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Vol. 7, No. 33
Black general's
transfer stirs
controversy
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Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James
Was transfer due
to protest?
Charges that a protest letter
over reorganization plans so:
the Air Force cost General
‘Chappie’ James his command
have been officially denied but
many Black veterans believe
that the famous Black genera!
has been ‘railroaded’.
An investigation of
the charges raised originally by
syndicated columnists
Rowland Evans and Robert
Novak is certain to be
demanded by the
Congressional TJlack Caucus
and the Black leadership.
Chappie is the first Black
American to become a four
star general and until his recent
transfer he was Commander-in
-chief of the North American
Air Defense Command and the
Aerospace Defense Command.
James has headed the
Aerospace Defense Command
and the North American Air
Defense Command -a joint
U.S.-Canadian operation at
Colorado Springs, Colo. -for
the past three years.
An air force spokesman
pointed out that James’
comments had been solicited
by the Pentagon and denied
any connection between the
Woman, 76, victim
of $4,000 slim flam
A 76-y ear-old Augusta
woman lost S4OOO last week to
slim-slam.
Lubertha Green, 2322
Cummings Road, told police
she was standing at Johns Road
and Walton Way waiting for a
bus when two unknown
women pulled up in a car.
Ms. Green said they showed
her a bag that appeared to be
full of money. The women told
Pool hall, bar
serve Blacks
, The Department of Justice
obtained a consent decree
recently requiring the owners
of a pool hall and bar in
Macon, Georgia, to admit and
serve Blacks.
Atty. Gen. Griffin B. Bell
said the decree was filed in
U.S. District Court in Macon.
It resolved a civil suit against
James Thomas Freeman Jr.,
Rayburn Sanderson, and Fred
and Ray Hamlin, the owners
Paine College Library
1235 15th St.
Augusta, GA 30501
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letter and the transfer. He said
James was coming back to
Washington for observation by
flight surgeons at Andrews Air
Force Base.
The spokesman, Brig. Gen.
Jerry Dalton, said there has been
some disagreement among
doctors about the nature of
James’ medical problem.
James’ eligibility for additional
retirement pay because of a
disability is at issue, Dalton
said.
He said, however, that James
will not continue in his air
defense posts pending his
retirement and that a new
commander for those jobs will
be named soon.
James’ classified letter was
quoted by Evans and Novak as
saying the study on the
reorganization was “seriously
inaccurate. It is superficial and
biased collection of
perceptions about the most
serious operational role
assigned to United States
forces’’ - that of determining
whether or not the nation is
under attack in time of crisis.
Dalton said James’ letter was
a requested response to the
reorganization plan.
her she could make 512,000 in
a few hours if she invested her
money with theirs.
Ms. Green told police she
withdrew S4OOO from her bank
and gave it to the women.
They dropped her off at Meigs
Street and Central Avenue. Ms.
Green said they told her to
wait there for them to return.
They didn't.
and operators of Fred’s Tavern,
which is also known as the
National Stag Club.
The suit, filed last Sept. 14.
charged the defendants
violated the Civil Rights Act of
1964 by refusing to serve Black
persons.
The consent decree requires
the posting of signs at the
entrance to the business
stating, “We Serve Everyone
Regardless of Race.”
P.O. Box 953
Woman dying of cancer
takes life after quarrel
A 54-year-old Augusta
woman suffering from terminal
cancer took her life Saturday
following an argument with her
husband.
John Carpenter, 1840
Cresent Lane, told investigating
officers he and his wife, Mary
L. Carpenter, argued earlier
and he knocked a hole in the
wall with his fist, when Mrs.
Carpenter threatened to call
Threatened woman shoots
An Augusta woman shot her argued prior to the shooting. She then pulled a gun and shot
boyfriend three times last week She said Holmes pulled a knife Holmes.
after he threatened to kill her. and said he would kill her. He had been shot twice in
Ms. Annie Bell Boyd. 27, of Holmes told the deputies Ms. the left leg and once in the left
430 DuPont St., told deputies Bovd cut her left hand hand. He was treated at
that she and Willie Holmes, 47, attempting to take the knife. University Hospital.
