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VOLUME 60 - NUMBER 25
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1882
TELEPHONE (319) 622-2913
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TRICT TWO VM
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f By Joseph E. Green ,
Four of six candidates
for the 2nd District Con
gressional seat npw held
by L,H. Fountain, agree
that " ; jobs ' and the
' economy are among the
! major issues facing peole
who. live in this district.
- They Iso agree that a ,
good." congressman will .
work to build a solid in
frastructure that will at
tract jobs to (he district,
and will fight for a
stronger national
economy. , s
The biggcsj disagree-;
ment comes when they,
begin . talking about '
which of-(hem should be
the ', "good
congressman", assigned:
by voters to do the job in
KB
for this "new"
bag
Washington"
district. : t - ,
Three Democrats want ,
the job afid will square
off against each other in
the Democratic primary.
They are 'H.M.
"Mickey"' Michaux of
Durham; "James Ramsey
of Roxbpro; and I.T.
"Tim Valentine of
Nashville,
Three . . Republicans
also want the job and
must also go through a
June 29 face-off. They
are Jack Marin -and
Douglas Biddy, both of
Durham and I Barry
Gardner of Rocky
Mount. Biddy and Gard
ner could not be reached
for interviews.
The 2nd District.
Judge Karen
Wants To
Galloway
this election with
the addition of Durham,
includes Caswell, Gran
ville, Halifax, Nash, Per
son, Vance, Warren and'
- Wilson -counties, ... plus,
O'Neals ' Township in'
Johnston County.
Larger than normal
voter turnouts are ex-'
pected across the district,
but - the looming!
quesiton, particularly as
Michaux is concerned, is
what percentage of the
district's new registered
black voters will go to.
the polls Tuesday.
Y And for those voters
who go to the polls,
voting might well come
down to popularity,
because the Democratic
candidates particularly
don't say much different'
regarding what the issues -are,
and how they should 1
be addressed.- ;:Vii'v;
Each of the candidates
or their spokesmen said V
during interview I last"!;
week that,' revitilization
of the national economy
would mean jobs foe the;
unemployed in the 2nd
District as well, as'
business and. economic
growth. (" ' . '
The . district's
unemployment rate
ranges from 5 to 12 On ,
a . county-by-county..
'basis. .' 1 ' ''',f ;
Each candidate except ,
one. Jack Marin, wants
' the public to know, in a
district that hasr a heavy
percentage of black
(Continued on Page 3)
j buumy Hiurmaiiye
Action Major Issue
PagM
Voters To Decide ;
Five Constitutional ,
Amendmends Tuesday
P0
BLACK MINISTERS:
I Hayti Must Come
Before Civic Center
3
Keep
1 9
Her
: By Marc Lee and
: Isaiah Sin jtletary
Durham's District
Court race, a quiet but
classic political battle,
pits ,a young black
woman facing her first
political campaign.
against a white man who
not to be an easy job,'
because Ms. Little, street
wise and tough, had a
long petty Jarccny record
and was in jail following
her conviction of steal-"
ing! But hard work paid
off and Ms. Little wa
acquitted of the murdc
aKaiuii a vtiiiiv man iiu hariroe
uu ivu.ii j 1111111 - r .11 iv uu a jf 11 " 1
no. Hrtn;a onnH inh n Ms' CiallOWay S IcgiU '
f" , " star was certainly on t he
prevent judgeship "ban, J K? "nnv
v:iccin ,hr iti-vnV joined . the lirm ol ,
Lo fl i n . Lo ft i n. Gal low a v
Because judicial ethics , 'rMuin'OM.K-'fCVX: ':- h
twaxJ
r -7 a n
1 4 "-1 - ' t 1, jt . . -mti.m.. I M
f f
discussing either pol it ical
or legal, issues m vying
for a seat on the bench,
language in this race is
"squeaky clean," but
revealing nevertheless.
' For example, Richard
"Dick" Chancy. a
former assistant district
and Acker where she
specialized in criminal
cases Until .her 1980:
bench .appointment' hv".
Hunt.; -j." ' -.Jy,; y- 'yttM
During those ihcc
years, though. Ms.
auorncv from April 1978, 7a' '". V r
until he resigned in herself as a vocal . i,d ,
FcbruarV-1982 to run lor voca.c of more , blacks',
ivc;., Tnri and women in 1 ho
' 'M, " Ll. jHdiciaVy and.lbr more
IV. Ulll VV'IIIIIIIIIVU ' UI .
.to fair law enforcement
. - sirnnu nuninsl Ihb
mcvcnicr wHK.Bii mucc jwi, oiacKs m an
0 a fl I
Li VS. I 1
iand 1 0;; restoring Tail h in
;the v judicial; system. . I
believe' hc judges who
apply the law firmly, but
H'airly can do a great deal
;to restore ijaith in our'
judicial system'" "
.Euphemistically'. Iviv
statcmenf piggybacks on
charges that Judge
Galloway is 100 tcnicni.
