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UlLS 08/20/71 OODDD ifjfCHUIl rTH CAROLINA COLLECTION .SON LIBRARY UNC-CH 3930 m hill nc 27577-3730 hfCati 111^0 jVTHETteUTH UNgaij^gS^ (USPS 091-380) 68-NUMBER 26 ^Z7l7 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1990 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE:30 CENTS Jackson Speaks On Mandela’s Visit To Washington 'w»m IJR Nabisco Continues Support ■or Minority Education, Press TLANTA — Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, lay a wreath visiting the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social lelorab of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. after Change. (UPI Photo) "We are reminded of that history in which our struggle for dignity, respect and self-determination have been intertwined with that same straggle conducted by our brothers and sisters on the African continent," said Reverend Jackson last week at the Nelson Mandela Rally in Washington, D.C. Nelson Mandela arrived in Washington, D.C. as part of his tour of various cities across the United States. After 27 years of unearned suffering from brutal oppressors-guilty of massacres, beatings and jailings-Mandela continues to emerge with a clear mind and objectives; an unbroken spirit, with no trace of bitterness; and a steel will. He is one of the preeminent moral authorities in the world today. When he speaks the world listens, and Tuesday night, June 26th, at the Washington cci.vention center was no exception. The man whom some call a national hero addressed a crowd of twenty- thousand on-lookers. The 71-year-old Mandela, gave a rousing 15-minutc speech to the crowd with a continued plea of supporting sanctions against South Africa. Often interrupted with cheers and chants, the 3-hour ceremony dedicated to the African National Congress, gav.e words of encouragement from prominent kxial and national leaders. The Reverend Jackson introduced Mandela to the crowd using a history parallel between the struggle of the African-Americans in America and in South Africa. He noted the following: * He said "In 1955, Rosa Parks has a tired day (Montgomery Bus Boycott) and in the same year the African National Congress published its Freedom Charter. * 27 years ago, in 1963, Dr. King was jailed in Birmingham. Alabama and Mr. Mandela was jailed in South Africa. * 27 years ago, in 1963, President Kennedy proposed a civil rights bill aimed at the enforcement of voting rights, equal cmpicyment opportunities, and the (iesegregation of public facilities. Now, 27 years later President George Bush is threatening to veto the Civil Rights Bill. * In 1984 I announced my historic bid as President, yet it was the same year Prime Minister P.W. Botha was sworn in as South A.frican Presid jnt. And it was also the same year that Randall Robinson, Dr. Mary Berry, and Cong. Waller Fauntroy decided to press the Pretoria government into making reforms by staging what was the beginning of daily demonstrations at the South African embassy!" Reverend Jackson concluded by saying "now in 1900 wc arc inspired to KEEP HOPE ALIVE. We are winning everyday. Divi.sion and confusion cannol slop us. Truth crushed to the earth will ri.se again. Hope is in the air, and help is on ihe way." HCAGO - Continuing a 100- tradition of supporting orily education, RJR Nabisco, lias announced ih; c funding for RIR Nabisco Scholarship jam in Journalism would be linued for the nineteenth scculive year. Speaking before the 50th iivcrsary Convention of the ionai Newspaper Publishers "ialion (NNPA), Ben Ruffin, ptcsidcni-conrorate affairs for Reynolds Tobacco Co., JBiiced tliat the company would iinuc to finance journalism olarships for African-American nis selected by the United ;io College Fund, which has administered the program since 1983. "In the early 1970s, NNPA’s leadership came to us with their concerns about meeting the growing need for African- American journalists trained to report on issues of importance in their communities. In response, RJR created this scholarship program in 1972 because the company recognized that your newspapers are essential to the cultural vitality of your communities," said Ruffin. "By providing scholarships to young African-Americans w'ho aspire to be journalists, we help to ensure a continuing source of skilled, well-trained reporters and editors who bring an Afrocenlric perspective to issues critical to their communities," Ruffin said. Since the scholarship program started, 60 students have benefited from more than $250,000 in financial support, making it the largest journalism scholarship program ever funded by private industry. In