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Words Of Wisdom
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He who suffers, remembers.
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VOLUME C3 - NUf.'SER 2
DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY. JANUARY 16. 1982
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PERSPECTIVE. . . .
. : ' ' QUKSTION
What are. your
thoughts on the Reagan
? Administration'! conten
tions that a hit team has
been scnt to America
from libya? '
Once-Thriving Black Business District
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1 ' frlw.'fln. in lift- ; 0HM'ii
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if
Mrs. Bahecjah Rasheed
Knowing the West and
how we tend to bring
about mistrust . and
disbelief against the
American people, I
would have to weigh the
statement. From all in
dications, the situation
does not suggest that the
brother Qaddafi is the
tyrant that he has been
perceived as,
A
Amette Abdul Majied
- Resident Imam
Durham Masjied
' From what knowledge
1 have, which is very
limited due to the inac
cessibility to direct infor
mation I can only con
leude that because there
have been no attempts
on lives, particularly
government officials,
that perhaps the infor
mation was either
unintentionally or
s u b v e r s i v I y
misconstrued. As a result
it caused an over
reaction on the part of
the press and the
American government
especially' an over-
; reaction on the part of
I the President.
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Cold Wave Rolls Over
Durham, Eastern U. S.
Klson Armstrong, Jr. ,
A strong arctic air mass born-in the frozen nor-; -inlands
of Alaska and Siberia put much or America
in a deep freeze beginning on January 10 and lasting
through most of the week.
The cold front passed through Durham early last
Sunday morning causing a weather rarity -as' the
high for the day of 27 occurred just after midnight .
Despite a day of brilliant sunshine, Durham Ihw -mometcrs
fell throughout the day. By 4 p.m! the
reading was 9." above zero. This coupled with a 30
mph wind gave the Bull City a wind chill factor of
26" below zero. .
Duihamites saw the cold snap take it's toll on
water pipes and automobiles which stafled out all
over town.
The city set a record low on the morning of
January II of 4" above zero.
Conditions in other areas were even more severe,
than (hose in central North Carolina. i:
Grandfather Mountain reported a tow of 27"
below zero- on January 'II. Chicago recorded -it's
coldest day ever with a minus 26" -, the wind chill
factor there was a minus 81"! Temperatures fell u
zero in Atlanta dnd the teens threatened thv citrus
crops in Florida.
The air mass, the strongest to invade the U.S. in ,
over 100 years, was forecast to be slow in ..moving-.
out to sea. A tow'of 2," above zero was forecast for
Raleigh-Durham on the morning of January 12.
..The last 4ime that a below zero reading was-,:;
rceorded'in Durham was January 14, 1977" -l").
Jbcaljftimc record low Jor Durham oecyrred in
February" 189 when the thermoineier I'eH to :2".
Jf the cold air wasn't enough; Wednesday morn
ing dawned, with a snowfall of .54 lncHc-3y?)TUs1r' .
. uay. tnc prcwptianon turned vo siccii:VW,aM4S
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f-rtW, s7 ' rj Jj ding to city planners.
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By Donald Alderman
Nearly one-half, 25
acresof the 54-acrc tract
encompassing the
detroyed Hayti black
business district is now
being planned for
residential purposes, in
cluding apartments and
condominiums, , accor-
on
rebuilding. Havti once-v
thriving business district.
The two plans were of
ficially unveiled at a
public hearing Monday
night conducted by the
City Council, acting as
the Redevelopment
Commission.
"The city's plan
should take a look at the
business district (Hayti)
being rebuilt," laid city
manager ' Barry I .
DelCastilho. while com
menting on 1hc dif
ferences between the two
plans.
City planner Ms.
Carla Sebesta said the ci
ty's . plan suggests
development using four
land use types: residen
tial on the 25-acrc tract
bordered by Roxboro
and Fayettevillc Streets,
Lakewood and Pied
mont Avenues; ottiec-
imtUuitonal . on a ten-
Jim Steele
I feel under-informed. 'awns?
