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1_UILB 08/20/^1 DOODO ^HUIL ioRTH CAROLINA “LLKTIO WILSON LIBRARY UNu CH CB 3930 ^,^,^_393G CHAPEL HILL NC Z/bV jphE^RUtH IjfjlBRipiEI^ VOLUME 69-NUMBER 41 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1991 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE:30 CENTS Hamlet Protest March and Rally To Be Held Saturday Several local and national organizations are expected to participate in a march and rally in Hamlet Saturday, October 18, to protest the death of 25 workers in the Imperial Food poultry processing plant on September 3. According to Rev. Harold Miller, pastor of the First BapUst Church and president of the Hamlet Ministerial Alliance, the event will be "a mlmination of our efforts for workers’ right';, ir.cluding a safe workplace and proper government inspections." Among the groups sponsoring the march is the National Rainbow loalition and its president. Rev. Jesse Jackson. Memphis Gets First Black Mayor MEMPHIS, TENN. — A for.mer school superintendent, Willr Herenton, polled 172 voles more than incumbent Mayor Richard Hackett 10 become the first black mayor of Memphis. He was elected with less 50% of the vote and would have faced a runoff in prior years except for a federal court ruling earlier this year that runoffs had been used to discriminate against African American candidates. Herenton assured his supporters that "help is on the wav." Beauty Queen’s Family Agrees To Settle Suit RICHMOND — Tracey Lynn Clarke was Miss Black America- Richmond when a truck driven by David Albert Johns collided with her vehicle rs'jgust 17, 1990. She died two days later. Johns was charged with drunken driving. Her family has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $25,000 but will receive only $5,220 after medical bills, legal fees and funeral expenses are deducted. The Clarke family attorney said that Johns’ only asset was an insuranc policy with a $25,limit. He said the family might have won a huge verdict in a jury trial but still probably would have collected no more ihan $25,000. Johns was 43, and received an eight-year prison term. At the time of the wreck, his blood alcohol content was 0.17. Virginia law presumes a motorist to be drunk at 0.10. This is Radon Week: Test! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that radon Is jiie of the most serious environmental pollutants. Exposure to radon is estimated to cause more deaths per year than lead paint, asbestos, dioxin, and PCB’s combined, according to an extension specialist at North Carolina State University. To increase knowledge of the dangers of radon. National Radon Awareness Week is October 13-19. Most people, however, find it hard to he too concerned about radon because it Is hard to worry much about a naturally occurring environmental pollutant. Radon can’t be controlled like other pollutants from industrial or commercial sources. "People ^en’t likely to test their house for radon," says Robert Leker, radon specialist with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, "because you can’t smell, taste, or see radon. Also, there are no short letm health effects from radon exposure.” However, Leker cautions people that, "radon is one of a handful of pollutants where there is actual human data linking exposure to increased cancer rates.” The Imk between radon exposure and lung cancer come; from studies of underground uranium miners. In North Carolina a number of studies have sampled home radon levels across the state. Data from these surveys suggest that between 7-12 percent of North Carolina homes may have elevated levels of radon. Generally, radon levels are lowest in the Coastal Plain and higher in Piedmont and Mountain areas of North Carolina. In Durham County, the ndon levels in homes tested have ranged from 0.5 pC;/L to 7.8 pC:/L. Leker notes, "Radon levels are known to vary widely, even in the same •eightorhood. The only way to know the levels in you house is to test." Testing for radon is easy. Radon test kits can be purchased from many irdwaiB and discount stores. Test kits cost from $10 to $30 and come •Ith directions for use. Most test kits sample the air in your home for a mod of between two and seven days. If you have trouble finding a kit, j'j^Linda Washburn at the Durham County Extension Office at 560- Hiere are long-term radon test kits which have sample periods of weral months up to a year. Mandela Blames Government; Others Blame Blacks Some factions in South Africa are calling the ANC’s [African National ongress] statements on economic policies as a "disturbing mix of the ■ovocative and the erratic," and charges that the ANC is trying to stabilize the country