Ms. Galloway was ; ap
" pointed to the district
court bench in ' 1 980 by"
Governor Jim Hunt. She
. became the second black
; woman , 10 hold a
, iuchjeship in Nonh
Carolina.
.Judge Galloway
: replies: "Those charges
. arc made by people who
jeally - don't, 'understand
r 1 he judicial system which
' gives certain legal rights
to everyone charged with
" a crime. I wonder what
-some of my critics would
' say if .1 hey were charged
. with a crime.'" - ' ;"'
' ' ' So there, you "have ii.
; ' the classic baitlc bciween
""law and order" and
" "law and order and mci
" cy. ,
Ms, Cialloway's career.
! Ias clearly marked her as
; a' champion -of the latter'.
Fresh out of Duke's
law school in 1974. 'arid a
junior member oljhe
. Durham law firiiv,. of
' Paul,' Keenan, , Rowan
and Gallowav, (lie voung
lawve
the
the nation's most con
; troversial court cases.. ;
Jounite Little, a yoilng
black woman " from
of a problem-solving ap
proach to adminisierin.ii
(Continued on Page 6)
H NEWffflC N J . tfictorlou& Mayor Kenneth A. liiB
son greets supports recently at the Hotal Robert Treat
after winning his tourth term in office in a tight run-off
face. UPI Photo'
Durham
Former
DA's Race to Pit Two
ues
Colleag
By Isajah Singletan
; Dan K. Edwards, and
Ron., Stephens .worked
together ...about -siv -vents
ago.as assistant district
attorneys in - the local
District : .'Attorney's ol
licc. Biii now.-Siephcijs, ?
who resigned from 1 lie
office in 1979, tw'o years
a ft er ' Ed w a rd s bixa ine
Disiricl . Ariorncyv is
'challenging.-,, his former
colleague for (he iop
slot.
Stephens slops jusi
short of saying L:twaids
is incompeient. The
.challenger also says he'll
be ii . better .district at
torney because he has
both defense allot ncv
and , prosecutor e-
pcrience. . ;
He says, ainong oihci
ijiiiigs, ihai the: disiricl
aiioiney's ofjW is less
efficient because fewer
cases; are. handled now
ibait when he worked
there, though the staff if
larger. ' Siepliens also
maintains, thai 1-dwards
'allows' too much pica
wciiiled. ' '
I or example, Edwards
savs thattwhcn Sicpheus
worked in 'he disinci ;it
lomcv's. olfice.. ..each,
charue auainsi a dcleu
.dani uencraied . a
separate bill ; of indict
mcnt. But now, accor
clinu to iilwards. several
charges will be included
in one indictmenT. 4
But it ii, nol clear how
die counting 'met hod. ac
tually , ., affects the
caseload of the district
aitiHiicv's olfice since
each chaiuc. no .mutter
how 11 is listed, must
usuallv he handled
separaielv il it iloe's to
. 1 rial bccausci 1 he evidence
is" usuallv dil lerent.
It is also dilllculi to
assess when the use of
pica bargaining becomes
"excessive because qiuie a
number of factors conii
into play .
i'r. example, int.l.i
the slate's spook m
(Continued on Paucft)
; By Donald Alderman
. Three of Durham"s
leading black ministers
recently called for a "re
sounding 4no' vote" on
the proposed downtown
civic center, because the
city has failed to make
significant strides in the
redevelopment of Hayti.
Contacted by The
Carolina Times last week
fof interviews on the
relationship between the
redevelopment of Hayti
andi the black vote on
Tuesday's $10.5 million
bond referendum for the
civic center, three black
ministers took storng
stands against black sup
port for the bonds.
One . other . leading
minister, however, said
the two issues arc
separate, and urged
blacks. to vote for the
bond issue. -
Terming the destruc
tion of Hayti and the ci
ty's failure to rebuild the
former black community
I' an "immoral act," Rev.
L.H. Whclchel said:
"For us not to take a
if ura vc?aTceTTf carbon
f.li conv-, of the sellout of
Hayti.";
Joining Rev. Whclchel
- in criticizing, city action
on Haytt and calling for
blacks to vote against the
. civic center arc Dr. Earle
Thorpe, associate
minister ol Ledge Rock
Baptist Church: and
Rev. Lorenzo Lynch,
pastor of White Rock
Baptist Church. ;
1 think, urban
renewal was a manifesta
tion of racism in its most
gross form," said Dr.
Thorpe. ' Indeed, (he
destruction of Hayti was
immoral. We might well
take ., a posture , of
developing Hayti as our
major thrust, because
our ; concerns are
peripjieral and minor in
the minds of white peo
Plc"v On the other side ol
the.: jssue. Rev. W,W.
