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Newspaper Page TextGirl Was Drug Addict At Age 9 Page 1 Volume 11 Number 21 Dr. Lowery Says America More Racist Now Than Ever Dr. Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said here Friday night that the Black community must ‘‘come to a sense of family --nuclear and extended - to combat the general assault on Black and poor people. “We are the ones God has chosen to be activists, catylists, and agitators for justice,” he said. Lowery was in Augusta to speak at the Awards Banquet of the Student Enrichment Education Program at the Medical College of Georgia, a program designed to attract more minorities into health science fields. Lowery said he was once offended when an Alabama newspaper referred to him as an County Auditor Wants To See More HRC Records Richmond County internal auditor David J. Rollins this week submitted a list of items he wishes to have from the Human Relations Commission. HRC Director Charles W. Walker last week charged that the County Commission had reneged on its pledge to resume funding the agency once records were made available. In this week’s request Rollins asked for: .Personnel time cards and or sign-in sheets for Girl Was Addict At 9Years Os Age The Philadelphia Bulletin last Sunday told the story erf Carol, who became a drug addict at age nine and kicked the habit at IS. The newspaper, in the first of a series on drugs, gave its readers assurance that Carol, although using a fictious name, was a genuine person known to reporters and editors. The Washington Post a few months ago was forced to admit that an 8-year-old heroin addict named Jimmy in its Pulitzer Prize-winning story on drugs did not exist. The newspaper returned the prize. The Bulletin said carol got her first taste erf drugs at a party thrown by her 12-year-old sister. “Let’s turn Carol on,” the sister’s friend said, according to the newspaper. "As the music thumped, (Carol) inhaled deeply on a marijuana joint and allowed the smoke to enter her small lungs,” the newspaper said. “She had never done it before, but she had seen others In het Auguja ta Nnus - iSeiit cm agitator. But an old woman set him straight. “She brought me to her house and took me to her washing machine and showed me what an agitator was.” He said the woman told him that the agitator was the part of the washing machine that "creates the tension that separates the dirt from my clothes.’’ Further counseling him not to worry about being called an agitator, Lowery said the woman told him to keep on agitating and “separating the dirt from the moral fabric of America.” America, he said, is beseiged with militarism and racism. “I have never seen more racism in my lifetime than I see today. It is not just in the streets with the Klan, but it is in period of January 1, 1977 through June 30, 1981. .HRC and HRC-EEOC bank statements, deposit slips, check stubs, cancelled checks, bills, vorchers, statements and related back-up material for period of January 1, 1981 through J une 30, 1981. .Cash disbursements journal and ledgers for period of January 1, 1981 through June 30, 1981, for HRC and HRC EEOC. Agendas, and minutes of board meetings from sister's crowd do it many times. The applause of the older kids won her over.” Some of the “older kids” ' used to- come to Carol's house to see her smoke marijuana, the newspaper said.. “They used to come around just to watch me smoke,” Carol told the Bulletin. "It was fun for them to see a 9-year-oid kid get high.” By age 10, Carol was high most of the time, she told the newspaper. By age 13, she was mixing pills, beer and marijuana. A year later Carol dropped out of school after her grades took a plunge and she added cocaine, PCP, (an animal tranquilizer), methamphetamine and quaaludes to her addictions, the newspaper said. Between age nine and 14, Carol learned to cover her addictions from her mother - herself an alcoholic - and to steal, the newspaper said. Once, Carol was stabbed with her hHIfM by «H addlat wbe Black Churches Worth Over $lO Billion Page 5 the suites with the Klan mentality.” “We are not creating economic opportunity for the poor, we are buying more guns. We’re not reducing the budget, we’re shifting the money over to the military.” He urged Blacks to develop a “sense of world citizenship.” Let us never be isolated from our kindship with the rest of the world, he said, adding that our future is “inextricably tied to our brothers across the world.” He noted that Nigeria is the second largest source of oil in the world. Blacks, he continued, have a stake in foreign policy. “We must make sure the this nation takes a new look at its African policy. Our policy toward August 1980 through June 1981. .Complete personnel listing for period of January 1, 1981 through June 30, 1981. .Copies of all contracts, originals preferred, leases and agreements for period of January 1, 1977 through June 30, 1981, for HRC and HRC-EEOC. .Copies of external auditor’s reports, 1976 to date for HRC and HRC EEOC operations, complete with management letters. was trying to steal her drugs, the newspaper said. She told the newspaper she knows "other girls as young as 12 who are on heroin. You can get all the dope you want.” A friend who used drugs died, but Carol continued. “I knew drugs were dangerous,” she said. “I didn’t want to stop." Shortly after she turned 15, Carol sought help. Pictured in silhouette by Bulletin during and interview at the Bridge, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Northeast Philadelphia. Carol said she has been off drugs and liquor for four months. Asked to explain her taste for drugs, Carol told the newspaper: “I guess I wanted to get away from reality. It seemed bad at the time.” Carol said she and her friends bought drugs from ‘‘teaching assistants, married adult couples who sell from their homes, from atorahaapara." August 15,1981 Africa has a direct impact on our lives in Augusta.” Lowery drew applause from the audience when he pointed ot the inconsistency of talking about expelling Libya because of its “terroristic policies when we roll out the red carpet for the foreign minister of South Africa, the most terroristic nation on the face of the earth.” It is the our military