Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

Kingsley Riley is A Ip has ’ Citizen of the Year School board Trustee Kingsley Riley was named Citizen of the Year by the Alpha Phi Alpha Frater nity at the recert Founders Day of the Upha Chi Lambda Graduate Chap ter along witA Eta Alpha, the Paine College Chap ter. The fraternity also kw Mrs. Kingsley Riley NEW YORK—At a time when the nation’s historically black colleges are seeking new sources of support from the private sector, the United Negro College Fund will receive the largest property con tribution in its history. Viacom International, Inc., a major com munications* corporation, has signed an agreement to donate New York radio station WWRL to the College Fund. “Viacom’s very generous gift comes at a dramatic moment, a time when Federal aid to college students is reduced and our private, black colleges require more private support than ever before,” said UNCF Executive Director Christopher F. Edley. UNCF plans to sell the station to Unity Broad casting Network-New York, Inc. of the National Black Network, a minority broadcasting company. Proceeds from the sale will assist the College Fund’s member institutions. Both the gift and the sale are subject to the ap proval of the Federal Communications Com mission. WWRL, The only full time radio station in New York City serving the black community, is 53 Man killed in auto mishap AIKEN, S.C.—A 33- year-old Aiken man died early Sunday morning, from injuries he received in a two-car accident on Highway 478 near Fox Chase in Aiken. The victim was iden tified as James W. Driggers of 37 Coker Drive. The Aiken County Highway Department reported that the accident took place at 12:09 a.m. Sunday. The cause of the accident is still under in vestigation. Also injured in the ac cident was 38-year-old Jimmy Moore of 110 Greg Street in Graniteville. Moore was taken to Aiken Community Hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Driggers was co-owner and president of Kingsway Pharmacy in Augusta. Driggers’ father, Woodrow W. Driggers, 52, died only five days earlier. honored the two living founders of the Alpha Chi Lambda Chap ter-brothers Harold Hill andS.M. Jenkins. Jenkins, a retired in surance executive was initiated into the fraternity in 1922. Hill, a pharmacist in Seneca, S.C., was initiated in 1935. ■ ■■ Willie G. Marshall Black college fund given radio station years old. Since the black oriented format was established in 1965, the station has become a training ground for many of the most successful black broadcasters and radio managers in the metropolitan area. ‘‘The United Negro College Fund is mindful of WWRL’s singular role in the black community and wishes to preserve the Augusta jobless rate drops AUGUSTA—The job less rate for metro Augusta dropped from a revised 8.1 in September to a preliminary 7.7 in Oc tober, Commissioner of Labor Sam Caldwell said today. In October, 1980 the unemployment rate for the metro Augusta area was 7.1 per cent. A total of 118,451 persons in the Augusta Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) were em ployed this past October, while 9,830 others were continued from page 1 1964,” said Young. Young told the racially mixed crowd that “America now cries out for answers to a worldwide economic crisis. These answers .will not come simply by debating the issues in supply-side theories of Reagan economics; the an swers will come as new economic development projects emerge which actually demonstrate that it is possible, through new joint adventures between U.S. business and the demand of world markets, to create new jobs here at home. “The challenge of the ’Bos is economic-jobs-and Atlanta must once again point the way just as we have in the social and political spheres,” said the mayor. The new mayor said Atlanta government needs to find ways to strengthen ties with the city’s downtown business community, and he pledged to help provide closer relationships with surrounding counties and the state. “These will be difficult yet challenging years,” Young said. “We will disagree. We will be called to sacrifice, and yet we will prevail. Atlanta is not now rising from tne ashes. It is rocketing into orbit from a solid foun dation built by three great mayors - Ivan Allen, Sam Massell and Maynard Jackson.” Young, who will make $50,000 a year as mayor, was applauded loudly several times during his speech. His praise of Jackson, the city’s first black mayor, as Other founders were John M. Tutt, Dr. R.L. Lockett, R.W. White, A.C. Griggs, A.M. Carter and E.L. Perry. Brother Willie G. Mar shall was named Graduate Brother of the Year, and the College Brother of the Year Award went to Mar ty Delara, a student at Paine College. Four new brothers at tended the ceremonies with their families. They were Oscar W. Brown, Freddie Jones, Carswell Gilbert and Marion D. Griffin Jr. Brother Henry Ponder, president of Benedict College was the speaker. He emphasized “for ward to the basics” in stead of “back to the basics” as the most feasible route to the main stream of American society. He also stressed the importance of heritage. Henry Brigham is president. station’s unique charac ter,” Edley explained. “In Unity Broadcasting Net work we have found a company particularly sen sitive to these concerns.” Eugene D. Jackson, president of Unity Broad casting, said that WWRL, “Is an established and highly respected station that has consistently demonstrated leadership in providing quality news, still seeking employment. In October, 1980 a total of 114,826 Augusta area residents were working, and 8,785 others were unemployed. The Augusta SMSA is comprised of Columbia and Richmond counties in Georgia and Aiken County, S.C. The state’s jobless rate has begun edging up ward—but not by much. Caldwell reported a rate of 6.3 per cent, a slight rise from the previous month’s 6.2, but far below the national figure of 8.4 i Andy Young “one of the greatest mayors Atlanta has ever produced,” drew applause. Also, he was ap plauded for his remark that Atlanta women should be fre*> to walk downtown “without being harassed or intimidated or en ' dangered.” The former ambassador later attended a SIOO-a-plate inaugural dinner and ball at the Omni Hotel held in his honor. Young suppor ters also sponsored a free “People’s Reception” on the floor of the Omni ice rink. Young’s speech, which aides said he did not prepare until shor tly before its delivery, followed the