Hap « Portland Observer 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 lENOW'S FOR - B R A N D S yo u know -V A R IE T IE S yo u lilci - SIZES vo u w a n t Since ,9 0 8 ) l '«> 4 I . . ' k 1 l i i n a A % « C t.y . 1 N L » « * -b « *d 4» C ro 1 • m t i t F 'o ro - S E—CLx- . M fv rg ts o r u n i UO GSOCtes RESIDENTIAL REMODELING & ADDITIONS r REMODEL YOUR KITCHEN AZe hove various rem odeling designs th a t w ill help you plan the kitchen that suits you best...cabinets, tile, flooring, ceilings & fixtures. Call-today for a free rem odeling estim ate. W E N D E L L E. B R O W N C O N S T R U C T IO N C O 575 N. Killingsworth 289-5549 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 ►“ 5 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. Building Supply 120% (e «N r I im J® 70*. Oi*» I.INHt m ill JAN 111,1975 !? I i Building Supply « 285-0546 g Discount Centers SXiJSTTZir Open • ia 6 Manday thru Satwtdey 9 te > Sundays end Heinleys 5 fi THE f FAMILY^ LAWYER 7 o DISCOUNT c - %, C °/o DISCOUNT w “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«*“ I DR. JEFFREY BRADY Says: DO Not Pul Off Needed Dental (o re " Enjoy D e ntal H ealth N o w and Im prove Your A p p e a ra n ce (OMi IN A! TOU» (Oh»,NI»N(| Ohh S4IUÏ0» NOIhlM. a bO APFOtMMIM M IM O • (OMPI t It (O O N U llO h ON M l O IN Iit INSU**h(| Ft ANY • ( OMPI I I I 0 IN !* O i» U (|S However, the court ruled that DORIAN ANDERSON BEC Comments NGUZO SABA To DISCOUNT % DISCOUNT 7o Concordia rates first Black excells a* the Point SH O P Thu Friendliest I Stores In Town! 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 U N IO N 0 8 (O M R A H T O IN T A l IN C U B A N O C O V I8 A G I A C C I8 T I0 O N V O U t N I I Ò I 0 O IN T lM B T Fe»y An* Pert n t h e p l * , MOU8 % W eekd o yi 8 JO « m 5*2 *« 5 « «* 8 JO • m 3 rd A M o r M i ,i F o i 'i a n d l o k e E ic v o ’ or >o ?(>■ i * lo o ’ j< d S’ O ’ e q iu (•.»>. < Phone: 2 2 8 - 7 5 4 5 W EIG HT WATCHERS