1980-01-19 Indianapolis Recorder

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_ spiritually-charged services at St. John Missionary
Baptist Church.
The  occasion  was  Indiana
Christian  Leadership  Confer
a annual birthday tribute
to King,
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right.
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removed from the list day of
his (Dr. King's) physical pre-
the Detroit pastor
"the more inten-
. do wo toolthe power of his
person* the wings of his words,
the strength of his soul, the life
of Us love and the detennina-
tion of his love."
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Dr. Adams alto brushed cal "Timbuktu" and City-Coun-
aaide Congress' alibi making ty Cotuidlman Rozelle Boyd.
King's birthday e national credited with garnering sup-
holiday would be too costly in port for a "Martin Luther King
Day."
"When the bullet that shook
the world rang out in Memphis,
Tennessee." Adams told the
crowd, the gunman was not
shooting at the man, he was
aiming at the dream in the man,
the dream which inspired the
man. the dream whieh possessed, ruled snd motivated the
man, the dream tat drove the
man, fearlessly to the dangerous front line of embattled
leadership in Montgomery,
Ala., and transformed slave
riders into free walkers, the
dream that challenged America
from the stage ef the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington...the
dream that vibrated in his voice
and was incarnated in his flesh.
the dream **** touched urban
ghettos with mercy, smaaaaaa-nai
northern suburbs and southern
villages with Judgement."
Warming up to his conclusion
"The ■siiimorlnn is that the
way to destroy the dream is to
kfll the dreamer, hot it has
never worked,'' the pastor of
Detroit's huge Hartford Baptist
Church, need several modern
freedom struggles as classic
"It did not work in 1»79 when
the oppressive Shah of Iran was
desposed *ftd banished snd the
people's choice of leaders hip
was elevated and established.
It will not work in Af gh anistan
where Russian bombs and
tanks will prove unable to crush
the dream born of the deathless
desire of fearless people to be
free. It will not work in South
Africa where the doom of
apartheid is sealed against the
indestructible dream of democ
racy and economic equality."
Adams said police brutality.
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POLICE  FEAR
'PSYCHOPATHIC KILLER LOOSE IN INDY
Parker retained in
city administration
Mayor William H. Hudnut
has announced that Thomas
Parker will remain in the post
of deputy director of the
Department of Administration,
and that he has also been
named administrator of the
Personnel Division, a cabinet-
level position.
Parker has been Personnel's
acting -administrator since early
1979.
Parker is the last remaining
original appointee from the
administration of former Mayor
Richard G. Lugar. Lugar appointed Parker administrator
of the Parking Meter Division
of the Department of Transportation when he entered office, a
position Parker held for five
years.
In 1972, Lugar named Parker
deputy director of Administration, and Parker has been in
that post since. Prior to entering government service, Parker was s self-employed musician, a field he continues to
pursue in his spare time,
and has served as an area
chairman and a precinct com-
Parker is also assistant
County Republican Chairman,
mitteeman. He has been s
delegate to the State Republican Convention; was sn alternate delegate to the 1972
Republican National Convention in 1972; and was a delegate
to the 1976 RNC Convention in
Kansas City.
Parker's daughter, Paula,
was elected to a second term on
the City-County Council in
November as an at-large candidate.
"Buddy Parker's long and
distinquished record of service
to the people of Marion County
is well known," Mayor Hudnut
said. "I am pleased that he has
agreed to continue that record
of service.
"His top priority will be the
streamlining of Personnel Division management, and continuing the on-going processes of
building City employee morale
and improving service to the
other City Departments," the
Mayor added.
Cruelty of wiittr utility shitsffs
stt fsr Unary 24 public hearing
Persons, especially the disadvantaged, who've had their
utilities disconnected during
w inter months will get a chance
to   have   their   gripes   aired
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Black History
Observance has
blues addition
- A battery of specially-planned events covering February
wfll be held in Indianapolis in
recognition of Black History
Month, according to Wilms
Greene. Black History Committee spokesperson.
. New this year, says Ms.*
Greene, will be a "History of
the Blues" extravaganza featuring undisputed blues king B.
B. King.
See next week's Recorder for
details.
Dickinson named
United Way bead
for volunteer board
VALJEAN   DICKINSON
Valjean L. Dickinson, an
rofessor in the Indi-
ana University of Social Work,
is the new chairman of the
board of the Volunteer Bureau
of United Way of Greater
Indianapolis.
During the Ust year, Dickinson has served aa vice-chairman of the Volunteer Bureau
board and as chairman of its
Standards and Guidelines Com-
K. Aikens,
(luring a special public hearing
January 24.