I tan't form a set opi- ; Monty Brinkley
nion. It is a complex I ; think it il lot of
situation that requires nonsense. , He fReaganl
more information than I just wanted a lot of at-
think is available to the tentlon. They were never
people. here Jn the first place.
i.WKMi sshnmiii nnn l.amnr wiiKins ana wis. Aarran. Asikrara cnecKea .. . ..-.-j!
tfew and
well atlriyin?, vcrj-.tiaiUotts. p v f. f'H- "r. ' ' " . . between Roxboro and
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V. C. Legislators urged loAanere lo uim
Report
McNeill Investigation
Findings Still
Under Wraps
By Donald Alderman ed to do so Wednesday.
Durham County After his trial, McNeill
District Attorney Dan K. said he would attempt
Edwards, Jr. said for a third time to obtain
Wednesday he could not an ' assault warrant
discuss findings f.of a-: against Allen.
Public Safctyj in".' ; That depends largely
vestigative report that bit1 whether the report
examines the alleced' firtdinns reveal there is
misconduct of a courtty
ABC police otticer.
"I've met with
McNeill's attorney and
told her my recommen
dation. It's still a pen
ding matter, so I can't
talk about it,' Edwards
said..'' r;
Edwards has been
, reviewing the detectives'
report of aa incident in
which Lcroy McNeill,
alleges ABC .Officer
Ronald Allen struck him
without frpvocaiion:
The charge stemmed
from a raid of McNeill's
mother's home in . the
V Walltowrt section of
Durham on November 7.,
McNeill suiierea a pram
VOniUSIUII, naviuiku
,skull and loss of hearing
:in his left ear1 after
alWedlv beina struck
with a flashlight by
Allen.
'After the incident,
Allen obtained two war
rants against McNeill
one for assaulting an of
ficer and another for
obstructing an officer. ,
McNeill, however, was
twice denied warrants
, against Allen.
Judge Karen Galloway
dismissed the assault
charge last Wednesday,
but found McNeill guilty
of obstructirtg an officer.
Edwards had said he
' would make public ' the
report findings after
Mi?'',;H's trial. He refu.
"probable cause", for
McNeill to obtain a war
rant, a decision Edwards
can make."
A letter has been sent
"to: the U.S. Attorney
General's - office re
questing th FBI to in
vestigate the Walltown
incident in- the belief
that local law enforce
ment officials arc , not
fulfilling their duties ' ac
cording to .the local
NAACP chapter.
Bv Donald Alderman
North Carolina state
legislators from six coun
ties wertf urged last week
to devise redisricting
plans that adhere to the
one man. one vote con-
. cept as prescfibed by the
U.S. Supreme court.-.
, Resolution letters urg
ing fair redisricting lines
to be drawn were sent to
the a legislators by the
District 9 Roundtable of
the North Carolina
Association ot
Educators, representing
Alamance. .Caswell,
Chatham. Durham,
Orange and Person
Man
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une
Vole
Redisricting
counties." '
The ; U.S. lust ice
Depart ment lias si rut k
down the state's - U.S.
House and state Senate
redisricting ivlans, ruling
the plans may dilule
minority voting strength.
The Justice Department
is to rule on the state
House plan Jannai v 20.
NCAE District 9 has
called on legislators to
"devise a redisricting
plan that does hot dilute
racial minority voting
strength" or "relinquish
their legislative duty to
redistrict to : a federal
judge."
Ah i The Snow
.Vfsk:t.r.aShond9 and .I.amar Wilklns and Ma. Adrian. Ast
reets: com-
mercial on a 6.5-acre
tract east of Fayetteville
Street in the "Tin city
area, and light industrial
on two tracts north of
the expressway, in
cluding Dillard Street
area.
Hayti's ' redevelop
ment, as planned by
HDC, is consistent with
the urban renewal plan
that voters approved in
an eight-point bond issue
in October 1962, said
Arthur Jacksonn, an ur
ban designer and ar
chitect u working with
HDC. Jackson presented
HDC'splan.
One major difference.
