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Paine College Library A Little Hope Is Held ▼▼ i SEE RELATED STORY PAGE 2 r Nma-Mnijm (ft? ■ k ■■ ANOPEN FORUM FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE less than 75% advertising Vol. 7 P.O. Box 953 Augusta, Georgia May 19, 1977 No. 4 25<t Andy Young Ain’t Running Scared by Ai Irby J T * ’ * K jmf JW ..fT . /■» .'J s. J 1., ’■ - A .7/ j Jr J / Al wB ‘ %!/I ' .B9wßr </// sJUKHKKEx- ' z s y AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG Richmond County Board Cf Commissioners Declare War On Pornography County Commissioners instructed the County Attorney to immediately study zoning ordinances to block the sales of all pornographic trash and businesses which deal in vulgar material to attract customers. Rev. Ken. Hutcheson, who is president of a group, calling themselves “Citizens for Decency lead the crusade by telling a large crowd of citizens attending the Council's regular meeting last Tuesday afternoon, that his organization is very distressed by the spreading of what the local clergyman described as big time sex businesses in our city and county. The articulate Rev. Hutcheson said “we are not here to debate the merits of the First Amendment freedoms, or the powers you county commissioners have to enact laws. We want results.’’ Department Os Justice The Department of Justice recently charged the owner of an apartment complex in Savannah, with failing to comply with a Federal Court order barring discrimination against Black persons. Attorney General Griffin B. Bell said a motion for civil contempt was filed in U. S. District Court in Savannah against Charles W. Worrell of West Columbia, South Carolina. Worrell owns the Cherokee Homes Apartments, a 58-building complex containing 150 to 200 units in Port Wentworth, north of Savannah. The motion charged that Worrell failed to comply with a court order issued on July 8, 1974, enjoining him from violating the Fair Housing Act 0, 7 968. The motion said Worrell has failed to notify five community organizations of his nondiscriminatory rental policy, failed to adhere to rental standards, and failed to submit periodic reports to the court. The order was issued after trial of a housing discrimination suit brought by the Justice Department on October 1, 1973, charging Worrell with refusing to rent to blacks. The motion asked the court He pointed out the highly workable Detroit Michigan zoning ordiances should be used as a guidelane for our county. Rev. Hutcheson said a zoning laws in the chief Michigan city, restrict those types of “sex businesses” from locating within 1,000 feet of another such restricted business, or within 500 feet of a residential neighborhood. Rev. Hutcheson said his organization would also appear before the Augusta City Council with the request for a zoning ordinance. In other action, the commission: Authorized Tiller to appoint Commissioners Scott and Mclntyre to a committee to study the virtue of hiring a full-time county administrator. Tabled Paine College allocation of 525.000 for Summer Recreation. A few other moves by the Commissioners ended a very interesting session. to hold Worrell in civil contempt and give him five days to assure the court he will fully abide by its orders, to post bond to assure compliance, and to submit rental standards to the court. If Worrell fails to purge himself of contempt, the motion asked the court to impose daily fines until he does so. Applications . Now Being Accepted Applications are now being accepted for the summer program for preschoolers conducted by the Augusta College Department of ' Education at Trinity on the Hill Methodist Church June 20 - July 15 from 9 a.m. until noon Monday through Friday. The four week program is part of the Education Department’s Internship in 1 Early Childhood Education. Children ages three, four and r five are eligible. Contact Mrs. Ivey at Trinity ‘ Methodist Church. r South Africa has backed down from its adamant position to bar Ambassador Young from visiting the apartheid country. Well-informed diplomatic sources made it clear that they expected the decision to be yes Dr. Dawson Is Commencement Speaker Dr. Horace G. Dawson, Jr. Dr. Horace G. Dawson, Jr., Director of the Africa Bureau for the United States Information Agency, (USIA) Washington, DC, will be the commencement speaker at Southern Christian Leadership Conference Schedules Convention The 20th Annual Convention of tire Southern Chrisitian Leadership Conference will be held August 16-19 in Atlanta, the city where the S.C.L.C. was bom. The Convention will be headquartered at the Atlanta American Hotel. This Convention will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the founding president and the remaining active founders of S.C.L.C., Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth of Cincinnati, and Rev. C. K. Steele of Tallahassee. The major business of importance will be the selection of S.C.L.C.’s third president. Dr. Abernathy who succeeded Dr. King in April, 1968 resigned the presidency in February of this year. Dr. Joseph Lowery, Chairman of **'■ -‘lk m h i i ■' t “ I / P r - n r* afe ■4BW • J ju ; ___ n Jfll *>■!>** Robert E. James (second from right) was a big hit at the White House meeting w ith President Carter to discuss new White House initiatives for the Minority Bank Deposit program. Janies is president of the Carver State Bank in Savannah. He was recently elected president-elect ot the National Bankers \ssociation, the trade group for minority bankers. all along, as whether the articulate Mr. Young would be allowed into the country to make several addresses including student groups and business leaders. The South African Foreign Affair Secretary Brank Fourie made Boggs Academy. The ceremonies are scheduled for Sunday, May 29 at 2 p.m. on the campus. The public is invited to attend. A native of Augusta, Georgia and a graduate of Haines Institute (Now Lucy Laney High School). Dr. Dawson also holds the A.B. Degree from Lincoln University, an A.M. from Columbia University and a Ph.D in Mass Communi cations from the State University of lowa. He has also attended the Danforth Foundation Summer Workshop for University Presidents and Administrators and the post-graduate senior Seminar in Foreign Poli.’