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12'" A en SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Woman identified only as sister of two murder victims, brothers Ray and Jesse Laguna, gasps in horror at murder scene. Unidentified frieiid leads her from apartment where bodies were discovered. UP Parley in Baraka hits U.S. I Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) Harold Bledsoe dies in Detroit DETROIT One of America's pioneering black attorneys, Harold E.

Bledsoe, 78, who once aided Clarence Darrow, famed criminal lawyer, in a sensational and racially tense murder trial," was eulogized Saturday, at the Second Baptist church in Detroit with the Rev. Nicholas Hood, pastor of Plymouth United Church of Christ, officiating. Mr. Bledsoe who practiced law for almost 50 years, died early last week in his Detroit home. He was the first black assistant attorney general in the state of Michigan, the first minority member of the state Corrections Commission, and a commissioner on the fomer state Dept.

of Labor and Industry. A native of Marshall, Texas, he became a resident of Detroit in 1917. He was a graduate of Howard university and received his law training at the University of Catholic By JOYCE WHITFIELD CHICAGO Imamu Amira Baraka, (formerly Leroi Jones) attacked blacks in positions of influence, calling them a "nsendn micro class" with little or no power for control. In Chicago for work session of the Congress of Afrikan People (CAP) at Hirsch high school, Baraka chided blacks who have assimilated capatalist and colonialist values and said, 'their lives are totally at odds with the black struggle." Defining CAP as a Detroit Law School. He was known for his eloquent oratorical style and his ability to charm a jury.

Involved in criminal cases most of his career, Mr. Bledsoe gave trial experience to dozens of assistants who have since become prominent throughout the country. Mr. Bledsoe was active in Democratic politics in the 1920's when most blacks were listed as Republicans. He was appointed by governors to state posts although he never sought political office.

Surviving are his wife, Geraldine; a son, William P. Ill, a former state assistant attorney general now in private practice in the Detroit area; two daughters, Mrs. Cornelia Mills and Detroit Recorder's Court Judge Geraldine Bledsoe Ford. Funeral arrangements were handled by the House of Diggs, Inc. of Detroit.

By DOROTHY A. DRAIN Should the Catholic church consider canonizing a Protestant during this era, Dr. Martin Luther King, ould sure be deserving this ultimate of esteem in sancitity bestowed on those persons who have earned the title of "saint," by their Christian lives. If Dr. King were he would be the first black North American to receive such honors fro the church.

As we stated before he would be the first Protestant, thereby establishing a three fold series of 1) on being black, 2) North American native and 3) of Protestant faith. St. Martin de Porres was the first black South American to be canonized by the Catholic church in 1962 under the reign of Pope John XXIII. Dr. King's feast day would be commemorated annually on April 4, the day he died from an assassin's gun in Memphis, in 1968.

The church in proclaiming the saints and their hallowed status, sets feast days on or near the day of death of the person whose cause has been accepted for canonization. Dr. King's dedicated life for his less fortunate brothers and sisters is known around the world. His persuasive oration thrilled millions and aroused their interest in the human rights of black people and their minority brethren. Saints are people whose lives have been one of dedication and endowed with vision have performed miracles whereas healing the sick is top priority for sainthood.

Dr. King spoke often of his this dream have been a vision? Wherever Dr. King went out into the cities, violence erupted, although he was designated a man of peace. The following quotes from scripture seem befitting to the life and death of Dr. Martin Luther King, "Do not think I have come to send peace upon earth; I have come to bring a sword, not peace." Matt.

10:34. And. ol be afraid of those who kill the body, but innot kill soul." Matt. 10:28. black elites revolutionary movement, Baraka said that the congress and its alliances want to transform society and change the system by which the world is being governed.

Zeroing in on what he termed the "elite corps Baraka charged some blacks with mouthing equality ana socialism while at the same time "acting racist and domineering." Baraka cautioned his audience to be more1 discriminating about the life TERRA HAUTE, IND. Former Chicago alderman Fred Hubbard says goodby to a prison official after he was released from the Federal Penitentiary at Terra Haute, Ind. Hubbard served 17 months of a two year sentence for $104,000 embezzelment of federal poverty funds in Chicago in 1973. Duke ailing NEW YORK Duke Ellington, the 74 year old composer and musical star, has been in Columbia Prebyterian hospital for should canonize Dr. M.L Nivalin: (oi apkii.

a i i VmM fW That CiaaretieSmokina Is Danoerous to Your Health. ift 1 DR. KING Deinno women in mew demands WASH I NGTON Democratic women attending a national campaign conference here last weekend served notice that they will no longer be satisfied with their traditional roles of envelope stuffcrs and doorbell ringers, but will demand upgrading in the party councils as well as across the board support for women running for public office. Black women delegates Energy crisis hurting WASHINGTON. DC The National Urban Coalition with 30 affiliates in cities across the country has released the findings of its first monthly report on the impact of the energy shortage on urban residents, particularly those in (he inner city.

