Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1973 — Page 20

PAf¥ 9ft ™ E INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER SATURDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1973

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program set for Dec. 24 on WISH-TV The annual televised Christmas eve program presented by Christian Theological Seminary and the Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis will be shown on WISH-TV, Channel 8, at 11:15 p.m. immedlcately following the news. Much of the video and audio portions of the program will be shot at the seminary, including the annual Christmas message by Indianapolis Mayor Richard G. Lugar. A large segment of the program will be devoted to the poetry of the late W.H. Auden, noted Brltish-Amerlcan poet who died last October. Dr. Alfred R. Edyvean, director of the program and professor of communication at CTS, will read some of Auden's Christmas poetry. He will be assisted by four of his students. The Joyful Sounds, a 25-volce group sponsored by the Repertory Theater at CTS, will sing Christmas music, directed by Richard Laughlin. State NAACP CONTINUED FROM PAGE I Mills explained. His informing the desk clerk only brought insistence that it was “impossible" because the box was not registered to anyone else. Still bent on being honest, the NAACP executive refused to take the cash (later found to be $380) and "walk away Scott free." It was later determined the box had been previously issued. Investigation revealed the money was receipts from a social function of the Navy Relief Fund held at the hotel over the weekend. Mills’ return to Indiana was followed by acomminque signed bearing the signature of A.G. Esch, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Addressed to State NAACP President Odail Thorns, it recounted how the blunder had been made and praised Mills for his unusual “forthrightness" in returning the cash. As Mills modestly summed it up, “Even if it had been a million dollars, I wouldn’t have taken it. Because I couldn’t have lived with myself afterwards.’*

scour the crack and crannies and the hoodlum hangouts on the city’s near-Eastside in search of a clue that would lead them to the gunman. “After you work on this job awhile, you find yourself becoming hardened to the murder and violence, but you take a case like this where you have a kid whose only crime was the fact that he wanted to work and help his family and along comes some punk preying on the innocent in order to find money to feed a dope habit and kills him. Well, you look for a guy like that with a special kind of vengence,’’ Dunn said. The investigators, who admitted Tuesday that “we have several good suspects, but nothing definite yet,’’ said that Blanchard and two other store employees, including the assistant manager, were in the store cleaning up after the close of business Saturday. “Tyronne was alone in the back cleaning up when we heardthe rear door open and then we heard the roar from that shotgun," the assistant manager told homicide investigators. As the two employees, who had been working in the front of the store rushed to the rear young Blanchard staggered back a few steps from the door and collasped in the arms of a coworker. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Tyronne was an eighth-grade student at School 18. He had formerly attended School 87 up until last month when he was transferred during the school desegregation reshuffling. Mrs. Mary Owsley, School 87 principal, described the youth this week as “a very fine young man who seemed more concerned about meeting the positive expectations of others; especially his mother, ' his family and his teachers, while denying himself the indifference, the rest, and the self-centerdness that off times characterize persons of his age."

The family had only moved to Indianapolis 11 months ago from Cincinnati. Funeral services for Tyronne were held Wednesday in the Jacobs BrothersFuneralHome, with burial in New Crown Cemetery. Survivors besides the mother include, one brother, Timothy Blanchard, and five sisters, Mrs. Eartha J. Mitchell, Mrs. Sheila Payne, Mrs. Wanda G. Garmon, and the Misses Linda

and Freida Lyn Blanchard. In another homicide Saturday, 73-year-old Westside man was jailed on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the shooting death of a retired U.S. Army sargeant in an Indiana Avenue tavern. The victim was identified as Elisha Fitzgerald, 54 , 524 N. Senate. Accused in the slaying is Frank Parker, of 521 Bright Police summoned to thePannama Night Club, 306 Indiana Avenue at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday found Fitzgerald slumped in a booth in the club with bullet wounds in the head and chest. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Marion County General Hospital. In explaining the details of the circumstances surrounding the shooting to police homicide detectives, Parker said he and his girlfriend had been seated in the tavern and that he had purchased three pints of wine for Fitzgerald and that the victim had become abusive and threatened him when he refused to buy a fourth pint. “He was cursing in font of my girlfriend and threatened me when I asked him to watch his language," Parker re-

called.

He said that when Fitzgerald started towards him he grabbed his revolver and fired four shots “because I was afraid of him." Parker is being represented in court by Atty. Charles A. Walton who told The Recorder Wednesday that he intended to petition the court for a bond hearing for his client.

“Here we have a man who is 73 years old and has lived here most of his life. I don’t feel that justice would be served with him forced to reamain in jail until this case is re-

solved,” Walton notecjl.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 hordes of teenagers at the hotel. The guest list included such personalities as Coretta Scott King, widow of the slain rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Los Angeles Mayor Tom, Bradley, and singers Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye. The young bride wore a princess - type white satin gown trimmed with pearls and featuring a 12-foot train bordered with white mink. Jermaine’s four famous brothers, Jackie, 23, Tito, 21, Marlon, 16, and Michael, 14, served as ushers as the orchestra played a special wedding song composed by Smokey Robinson.