.. A, the US*A., D r Da vsuo is responsible far tb° S.C.L.C.’s Board of Directors is acting-president until such time the convention chooses the third president. The theme of the S.C.L.C. Convention will be Human Rights. The S.C.L.C. program with regard to human rights at home as well as abroad will be discussed. Human Rights as regards unemployment, housing, and injustice within the American system will be discussed as will Black on Black crime. The 20th Convention will be a time of coming together, or harambee. for the present and former S.C.L.C. Staff members. Among guests invited to address the convention will be President Jimmy Carter, Ambassador Andrew Young. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, and other national religious, social and political figures. this decision known publicly last Tuesday. The South African Government last week reacted uncouthly to reports that Mr. Young was planning a visit without observing the usual racist inter- governmental c vdcpment and direction of t i>b:b. diplomacy and int o r n>a tio na 1/c ull ura 1 activities in Africa including the supporting activities in Paris and Washington. This includes supervision of 100 American officers and 360 h eal workers in 27 African countries. Dr. Dawson has previously served his agency as assistant director for policy direction, cultural affairs advisor, counsellor of embassy and piiblic affairs in Liberia, and cultural attche hi Nigeria and Uganda. He was also a founding director of the School ot Mass Communica tions at the University of Lagox'. His academic experience includes lectures in Senator NunnTo Address Knights Os Columbus The Honorable Sam Nunn, United States Senator from the State of Georgia will present the keynote address at the Seventy-Fifth Annual State Meeting of the Georgia State Council, Knights of Columbus to be held in Augusta on May 20-22. Delegates and guests from throughout the State of Georgia will be on hand to hear the dynamic youthful Senator, the “Watchdog of the Treasury”, an honor bestowed upon him by the National Associated Businessmen for his efforts to cut government spending. An honor graduate of the Emory School of Law, Senator Nunn’s route to Capitol Hill began in 1968 in the Georgia House of Representatives, so-called protocol. The bad-mouth Foreign Minister, Pik Botha, was stung by recent truthful remarks by the Black Ambassador that the South African Government was “illegitimate and illegal.’’ had said on May 9th that Mr. International Communications at the University of Maryland, Director of the New'S Bureau and Assoicate Professor of English at North Caioiina Central University and instructor in English at Southern University. His published writing are extensive including New Dimensions in Higher Education, Handbook for Advisors of Student Newspapers, and The Relationship Between Business and Government in Japan. His lectures include topics such as Mass Communications and diplomacy, foreign policy and public diplomacy, and Blacks in the Foreign Service of the United States. where he served two terms before being elected to the United States Senate in 1972. Senator Nunn serves on the Budget Committee, the Government Operations Committee, the Armed Services Committee, the Select Committee on Small Business and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Other notables who will be in attendance at this meeting are the Most Reverend Thomas A. Donnellan, Archbishop of Atlanta and the Most Reverend Raymond W. Lessard. Bishop of Savannah. Persons desiring to hear this address may acquire tickets by calling 7384)385 or 724-9625. Young did not behave like someone who really wanted to come here, Mr. Botha said South Africa “is not prepared to negotiate her own destruction.” Ambassador Young arrived jauntily in Abidjan Ovory Coast to begin a fl & - s * . . .. Miss Jenkins Honored Miss Esther Jenkins of 1634 Forest St. was recently honored for holding the longest record of continuous sen ice of any member of St. Mark United Methodist Church on Florence Street. She has been a member of St. Marks for 59 years. State Rep. David Scott Will Speak Langston Hughes Poetry The executive committee of the Atlanta arts festival has confirmed that Rep. David Scott of Atlanta will perform special • selections from the poetry of Langston Hughes. When asked about performing the words of the world’s most famous Black poet, the young Atlanta politician said: IlThe poetry of Longston Hughes represents the greatest contribution to universal brotherhood and sisterhood and when I’m on that stage in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, I will feel that struggle, I will feel the pride, and I will feel joy and ecstasy as I give my all to keep the art, the genious and the legend of Langston Hughes alive!" The Georgia lawmaker will perform his interpretation of the “Jazz and Blues Folklore” poetry of the late Langston Hughes in the late afternoon of “Jazz Day” Sunday May 22, 1977 (At 6 p.m. at Piedmont Park, Atlanta). Children’s Attractions To Be Featured For Armed Forces Day Ft. Gordon’s Armed Forces Day celebration Saturday, May 21, will have something for everyone, but children will think it’s all for them. The day will be kicked off at 8:30 a.m. when 1,000 marching soldiers and massed colors join for the retirement review. Afterwards, attendees will be hosted to live demonstrations, static displays of aircraft and equipment, rides and open house activities. tour of Africa. He said that as far as he knew, he would be visiting South Africa. Asked if he still planned to go to South Africa, Mr. Young replied: “We certainly won’t call it off.” She has served as a Sunday School teacher, a member of the choir, and as a strong supporter of the total church program. She continues to show her great love for the church with her prayers, gifts and service when her health permits. W M * * fewit ■Ki Rep. David Scott Demonstrations will feature parachutists, an aerobatic demonstration by the Ft. Gordon Flying Club, the Signal Drill Team and an exhibition by Military Police dogs. A feature attraction for the children will be the “Junior Jump Tower”, where they may strap into a parachute harness and “free fall” briefly before safety straps grow taut. Rides for the kiddies will be provided by Army jeeps and horses from the post’s riding stables.