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Hatcher To Keynote Black Convention

WASHINGTON - Mayor Richard G. Hatcher of Gary was selected here Sunday as keynote speaker at what is expected to be the largest gathering by blacks ever held in the country. The Steering Committee of the National Black Political Convention com- 1 pleted an agenda for the meeting to be held this weekend at Westside High School at Gary.

Among those planning the meeting there Is a mixed feeling hope and fear that the convention could be either another Niagara Movement, which led to creation in 1909 of the NAACP, or a failure merely highlighting ’ the extreme differences in the political views of blacks. Besides the host, Mayor Hatcher, other speakers scheduled to appear include Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther Party; Minister Louis Farrakhan, a leader of the

New York Muslims who is national spokesman for Elijah Muhammad, the national leader of the Muslims; the Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, nonvoting member of the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, director of the People United to Save Humanity. The co-chairmen of the Steering Committee, which met until late Sunday night, are Mr. Hatcher, Representative Charles C. Diggs Jr.,

Democrat of Michigan, and Imamu Baraka, the poet who is also known as LeRoi Jones. Three active committees of the convention will hold hearings Saturday. The committees are Platform, chairman by Mr. Fauntroy, which will draw up a ^national black agenda*' for adoption by the full body; Resolutions, headed by State Senator Barbara Jordan of Texas, and Credentials, with State Senator George of Colorado as chairman. The biggest controversy is

expected before the Platform Committee, which has to come up with a document that militants and others can agree on. Recommendations to the committee will come from state delegations. Mr. Moore of the Black Unlted Front said nationalists would push for a national black political party and the endorsement of Representative Shirley Chisholm for President. The convention will be the

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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA SATURDAY MARCH 11/1972

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Charges 3 Whites After “Unprovoked” Shooting

BLACK CONVENTION FIGURES: Mayor Richard G. Hatcher (left) of Gary, Representative Charles C. Diggs,

of Michigan and Imamu Baraka, also known as LeRoi Jones, make up steering committee of Black Convention.

Black political convention opens at Gary on Friday

Vidim owes his IHe to leather coat: doctors

A 2B*y ear-old Westside man, shot Saturday afternoon by three whites armed with a sawedoff shotgun as he and a companion walked near the victim's home, owes his life to a leather coat and the fact that he is heavily built, doctors at Marion County General Hospital said this week. John Clardy, 1309 N. Warman, was released from General Monday, after spending two days in the hospital's intensive care unit, despite the fact he still has scores of shotgun pellets still lodged in his chest.

National NAACPer to speak

By PAUL H. WYCHE, JR. National Blark News Service GARY, -- Black leaders from 46 ataten are expected hart Friday for the opening of our first national political convention. Soma 4,200 delegates are due here, officials say, and a battle to get the convention to endorse a Presidential candidate has already begun. But convention co-chair-man, U.S. Rep. Charles Diggs (D-Mich.) doesn't believe the convention will stand behind

one presidential candidate, not even black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) who Is actively seeking the nomination at the Democratic Convention In Miami Beach this summer. "I frankly don't see any endorsement coming for a presidential candidate," Rep. Diggs told the Black News Service. "The rules of the convention Just don’t provide that opportunity." Diggs explained that the agenda, which has already been

Young Muslim victim of narcotics overdose, coroner’s office rules

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HUGS FOR ANGELA DAVIS: Angela Davis receives hugs from the children of Roger McAfee when they met last week before one of the morning court

sessions in San Jose, Calif. Roger (left) posted 405 acres of his land for Miss Davis' bail. Children from left are Mark, Adam and Andrew.

An overdose of narcotics has been ruled the cause of death of a 19-year-old Black Muslim found dead Dec. 19, it was learned this week. "Intranenous narcotism" was the official ruling made by theMarionCountyCoroner's office as the cause of death of Leonard T. Clark Jr., whose body was found in a roadside ditch at West 46th Street and 1-465. At the time of his death he was believed to have been the

investigation was inconclusive but body tissues were sent to the state toxicologist’s office for further study. The results were returned to the coroner’s TURN TO PAGE 15

completed for the three-day convention, does not Include the nomination of a presidential candidate. In order to dtpart from the published agenda, warned Dlgga, It would "take a two-thirds vote of the delegates there--ami that would be pretty difficult to do." Pointing out that many black leaders are endorsing other candidates for President, Diggs said that some of the delegates want to become Democratic and Republican national convention delegates and are maneuvering for positions of leadership. Other blacks are supporting favorite-son bids, like that of District of Columbia Delegate Walter Fauntroy, who Is running a slate of delegates In Washington's May 2nd primany. "I imagine though," Diggs said, "that the Presidential candidates will have representatives here who will be TURN TO PAGE 15

Ex-King aide’s slate: George and Shirley!

‘Tentative’ jurors seated as Angela’s trial nears 3rd week

JOHN CLARDY Clardy was admitted to the hospital In critical condition Saturday afternoon after being TURN TO PAGE 15

A total of light prospective jurors were seated by Wednesday in the 10-day of murder trial of attractive young Angela Davis—a trial already assured a place in history. World interest in the case

White mom fights to keep son fathered by black

is evidenced by the funds contributed toward Angela’s defense, protest held in her name and the signatures of more than 300,000 persons asking that she be freed. The state charges that Miss Davis is guilty of conspiracy arising out a court house gun battle on Aug. 7,1970, In which a judge and three other persons were killed. Angela, her defense attorneys contend, had nothing to

do with the event and her arrest and detention were politically motivated. They say she is being prosecuted because she is aCommunist, because she is black and because the power structure in the United States is "racist." This Is also, they contend, why she was held In jail for 16 months before being admitted to bail only four days TURN TO PAGE 15