budget and foreign policy that are wiping out food stamps, CETA jobs, and educational scholarships, he said. He cautioned Blacks not to fear President Reagans policies. “We were born in adversity, nurtured on hard times, and challenges have only strengthened us.” Lowery, urging Blacks to “come home,” was Don King Gives NNPA Archives SIO,OOO The Archives Committee of the National Newspaper Publishers Asociation, through its chairman, William O. Walker, has received a contribution of SIO,OOO from fight promoter Don King. In making his gift, King espressed his interest in the Archives project which was established in 1973 at Howard University. The Archives is expected to become the primary facility in the world for research related to the history of the Black press. As a part of the joint project between Howard University and NNPA, a Gallery of Distinguished Newspaper publishers has been established in the Mooreland-Spingarn Research Center, where portraits of Black publishers are enshrined and can be viewed by the public. Copies of Black newspapers are sent to the Archives center each week for microfilming and for reference. Dr. Michael R. Winsont is director of the Mooreland- Spingarn Research Center. Concert Is Cancelled The performance of the scheduled for August 15th oiatunji Group has been cancelled. Coalition Asks Justice Dept. To Investigate County Page 1 critical of Blacks who were caught up in the craze of asking “Who shot J.R. (Ewing)?” “Who cares! We ought to be asking who shot justice, who shot employment, who shot education and who shot the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King." Blacks can’t save America, he said as long as we’re non registered voters, and registered non-voters. He said it is time Blacks demand that corporations reinvest in the Black community. He said he would be' meeting Monday with officials from Coca-Cola, Inc. Lowery has said he will urge SCLC to join Opecation PUSH in a national boycott of Coca- Cola if the soft drink company is not responsive. lh| si L, '*• i If- • t»a w f I A I jH It . ml? HW n b I J n-IB 'i I w' n i'BUifelll V P' 1 W? F it SWMI IJ ' RL lCfWi |* < Mr 1\ x t ■■■» 1 PROMOTED- Barbara A. Gordon, former mews-Keview Bunce County Correspondent, has been named advertising manager, Editor- Publisher Mallory K. Millender announced last week. A 1974 graduate of Phillips Business College, she was class salutatorian at Paine College in 1979 where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and minored in business management. She was also associate editor of the college newspaper. She was a member of the National Dean’s list and was listed in “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Since rejoining the staff earlier this year, she has been working as a Sales representative and reporter. In addition to supervising the News-Review advertising staff, she will continue to report and write some news stories, Millender said. Justice Department Asked To Investigate County The Augusta Black Leadership Coalition last week wrote to U.S. Attorney Gen. William French Smith requesting that the Justice Department investigate Richmond County's use of Revenue Sharing and other federal monies received by the Richmond County Board of Commissioners since 1978. The group asked that the Justice Department withhold all federal funds to Richmond County until the County Commission meets all federal guidelines “and complies with the mandate of the federal Revitalization Set For All-Black Town A SI. 8 million boost from the Department of Housing and Urban Development has this small all-Black town excited about its revitalization plans. Mayor T. G. Green said the first installment of 535.250 would climax efforts that began last Oct. 16. when he and other officials filed a preliminary application with HUD. The first money, Green said, would last until the end erf the town’s fiscal year in June 1982 and the remainder would come over a three-year period. In an effort to turn around a decline going back nearly 50 years, Mayor Green said the funds would help renovate City Hall, pnv* atrMta. renovate tha County Audits Wants More HRC Records Page 1 government." Specifically, the Coaliton allegedged that: . The Richmond County Commission has not utilized a single minority in any of its contract awards. .The Richmond County Commission’s employment profile is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. .The Richmond County Commission has utilized revenue sharing funds and other Federal monies in a discriminatory fashion by applying those funds in areas that were not designated in their contract park and provide for a home rehabilitation program. Green, a professor at Langston University, hopes the revitalization will encourage some small businesses to open in Langston. "We’re not asking for a Safeway store or anything like that,” Green said. “We know we're too small. "But we would like some kind of businesses, and jobs. Why you can’t even get a flat fixed in Langston anymore." Stating that during the 1910 s and 1920 s Langstem was a booming Black community of nearly 3,000 people and that the community had peaked when then Langston Ctdlaga faUHdad lb 25C agreement. .The Richmond County Commission has allowed department heads to covertly and overtly discriminate against minorities and women in their employment practices without regard to any Federal laws. .The Richmond County Commission has violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as it relates to districts and other election procedures. .The Richmond County Commission has failed to appoint Blacks to important boards, authorities and commissions. 1897, Green said “we even had a funeral parlor, a bakery, and a pool hall. "Right now,” he said, “I would settle for a few fixed up houses. Officials also hope the improvements will draw new residents to Langston, as well as making the university more attractive to prospective faculty members who visit the campus. Several small Black firms have inquired about the community, including a chemical company which specializes in anti-freeze and domestic cleaners, an electronics assembly firm and a plumbing contractor. Langston also recently assigned franchise rights to a Black-owned cable taiaviaion company.