Faslcy. pastor of St.
Joseph's AMF ; Church
and j,a', member, of the
civic center support com-inilteo.-
said he thinks
Durham needs a civic
a-nivjt . He bclicvis ihat a
Mack' vote auainsi i he
civic center could icpai
th 'c .tlie redexelopmciu
ol Havli.- He 'believes
that white elected of
ficials and others will not
support the Hayti
redevelopment idea if
blacks vote' against the
civic center.
This position,
however, overlooks the
fact that the redevelop
ment of Hayti is not real
ly a matter of political
whim. By law. the city
must develop the area.
The only question is
how, and that question is
at the heart of the cur
rent Hayti-civic center
controversy.
Hayti. a bustling com
mercial and residential
district. was long
recognized as the heart
of Durham's black com
munity until it was level
ed more than 10 years
ago by the city's urban
renewal program.
For the most part, the
area's 54 acres have lain
vacant for several years
with no significant ac
tion of the city's part an-
prove a comprehensive
plan.
It is not clear what ef
forts were made during
the intervening years by
local black leaders to
push city officials' hands
on the question of
Hayti's redevelopment.
Early this year, the ci-
Blacks Across 2nd
District Flock to
Register to Vote
By Patricia Williams
Apparantly sparked figures are unofficial,
by an opportunity to There has also been a
elect North Carolina's surge of new white
".rH,J??ck" Congressman, registered voters, but on
1
10-county 2nd District.
have flocked to register
to vote. -
In Durham County
alone, almost 2.500
blacks have 't cgistercd
since March. This brings
Durham's black registra
tion up to about 19.700,
ol'Nhc county's 69,200
registered voters.
Durham's while voter
registration is about
48.900. slightly more
than 1 , 100 of whom were
registered since March.
Voter' : registration
books across the slate
closed June I for 1 he
June 29 primary.
Across- the 2nd
District, which in addi
tion lo Durham includes
nine other counties and
one , township... in
Johnston .County, the
.picture., .is virtually the
same. .New black
registered voters range
from 347 in Person
County to 1.942 in
Halifax' County. In the
entire district, about
12.500 blacks registered
between March and
June, according 10 an in
formal survey of county
election offices. The
vcr found hcriclf,rri' am,Pv.nd1.,ha! lhc
: 'the middle of one of T1 l,c? bo,,tl P0.l!.V' 'V
consisiciu anii oiicn un
fair, .''.;,' ,";:. .' .''V "
; I'dw aids. . of course,
says none of that is true,
Washington. N.C., was : '" f '
facing murder charges in ',and cs (" cascs !uw,
the ice pick tabbing of a bl" !'-.'
Beaufort County jailer, lorenily. He denies e
Clarencc Alligood. As an css,v.y : usc ol
important '.member of the """"i!' '
Jl-mcmber Joanne 111110' , .,,lrt P,'
defense ' team. --Mr ,.h,s rttCC ,s 1 haT 1,vrc il,c
Galloway's principle job ,,cw' ,' r i"dependent
was to help convince the' s!a,ndarJ,H h - h,?
jury that Ms. Little acted c,,h,cr lty c,,arcs' wr 1 ,c
n :or.fnrn 1, spianm khi , can nc
Local Radio and Television Will Air
. Voting Information Throughout Election Day
. B Patricia Williams .
Durham radio and television stations will broadcast periodic "election day updates Tuesday, beginn
ing in early evening and continuing until the vote's are cVyhted;:"-;,' ;
"According to. local elections officials, about 27,(XX) votersj or about ,4) per cent of the 69.000 voters
registered in Durham County, will go to the polls to choose bet ween more than .10 candidates. They
will also vote on several issues, ranging from five Constitutional amendments 10 the $10.5 million,
bond issue proposal for. a downtown Durham civic center.
? Stations that will cover the elections includcWTVD-TV, Channel I j : WPTF-TV. Channel 28; and
radio stations;. WSRC. WDNC; WD,"GG-I M,. WPTF; WDBS and WCHI .
Both television' stations will provide election returns cveiy .lO minuies. by either culling into regular
programming, or bv superimposing the information along i,he bottom of your television screen
without interrupting' regular, programming; ; - . JS C J ' ., . ,
- At WPTF, Roy Cardcn executive news producer, said his station's coverage will begin after the 5:30
p.m. news, and wjl consist of brief updates every .10 minutes. He said thai for the most part, the-sta-tion
will run the updates at thc beginning or the regular program, and rejoin, the program several
minutes latcrv5ince WPTF dock not have a fate night news show, this station's first complete election
returns coverage will be on Wednesday. ' y"l.'!''t ; , , .
