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It was also the first time, Pitt
said, that the state's black press
was "unified in ^its efforts to
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throughout North Carolina. The
same things affect blacks in
Winston-Salem as in Charlotte."
Four candidates were invited to
attend two separate press conferences
last Friday, but two
declined. The black publishers initially
hoped to conduct a press
conference with both Hunt and
incumbent U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms
present, with another press conference
the same day for gubernatorial
candidates Rufus Edmisten
and Jim Martin.
The Helms campaign?never
responded to a July 24 invitation
to appear with Hunt. Pitt said he
made a follow-up telephone call
to Claude Allen, Helms' press
secretary, and that Allen told him
he would "look into it," but
never contacted Pitt.
The Chronicle has attempted
to arrange an interview with
Helms for nearly a year, said
Allen Johnson, the Chronicle's
executive editor, but to no avail.
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"I'll be honest with you. It
doesn't look promising at this
point," Helms aide Allen, who is
black, said Wednesday in
reference to a meeting with
Helms.
Scheduling is the primary
obstacle, Allen said, because
Helms will not be back in the
state until October. But he
acknowledged that-the senator
- had returned to the state since the
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quests for interviews are forwarded
to Helms' Washington office,
where the decision is made to
grant or reject the requests.
But Allen also said, "I'm not
pleased with the coverage in your
newspaper." Asked whether
Helms grants interviews only to
those publications which provide
complimentary articles about
him, Allen said it was his job "to
screen" such requests.
"I'm not going to schedule an
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most crimes committed in North
Carolina are preventable.
Bob Brooks, a state crime
prevention specialist, told these
encouraging facts during extension's
annual Eloise S. Cofer
Family Living Seminar at North
Carolina State University to
volunteers and professionals who
work with the elderly.
Brooks offer the following suggestions
for actions which can
ward off crimes: '
-Never carry more cash than is
needed.
?Use direct deposit for social
security or other checks. A senior
citizen who does not use this serthey
are robbed, Brooks said.
--Don't follow a strict
schedule. Always going to the
laundermat at 10 a.m. every
Monday lets a thief know when
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a dog. The barking will
often scare a thief off.
-"No one should walk by
themselves in any major city at
any time of day. Crazy people
will attack you, Brooks said.
"Plan ^your route. Go with someone.
Tell a neighbor, Tm going
to be gone to the store for an
hour. If I'm not back by then,
call the police."
?Driving a car is just like walking.
Be prepared, and plan your
route. Keep the car serviced and
the gas tank full. Let someone
know where you are going and
when you will be back.
?If the car should break down,
hang something white out the
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interview with someone who
won't be fair," Allen said. When
asked whether Sen. Helms has
written off the black vote in this
year's campaign, Allen said, "I
think the black press has written
off Sen. Helms."
Allen said he would try to.
determine by the end of this week
whether Helms could meet with
the black press at any time before
the election.
Meanwhile, Will Marshall, codirector
of Hunt's campaign,
said he wasn't surprised by
Helms' reluctance to meet with
black reporters, characterizing it
as "a deliberate ignorance ,of concerns
to the black community."
"1 think Sen. Helms and his
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window. When someone stops,
roll the window down a bit, and
ask that the police be called.
Never get out.
-Anyone who must carry a
large pocketbook should fold
over the top and carry it upside
down under the arm. Then, if it
should be grabbed away, the contents
will fall out all over the
sidewalk.
?* 'Never resist a robber or
mugger. When you resist, you are
likely to be injured severely,"
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?Put double cylinder deadbolt
locks on doors at home. These
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on a sorry door," Brooks said.
Exterior doors should be solid,
rather than hollow core.
Most people have a $100
deductible on home insurance.
Take that $100 once and fix up
the doors. "Remember, we've
got the stupid prisoners in Central
Prison; the smart ones are on
your doorstep," Brooks concluded.
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tney ve written ott black voters,
to the extent of refusing to communicate
with them," Marshall
said.
When asked if Hunt took any
political, risks by meeting with the
black reporters, Marshall said, "I
don't think he took any political
risks, although I understand the
meaning behind your question.
"Sen. Helms has made an attempt
to exploit racial feeling,
but I don't think it (the press conference)
hurt because I think the
great majority in this state are opposed
to racial polarization
politics."
Gubernatorial candidate Jim
Martin did agree to meet with
black reporters last Friday, but
Edmisten's staff said its candidate
had a scheduling conflict
and could not appear. Martin
rescheduled his meeting for Friday,
Sept. 14, but Pitt said he
then received a letter from Edmisten's
staff stating that Edmisten
would not appear on the
same forum with Martin. No
meeting of any kind between Edmisten
and black reporters had
been scheduled by the
bUronicle's deadline on Wednesday.
But Becky Owens, a press aide
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on Edmisten's staff, said such a |
press conference stHl may be
possible. She said "it is perhaps a I
policy" of Edmisten's campaign
to avoid joint appearances with 1
Martin because "it really gives
him (Martin) the publicity he !
needs.
"It's not that we don't want to J
discuss the issues," Owens said, j
"We do. But we don't want to
bring them together and have it i
turn into a series of personal at- !
tacks. I feel like an interview j
would accomplish the same thing
(as a joint appearance, as far as j
discussing issues is concerned).
We have no problem with that." j
When asked if Edmisten's !
campaign strategy of avoiding
appearances with Martin adversely
affects the public's right to
know more about the candidates,
Owens said-4here is "nothing
unusual about it where there is a 1
clear frontrunner." i
Yet, she also said she didn't
think the one scheduled joint appearance
by the two candidates
before television cameras on
Sept. 30 would address the same
issues as a joint meeting before
the black press.
Robert Jones, assistant to Martin
campaign manager Jack
Hawk, said he personally thinks
that Edmisten may not be a good
public speaker and that may account
for his refusal to debate
Martin.
"I would think anvone rnnnino
for this kind of office should be
willing to debate before the
public," Jones said. "What's he
afraid of?
"We were able to get one
debate for Sept. 30, but only
after they made so many changes
in the format that the debate will
be diluted," he said.
Martin's campaign attempted
to use the same format used for
the Helms-Hunt debates, but
Jones said Edmisten would not
permit head-to-head debating or
rebuttals to the candidates'
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