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I 91 RECEIVED VOLUME 59 NUMBER 45 CAROlITM- SATtffiDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1981 Words Of Wisdom U Some folki as they grow older row wist, but most folks simply grow sf abboracr. , Josh Brings The usual pretext of those who make other unhappy is that (hey do it for their own good. Vaovenargaes DURHAM, NORTH TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS PERSPECTIVE. By Roy H. Harris QUESTION What is your opinion or reaction to the ap pointment of our first woman Supreme Court Justice , h Wera Dnji'Iiam City Council Promise Ms.Debbie Hinshaw Durham Its nice. I don't think there is anything, wrong with it. Its about time. Ms. Michelle Boyd Hillsborough I think its rather nice as. long as she's qualifield. On the other hand, it would have been better if she had been a I black woman. She would have been a double minority black and a , woman. mi bs , -v. - time., '' ' Johnny O. Alston By Donald Alderman Successful candidates in Durham City Council, elections Tuesday say they will focus on the' issues that they were elected on despite the in correct notion that the campaign, was without issues. On a day when black and liberal turnout was heavier in precincts they control than the conser vative turnout in mostly white precincts, five pf the six winners received endorsements from the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black Peo ple and the Durham Voters Alliance. Although the en dorsements were influen cial, successful can didates said the vote reflected very much the dissatisfaction of voters In the present ad ministration. They cited isolated leadership, partial . representation, declining race relations and poor housing conditions as the issues of the campaign and the reason voters opted for a change. In the at-large race, where six candidates ran for three seats, two blacks and one white white woman were suc cessful. Maceo K. Sloan, an attorney, law pro fessor' and insurance ex- ecutive, Jed the field with 8,536 votesT. Ms. Jai rr- . Women Voters .lobbyist, defeated Stewart ?te. Pickett, Jr., an at-large. conservative, incumbent; who chose to run for fhci Ward 5 seat. ;? AH successful can didates saw a decline in relations between blacks and whites and business and non-businesV elements of the city; They all view human relations, housing and increasing the city's . tax base as the major pro blems to be dealt with by the council. Ms. Davis is the only winner who did not have the backing - of ihe , Durham Committee. She describes herself as. Can'' "optimistic realist'. whovV , is "distressed that race relations have broken, down in recent .years' She favors "adequate" representation, of all citizens on council appointed boards. v';. 4 Hunt and Sloan received the end6rsemem of Voters for Durham's Future, a business oriented group, as well as that of the Durham Committee. Jenkins, Mrs. Kerckhoff and Campbell received the support of the Durham Committee. Ms. Davis also received VDF's sup port. The three at-large win-"" ners, Jenkins, SJoan and Ms, Davis, view the Sensitivity F-rv ..vn a y. Reps IB'" " v ) f" '-i Mr. and Ms. Alumni Reginald Boone (District of Columbia Chapter) and Ms. Evelyn L. Fennell (Philadelphia Chapter) were crowned Mr. and Ms. NCCU Alumni for 1981-82 during halftime ceremonies during Satur day's Homecoming festivities. "Struggle Is Economic" Marion Barry Tells Rally Crowd Charlotte I think its a start and an example for women can do. Since, we a really fighting for ERA, it shows they are concerned. a student of history, it was of historic impor tance to me. I'm just sit ting back anticipating how it will change the at titude of the Supreme Court. ,55$ voter MnSf decline -hunnta :: ...... 7g "? :. ;:c L. ".ra iled in mass Sunday at Dr. Lavonia A lison, as Charles Markham New Durham Mayor By Donald Alderman Charles Markham, promising to represent all the people, defeated incumbent mayor, Harry Rodcnhizer, in Durham's municipal elections Tuesday 7,799-6,825. reflecting a liberal swing in the weight of political en dorsements in the city from the past two ycai s. . Markhanv a law pro fessor at North Carolina Central University, roll ed inio office behind (he endorsements of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black Peo ple, the Durham Voters Alliance and the Political Action Committee on Education- a marked contrast from the weight those groups carried in 1979 elections. In 1979, no one en dorsed by the Durham Com mil lee won a seal on the council. Instead all seven candidates who received support from the conservative, business-oriented Voters for Durham's Future swept the elections. Markham soundly beat Rodcnhizer in the mostly black precincts and made strong show ings in low and middle income white precincts to oust the incumbent from office. With sunny skies and temperatures in the mid seventies, 34.9 per cent of the city's registered voters turned out. Moreover, the black tur nout in the seven black majority precincts was! Authority commissioner, and Chester L. Jenkins, a market analyst, were the other winners with 7,206 and 6,713 votes, respectively. Ms. Judy Harward, a conservative at-large council incumbent who chose to run for the Ward I seat this year, was defeated by Tom Campbell, book store operator,' 7,382-6,746. In Ward 3, eight-year incumbent Ralph Hunt, defeated NCCU. student 42.1 per cent or nearly! Joseph C. Spaulding by ten per cent more than a 5-1 margin, 10,157 to the city at large. 