' I Mark Pimintel, assistant news director at WTVDi-said Channel 1 1 updates will begin at 8 p.m. and
rim each 30 minutes thereafter until 10:30 p.m. 'Channel 1 1 will also dolive reportson the 2nd District
Congressional race and-thc Durham County sheriff's race in addition to its full coverage on (he M
p.m. newscast. '''.'
" On local radio, you can get periodic election, returns reports that will supersede regular programm
ing once each hour. ' , ' '' ;
. i All birt ooc local stalion will broadcast complete returns after the entire vote Is counted on Tuesday
night. Station WSRC will sign off about 8:1 5, and its first complete report of the results will be broad
cast Wednesday morning. " - ,. i ; ; . . . '
2-L with new black
voters carrying the edge.
Of the approximately
18,283 new registered
voters in the 2nd
District, about 5.600 of
them are white.
Several things ap
parently have generated
this interest. One is the
candidacy of H.M.
"Mickey" Michaux. a
Durham lawyer and
businessman who is run
ning for the Congres
sional scat of i..H.
Fountain of Rocky
Mount. Fountain is retir
ing after representing the
2nd District for about 30
years.
Michaux. who is
black, is said to be the
front runner in the ihrce
man Democratic primary
that includes James
Ramscv of Roxboro and .
LT. "Tim" Valentine of
, Nashville.
The race is actually
taking place in a "new"
district. Following a
fierce reapportionment
battle in the N.C.
Legislature. Durham was
added to the other nine
counties that traditional
ly comprised.'' the 2nd
District. These counties
arc: Caswell.
Edgecombe. Granville.
Halifax. Nash. Person.
Vance. Warren and
Wilson counties, in
cluding O'Neal's
township in Johnston
County.
Another possible fac
tor in the voter registra
tion surge could have
been a "pilgrimage"
through several 2nd
District counties several
weeks ago that em
phasized voter registra
tion. This pilgrimage,
part of a trek from
Alabama to
Washington, generated
quite a bit of local sup
port in cities and towns
where the marchers stop-,
, ped. -,
Though Michaux's
race is apparently the
one generating much of
the significant interest in
next week's primary elec
tion, a number of other
races are also part of the
picture.
In Durham, for exam-
(Continued on Page 8)
, .
tv nrrtHiuwf .'.a Msivf I
redevelopment proposal
that featured housing as
the centerpiece ; of; the
resurrected urban Area.
About the saipe time, a
predominantly, ' black
group, the Hayti'
Development ( Corpora
tion (HDC) unveiled its
own plan that envisioned
a Hayti restored to its
former status as a mecca
of local black business
enterprises. '
Right on (he heds Of
that clash came the city's
plan for a proposed civic
center downtown. This
civic centerj part of an
office building, hotel
complex, according to
proponents;, will spur
development downtown,
and bring life back to the
city's urban heart. r.
To many observers, il
seemed that the old
Hayti was viewed in the
city's plan as a residen
tial extension i of the
new qowniown.
This caused several
black leaders to
challenge the city's plans
by saying that die black
crjrrirn unity , would i not
voting for (hjp ;- $10,5
million in general obliga
tion bonds, it wil lake to
build the center unless
the city, put forth
assurances thaj , Hayti
would be redeveloped.
This spurred efforts by
the city officials' to
negotiate a compromise
bewcen the city's original
proposal and HDC's
concept for Hayti
redevelopment.
What happened ftcxt?
First , cit y officials said
they would propose a
$1.5 million biond
". referendum for Hayti 10
be on the ballot latong
wiih the civic centei
btnd votc.This war, the
black communijy cou' ;
vole for both concdus a
the same time. But die
Durham City Council
shot that idcu dow 11. and
insiru'cied . the citv
: 'manager '..'jo; put Sf.
million for llavti in his
1982-8.1 fiscal budget re
quest. This would mean
that blacks ' would have
to vote - for the civic
center befor knowing if
the council would vote to
appropriate ihe money:
. Bui when the oie wav.
set for June 29.: rather
than the original date
during early ; Juiw. that
plan became ; less
workable because the;
new budget must be1,
. .. I . ..1 t .1 .l
uuoptcu ny.june anu
; budget; ,1 ;.discusSionv
: w iHild I rat her ; clearly
reveaL the 'sense of the
council on the Hayti
money; V V
"Meanwhile, the civic
'. center proposal was run
ning into other problems '
unrelated io Hayti. One
group of opponents .of-1
fcrcd an alternative plan
(hat-the council refused
to consider. Then Wade;
businessman who must
sell his property for the
developer to build the
entire complex, balked,
throwing (he entire plan
into jeopardy. A public
interest research group
also called the proposed
that will benefit only
Durham's elite,' buf
would place an unfair
tax burden on other
: - citizens.
r .Back on the Hayti
; (Continued onTfagT 8)
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