The report also indicates what the national and local Coalitions are doing to aid citizens in coping with the effects of the crisis. "We want to make sure that the poor and minorities don't bear a disproportionate styles and values of blacks that are "played up" in popular magazines ind newspapers. He called many if them "opportunists," and said that they are being taken advantage of themselves other opportunists. "We can not and should not protect them just because they look like us. We are fighting a degenerate system as well as all those who represent that degenerate system." i King Jr.

several days, but is expected Hospital authorities would not comment on his illness. black women in attendance. In eight workshops planned for the parky there was nearly unanimous agreement by the women that the party is not taking women seriously enough. A poll taken by (he National Organization of Women showed that 71 per cent of the 273 women queried at the conference feel that they are not being fairly represented by the party. Among the revolters was Liz Carpenter, former press secretary to Mrs.

Lundon B. Johnson, who urged the women to go directly to Robert Strauss, chairman of the National Committee and other party officials. Hep. Bella Abzug. D.

N.Y.. a panel speaker, said. "Men are very interested in the building of kings, but not queens." Defender Associate Editor Ethel Payne, another panel speaker told the women that the strategies used in and lH are not necessarily good for today because too many people, black and white are disenchanted with politics. She urged that women "reach out and touch many hands" if they truly want the Democratic Party to be a viable force in the country. Miss Payne said the increased numbers of women running for public office is encouraging, but unless there is an all out effort to being women of all parts of the spectrum into the party there can be no assurance of victory.

"Women can be the deciding factor in which way this country will go," she said. Approximately 1300 women were in attendance at the conference. I 5v; i i pa I BERKELEY, CALIF. Colston Weslbrook, pfcturer. during an interview at his home, says he is not runnii despite being placed on the death list by the Syni bionese Liberation Army for alleged aid to the I HI.

II believes the SLA has not killed Patricia Hearst and al. thiit Miss Hearst is not an SLA member of her ov Dancer 'Baby Laurence' dead at 53 NEW 'YORK Lawrence Jackson, who tap danced as "Baby Laurence" with top jazz instrumentalists since the 1910s, is dead at age 53. Mr. Jackson died Thesday night in Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, where he was admitted several weeks ago for treatment of cancer. Born in 1921 in Baltimore, Mr.

Jackson began his stage career at 11 as a singer with Don Redman's band. Soon he added dancing to the act and eventually dropped the singing. In the 1910s, he worked with Duke Ellington. Woody Herman and Count Basic and became widely known as one of the best jazz tap dancers. After a lull due to illness, he made a comeback in 1961.

working with Basic in Apollo Theater. In 12 the he appeared at the first International Jazz 'in Washington. D.C., and with Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I. Funeral services ill be held Tuesday night in Im ni a I Evangelical Lutheran Church in New York. HF2TT.

Sl I 1 II 11 A w3yS85 i joined the chorus of dissent, but added their own refrain that the parly is making no conscious effitrt to recognize and include minority women in party affairs. Mrs. Lottie Watkins of Atlanta. is a successful black businesswoman who is a have contributor to the national committee, took the floor at the conference to chastie the conference planners for the scarcity of poor share of the burden," said M. Carl Ilolman at a Coalition Steering Committee meeting, ilolman explained the need to set up the now active Coalition Committee on Energy and the Cities.

NLC's March report, the first in its planned series, reveals that in addition to the much publicized long gas lines, heating fuel shortages and other transportation problems, urban residents all over are being hit by other kinds of hardships. The poor and working poor more than other citizens are being affected. After school recreational activities have been curbed in a number of cities. Police patrols have been curtailed. (In Philadelphia, in an attempt to reduce the incidence of street crime, some neighborhoods have formed auto patrols by citizen groups.

The practice is being hampered by the lack of gas). Workers have been laid off in the (automobile, plastics, tool making and recreational industries. The energy crisis is also causing hardships in more specific and less publicized ways, according to NUC vice president and field operations director Sarah Austin. She cited several examples of this: The Montclair (N.J.) Urban Coalition reports that "people on fixed incomes have been severely hit" and records how a "tremendous increasein shoplifting among senior citizens.".