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Delta Debs Scheduled For Debut Lifestyles/ Page 8A Jackson: Candidate With Superstar Charisma Entertainment/ Page IB No Heat At District 2 Political Forum Politics/Page 2A Cbe Charlotte “The Voice Of The Block Community' Volume 13, Number 41, THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, March 10, 1988 Price: 50 Cents Jackson Wins Meek. Vote Local Showing Propels Candidate To No. 2 In N.C. By Hert> White Post Staff Writer Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign came up a little short tn North Carolina but proved to be a hit in Mecklenburg County In Tuesday's Democratic pri mary. Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore' edged Jackson in state-wide bal loting with 234,595 votes to 222,494. Gore took 34 delegates to the party's Atlanta conven tion while Jackson got 31. But in Mecklenburg, North Carolina's biggest county. Jack- son won big, with 19,440 votes. His closest challenger, Massa chusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, got 11,883. Gore was third with 9,708. Despite recent shake-ups in the Mecklenburg campaign, Jackson was the clear-cut favor ite of county Democrats. Last month, Cathy Chapman Hughes was named coordinator of the 9th Congressional Dis trict, replacing Phyllis Lynch. Young and Mike Fennell were named co-chairmen of the Mecklenburg campaign. "We did expand the black vot ing base, but we turned out a lot of white voters." Young said the Mecklenburg campaign was staffed primarily by a group of energetic volun teers, especially from Johnson C. Smith University. Churches played an important role In the campaign, as mini sters urged their congregations to go to the polls. Young said that although most ministers did not suggest voUng for Jackson, the church delivered plenty of sup port. In Atlanta. "We're trying to get delegates who have a firm commitment" to Jackson after the first ballot. Young said. They went out Into the county, canvassing prospective voters and disti'ibuting Information. Students, however, were only a part of the total team effort. Now that the campaign trails moves on to Illinois Tuesday, the local camp will concentrate on making sure the Mecklenburg delegates stay loyal to Jackson According to convention rules, delegates are required to support a candidate on the first ballot only. On subsequent ballots, del egates can cast their votes for any candidate. ENen with the late start. Jack- son almost reached the cam paign's goal of 20,000 votes. This year's total represents an In crease of 2,000 over 1984, Meck lenburg co-chairman Sam Young said. "I'd just like to thank the peo ple of Mecklenburg for standing out In North Carolina," he said. 'With the amount of time we had, we did all right." PHOTO BY CALVIN FERGUSON About 3,000 fervent supporters turned out last week for Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jack son's visit to the United House of Prayer on Beatties Ford Road. Jesse Jackson won ^ , , PHOTO BY CALVIN FERGUSON luigbemocrats. Jackson's Mecklenburg cam paign expanded Its base of sup port beyond blacks Into the white community, which result ed in his strong showing. 'We had an effort to increase the vote In the white community and we had an Increase of 25 percent In the black boxes," Young said. Jackson Reaches Out To Voters Top Three Democrats Split Southern Pie; Bush Drives Dole Bananas With Sweep By Heih White Post Staff Writer Now that Super Tuesday Is over, let's survey the presiden tial landscape for a moment. Jesse Jackson won. A surprise to everyone but him. A1 Gore won. He had to. George Bush surprised himself by clubbing the opposition. Michael Dukakis established himself as a national candidate. Dick Gephardt, Pat Robertson and Bob Dole, bless them, were wiped out. The Democratic field, first tabbed The Seven Dwarfs' a few months ago, has become The Big Three-Jackson, Gore and Duka- kls-wlth Gephardt bringing up the rear. Dukakis, running a big-money campaign, took Florida and Texas, the states with the high est yield of delegates. He also took his home state of Massa chusetts, Idaho, Maryland and Rhode Island. Dukakis's showing proves that he Is a national candidate and will get a big boost as the cam paign heads Into the Industrial northeast and west. After Tuesday's unofficial to tals, Dukakis pulled 364 dele gates to give him a field-leading 433. Jackson, he of the shoestring budget and loyal following, ex panded his base of support by winning Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia and Ala bama. Not bad for a guy who Is given little chance of winning the nomination because he's black, too liberal, or both. Unlike his 1984 campaign, Jackson has reached beyond the color line to offer something to all America-economic justice. And whites are buying the mes sage, as evidenced by his South ern showing. In addition to car rying 97 percent of the black vote, Jackson took about 10 per cent of the white vote In the . Id Confederacy. Jackson now has at least '^64 delegates going Into the Demo cratic convention and Is looking more and more like the man who can make or break the par ty In November. A1 Gore, the man with the most See Democrats On P^ge 2A By William James Brock Post Staff Writer Supporters began filling the United House of Prayer for All People on Beatties Ford Road at noon last Saturday to hear presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson speak. More than 3,000 loyalists jammed Into the huge sanctuary to hear the fiery candidate blast the Reagan Administration and challenge his own Democratic Party regarding his candidacy. The Democratic candidate, who carried Mecklenburg Coun ty on Super Tuesday and now has 364 delegates. Is gearing up for the upcoming South Caroli na primary. 