addition to announcing the continuation of the RJR Nabisco Scholarship Program, Ruffin told NNPA members that the company would begin running a new series of corporate advertisements in more than 180 NNPA-member newspapers in the fourth quarter of this year. "This a'ivertising commitment is in keeping v.'ith our long-held view that your newspapers play a unique role in preserving and enriching the traditions of the African-American community," Ruffin said, "You can rely on us for the support that will assist you in continuing to carry out this increasingly important mission," The corporation’s support for minority education dales back to a personal gift of $500 by the company’s founder in 1891 to ts Ip establish Winston-S-tlem Slate University (WSSU). Recent support includes a $4 million gram to WSSU’s Centennial Campaign (Conlinucd On Page 8) Highway Bill Hearing To Be Held In North Carolina WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Represenmtive Tim Valeniinc has announced that the Surface Transportation Subcommittee of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee will hold a regional field hearing in Durham, North Carolina, on reauiheri/a'don of the Federal-aid highway, mass traii.sit, .uii! lOgu., safety program^. The hearing is cxpccKxi to he held in September, witli the exact time and location to be anntuinccd, "1 am delighted that North Caiolina will have this opportunity to idl our story directly to the Remembering The Forgotten Half Conference Held To Discuss Youth With No College In Their Plans KINS CHRYSLER-PLVMOIJTH WINS ■RYSLER CORP ‘AWARD EOR EXCELLENCE/ highland park, Mich. — Chrysler Corporation has announced Elkins Chrysler-Plynioulh of Durham has earned lhal iiiomakcr’s highest dealership honor, the "Award for Excellence,” /itsperformance in 19S9. E-T. Pappcri,' Chrysler Corporation’s Vice President-Sales, 'plained dial the "Award for Excellence" is given annually to those iiO'^lcr-Piyniouih, Dodge, and Jeep Eagle Dealers whose sales ''^l^orinancc, customer service, administration, facilities, and ''nmuniiy relations arc especially c.xcmplary. This is iic 12Ui lime that Elkins Chrysler-Piymoulh has received prestigious award," said Pappcri, "and it is especially imporumi 'point out that only about one in 10 Chrysler Corporation I’-'^Tships, nationwide, meets the stringent pcrforinancc criteria to Nify (or this honor. The entire staff of Elkins Chrysler-Piymoulh ^lakc pride in their accomplishment." iAM CITIZEN ELECTED VICE ®SIDENT OF U.S. JAYCEES LOUISVILLE, KY. — A Norili Carolina man, Donnie Solomon, •‘‘IS elected vice prc.sidcnt of The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycccs) Wetinesday, June 13, at the organization’s 7()th 'Annual Mcciing in Louisville, Kcnlucky. Tiles pasi year, Solomon served as president of the North Carolina wyeeos, helping all Jayccc chapters in the slate willi recruitment anc. "■eiivation. He and nine other national vice presidents each will serve “'e stales. Solomon has held many chapter and state Jayccc oiTiccs. He is Wploycd by G.A. Clark & Associates as director of Public Relations, olomon; his wife Gwen; and tiicir children, Kimberly and Cindy, ®ein Durham. The U.S. Jaycces, a leadership training organization for men and »i>men ages 21 through 39, has 240,000 members in 5,000 communities. WASHINGTON, D.C.-Vve’ve heard and read them time and again the past few years, yet each time the statistics on at-risk yotiih tire repeated, they have fresh impact: ’"Each year, up to 700,000 youth leave school teforc graduating. *k study of youth who dropped out of high school in 1987 and 1988 revealed an uncmploymcnl rale of 57 percent. ■"The same study showed lhal Lite uncmploymcnl rule for black teens who left school early w-as 77 percent. These statistics, cited by Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole in her opening address, tire the basis for the school-lo-work conference held ticrc in May. Around 200 leaders from bu.sincss, education and government attended the thrcc-day event, which was co-sponsored by the Dcparlmcnt of Education. "For liali of America’s youUi, coilege .serves as a liriilgc bciwcun secondary school and a career path," Secretary Dole .said. "However, for the non-college bound youllt, the forgotten youth the bridge between secondary school tuid a career is freq icnily uncmploymcnl. Too many of hosc who do fine ciuploymcnt , Ten bounce around f ,ira ‘ob to job, casting about a.' I , y try i find a niche." But the 70’y,0 0 itiidci ts who drop out of schct.l eacii year apparently arc not the only thsad'. aiilagcu students. Al Shankcr, president of the American