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THURSDAY JANUARY 3, 1991
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Academics wins!
Harold "Happy" Hairston
establishes youth fund.
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'91 Recession could signal opportunity
By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERNG * v - 1
Community News Editor " . ^ ? . ? * '
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This New Year finds economic analysts finally con
ceding that the recession everyone feared is, in fact, a
reality although many feel it is of short duration; But for
vthe local African-American community, that news,
while gloomy is not necessarily rejjsonlor pessimism
according to some business leaders
Jt is estimated that one million jobs will be affected;
Economic Forecast
nationwide. Nationally, the economic downturn rs
afferting banks, and savings and loan institutions with a
total of 169 commercial and savings banks failing in
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Lewis Tyrone Tate was in need of medical assistance New Year's Day. A deceased person call
came into the police dispatch office. But when police responded t<o the call in the parking lot of^
local restaurant, they found Tate and another man semi-conscious in a car. BothTnen were taken
to Baptist Hospitaf/out Tate was kept and is listed in satisfactory condition. Police are continuing
their investigation of what happened to the men.
1990, as well as 211 savings and loans turning up insol
vent, according to Federal pcposit Insurance Corpora
tion and the Resolution Trust Corporation figures.
Although not as high as previous years, it still does not
bode well for the halls of finance.
The U. S. Commerce Department's Index of LeadT
ing Indicators, the government's primly economic fore
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Black students
ampuses
Ohrbnicle Wire Service
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) _ If JJ. McEachem
had it to do over again, he says he wouldn't .attend a
predominantly- white university.
He'd probably pick Howard University, a histori
cally-black institution, instead of the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
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"There arc a lot of changes that need to be made
at UWCG that have taken such a long time. It's really
frustrating," said McEachem, president of the school's
.. J^eo-QJack Society. "A lot of bl^ck students arc dissatis
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Among minority students in the Southj4hat dis
^ satisfaction is widespread. A report issued last week
says black studentgon predominantly- white campuses,
v^and white studcnts7)Tr*pccdominantly-black campuses,
are more likely to feel undeNs^rve^and underappreciat
ed.
In fact, aboul half the students in both groups
- said they would not select the same college again. #
This is one of the key findings in the report,
"Racial Issues on Campu?: How Students View Them."
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Grand Jury to
Qontinue term
Federal probe could be v
reason for extension .
By pUDY ANDERSON
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In an unusual move, the chief U.S. District Court .
Judge for the-middle district of North Carolina has signed
an ordfcr to hold the present federal grand jury beyond its
usual year-long term pt service.
Judge Richard C. Erwin confirmed that he-signed an
order in early December that had come from the U.S.
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" The Haiti work has
paid off for me. "
-Capt. Richard W.
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Highway Patrol gets
first black commander
Chronicle Staff Report
For the first uync in the 61 -year
history of the N.C. Highway Patrol,
an African- American has been
made a captain and commander of
troop that covers an 11 -bounty area
in the southeastern sectton of the
Richard AY. Holden, who had
been a lieutenant based in Raleigh,
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received the proituxaoiv-Thursday,
Dec. 20. His promotion means his
new base of operation will be out of
the Payette vi lie area. Fayetteville is_^
/here Holden began his career with
te patrol. He will command Troop
Holden, v^ell aware that he is
the patrol's^first African-American
troop commandcr, i s
W& mm high visibility the position
has brought him. "The hard work
has paid off for me," Holden said ,
"I hope this will sfcrve as an exam
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Local sailor's safety in tfie Gulf is mother's worry
ByRUOYA^ERSOH
Chronicfe Managing Editor
For Marjorie E. Evans, the last three
months have been extremely tough on her.
But the new year may prove to be even
tougher She, J ik%, so many mothers of
servicemen and women now poised for
battle in the Persian Gulf, maintains an
uneasy vigil as the January 15 deadline
for Irac*?ro withdraw its forccs from
Kuwait approaches.
. ^ Ms. Evans has three children. Two
are in the military. Her daughter, Angela
Eaton, an Air-Force milit^pdl iceman, is
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?soon to be sent to duty;: nf< Panama, Ms.
Evans' said. But her son; Nayy Petty of IV '
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cer 2nd Class Thomas M. MeLendon, is
on board the amphibious assault ship
U.S.S. Iwo Jima in the Persian Gulf as
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parvof Operation Desert Shield.
"6ach time the phone rings, my heart
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"I really don't understand all
of it. Whyrdoes it have to be
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-Marjorie Evans
skips a beiftT.Ms. Kvans said during a
recen tan tcrvi<? w. $hc said her son, a 198 \
gradual? of North Forsyth High School,
has been in the Navy for 1 ^ years, is mar
ried and has three children; They Itve'in
Nor folk, Va., where he is stationed. She
;said she isn't the only one in her family
sweating the* dangerous situation her son
. J* in. .? ' :
"His wif^ keeps the television tuned _
to CNN, like 1 do. The children keep her
bu$yf but at night when everything slq&s
down^she starts to think about him and
^ cries. Bui she's "holding up, " Ms. Evans'
said.
y She explained that strcuhd her daugh
tcr-in-htw have already gone through^tygX
hcart-stopping experiences since her son
was sent to the Persian Gult in October.',"
Thcitrst was Oct. 31, she sakfcr when an
^explosion in. a boiler room, of the I^jro
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Thomas Mc London