Lenora “Doll” Carter


Houston Forward Times Newspaper announces that the CEO and Publisher, Lenora “Doll” Carter, who guided the newspaper since 1971, died suddenly on Saturday, April 10th at her home.  On Friday, April 16th the body will lie in state starting at 12 Noon at Holman Street Baptist Church, 3501 Holman Street, Houston, Texas 77004 with a celebration to be held Friday evening from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  The Homegoing Celebration will be held on Saturday, April 17th at Holman Street Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m.

The Houston Forward Times Newspaper, the South’s Largest Independently Owned and Published African-American newspaper was founded in January1960, by her late husband, Julius Carter, at which time Mrs. Carter served as General Manager and Advertising Director. After Julius’ death in 1971, Mrs. Carter became Publisher and CEO of the company.

Lenora Carter was born in Corrigan, Texas. She is currently married to James McDaniel and is the mother of two daughters, Constance Carter and Karen Carter Richards. She has three grandchildren – Jesse Frazier, II, Chelsea White, and Nykayla Richards.  She graduated from McNary High School in McNary, Arizona and attended Arizona State University majoring in Business Administration.
Mrs. Carter is a member of Eta Phi Beta Sorority-XI Chapter, National Association of Market Developers, National Women of Achievement, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Texas Press Association, Greater Houston Partnership, and serves on the Board of Directors of Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. For the last seven years she served as Treasurer of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) as well a member of the Board of Directors and previously served as Secretary of NNPA. She served on the Board of Directors of Riverside National Bank, Riverside General Hospital, Eliza Johnson Home for the Aged, Society for Performing Arts, Independent State Bank, UNCF and YMCA. She was an active member of Holman Street Baptist Church where Rev. Manson Johnson is Pastor.

Mrs. Carter’s accomplishments have earned her numerous awards: Publisher of the Year (NNPA), NAACP Mickey Leland Humanitarian Award, Black Women in Journalism for Outstanding Accomplishment and Achievement in the Communication Industry (Pioneer Award), Alma Newsom Vision Award, NAMD Emphasis Award, Houston Medical Forum Recognition Award, Robert S. Abbott Award, Anheuser Busch W.I.S.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement as Publisher & Community Leader, Fred D. Patterson Leadership Award, Illustrious Potentate’s Distinguished Service Award Doric Temple #76, Ethel Ransom Art and Literary Outstanding Leadership, National Association of Media Women, United Fund Outstanding Achievement in Media, Challenge of Change, Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, Houston League of Business and Professional Women in Achievements, Eta Phi Beta Outstanding Leadership, St. Joseph Volunteer Service Award, Texas State Teachers Association Dedicated Service Award, San Jacinto Girl Scout Merit Award, TSU Tennis Club Leadership Award. She was recently awarded the NAACP Image Award, the Toombs-Brown Award from Professional Black Women’s Enterprise, Inc., and the “Pace Setter” Award from Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Gamma Phi Sigma Chapter and received the 2002 National Council of Negro Women Pacesetters Award.

The services are under the direction of McCoy and Harrison Funeral Home located at 4918 Martin Luther King Blvd., Houston Texas 7702.



Houston NAACP President Carolyn Scantleberry and First Vice President Reginald Little honor Lenora “Doll” Carter (center)  with the 2010 Community Image Award.

Lenora “Doll” Carter  (Right) and U. S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Sept. 2009, Washington, D.C.

EEOC: La. company  discriminates against blacks

DALLAS (AP) _ The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says black workers at Louisiana-based Turner Industries face a hostile job environment and disparate treatment.

Former Turner employees were to appear at a news conference Wednesday in Dallas to discuss the EEOC’s findings.

Black workers at the pipe fabrication facility in Paris, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas, filed the complaint last year. They alleged widespread racism and said supervisors didn’t respond to complaints about racist graffiti, nooses and slurs.

The EEOC, in a March 31 letter, said black workers received different job assignments, were denied promotions and were subject to racial slurs and symbols of intimidation.

Turner Industries, in a statement, said it disagrees with the findings but will meet with the EEOC to address all concerns.



Jackson doctor’s license restricted in Texas



HOUSTON (AP) _ The Texas Medical Board is restricting the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death from administering the drug that authorities say was responsible for killing the pop star.

As part of an agreed order issued last week by the medical board, Dr. Conrad Murray can’t use or administer in Texas propofol or any anesthetic agent that is normally administered by an anesthesiologist or any other heavy sedatives.

Murray, who was working as Jackson’s personal physician, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the singer’s June 2009 death in California from the anesthetic propofol and other drugs. He has pleaded not guilty.

The California judge in Murray’s case has also prohibited him from administering propofol.


Police: NJ teen told blacks to leave Whole Foods

EDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) _ Police in northern New Jersey say a 14-year-old girl grabbed a supermarket microphone and announced, ``All blacks leave the store.’’

The case is similar to what happened twice at a southern New Jersey Walmart.

Edgewater police say the new case is being investigated as a possible ``copycat’’ situation. They say they were called after the girl made the announcement over the Whole Foods Market’s public-address system Saturday afternoon. Whole Foods is based in Austin, Texas.
The girl, whose name was not released because of her age, is charged with bias intimidation and harassment.