Man dies from beating
An Augusta man, who did
not want to press charges
against two men who beat and
robbed him last month, died
Sunday as a result of the
beating.
William Jackson, 33, of
1827 Grant St., was brought to
University Hospital’s
Debra Moorehead
Debra Moorehead, Valerie
Owens, and Lola Scott are
among the nine Augusta
College women nominated for
this year’s title of Miss
Christmas Belle at AC, The
winner, decided by student
vote, will be crowned at the
annual dance Friday, Dec. 9.
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SECRETARY OF COMMERCE - Juanita M. Kreps swears Allan A. Stephenson
of Wasltington, D.C. in as Deputy Director of die Office of Minority Business
Enterprise * L.S. Department of Commerce. At right, Mrs. Stephenson holds the
family Bible. Stephenson, prior to his appointment, was a career employe of the
Department serving as Regional Office Director of the Washington. D.C. region. A
recipient of several awards, Stephenson is well known in government cncles
throughout the United States.
the police, Carpenter said he
snatched the phone from the
wall.
Carpenter said he went into
the bedroom and his wife
followed him. Pouring a
handful of pills she told him,
“I’ll just take these.” Carpenter
said she went into the kitchen
and soon returned.
Carpenter told police he had
been drinking earlier and didn't
believe his wife had taken the
boyfriend three times
emergency room Nov. 18 after
being severely beaten in the
face, chest, stomach and legs
by two unknown men. Jackson
said he had asked for a match.
The men jumped him on
Hunter Street, near the tennis
court, and stole Jackson’s
wallet containing SB3, police
Co-eds com pete
for ‘Miss AC Belle’
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Music will be provided by
“Stud.”
Debra, a senior sociology
major, is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Joseph Jones of
Pittsburg, Pi Valerie is a
special education major and
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Owens of Augusta. Lola,
December 8, 1977
medication. He said he went to
bed and upon awakening found
his wife next to him
unconscious. He said he tried
to revive his wife, but was
unsuccessful.
Mrs. Carpenter was
pronounced dead on arrival at
University Hospital.
1 nvestigators found two
empty bottles of Demerol
(pain relievers) in the house.
said.
A hospital nurse called the
police after Jackson was
admitted but he told officers
he did not wish to press
charges and did not need police
help.
The case is presently under
investigation.
Lola Scott
a sophomore majoring in
occupational therapy, is the
daughter of Mr. Charles Scott
and Mrs. Emma Gresham of
Augusta.
Other contestants are Debi
Nichols, Mary Diveley, Laura
Hickey, Debbie Hunt, Losa
Shadden, and Caroline Taylor.
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“I've been learning to cope
with life in a gold fish bowl,”
says 24-y ear-old Miss Universe,
Janelie Commissiong, with a
twinkle in her eye.
In addition to the normally
hectic schedule one might
expect of a Miss Universe, the
ex-Miss Trinidad finds there is
tremendous public interest in
the fact that she is the first
Black person to win the
coveted title in its 25-year
existence.
“We always knew Black was
beautiful. Now the world
knows it too,” she comments.
BELIEVES IN BASICS
Despite lavish lunches and
dinners. Miss Universe does not
have a weight problem - at
least not yet. In fact, she
avoids the scale completely. “I
can tell if I’m putting on
weight by the fit of my
clothes. If they’re too snug, I
cut down on what I eat,” says
Janelie.
Besides being the first Black
to win the title, Janelle is also
at 5’5” the shortest Miss
Universe and the first with
short hair. More than a
beautiful face and figure, her
naturalness and charm make
her a truly beautiful person
inside and out.