Sponsored by Citizens Action Coalition a statewide consumer action group, it will be in
The Convention Center, 11
a.m.-3 p.m.
Purpose is to focus on and
get first-hand data surrounding
the distress and hardship
placed on households by disconnect notices and actual
shu toffs during cold weather.
Individuals treated this way
are invited to be witnesses.
'The Public Service Commission has repeatedly refused
to hold hearings or to actually
investigate to see if problems
exist." CAC spokesman Bill
Moberly said a a press conference Tuesday. "And so now
we are going to have to do their
job for them. It's too bad-
since they are being paid by the
citizens of Indiana to make sure
that utility companies don't
abuse their power-they can't
conduct this kind of investigation themselves. But since
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Moore's case
moved; still
plans to wed
The case of Richard Moore
will not be heard in a Marion
County courtroom.
The 48-year-old Moore is
charged with killing his second
wife, Rhonda Caldwell Moore,
her father, John Caldwell, St.,
and Patrolman Gerald Griffin in
a domestic quarrel this past
November in Caldwell's west-
side home.
During the altercation. Moore also wounded Patrolmen
Cicero C. Mukes and Roy E.
Potter, St.. and Mrs. Moore's
mother. Ruth Caldwell. Moore
shot himself toward the end of
the drama-police believe- tem
over a divorce from Mra.
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Moore's attorney
cessful in petitioning Superior
Court Judge John Tranberg for
a change of venue-contending
Moore would not receive a fair
trial in Marion County.
With the motion granted,
prosecuting and defense attorneys Tuesday, selected Hamilton County as the site for the
trial sxpoctad to begin in the
next few weeks.
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Death of record executive
in California is ruled suicide
Larry Williams,
44, is found
shot in home
INDIANAPOLIS REMEMBERS DR. KING: Thousands ef
citizens from all walks of life januned St. John Missionary
Baptist Church Tuesday for twin services in i-ecognition of
Dr. Martin L uther King Jr.'s 51st birth date anniversary. In
the photo, various dignitaries await turns at the
speakers nuke.
NAACP urging review by
civilians of police acts
Ii-onieauy. his defense attorneys petitioned the court Tues-
TURNTOPAGE7
NEW YORK--
Local NAACP chapters
throughout the country will
work to establish civilian
boards to review the activities
of the police in the nation's
major cities because of what
the organization preceives as
an upsurge of police killings of
unarmed blacks snd other
members of minority groups, it
was announced Monday.
Benjamh L. Hooks, executive director of the organization
said the drive was to have top
priority for the NAACP.
whose national board of directors was meeting in New York.
Yearend reports from the more
than 188 chapters, he said,
described incidents of excessive
use of police force that resulted
in hundreds of questionable
deaths. However, a spokesman
for the organization said, it had
no firm numbers to show the
extent of excessive force or
whether it was in fact on the
increase.
Many of theae incidents were
also reported earlier in com.
plaints to tho Justice Department, which led to a meeting
last month in Silver Springs,
Md., of Justice Department
officials, police and black and
Hispanic-American civil righta
The police shootings said Gil
Pomps, the director of the
Justice Department's Community Relations Service,
represent the "most volatile
and potentially divisive force in
the nation today and it has the
top priority with our service.
Pompa said that the Silver
Springs meeting resulted in a
plan to identify several cities
where work was needed to
lessen police-citizen tension. He
said that the participants were
concerned about the safety of
policemen as well ss civilians.
The conference also recommended s national firearms
policy under which the police
would be authorized to use
deadly force only to protect
human lives, said Robert
Lamb, western regional director of the Community Relations Service. This recommendation has long been supported by black police organizations.
Among the reports from the
NAACP branches was one
from the Florida conference
urging the repeal of a 1974
state statute known as the
"fining felon law.** That law,
paaaed after several policemen
wet-e killed on duty, gave police
the right to shooting escaping
felons or anyone suspected of
eommrting a felony.
Earl Shinhoster,
regionsl director for the
NAACP. said Monday that the
law "represents literally a
license to shoot to kill." he said:
"None of us condone crime but
we have seen that there were
seven shootings of young black
men in the city of Pensacola
along last year. None were
armed. None were a threat to
the police nor to the public.
Now three are dead and one is
paralyzed." Police spokesman
who could comment on the
shootings were not available for
comment.
