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I Sn UBRARY ';!'?CObRBCTlON hill CRAPl^^ HIRR vv Li^ TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS ‘ial Tensions Intensify fter Hostage Taking [n Robeson County ERTON(AP)-On8'*'f^^ --rsss r. w »f “ ^acountyfractur^bym iiJice. poverty and official Officials say Ac llated one, provoked by ^ing to Aaw attenbon to sT^and detail Ae county s ^attract new business. certain UUle groups against law enforcement w how to f I county sheriff Hubert Id The News and Observer ih "Anybody can come up ke an accusafion against has said he welcomes an ition promised by Gov. Jm s part of an agreement with ) Lumbee Adians who "he Robesonian newspaper : 17 people hostage Feb. 1. ident ended 10 hours Ater violence. sk force appointed by the ir is scheduled to meet with ans, Eddie Hatcher, 30, and f Jacobs, 19, Ais week to their allegations of corrup- the sheriffs department. 3 ate being held in a federm lonal center in Burner pend- tearing later Ais month on ns and hostage-taking coalition of Indians, blacks dies known as Concerned s for Better Government le governor’s probe as a tep toward cotrMting prob- lat have been ignored fo, y county leadership, problems include a growmg tde; a court and law enforce- system the group clmms minorities and Ae poor, and juality education for ties, accordmg to Ae group, ian students, for example, up 62 percent of county 1 enrollment, yet county s Aat are predominantly In- eceive about $100 less per than schools where white stu dents are m Ae majority, says ac tivist Eric Prevatte. "The county school system, which has two-Airds of Ae stu dents, is left wiA Ae poorest one- third of the county," he smd. Prevatte heads a citizens’ organiza tion that is pushing passage of a March 8 referendum on a merger of county and city school systems. The coalition also points to a large number of unsolved killings of blacks and Indians. One killing, Ae November 1986 shooting deaA of an unarmed Lum bee InAan by a sheriffs deputy, spurred Ae formation of Ae coali tion and led it to hold protest rallies and peace marches. "The political, economic and so cial conditions here breed power- lessness, breed despair, breed violence," said the Rev. Mac Legerton, executive director of Ae Center for Community Action, a group Aat helps Ae poor. That sort of talk rankles Lum- berlon Mayor David F. Wemstem, who is white and a co-owner of a cloAmg store m town. "We’re poised for a real growth spurt," Wemstein said. "We’re get ting ready to build a new water plant. A new shoppmg center is on the drawmg board and everyAmg is gomg for ns "I just leel tike there is just a certam group that is overreacting." Hunter A. Poole, Ae county’s in dustrial development director, also deplored Ae hostage-taking and Ae national attention it attracted. He said boA might cause businesses to shun a county Aat sorely needs jobs. In 1987, Ae N.C. Employment Security Commission declared Robeson Ae second most economi cally distressed county m Ae state. "This type of Amg has a way ol marking you down," Poole smd. "AnyAing negative is not going to help." . , But Jack Morgan, one of two In dian members of the Robeson County Board of Commissioners and principal of Ae predominantly black and InAan Rex Rennart elementary school, regards Ae un rest as a product of education and employment. "Today, we have (Indian) at torneys, architects, doctors" who influence society, Morgan said. During a reception at NCCU for artists from Ae public schools selected piLes of work were on dispAy. Admiring a mask made by Vinclnt Lott, a fourth grader at Pearsontown school, are Kwabena Awyase-Ntow, a seventh grader Tyronza Richmond. See story and by Mayfield) at Githens and Dr. and Mrs. other picAres on page 3. (Photo Looking Forward to Super Tuesday Jackson Finishes Fourth In Iowa GREENFIELD, IOWA (AP)—The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he still figures to be in Ae Aick of Ae Super Tuesday round of 16 souAern presidential primaries March 8 despite his fourth pAce finish in Iowa precinct caucuses. We’ve done well m Iowa, but we’re leadmg m New York, in Cal ifornia, and Maryland and North Carolma and GeorgA and Alabama and Louisiana," Jackson said after cracking Ae double digits in Mon day night’s results. "We’re gomg to win Ais campmgn.’’ WiA 70 percent of Ae precmcts reporting, Jackson was supported by 11 percent of caucus-attending Democrats in an imtial expression of candidate preference. After sup porters were Avided up to meet a 15 percent Areshold, Jackson’s lelegates to regional and sAte nominating conventions were projected at 9 percent of Ae total. Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt edged Illinois Sen. PaA Simon and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis m Iowa wiA support from 27 percent of Ae caucus-goers. Former Arizona Gov. Bruce Bab bitt fimshed behind Jackson wiA support from 9 percent of Ae Dem- icratic activists. Former Colorado Sen. Gary Han ■id Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore, Jr., received virtually no support. ^ The results mean Aat "Aere’s likelihood that Dukakis and Gephardt and Simon and Gore and Jackson will have a super go of it Ae next month en route to Super Tuesday," Jackson saiA Jackson called Ae Iowa caucuses Ae "league opener, one game down, 49 more to go," and said he was pleased wiA his turnout "We spent Ae fewest dollars and Ae fewest days," Jackson told sup porters Monday night at the renovated Cbcenfieid Hotel. "We penetrated Ae most deeply. We broadened our base. Double digits isapoUtical victory." Jackson worked to appeal to farmers, laborers, mmorities and middle class workers who have been hurt by corporate shutdowns or mergers. . To underscore his identity wiA rural America, he established his Iowa campaign headquarters m Greenfield, 60 mUes souAwest of Des Momes. ■ying To Enlarge Mississippi Delegation Few Blacks Enter Congressional Races . . .1.1—1,a, ■■ Cenv cairi. 10 snake. ,.or,ti,rp u/hil KSON, MS (AP)—PoliticA :rs say a lack of fundmg is Ae primary reasons for Ae f black canAdates m Ais hree congressionA races, of Ae exceptions is Ae 4A issional District seat bemg d by U.S. Rep. Wayne '. In a race Aat mcludes 14 candidates, Jerry Parks, 25, iborah McNair, 29, boA stu- u Jackson SAte University, ng for Ae office. 1 have similar platforms Aat on economic development x:ial services for Ae poor, however, arc runmng Aeir igns on less Aan $10,(XX). ts and McNair are undaunted iAcles Aat have caused more enced campaigners to sAy Ais year’s race, ick politicA veteran Leslie more, chArman of Ae Hinds ty Democratic Executive aiitee and a Jackson SAte long has been considered an live candidate. 1980, he placed second when a in a four-candidate race for h District. cLemore sAd he gave much ;ht to entering Ae race Ais before deciding not to run. 1 my case, it was really a ques- of not having Ae appropriate icing to run. I simply didn t 1 to run a second-class ?Agn, and wiAout adequate s, it is not possible to be com- ive," he sAd. SoAe barriers have been rved in Ae more than 20 years since black Mississippians began entering politicA races Ater Ae passage of Ae Voting RighA Act in 1965. OAer barriers—time, money and Ae small percenAge of black registered voters—^remAn. Many bAck canAdates say Aey simply can’t Aford to take leave from work to wage an effective campAgn. Also, observers say congressio- nA candidates require a mmimum of $250,000 to campaign effective ly in fAssissippi, an amount far beyond Ae reach of most blacks here. AlAough Ae sAte is about 35 percent black overAl, in some dis- fricA blacks make up less Aan 20 percent of Ae registered voters, which virtuAly assures a black can-. didate’s defeat. Add to that mmimA white sup port. "Historical voting patterns Aroughout Ais country show that it has been difficult for black candi dates at any level to get more Aan 10 to 15 percent of Ae white vote," aid Ed Cole, chairman of Ae sAte Democratic Party. U.S. Rep. Mike Espy agreed. "In a politicA campAgn wiA a bAck and a white canAdate, voting will generAly occur Aong raciA lines," he sAd. "So a Wgh number of bAck registered voters is Ae key to winmng an election for Ae black canAdate." Espy’s unsuccessful predecessor, Robert Clark, was defeated m Ae Astrict in 1982 and 1984, despite f federA reAstricting Aat gave Ae 2nd District a 58 percent bAck ma jority popuAtion and a 52.8 percent bAck voting age majority. Ironically, Ae redistricting may hurt Parks and McNair because it moved some black votes from Ae 4A District