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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 9
His home already burned
Cross burned in front yard
of Lincolnton sheriff candidate
LINCOLNTON-Willie Glaze, who
is trying to become the first Black
Sheriff in Georgia, sid Tuesday
that he knows who burned a cross
in front of his father’s house about
3 a.m. Saturday morning. He also
said that the Sheriff’s Department
had advance warning of the cross
burning, but did nothing to
prevent it.
Glaze said the his brother first
saw the six-foot flaming cross
beside the road and “a bunch of
white guys riding by.”
Law enforcement officials in
Lincoln County know who the par
ticipants were, according to Glaze.
He said that Dupty Alex
Willingham came to see Glaze’s
father, Robert Glaze, on Sunday
and Monday ‘‘about not
Black man gets state’s
first heart transplant
by Theresa Minor
On Tuesday, 31-year old Tyron
ze Ingram’s life was said to be
“measured in days.” Wednesday
morning Ingram, a custodian at E-
Z Go Car Division of Textron on
Marvin Griffin Road, was given a
“75 to 80 percent chance for one
year survival, and a projected 50 to
60 percent chance at five year sur
vival.” It was at 1:30 a.m. Wed
nesday that Ingram became the
state’s first heart transplant
patient, in a procedure performed
at University Hospital.
Dr. G. Lionel Zumbro led the
cardiac team in what turned out to
be not only a first for Georgia, but
a first for Zumbro as well. He had
never performed the surgery on a
human before. His “hands-on”
experience came from simulating
the procedure from start to finish
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prosecuting them. He said he
would bring them over and have
them apologize,” Glaze said.
He said that Police Chief Ronnie
Beckum went to talk to the dupty
“and then he told me he knew who
did it.”
Glaze said that Mrs. Paula
Talent called the Sheriff’s Depar
tment and said her son some other
men were on their way to burn a
cross in front of Glaze’s father’s
home, at Route 3 Box 334 in Lin
colnton.
Glaze has been living with his
father since his own house
mysteriously burned down on May
25, 1983, two days after the begin
ning of the trial of Doug “Red”
Evans who was convicted last year
for operating an international drug
with animals in a laboratory.
“Our team had participated in
an animal laboratory,” said Zum
bro. “In one animal (donor) we
would take the heart out and go
through the storage methods. Then
we’d bring the other animal
(recipient) in and practice, prac
tice, practice. We’d rotate the nur
ses and all the members of the
team through several times.”
Ingram has been an employee of
E-Z Go Car for a little over two
years. In February, he went on
medical leave, failing from a
degenerative heart disease. Univer
sity Hospital officials said he had
been listed as a top priority for a
heart transplant since Thursday.
The donor was located late
Tuesday night in Washington D.C.
Few details were released about the
donor except that he was 28-years
old and died of a fatal head
smuggling ring. Glaze said that at
first faulty wiring was believed to
have casued the fire, but that was
ruled out and no furthr reason was
ever given.
In 1978, Glaze became the first
Black law enforcement officer in
Lincoln County. He served as chief
deputy of the Lincoln County
Sherriff’s Department until June
of 1983 when he was fired after his
undercover work and court
testimony convicted ten of the men
involved in the operation and sent
Evans to jail for 40 years without
probation and a $285,000 fine. He
said his firing was political.
The 29-year-old Glaze said that
he believes the burning of his home
and the cross burning were inten
ded to intimidate him. “Nothing
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wound. Zumbro said “it (donor’s
heart) was a good match.”
E-Z Go Car provided the Sesna
jet used to transport the heart. A
point that Zumbro said was crucial
to Ingram’s being alive.
“Once the heart is excised from
the donor, the period from there to
when it’s sewn in and blood supply
re-established to it is critical. And
that was two-hours and 54-minutes
from the time it was excised and we
had blood flow restored to the
heart,” he said.
Zumbro jokingly added that the
trip back on the jet was speeded up
a bit by an 80-miles-an-hour tail
■wind. “They almost got back
before we were ready,” he quip
ped.
The surgery itself took only 34,
minutes to perform. Ingram was
left on a respirator an additional
35 minutes to allow his heart a
chance to recover. Ingram’s new
heart had to be stimulated through
an electrical shock several times
before it began beating on its own,
according to Zumbro.
The bill for the surgery and
hospital care will be $20,000 to
$50,000, which Zumbro said will
be taken care of by Ingram’s com
pany insurance policy.
Though the operation is said to
have gone “smoothly,” Zumbro
maintained guarded optimism, and
would not declare it a complete
success.
“We never consider them (heart
transplant patients) totally in the
clear because they’re always sub
ject to infection and or rejection.