Jackson noted, is that
ilu oiiu'i rklan rtaK nrVI
voting strength. County ad(jrcss the renewal of a
l ii ; 1 not fairly
rcdistricu the educators
said, sets a poor example
for:;: educators to share
with students on the
democrat ic'process-.
, A special General
Assembly session will
prpbobly be required
during. the first' week ol
Fe'brtiarv to redraw state
SetWte and U.S. House
plans, i;
Representative Ken
neth Spaulding and state
Senator Ken net "tv Royall,
Jr., said the state House;
plan' wilt, probably also
be r.cleeted, therefore, a
third plan will need to be
drawn.
Thc Justice Depart
ment has suggested the
state consider single
member districts and
crossing county lines to
adhere to the one man,
one vote concept, two
issues that have divided
the legislators.
Presently, most of the
state's legislators are
elected from multi
member districts.
1 Representative Paul
Pulley said he favors
single-member districts
where representatives'
reflect the general in
terest of an area. He said
Durham County
legislators have a general
meeting-of-the-minds on
most issues.
Royall said he favors a
dual approach ' for the .
state House, using
single-member districts
in The state's larger, cities
and multi-member .
districts in small towns,
He said the-rtew state
Senate redisricting plans
will probably cross coun
ty lines in an. effort to
not dilute minority
NCCU Law
Prof. Named
Wake Judge
Ms! Acle- L. Ward
became the first female I
to be appointed, district
judge in Wake County,
last Friday. The appoint-,
mennt was made by Gov
Jim Hunt.
Ms. Ward is currently
an assistant dean at
North Carolina Central
University School of
Law. She is also director;
of the law school's even
ing program,
; Having considerable
experience, Ms. Ward ,
haV worked as an assis
tant attorney general'
with he state ; Depart-
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Investigate Shooting of Guardian Angel
Newark. New Jersey Police chief Charles Ztoa (left) listens as Newark Police Director Hubert Williams
speaks during press conference regarding fatal shooting of Guardian Angel Frank Meivin of Newark recent
ly. Williams Said he is turnip th? ir-vcstlion f the sho"'-r. " W ProscculolJIJfH
lines have never been
crossed in North
Carolina and some
legislators are reluctant
to ' do so, citing dif
ferences in political opi
nions,. Both Spaulding and
Royall; said single
member districts in
Durham are not
necessary to increase
minority voting strength
since blacks have been
able to send a represen
tative to Ralejgh and,
blacks, though largely in
southeast Durham, are
residing" throughout the
rit. V . ' -
Si ngle-member
districts would not
automatically increase
minority voting strength,
the legislators noted. The
lines could be drawn to
dilute minority voting
strength as well as to in
crease it.
, Blacks make up 2.3
per cent -.or the General
Assembly four of 170
members while con
stituting 22 per cent of
the state's population,
according to 1980 Cen
sus figures. ; v
' One of the" major
v reasons black reprcscnta
; Hon v n the state
! legislature i does not
reflect the state's black
population is the failure
of blacks to register to
vote, . commented
Spaulding. -
He '. said ac
complishments and gains
made by blacks, as a
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business district serving
southeast Durham
residents.
Therefore, on the ten
acre tract that the city
has slated for. an of rice
park, HDC has planned
a ten-story hotel, a
restaurant, service center
and housing, mainly
condominium.
On the 54-acrc tract.
HDC envisions a retail
shopping area;; an office
park as well, as multi
family housing. One the
ten-acre tract north of
t he expressway , H DC
suggests a portion of
thhe land be rczoned
from light industrial to
include some commercial
activity.iThc"TinCityr
area is' planned to be
mainly an amusement
and recreation center, in
cluding a skating rink .
Another major dif
ference in the two plans
is handling of the eight
relocated businesses still
in Hayti and other
displaced enterprises.
"In no way should the
area's redevelopment im
pair thhe operations of
their businesses, said
Nathaniel White. Jr.
HDC's executive direc
tor.
"There are. insuffi
cient safeguards included
(in the cityV plan) to;
" assure that relocatces. .
.wilK benefit from the
redcvelopiTtcrii - prxess.
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