LIVED IN NEW YORK
Although she was born in
Trinidad and won the Miss
Universe title as Miss Trinidad,
Janelle spent over half her life
living in New York City. She
attended Erasmus High School
in Brooklyn and is a graduate
of The Fashion Institute of
Technology in Manhattan. In
fact, she is considering
California to be nation's
first third world state?
By Bill Sievert
Pacific News Service
SACREMENTO. CA - By
the end of the first decade,
California may become the
first “Third World state” on
the continental U.S.-the first
state in which ethnic minority
peoples collectively make up a
new majority. While the
implications of this quickly
evolving shift in population
could be significant for all
Californians as well as the
nation, few observers believe
they can confidently predict
the long-range consequences.
Ethnic leaders don’t even
agree among themselves
whether “majority status’
would solve or create more
problems.
“It’s kind of scary in one
way,” admits George Singh, a
counselor with Centro Legal de
la Raza in Oakland. “Look at
the comparative income
brackets (of whites and ethnic
minorities), if all the Third
World people who make up the
majority are poor, we’re in a
lot of trouble in this state.”
“I don’t see any reason for
concern, for fear of any kind,”
counters Rupert Franscisco,
director of a recent study on
“Third World Population in
California” for the office of Lt.
Gov. Mervyn Dymally, whi is
Black. It was the Dymally
study, released last summer,
which first speculated publicly
that Claifomia’s ethnic
minorities may become the
state’s predominant population
by the year 1990.
The study estimates the
current (1977) Third World
population of California at
8,336,000 (34.7 percent of the
total population). This figure
does not include a
conservatively estimated 1.2
million “undocumented
workers” (or illegal aliens)
from Mexico.
In issuing the study.
Dymally said he personally
considers these population
estimates “conservative, like
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“BLACK IS FINALLY BEAUTIFUL,” says Janelle
formerly Miss Trinidad and now the
reigning Miss Universe,
establishing her own boutique,
possible in Trinidad, after her
reign is over.
Does she have any advice for
young Black women who
might be considering a career
in modeling or fashion?
“I don’t have any
ready-made advice. Persistence
most research figures on Third
World population.” Dymally
and Dr. Marcos Infante, a
population researcher at
Stanford University, both have
estimated the state’s current
minority population at as high
as 41 per cent.
Nonetheless, the figures
cited in the study represent an
increase of more than four
million-or more than a
doubling of the state’s
minority population since the
Census Bureau’s 1970 findings.
Assuming that such a rapid
rate of growth is correct and
that it will continue unabated
through the next decade, the
report projects a minority
population of 49 per cent by
1985 and 60.7 per cent by
1 990, not counting
undocumented workers.
Francisco stresses that the
population figures in the report
are “estimates,” representing
data gathered from a variety of
Third World individuals and
organizations throughout the
state. “While the Census
Bureau tends to undercount,”
he admits, “the (minority)
groups tend to overcount.”
Yet as speculative as the
figures may be, Francisco says
he is confident his study
represents a “more accurate”
picture of the state’s minority
population than has ever been
presented before. And whether
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or not the study is totally
reliabel, the figures strongly
suggest that a majority of
minorities lies in California’s
future-if not by 1990, then
soon thereafter.
Francisco says he is not at
all certain of the ramifications
of a Third World majority and
that his report “wasn’t meant
to be definitive, but to point
up a problem.
“California culturally,
politically and socially has
been unaware of the growth of
its ethnic minorities. By the
(Census) Bureau’s own
admission, their figures are
defective in many respects. Yet
their data is utilized for public
policy decisions and fiscal
allocations both nationally and
locally.”
Francisco says his
motivations in putting together
the study were to “encourage
the Bureau to formulate a new
method to gauge Third World
population and to force the
state to begin planning for the
implications of this emerging
phenomenon in its midst.”
CLOUT OR BOUT?
While Francisco simply calls
his findings “good news” for
Third World peoples, other
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