Firna   M.    Canson,    West
Cosat regional director for the
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Today's rewding stars by
the dozens aad many ef then-
peers shewed np in Les Angeles last week, attending funeral
services for a 44-year-old "giant'' credited with paving the
way for many ef them.
Larry WOliams, whose death
has officially been ruled suicide,
was buried alter somewhat
brief but touching rites at
Aligning Funeral Home.
Though not easily recognized
by today's generation, it was
Williams' songwriting and guidance that helped catapult such
artists as Lloyd Price and Little
Richard to fame.
More recently, he had aligned himself with such greats as
Johnny (Guitar) Watson and
Bobby Womaek, forming a
team that proved successful in
several ventures.
Williams, whose body was
discovered in his palatial Hollywood Hills home by his mother,
was reportedly the first black
executive of a record company
when he held the position of
president of Epic Records.
"Larry led the kind of life
that touched a lot of people. He
is one of the greatest losses we
could have in show business,"
said songwriter King Hannible.
"He was a true gentleman
who really believed in doing
what he said. He was a man of
his word," he added.
Luminaries participating in
funeral rites included Joe Tex,
Little Richard and Watson.
There were many others sprinkled smong the mourners.
In ruling the death suicide,
the coroner's office was required to give no explanation,
but rumors have it the star was
under considerable stress brought on by marital problems.
It was in the 50s Williams
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King prize goes to Rosa Parks,
who refused to give up bus seat
ATLANTA--
Rosa Parks, consider the
"mother of the dvfl rights
movement," received the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent
Peace Prise Monday, nearly 25
years after refusing to give her
seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., bos.
A crowd of more than 400
persons jammed into tho
Enottoner Baptist Church, gave
the 67-year-old Mrs. Paris a
one-minute standing ovation as
she was presented s gold
medal, chain and $1,000 check
of Coretta Scott King, widow of
the slain dvfl rights loader.
The presentation was part of
a week-long celebration observing Dr. King's Jan. 15th
birthday.
"A new America has
emerged since that day nearly
25 years ago," said Mrs. King.
"The bus protest led to msny
profound changes. But the full-
impact of Dec. 1, IMS, may not
bo realized in our lifetime. It it
sufficient to say that all
America is eternally in your
debt.-
Mrs. Parks refusal and
arrest for failing to give up her
seat in the rear of an overcrowded   bus  to  a   white
passenger triggered a King-ted
black boycott of the city's bus
system that lasted 381 dsys.
Eventually the law that required blacks to sit at the back
of the bus and give up their
seats to whites if the bus was
crowded waa declared unconstitutional.
Some hsve called Mrs. Parks
a saint for what she did. Her
stubbomesa touched off a force
that swept the nation, but the
small soft-spoken woman seemed unaffected by the praise.
"Saint?"  she  said  with   a
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Panic spreads
after sniper
guns down 2
LAWRENCE REESE
Although they remain cautious in their descriptions, Indianapolis homicide authorities
genuinely fear there msy be a
"psychotic" person, killing
without apparent rhyme or
reason, loose on the streets of
So far, shootings by the killer
er killers--using a .30-caUber
rifle-have claimed the fives ef
two young black men, one a
patron in a last food restaurant.
and the other working as an
exterminator in a "quick food
market, when they were cut
down by slugs fired through the
well lighted plate glass windows of the two establishments
which are located about two
miles apart on the city's near-
Northeast side.
The victims have been identified as Lawrence Reese, 22,
2940  N.  College,   killed  last
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$1000
reward
posted
A group of near-eastside
businesses has posted s
01,000 reward for any
information leading to apprehension and subsequent
conviction of the sniper
who murdered Lawrence
Reese snd Leo Watkins.
"Basically, we want
them caught," a committee
representative told The
Recorder. "This is a black
committee engineering the
reward fund. Well do it
again in the future if
needed.
Businesses involved are
7-11 Supermarkets, Richard's Market Basket,
Mark's Pik Quik, Linder's
Dairy Stores, Palmer
Laundry and Cliffs Short
Stop.
Anyone wanting to donate can call Cliff s Market
or the Indianapolis Police
Department.
Meanwhile, employee*
of the Standard Supermarket at 22nd and Central where Reese [known
to them aa Roger) often did
odd Jobs, announced Wednesday they're -accepting
donations to aid his family.
Anyone wishing to contribute is asked to stop by
the location or call.
1 arraigned,
3 sought for
gun slaying
A 25-year-old near-Northsi-
der was arraigned Wednesday
as s prime suspect in the nearly
week-old murder of an older
man he and friends allegedly
gave a ride.
Clarence R. Patterson of the
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