Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1982 — Page 2

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2 elderly black women head for jail; Supreme Court says 'no' to hearing

Howard services set for Saturday

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CARROLLTON. Ala..The fate of two black elderly women accused of vote fraud and facing terms in prison was supposed to be determined this week by a judge who has already said that race did not figure in the cases. Julia Wilder. 69. and Maggie Hozeman. 51. were sentenced

to five and four years, respectively, by all-white juries in separate trials in 1979. Ms. Wilder is president of the* Pickens County Voters League. Ms. Bozeman is president of the local NAACP chapter. Civil rights leaders and groups throughout the country

\ GUMBO”\ I By Dr. William H. Wiggins Jr. | I Associate Professor, Afro-Amerian Studies! I Indiana Uni vers tiy 'I haven't heard that in years..' Nicknames and holidays go together. Somehow all that travel, goodtiming and meeting little seen relatives and friends trigger an urge in our folk psyches to use names and phrases which have meaning only within the small confines of our immediate family or hometown neighborhood. How often during the past New Year’s holiday season did you use a pet name for a beloved family member or a little known name for some holiday food in order to reestablish your membership in that particular group? This certainly was the case in m> family. Our first stop was Indianapolis where we spent Christmas Day with my in-laws. Dallas and Mary Slaughter. At home my wife Janice answers to the nickname "Honey.” But during our three day Indianapolis visit, her brother Jerry constantly referred to her as “Baby.” a name he and his sister Delores gave their younger sister w hen they were children growing up in Naptown in the late 1940's. Delores still laughs about the tiimes “Baby” tagged along with her to the neighborhood movie and demanded candy and popcorn from Lores’ boy friends to keep her from "telling” about the kissing and hand holding that went on between them, when she got home. And. when we visited Indianapolis family and friends, we invariably resorted to seldom used nicknames for the stomach-stuffing portions of food and drink that we consumed. We snacked on "goobers” and "ground nuts” instead of peanuts. W'e drank rim-filled libations of “joy juice.” “ignorant oil.” “moonshine.” "shine.” “white lightening” instead of whiskey and pluck," “Wood” or “Thunderbtrd” as in: W hat’s the ward?

are predicting protests if the two senior citizens are sent to prison, contending the action was taken for racial and political reasons. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case in November thus leaving the sentencing in the hands of Judge Clatus Junkin. who alleges that the only racial feelings were generated by the attorneys. The indictments against the women charged them with voting more than once, depositing more than one absentee ballot and casting, illegal or fradulent ballots during a 1978 election in Rural Pickens

County. Ala. In a statement issued in the Civil Rights Journal, a publication of the Comission for Racial Justice United Church of Christ, it was pointed ou that what the pair was doing was helping black citizens register whowere unable to go to the polls, thereby contradicting the charges leveled against them. According to the Hournal, the two women as part of the voter registration campaign group went to the homes of house-bound elderly citizens and took absentee ballots. If one of these elderly voters could not read or write, the

ladies would help them understand the voting process. “This is perfectly legal as long as the voters wishes are followed. The charges were leveled in connection with 39 of these absentee ballots. However. during the trial, all but one of the 39 voters testified that they knew exactly what they were doing and that the ballots were in fact marked as they wished. “One 95-year-old woman testified that she did not know what the voting was all about. This one statement was what the jury used to convict these ladies, clearly against the

weight of the evidence. The Alabama State Court of Appeals in upholding the jury verdict admitted that the evidence was ‘confusing,’’ the Journal continued. Charles K. Cobb, executive director of the Commission, also noted that the charges against Ms. Wilder and Ms. Bozeman are not isolated incidents but reflect a pattern of harassment. “Only last year, a young black man in Pickens County was charged with disorderly conduct for explaining the ballot to voters, and when Ms. Bozeman picked up the absentee ballots from the county courthouse, she said the sheriff said to her ‘we’re going to get you this time.' As a result of these charges and convictions. Ms. Bozeman was fired from the teaching job she held for 27 years.” Mr. Cobb said that this case dramatically points to the need for the unamended renewal of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Senate. He continued: “If voting rights workers are suf fering this type of harass ment with the Act in effect, we can well imagine what will happen if the Act is not renewed or if it is weakened.”

Mr. Cobb added: “Although we do not hear of blacks being lynched, this case is clearly a political lynching designed to dissipate the fears of white politicians who have historically feared an organized black electorate. "These convictions are a disgrace to the State of Ala bama. and the nation, and 1 urge the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department to take a hard and close look at this case and not allow Judge J unkins to return the Stat e of Alabama to the post civil war days when blacks were openly denied the right to vote." The Journal urged citizens to write to the Pickens ( ounty Courhouse in Carrollton. Ala.. 35447. and let Judge Junkin know that you are watching and will not sit idly by and let the hard fought constitutional rights be trampled without a massive outcry. It concluded: “There is a legend that the face of a black man lynched in Pickens ( ounty after the ( ivil War can be seen in the windows of the court house. Lest we forget, this legend will become a reality in the IfriOs."

Food stomp volume on decrease

IT IS time cut the cut. A open hawse at the Fall Creek Y.M.C.A. celebrated the reaovation of their aid lactttits at MO W. 10th. Participating im the festive activities are Mrs. Flsie Wood. Secretary te the Execwtive

Director, Y a)jean Dick insea, Execwtive IMreeter. Roderick Bohan wow. Board Chairman: Helen Dwncan: Donald H, Fortwne. Vice President of Metropolitan Board.