swearing-in of Atlanta City Council President Marvin Arrington and the 18 new council members. Among the dignitaries to at tend the ceremonies at the Omni were the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.; Fulton County Commission Chairman Michael Lomax; for mer Florida Gov. Reuben Askew; Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Chicago civil rights activist Jesse Jackson; Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.; Walter Fauntroy, chair man of the Congressional Black Caucus and Washington’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; and two former candidates for mayor of Atlanta, Fulton County Commissioner Reginald Eaves and the man Young beat in a runoff, state Rep. Sidney Marcus. Outgoing Mayor Maynard Jackson arrived with his wife, {J -> I ■CT \ FOUNDERS HONORED—AIpha President Henry Brigham (left) presents award to Harold Hill as S.M. Jenkins and Horatio Lamar look on. Hill and Jenkins were honored as the only living founders of the Augusta chapter, established in 1935 information and enter tainment programming to its black listeners in New York metropolitan area.” Al Greenfield, president of Viacom’s Radio Division, said, “We can not think of a worthier or more appropriate organization than the UNCF to which to donate this station, with its long history of quality black programming and ser- per cent. “The long fall, with both a warm and dry Oc tober and November, has contributed to a longer season for heavy construc tion and other seasonal industries to help hold our jobless rate down,” Caldwell said. “And the surge of retail hiring for the holidays will add fur ther to our Georgia economy.” State Labor said that better than 2.3 million Georgians were on jobs in October, the latest month vices.” “The gift of a radio station to a nonprofit organization is unique. We hope others will take note of Viacom’s leader ship gift and the com pany’s sensitivity to the needs of black college students and give as generously as they can in the coming year,” Edley concluded. Viacom International for which official figures are available. A total of 157,134 were unemployed, a rise of 4,657 from the previous month, giving the state the 6.3 per cent jobless rate. The 6.3 per cent is iden tical to October a year past, when the 6.3 rate translated into 152,030 being unemployed. But Caldwell said that Georgia’s civilian labor force, or workforce, has grown by 62,447 in a single year’s time. He said there are now 57,790 more Valerie, shortly before the ceremony began at 5:37 p.m. “There are always a lot of challenges in this city, but Andy is up to the challenges,” said Jackson, predicting that Young will be a popular and successful mayor. As the Atlanta Symphony Or chestra played John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever” and several other selec tions, ROTC students from local high schools distributed small white candles to the crowd in the half-filled Omni. The house lights were dimmed and the can dles lit later in the ceremony, as singer Karen Lowery sang “The Lord’s Prayer.” Arrington was sworn in by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Clarence Cooper, a longtime friend who is now presiding over Atlanta’s most celebrated murder trial: the case of Wayne B. Williams, who is ac cused in two of 28 slayings of young Atlanta blacks. The ceremony Monday evening included several spirituals, in cluding “I’m Gonna Move When the Spirit Say Move.” Also, popular singer Peabo Bryson per formed “America the Beautiful.” Since his resignation from the United Nations in 1979, Young has operated a private consulting firm that helps U.S. companies do business with Third World countries or other foreign nations. Inc. is a diversified com munications and enter tainment company which owns and operates cable television systems and television and radio stations in the United States, provides premium entertainment services for pay television, distributes television programs and motion pictures to net works and stations worldwide and develops and produces program ming for all media. ■ Georgians on jobs this year compared to the same time in 1980. “Certainly, the economy has slowed a bit as we approach the end of the year,” Caldwell said. “Throughout November for each week of that month-we paid out a little more than $4 million each week in unemployment compensation. And last week the figure rose to $5.4 million, with 58,480 checks written to the unemployed, but again I want to emphasize that retail holiday hiring, along with Christmas shopping, continued on page 2 Starting Thursday January 7th WAREHOUSE SALE! In J.B. White Old Downtown Store 936 Broad Street SAVE up to 50% on • Furniture*Carpets • Housewares* Lamps • Linen*lnfant Furniture Shop Thursday from 8 a.m. til 8 p.m. Shop Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. til 6 p.m. The Augusta News-Review January 9,1982 ■S4| Aiken Woman shot fatally by Geraldine Wilson AIKEN, S.C.—Vivian Wooden, 25, was the vic-, tim of a fatal shooting Jan 2. The shooting took place at Geneva’s Place, a local night spot on Highway 19 about 11 p.m. Wooden, who resided on Union Street of Aiken, was pronounced dead at the scene by the coronor at 11:15 p.m. Aiken County Sheriff W. Ralph Gunnells repor ted that Kenneth Padgett of Fairfield Street in Aiken has been charged with the murder. Padgett is currently being held in the Aiken County Jail without bail. Gunnells stated that the apparent motive for the shooting involved a S2O payment Padgett gave allegedly Mrs. Wooden to take him to Wagner. When she did not return the payment or take him UNCF Alpha Queen Miss Ora L. Williams was crowned Miss Alpha Phi Alpha Queen - 1982 Friday night at the National Guard Armory. She is the daughter of Mrs. Della Lee Williams and the late Harold Williams. Miss Williams graduated from Butler High School and attended man power school in New York City. A native of Burke County, she is presently employed at the Georgia Railroad Bank. to Wagner, Padgett, then shot her at close range 1 through her car window with a shotgun, Gunnells 1 said. Mrs. Wooden is sur vived by her husband Ray Charles Wooden and four children; Michelle, Eric, Ray Charles Jr. and Deangio. Other survivors include Mrs. Wooden’s father, Johnny Holloway, two sisters, Milene Holloway of Maryland and Vinya Holloway of Aiken; and two brothers, John Holloway Jr. of Long Island, New York, and Randolph Holloway of Aiken. SHARING ■SCARING o Page 3