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Giuliani, Dinkins March, Snipe By Richard Pyie YORK (AP) — Mayor David Dinkins called challenger Rudolph jiiliani "despicable" and Giuliani accused his rival of appeasing! ijjinals as the two candidates marched in the annual Columbus Day | l^e backing off somewhat from earlier criticism of Dinkins fori lowing black MuSim preacher Louis Farrakhan to rent city-owned I Stadium, Giuliani said Dinkins had "sent the wrong signal" to loever was responsible for the murder of a police officer in fashington Heights. I for his part, Dinkins said the Republican-Liberal contender displayed! jtspicable behavior" by trying to exploit the cop’s death for politic^ jin. "To suggest the city is knuckling under to lawless elements is nccurate and harmful to the city," he spid. fusing Officer John Williamson, 25, was fatally injured when he was j by a bucket of plaster tossed from a six-story rooftop during a isturbance triggered by a city-run car towing operation. Giuliani told a sidewalk news conference that by suspending the towing -eration after the murder, Dinkins was "caving in to die mob." "The has done that too often. To have that happen again would be a „gic mistake," he said. "You don’t back down in the face of lawless (tivity and you don’t cave in to a mob. What kind of signal is that to jnd?" The political sniping enlivened a traditional Gotham celebration lit appeared otherwise to have lost some of its pizazz. Despite bright, chilly weather, crowds were notably sparse along the; 0l6, and by the time Giuliani reached the reviewing stand on upper ifth Avenue, Dinkins was long gone and the seats were virtually empty. Giuliani marched behind a 30-piece Police Department band that did Billing to dispel his image as the law-and-order candidate in the Nov. 2 lection. Some spectators applauded the police, in a show of support for the jjpartment battered recently by public hearings on corruption. 'Men in blue, we love you," chanted one woman as officers marched ast Some officers also managed to let Giuliani know they supported him. One flashed his uniform lapel to reveal a Giuliani campaign button on the nderside. Another, throwing a salute, had one fastened to the palm of is white glove. While campaigning Giuliani had said that as mayor, he 'would have inied a Yankee Stadium rally permit to Farrakhan because of the linister’s history of anti-Semitic attacks. After Dinkins retorted that the city was obligated to comply under the jht of equal access and free speech, Giuliani modified his criticism, aying the city had "facilitated" Fanakhan’s request. 'They gave him the keys and the contract," he said. iefore the parade, Dinkins said Giuliani knew that the controversial linister had spoken before in New York, using public facilities. ■(Former mayor) Ed Koch could not deny it to him then, and I cannot oso now," Dinkins said. , Dinkins said recent polls, showing him regaining an edge over Giuliani 1 ihe tight mayoral race, were proof that polls can change. 'So Rudy, don’t get so desperate. Don’t tear our city asunder in the jiocess," he said. Cristyne Lategano, Guiliani’s press secretary, denied that Giuliani had sfienM his position on Farrakhan’s rally. She said he had expanded on his earlier criticism by saying the city- adium contract should be examined to see whether it provided grounds lot denying the permit. The question is, when you take $140,000 for renting a space, does it iill under the same guidelines as going to the city for a permit to give a on a street comer?" she said. Tar Heel basketball coach Dean Smith presents Natasha Elyse Martin with a certificate during the Davie Poplar Ceremony at the University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Bicentennial Observance Tuesday, October 12. Natasha Elyse Martin received art seedling oi’ the Davie Poplar tree, a famous campus landmark, to take home and plant in Durham County. She attends Githens Middle School. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Funds Two Scholarships In Name of Margaret and Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. WINSTON-SALEM — Working with the North Carolina NAACP, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company has funded two $1,000 scholarships in the names of Margaret and Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. At the time of his death in April of 1985, Kelly Alexander was the chairman of the national board of lirectors of the NAACP. Margaret Alexander, his widow, has remained active with the NAACP, recently serving as chairperson, of the 50th Anniversary Special Observance Committee. "I am deeply touched that my name is included with my late husband’s and consider this one of the greatest honors ever bestowed upon me,” said Alexander. "The establishment of these scholarships in the names of Kelly and Margaret Alexander is just a small token of the love and respect ' we have for their many years of selfless devotion to the NAACP," said Ben Ruffin, vice president of Corporate Affairs for RJR. Tie Of Eye Contact. Cognac. LXrt De Mhiiiiell. High school students who are youth members of the NAACP can apply for the two college scholarships. Eligibility requirements for high school seniors include: * a grade point average of 2.5 oi better; intent to enroll as a full-time student at a two- or four-year accredited college or university, or a skills-ttaining institute; and, youth membership in the NAACP The scholarships, to be awarded February 6, , 1994, will be paid directly to the school when student enrollment is verified. Scholarship applications are available at the North Carolina NAACP Office, P, O. Box 20547, Greensboro, NC 27420-0547 and through high school guidance counselors. The application deadline is January 14,1994. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23,1993—THE CAROLINA T»«ES-13 NAACP Leader Looks Back On First Six Months BALTIMORE (AP) — Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. has caught the eye of corporate America during his first six months as head of the NAACP with a hard ball approach to companies that stumble on race relations. Chavis moved in quickly seeking agreements improving economic opportunities for blacks when the Denny’s restaurant chain was hit by chmges of bias and an offensive cartoon showed up in an AT&T magazine. , _; : "I’m not into hollow threats. I think those are counterproductive," Chavis, 45, said as he reflected on his first half-year on the job. :.;. "We want to get beyond ‘incidents’ to the larger question of die systemic relationship between corporations and the African-American community." Chavis’ tactics have won him a lot of phaise, but there are those who fear the agreements may damage the credibility of the organization, especially if the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People benefits directly from those agreements. "Overall, Ben Chavis gets high marks," said Ronald Walters, a Howard University political scientist. "But you can’t raise money from corporations and at the same time hold them accountable. Let’s imagine AT&T had given the NAACP $300,000. Would they still have been at the table? I’d prefer to see the NAACP really ratchet up its membiCTship to pay for what it needs to do." One of Chavis’ goals has been to improve the financial condition of the NAACP, which depends heavily on a loose network of 2,200 local branches staffed almost exclusively by volunteers. He launched the NAACP’s first endowment drive in July with a $2 million gift from the late Reginald. F. Lewis, America’s richest black businessman. So far, $3.1 million has been raised toward a goal of $100 million, Chavis said. Another goal was to rebuild membership, and Chavis said he has had some succesj. Membership has grown to more than 600,000, an increase of about 110,000 since he took office. But he has risked alienating the NAACP’s core membership of middle- class Christians with moves such as his appearance with Louis T. Farrakhan, the black separatist leader of the Nation of Islam whose anti- Semitism has kept him out of the civil rights mainstream. Chavis said the appearance was not an endorsement of Farrakhan ’ s views. "I believe Minister Louis Farrakhan is an important leader within the African American community. To deny the presence of his leadership would be a mistake," he said. r. 1 Lonnie D. Hammond 682-3044 Janet O. Hammond 682-3044 Hammond & Hammond Bail & Bond Consultants Don'tWorry— Be Happy Clarence 0. Rains Princess C. 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