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Augusta Neuis-lteutew
VOLUME 14 NUMBER 7
Mclntyre passes lie test,
mistrial declared in 2nd trial
Former Augusta Mayor Edward
M. Mclntyre made major strides
this week in what he called his
“obligation to restore any
credibility “that his family name
may have lost.
At the beginning of the week
court documents filed late last
week showed that Mclntyre has
passed a lie detector test ad
ministered in Atlanta last Monday
in which he denied having any
arrangement with others to use his
public office to extort money.
Then on Tuesday, the first day of
his second extortion trial, Federal
Judge Dudley Bowen declared a
mistrial.
Following the judge’s decision,
Mclntyre went to lunch with his
wife, Juanita, his mother, the Rev.
Mrs. Essie M. Mclntyre, and his
former schoolmate, the Rev.
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PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN recently honored Grammy award winner Michael
Jackson at a White House ceremony for his contributions to a public service campaign on
drunk driving launched by Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole (far left).
Also present at the ceremony was Mrs. Nancy Reagan (far right). Jackson received a
Presidential Award for Public Service Communication for donating the rights to his popular
song, “Beat It”, for use in the nationally-distributed public service spots entitled
“Skeleton".
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“One in twenty adult residents
of New York State is involved in
some form of serious drug abuse,”
Dr. Lorraine Hale, the director of
Hale House, told participants in a
recent New York City conference
on “The Innocent Child —children
of chemically dependent parents.”
Using statistics from the New
York State Division of Substance
Abuse Services, Dr. Hale told the
300 participants: “What makes the
problem even more complex is that
when we discuss adult drug users,
we also mean their children.”
The day-long conference at the
Harlem State Office Building was
sponsored by Hale House, a
Harlem-based child care facility
for the offspring of addicted
parents, in cooperation with the
New York Urban Coalition, Inc.,
and the New York State Division
of Substance Abuse Service.
In her remarks, Dr. Hale noted
that the forms of abuse vary but
among the young, rich and poor,
“free-basing and speedballing”
(mixing coacaine with heroin and
/or demerol), are currently the
Nathaniel Irvin.
Commenting on the judge’s
ruling, Mclntyre told the
News—Review, “I really don’t
clearly understand the judicial
system because I never have been
close to it for any reason.
Therefore, I haven’t been advised
by my attorneys as to exactly what
happened.”
As he talked he was approached
by two supporters who told him,
“We’re still praying for you.”
He thanked them and con
tinued, “Therefore, I don’t feel
confortable making comments
about the ramifications of what
occurred.”
“One thing I do know is that I
still love Augusta with all my heart
and my mind and my strength.
Although I’m not mayor of this
city, I intend to work very hard to
New Yorkers on drugs
most popular. A number of
celebrities and other prominent
persons have been injured or have
died while involved with these
practices, Dr. Hale said.
Several speakers warned about
the dangers of drug abuse to a
developing fetus or to a newborn
child.
Dr. Loretta P. Finnegon,
professor of Pediatrics at Jeffer
son medical College, used color
slides to show the harmful effects
of some chemicals on a fetus as
well as on newly born infants. She
said some were born prematurely,
others were the victims of crib
death while others were born with
missing or deformed limbs. Some
were vicitms of hyperactivity,
learing disabilities and severe
retardation, Dr. Finnegan said.
“When a mother is chemically
dependent on a drug or barbituate
during pregnancy, the child goes
through a withdrawal period
within the first four days of its
life,” Dr. Finnegan said.
“If the mother is dependent on
several substances, the newborn
continue to move our city forward.
“1 think that there’s a lot of
work I can do out of politics for
the growth and prosperity of
Augusta and the quality of life for
all of our great citizens.
“I want to thank all of the
citizens for their prayers and ask
them to continue to pray for me
because I know that prayer
changes things.”
Asked what life has been like for
him since his resignation, Mclntyre
said, “It’s been the most severe
experience my family has ever en
countered. Members of my family
have had to go on medication. One
member of my family had to be
hospitalized. Generally it’s been
tough.
“The thing that has given us a
degree of stability has been our
faith in God, the prayers, the
will go through a separate with
drawal for each substance the
mother is addicted to,” the
physician added.
A leading authority on children
born to addicted parents Dr. Fin
negan recommended the
establishment of a therapeutic
community for addicted mothers
and their children where they
would receive the positive rein
forcement they need.
The closest existing model for
such a facility is Hale House,
located in brownstone at 154 West
122 Street, in Central Harlem.
Hale House was founded in 1969
when Mrs. Clara Hale, mother of
Dr. Lorraine Hale, took in the
child of a female addict who was
endangering the baby while under
the influence of heroin. Dr. Hale
had seen the addict “nodding” on
a Harlem street and urged her to
put the child in Clara Hale’s care
and to seek treatment for the addic
tion.