'You know me," Jackson said. "And you didn't learn about me from television ads. You heard about me from sit-ins, stand-ins and civil rights marches. I've paid my dues. I've worked to help elect other Democrats-- Including Teny Sanford. I de serve native son status, and I'm here to claim my prize." Jackson's campaign has heat ed up since he posted a surprise second place finish In the Feb ruary 28 primary tn Maine. Prior to that, political analysts had not taken the Democratic populist seriously as a national candidate. How seriously Jackson Is now being taken as presidential tim ber was evidenced by the televi- ston coverage accorded his Charlotte whistle-stop by the prestigious British Broadcast ing Corporation. "We're filming this for a televi sion presentation next week," said BBC correspondent Tim Sebastian. "Jackson's surpris ingly strong finish in Maine has turned the American presiden tial race into a worldwide event." More than 100 whites dotted the House of Prayer gathering to hear Jackson expand upon his six-point populist message. Catherine McIntyre, a retired public library official and wife of Young Urges Changes In U.S. Economy See Local Rally On Page 2A Young Black Officials Under White Microscope ATT.AN'TA fAPl _ j 1.. .... ATLANTA (AP) -— Black elect ed officials meeting in Atlanta Saturday renewed claims of a nationwide at tempt to perse cute them, with one official saying black officeholders are "under a microscope." "None of us are Immune," said North Carolina state Rep. Henry "Mickey" Ml- chaux. "If you are a black elect- Michaiuc ed official, you are under a mi croscope. If you even think about doing wrong, someone will be after you." Michaux, a former U.S. attc'- ney, spoke to about 55 people at tending the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials at an Atlanta hotel. Members of the association also renewed their pledge to equality and the black commu nity. Former Augusta Mayor Ed McIntyre, who was convicted of extortion and sentenced to five years In prison, said a techni cality in the law helped put him in jail. Former Maryland Congress man Clarence Mitchell — who was convicted along with his brother, Maiyland Sen. Michael Mitchell, for fraud and conspir acy to obstruct a congressional investigation — said he and his brother were unjustly singled out Federal Investigation of black elected officials Is causing nega tive perceptions In the black community, Mitchell said. McIntyre urged the audience to support anyone who Is currently under Investigation. By Russell Clark Post Staff Writer Around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday at a stylish downtown hotel, Charlotte welcomed Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young with open arms at the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Urban League's Fifth Annual Equal Opportunity Awards Dinner. After a series of interviews with the local media. Mayor Young took his platform seat beside other guests of honor. Following the grand march, WBTV meterologlst Darrell Lloyd gracefully opened the cer emonies by Introducing Char lotte's Mayor, Sue Myrick and County Commissioner Chair person, Carla DuPuy who both offered warm greeungs and gifts from the city. During the delectable dinner, the Urban League highlighted Its Word Processing Job Train ing program with a 15 minute film presentation. The promo tional show featured black and white females who have landed good paying jobs In the local business community through the Urban League and was fol lowed by an eloquent perfor mance by Jane Powell. An hour passed and the mood was swinging from jovial to tran quil as Vivian Williams Intro duced the keynote speaker. Mayor Young quickly took to the podium mike and began to address the current presidential elections. "Right now In this po litical year, all we hear about N.C. Blacks Prime AIDS Victims See U.S. On Page 2A Inside This Week Editorials Pg. 6A Entertainment -Pq. 1B Black Press: The true account of Jackson campaign 7A "No Where Fast" to the AACC coming ..2B Lifestyles Pg. 8A Sports ..Pq. 8B Church News Pg. 11A Vanilla Dan helps UNCC to the NCAA ,8B Metrolina Seminary will hold special M.L. King event WA Classifieds.... ...Pg.14B To Subscribe to the Charlotte Post, call 376-0496 Blacks In North Carolina are twice as likely to contract the deadly AIDS virus as the population as a whole. This grim fact calls for a shift in the response by the black com munity to the disease, says a black Journalist and talk show host Leaders of the black commu nity must put aside their pre judices against homosexuals, says Cash Michaels, "and per ceive the links between AIDS and drug abuse, teen pregnan cy and other problems epidem ic In the black community." Hie most recent statistics re leased by the state reveal that since 1981 451 North Carolin ians have been diagnosed as having AIDS. Forty-four per cent of these have been black. A little over half those diag nosed have died. The state does not keep sta tistics on the proportion of black drug users who have AIDS. But, says Michaels, who has prepared two series on AIDS for radio station WLLE- AM In Raleigh, "Because of the tendency to share needles, the rate of AIDS cases related to drug use has been recorded as See Blacks On Page 2A i Vi 0 pU -T 1
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