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Thursday. January 2. 1975
Minister’s appeal denied
The Reverend Benjamin
Chavis and his codefen
danls of the Wilmington.
North Carolina Ten were
turned down by the North
Carolina Court of Appeals
in their attem pt to overturn
cons irtions and 262 years of
combined sentences for pro
te r tin g a neighborhooi
church from a Ku Klu:
Kian mob in 1971.
Reverend Cha' is is a vio
chairman and treasurer ol
th e N a t io n a l
A llia n c e
Against Racist and Political
Repression iN A A R P R I and
Washington, D.C. Maryland
director
of
the
United
Church of Christ's Commis
sion for Racial Justice. At
the time of the Kian assault
he was a Commission field
organizer in North Carolina.
The young minister's sen
tence in the Wilmington
Ten case is 34 years.
Angela Davis. N A A R P R
co-chairperson with whom
Reverend Chavis appeared
before the Senate Rules
C o m m itte e
d u rin g
the
R o c k e fe lle r c o n firm a tio n
hearings, denounced
the
Court decision as "typical of
North Carolina injustice"
and said "only a massive
people's movement can re
verse this railroad."
The court ruled that the
defendants were tried be
fore an "im partial, patient
and courteous judge and by
a c o m p e te n t,
unbiased
ju ry .”
The judge in the
case. Robert M artin, is now
a member of the Court of
Appeals which rendered the
decision.
The
case’s prosecutor.
Jay Stroud, was appoiatrd
federal attorney in North
Carolina by former Presi
dent Richard Nixon on the
day he resigned the Presi
dency in disgrace. Most of
the 47 page* ruling was a
restatement of the state's
case and
avoid»d
legal
opinions. The defense im
mediately served notice it
will appeal to the North
Carolina Supreme Court.
Ms. Davis issued the
following statement on be
half of the Alliance:
"The denial of the W il
mington
Ten
appeal
is
typical of North Carolina
injustice. This state, with
more prisons, more death
row prisoners, and more
prisoners per capita than
any other state, is out to
gain vengeance again st
Reverend Ben Chavis and
his followers for their a t
tempts to organize
the
people of North Carolina
against racist repression.
"W e must not allow the
state to get away with this
vendetta.
Not onlv the
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Two aspects of Cadet
Captain Dorian T. Ander
son's life at the U.S. M ili
tary Academy, West Point,
are um»|ue. First, he is the
Regimental Commander of
one of the four Cadet Regt
■ ments.
Sitcond. he is the
first Black man ever to hold
this important leadership
position.
Anderson, a 21 year old
native of Brazil. Indiana, is
a First Classman lsenior)
and as Regimental Com
mander is responsible for
the
leadership of
1.000
Cadets. He speaks of the
Academy as a great oppor
tum ty for himself and for
other young Blacks who arc
in te re s te d in a tte n d in g
West Point.
He cautions,
however. " It isn’t going to
be easy, you will be treated
as a Cadet first."
A halfback on the Arm y
Lightweight Football team
1158 pounds or less). Dorian
led the team in scoring
with 62 points, and rushing
with 435 yards, lor the six
game season. The team has
won 20 straight games and
gained fiv e consecutive
Eastern College
Athletic
Conference titles.
Dorian
has also lettered in wrest
ling and is active in the
Cadet
Rugby Club
and
Behaviorial Science Club.
Brown Bag t.unrh Get
Togethers have been de
sign«*»! especially for women
who work whether at home
or away or both.
This
series of five W»*dnesday
discussions is planned at
noon at the Women's Re
source Center at the down
town Y W C A . 1111 S.W .
10th.
Ms. Denise Kempner will
lead the first discussion on
January 8th on ^Survival
Hints for Women". She will
discuss how to change tires,
how to use jum per cables,
auto tune-ups. how to re
pair plumbing and will give
many tips on how women
ran do many things for
themselves.
On January 15 the dis
russion will be on “C reative
Resumes
M in im iz in g
Your Liabilities", led by
Judith Bachman.
"Fenn
nine Games
Are They
Necessary at W ork", the
discussion on January 22
will
be led
by
Peggy
Robinson. "Status
Is It
W orth It?" will be the topic
on January 29. led by Jean
Haight. On February 5 the
discussion will be on "H ier
archy in Jobs". l«-d by
M vrna Shapiro.
