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Liberian President Visits Atlanta
Liberia President William R.
Tolbert, Jr. and his wife spent
this past weekend in Atlanta
for a portion of their
Bicentennial state visit
expected to reaffirm the close
political and economical ties
between the two nations.
After arriving in the United
EDITORIAL
Did Charles Walker Err
In The Case Os
Demmons And Staulcup?
By Al Irby
Richmond County Grand Jury refutes charges made
by the local Human Relations Commission and Charles
Walker its director. Did Walker lose part of his
creditibility as a spokesman for an organization that is
supposed to pride itself in established rationality?
In the Demmons - Staulcup saga maybe the whole
truth will never come to light.
Jerry Demmons, a young Black, was shot and fatally
wounded by Richmond County Officer, F. Eugene
Staulcup, in an attempt to arrest the 22 year old youth
in the parking area of a Southside convenience store. His
body was found five days later in atall-grassy field,about
200 feet from the ill-fated scene.
Outside investagative agencies were called in and
upon their findings the Richmond County Grand Jury
made its decision of complete exoneration.
Charles Walker’s virulent attack upon the officer was
legally unsound and based on understandable empty
speculations. The Black community was hoping and
expecting that Walker had acquired some concrete
evidence.
For the sake of the community, let us hope that
Walker and Staulcup can reach some form of
reconciliation.
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ELMO ANDERSON
First Black Motel Clerk
In Richmond County
Elmo Anderson became the Ave., finished his secondary
first Black motel clerk in education in the Job Corp and
Richmond County recently. is currently employed with the
Anderson, the son of Mrs. Miles Motel at Gordon
Connie Reed of 2033 3rd. Highway and Olive Rd.
Georgia Fails To Correctly
Elect County Commissioners
The Department of Justice
filed a civil suit Friday,
September 17, charging
Georgia state officials with
failing to comply with federal
law in the election of county
commissioners.
Attorney General Edward H.
Levi said the suit was filed in
i US. District Court in Atlanta
against Governor George
Busbee, the five members of
the state election board, and
the Democratic and
Republican state chairmen.
The suit said the Georgia
General Assembly completely
revised the state election code
in 1964, including a new
requirement that numbered
posts and majority vote be
used for all federal, state, and
county elections.
This requirement for county
P. O. Box 953
States Monday September 20,
Dr. Tolbert met with President
Ford. He is the only African
chief executive to make a state
visit during America's 200th
anniversary, and is the only
Black African leader to address
Congress in many years.
Dr. Tolbert was welcomed
commissioners did not go into
effect until 1965, the suit said,
and has never been submitted
to the Attorney General or to
U.S. District Court for the
Morris Brown College On The Move
Morris Brown College in
Atlanta recently announced
several changes at the college.
Twenty-seven new faculty
and staff members have been
appointed at the college
according to President, Dr.
Robert Threatt.
The new members are
DeLeam Allen, Mrs. Eloise
Phillips Burwell, Mrs. Betty S.
Banks, Mrs. Dorothy Peatty,
Ms. Judith C. Brooks, Bruce
on the White House lawn by
President Ford Tuesday. The
President and Mrs. Ford hosted
a White House State dinner for
Dr. and Mrs. Tolbert that
evening.
On Wednesday he addressed
a joint session of Congress.
Dr. Tolbert arrived in
Rev. Hosea Williams
Files For Bankruptcy
Civil Rights activist Hosea
Williams recently filed for
bankruptcy in U.S. District
Court.
According to Williams he
owes $168,547.31 to creditors
with unsecured claims. In
bankruptcy papers Williams
stated that his total debts are
$190,547.31.
Among his debts were an
“indemnity agreement’’ with
the Citizens and Southern
National Bank totaling
$64,406, a $25,000 loan from
the Progress Venture Capital
Corp, of Philadelphia and a
loan of $6,300 from the
Atlanta Voice Newspaper.
Another debt stemming
from an indemnity agreement
of $27,940 with Mr. and Mrs.
Quinton King was also
reported by Williams.
Williams also stated that he
earned only $9,000 a year in
the last two years and listed
$55,284 in personal property.
Os the $9,000 earned, $2,000
came from speaking
engagements as a minister.
Laney Continues Domination Os Josey
By John Hardy
The Lucy Laney Wildcats,
behind the running of two
injured halfbacks, issured
cross-town rival T.W. Josey
Eagles its fourth loss of the
season by the score of 217.
Darrly Cogle and Hardin
Dunn, who did not start for
Coach David Dupree’s
Wildcats, came on in the
second half to put 18 of
Laney’s 21 points on the score
board.
As usual, the Eagles
completely dominated the first
half, keeping the ball inside the
Laney 45 yard line except on
two series of downs.
With less than 3 minutes
remaining in the first half,
Josey quarterback Calvin
Johnson began to move the
Eagles to pay dirt. Johnson
completed passes of 30 and 20
yards to Mike Kelly and Henry
Rushen respectively. With the
ball on the 13 yard line, and
fourth down, Johnson raced
into the end-zone for Josey’s
only score that took them in
the locker room at the half
with a 7-0 lead.
