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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1993 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913
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IT&T Exec Meets With NAACP
fo Repair Damage Of Cartoon
By David Heinzmann
LTIMORE (AP) - AT&T
it plans further discussion on
rity hiring following a meeting
NAACP officials regarding a
lly insensitive cartoon in an
oyee newsletter.
; chaiiman of the New Jersey-
j telecommunications giant
Monday with the head of the
's largest civil rights group to
ss the cartoon and the
iversy it spurred.
September issue of AT&T
a magazine for employees
the New York-based
jmmunications company,
Jed a cartoon showing
:ters from several continents
ig with each other by
lone. All of the characters
humans except for the one
ng on Africa, which was an
le cartoon produced angry
lions from black employees.
North Carolina NAACP and
rights advocates,
(oductions of the cartoon were
ted in the news media, giving
incident national attention,
le two-hour meeting Monday
not produce an agreement,
jugh it caused some confusion.
NAACP called a news
(erence for Executive Director
jamin F. Chavis and AT&T
iman Robert Allen to announce
agreement. But the meeting
1C up early. Allen left before the
,ACP could have its news
[erence, and there was no
cnient to announce,
en met Chavis at the civil
s organization’s Baltimore
jqnarters to'hash out a way for
telecommunications giant to
iir its relationship with blacks
tnded by the cartoon that
■esented African people with a
ring of an ape.
AACP spokesman Don Rojas
billed the meeting between
1 and Chavis as "negotiations"
said they were planning to
junce an agreement with the
ipany by noon Monday. But the
cuncemcnt from the National
ociation for the Advancement
owell: Role
lodel On
fashion
But
Vo Politics
By Susanne M. Schafer
iiASfflNGTON (AP) — Gen.
ilin Powell was in very good
irils as he prepared to retire as
lirnian of the Joint Chiefs of
Iff.
Ippearing before the National
® Club, Powell related how
5ser Arafat, the chairman of the
Itstine Liberation Organization,
s asked by a reporter why he’d
M to the White House in a
lartly tailored uniform" during
signing of the Mideast peace
»rd.
And he remarked, ‘Why not?
airman Powell wears a
iomi,”’ Powell said, standing
lin his dark olive green uniform,
IS and medals glinting in the
wision lights just two days
ore his retirement last Thursday.
So even in my declining days 1
i inyself a fashion role model,"
general quipped to laughter and
ilause.
le general also had a quip ready
M the demise of communism
I the transformation of former
*iet President Mikhail
'bachev.
• discover that, among other
egs, he has become an
'ironmentalist, and he is setting
bis office at a United States
®y base, in the Presidio in San
“khco. Is this a great world or
Powell asked, joining the
Jience in a robust laugh,
iot on the one question most
®Plewant to know — will he run
'public office? — Powell was as
It-lipped as ever.
of Colored People was postponed
twice Monday and finally canceled.
NAACP official Anthony
Wainwright said the civil rights
organization might have an
announcement Tuesday.
AT&T issued a statement late
Monday afternoon promising future
discussions on promoting minority
hiring.
AT&T Spokesman Herb Linnen
said the company did not know that
Chavis had called a news
conference for the meeting. Allen
left NAACP headquarters shortly
before noon and the news
conference was canceled. Rojas
apologized to the, media for
canceling the news conference.
However, Chavis then appeared
and made a brief statement.
AT&T management sent an
electronic mail message to AT&T
employees about 1 p.m.,
announcing the termination of the
magazine AT&T Focus, in which
the cartoon appeared.
Linnen said the company had
been considering dumping the
magazine for months, but the
cartoon incident was the final blow.
The electronic message said the
cartoon was a "result of a serious
breakdown in editorial
procedures...There is no excuse for
it."
Two Durhamites Honored
National Medal of Arts to
Ray Charles, Cab Calloway
By Nita Lelyveld
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Bandleader Cab Calloway, singer
Ray Charles and film director Billy
Wilder are among 13 Americans
President Clinton will honor for
their contributions to the arts, the
White House announced Monday.