to Ae 2nd District. Two years Ater Clark’s 1984 defeat, Espy’s dogged but low-key campAgning won Am a margmA victory wiA 52 percent of Ae vote against incumbent Webb Franklin. Espy, who faces re-election Ais year, believes his white support "has growrc'tremendously m Ae past year." This year he faces one black female, DoroAy Benford, and two white male candidates. "I expect to wm wiA a sig- raficant portion of Ae wAte vote in November 1988," he sAd. In other words, as As aide Kmen Hinton sAd recently, race is b^- ommg less of an issue for ttadi- tionA wAte voters in Ae vast Delta AstricL "People have gotten farther ana farAer away from Aat. More people are interested in him be cause of his programs and what he’s doing m Ae district," she But Aat doesn’t mean black and white canAdates ever wUl have similar campaign styles, be ac cepted in some white communities, or move beyond Ae label of the bAck canAdate." "Traditionally, Ae black com munity has voted wiA Ae Demo cratic Party, so it’s much easier for a white candidate to capture Ae black vote m an election if a viable black candidate is not on Ae tick et," Espy sAd. "However, Ae reverse is generA ly not true for a black c^Adate. A black candidate must visit and meet WiA as many white groups as he can so he or she can let Aem know Aat Aeir views are similar, he ^Columbus attorney Wil Colom used Ae slogan "first bAck randi- date" to try to gam rerogniuon in his bid for state treasurer m 1987. He later found Aat label impossible 10 snake. "UnA Ae end of Ae campaign, and I mean Ae last week, when I would go to a locA community Ae speaker would introduce me as Ae first black candidate to run for state treasurer.’ I never could get it over wiA,’’hesAd. Greater acceptance of black can didates, Colom sAd, fiihges on more blacks entering campAgns as "non-race" candidates. McNair and Pmks boA say Aey will rely on Aeir biraciA agendas to capture white votes. ^ "I represent the majority, McNair said. "The people are hungry for someone to address Ae ordmary people in America. And while Parks’ views Ae re markably similA to McNair’s, it is Espy’s victory that serves as his guiding light. „ "If Mike can do it, so can I, he said. Former Klansman Describes Hanging Of Black Teen in Alabama MOBILE, ALA. (AP)-Farmer Ku Klux Klansman Benny Jack Hays collapsed with ch«t pAns during his murder trial Fn. Feb. 5 when a former Klan associate de scribed Ae slaying of a black teen- ^ The 72-year-old defendant be came ill 15 minutes Ater Ac prose-- cution’s key wimess, James "Tiger Knowles, began his second day on Ae wimess stand. , ParameAcs treated Hays m Ae courtroom before taking Wm to the emergency room at Ae University of SouA Alabama, toys never lost consciousness during Ae cmCT- gency treatment Aat interrupted Ae fif A day of Ae triA for him and co- defendant Frank Cox, his son-in- Ww. , „ .. Circuit Judge Michael Zoghby ordered the jury out of Ae courtroom when toys fell onto his metA walker whde siAng on Ae defendant’s bench. GAl Cox, Ae defendant’s daughter, said her fa ther underwent open heart surgery two years ago and takes medica tion. . , toys and Cox, 32, are accused ol murder in what prosecutore ^y was a random revenge killing of Michael DonAd, 19, found fatally beaten and hanging from a tree limb. . ,, After paramedics removed toys from Ae courtroom. District At torney Chris GAanos asked for a mistrial for boA defendants. Defense attorney D.E. Brut- kiewicz sAd he was wiUing to pro ceed wiA toys m Ae hospital, but Galanos sAd he was afraid that would violate toys’ constitunonA riehts. Just as Ae defendants have been entitled to a fair triA, Ae state of Alabama deserves a fair mni, Galanos told Ae judge. Zoghby sAd he woAd nile on Ae mistriA question later. Knowles, taking a rope from GAanos, demonstrated to Ae ju^ how he tied a classic hangman s noose WiA 13 wraps. It wm Ae same kmd of noose Aat he said wm used to hang DonAd on March 21, 1981. . , I, Knowles, Ae prosecunon s key wiSagAnst his former su periors, underwent a fAl day of questionmg. The jury and Atemates consists of 13 whites and one black. Knowles, who wm 17 at Ae time A Ae killing, described how he and s’ son, Henry Francis toys, ab- (Continued On Page 8) toys’
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