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-UltB CAROV U1'-50N L CB 3R30 charb'- *»cvWi'- lOM ibraR'^ hirb UNB' CH RC {y'THET^uTH UwaniSei^ IIM0 (USPS 091-380) 3LUME 68 - NUMBER 28 £l '1^) 3 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1990 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE:30 CENTS Jesse Helms Aide James Meredith Says NAACP Members Involved In Drugs, Crime 4P) — Many of the 3,000 delegates to a recent ,ACP convention are "involved in the drug culture," s James Meredith, the first black to enter the iversity of Mississippi and now a special assistant to I, Jesse Helms. [have a background profile on more than half of the [gates (to last weekend’s NAACP convention), and 160 percent are involved in the drug culture, and at il 80 percent are involved in criminal or immoral iiities,” Meredith said in a news release Monday. Itlms is running for re-election against Democrat ^ey Gantt, the first black nominated for the U.S. ale from the South. I an interview, Meredith said he did not show the tment, released on official Helms Senate stationery, jiethree-term Republican senator, elms called Meredith’s news release a "lapse,” jiig, ”1 didn’t tell J.H. that nobody sends out [eared releases... 1 would not have approved its ig out, frankly, even though I think that Dr. reililh has a point." esaid that he didn'i want to get into the middle of a lie between Mercdiih and the National Association [he Advancemcm of Colored People. But the lied Meredith’s siitcei ity and drive on the issues of :t morality and family suength. Ihink he knows more about the problems of the :k community than cither you or I or the editor of Winston-Salem Journal. He is entitled to his jments, and his judgments are good on many many gs," Helms said. elms hired Meredith as a special assistant on his lie slaff last year at a salary of about $30,000 a r, iiy Peeler, the executive director of the North ilina NAACP, called Meredith’s statement "not (Offensive but very questionable." Many of the » delegates to the NAACP convention were islets, active church members and community ers, she said, adding, "Those are not the kind of lie you find in the drug scene.” erflh said, "I’ve collected (the information) over tats... I know who smoked dope with whom.' There ain’t nobody that even thinks they’re important that I don’t know the goods on." Meredith, adding that his information-gathering was not part of his official duties, said his prime source of information on the NAACP’s leaders is "people, people who were there." He has a network of connections across the country who provide information on the people that they know, he said. The one-page news release dated July 14 was mailed to a handful of North Carolina reporters at Senate expense. I think we need to look into the backgrounds of these so-called leaders," Meredith said. He called upon Benjamin Hooks, NAACP executive director, and two other notable black leaders — Ron Brown, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and John Jacob, head of the National Urban League — to reveal whether they had ever been users. Meredith gained worldwide attention in 1962 as the first black to enroll at the University of Mississippi. In Durham, long time civil rights activist, John Edwards, said he believed Meredith was carrying out a long held vendetta. Edwards is currently director of the N.C. Civic Education Project and was an NAACP youth leader in the 1960s. "We don’t know the source of those statements and should judge them accordingly," Edwards said. "I don’t think they deserve any credibility." Edwards recalled attending a convention at which Meredith, shortly after he integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962, was invited to speak at a youth rally during a NAACP convention. Edwards believes the rift goes back to an NAACP convention where Meredith was scheduled to speak to a youth rally. After getting copies of the speech prior to delivery, the youth group decided not to applaud because of what they considered insensitive treatment by Meredith. Edwards believes thin it caused Meredith to have a biller taste in his moulli about the NAACP. i t- i- . Harvey Gantt opened a campaign office in Raleigh Monday and spoke to supporters. He stopped in Durham to elicit support in his Senate bid. Gantt stressed the need to increase spending on education and less on the military. (Photo by Talib Sabir-Calloway) 3^rlo^hy Nelson Mandela’s Back At Home Dr. Marion Gooding to Address NAACP Meeting Dr, Marion Gooding, chair of the North Carolina Central University using Department, will address the July 22 meeting of the Durham »h of the NAACP. The meeting will be held at Morehead I'Biue Baptist