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At 80,
Dr. Newbern gets
2nd doctorate
by Sonya Young
Dr. Captolia Dent Newbern, a
Paine College graduate and former
instructor, last month received her
second doctorate degree. She is 80
years old.
She was interviewed by the Paineite
when she returned to the college from
Ohio for the inauguration of Dr.
William H. Harris. “Paine College
has provided intellectual and spiritual
experiences which expanded iny
horizons, deepened my religious
beliefs and basic philosophy of life,
haped and reshaped my social and
racial attitudes and served as a prac
tice field setting in positive and
meaningful relationships relative to
black and and white,” Dr. Newbern
said.
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Dr. Captolia D. Newbern
She received another bachelor’s
degree from Talladega. She received a
master of science degree in social
work from Columbia University in
1942, a doctor of education degree
from Columbia University in 1945,
the master of divinity from United
Theological Seminary in 1980. And
earlier this month, she received the
doctor of ministry degree.
Her goal is to work toward church
unity of three major black chur
ches—C.M.E., A.M.E., and A.M.E.
Zion. She also wants to prepare
educational literature, to enable
human beings to function more fully
and effectively, and “to proclaim,
teach, tell, show and share Christ in
all her life.” She plans to become
see Newbern page 9
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week. Services will resume the
first week in January.
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NAACP seeks grand jury investigation
The Augusta Chapter of the
NAACP said Wednesday that it is
calling for a grand jury investigation
into the Dec. 3 shooting of Willie
Albert Fludd, and added, “We hope
the sheriffs department doesn’t get
involved in a cover up.”
The sheriff’s department has ruled
the shooting accidental saying that
deputies Frank Tiller and Ken Autry
were attempting to arrest Donald
Wyman when Wyman hit Tiller’s arm
causing the gun to fire, hitting Fludd.
HRC director wants deputies disciplined
The Richmond County Human
Relations Commission failed to take
action Wednesday on a recommen
dation by its executive director that
disciplinary action be taken against
Richmond County Sheriff’s Deputies
Frank Tiller and Ken Autry for ex
cessive use of force in the Dec. 3
arrest of Donald Wyman, an incident
in which Tiller shot another man.
Controversy has surrounded the
shooting since Sheriff J.B. Dykes
cleared the deputies although wit
nesses say the shooting was inten
tional.
HRC Executive Director Frank
Thomas and Sheriff’s Internal Af
fairs Chief Sid Hatfield interviewed
witnesses together last week since
their previous investigations reflected
conflicting reports.
In his report Monday, Thomas
said, “All individuals interviewed by
Mr. Hatfield and myself stated em
phatically that no one touched the of
ficer’s gun when he shot Willie
Fludd.”
Thomas said that although there
were some differences in statements
as to whether the officer was in a
crouched position or fully standing,
the statements were the same. “All
witness stated they saw the officer
point the gun and fire.”
Thomas said that the sheriff’s “in
sistence on closing the case is an in
sult to the witnesses who took the
time to testify.”
“Why are (we) asked to taxe the
word of those individuals who were
directly involved in the incident over
those who allegedly saw the
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to speak for
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However, witnesses say no one hit
Tiller’s gun.
He aimed and shot Fludd, accor
ding to the witnesses.
Sheriff J.B. Dykes cleared the two
deputies involved in the incident and
said again last week that he has closed
the case after giving deputy Frank
Tiller a polygraph test, which Dykes
said Tiller passeed.
Tiller is white. Autry and Fludd are
black.
“Just because the sheriff says the
shooting,” he asked.
Thomas also questioned the
polygraph test the sheriff said that
Tiller passed. “Who gave the test?
Why did he not give the witnesses a
chance to take the polygraph test? If
the polygraph was given by anyone
that does business with the sheriff’s
department, it is not sufficient as far
as I am concerned,” Thomas said in
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in performance last week. (See related story on page 5.)
Unemployment
benefits hike
to be asked
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December 25,1982
case is closed does not mean that the
case is closed,” NAACP President
Otis Smith said. “It is not enough to
say that a polygraph test has been
administered. We need to know
more.”
Smith said the NAACP wants the
public to know that “we still aren’t
satisified with the sheriff’s ex
planation in the Fludd shooting.”
Wyman has filed a $1 million
federal suit charging the two deputies
with brutality and violation of his
his report.
HRC Board Chairman R.O. Bar
ton said Wednesday following a
meeting called for the board to give
its response to Thomas’ report that
the shooting was “accidental” and
“unfortunate,” but there was
nothing HRC could do.
Asked by the News-Review what
new information the board had
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constitutional rights.
He said both deputies “jumped”
on him, threw him face-down on the
ground and kicked him in the side
several times.
Wyman also charged that Tiller
struck him in the head several times
with a pistol and flashlight, cutting
his head in several places. Wyman
had to have several stitches in his
head because of the beating, accor
ding to the suit.
received to lead to the conclusion the
shooting was accidental, Barton said
he had “an awful lot of discussion
with an awful lot of people.” He
never said, however, what had been
learned, if anything, to give evidence
that the shooting was accidental.
Board member Peter Thomas said
see HRC page 8
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Enrollment
drops sharply
in black colleges
NEW YORK—“A great tragedy
came out of the bureaucratic inep
titudes and exaggerated threats of
financial aid cuts by the U.S. Depar
tment of Education this summer,”
said Christopher F. Edley, executive
director of the United Negro College
Fund.
Edley was commenting on the 1
percent drop in freshman enrollment
at the 42 private, predominantly
black colleges and universities of the
United Negro College Fund. Overall
enrollment was down four percent.
Nationally, freshman enrollment
declined 4.1 percent and overall
enrollment declined less than one per
cent, according to the National In
stitute of Independent Colleges and
Universities.
This is the first time since the early
1970 s that freshman enrollment
declined at UNCF colleges. In fact, in
the academic year, 1980-81, UNCF
freshman enrollment increased one
percent. During this same period,
freshman enrollment decreased two
percent at private colleges nationally.
Many educators attribute the
significant decline in enrollment at
UNCF institutions to the fear and un
certainty caused by the U.S. Depar
tment of Education’s late allocation
of financial aid funds.
“The financial aid allocations and
eligibility guidelines kept changing
over the past year,” continued Edley.
“Financially disadvantaged and mid
dle class students were so sure that
there would be little or no financial
aid available, they were discouraged
from attending college this fall. We
must sensitize administrators in the
Education Department to the special
needs of financially disadvantaged
students. Young people cannot con
tinue to be frightened away.”
Nearly half of prospective fresh
men at UNCF colleges come from
families with incomes less than
512,000 annually. Most of their
parents cannot afford to contribute
anything to the cost of their
children’s education. An integral
part of most students’
see Enrollment page 9
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