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too, such as high rents. And the solution, it adds Is not to be found in merely building new units. In fact, it states, m a n y of the people classified as being housingdeprived are living in physicadeprived are living in physically sound buildings. This is what the center’s director, Bernard F r i eden, and principal investigator, David Birch, included in their definition of being of “housing-deprived": 1. Physically unsound units 2. Physically sound but overcrowded. 3. Physically sound, not overcrowded but too expensive. 4. Physically sound, not overcrowded and reasonably priced, but inadequate neighborhood. Their figure of 13.1 households, i s conservative, they maintain, because no households with incomes of more than $10,000 was considered •deprived and because they were unable to obtain data on t h e fourth catagory. In summary, they concluded that a “decent home" should be not only in physically sound condition and in a suitable environment but should contain sufficient space and should not place an undue burden on budgets. The fact, is say the authors, that housing deprivation has actually declined in the past decade or so by more than two Local UNCF CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 UNCF. Lanford expresses great pleasure at the success of the campaign and commented, “Any time a campaign of a voluntary nature exceeds its goal, as this one has, the worthiness of the cause and the dedication of many, many persons are certainly apparent." Lanford pointed out this contribution to the national UNCF goal of $15 million is a high mark for the Indianapolis area and especially for the persons, business concerns, and industries that responded to requests for donations of time and money. The 1973 Indianapolis-area total is up more than $100,000 from last year, and ill funds raised in the nationwide campaign will go toward the support of 40 predominantly black colleges and universities which enroll approximately 45,000 students. Crime takes CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 glarize a residence at 738 N. Centennial occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Herring. The couple and suspect were injured during the incident. Authorities summoned to the house were confronted by Mrs. Herring, 30, standing in the front yard bleeding from several cuts on her right forearm* She told officers her husband was inside fighting with a man. By the time police entered, the assailant had fled, after cutting and stabbing Mr. Herring, 28, about the face and body. He and his wife, according to police, said the suspect evidently c l imbed through a window , entered their bedroom and surprised them. They were Injured during a scuffle. Around 4 sum. Banks was arrested at General Hospital as he sought treatment for cuts. He was booked on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill, entering to commit a felony, burglary and fleeing a police office. Police confiscated a table knife and fork. Someone escaped with a car tape player early Friday morning from a vehicle owned by Franklin Owen 27, 3618 N. Keystone. Owen told police around 2 a.m. his car was parked in the 700 block of N. California when someone apparently broke a window and took an 8 track stereo tape player valued at $60 and tapes costing $300. Another Northsider victimized by burglars was 20-year-old Paul Johnson, 629 W. Hampton Drive. His loss was a 12inch portable television set and a variety of camera equipment. Returning to his dormitory room around 5 a.m. Friday, the Butler University student noticed a window had been opened. A check of hi^ possessions revealed the items missing. Likewise was the plight of 32-year-old Robert D. Ransur, 32, 3602 N. Hawthorne Lane. A check of his home around 9:30 p.m. Friday showed a television set was missing. He told police the burglars apparently entered through a broken window in a garage adjoining his house. An entertainment piece was also reportedly stolen from the home of Mrs. Claudette Musgrove, 37, 2234 E. Valley. She discovered her stereo set missing around 1:30 a.m. Friday. No forced entry was evident. Twenty-three persons were rounded up during a vice squad raid around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at 927 E. 42nd. Officers said they heard loud noises emittlng from the basement of the house before entering and discovered a card game in progress.

million units. In 1960, based on their definition, 15.3 million households were deprived. More importa.t however, is that the composition of deprivation has changed greatly. In 1960 about 71 per cent of the problem was physical inadequacy. In 1970 that had dropped to 53 per cent and was still

falling.

The growing problem now, they say is the burden of high rents. In 1960, this complaint was only 24 per cent of the problem, but 10 years later it had grown to 42 per cent. The obvious significance of this finding is that the U.S. housing goals won’t be met solely by building more units or by improving those that alrea-

dy exist.

The authors didn’t say what course they perferred, but the matter of providing direct housing subsidies, as opposed to construction incentives to builders, received such attention in the question - answer part of their presentation. Such subsidies are a part of the Nixon administration’s position, and Arthur Newburg, an administration housing official, sat beside Frieden and Birch during their presentation.

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Ricky Clark, 1972 “Disc Jockey of the Year," has Joined the staff of WXLW Radio in the sales and production de-

partment. .

Mr. Clark formerly worked as sports director, public service director and disc jockey at WTLC-FM Radio for 3 1/2 years. He is a member of the Wheeler Boys Club Board of Directors, Boy Scouts Urban Affairs Board, NAACP,Black Expo Committee,Operation PUSH and the Big Brothers Organization. In addition, he serves as man-ager-producer of The Words of Wisdom and Truth Review. It is Mr. Clark’s hope to serve the black community and small businesses, as he has developed for the first time on any top 40 station special advertising rates for small businesses. The purpose of such a program is to give assistance to those businesses that do not have a large budget for advertising. Action sought CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tive secretaary John Romming were unsuccessful at Recorder press time Wednesday after-

noon.