Other recipients of the 1993
National Medal of Arts include arts
patrons Walter and Leonore
Annenberg, poet Stanley Kunitz,
folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes,
writer William Styron, playwright
Arthur Miller, baritone Robert
Merrill, artist Robert
Rauschenberg', dancer-
choreographer Paul Taylor and
theatrical director Lloyd Richards.
The medal winners were guests
of honor at the White House OcL 7,
along with five recipients of the
Charles Frankel Prize for their
contribution to the humanities.
Those prize winners are
anthropologist Richard E. Alegria
of San Juan, Puerto Rico) historian
John Hope Franklin of Durham;
former University of Chic'ago
President Hanna Holbom Gray;
philanthropist Andrew Heiskell of
New York, and author and historian
Laurel T. Ulrich of Durham.
The arts medal was authorized by
Congress in 1984. The Nationi
Endowment for the Arts collects
nominations each year, which are
Prosecutor: State Seeks Death
Penalty In Jordan Case
By Paul Nowell
LUMBERTON (AP) — The state
plans to seek the death penalty
against two Robeson County teen
agers charged with killing the
father of NBA superstar Michael
Jordan in July, a prosecutor said
Tuesday.
District Attorney Richard
Townsend made the disclosure in
response to a motion by Hugh
Rogers, the attorney for defendant
Larry Martin Demery, during a
hearing in Robeson County
Superior Court.
"1 need to know if my client is on
trial for his life," Rogers said in
arguing for the motion.
Townsend responded: "At this
time the state plans to seek the
death penalty against both
defendants." The prosecutor said
there were "aggravating factors"
that warrant making it a capital
case.
Demery, 18, of Rowland, and
Daniel Andre Green, 18, of
Lumberton, showed no emotion
when Townsend spoke. Neither did
members of their families who
attended the two-hour hearing
before Superior Court Judge Jack
Hooks.
Meanwhile, defense attorneys
urged Hooks to bar law
enforcement officers from talking
about the case to the media.
"This is not a restraint on the
press but a restraint on law
enforcement officials from making
extra-judicial statements," said
public defender Angus Thompson,
who represents Green.
CONTESTANTS, PARENTS, LT. STEVE CHALMERS, DPD, ERNEST MANGUM, DHA, AND MS.
RAISSE PHILLIPS, VISTA, at the DHA Oratorical Contest. (Photo by Trent)
then reviewed by its National
Council of the Arts.
Recommendations are sent to the
president, who makes the final
choices.
Each winner receives a sterling
silver medal designed by sculptor
Robert Graham of Los Angeles.
The humanities prize, now in its
fifth year, honors citizens who
enrich the nation through their
scholarship, writing and academi
or philanthropic leadership. They
were chosen by the chairman of the
National Endowment for the
Humanities, Sheldon Hackney,
from recommendations made by
the National Council on the
Humanities.
Winners receive a trophy and a
$5,000 stipend.
The awards ceremony is part of a
series of events in October
organized to mark National Arts
and Humanities Month.
In declaring the theme for the
month, Clinton said, "Let us reflect
on the breadth of artistic and
humanistic endeavors that blossom
freely across our nation, and let us
rejoice in the eloquence and
meaning they give to our ideas,
hopes and dreams as American
citizens." Thursday’s events at the
White House included an afternoon
awards ceremony and dinner for
the prize winners.
ORATORICAL CONTEST JUDGES (left to right) are: Sgt. Sonny Harris, Ms. Nancy Love, Michael
Page and Ms. Teresa Clark. (Photo by Trent)
DHA Oratorical Contest Held
Another defense motion, which
did not come up at Tuesday’s
hearing, would bar the media from
some evidentiary hearings.
Hooks said he hoped to rule on
the defense request for a gag order
on law enforcement officials by
Wednesday.
Demery and Green each are
charged with first-degree murder,
armed robbery and conspiracy to
commit armed robbery.
They are charged with killing
James Jordan in his car on July 23
along U.S. 74 near the intersection
of Interstate 95.
The elder Jordan, whose son
plays for the Chicago Bulls, was
slain as he napped in his car on the
roadside, authorities said.
His body was found in a South
Carolina creek Aug. 3 by a
fisherman and was identified using
dental records on Aug. 13.
Green and Demery arrived at the
courthouse at 9 a.m. in a van,
accompanied by sheriffs deputies.