After a splendid
District of Columbia for
review.
The Voting Rights Act of
1965 requires that all changes
since November 1, 1964, must
either be approved by the
Attorney General or the
District Court before they can
legally take effect.
Because the state has failed
Caine, Dr. Jean 0. Cooper. Lee
Edward Davis, Dr. Gerard A.
Elfstrom, Charles Freeney,
Evelyn Y. Harris, Clyde Hollis,
Dr. Jau-Nan Ling, Mrs. Barbara
A. Parrott, Dr. Robert C.
Mosteller, Dr. Earl H. Pierro,
Dr. Hari Phankar Prasad, Mrs.
Mary S. Robinson, William
Robinson, Dr. Vicki S.
Roulhae, Dr. William A.
Saunders, Mrs. Bertha T.
Shade, Miss Gwendolyn M.
Sims, Robert Lee Taylor,
Augusta, Georgia
Atlanta Friday where he and
his wife attended a
performance of the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra. On
Saturday he addressed a
convocation and received an
honorary doctorate degree at
Morehouse College.
Former Secretary of State
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performance by both bands at
half time, it was all Laney
Wildcats from that point on.
Antonio Smith, Laney's
sophomore signal-caller who’s
been playing in the footsteps
of starter James Wilson, came
on in the 3rd quarter and
immediately began to move
the Wildcat offense. On its first
possession of the 3rd quarter,
Laney moved the ball 57 yards
to pay dirt, with Cogle taking
it in from 2 yards out to make
the score 7-6. The point after
was no good.
Late in the 3rd quarter with
Josey in punt formation, the
Wildcats were charged with
roughing the kicker, and the
Eagles begin moving the ball.
On 3rd down and 8 yards to go
from the 45, Johnson
completed a pass to end
Michael Jenkins at the Laney
30 yard line, as Josey appeared
to be moving in for another
score, but the drive stalled as
Laney took possession at their
own 25.
In the final quarter, Dunn
took a hand-off from Smith
and raced through Josey’s
to comply with the review
requirement, the suit said,
numbered posts and majority
vote cannot be used in future
elections.
The suit asked for the
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Edward K. Weaver, Benny
Williams, Dr. E. Victoria
Williams and Rev. E.P. Yorpp.
Mrs. Eloise Phillips Burwell
was appointed Director of
Alumni Affairs.
Also it was announced that a
Morris Brown Alumnus Robert
James and president of the
Carver State Bank, Savannah,
was named one of Georgia
Jaycee’s Five Outstanding
Young Men in Georgia.
Dean Rusk and the Southern
Council for International and
Public Affairs honored Dr.
Tolbert at a dinner Saturday
evening.
The highlight of Dr.
Tolbert’s Atlanta visit was on
Sunday morning when he
preached at Ebenezer Baptist
defense for a 55 yard score to
make the scoreboard read 13-7.
With 5:15 remaining in die
game, an unnecessary
roughness violation by Josey’s
defense enabled the Wildcats to
move inside the Eagle 5, where
Dunn ran in from the 1 yard
line to complete the scoring.
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Church where the Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. served
as pastor.
Mayor Maynard Jackson and
Congressman Andrew Young
hosted a dinner for Dr. and
Mrs. Tolbert on Sunday
evening.
The President left Atlanta
Monday morning for
Philadelphia.
President William Tolbert of
Liberia will discuss African
problems on the National
Black Network's
award-winning show Black
Issues and the Black Press. The
show will be taped on October
1, and aired the same weekend
by NBN affiliates stations.
President Tolbert will be
questioned by reporters about
the South African situation
and Black Rule in Africa, as
well as other issues including
current needs for Black social
and economic development.
NBN News Director Vince
Sanders, is the moderator of
Black Issues and the Black
Press.
The primary purpose of
President Tolbert’s visit to the
U.S. is to meet with President
Ford and Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger on matters
concerning current African
issues.
National Black Network
Cails For Presidential Debate
Presidential candidates
Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy
Carter have been invited to
debate issues affecting the
nation’s 20 million Black
citizens. The debate is to be
scheduled for October on the
National Black Network
(NBN), the first Black owned
and operated broadcast
network in the United States.
In extending the invitations
to debate, NBN officials cited
their obligation to present as
much relevant information as
possible regarding the
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PRESIDENT, REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
presidential election to the
audience reached by their 78
affiliated radio stations. “The
debate will be an outstanding
opportunity for the candidates
to address specifically the
Black community, and will
help to give Black voters a basis
for an informed choice in their
own best interests,” according
to NBN President Eugene
Jackson. “With an NBN
audience of 17 million people,
that informed choice could
easily determine the outcome
of a close presidential
election.”
The debate will also be
another milestone in Black
political journalism for NBN,
linking the network’s widely
acclaimed coverage of the
Democratic and Republican
National Conventions with its
upcoming campaign and
election coverage. The
award-winning news program
Black Issues and the Black
Press is another feature of
NBN’s political service to the
Black community of America.
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