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UNCF teleth.
falls short of i
But North Carolina's resu
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS '
Chronicle Staff Writer
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LAST WEEKEND'S annual telethon for bh
4o have fallen short of 1984's total of pledges
both in the Triad and across the nation, but lo<
Negrp College Fund officials say they still are
results.
The national telethon, called "The Lou Raw
and emceed by the popular singer, was broa
Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles. Peric
Triad fundraising effort, based at the Winsto
were broadcast to solicit contributions from
Point and Winston-Salem and to report the te
the area.
Charlotte and Durham hosted the state's othc
and fundraisers, which help support 43 priv
black colleges.
The telethon ended early Sunday morning, h
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By JUDY SMAGULA FARAH
Associated Press Writer
. COS ANGELES - President Reasan. the
' , - Rev. Jesse Jackson and Bill Cosby were
among those Avho lent support Saturday to
the "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars'*^telethon
that raised roughly $7.7 million for the
United Negro College Fund.
"Thanks to UNCF, many youngsters who
wouldn't have been able to attend college
have gone on to become doctors, scientists,
engineers, scholars and diplomats, corporate
executives," Reagan said in a telephone call
, to Rawls during the show.
Racial hate still simir
in Southwest Philade
By The Associated Press Just a dec;
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PHILADELPHIA -- The In the past
whites who remain in Southwest Elm wood, tl
Philadelphia remember the siege, enclave
Forces from outside the Philadelphia
neighborhood - blockbusters, kind of fear
they were called - stirred panic by the leafle
with talk of blacks moving in, the dinner-h<
property values falling. Some the real-estat
streets changed color in a matter On Nov.
of months. Elmwood r<
The massive white flight is strong, dem
over. home newly
In 1966, Most Blessed Sacra- family. The
ment, the Catholic grammar half that ni
school at 56th Street and Chester surrounded 1
Avenue, was the biggest an interracii
parochial school in the nation moved. ^
with 3,317 pupils. Please
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UNCF; Jacl
"And that's why we're joinii
thousands of persons ? Nancy and
from across the country who will be i
their pledges pnd contributions to the
Negro College Fund," Reagan said:
Hosts Ed McMahon and Marilyn !
were joined by Cosby, Diahann Carn
Vereen, B.B. King, Ann Jillian, Did
and pothers during the sixth
marathon.
The UNCF, which has 43 member
that serve 45.000 student* annus
known by its motto, "A Mind is a 1
Thing to Waste." Dr. Martin Luth<
tering msm
H
ade later, enrollment
pupils. About 100 of
siege is from within.
: month, residents of
he last major white ,
in South west ^ '
, have created the
that once was fueled
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our phone call from m
20, a group of jjplpS
si dents, about 400 IfpSff!
onstrated outside a
occupied by a black
next night, about fll
imber of protesters
mother house where Solomon I
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' styled backstage in Los Angeles. Left,
> volunteers Dawanna Warren and Denise Wfc
t totals (bottom photo by James Parker).
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ig the Jr., entertainer Lionel Richie, Olympian E
I are ? win Moses, opera star Leontyne Price ai
making Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young were i
United UNCF alumni.
The president's comments drew criticis
McCoo ^rom ^ac^son* w^? has three children atte:
Ml, Ben black colleges.
t Clark "It's a classic case of exploiting a goc
annual cause because he's not backing it up wi
resources," Jackson said in a telephone ii
schools terview Saturday after his appearance on tl
illy, is show.
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miffed
.By HARRY HOI
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m)^A as "a lack of su
40 i have vowed to fi
^ ^ make a Lawrence
Paul Spilberg,
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m said he and other
W . deafening silence
ning what he call
to honor
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in 1965 for savii
soldiers in Vietna
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ppv^^ nionmakers do t
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f \* - they should -be
Both Spilberg
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DrNB comments by Ma
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W the coliseum.
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said Barnhill. "B
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ward H. O'Hare i
after him. He wa
One group Spi
ioo has her hair the lead in the Joe
Winston-Salem The board will v
teb record local coliseum, but acc<
? active role from tl
Ple<
* "It's a classic fl||
case of exploiting
a good cause
d- because he's not W
id backing it up with
>11 resources.... If he mm
(Reagan) invested
m as much money W
to these schools ||
rather than
'jj building jails and
n. penitentiaries,
we'd all be better
sensed."
i, - Jesse Jackson
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\ City's Employee
> hardly expected
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
^ When Solomon Hanna was nam
I Employee of the Year on Dec. 19, he
the award.
Hanna, 43, was one of four finali:
When someone else was announced a
na assumed he was out of the runni
"I heard her (Mrs. Edwina Thorn
chairperson) announce the other win
? it,'* Hanna says. "I guess she was ab
when I realized she was talking abo
Hannahs reaction? Sheer astonisl
award of this kind before. He walkec
tion. ^ \
MIf I had to take many more steps
<ays of his nervousness. "It was real!
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iter that It (the new
ot be named in honor
cuiar person."
Lynne Harpe "
veterans
at mayor
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onlcte
, disgruntled by what they refer to
pport" from the powers that be,
ght to the finish in their effort to
Joel Memorial Coliseum a reality.
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wno neaas me Joei coliseum prod
Vietnam Veterans Association,
' veterans were "astounded by the
" from community leaders concers
a "proper and honorable" idea <
's only Medal of Honor winner. ^ |
in 1983, won the Medal of Honor.
lg the lives of at least 16 fellow
m.
e the proposal, but unless the opiheir
part, our efforts may be in
ud, adding, "It's their community
taking the lead."
and James Barnhjll, who is also a **
re "generic" prefix may be best for
it the mayor said, I was appalled,''
eing a World War II veterart, I ex1
him. But being the mayor in this
ob anyway."
ys you should know 'who is it* and
rilberg said, "but I don't know if
pie in Chicago who knew who Edtvas
before they named the airport
s also a veteran."
lberg and Barnhill s$y must take
il effort is the Board of Aldermen. |
/entually vote on a name for the
3rding to Spilberg, it must take an ^
le beginning to make the Joel proase
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cd the 1985 city government
; was not quite ready to receive
sts in the operations category. ^ ^
is the yrinner in that area, Hanng
for the city's top prize.
ipson, the selection committee
ners and I knew I wouldn't get
>out a third of the \yay through
ut me."
unent. He had never won an
I to the stage to a standing ovaI
would have fallen down," he
ly a great honor to be recognizo
npted his supervisor. Crystal
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