ig 08/20/88 00000 **CHWIL iZoN LIBRARY *i|COLLECTION '"fCH ipEL HILL NC 27514 lalL latK law( iijTriii3saBP!n3!^B?yi NUMBER 19 (USPS 091-380) DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1986 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS «pli Mg Address Saturday Jshop Tutu Asks NCCU Grads Aid Demise Of Apartheid ^Jocelyn Daniels Writer Xyear-old Nobel Peace , an honorary doctor FjAnglican Bishop of Lrg, South Africa, and [ Reverend Desmond (litu still doesn’t have the ‘tvote. , ., |ihe reality of apartheid, ■lack South African link water to fill their lecause they have no the use of violence. A newly instituted constitution by President P.W. Botha has shown that he doesn’t intend to give blacks the right to vote because that would give blacks political power. And political (Continued On Page 4) Lindsey Merritt, Jr. Wins Horatio Aiger Schoiarship lie reality of apartheid. |per cent of the white Keans own 80% of the Isfce reality of apartheid. Biat is the message that iltu brought to approx- fl 1,500 people and 750 lesion Saturday, May 10, P’Kelly Stadium under Jlies and bathed in gen- lezes at North Carolina [University. Ig the audience and par- Uhe graduates starting iHn the working world, Jlntu asked everyone to Attention and energy ftroying apartheid, can’t reform ' he said. “You can jantle it. You can’t IFrankenstein, you have to ihim.'’ iijDie is true of apartheid, a lly ..declared. There .is, le compromise. All i|ui 11 must be abolished. [it jvill, he promised. I jant a new state,” he 7it|ich is surely coming, Ino doubt in my heart nor IjKople of South Africa jeope day will be free.” I fileedom can come two JHhy giving all South llhe right to vote or by This weekend will not be an average three-day period for one senior at Hillside High School. Instead of spending leisure time with friends or perhaps studying for the coming semester exams, Lindsey Merritt, Jr. will be jet ting to Houston, Texas to receive a $5,000 scholarship from the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. Merritt will join 19 other outstanding high school seniors from around the country at a “black tie” banquet at the Westin Galleria Hotel on Friday evening. May 16, at 7 o’clock. These 20 students were selected for their initiative, their achieve ment, their leadership, and their potential for future success by the Horatio Alger Association. Each year, this New York- based group honors a group of seniors at the same time that new inductees become members of the associaiton. .Membership for adults is based on the “rags-to- riches” success that has come from, the hard work of the in ductees. Among the current members are such self-made per sons as: Art Linkletter, Hank Aaron, Luther Hodges, Ruth Love, Mario Cuomo, Azie Taylor-Morton, Gerald Ford, Pearl S. Buck, Rafer Johnson, and John H. Johnson. Bishop Desmond M. Tutu Of South Africa, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and the Archbishop-elect of Capetown, asked North Carolina Central University’s 780 degree recipients at May 10 commencement exer cises to join the battle to dismantle apartheid in his native South Africa. NCCU awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters to the Rt. Rev. Mr. Tutu. MERRITT These Americans, who have “reached the top” in their respec tive fields of endeavor, have taken on the responsibility of helping others up also. Each year they help to provide a beginning to students who come from hum ble backgrounds. It is the hope of these individuals and the Horatio Alger Association that the $5,000 scholarships will be the spr ingboard and the motivation for a few of tomorrow’s leaders. Lindsey Merritt was chosen after a Horatio Alger Day pro gram was held at Hillside last fall. Dr. Thomas Haggaii, board chairman of IGA Food Stores, (Continued On Page 4) Primary Election Challenges any of Durham’s Traditions |y Milton Jordan side of the political Jurham voters continued i trek to the future last (authorizing officials to million in bonds to help ^rice of growth. Analysis jie other side, voters re- Ihange in the criminal fstem in offices for clerk , sheriff and district at- fas incumbents won handi- wili finance infrastructure pro jects that are tied directly to growth. These include the following: * $24.5 million for sanitary sewer construction. * $19.8 million for water pro jects. * $4.2 million for solid waste disposal projects. * $14.9 million for street pro jects. The rest of the money, about $20 million, will finance quality of life projects, ranging from ex panding an existing park and ad ding a new indoor swimming pool, to city financed housing assistance for low and moderate income Durhamites. The bonds all passed by con siderable margins, averaging about 12.000 votes for and about {Continued On Page 2) learea of special interests, "[usly strong coalition ap- crumble as the Durham Alliance endorsed can- ilmost directly opposite Durham Committee in 'Hmary contests, n yet another develop- ihe Committee took political blow on “the hen it not only failed to y|a sizable turnout to its idates, but also couldnT •ndorsed candidates from 'ing off significant pieces of 'l^mmittee’s traditionally ‘lie “bloc vote.’’ this could well indicate of Durham’s cherished traditions M falling by the wayside as more people jump on Durham’’ bandwagon, y^eek’s bond issue vote ove to be a major victory lew Durham.’’ tnoney approved by ’s voters is slated to pay , ^t^orgasbord of projects. ^ from i frastructural' ^ SR) quaUbf of life items. [R than 75% of the bond 'I ~ about $62 million — Four Awarded Honorary Degrees At NCCU Commencement Saturday By Jocelyn Daniels Staff Writer Under a clear sky, with a cool breeze blowing and heavy securi ty, approximately 11,500 people gathered for the 75th commence ment exercises at North Carolina Central University on Saturday, May 10 at 9 a.m. With Reverend Desmond Tutu, Anglican Bishop of Johan nesburg, South Africa as it’s speaker, the NCCU commence ment opened with a stirring ren dition of an African Mass, “Kyrie” by Norman Luboff, by the NCCU choir. Accompanied by bongo drums, “Kyrie” proved to be the perfect mood-setting welcome for Bishop Tutu, his wife and daughter. The choir also sang a spine- chilling arrangement of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”, by Dr. Charles Gilchrist, director of the\ choir, following greetings from the senior class president and the scripture and invocation by the Reverend Dr. T. David Parham, In Judicial Syyem Races Committee Wins One Loses One By Jocelyn Daniels Staff Writer Durham’s primary election saw two African Americans vying for seats in the judicial system. One rose to victory, the other fell to defeat. The more publicized of the two races involved Attorney Darryl Smith against incumbent Ron Stephens for the office of district attorney. Despite Smith’s opi nion that Stephens’ tenure ex hibited a lack of leadership and compassion for victims and witnesses, the voters disagreed almost 2:1. Stephens defeated Smith by 12,953 to 6,896 votes, even taking three of the African American precinct (precincts 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 34, 41 and 42, That proved to make a signifi cant difference in the outcome of the race. While Stephens was able to amass African Americans votes in their own precincts. Smith was unable to tap votes from the “silk stocking” (upper income) precincts (precincts 9, 24, 25, 32, 36, 45 and 46) or the middle income districts (precincts 1, 2, 3, 7, 20, 28, 37 and 40). On the other hand city council member Carolyn Johnson, held her own in all areas, overall, and ran expectedly strong in the African American precincts, despite losing 17 other precincts to opponent M. Allen Mason, III. She won the three-way race with 9,779 votes to Mason’s 5,704 votes and Henry E. Moss’ 2,611 votes, winning all of the African American precincts very strongly. In these precincts, op ponent Mason could only get as close as a difference of 50 votes (in Holton Jr. High precinct). However, Darryl Smith was not as lucky. In African American precincts he lost by 85 votes in precinct 15, Holton Jr. High; by 33 votes in precinct 18, Holloway Street School; and by 17 votes in precinct 22, Bragtown School. Despite this. Smith garnered 4,299 votes in the African American precincts to Stephens’ 1,747 — a difference of 2,552 votes. Nevertheless, Stephens was able to make up that difference in the ‘silk stocking’’precincts alone by winning by a margin of 2,875. There he won 3429 votes to Smith’s 554. In the middle class districts, Stephens won 2,935 to 641 — a difference of 2,294. This added to give Stephens a strong city wide vote. Smith said he was surprised by the almost 50% margin defeat. “I’d hoped to win,” he said dejectedly late on election night. “Right now, 1 have no plans (about whether or not he’ll try again). I need to get rest and get my practice back on track. “Then,” he added, “I’ll see what the challenges and oppor tunities are in my future plans. Right now I look forward to be ing chairman of the ABC board.” Smith added that he’ll just have to wait and see if Stephens can meet the challenge of leader ship or implement some of his suggestions, which Smith said are still greatly needed. Stephens said he would evaluate Smith’s suggestions and perhaps use some of them. “There’s always room for im provement,” Stephens added after realizing that he was assured the victory on May 6. “I was sur prised by the large margin (of vic tory). 1 was hoping for 55%. The black vote wasjiot as high as I thought it would be, but I was still able to get some of the votes in the black community.” Analyzing the race, Stephens pointed out the factor that made the most significant difference. “I was able to get a larger percentage of the black vote in the black community than he was in the white community. 1 think that happened because more knew me in the black community than whites knew him in the white community.” That mostly, made the dif ference in the 1,742 votes. However, the only thing that is not clear, is if those votes reflect confidence in the present ad ministration or represent a wave of independent voting by voters, as opposed to traditionally sup porting the endorsement of the Durham Committee on the Af fairs of Black People. Unfloubtedly, this will be a time for reassessment both for the organization , which has been the voice of the African American community and for the members of that community. Other judicial races showed Sarah Parker overwhelmingly defeating Joseph R. John for Judge of Court of Appeals, 12,543 to 3,317. And, incumbent James L. Carr won over Jess J. Bowe by more than a 3:1 margin (Continued On Page 4) acting director of the United Campus Christian Ministry. Dr. LeRoy T. .Walker in troduced Bishop Tutu, followed by another selection by the choir of “What a Friend We Have In Jesus.” The near-capacity crowd also witnessed the conferring of an honorary degree on actor, author, chorographer, costume and set designer, danceur, direc tor and painter, Geoffrey Holder. Holder, who received the Doc tor of Fine Arts degree from NCCU, has acted on stage and in film in “Waiting for Godot,” “Live and Let Die,” “Dr. Doolittle,” “Annie,” and “House of Flowers. His writing credits include “Black Gods-Green Islands,” “Geoffrey Holder’s Caribbean Cookbook,” “Adam,” and “The Art of Geoffrey Holder.” - Other credits are for designing 'the costumes for and directing “The Wiz” and being the ^rst (Continued On Page 3) Honorary Degrees were awarded Saturday, May 10, by North Fou”ndatio« From left, they were Dr. Russell G Mawby Jeommeuef^^ speake, Bishop Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop-elect of Capetown, South Afr , Geoffrey Holder, actor, dancer, artist, and director; and Chancellor LeKoy pleting his three-year tenure as the university’s chief administrator.

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