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National, state and local
Muslim leader registers t
CHICAGO -- Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Rev.
Jesse L. Jackson, accompanied by a group of politicians
and high-level supporters, strode to a special registration
table at the Chicago Board of Elections Commissioners
recently. There, the Islamic leader, his wife and family
members registered to vote for the first time in their lives.
What has been hailed as a historic moment in
Chicago's history was witnessed by prominent politicians
from across the state of Illinois.
Jackson, a Democratic presidential candidate, said
after Farrakhan and his wife registered: "This coming
together today of a broad cross-section of citizens ...
represents a revival of hope; it represents redemption,
Hunt approves state affii
RALEIGH - Gov. Jim Hunt^hav ^^jfcied.$xecMlive
order last week approving the state's Affirmative Action
Program and requiring all cabinet departments to carry
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tunity for all citizens.
"State government has a special responsibility to ensure
equal opportunity for men and women, blacks and
whites, Indians, the handicapped -- all our citizens," said
Hunt. "We cannot and we will not be a land of true op.
portunity until we are known as the land of equal opportunity.
"That's why I am approving this comprehensive state
Affirmative Action Program and requiring all of my
cabinet departments to abide by it."
^ The program, which was adopted by the State Personnel
Commission, requires all cabinet department chiefs
to:
Court rules for UNC in
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld
last week a settlement between the University of North
Carolina and the Reagan administration. The court's
decision ends a 13-year-old desegregation battle.
The court let stand a 6-5 ruling last year by a federal
appeals court in Washington that allowed states failing to
comply with desegregation orders to take their cases to
federal courts in their states. The Legal Defense Fund, a
civil rights organization, had asked the Supreme Court to
overturn the appeals court decision.
Joseph Levin, UNC's lawyer in Washington, said the
high cotirt'y ruiing"inEam"TtmTTectecaLcourts-JW4lljwi J>e
running state schools.
Last year, a U.S. District Court judge ordered public
colleges and universities in nine states, including North
Carolina, to meet a September deadline for showing that
Fire Prevention
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By THOMAS FLYNN
Syndicated Columnist
Here's a new angle on the smoking-and-health controversy:
Did you know that careless smoking is one of the leading
k causes of residential fires in the United States? Or that
smoking fires claim more than their share of lives because
they so often-ignite last at night?
The "profile" smoking fire begins with a dropped
cigarette. It's so easy to lose one between the cushions of
a sofa ? or, by kicking a table leg, to accidentally knock a
burning but off the rim of an ashtray. The "fire" may
smolder at an undetectabl low level lor hours. After the
family is alsleep, certain that nothing is wrong, the fire
finally catches, .filling, the home with smoke and toxic
gases.
With a home smoke detector, it's likely that the family
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Farrakhan has publicly endorsed Jackson's candidacy,
and said last month in an Essence magazine article which
he wrote that blacks not supporting Jackson should keep
their opposition silent.
The 50-year-old leader of the Nation of Islam said he
registered with a "sober mind and a clear conscience, and
with deep humility." He explained that his teacher, the
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, found it difficult to advise
his followers to register or take part "in a political
process mat was mastered oy tnose wno naa oppressed
his people for 400 years.
- "... I feel we have no choice between violence and
voting," said Farrakhan. "1 would rather see us vote."
rmative action plan
. submit to the Officeof State Personnel fqr approvalan
annual affirmative action plan designee! to carry out the
state's affirmative action policy. Annual reports will be
due Oct. 1 of each year.
provide training on equal employment opportunity/affirmative
action compliance to all managers, supervisors
and others who take or recommend personnel actions,
provide for an annual internal evaluation system to
hold managers accountable for the progress or lack of
progress of the department's affirmative action program.
adopt and carry out a reduction-in-force mechanism to
ensure that any reduction of employees does not reduce
the proportion of protected group members in the current
workforce and preserves the gains that have been made
through affirmative action.