with violence. ANC President Nelson Mandela rejected that viewpoint and charged outh Afncan President F.W. de Klerk with responsibility for die hence m that country. De Klerk has let loose his hounds against the »ple,' he told a rally, and asked, "If he [de Klerk] does not want the hlence, why do the police act with such impunity?" Attacks oMuired as about 15,000 people left a stadium in the black wnship of Tokoza near Johannesburg, following the funeral of ANC wst Sam Ntuli, himself gunned down in an attack last month. I repeatedly documented participation by elements of the dia Freedom Party and by South African government security force; attacks which have killed thousands in recent years. Since last mmer,,government funding of Inkatha activities was revealed and ted?' government-organized "hit 100 Free Mammography Tests Offered ^oke University Medical Center will offer a free mammography ^mng on Saturday, October 26, ffem 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Nance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Mammography is an X- J “tat detects breast cancer, and it can save liv"- P^intments are required. The phone lines will be open ONLY Wber 18’ from 5 to 9 p.m.; October 19, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.tiTTlSd *ber 20, from 9 to 11a.m. ^ ®1-2661 to make an appointment. ^ MISS NCCU TO BE CROWNED OCTOBER z/ — Alicia Ja Broadway of Kannapolis will be crowned as Miss North Carolina Central University for 1991-92 at 5 p.m. October 27 in B.N. Duke Auditorium. A reception will follow in the Alfoaso Elder Student Union. Miss Broadway is the daughter of Harold and Mrs. Barbara Broadway. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, the NCCU Student Government Association, the McLean Hall Dormitory Council, the NCCU Food Service Committee, the Eagle Yearbook Staff, and the NCCU Marching Band. She is a member of Alpha Chi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The new Miss NCCU is a senior political science major who is minoring in accounting. She plans a career as a corporate attorney. REDD FOXX Redd Foxx Dies From The Real ‘Big One’ Comedian Redd Foxx — John Elroy Sanford — who played a crabby junk dealer on the television series "Sanford and Son," died October 11 after suffering a heart attack on the set of his new show. Viewers will recall how Foxx, with his hand over his heart, joked, "Elizabeth, this is the big one." Foxx died at Queen of Angels Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 68. Foxx was rehearsing a scene for the CBS series, "The Royal Family" at a Paramount Studios sound stage when he collapsed. Foxx got the name "Redd" in Harlem because of his light skin and hair color. He ran away from home in Sl Louis, Mo., when he was 13 to join a street band. He began working as a comic in the 1940s. His entertainment skills were honed in the streets and nightclubs of black communities and he served a bitter apprenticeship as a dishwasher and slept under newspapers while pursuing his career. He was once jailed for Healing food. ^ Foxx was called "Chicago Red" to differentiate him from his friend, 'Detroit Red," the young Malcolm X, who wrote in his autobiography that Foxx was "the funniest dishwasher on earth." Foxx was a pioneer in standup comedy and acting. He was bom John Elroy Sanford on December 9, 1922 in St. Louis, Mo. He wasted no time startinu his show business career. Along with (Continued On Page VOTE NOV. 5 Out of Africa ‘Miracle’ Drugs Said To Relieve AIDS Symptoms /n the October 7 issue of The Final Call newspaper, are extensive reports on the findings by Editor A. Waii Muhammad and Dr. A. Alim Muhammad, national spokesman for Minister Louis Farrakhan, who went to Kenya, East Africa recently to investigate reports of a treatment for AIDS. They interviewed patients, doctors, scientists, government officials and others. Editor Muhammad filed the following story: NAIROBI, KENYA — An effective treatment for AIDS has been developed and is available in this East African capitol. In fact two such treatments now exists. Both derived basically from the .same research, but marketed by two different bodies under different names. Both ueatments also have received praise from doctors and patients, although a swirl of controversy and intrigue surrounds their development. Kemron, developed by the Kenyan Medical Research InsUtute (KEMRI) under the direcUon of Dr. Davy Koech, 41, and assisted by clinician Prof. Arthur Obel, was •"irst announced in grand fashion by Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi on July 25, 1990, before a gathering of scientists and researchers, including a team of blacks from the United States. Immunex, the