Clara Hale had earlier raised
more than 40 foster children in
Harlem.
June 16, 1984
calls, letters, comments and the
many financial sacrifices that have
been made by this community, as
well as the fact that my family
believes in me.
“My mother always reminds me
that God is still on the throne.”
John H. Ruffin Jr., Mclntyre’s
chief attorney, said that he was
surprised by Tuesday’s develop
ments. “I was surprised because I
did not expect the entrapment
defense to be used” by the co
defendant, Realtor Mary Holmes.
Ruffin said that in saying that she
was entrapped, Mrs. Holmes ad
mitted to some wrongdoing, but
said that she was enticed into it by
a government agent.
Ruffin said that Mclntyre’s
position is that “he didn’t have
anything to do with it (the extor
tion), so we couldn’t use it (en
trapment).”
Bowen called a recess at which
time he decided to separate the two
trials, declaring a mistrial in the
Mclntyre case and proceeding with
the Holmes trial.
No new date was set for the re
trial of Mclntyre although attor
neys for the prosecution said that
they would seek a new trial for the
former mayor.
Mclntyre and Mrs. Holmes are
accused of conspiring to extort
money and attempted extortion.
Mclntyre resigned his office
following his April 28 conviction
on all three counts of a federal in
dictment that charged him with
conspiring with former City Coun
cilman Joseph C. Jones to extort
money and with attempted extor
tion.
The issue of whether Mclntyre
had an agreement with Jones or
Holmes to extort money was the
reason for the giving of the
polygraph test.
The test was administered by
Walter Maddox of the Alpha
Polygraph Co. in Atlanta.
Maddox found that “Mclntyre’s
statements that he did not engage
in illegal agreement alleged in the
indictment were not deceptive
responses,” the motion said.
However, the motion also said
that the prosecution attorneys have
Other addicted mothers later
sought out Mrs. Hale to care for
their babies. Since the first child
was accepted, more than 500
children born to addicted mothers
have been cared for at Hale House
while thier mothers were involved
in treatment programs for addic
tion. Os that group, only 11 of the
infants have been placed in adop
tive homes and the remainder were
reunited with their natural
mothers.
“It’s an aprecious moment when
we can return a child to its real
parents,” Dr. Hale said.
She added, “The problem is
growing more and more serious
with the increase in the number of
addicted women of child-bearing
age around the country. We are
proud to have pioneered this area
of protection innocent children, of
protecting generations to come,
and we are trying hard to learn of
other programs or hear of other
persons who share our concerns.
This problem strikes at the very
heart of the family.”
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refused to agree to let the results
into evidence.
The motion which was denied
Friday by U.S. Magistrate John
W. Dunsmore Jr. asked the court
to force the prosecutors to say why
they wouldn’t agree to let the
results into evidence.
Not allowing the results to be
heard by the jury, the attorneys for
the defense said, denies Mclntyre
the chance to present evidence that
would tend to prove him innocent.
Mclntyre’s attorneys said that
they are willing to allow into
evidence any results from a lie
detector test given by Jones.
Dunsmore denied the requests
and said the defense should have
gotten an agreement from the
prosecutors before Mclntyre was
given the test “so that the stakes
are even for both sides. He said it
would be unfair to allow the defen
se to “test the waters,” get
favorable results, and then seek an
agreement to let the jury hear the
results.
Defense attorneys, in their
motions, said that Mclntyre has
offered to take a polygraph exam
administered by a “qualified FBI
polygrapher,” on the question of
whether any of the alleged
agreements with Jones or Mrs.
Holmes existed and is willing to
allow the results into evidence.
But the prosecution has refused
to offer without specifically ex
plaining why, according to the
motion.
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Edward M. Mclntyre
Singley
to run for
coroner
Elmer R. Singley announced this
week that he intends to be a can
didate for Coroner of Richmond
County.
He said that he plans to provide
better services to the taxpayers,
which he said, “is something the
present office holder (Marvin
Woodward) has not provided since
his appointment.
Singley said that he would
establish standard office hours and
insure equal distribution of cases
to all of the funeral homes. He said
he would also establish methods to
expedite the signing and delivery of
death certificates.
Singley has 16 years of medical
training and experience in the U.S.
Army, four of them as a military
police officer. He retired as a cap
tain in the military police.
He has an associate degree in
law enforcement and a bachelor’s
degree in management from the
University of Maryland. He also
has a master’s in rehabilitation
counseling from South Carolina
State College.
DARIA MCCLERKLIN,
queen of Stolkin Temple 22
Prince Hall affiliated
Shriners of Augusta, was
recently chosen queen for the
State of Georgia at the
Shriners state convention in
Savannah.
She will represent the state
at the Imperial Council
Session of the national con
vention Aug. 19-25.
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