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governor and the Office of State Personnel in the implementation
of the program.
desegregation dispute
they had taken steps to ensure desegregation by the fall ol
1985. The Supreme Court's ruling last week rati fie*
UNC's transfer of its desegregation dispute in 1981 frorr
the District of Columbia courts to a friendlier judge ir
Raleigh.
UNC President William Friday said the order "affirm!
that this control (of the state colleges and universities
rests with the university and not with the agencies of th<
federal government."
Judge J. Skelly Wright, one of the four dissenting ap
peals court judges in May, said the court's dectsior
"opens -the Floodgates'1- 4or- aiher - siatee -to - avoic
desegregating their schools of higher learning. The deci
sion "makes a mockery of Congress' and our nation':
moral sense that racial equality must begin in the school:
where our children are educated," he said.
up over smoking
in the situation above will be asphyxiated. But it's a lo
easier to prevent smoking fires than to have to escap<
from one.
Use large ashtrays. Get the heavy glass types with ful
rims and deep cigarette slots. Cigars and cigarettes an
less likely to be dislodged from a hefty ashtray by ac
cidental jostling.
If a lighted cigarette drops, find it. Stop everything un
til it's been found! If you know that cigeratte has drop
Ded deeD inside a particular niece of furniture and can'
locate it, take the furniture outside and leave it out over
night. Better to risk hving your covertible sofa stolen the?
to risk it converting your home into an ember.
Check jor dropped bulls ajter enleriaining. Aftet lh<
party's over, check under seat cushions and around th<
floor for cigarettes that may have been accidentally drop
ped.
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Crime Prevention
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The following "Crime Box Score" is designed to keep
you abreast of criminal activity in your community during
the past week and to help you protect your family and
property from crime.
Armed Robbery
3200 block, Old Greensboro Road
The complainant was driving his car when someone
threw a brick onto the windshield. The complainant stopped
to investigate and was approached by an unknown
subject who pointed a gun at the complainant and stole
his wallet and car. The car was recovered the next day.
The suspect is described as a slender, mediumcomplexioned
black male in his late 20s or early 30s
weighing 145 pounds.
Strong-Armed Robbery
1200 block, East 18th Street
The complainant was pushed down and assaulted, and
money was taken from his pockets.
Robbery From Person - "
2900 block, New Walkertown Road
After answering a knock at the front door, an elderly
Complainant was pushed onto a bed and money was forcibly
taken from his pockets. The suspect is described as a
5-6 black male with a medium build.
Storebreaking
3100 block, Glenn Avenue
Four blankets were taken.
1300 block, Ivy Avenue
A Son^ portable AM/FM cassette player was taken.
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1400 block, Underwood Avenue
Two amplifiers and three microphones were taken
from a church.
2800 block. Liberty Street ? v
Cigarettes, beer and snack foods were taken.
4100 block* Patterson Avenue
Household items, a ceiling fan, bedspreads and flower
arrangements were taken "from three mobile homes.
1800 block, Ivy Avenue
Officers responded to an alarm. Two suspects were arrested
and merchandise was returned to thf owner.
Housebreaking
1100 block, East 21st Street
A Curtis Mathes 25-inch TV and a sofa were taken.
The house was ransacked.
1100 block, East 21st Street _
Officers responded to a burglary in progress and
observed two suspects running from a house. A short
cnase ensuea ano win tuspcvi* mm i?rrwra'
5700 block, Antietumi>riv? ;
A witness called the complainant *< to teH him
that his house was being broken into and then followed
the suspects to obtain the license number of their vehicle.
The complainant later called the police, who investigated
the incident and learned the identity of the registered
owner of the vehicle and the suspects. The suspects were
arrested and the property was returned to the owner.
Larceny
1600 block, Chestnut Street .
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For children 9 years and older
Six weoks beginning June 5th, Ending July 10
Morning periods 9:30-11:05
Call now for completo Information.
Applications WILL NOT be accepted
AFTER MAY 15.
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