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Cameroon voter turnout low
President Paul Biya greets supporters after voting in
Yaounde, Cameroon Sunday, Oct. 12. Less than 30 percent
of the more than 4 million eligible voters had cast their bal
lots by mid afternoon, according to reports on state-run
radio and independent sources. Later turnout reports were
not immediately available. Results are not expected for 15
days.
Land minaa continue to tako toil
Prosthesis workshop worker Edward Wafula uses a wrench
to angle the foot for land mine victim Jacob Bior at the Red
Cross' Lopiding Hospital, in Lokichokio, northern Kenya,
Sept. 22. According to the Red Cross, 26,000 people lose
their lives or limbs to mines each year.
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Mourners hold up candles during a candlelight vigil for slain
10-year-old Jeffrey Curley in front of the Curley home in
Cambridge, Mass. Monday evening, Oct. 13. Two men are
charged with kidnapping and murder in the case.
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Golfer Tiger Woods gives 9-year
old Darian Bouie of Miami, Fla.,
some tips on his swing Sunday,
Oct. 12, at the Melreese Golf
Course in Miami. Woods
appeared on behalf of his Tiger
Woods Foundation and put on a
clinic and exhibition for hundreds
of kids.
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Hunfeanrt malevoltnce linger*
Residents of the
Palma Sola neigh
borhood wash laun
dry in a stretch of
the river that flooded
Monday, Oct. 13, in
Acapulco. With
cadavers still
\trapped in mud and
riverbeds and a lack
of running water in
most of the city res- 'i?(
cue workers are scrambling to prevent an outbreak of epi
demics In Acapulco that could add to the death toll from
Hurricane Pauline.
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rotate off the board. She indicated that she
would not return after the mandatory year off.
The recent appointees come to the board
with a wealth of business and education expe
rience. Johnson, a WSSU graduate, retired
from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
school system after more than 32 years, and
currently is a member of the school board. He
also sits on the board of the Winston-Salem
Transit Authority, chairs the local Urban
League board of directors and is a trustee and
finance chairman of St. Paul United Methodist
Church.
"I've always tried to do as much as I could
for my alma mater," said Johnson. "I guess this
puts me in a position to do more."
Christopher retired from R J. Reynolds
?'Tobacco as senior executive vice president. He
had also held executive positions with RJR
Archer Inc. and RJR Foods. He currently
chairs the boards of the Wachovia Bank of
North Carolina, Forsyth County, and the
Piedmont Triad Airport Authority.
Christopher's involvement with higher edu
cation is extensive. He is a member and past
chair of the board of visitors of Wake Forest
University and has served on the board of
directors of Sweet Briar College. Currently
Christopher sits on the trustee board of the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
on Bowman Gray's Comprehensive Cancer
Center advisory board and is a member of
WSSU's advisory committee for business and
economics.
Christopher has also served as chairman of
the Winston-Salem Foundation and the United
Way of Forsyth County.
Wachovia Corporation president and CEO
Baker is a trustee at Elon College and serves on
the board of Upward Bound.
Greene is senior executive vice president at
BB&T Corporation, and has served on the
Appalachian State University Chancellor's
Corporate Cabinet. Fie is also a member of
WSSU's Board of Visitors.
Greene views his appointment to the
Foundation as an opportunity to be more
actively involved in the institution's growth,
and to make more people in and outside the
city aware of what WSSU has to ofTer.
"[The university is] a real jewel from an eco
nomic standpoint," said Greene. "To a degree,
we haven't fully exposed it from underneath the
basket."
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for Food Lion. As at his old job,
Wallace is responsible for mar
keting 5-Star. McGregor came to
the grocery chain after 10 years
with Winn Dixie, and though
Penn spent just four years with
Food Lion, he had 25 years expe
rience in the Circle K chain.
"Most start-up businesses, if
they have capital, they don't have
the management experience to
stay in business," ^aid Wallace.
The group also has hands-on
experience, and they plan on
using it by working inside the
store. McGregor will work as the
deli/produce manager, while
Wallace will handle the seafood
section. Penn and Hankins will
be store manager and grocery
manager, respectively, and
DeJournette will head customer
service.
In addition, the store will
need 70-80 employees, 30 of
whom would be full-time. The
partners have already begun
interviewing prospective employ
ees, and DeJournette said appli
cants have been enthusiastic.
"The area needs businesses
like this for employment," she
added. "There's nothing out
here."
The store, said Wallace, is
founded on the 5-Star mission of
providing quality merchandise,
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fresh goods, a clean store, cus
tomer service and a friendly
atmosphere.
The five agreed that grocery
stores located in the black com
munity are often missing the lat
ter two ingredients. And most
importantly, 5-Star could offer
an alternative for a populace
whose shopping choices are
dominated by a certain fat cat
chain.
The Salisbury-based grocery
chain might do well to watch its
prodigy. From the beginning, the
partners discussed expanding
into other locations.
"This is store No. 1, and we
plan on growing," stated *
McGregor.
DISPUTE
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tion in Bankruptcy Court.
"Because the cost of
pursuing a larger judgment
and the likelihood that the
judgment will never be
paid. Project Homestead
decided to waive any addi
tional claims and focus its
attention on its primary
undertaking, serving the
community," said Peter
Juran, Project
Homestead's attorney.
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Lyons' troubles apparently
hurting Baptist fund-raising
NASHVILLE, Term (AP) ?
Pleas for money by the Rev. Henry
Lyons are falling short with mem
bers of the National Baptist
Convention USA.
In a Sept. 8 letter to member
churches, Lyons said he needed to
raise S72,000 by Oct. 15 to make a
$422,000 mortgage payment on the
Baptist World Center in downtown
Nashville.
Walter Cade, executive director
of the Baptist World Center, said
donations have failed to make up
the shortfall, though he declined to
say by how much.
"Have we raised what the presi
dent asked for? Categorically, no,"
he said.
Lyons has been besieged by alle
gations of financial improprieties
and questions about his personal
life since July, when his wife was
arrested and charged with setting
fires at a Florida home co-owned
by Lyons and another woman.
While holding onto power at
the convention, Lyons has made
some concessions. He named a
financial committee to take over
daily management of church
monies. And Cade said that church
bank accounts are to be moved to
Nashville from St. Petersburg, Fla.,
where Lyons is based.
Lyons will retain control of a
discretionary account of church
funds. Cade said.
"It'll probably work like any big
business, corporation or whatever,"
Cade said. "Whatever happens,
there will be guidelines."
The Rev. Raymond Bowman, a
Lyons critic, said Lyons should
relinquish control of all church
funds.
"It should be like regular busi
ness practices," Bowman said. "He
shouldn't be controlling anything."
He faces state and federal inves
tigations over his handling of
church funds, including a Florida
bank account that contains a mix
ture of personal funds and money
from more than $1 million in busi
ness deals.
Lyons has been accused of
using church money to buy real
estate, cars and jewelry for a female
aide.
He has denied having an affair
with her or spending church money
on personal items.
Union Planters Bank sued the
convention Sept. 12 for allegedly
defaulting on a $300,000 loan in
connection with a failed plan by
the Nashville bank to market cred
it cards to convention members.
Lyons, who isn't named in the
suit, told convention officials the
money was income and that he
took a S75.000 commission for the
April 1995 deal. Another $150,000
went to one of Lyons' assistants,
Frederick T. Demps, according to
church documents
The National Baptist Conven
tion USA has 8.5 million members
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