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Compiled by DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
ASHEVILLE - Nine members of the Ku Klux
Klan were recently indicted on charges of conspiring
to violate the civil rights of blacks and whites in
a series of cross burnings and shootings, according
to the U.S. Justice Department.
The nine Klan members were named in a
20-count indictment which was part of a two-year
investigation by the Justice Department on racially
motivated intimidation and violence in Iredell and
Alexander counties.
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Among those indicted are Jerry D. Suits, 39, the
leader of the Klan in Iredell County, and his wife,
Mary V. Suits, 38, the leader of the women's unit of
HUD gives $1.8 millic
WASHINGTON ? Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr. recently announced
that 82 community housing resource
boards in 29 states will receive grants totalling $1.8
million to promote equal opportunity and fair
housing in the rental and sale of housing.
"Concerned citizens working closely with the real
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csidic ana ounaing industries in their own communities
are powerful allies of equal opportunity in
housing. These awards will help to strengthen local
partnerships that can help all persons achieve equal
housing opportunity," Pierce said.
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Jackson blasts f<
WASHINGTON - The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson,
chairman of the National Rainbow Coalition,
recently attacked Republican Sen. Jesse Helms and
the Republican-controlled Senate Finance Committee
for developing a plan involving the federal excise
tax on cigarettes that will further entrench the
position of the tobacco establishment in North
Carolina at the expense of black and poor people.
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jutis^sun auacKea tne senator's recent deal to
raise federal cigarette taxes permanently from 8
cents to 16 cents. He said that Helms wants to allow
the higher cigarette tax in return for Senate passage
of his farm acreage allotment plan that will bail out
the biggest North Carolina tobacco farmers.
Man robbed while 1
Compiled by DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staft Writer
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.
Strong-armed robbery
25th Street and Bowen Boulevard
The victim was walking past a par course exercise
trail when a man asked him if he had a cigarette.
The man then asked the victim to come closer so he
; could talk to him. When the victim approached,
two unknown men came op behind him and jumped
him. The three people took the victim's watch and ?
wallet, then ran from the scene. The suspects are
described as black males in their early 20s.
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the Klan. The Suits are from Statesville.
Others named in the indictment were Tony D.
Earp, 30, identified as the Klan leader in Alexander
County; Jerry A. Henderson, 34, Michael T.
^namoers, 35, Rodney E. Pope, 21, all of
Statesville; Alfred S. Childers, 29, Dan Pritchard,
26, and Kenneth R. Blankenship, 26, all of Alexander
County.
The indictment charged the defendants with plotting
to intimidate severtd blade and White residents
of the two counties beacuse of their interracial
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fraternization.
The indictment also said that Klan members planned
to burn crosses in front of the homes and fire
shots into or near the homes of residents that
associate with black people.
>n for fair housing
munity groups that assist real estate boards and
home builders associations in the implementation
of Voluntary Affirmative Marketing Agreements
they have signed with HUD.
The agreements say that real estate boards and
home builders associations will commit themselves
to the development and promotion of activities
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housing. They also pledge to provide
equal professional services to all people and to attract
minorities to the home building and real estate
professions.
ederal tobacco tax
"The practice of the government of repeatedly
increasing the tax burden on the poor and lowerincome
populations in our country is one of the
most callous features of public policy we
confront," Jackson said.
Jackson, citing a study by V. Glenn Chappell, a
professor at the East Carolina University School of
Business, said that the tobacco tax burden is as
much as 10 times greater on black consumers.
"In terms of economic efficiency," Chappell's
study says, "tobacco taxes restrict output, raise
prices, distort consumers' decisions and may reduce
economic welfare."
walking par course
700 block. Highland Avenue
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took her money. The suspect is described as a black
male.
Storebreaking
2900 block, Indiana Avenue
A business was broken into; tool boxes containing
hand and power tools and two brass pipes were
stolen.
1400 block, Waughtown Street
- A business was broken into. Clothing, a cash
register and money were taken; the cash register was
recovered in the parking lot.
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Keep your family ss
By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronic^ Staff Wrtf r
Q: How can I keep my family safe from electrical
shock?
A: According to the U.S. Product Safety Commission,
approximately 600 people a year die from
electrical shock, and another 1,100 people die in
electricity-related fires.
Kitchen appliances are usually involved in many
of these accidents, and common-sense use and care
of your home appliances will mean a safer home for
you and your family.
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t\ iew common-scnsc tips are:
Read the instruction book that comes with the
appliance. Follow directions.