Judge Niblack and State Representative Danny Burton (R.Indianapolis) have been two of the most outspoken busing foes since Judge S. Hugh Dillin’s federal order to desegregate Indianapolis public schools by busing. Niblack issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting United Way from distributing funds to the Urban League on behalf of a white Southside resident, who earlier filed suit against United Way. The Urban League isaUnited Way agency, but protests have developed from anti-busing advocates when it was hinted that the Urban League used some of its money to finance expenses incurred by complaintants in the city’s desegregation suit. The suit was filed by the local branch of the NAACP. Urban League officials have again denied that any of its monies were ever used in the case. United Way refused to withdraw the funds, consequently, the suit was filed. The suit has been moved to Hamilton County on a change of

venue.

Judge Niblack and Burton helped to organize the Committee on Constitutional Government, which earlier sought the impeachment of Judge Dillin. Most black leaders feel that the judge is guilty of a con-

^ 4 ^ flict of interest in as much as The detective insists any head he has extremely active in

by Bledsoe ^.busing efforts.

CHICAGO A four-part program to weed out unfit and brutal policeman was outlined to the Chicago Police Board Friday by James Rochford, acting police superintendent. The program includes: —Requiring special psychological tests for all policemen with records showing three or more complaints accusing them of using excessive force in the last two years.

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must answer a federal bill. Expulsion of the former two was upheld this week by the IPD Board of Captains. This revelation was coupled with Police Chief Winston Churchill’s announcement Larkins will be al-

lowed to continue work. Charges of aggravated as-

sault against Lackey and Highbaugh stem from an incident November 13 at General Hospital. Employees allege they witnessed the police mercilessly beat a 19-year-old youth chained to a hospital cart awaiting a doctor’s attention. The reputed victim is Terry C. Lee, 712 Lynn, who had been brought to the hospital by the two off-duty officers who said he was injured during an earlier scrap. Police said he had resisted officers' attempt to issue a traffic violation ticket. Thus far, the only explaination offered by the suspended men is that Lee threatened police. Larkins’ case evolves around a pistol whipping said to have been sustained by 21-year-old Craig Bledsoe, 3029 Martindale, who has since been convicted of robbery and sentenced to 10 years in the State Reformatory at Pendleton. Adding to Larkins’ woes are charges he lied during a probable cause hearing before aCrimlnal Court

commissioner October 6.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Indianapolis public schools and not the Urban League. The involvement of the Urban League in this suit was the result of being subpeonaed. “The case itself was not political, but one which sought to bring about equality in education for black children. To punish the Urban League for contributing to community affairs is restricting the rights and privileges of all, especially the black community. "We of the NAACP wish to go on record as strong supporters of Mr. Sam Jones (Urban League executive director) and the Urban League. We advocate a strong stand aginst “Uncle Tomism." The day of Uncle Tom is over and the black community refuses to grovel. “It would be better not to have an Urban League at all than one controlled and manipulated by the white community like a puppet on a string who dances to the tune of money." Pinkney said the NAACP is urging all people “with a sense of justice, decency and common sense" to support the league by writing and calling Mayor Richard G. Lugar and the United Way. The statement concluded: “It is significant that the first major suit of equality that the blacks have won in this community in many years has resulted In harassment by all organizations that aid the blacks in their struggle for equality." Suit action is scheduled to continue in Hamilton Circuit Court following a change of venue.

—Seeking legislation that would extend the probationary period for beginning policemen from nine months to two years so that their behavior on the street can be evaluated more thoroughly. —Fceding information g at hered by the Internal Affairs Division, the department’s selfinvestigatory agency, into computers so that Information on police misconduct can be more quickly retrieved. --Setting up a system whereby policemen suffering mental pressures from their demanding work can volunteer forpsyr etiological counseling. At a police board meeting where Rochford discussed these moves, he also defended the most recent work of the LAD In investigating p o 1 ice brutality reports. In response to orders from the police board, Rochford reviewed 133 IAD investigators of excessive force received since Sept. 10. Rochford reported F r i d ay that every test is conducted in a a professional manner with no attempts at covering up wrong doing. He said only eight of the 133 complaints were found to be valid. Rochford's full support on the IAD and the steps being made to eliminate brutality, won praise from Martin Johnson, police board chairman, who said: “I feel comfortable with this report, and I am sure the superintendent will take strong action to discipline any policeman found guilty of misconduct.” Rochford said policemen with three excessive force complaints on their record will be tested by the department's three member board of psychiatrist and psychologists. The tests will be required if the complaints were valid or not and could result in the policeman in questioning receiving special counseling if the problem is minor, or being dismissed from the force if the misconduct is serious. Excessive force ranges from rough handling to shooting someone without cause.

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were probably the result of the suspect striking his head against a sink while he was handcuffed in the resident of his alleged accomplice, Gerald Hatcher, 20, 5641 E. 41st, July 24. The pair had been nabbed in connection with the earlier robbery of the Radio Shack, 5417 E. 38th. Bledsoe claims Larkins struck him on the head with

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to a meeting in the Mayor’s Conference Room last Wednesday. She said meetings will be held soon with residents of the area so they will have a voice in how the center should be operated.

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