Federaiion of ’IVachcrs, had more disturbing statistics irom the Nalional Assessment of Educational Progress: ■"The perccnlagc of American youth (still in school) who arc at the top level of writing skills, thal is, able U) write an essay or letter, is between three and six percent. (By contrast, 28 percent of German sludenls p;:'.' all scclioi..s of a five- day lest). ♦The percentage of .students al the next level, able to write one or two ptnagraphs witli one |ioint to communicate and one or two errors, is 20 percent. ’"Only four percent of all American students arc in the top inatlicmalical level. "Yet 55 percent of American students go on to college, and they could not be admitted to college in any other country in the indusfrialized world," said Shankcr. "Clearly, the most advanlitgcd kids who ever walked the earth arc not learning much at .sctiool." According to Shankcr, all American students — those who keep studying as well as those who give up — lack somclhing that is basic in European and Japanese schools: incentive. "In other countries, you can’t get into college unless you pass a national test," he said. "In Ihe U.S., the question has become not what I , 'die I can .lo, but what is the Icasl 1 cati do lo gel by?’ While Ollier industiiali/cd nalions have some conncclio'i lhal lies future jobs to .scltool woik done in the present, American students learn a rude Ics.son from life. "Kids who do well in school cml up with the .same minimum wage jobs as the kid who played hookey," Shankcr said. "In Germany, kids can sec a (liffcrcncc hetween the students who do well in school and those wdio don’t apply themselves. We’re basically telling our sludenls lltcy’ll got lo the same place whellier they learn or not. They gel to college w,'hether they excel or not, they get minimum wage jobs whether they go lo college or not. "We haven’t been teaching kids that school is important. As a society, we’re paying a terrible price." Secretary Dole asked the group gathered for three days lo keep four principles in mind while mapping out guidelines for .school-to-work programs: that they motivate sludenls to stay in school; tlial lliey allow even non-college bound youth to attain high academic acliicvcmcnl levels; lhal llicy directly link classroom curriculum to work site experience; and llial they enhance prospects for meaningful, life-long employment. With a workforce growing at a (Continued On Page 8) Surface Transportation S’ubcommittec," Valentine said, "There was intense eompeiiliion to host those field hearings, and 1 am pleased that Nordt Carolina is one of only six slates chosen from around the nation." Current federal surface transportation programs expire on September 30, 1991. Hcarinigs on icgi.L'io'i reauthorizing these programs are c pecico ^■J .‘'•icts on» future transportation needs, problems in t'le cuirenl progirams, and pro|x>,saT for changes, in the program slriiciurc and lutiidiug mcliiods li r nansiionation proiects. "Norili Carolina is irsat’e unfairly uiic^r llie present higjawa) and mass transit programs, and more v; !'la>'le funding practices sliould be a top p.i '.:'v in Ihe new program,” Vaieiiline s.uJ ' it is ;iisv> critical thal Subcoiuaiil lee incm;...'rs undersiatul the nut lor commitment of stale resourtes lhal has been made lo expaiui; moderni/e, and maintain North Carolina’s highway system." North Carolina’s 78,(X)0 mile highway network is the largest .stale-mainuiincd highway .system in i!ic ruiiiun. Last year the Norilli C aroliiia ciea.'ral Assembly passed the largest high .-i ay construe lion package in the slate's l.i.iory. ,a S9.2 billion, 1.1.5 year program a/ eoniplele a .3,600 mile inlrasUUC four-lane highway system, improve 113 miles of interstate highways, |iavc lO.tXX) miles of din roads, and consfruet seven urban freeways. Since 1965, Norili Carolina has paid in more and rerecived less from the Highway Trust Fund Ilian any other state. In addition, North Carolina has received less llian Ui e cents for every dolhn it has paid into the Mass Transit Account since that program was esuiblished in 1982. "The Durham field hearing will be valuable in ensuring lliai North Carolina’s unique situation and transportation needs are imderstixitl clearly," 'Valentine said. "I hope it will help lo make the ease lor needed changes iiii the fedorul programs." Valentine is a senior memivr of the Surface Tiransporialion Subcommittee: R.epresentalive Norman Mincta (D-CA) is Chairman of the ;Subrommiile-e, and Representative Glenn M. Anderson (D-CA) is Chairman of the full Public Works and Transportation Comi nitlee.
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