C oncordia C o lle g e
in
Port land was rated number
one in the 'National L ittle
College
Athletic
Assoeia
tion iN L C A A l basketball
rankings of December 17th.
The national rankings as of
that dale were:
I. Concordia College
Pori land lOregonl. 2. Mult
nom.ih Bible College lO re
gun). 3. Sullivan Business
College (Kentucky); 4. Bap
tis t C h r is t ia n C o lle g e
(laHiisiana): 5. Albany Bust
ness College (New York);
6. Southern Union College
(Alabama); 7. Bryant A
S tra ite n
C o lleg e
(N e w
Yorki; 8 M l Vernon Bible
College iDhiol; 9. Challe
hooches* Valley College lA la
bamal; 10. Wood Junior
College (Mississippi).
The N I.l'A A is composed
of 86 small colleges across
th< nation who have a male
enrollment of less than 500
students.
Concordia's present record
stands at 9 1 with two vie
tones over each of the fol
lowing schools:
Clatsop
Community College. Che
meketa Community College.
U n iv e rs ity
of
.Alaska
Anchorage. Judson Baptist,
and a single victory over
Clark College of Vancouver
Concordia's only defeat was
against M t.
H is s !
Com
E veryth in g from Foundation to Roof
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munity College.
L eading scorers lor Con
eordia are freshman Erie
Dressier (17.4 ppg, ol Con
eordia Lutheran High, and
sophomores Chuck Seeley
114.6 ppgl of Aloha High
School ami John Rhodes
(13.7 ppg I of lais Vegas,
Nevada.
Scott Audiss, a
66" sophomore from West
Albany High School, and
Reggie Sm ith, a 6*4" sopho
more from St. Louis, Mis
soiiri. dominate the hoards
with Dressier and Seeley.
Norm
Hrauer assumed
the h»'ad coaching position
this year a fte r posting a
four year record of 88 wills
against 19 losses and four
consecutive trips to the
state tournament while at
Concordia Lutheran High
School.
A key conference clash is
slated for January 17th at
8:00 p m when Concordia
College meets Multnomah
School of ths- Bible on their
home court.
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“Show Me
Your License”
I rmc » temper began to tim -
mer vxhen he «uv «topped by a
police roadblock on hi« wav home
from work A«kcd Io «how hi«
driver'« license. I rnie grudgingly
complied Hut the next day. he
bled .in “ indignant citizen“ «uit to
ha«e the practice halted
In a court hearing, he «aid
“ O ur «treet« are «opposed to he
free U hu t right do thev have to
Mop me when I haven't broken
anv law«*“
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people of North Carolina
will be the losers. For no
one more than Ben Chavis
has crisscrossed the coun
try on behalf of the sisters
and brothers of Wounded
Knee, the Attica prisoners,
the sanitation workers of
Dullsville, Kentucky. ' the
New Republic of Africa in
Mississippi, and on and on.
We must save Ben Chavis
and the Wilmington Ten.
Only a massive people's
movement can reverse this
railroad."
The N A A R P R is calling
for letters and telegrams to
the new A ttorney General
of North Carolina. Rufus
Edmiston. to join the de
fense in overturning the
conviction. Edmiston. who
was Senator Sam Ervin's
key aide during the W ater
gate hearings, and w ha is
scheduled to take office on
January 1st. ran be reached
at the North Carolina state
capitol in Raleigh
N A A R P R branches and
affiliate organizations will
be organizing local Wilming
ton T en
defense com
mittees.
Further informa
tion can be obtained from
the Alliance national office.
150 Fifth Avenue. Room
425, New York, New York
10011. phone i212) 243 8555.
Women
discuss
SELEN PRINCIPIES Of HI. AI KNESS
It's tim e for Black people
perpetuating our own ex
to dedicate ourselves to
ploitation. As long as we
principles that reflect a
are taught and believe that
positive lifestyle. We make
"what is hip" is to compete
shallow
commitments
to
with one another, we will
smoke a particular brand
rise and fall as individuals
cigarette or to wear a
without meaning or pur
fashionable style of clothing
pose. We must realize that
or to drive a certain make
we are not oppressed as
of car but we must examine
individuals but as a roller
our priorities. Black people
live group.
