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Durham AIDS Conference To I Focus Oii Medical Updates wcipants at North Carolina’s largest AIDS conference will hear S updates as well as testimonials from sufferers in a meeting nizers hope will inform the average person about the deadly virus. , „oai is to fry to reach all kinds of people in North Carolina — not lealth educators — to help prepare for the next century," said Jane owski, public information officer for the North Carolina AIDS Itol branch in Raleigh. "There are still a lot of misconceptions, and a lot of fear." ,5 conference, called "AIDS in the 1990s," will be held June 6-8 at Ourham Omni Hotel and Convention Center. aids Control branch has enlisted health professionals and (selors from the Triangle and around the country to speak and to j„ct workshops at the conference. iose workshops will cover the latest medical information, intravenous (jse, AIDS and the minority community, AIDS and gay or bisexual : adolescents and children; and AIDS and the media, le conference will feature June Osborn, head of the U.S. National l-UILS D8/ZD/91 DDDOD rtitCHUlL uqrTH CAROLINA COLLECTION ylLSON LIBRARY UNC-CH CB 3930 chapel HILL NC 27599-3930 }|ThFnwiTH (USPS 091-380) UME 68-NUMBER 21 C.:? ' DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — SATURDAY, jIjNE 2,1990 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE:30 CENTS w IS NEW YORK CITY HEADED FOR RACE WAR? NEW YORK, N.Y. — As summer approaches. New York City fcials are growing increasingly concerned that the nation’s largest id most complex city may be headed for an upsurge in racial iolence. Within the last two weeks several incidents have taken place ivolving conflicts between blacks and whites and blacks and Asians, le chief irritant was the verdicts in last year’s kilhng of 16-year-old (nsef Hawkins. Hawkins was black. One of the whites charged in his uprovoked death was fourtd- guilty and another was found innocent [the more serious charges. Meanwhile, the city’s first black Mayor David Dinkins has made m highly pubUcized condemnations of racism in recent weeks. Last k he told a rally of 6,000, "We will never get ahead by fighting ah other for crumbs falling from the table of opportunity." FLORIDA PASTOR SAID TO CALL FOR REVENGE KILLING OF BLACK BROOKSVILLE, FL. — A white minister in this small Florida town was quoted last week as calling for revenge in the beating death f a 19-year-old white youth during a brawl with a group of young lacks. The Rev. Vem Gardner denied calling for revenge but several of lose present said they heard him demand "eye-for-an-eye justice" in iekihing. According to police, a confrontation involving 16 whites and 17 fecks led to the brawl which resulted in the death of Russell Coats. RICHMOND CALLS FOR COOL AFTER BLACK-WHITE FIGHTS RICHMOND, VA. — City officials in Richmond, Virginia recently owed to "keep downtown safe" after several whites were apparently lacked by roving gangs of blacks. However, the most serious injury »asthat of a white youth who suffered a broken jaw. Ironically, the incidents took place following a religious rally gainst drugs. FRANCE STEPS UP EFFORTS TO COMBAT GROWING RACISM PARIS, FRANCE — After years of increased immigration of lown-skinned Arabs and dark-skinned Africans, France is said to be king an explosive racial problem. Thus, last week Prime Minister Michel Rocard called upon pposition parties to join his socialist government in coming up with non-partisan effort to combat the growing racial tensions before ley explode. However, he probably will not get much help from the ight-wing National Front Party which has been accused stirring up iiS-rainority sentiment with slogans such as "France for the French." France has long been viewed as one of the most open and racially lolerant countries in the world. Black U.S. soldiers, accustomed to hierican racism, often commented on how well they were treated by French during World War II. But the National Front won a itprising 14% of the vote in recent elections. boston tries to head off black gang wars BOSTON, MASS. — The city of Boston is bracing for an upsurge 1 violence as various black gangs are expected to "war" this summer. Wiih fewer than 4,000 gang members. Boston’s problem is small ihen compared to a city like Los Angeles where an estimated ®,0000 youths are involved in gangs. Nevertheless, gang violence “s driven up the city’s homicide rate as gangs battle over the drug Thus, far 71 deaths have been attributed direcUy to gang iolence. ANDREW YOUNG LEADS IN LATEST POLL ATLANTA, GA. — A recent public opinion poll shows former itaita Mayor Andrew Young leading his Democratic Party primary TPonents in his bid to become the first black governor of Georgia. However, 29% of those surveyed were undecided. Observers 'fcve most of the "undecided" tend to vote against the black ^didaie in statewide and national elections. Nevertheless, 29% of those giving an opinion favored Young while f nearest rival’s support came to 23%. ®WS NOTES: ‘ NEW YORK — When black South African leader Nelson ™lela comes to the U.S. on June 20, he is scheduled to visit seven *ts. They are New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Atlanta, Detroit and Los Angeles. ***•*• PHILADELPHIA, PA. — A special hotline has been set-up for ladies interested in entering this fall’s Miss Black USA/World 8^t. Application and information can be had by calling 800-237- 9 and leaving your name and address. '^ganizers say this fall’s event will be the largest black beauty ®8«minU.S. history. ****** A get-out-of-debt plan devised for black consumers is available the Chicago’s Better Life Club. The free guide is yours by Better Life Club 117 W. Harrison Building, 6th H., Suite B- ’ Chicago, Ill. 60605. Include $2 to cover mailing costs. Commission on AIDS and dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan Hospital, and Jacob Gayle, a special assistant feg Minority HIV Policy Coordination at the Centers for Disease Control. Some Durham residents involved in the fight against