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Man accused
of murdering
his mother
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Volume 12 Number 26
9th and Laney- Walker to be hub
of new commercial corridor,
factory outlet to be included
The Laney-Walker neighborhood
may get this country’s first downtown
factory outlet center, a commerical
“corridor” on Ninth Street, and new
and renovated housing units, if a
$116,000 redevelopment plan the
mayor wants is implemented.
A $120,000 study, conducted by
the American Cities Corporation,
was announced last week, and if im
plemented will fill one of Mclntyre’s
campaign promises to revitalize
downtown Augusta.
The commercial center on “the
block” on Ninth Street will be anchored
by the Penny Savings Bank Building
on the corner of Ninth and Laney-
Walker Boulevard. The building,
which housed Augusta’s only black
owned bank during the 19205, will be
renovated for occupancy by offices
and commercial tenants.
While many existing buildings on
Teddy Pendergrass will never
walk again, ready to return home
Although his singing voice is as
good as ever, Teddy Pendergrass will
never be able to walk again, said his
doctor as the soul singer prepares to
leave a Philadelphia hospital within
two weeks to return to his plush man
sion.
According to Dr. William Staas
Jr., of Philadelphia’s Magee
Memorial Hospital, Pendergrass will
be ready to leave for his Lower
Merion Township mansion, but has
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DR. LOU RAWLS, I PRESUME—Singer-actor Lou Rawls,
who heads the “Lou Rawls Parade of Stars” television fund
raising special for the United Negro College Fund, recently
received an honorary doctorate degree and certificate of com
mendation from UNCF member school Saint Augustine’s
College, in Raleigh, N.C. Making the presentation is Dr. Prezell
R. Robinson, president of Saint Augustine’s College. The presen
tation was made recently in Washington, D.C. where Rawls was
honored with citation from President Ronald Reagan and the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of Parks Service.
Through the three-year-old Parade of Stars program, Rawls has
generated nearly $lO million to benefit the 42 colleges and univer
sities of the UNCF.
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the block will be torn down, Gurley’s
Supermarket will remain.
Parking will be provided in the
middle of the block as Gwinnett
Street Pharmacy will be relocated to a
new commercial structure deeper in
the block with parking in front. Of
ficials say that the project will be im
plemented in such away as to protect
the viability of existing businesses and
increase the parking available for
them.
A proposed factory outlet—selling
at a discount of 30 to 40 percent
discount—is also proposed for the
area. It would be the country’s first
downtown factory outlet center. It is
anticipated that the center would be
100,000 square feet in size, with ad
jacent parking for 500 cars or more.
Programs for housing im
provement would include existing ef
forts at maintenance and
“no function in his lower ex
tremities.”
Staas said the 32-year-old singer
“Will be leaving in the next two
weeks. He is in excellent shape.
Medically, he is stable and in good
spirits. From a medical point of view,
I think he will be able to sing as soon
as he gets into it.”
When asked if the singer would be
able to walk again, Staas replied
“No. He is able to use his upper ex-
Doctor says
Pendergrass
will never walk
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rehabilitation being conducted by the
Office of Community Development
and the Augusta Redevelopment
Authority.
Up to 50 new housing units could
be built and another 75 to 100 could
be renovated.
The study recommends that current
programs be supplemented by a non
profit neighborhood development
corporation. It is suggested that the
corporation could finance residential
renovation, support code enfor
cement, identify properties needing
improvement and serve as the
group representing tne neigh
borhood’s interests with the city.
Plans also call the consolidation
and expansion of the Pilgrim Health
and Life Insurance Co. offices, and
would include renovation and new
construction.
tremities. He is moving his arms and
wrists and doing fine finger
movement, but he can’t move his
fingers individually. He is able to
move them together. There is no fun
ction in the lower extremities.”
Dr. Staas added, “He will be
leaving the hospital, but will be
coming back for medical follow-ups.
He will continue to receive medical
treatment from a therapist who has
been assigned to work in his home.”