In the Walmart case, a 16-year-old boy faces the same charges after police said he twice ordered all blacks to leave the store.


2 incumbents lose Texas House seats
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The oldest member of the Texas Legislature and a feisty pro-labor activist from El Paso have lost their House seats.

Both Republican Delwin Jones of Lubbock and Democratic Rep. Norma Chavez lost to more conservative challengers in primary runoff elections Tuesday night.

Jones was first elected to the House in 1964. He was ousted by tea party activist Charles Perry.

Perry does not have a Democratic challenger in November’s general election.

Democratic Rep. Norma Chavez lost to assistant county attorney Naomi Gonzalez, who was criticized for taking thousands of dollars from traditionally GOP donors.

Gonzalez does not face a Republican challenger in the general election. 

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.


WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are ready to clear a significant hurdle in their drive to slap new financial restraints on big Wall Street institutions and to demand greater openness from the nation's central bank.

Motivated by the crisis that caused a near collapse in financial markets, a House committee scheduled a vote Wednesday on legislation that would give the government the right to dismantle financial firms that pose a risk to the economy, even if they are healthy.

The legislation in the House Financial Services Committee also would require a sweeping congressional audit of the privacy-shrouded Federal Reserve and would assess fees up front on large financial institutions to pay for the failure of their competitors.

Already postponed once, the committee's bill could face another delay Wednesday. The Congressional Black Caucus, which has 10 members on the committee, held up a vote on the legislation before Thanksgiving because it wanted the Obama administration to address unrelated joblessness issues facing the black community, where unemployment far exceeds the national average.

Asked Tuesday evening whether the caucus would permit a vote, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., a member of the panel and the caucus, said, “We're still studying and discussing.''

In a statement Tuesday evening, White House spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said: “The president's top priority is economic recovery and we understand the profound impact that the recession is having on the African-American community. We welcome a continuing dialogue with the CBC on how we can collaborate to implement the president's agenda to support economic growth and opportunity for all Americans.''

If passed, the Financial Services Committee bill would set the stage for a full House vote as early as next week on comprehensive regulatory changes, ranging from the creation of a new consumer finance protection agency to restrictions on complex financial instruments blamed for feeding last year's panic.

In the process, some tough provisions requested by the Obama administration have been removed or weakened through exceptions. In the case of the Fed audit and the fee assessment on financial firms, however, administration officials have said the committee was too harsh. Some adjustments were still under way Tuesday, particularly aimed at toughening restrictions on derivatives trading.

Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., faced not only Republican opposition to most provisions but also had to compromise with moderate Democrats who were not eager to go as far as Obama.

“You make trade-offs,'' Frank said Tuesday. “I think our bill came out stronger than I was afraid it would given where the membership was.''

In a response to the government's rescue of the huge insurance conglomerate American International Group, the committee also planned to vote on legislation that would create an Office of Insurance Information.  It would monitor the insurance industry and determine whether and when state regulations governing the industry can be overruled.

Regulatory efforts in the Senate were moving at a slower pace.

Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, after introducing a draft piece of legislation before Thanksgiving that was panned by Republicans, has asked Democrats and Republicans on his committee to split up into issue-based groups to work out compromises.

While Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, initially aimed to have the legislation clear his committee this month, that could slip into next year.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was scheduled to testify before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday on proposals to regulate derivatives. The issue is difficult because the administration has asked for banks and hedge funds to trade these previously unregulated instruments on regulated exchanges.  A coalition of companies that use derivatives to hedge risk — not speculate — have argued for exemptions.

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., who is taking the lead on derivatives on the Senate banking panel, said he doesn't believe in spelling out a series of exceptions in the legislation.  He said regulators — the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — should decide who is exempt.

CHICAGO (AP) — Officials at a cemetery where former workers allegedly dug up graves in a scheme to resell burial plots are finding human remains in the ground when they try to bury someone else.

The discoveries are being disclosed weeks after Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip was reopened.  Officials said at a news conference Wednesday that while preparing sites for burial, workers found a human bone in a spot where they didn't know anyone was buried and twice found caskets.

And, they said, there's no indication they're finished making these discoveries.

“We are trying to give a heads-up to families that we're dealing with that this may occur again,'' said Roman Szabelski, the one-time court-appointed receiver at the historic black cemetery who is now a consultant there.  “It's going to be a day-by-day, graveby-grave situation.''

The reason, he said, is that even after months of investigating the historic black cemetery it remains impossible to find complete documentation of who was buried at the cemetery, when they were buried and exactly where.  Also, said Howard Korenthal, the cemetery's chief operating officer, officials have been unable to locate maps of the cemetery dating back to its earliest days.

Those comments echo what Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said after his department launched its massive investigation in July.

Dart repeatedly said that while authorities estimated that 300 graves were dug up, the shoddy record keeping — and in some cases records that had literally disintegrated — made it impossible to say how many corpses were dug up or the identities of all those whose remains were moved.  In fact, officials have not been able to say exactly when the cemetery opened, though some headstones date back to the late 1800s. Szabelski said he thinks the people whose remains were uncovered had been buried in the 1930s, but he said officials don't know that for sure.  He said the two caskets were closed and that there were no plans to open them.

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