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Page 10-B The Carolina Review TABLED . . .In recent weeks, there has been slight ly more attention focused an North Carolina’s death penal ty law because of a bill in troduced in Raleigh by Sen. Bob Davis, D-Rowan. Sot. Davis’ bill would change North Carolina’s method of execution from the gas chamber to intravenous injec tion. Hie injection, basically a solution of sodium penethol, would painlessly put the con demned person “to sleep.’’ In very simple, unexploitive terms, the change makes sense. Objections have arisen, however, from some op ponents of the death penalty who want the method of ex ecution to remain “as ugly as _ possible.” The ugliness could keep the number of execu tions at a minimum, op ponents hope, and maybe even give rise to a public out cry for repeal of the death penalty. Last week, freshman Sen. William N. Martin, D- Guilford, decided not to wait for that hoped for public out cry, and introduced a Senate bill that would have repealed the death penalty in North Carolina. Se. Ollie Harris, D- Cleveland, in a seldom used point of parliamentary pro cedure, immediately called for a Senate vote to table (kill) Martin’s bill. Normally a bill is first referred to com mittee for study before any final action is taken. Still, Harris’ action was well within parliamentary bounds. The Senate voted, 24 to 19, KELVNATOR \ EDENTON FURNITURE COMPANY 1 I NOW OFFERS I I KeiMr MaUr MpUaees at I 1 wnijfflmro! | LOOK ATTHESE OPENING-MONTH "SPECIALS"! WHILE THEY LAST...DONT MISS THESE BARGAINS \ REC3O4R 17 Cu. 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Martin is the only black member of the North Carolina Senate body. Since propor tionately more blacks in the past have been sentenced to the death penalty, it is sug gested (perhaps rightly) that proportionately more blacks disfavor the death penalty. After the tabling motion and successful vote, Sen. Russell Walker, D-Randall, the state chairman of the North Carolina Democratic g arty, called for a short recess to allow the Democratic membership to caucus. In the caucus, Walker call ed his fellow senators onto the carpet over the action against Martin’s bill, and told them the vote was a “direct slap” against the black voters of the state. During his several minute harangue, Walker singularly connected the Mar tin bill and black voters, reported calling the bill’s defeat “a disgrace.” Walker wanted the tabling motion reversed. Harris responded. “This isn’t a black-white issue,” the senator said, “this is a moral issue.” The tabling motion stood. jjL \ mKjjs. •' *■ JMn DEAF AWARENESS WEEK—Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., has proclaimed May 1-8, as Deaf Awareness Week ip North Carolina. In his proclamation the governor stated that this special observance is designed to inform the citizens of the state about the problems of hearing and speech defects and of local sources of help. An estimated 600,000 North Carolinians suffer from some form of bearing or speech defects, many of which could be prevented by early immunization, detection, and treatment. The star nearest to earth is four light yean away; that's 25 trillion miles. THE CHOWAN HERALD Letter To The Chowan Herald Editor I To the Editor: ■'*■**’s t I am writing this letter in resoonse to the recent adver m waa wear • aw w tisements placed in most of North Carolina’s newspapers by the Helms for Senate Com mittee. I am also writing in the Interest of accuracy and truthfulness about the pur poses and goals ot the North Carolina Campaign Fund., We are now a full eighteen months away from the November, 1984 election, but deceitful political adver tisements are already begin ning to appear as Senator Helms and his Congressional Club gird for 1984. The hand writing is not only on the wall, it is also on the radio and in the newspapers, in die form of thousands of dollars already spent-on negative adver tisements against our Gover nor and the Democratic Par ty. The Helms for Senate Committee has started holding “news conferences” to peddle their distortions, in nuendos, and untruths, no doubt in the cynical hope and expectation that the truth will fail to catch up with the falsehood. For example, a spokesman for the Helms Committee reported the “news” that it was costing the taxpayers 866,000a year for me to teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The truth is that the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation provid ed a foundation grant to en dow the professorship I hold. Furthermore, my activity with the North Carolina Cam paign Fund has not taken one minute away from my - - - W . ■ -> - - rwynuiMUtte as a teacher. Involvement in the process of politics and government is a duty of every North Caroli nian. If I were interested on ly in a place on die public payroll, I would not have resigned a lifetime appoint ment as a federal judge to run for public office in 1964. The Congressional Chib and the Helms for Senate Com mittee denied that they plan to spend millions of dollars in out-of-state political contribu tions on their 1984 re-election . campaign. The truth is that Senator Helms and his Club raised over $7 million in 1977-78 to run against an oppo nent who spent less than 8250,000. They raised over 89.7 million in 1961-82. The truth is that since 1977, the Helms political money machine has raised and spent over 818 million in its efforts to make the baneful influence of the CHOWAN BEACH...NEW LISTING! ON OKISCO TRAIL — 100’ x 120’ lot, 3 bedrooms, bath and IteMSHgL kitchen/family room combination. Hr plus screened-in side porch, oil-fired * wall furnace, on County water I ~,, system, includes refrigerator, range , washer & window air-conditioning! CAPE COLONY... .NEW LISTING! stora k e outbuilding. H REALTY COMPANY II if you have property to sell or lease ... if you have rental IV property you want managed ... or if you want to buy a II home, commercial property or farmland ... CONTACT H ME DAY OR NIGHT! Prompt, efficient, thorough, h professional service! 211 $. BROAD STREET PHONE: OFFICE 482-3419 EDENTON. N. C. 27932 HOME 482*387? I (Located With Edenton Furniture Co.) _ H 821 Cabarrus Street S *-»>*£ ‘*v\. J < . 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If that richest of all political money machines intends to act any differently in 1984, why did it promptly and flat ly turn down our committee’s offer to cease raising out-of state campaign funds if they would do the same? The North Carolina Cam paign Fund would prefer not to solicit any out-of-state political contributions. We have no chpice, however, if we are going to be able to compete and to marshal the financial resources that will be necessary to tell the truth. We stand for quality in the political life of our state, for educational and economic op portunity for all the people, for fair play, and for simple decency and honesty. Our committee is determined that the state not lose to (bp kind Thursday,May5, 1983 of leadership offered by those whose only rdal political ex perience has been in appeal ing to prejudice, fear a HmSjfc norance, instead of to oitr ter instincts. Sincerely, L. Richardson Preyer Chairman Leonardo Da Vied wa» laftv handed and ha often wrote backward*. 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