a shotgun.
Morgan and Brown were also
charged in connection with the
(Chocolate Chip) was
delivered, almost S 100,000 of
the proceeds was used to pay
off an internal revenue service
payroll tax liability,’ Plotkin
reported.
“The IRS had seized the
studio and refused to permit
reminded him of his real
mother.
However, the defense had
contended throughout the
duration of the trial that the
defendant had previously told
his foster mother he did not
commit the murder and the
real murder was still at large.
Mrs. Ward’s body was found
by her husband when he
arrived home that terrible
Tuesday afternoon in
February. According to the
report given to investigators, he
found the heavy ornamental
burgular gate which protected
the front door locked. After
ringing the bell and receiving
no answer the judge went
around to the rear entrance
where he noticed the family
dog loose in the back yard and
editor.
Columnist Al Irby, now
the news editor, will assist
Editor-at-large Audrey
Frazier in gathering and
“Most people in this country
don’t have the money for a fair
trial,” Ms. Mitchell said. She
specifically cited the case of
the San Quentin Six to
illustrate her point. “Four
members of the San Quentin
Six were acquitted recently
after serving several years in
prison,” she said.
A film was also shown
depicting how The Charlotte
Three and The Wilmington Ten
were railroaded to prison on
charges that were dug up years
after the incident happened. In
deaths of Linwood and Ms.
Hall. Ruffin and Morgan were
charged in connection of
Gray’s death.
The four men were charged
with a total of 48 felony
counts.
There is also speculation
that the men may be members
of a so-called crime family.
According to Sheriff William
A. Anderson, the family is
the continued operation
without receipt of the
monies.”
Plotkin estimated Hayes’
total indebtedness at
$6,204,631. Hayes' recording
studio and office in Memphis
reportedly have been closed
the burglary gate to the rear
door ajar.
He opened the door and
found his wife in the study,
face down in a pool of blood,
where she had been stabbed
two dozen times, four times
through the heart. The murder
weapon, never recovered, was
thought to be a fingernail file.
A neighborhood physician
was called and Mrs. Ward was
taken to the hospital where she
was pronounced dead on
arrival.
In his testimony, Judge
Ward said he saw young
Darnell in his yard next door
and “our eyes met and I will
never forget that look” on his
face.
Defense Attorney Stanley
Nylen, declaring that the
editing the news. Michael
Carr was promoted to
chief photographer.
Mrs. Mary Gordon has
joined the staff as
bookkeeper.
both cases the people involved
were convicted on the
testimony of witnesses, with
long records, that obtained
immunity from prosecution
and money, according to the
film.
Ms. Mitchell made a strong
appeal to the audience to travel
to Raleigh, N.C. on Labor Day,
Monday, September 6, to join
a National March for Human
and Labor Rights. “We expect
a good turn out,” she said. Ten
thousand people attended the
last march in 1972.
composed of about 20
members. Anderson also said
that one of the four men
arrested claims to be the leader
of the group. He declined to
name him.
Sheriff Anderson said six of
the persons listed as possible
members of the family were
already being held in the
county jail under various
charges.
because of the indebtedness.
Hayes, a year ago, was
reported to own three homes
in the exclusive East Memphis
section, including a $60,000
mansion and a fleet of cars,
one a $45,000 custom-made
Cadillac.
decision will be appealed, said,
“I submit to the court that the
killer is still at large. He will
continue to search to find the
killer.”
Nylen contended in court
that he put Mitchell under
hypnosis in his office and
regressed him back to the date
of the killing and determined
that the defendant was never in
the house.
Nylen claimed that Mitchell
was forced under duress to
admitt to the killing. Homicide
Detectives Sidney Dorsey and
John Henshaw said Mitchell
said he slew Mrs. Ward when
they questioned him.
Contending that Mitchell
was so flustered in not being
believed that he finally said,
“If 1 admit it they’ll stop
pestering me.”
Judge Holt confirmed
receiving a copy of the tape
but refused to introduce it to
the jury.
During the trial, a state
crime lab specialist testified
that the blood type of Randy
Mitchell matched the blood
type of some of the blood
taken from the home of Judge
Ward.
Mrs. Linda Bartlett said that
she broke down the blood
found in the house into about
four areas. She testified that
blood found in various areas in
the Ward home was type “B”-
the same as Mitchell’s and also
contained the same Rh factor
of Mitchell.
She also stated that out of
the total population Mitchell
would be 13 out of 10,000
persons with his particular
blood typing, and out of the
Black population he would be
9 out of 10,000.
Ms. Bartlett testified to
testing the blood drops found
on a pair of brown hush
puppies sard to be Mitchell s.
She discovered that the shoes
had type “O” blood on them.
The same type blood as Mrs.
Ward.
Blood samples from Judge
Ward and Ms. Juanita Brown
were also examined by the
crime lab specialist, but Mrs.
Bartlett said that their samples
were not consistent with those
found in the house. The Rh
factor of both Ms. Brown and
Judge Ward differed from the
Rh factor of the type “B”
blood found in the house, she
testified
Claiming that the
prosecution based its case on
circumstantial evidence, the
defense called no witnessess of
its own.
When the decision was read
by the court, Mitchell, dressed
in a gray suit with a blue shirt
and tie, sat almost
expressionless as if in a
semi-slumber.
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