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Black Panther Party — Part 14
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in January of 1974, have continued to operate that ambulance
service on on erratic «nd sometime limited brsis since thet
time. The cmbulance itself, in theory, operctes 24 hours a
oy, 7 devs o veek, ond is disnntched through the Forsyth
County Centre? Dispatch Office which -lso controys the
Cevnlt epercted cmoulonce service. The BPP ambulance
cha arges no fee but will accept a donation from enyone that
mial- wel nAeA wt Ver 22. than bhinatle section = m&E
it PLCKS up ang opera tes pr imar Liy LLL LEC WLcilsE VvOoOLLELULIO i
Winston-Salem, Worth Carolina. VU
The ombulance progzen initially organized and
established by. HELSOU HALIOY, JR.e, who is Tit tler herd of
the Dleck: Penther Peorty, is continued te be directed by
iLA\LLOY who supervises all the anbulence work snd neinteins
Grivers and technicicns, Obteining necessary manpower has
“continued to be a problem for the BPP as a driver end :
.
technicicn is recul rol in the ambulance at all times: hot Woyar
a ee er RA et ew wie he De kw hhh ee ae ee ae a nd i a be ELE gy 4 erie ig
individuels willing to donate their time to the ambulance
service without pay are extremely limited and the result hes
been thet c few indivicurls oper-te long hours in order to
maintain the service. iWALLOY often functions as e driver
ox Lechricicon ond relieves other BPP members who also function
in qual roles in order to keep the ombulance service seing. 1}
In addition to lack of manpower, the Free Ambulance
rvice also suffers from a severe Inck of funds cue to
decreased scle in the BPP newspaper «s well as a lessening
in donations and due to the fact that LARRY LITITE, le: ‘der
of the SPP, continued through tie reporting period te support
the Jo Am Little Hovement and had little interest in the rv)
Free fminvlones Service.
During the reporting period, the ambulonce servicer
wos often crounded due to mechanical £frilures ond Ieck of
funds in orcer ko motte necessery repcirs and also on one
ecersion eos srounded dve to the fact the BPP had fciled to
mole necessaxvy insurance pcyments on the vehicle, /lthourn
limitec funcs vere furnished by the National Episcon:n] Church
of New You:, ew Yori, tnese funds have been conleted ne
Fenther members cantinvue to see donctions from cree chyiches,
businesses cnd community leacers, The Pree smbulconee Service
also obtcins con-tions from individurls thet the anbulrnee ;:
transports to and from local hospitals,
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