So often we
downgrade each other say
are still hurting as a group
by the rising cost of food,
ing. “Aw , that b ro th er/
fuel and health services.
sister is jive!"; well enough
The terms “inflation" and
has been said.
Check-out
“recession" mean unemploy
yourself, change starts with
ment, less for your money
self. As a collective race of
and twice as much suf
people we can be only what
fering. Our lifestyle is only
each of us contributes to
a tru e reflection of our
the whole.
Let's be as
values;
we can’t
afford
quick to change and grow
luxuries (expensive clothes
as we are to criticize.
cars and houses) when we
To be Black and Proud is
don't have the necessities
to involve essentially three
(food, fuel, health care and
things: I. color, 2. culture,
decent education).
and 3. consciousness.
As
The best way to control a
we move from a negative
person or a group of people
self image to a positive one,
is to control their wants,
w e m ust e x a m in e
our
desires and dreams. “I f you
values, priorities and prin
control a person's mind you
ciples. Below is a list of the
control their body.”
In
Seven Principles of Black
other words, as long as we
ness, commonly known as
a llow
o urse lv e s
to
be
the Nguzo Saba.
These
tricked into social games of
principles will be further
striving lor personal social
defined in the next issue:
recognition based on mater
1. Umoja -
Unity;
to
tai possession, we will be
strive for and
maintain
the roadblock was legal
•'ll Is in llie public interest."
said the court, "that officers make
periodic check ups on the qualifi
cations of those who operate ran
lor ichitlcs on the highways. Con
stitutionally prcscrihcil freedoms
arc not unbridled licenses to defy
the orderly conduct of society."
Still, although police do have
the power In check licenses, they
must not abuse that power In an
other case, officers hail a hunch
that a certain car was carrying
contraband whiskey. Slopping Ihe
car ostensibly Io check the driv
er's license, they fnunil and seized
the whiskey in plain sight on the
back seal
Itoi (his evidence was evemu-
ally thrown out of court because
of Ihe way it had been obtained
1 lie judge said Ihe police had used
their power Io check licenses as a
"m ere subterfuge" Io gel around
Ihe restrictions on search and
seizure
In one unusual case, a motorist
kept his license in a locked glove
compartment W hen an officer
asked for il one »lay, he couldn't
fin«, the key and finally had Io
pre open Ihe lock.
Ih e policeman gate him a cita
tion on Ihe ground that Ihe li
cense had not been “ in his im
mediate posses« ion”
B i l l Ihe court decided that it
could not so rule as a m ailer of
law The court said that, since
drivers’ licenses have become such
an important means o f identifi
cation. keeping them safe in a
locked glove compartment was
"not abnorm al."
unity in the family, com
munity, nation and race.
2. Kujuchagulia
Self
determination;
to
define
ourselves, name ourselves,
rre a le for ourselves and
speak for ourselves.
3. Ujim a
Collect work A p u b lic service fe a tu r e o f th e
and responsibility; to build A m e r ic a n H a r A ss o c iatio n a n d
and
maintain
our
com •b e O re g o n S ta le B a r A s s o c i
munity together and make a tio n . W r it t e n by W i ll B e r n a r d .
our brothers’ and sisters' ® 1971 American Bar Association
problems our problems and
to solve them together.
4. Ujamaa
Cooperative
economics; to build and
maintain our own stores,
shops, and other businesses
and to profit from them
Tryouta to east a Com
together.
munity T heatre Company
6. Nia
Purpose;
to
p ro d u ctio n o f T h o rn to n
make as our collective voca
W ilder's "Our Town" will
tion the building and de
lie held at 2 p.m. Saturday.
veloping of our community
January 4, and 7 p.m.
in order to restore our
Sunday, January 5 at the
people to th eir traditional
Wilaon
Center
tor
the
greatness.
Perform ing A rta, downtown
6. Kuumba - Creativity;
YW CA.
to do always as much as we
M irh a e l V e rn o n w ill be
can in the way we can in
directing thin production.
order to leave our com
The play ia scheduled to
munity more beautiful and
open February 21 with a
beneficial than we inherited
tw o week run in the Wilson
it.
Center theatre and then
7. Imani
Faith; to lie
tour to surrounding towns
lieve w ith all our heart in
through A pril.
the righteousness and vie
For furth er information
tory of our struggle.
call 232 2332.
Trials set
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