Pendergrass was injured March 18,
1982 when his 1981 Rolls Royce
struck a guardrail, crashing into two
nearby trees. He was taken to Ger
mantown hospital in Philadelphia for
treatment and later transferred to
Thomas Jefferson Hospital’s spinal
cord center. He stayed there for less
than eight weeks.
He was later transferred to Magee
Memorial Rehabilitation Center,
where he underwent a comprehen
sive rehab program for three months.
When the singer returns to his 34-
room Tudor home, renovation there
will have been completed. Repairs are
being made at the mansion to make it
more convenient for a wheelchair
bound person.
Workmen are lowering light swit
ches and installing other things so
Pendergrass can move around by
himself. An elevator is being installed
at the mansion, which he purchased
from former TV host Mike Douglas
for a reported $600,000.
A small consolation is the singer’s
latest album. “This One’s For You,”
released on Phildelphia International
records in July, which is skyrocketing
in the nation’s record charts.
The album is listed in the top ten in
Billboard, a record industry
publication, and is number 50 on
Cash Box’s top 100 list.
The LP is one of the most
requested for airplay on radio
stations. In his hometown,
Philadelphia, the album is reportedly
the best seller among black record
stores.
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THE PENNY SAVINGS BANK BUILDING Boulevard will anchor commerical corridor.
on the corner of Ninth and Laney-Walker
Dr. Joseph Jackson ousted
by Baptists after 29 years
Dr. Joseph H. Jackson is out af
ter 29 years as president of the
National Baptist Convention, USA,
Inc. Delegates to the organization’s
102nd annual convention in Miami
refused to re-elect him by ac
clamation as in previous years, and
Man accused
of murdering
his mother
(From The Amsterdam News)
NEW YORK—A 27-year-old
unemployed man who allegedly
shoved his mother out of a window of
their fifth-floor apartment after
bludgeoning her with a baseball bat
and drenching her with scalding
water, was arrested Tuesday by police
and charged with murder.
Detectives of the East 119th St.
squad, calling it one of the most
vicious homicides they’d encoun
tered, took Stephen Youngblood into
custody at the James Weldon John
son project, 1951 Park Ave., without
a struggle and booked him for killing
Mrs. Wilhelmina Youngblood, 54.
Tenants, who asked not to be
quoted, told the Amsterdam News
that there had been a continuing fight
in the apartment of the Youngbloods.
Stephen, according to neighbors, was
always threatening his mother and his
brother, Robert.
Stephen, who was not employed,
lived with his mother, who was
widowed almost ten years ago. Mrs.
Youngblood worked and supported
her two sons, but Stephen turned on
her a few years ago and was said to
have been heard frequently
threatening her with bodily harm or
death.
Mrs. Youngblood, according to
neighbors, wanted to return to her
native Charleston, South Carolina,
and leave her sons here, but she
would always change her mind. A
neighbor, who said she spoke to Mrs.
Youngblood Sunday before the fatal
argument, said Mrs. Youngblood
had intended to seek help the next
day.
Less than 75 percent Advertising
voted T.J. Jemison the new
president after a tortuous state-by
state vote that lasted almost five
hours.
Dr. Jackson delivered the
president’s annual message to the
convention as usual and tried to get
the delegates to elect him by ac
clamation, instead, they continued
with their plan to hold a state-by-state
vote for the presidency. The voting
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began at 2 p.m. and continued until 7
p.m. that night.
Dr. Jemison’s name was placed in
nomination by the Rev. Dr. Caesar
Clark of Texas and seconded by Rev.
E.V. Hill of California. Dr. Jackson
was nominated by Dr. Manuel Scott
of Dallas, with the seconding by Dr.
E. A. Freeman.
Jemison polled 3,682 votes to
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Church of God in Christ,
pastored by her father, and is a
member of the Sunshine Band,
a singing and learning group
for the young children. She is
the daughter of the Rev. and
Mrs. DeWayne Butler of
Riverside, Ca.