AIDS will also be on hand, including John Barlett, clinical research director of the AIDS unit at Duke University Medical Center. "This is a wonderful opportunity to meet with people from across North Carolina," said Barlett, who wifi be conducting workshops on clinical trials. "I’d like to develop a perspective on North Carolina’s role in the advances of HIV freatment." Those advances, he said, began at Duke, with the discovery of the drug AZT and its effects against HIV. The drug AZT is manufactured and distributed by Burroughs Wellcome Co. in Research Triangle Park south of Durham. HIV is human immunodeficiency virus, the microbe that leads to the development of the AIDS disease. "The original phase-I study of AZT was done at Duke and the National Institute of Health," Barlett said. "Duke has been involved since the very inception." Current research is at a bit of a plateau, he said, but there is hope for the future. "I anticipate that in the next two to three years we will move up to another plateau," he said. "People will be living longer, and will be more successful in the delaying of asymptomatic HIV into full-blown AIDS." Ms. Falkowski said there v.ill be some special speakers on hand to share experiences of living 'dth the disease. "There will be people on the conference who no longer hesitate about the fact that they have AIDS, (and to share) the kinds of things these people face — they lose jobs, housing, and sometimes family members shut them out,” she said. North Carolina AIDS Control is a mostly federal-funded branch of the Centers for Disease Control. It is nonprofit, and offers a variety of services to people with AIDS or HIV. Those services include counseling, HIV-testing and keeping records of AIDS and HIV cases, as well as offering to contact sexual partners for those who have just found out they have the virus. % A -IF- CAIRO — Black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela (I) and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat greet each other,in Cairo recently. Both leaders were in Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. (UPI Photo) VOTE TUESDAY JUNES Gantt Challenges Easley In Tuesday’s Democratic Primary Harvey Gantt is running against Mike Easley in this coming Tuesday’s primary run off for nomination as the Democratic Party’s candidate for the United States Senate. Gantt can win the run-off if enough voters registered as Democrats vote for him on Tuesday, June 5. Gantt is considered a formidable candidate whose victory would be a victory for aU fair- minded voters who want more responsible government exercised by the Congress. Gantt was the first black to graduate from Clemson University and the first black mayor of African-American Heritage Festival at Brown Memorial June 9 Charlotte. As Charlotte’s mayor, he demonstrated concern about all Americans. Gantt received the highest number of votes in the May primary, but the rule of having to receive 40% plus one vote meant that Easley could call for a run-off, which he did. Consequently, the determining factor now is how many voters cast their votes on Tuesday. Gantt has promised that if he is elected to the U.S. Senate in November, he will work to improve educational, health, housing and other relevant concerns of many citizens. He believes that the federal government should play a greater role in ensuring the well-being of Americans. A large number of political pundits ^lieve that if Gantt wins next fi^ek, he canaefeat Senator Jesse Helms in November, and contend that as one good reason for voting for Gantt in June. If Gantt wins, he would be the only black in the U.S. Senate. Each person eligible to vote in the run-off on Tuesday has the civic obligation to do so. Each also has the responsibility of encouraging all eligible voters to vote on Tuesday, June 5. Exhibitors, vendors, music and dance will highlight thci African American Heritage Festival at Charlotte Hawkins Brown MemoriafSaturday, June 9. From 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., visitors to the campus of the former Palmer Memorial Institute will see all kinds of exhibitors and vendors with wares of African-American nature, as well as food vendors. At 11 a.m. center stage performances begin, fedturing the Harris/Mintz School of the Arts Dance Group; the Black Child Development Choir; and the Fruit of the Spirit Gospel Choir. Other groups are the Capital City Five of f.Raleigh; the Brown Memorial Community Choir; and string ensemble of Durham. Admission to the festival is free. The memorial, at the first North Carolina state Jiistoric site dedicated to a woman and a black, is on the campus of the prestigious prep school founded by Dr. Brown in 1902. The state historic site opened in 1987. When fully completed, it will include restored historic structures, audiovisual pres,entations and permanent exhibits on Dr. Brown and North Carolina black history. Other weekend events planned include Palmer alumni and friends remembering Dr. Brown’s birthday with the annual Maroon and White ball, Friday, June .8; and graveside services Sunday, June 10. For details on the African- American Heritage Festival a^'d 'he birthday observances, call Jeanne Rudd at the site m Sedalia, 9’ ,.'- 449-4846. Charlotte Ha .f nis ’’ rown Memorial, an s :’r-cy o« the Department of Ci r: t R»£OLrces, is located on the Pair ir Inst itute campus. Highway 70, Sed,i'ia, 1-85 exit #135. ANHEUSER-BUSCH CONTRIBUTION PROVIDES COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS — Ronald F. Smiley (center), corporate affairs central region manager for Anheuser-Busch Companies, presents n contribution to members of the Durham Housing Authority during its annual scholarship banquet held recently at the Omni Hotel and Convention Center. Accepting the contribution, which will be used to provide college scholarships to residents of public housing in Durham, are: Jack Preiss, chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority, and Joyce Nichols, board member.
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