Thus far it’s successful,” he said.
Zumbro and his surgical team
are now awaiting a second donor
for a 35-year old, unidentified
Augusta area man who the doctor
says will die in less six months
if a heart transplant is not perfor
med.
June 30.1984
ever happened until 1 qualified (for
the sheriff’s race). I’ve put some
scare into the race. The sheriff
(B.C. Danner) told me that I’m the
only who can come close to beating
him.
He faces three whites in the
August Democratic primary. In
addition to Danner, he is com
peting against Edwin Bently and
Jimmy Justice. He said that Blacks
comprise about 40 percent of the
voters in Lincoln County. “It’s
looking pretty good for me I’m
going to do very well with Blacks,
and I’m going to get my share of
the white votes,” he said.
“I’m going to make a pretty
good showing here and that is what
they want to stop,” he said.
Marvin Gaye’s mother
sues for divorce
(From the Los Angeles Sentinel)
Los Angeles —Divorce
proceedings have been initiated by
the mother of slain soul singer
Marvin Gaye against her husband
who is accused of shooting the
balladeer to death.
Mrs. Alberta Gay filed a petition
in Los Angeles Superior Court last
week to dissolve the couple’s 49
year marriage, citing irreconcilable
differences as the reason for the
divorce.
No other reasons were given.
When the Sentinel contacted Jean
Gay, sister of the last singer she
would only say, “At her (mom’s)
request I’m not at liberty to talk
about this right now.”
Mrs. Gay listed the official date
TV anchor
Beverly Rodrigues strives
to mesh career and family
by Theresa Minor
Beverly Rodrigues, 30, has been
separated from her husband twice
in her very young marriage. The
first time it was he who moved
away from their home in Mobile,
Ala. for a better job opportunity in
Warner Robins, Ga.
30-year-old Joseph Rodrigues is
an architect, and the young couple
lived apart for ten months before
Beverly and her 2-year-old son,
Kori, were able to join him.
The second time it was she who
had to leave to fulfill her career
aspirations in a position as prime
time news anchor for WJBF-TV
here in Augusta.
She admits that the decision to
move was a difficult one, accom
panied by feelings of guilt and
anxiety over the well-being of her
family. But she added that the
choice was made after carefully
weighing the matter and long
discussions with her husband.
“I didn’t have time to wait. I
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he said, “It’s all backfired on
them. It gave me something to
hane them with. I plan to be the
first Black sheriff in Georgia.”
of separation as April 1, day Mar
vin Gaye was shot to death, repor
tedly, by his father follwoing an in
tense argument at the family
residence on S. Gramercy.
Mrs. Gay, who is under a doc
tor’s care, is seeking support from
her incarcerated husband. She
listed her monthly income, in
cluding Social Security, as $250 per
month and her monthly expensed
in excess of $1,900.
Three pianos and jewelry were
listed by Mrs. Gay as her property
and the home and the furnishings
listed as community property.
According to the petition, the
house is worth $200,000 and the
furniture worth $2,000.
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Beverly Rodrigues
wanted my career to go. I felt I
could do a lot better in another
market,” she explained.
This is the first time that Beverly
has been away from her son, and
apparently it was the fact that the
couple had secured a “very good
Willie Glaze
Sheriff Danner was not available
Wednesday and Deputy Jeff Ben
tley said he could not comment
without clearing it with the Sheriff
first.
Schiff, who is representing Marvin
Gay Sr., told the Sentinel he has
not talked to his client since the ac
tion was filed and added it would
have no legal bearing on the case.
When asked if Mrs. Gay would
have been allowed to testify again
st her spouse if she had not filed
for a divorce, Schiff said, “(that
law) is only a broad generalization.
It has exception in a case of a crime
against child of the spouses. The
spouse has the priviledge not to
testify. This case is an exception
anyway. She is free to testify
(whether she had filed for a divor
ce or not).”
Schiff added that the action was
expected but didn’t know when it
would take place.
sitter” for him in Warner Robins
that made it the more logical
choice to leave Kori behind.
‘‘lt’s very painful for me
sometime, but I feel that in the
long run it’ll pay off. I know it’s
going to make an impact on him.
But 1 console myself in knowing
that the time that they’re spending
together is going to add another
dimension to his life.
‘‘They’re getting closer and I
think it’s going to balance him out.
He’s getting an opportunity to
know his father the way a lot of
kids don’t,” she said.
Another major element in
Beverly’s life is her husband’s sup
port.
“You have to move on to move
up in this business. At first when
we got married my husband didn’t
understand all of the ramifications
of that. Now I feel very good
about the fact that he has been
supportive of me. Not too many
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