Church, 1008 Morehead Ave., where Rev. B. A. ick is pastor. All concerned citizens are urged to lend the support litNCCU Nursing Program and its continuance by attending this ang. A recent recommendation by UNC president C. D. Spangler IS to discontinue the program. Many subsequent efforts have been Klied in support of the program, with the aim of keeping it at lU. The NAACP meeting will begin at 4 p.m. hmer NCCU Faculty Member Dawson Named To Head Hoivard University Public Affairs Program (lorace G. Dawson Jr., former U.S. ambassador to Botswana, has ti named director of the Howard University Patricia Roberts >ris Public Affairs Program, Howard President Franklyn G. Jenifer Announced. Ambassador Dawson was for ten years a member of the English ipanment faculty at North Carolina Central University. He was also lisor to the student newspaper. The Campus Echo. All outgrowth of a bequest to the university from the estate of the • Patricia Roberts Harris, the public affairs program affords •aid students an opportunity to supplement classroom instruction Diigh exposure to enriching lecture, internship and student iange experiences. la addition, the program, which is partially supported by corporate I foundation grants as well as individual gifts, will include visiting ws, exchange scholars and publications, imce retiring from the diplomatic service in 1989, Dr. Dawson has * directing the Program for Achieving Communications *lknce (PACE) at the Howard School of Communications. He is ihate of Lincoln University (Pa.), Columbia University where he ®ed a master of arts degree in English, and the University of ® where he earned a Ph.D. m mass communications. 'urham City Schools Communications department Wins Award U.EIGH — School Press Awards for excellence in ■lunicating school news during 1989-90 have been won by ten *>f systems and four local units of the Nortli Carolina Association teators (NCAE). fbe awards are designed to recognize outstanding efforts in •Junication to the public by local school systems, outstanding “tiers for school system staff members and outstanding “Iters for members of NCAE local units," announced NCAE «nt Julia Kron. The winners were selected by a panel of judges ' ®e professionals in the field of public relations and Jiuuications. } 1990 NCAE local unit winners are Wake County Association ®®oom Teachers-for Wake ACTion. Guilford County NCAE IdLUmbrella. Forsyth County Association of Classroom ** for FACTGRAM and Robeson County Association of *tsforThe RAE. ' School systems that won fw communication to the public are ttille City Schools, Durham City Schools, Nash County Schools, *boro Public Schools and Davidson County Schools. Eacjh "ed an award for its total communications program. Nelson Mandela, deputy president of the African National Congress, arrived home Wednesday following his world whirlwind tour. He says he feels very good after his bout with pneumonia which grounded him for a few days in Mozambique. Mandela is sticking with his demand that sanctions be continued and that all political prisoners and exiles be exonerated. I 1990, State 4-H Electricji Congress Asheville ATTEND 4-H ELfJCTRIC CONGRESS — Durham County 4-H members (second from left to right) Corey Young, 1214C Naples Place, Durham, and Anthony Pierce, 1230D Naples Place, Durham, were delegates to the State 4-H Electric Congress July 9-11 af the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Theresa T. Clark (lelt), Durham County 4-H agent, and Sue Gooden, Duke Power Company consumer education representative, accompanied the delegates. They were selected for the trip for achievement in their 4-H electric projects. Duke Power provided the trip and helped sponsor the congress. The event was conducted by the Nortli Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. PROGRESS REPORT Construction worker are daily scurrying all over what will be the Education Complex at St. Joseph’s Historic Center. Completion is expected by the first of 1991. The Education Complex will house lobbies for exhibitions, St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation offices, classrooms, dance studios, visual arts studios and more, for all ages. Construction of the second phase, the performance center auditorium, will get underway immediately foliowing completion of the education complex and is expected to require approximately a year to complete, according to Walter Norflett, Center director. Durhamites everywhere will recognize the site as that of the old St. Joseph’s AME Church building at the corner of Old FayettevUle St. and what is now Lakewood Avenue. Overall cost of the project is $3.8 million.
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