More welfare cuts dangerous

What’s the price? 30 twice! Nickel more Yaw get it aw ice. m place of wroe. Those who drank exeesstvely were called “oiiers.” And their state of intoxication was euphemistically referred u> as hetng: ‘looped.” ‘tore op.” “tore down.” "hcwnhed.” or "high” as a pine m my father's home state of Georgia. cnotiaaed ot#r use of nicknames when we drove to LouisviHe to spend New Y ear's day with my parents. Mabel and V- r.'tar.’. W.^gsns. While eating oar traditional good lock met; i jrrre: -, black eyed peas and ~Kys,~ my mother, who is the story teSer of this dyaanar duo - my lather is more revered lor his tetters told an old Christmas day anecdote off my lather. It Menas that my father, who was called “HandMime.” had heeocae drank after having to drink ten and irv mother s dr nit* at all of the bowses that they ringed dtar.'ftg one i9?l/* Cnrstma* day m Port A flea, bovessaaa. The escesrioe drinking of homemade wins., nhinfcty and mm cassed him to load taffc a friend who had lyaictly asked him for * 'smaR hma” and to sleep throwgh Christmas day. And tie ciddras got into the act. Owr daughter, Mary E9yn's best friend. Efauae Neale, spent New Year's night hwt to she was simply Tana aaes Adbucs Wssupao, feuiogfy referred to their father Fred » “Poppy.” a* tar.. “Poppy, wdi yon pay wgfc nsT Tma gave her fanner thus same ahcrekni irring how mock he iked pup. And her oar,y sc^jCker Adaat ted- packed g wp. So n deesn't matter ahoat the age or station m tie.

WASHINGTON

President Ronald Reagan should not approve additional cuts in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program until the full impart of recent changes and reductions can be determined, said Congressman Harold Ford iD

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Ford. Htairmanof the Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation Subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means, said he was dismayed to bear that Reagan has okayed $1 Whom m additional cuts. “The jury is stdi owt on the full impact of October I cuts and program ehamges, said Ford, whose swbeommgtee oversees the AFDC program ~1 think the Whg* Hawse *s moving too fast wghowt gyring any thought to the neper cwsoiows from ge previews actiew. Cntd aB the facts are m, g wexdd he senuefess to wreak more havoc on stales and AFDC recipients.” The new AFDC cuts would come on top off I Mhon already trimmed from the AFDC program m fiscal Iftg. The Ad Done wdl help nspe owt a defieg, hwt Ford takes

Cooggi wgk that cfaM*. “There is m way Regan is going to erase the defied by slashing domesC^ programs,” Ford explained. "That w0 only come w hen he stops adding money to the defence **■ In reviewing the proposed change*. Ford said some pro vxsisois nose serscev^ p^l^ey gaestmws, F 1 exyuspple. etne

requirement calls for madatory workfare, which the RepubH cans in the Senate rejected last year based on the president's philosophy that states should have more discretion m operating programs, Ts the president changing his mmd and now saying that the federal government should dictate welfare policy?” Ford asked. Another provision would terminate AFDC benefits to a family when a child reaches Id. Ford said this might force any students to quit school because "vr fents eenl^l ocv ie^sjjper afford to send them. Ford said Congress most give this set of proposed budget cot s much more time and consideration that those that were approved last year. Meanwhde, the Ways and £ the imgflart of kmdgef etgo and program changes Jammy to and Jammy to in iaerameoto and .Yeattle, respec lively.

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Indiana Food Stamp volume decreased for the third eonse cutive month in November, although remaining higher than a year ago according to Donald L, BKimnger, State Welfare Administrator, whose agency administers the federally funded food stamp program in Indiana. November food stamps total i n g $16.3 million, down $300,000 from October, went to 385,028 persons (388,935 in October! in 131,989 households. The average value of stamps for a household was $123,85, up eleven cents over October, BKnzinger indicated the November decrease can be atiri bated to the termination of additional households, having an excess gross income. Over households were terminated m October because of a new federal regulation that limited the amount of gross ioewne to 130 percent of the national now farm poverty level of $705 per month for a family of four. Other households re ceived fewer gamps whew the standard income disregard was reduced to to percent from the previoeix 2W percent, Marion and Lake Counties

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continued to have multimillion dollar volumes in November ($3,4 million and $2.5 million respectively). St. Joseph Coun ty was third with slightly $890,009, followed by Allen County with $829,000.

Ann Berryman Howard Mrs. Ann Berryman Howard 72, died Sunday, January 10, here. Services were scheduled for Saturday, January 16, 1 p.m., at King and King Funeral Chapel. Friends may call Fri day at the funeral home. Mrs. Howard, a native of Frankfort. Ky., lived in Lexing ton, Ky.. before moving to Indianpolis. She was a member of St. Mission Baptist Church. Survivors iaclude three children, Mrs. Florence I^e, Cleveland, O.; Archie C. Berryman Jr., and Retired Air Force Sergeant David 11. Berryman, both of Indianapolis; an aunt, Mrs. Lillie Curd, I^xington; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

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