second ot the two treatments, bojli containing human alpha interferon, was launched by a Nairobi-based company, Medikem, ivhose principals claim they had trouble obtaining KEMRON to sell to customers, so they developed their own version. Several Kenyan doctorlj who have used one or both of the dmgs for reatment of patients with advanced symptoms of AIDS told the Final Call that the treatments have yielded "miraculous" results, including in some cases nearly ;omplete reversal of the symptoms, which include weight loss, liarrhea, dementia and a .variety of "opportunistic infections” which lead to death. Dr. Abdul Alim Muhammad, a member of the Final Call investigative team which interviewed the director at KEMRI’s Nairobi headquarters, called the reports "spectacular news," but informed Dr. Koech that "the news of this is not very widely known. It is very difficult in the United States to find out anyuiing at all." "I know," retorted Dr. Koech, one of Kenya’s leading immunologists, adding that the advance press reports in the western media ittempted to detract from the seriousness of the discovery. "Posterity and the patients that we have will talk for us.... We will continue doing more work, not being deterred by the advance press reports." New York-based doctor and activist Barbara Justice, who was in Nairobi with one of her patients receiving Kemrom, charged, "If these reports (of Kemron’s success) JUDGE CLARENCE THOMAS CONFIRMED — The United ifates voted 52-48 Tuesday to -Onfirm Judge Clarence Thomas is the nation’s 106th Supreme Court Justice. Thomas was confirmed by the closest margin of any justice since 1888. came from anywhere else, it would have caused a stampede." Dr. Justice has brought 54 patients to Nairobi for treatment because the medication cannot be sent out of the counuy. Doctors Koech, Justice and Muhammad agreed that the western media have neglected to report on Kemron, and that the African oi'inins of the treatment have fCoiUiiiucd On Page 5) Durham Area Transit Authority Expands Service More Durham aiea residents have access to more bus service when the Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA) since expanded service began October 14. New routes and "oute extensions have been added, additional night service are being operated on key routes, and frequency on existing routes have been increased to every half hour luring peak periods. According to Durham Mayor, Chester Jenkins, "this effort is part of the City’s continuing comminnent to improve transit for all citizens of Durham". "In the past, we could take second shift employees to work, but couldn’t get them home. Third shift workers could get home, but had no ride to work," said Mary Hough, transit administrator for the city of Durham. "With the service changes, DATA has become a liable alternative for all employees, regardless of their work schedules." Route changes are expected to provide better access to employment locations, such as the Research Triangle Park Area, Duke University and Hospital, the VA Hospital, Durham-Regional Hospital, Guess Road and Hillsborough Road, areas. Specific chanees include a new route operating from downtown Durham to NC 54/55, an express route running between downtown and Duke University, and route extensions to serve Loehmann’s Plaza, and Oakcreek Village Shopping Center. Night service will be operated on six routes, with the last trip leaving downtown at 11:35 p.m. In addition to becoming more accessible to the general public, the transit system will be realigned to make it more productive. "DATA has eliminated unproductive areas where buses were running empty," said Hough. "The new system will not only provide better service for the riding public, but will be more efficient. Better and more efficient service makes us responsive to our riders, as well as the tax paying public." DATA is also making it easier for people to get information on routes and schedules by introducing a new information number that is easier to remember - 683-DATA. The service changes are part of a system-wide reconstruction that began in early 1991 with the takeover of the system, from Duke Power Company, by the city of Durham. Other system changes included a new color scheme and logo, and the addition of DATALink service for disabled passengers. Future changes will include purchasing new buses, fareboxes and a radio system for the fleet. DATA will operate service Honday through Saturday between 5 a.m. and Midnight, except New Year’s Day, July 4, Labor Day, . Thanksgiving, and Christmas. For more specific route and schedule information, contact DATA customer information, 683-DATA.
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