Before plugging in an appliance, make sure it
will not overload the electrical circuit.
Use three-prong receptacles and grounded
outlets that are properly polarized.
Be careful with extension cords, and use them
only temporarily.
Keep children and pets away from appliances
and their cords. Teach pets (and children) not to
play with dangling cords - they can chew through
them and electrocute themselves, or they can pull
down lamps or appliances and injure themselves, as
well as breaking the appliance.
Don't overload your appliances.
Be careful when using appliances around water.~
Keep your appliances in good repair, and don't
use them if they're not working properly. Repair
worn cords.
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1. Model Pharmacy 34 Laundry Center
2. Pic'N'Pay (Claremont) 35 Paragon Food (
3. Laundry Center (Claremont)
4. Brown's Beauty NORTHWEST
5. Etna Gas
6. Great American Foods 36. Etna Gas
7. ?Smith Cleaners 37. N.W. Blvd. Par
8. Reynolds Health Center 38. Hazel's Beauty
9. Sunrise Towers 39. Real Food Bake
40. Ray's Fish
NORTHEAST 41. Joe's Shop Rite
42. Great American
10. Merita Breadbox 43 A cleaner Worl
11. Record Boutique 44 Brown's Produt
12. Minit Market (13th &, Liberty) 4J Ervin's Beauty
13. Salem Seafood 4^ Bojangles
14. Fairview Cleaners
15. Silver Front Cleaners 4
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16. Gulf Gas 48. Eckerd Drugs
17. Mama Chris 49. 1 Stop Food (/
18. Jamal's Grocery 50. Food Fair (Pai
19. Chandler's 51- Motel 6
20. Westbrook's 52. Winn-Dixie
21. Minit Market (27th & Liberty) 53. Tickled Pink (
22. Chick's Drive Inn 54. Food Lion (Ui
23. Mack's Grocery 55. Fast Fare (Ch<
24. 3 Girls (Northampton) 56. Maytag Laund
25. Shop Rite (Northampton) 57. Forest Hills Ci
26. A Cleaner World (Carver Rd.) 58. RJR World Hi
27. Carver Food 59. Jimmy the Gr<
28. Joe's Shop Rite (Bowen) 60. Fast Fare (30tl
29. Garrett's (311) 61. Super X Drug;
30. Wilco Gas (311) 62. K&W (Coliseu
31. Garden Harvest 63. Golden Comb
32. Bernard's 64. Best Bookston
33. Jones' Grocery 65. Mr. T
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ife from shocks
Always grasp the plug, not the cord, when
unplugging an appliance.
Do not operate an appliance that is partially
dismantled.
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Windows Can Save Money
Q: I've heard that putting plastic on the outside
of my windows will save me money on my fuel bill.
Is that true?
A: It is true that heat and cold can pass right
through your windows. Of course, this means that
in the winter some of the heat generated by your
heating system goes outside. This also means that in
the summer, heat from the outside comes in, and
cold from your air-conditioning unit goes right out.
What you have described is similar to a dual-pane
window, a window with two panes of glass
separated by a pocket of air. This pocket of air acts
as an insulating device and slows down heat and
cold loss. The plastic on the outside of your windows
fills the same purpose.
How To Get Food Stamps
Q: How do I go about applying for food stamps?
A: To apply for food stamps, you must qualify
for the program. According to the Department of
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67. Amoco (Fourth & Broad)
(Old Rural Hall Rd.) 68. Hop-In (First St.)
"enter 69. Food Fair (First^t.)
70. Baptist Hospital
71. Amoco (Cloverdale)
72. Kroger
73. Hop-In (Stratford Rd.) I
?x 74. Papers & Paperbacks (Hanes Mall) 1 75.
Crown Drugs (Hanes Mall)
- 76. Forsyth Hospital
(Patterson) SOUTHSIDE I
1 Foods 77 Rainbow News
Id 78. Crown Drugs (Peters Creek)
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liversity Plaza) 89 Lincoln Barber
;rry St> 90. Post Office
Iry (Cherry St.) 91 Benton Convention Center
urb Market 92. Cecelia's (Hyatt House)
eadquarters 93 Ritc.A.d
94. Revco
1 Sl-> 95. NCNB Building
5 96. Wachovia (Main St.)
m) 97. RJR Plaza
98. Brown's Restaurant
p (Reynolds Shop. Ctr.) 99 Forsyth Seafood
100. Sanitary Barber Shop