Unlike their first court appearance,
there was not a large crowd of
onlookers.
Inside the courtroom, two
deputies kept watch as the
defendants sat next to their
attorneys.
Neither defendant has entered a
formal plea, but both have
maintained their innocence,
In seeking the gag order, Rogers
said Demery Md Green were
taking a "pounding and bashing"
from law enforcement , officials in
their comments to diemedia.
By Ray Trent
On September 29, the Durham Housing Authority
held its annual oratorical contest for teen residents.
The five young ladies who participated — in the
words of Executive Director James Tabron — were
attractive, intelligent and informed.
The first speaker was Una Bronson from
McDougald Terrace who is a diabetic. Una told of
her life coping with juvenile diabetes and how a
proper lifestyle will allow one to live a normal life
with self-administered insulin and blood testing. Una
used a chart to show the proper daily regimen a
diabetic must maintain to stay healthy and normal.
Second, Nicosia Marshall of Oxford Manor took
the subject of battered women and talked about how
it usually starts early in the marriage,or relationship.
Violence can be sexual, verbal or physical, she said.
Nicosia explained the three stages of the cycle of
violence and that 30% of women admitted to
hospitals are admitted because of abuse.
Third, Monica Riggins of McDougald Terrace took
1 subject that devastates a lot of teens — dropping out
of school. Monica said that the most popular excuses
are tliat school is boring, friends are topping out,
school won’t help me in life. Dropouts are usually
destined for failure, she said. Monica encouraged the
many parents present to become involved in a child’s
education and give support from the beginning.
Juync Sin.mons of Fayetteville Street spoke on a
subject most don’t want to talk about — forcible rape
and how it can happen to anyone and anywhere. No
one is exempt from it and the rate is rising fasL Juyne
gave ten warning signs that can alert you. She
explained the places to go for help ana to overcome if
you have been-violated.
Last was Heather Johnson of the Bluefield
Community who spoke on the controversial subject
of AIDS tliat rose from its first case to 270,000 in ten
years and affects all races, religions and social suata.
Heather encourages international enforcement for this
epidemic that is growing so rapidly. She told of the
ways k) contract AIDS through sex, drugs and
untested blood transfusions. Heather ended by saying
that AIDS is the coneem of all of us and will bring an
end to the social lifestyle known as the sexual
revolution.
All five young ladies were aided by Ken Wesson
who place their charts for them.
The hardest part in the contest was by the judging
by Sgt. Sonny Harris of the Durham Police
Deparunent, Nancy Love, Project HOPE; Michael
Page, Durham Coiition on Chemical Dependency;
and Theresa Clark, 4-H Extension Agent. The judges
pondered, sighed and took a long time because the
scores w'ore so very close.
The outcome was 4th runner-up, Una Bronson; 3rd
runner-up, Juyne Simmons, 2nd runner-up, Monica
Riggins; 1st runner-up, Nicosia Marshall; and first
place, Hetuher Johnson.
All of the speakers were winners and represented
their communities well and, with a family member,
will be taken out to dinner by the DHA. Each will
also receive a special gift from The Carolina Times.
Those meriting special thanks were the VISTA
Volunteers, Durham Police Department and Ms,
Mary Reid, who prepared delicious refreshments.
Supreme Court Clears Way For New Trial
In 1963 Medgar Evers Murder
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court cleared the way
Monday for an avowed white
supremacist’s third trial in the 1963
murder in Mississippi of civil rights
leader Medgar Evers.
The court, without comment,
turned away Byron De La
Beckwith’s arguments that forcing
him to stand trial again violates his
constitutional rights.
Evers, field secretary for the
Mississippi chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, was fatally shot
outside his home in Jackson on
June 12, 1963. Beckwith was
arreted 11 days later and charged
with murder.
But two all-white juries failed to
reach verdicts in a pair of 1964
trials, and in 1969 prosecutors said
they did not plan a new riial.
However, Beckwith’s case was
reopened in 1990 amid allegations
ot jury and evidence tampering in
the two 1964 trials that had ended
in hung juries.
In the appeal acted on Monday,
Beckwith, 72, argued that retrying
him would violate his constitutional
protection against double jeopardy.
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