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A young white woman who gave birth to the child of a black father Is engaged In a battle to prevent Alabama welfare authorities from taking that child and her four other children from her on the ground that she Is an unfit mother. Since all proceedings are in a Juvenile court in Selma, a court that conducts only closed proceedings, none of the principals in the case would comment. However, it was learned that the mother was Mrs. Virginia Blair, 29 years old, a twice divorced white woman who has been active In black political affairs In Green County, Ala., for several years. Green is one of four Alabama counties where blacks have won key lo-

cal offices in recent years. Sources said Mrs. Blair TURN TO PAGE 15 Williams promoted to captain in FOshakeup

Neighborhood Schools group says they’ll fight forced integration

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CAPT. THOMAS WILLIAMS Thomas Williams, assigned to the safety education and community relations branch of the Indianapolis Police Department, has been named acting captain to head that section by Police Chief Wlaston TURN TO PAGE 15*

The Committee for Neighborhood Schools, which will oppose a slate from the Non-partisans for Better Schools In the May primary, Issued a statement Monday saying it opposes "forced" integration of schools and faculty. The committee said it also advocates lowering property taxes, urging that schools be financed through a state-wide tax source. The group said it will announce its slate of candidates this weekend and that the slate would be pledged to carry out the following goals: Promote the neighborhood school concept and oppose busing and redlstrlcting for racial balance "within the framework of the law..." Oppose the "needless" transfer of teachers and other staff. Oppose "Federal intervention in determining school policy." Provide quality education in

well - equipped classrooms ...with emphasis on basic education rather than on "social engineering." Advocate lowering of proTURN TO PAGE 15 Roy Wilkins honored by Hebrew U. JERUSALEM—At a dinner meeting here March 2, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the university upon Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement Of Colored People. The fellowship was conferred upon the American civil rights leader "in recognition of (his) manifold services to TURN TO PAGE 15

WILLIAM OLLIVER William Oliver, national NAACP board member and general chairman of the Detroit NAACP 1972 national convention, will be featured at a "powwow" session Tuesday, March 14, at 8 p.m. at the Scenic View CountryClub, TURN TO PAGE 15 Black leaders cited for achievement One hundred and eight black men and women from 45 major corporations are to be cited for achieving key supervisory and administrative positions within the ranks of industry at the Second Annual Black Achievers Dinner of the Har-

lem YMCA.

The dinner, to be held In the

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Minister to challenge Nixon in Ind. primary Contending that the Nixon Administration has set civil rights back at least 150 yeara, the energetic young minister, Rev. Joe Turner, announced his intention of opposing Nixon in the Indiana Presidential

Primary In May.

"Mr. Nixon Is more interested In foreign countries than in cleaning up his o w n backyard," Rev. Turner related. He said the Central Christian Leadership Conference will also run congressional candidates in t h e

primary.

The Republican political activist said CCLC is in the process of getting 2,500 signatures on petitions which are required before filing as a candidate for the presidency. Rev. Turner, who switclrTURN TO PAGE 15,

LEONARD T. CLARK JR. victim of foul play in as much as it could not immediately

determined what caused his

death, and a Black Muslim minister, Daniel (2X) Green, had been gunned down in his home when he answered his

door just a week before young

Clark's body was found. Also, at least four Black

Muslims had been found slain-

ed in Chicago and on the West

’ . Coast which led local police

to believe that a possible feud had developed within the organization, which has a local affiliate at 25th and Central. A coroner’s report on

Clark’s death at the time of the

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM MEMPHIS— A black civil rights activist says a group has been formed to push a Democratic national ticket that would offer something for everyone—Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace for president and black U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm of New York for vce president. The Rev. James Bevel,long time aide to the late Dr. Martn King Jr., says the proposed ticket could satisfy both blacks and whites, as well as the women’s liberation movement. Bevel said slightly more than 100 persons, mostly Southern students, both black and white, now make up the organization that will promote

GEORGE WALLACE the Wallace-Chisholm ticket. They are preparing to mount a national drive and take the proposal to the floor of the Democratic National Convention, he said. Mrs. Chisholm could not be reached for comment. A spokesman for Wallace said he had not heard of the proposal and "just don’t have any reaction at all.’’ Bevel joined King in 1962 for a rights drive in Albany, Ga., and was a key figure In Southern Christian Leadership Conference campaigns in Blmlngham and Selma, Ala., and Chicago as SCLC’sdirector of nonviolent action. Atlanta SCLC headquarters TURN TO PAGE 15

Charges of discrimination made by school employees

REV. JOE TURNER

Whether or not action Is taken against the central kitchen office of the Indianapolis Public School System for alleged prejudice Is dependent upon a decision to be made by the Human Relations Commission panel which is now considering the case. Trouble has been brewing in the central kitchen for about three weeks now, according to Merrill Crenshaw who is head baker and assistant manager of the kitchen. Mr. Crenshaw related that since September, Anthony Covey, food administrator, has been allegedly subjecting the personnel, mostly black, to discrimination

In hiring, wages, and pro motions. Mr. Crenshaw, while con tending that Mrs. Florenc Sarchett, kitchen manage] has gone out of her way I treat all employees falrl] Mr. Covey has supposed! stated that he did not wai "black faces in the office. Acting as spokesman fo the black workers, Mr. Cren shaw said that Superlntendei Stanley Campbell held a hear Ing on the problems and re primanded Mr. Covey and pt Mrs. Sarchett on a "90-da probation." The 41-year-ol baker said the action take TURN TO PAGE 15