2,099. Rodenhj.er farcdwell in Ward 5, Mrs. Sylvia among the city's conser-, Kerckhoff, a League of vative and wealthy fac tions, but was unable to overcome severely damaging defeats in black precincts and the . general across-the-board support for Markham. In the Burton School precinct, for example, the vote was 724-42, and at Shepard High the vote was 509-19. In most white precincts, Markham gained more support than Rodcnhizer did in the mostly black precincts. , Although the mayoral race did not feature heated debates, the con test did warm up in the . final stages as Markham repeatedly attacked the incumbent 's leadership abilities. After the elections, Markham said the vote evidenced voter dissatisfaction in ihe in cumbent. He said Rodcnhizer did not seek to incooperalc the total community into his pro grams.bul chose instead to work only with the "pro-development "cro wd. He said, however, he will seek the incumbents support. Precinct breakdowns indicate that Markham's victory was due to widespead appcal among many segments of the ci- 'y- ing conditions as press ing concerns. All agree that the city will progress very little without first improving relations, creating more harmony within the community. Jenkins said, "If we could get the racial over tones out of .the issues, a lot of our problems would be solved." Campbell voiced similar sentiments: "Racial decisions have been a negative influence on the city's growth. People need to be more conciliatory and sensitive to others." Campbell is also (Continued On Page 2) rallied in mass Sunday Russell Memoriaf CMF Church, mounting a last minute effort to en courage blacks to vote in Tuesday's municipal election. The effort paid off as all but one candidate en dorsed by the Durham Committee on the Af fairs of Black People -won a council seat. The , occasion's tone was strictly political as speaker after speaker ad dressed the need for blacks to vote and of the influence blacks can mass politically. Former U.S. Attorney H.M.; "Mickey" Michaux was introduced The blacV "mavor of . He also reminded the Lavonia Allison, as said, "I'll be glad to gle is economic as well as come back to Durham to an unannounced can didate" for Congress. Michaux, while not of ficially announcing his candidacy, has hinted on several occasions that he is considering running for the second congres sional district seat now held by Ike Andrews. greet a black mayor," to applause from the au dience. Before coming to Durham, Barry was busy lobbying against a tui tion tax credit referen dum before Washington voters. Voters defeated Making a special com- the measure by an over- mitment to support whelming majority Tues- i 1 III 1J. II I .11.. Il--.llll.ll Jll Jill Jll I JH U ill . lillll U.i . Mil HI IIIIM. I II llll LI 1 II I J II. j . t f fl ' ' ' i r i. v V1 V Q council hopetuls was Marion S. Barry, Jr., mayor of Washington, D.C. Noting the visit in terrupted a busy schedule, Barry express ed the need for blacks to make sacrifices for each other. "If ever we needed each other, its now. If ever we needed four blacks on the council, its now. . . .We'll go anywhere for black peo- day that Barry said would "further erode public education and equal opportunity." "I come in a time, when as never before, black people need help. Some of us are doing good individually, but collectively we are cat ching hell." Barry reminded Ihe crowd that "voting does matter. Politicians decide everything we do" evervday." political. While blacks have gained elected and appointed political of fices, the number of black owned businesses has not significantly in creased, he said. Barry said blacks need to think in terms of money and business ownership. He said blacks should not only concern themselves with where they will sit on a bus or be able to eat in a : . cafe, but blacks should also seek to own the bus or cafe. Receiving a special round of applause was Willie l.ovett, chairman of the Durham Commit tee on the Affairs of Black People. Lovett is recovering from heart surgery performed recent lv. Dr. Green Elected To Henderson Council Caucus Charges Reagan's Hatian Refugee Policy Bias 3013 Cornered and Captured NEW YORK Nat Burns, 36, also known as Nathaniel Williams, of New Orleans, La., is led from the police station in Queens to be booked after he was captured in a shootout with police. Burns, and another man, identified as Sam Smith, who was killed, were cornered in a dingy construction yard after a dramatic chase through Queens. The gunmen were believed involved in the $1.6 million Brink's robbcrv carried out h members of the Weather Underground. UP! Photo HENDERSON Dr. James P. Green became l he first black to be elected to the Henderson City Council in a runoff election Tuesday. Green, running for one of two Ward 1 seals, soundly defeated incum bent W.D. Champion 1.215-835. In the Oc tober 6 elections. Green placed second in the five man Ward 1 race, leading Champion by only 79 voles, so the in cumbent called for a runoff. In Henderson's municipal election, voters elect two represen tatives for each of the ci ty's four wards to four year terms. The other seven councilmen were, elected October 6, re quiring no runoff. In . statements to reporters after the elec tion, Green said the vic tory "culminated twenty years of struggle and per sistence by the black community," When black leaders formed the Voters League in 1960, Green said, only 800 blacks Ml DR. (iRKKN were registered to vote in Vance County. By 1964. the number had risen to 4,400 and has steadily grown since. During that time, however, many blacks including Dr. Green at tempted unsuccessfully to represent the black community in Hender son's ' mayoral-council form of government. "This victory represents a long uphill battle by the black com munity," Green said. An advocate for better housing. Green recently announced the construc tion of a subsidized apartment complex that will greatly benefit the ci ty's low -income residents, (iioundbrcak ing ceremonies were held in August for the fifty unit complex named Green Acres Apart ments. Green attributed his victory to strong support from I lie black com munity and a campaign ' team that "worked very diligently." The cam paign team, headed by Attorney J. Henry Banks, mounted last minute efforts of door-to-door campaigning which provided the large margin of victory. "I want to thank the black citizens because they came out in unusually large numbers and were especially dedicated in their sup port." Green said. He also thanked white sup porters for voting "on the basis of. qualifica tions." ' . ' In the task that lies ahead. Green said: "I anticipate 'he next four (Continu On Page 2)
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