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...dark-paneled courtroom in Raleigh, N.C., the 21-year-old black defendant testified in a voice that was so low that jurors often had to cup their ears to catch her words. She clutched a tissue but broke down in tears only once. Otherwise, Joan Little remained remarkably self-possessed through two days of painful testimony and crossexamination, sticking stoutly to her story that she had been defending herself from rape when she stabbed white Jailer Clarence Alligood to death with an ice pick in the Beaufort County Jail in Washington...
...death weapon is an odd object for cheering. So, for that matter, is Joan Little. But the chants of some 500 demonstrators merely echoed the uniqueness of the case that came to trial last week in Raleigh, N.C. What began as an obscure slaying in a small-town Southern jail has burgeoned into an expensive legal struggle and an emotional national controversy. Supporters of Joan Little, the 21-year-old black defendant, have raised nearly $300,000 through nationwide appeals; the state of North Carolina and its Wake County are spending some $100,000 to provide lavish trial security...
...jury it wants, the defense had the trial moved from rural Washington to the state capital of Raleigh, and it has called in a battery of psychiatrists, sociologists and other specialists who spent $38,992 developing an "attitude profile survey" of the county's population. After first making telephone surveys designed to detect patterns of prejudice, the defense asked prospective jurors seemingly unrelated questions like "What magazines do you subscribe to?" and "Do you think Richard Nixon was treated unfairly during Watergate?" (This technique has been used with some success in certain trials of radicals...
...public relations man and investigator of new route opportunities: "To work for Wheeler, you have to love flying." That certainly goes for the boss. Last month Wheeler had an appendectomy; a few days after the operation, with surgical staples still in his abdomen, he flew two round trips between Raleigh and Charlotte, then returned to the hospital for removal of the staples. Others among Wheeler's staff are equally eager. Recently, when the mini-airline inaugurated midday service from Charlotte to Raleigh-Durham Airport (Wheeler's headquarters), Pilot Richard Jeffords Jr., 23, helped passengers fill out tickets, loaded...
...Wheeler sees a bright future for commuter airlines like his. With traffic rising steadily, he is contemplating adding flights to Richmond and Baltimore during the next two years. Piedmont appears unworried, even though Wheeler already competes with his employer between Raleigh, Charlotte and Norfolk. "They say do your own thing," says Wheeler. And he has. Not long ago, Wheeler turned down a promotion to captain at Piedmont because the added flying duties would cut into the time he needs to nurture his airline...