Winston-Salem Gmeensboko High Point vd. xxv No. 6
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I Assembly debates funds for state HBCUs
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RALEIGH - If the HC. Senate can't con
vince membcn of the State House of Ron
tentative* extra money for historically black
universities is needed, all but one HBCU
won't get extra funding.
The Senate budget proposal, which desig
nated nearly $10 million in extra funding to
HBCUs, was a stark contrast to the $2 milboo
left after the House changed the bill to ease
expenses for tax cuts which would mostly
affect estates of $700,000 or more. The House
and Senate agreed $2 milboo should be set
t aside for N.C. Central University so the
school can comply with N.C. Department of
Labor safety regulations.
Although changes to the budget also
include revisions to other programs, black leg
islators and school officials ait paying dose
attention to how HBCUs ait treated. Com
mittee debates have already delayed the bud
get process three months past the fiscal year's
start on July I.
Rep. Larry Womble, D-Forsyth, who
likens the deadlock to earher efforts to pass
bills insuring poor children and raises for state
employees, says he's not sure when - or if - a
compromise will be found.
The Republicans control the House side
of the state congress," Womble, a graduate of
Winston-Salon Stale University said. "These
seems to be a difference in funding and phi
losophy as it comes to historically Hack col
leges and universities.
"(Democrats) tend to believe we need to
fund black college* just as (Republicans) have
staked themselves to other issues I can 4 pin
point how or when this will all end."
Durham Rep. Micky Michaux says the 1 -
House's plan to ease the $100 million that may
be lost by the inheritance tax changes will hurt
the 16-campus University of North Carolina
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"Why the Republicans in the House cut it
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Black surgeon still saving East Winston
By KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
This is the first in a monthly series of arti
cles that will feature Winston-Salem residents
who have made a difference in their communi
ties
The Board of Aldermen had spoken.
Now it was the community's turn.
Among the many who packed the board's
meeting room to voice opposition to the
aldermen's decision not to expand New
Evergreen Cemetery was a regal-looking,
white haired man who sat quietly and lis
tened intently. \
His voice soft, yet authoritative, he was
the first member of the community to
address the board. To a captive audience, he
conveyed what thousands of African Ameri
cans were feeling: New Evergreen Cemetery
is a vital part of Winston-Salem's black com
munity.
Though 85-years-old, Dr. H. Rembert
Malloy was. one of this community's most
visible and fearless warriors in this summer's
battle against City Hall.
Eventually the board would reverse its
decision and the cemetery would get its
expansion, thanks in no small part to Mal
loy.
"We wanted to come here calm and cool,
(Dr. Malloy) set the tone for us," Rep. Larry
Womble told supporters after the meeting.
Setting standards was never something
the retired surgeon set out to do, but like his
cunning sense of humor and savoir-faire, it
just came naturally.
"I ask God to not let me be prideful,"
Malloy said from the library of his home on
New Walkertown Road. "Everything I've
done, I did because he allowed me to do it."
Born the only child of a doctor and his
wife a decade before the first World War in
Hamlet, Malloy has called Winston-Salem
home for the past 75 years. And like RJR
and Krispy Kreme, over those years Malloy
has become an institution.
In the prc-civil rights era of the '30s and
'40s, Malloy jumped hurdles that would trip
many African Americans even today.
He gave up 10 years of education, train
ing and teaching at Howard University, to
become one of the first black surgeons in the
state.
"I had no real competition in terms of
black surgeons until the late '50s, early '60s,"
Mallpy said, looking down at his clasped
hands.
Hands to a surgeon are like instruments
to a musician: it's their livelihood. And even
at his advanced age, Malloy's are still steady
and powerful. His healing hands have per
formed everything from circumcision to cor
recting ruptured appendixes.
But the doctor will be the first to tell you
that he has not always walked the straight
and narrow.
"When I was a kid, I was sort-of a gang
leader and quite a fighter. I could beat all the
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House Democrats,
Republicans split
over impeachment
By HERBERT L. WHITE
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The only thing that's certain about the House of Representatives
impeachment inquiry of President Clinton has done is shown a deep split
oeiween democrats ana Kepunucans, tne wmte
House and Capitol Hill.
"This has turned into a very partisan debate and
has turned into politics as usual, which is unfortu
nate for the country," said House Judiciary Com
mittee member Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.).
At the heart of the matter is House Republi
cans' drive for an open-ended impeachment
inquiry, which is likely to be approved the by House
Judiciary Committee. Democrats on the committee
oppose the plan, which they say is an attempt to
politicize the process. Watt, who represents the 12th
"no one condones" Clinton's admitted affair White
House intern Monica Lewinsky, but the Constitution has impeachment
standards - of "high crimes and misdemeanors" - that aren't being
applied in Congress. In other words, is an affair and lying about it
grounds for impeachment?
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Black farmers
right- Civil rights
office 'in disarray'
By JANELLE CARTER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . ,
WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department's civil rights office is
"in disarray" and making no significant progress in clearing up a backlog
of discrimination complaints by black farmers, the department's inspec
tor general says.
He recommended stripping the office of its jurisdiction and creating
an outside task force to deal with the problem.
The civil rights office is "making little attempt to correct the mistakes
of the past," said the report by Inspector General Roger Viadero, Which
was released on Thursday.
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has acknowledged that current
and past administrations have discriminated against black farmers.
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As of Sept. 11, there were 616 backlogged complaints. Many have
been ignored for years.
The report also found an "unreliable repository of information" and
"case files too slovenly to ensure the availability of critical documents."
A picture accompanying the report shows stack upon stack of files, many
uncovered and left open.
In some instances, civil rights staff members with little training
were put in charge of serious complaints, the report said. Many of
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Insurance bill will add thousands of families
By KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
After months of partisan bickering
in the N.C. General Assembly, Gov. Jim
Hunt has signed into law a bill that
could provide health insurance for nearly
71,000 North Carolina children from
low-income families.
"For hundreds of families living in
Forsyth County, finding low-cost health
care just got easier," Forsyth County
Health Department Director Sherman
Kahn said. j
"Health Choice," is a comprehensive
health care plan that will cover every
thing from emergency room and hospital
visits to vision and dental care. The plan
is intended for families who earn too
much money? according to poverty sta
tistics? to qualify for Medicaid.
For example, the plan would cover a
family of four with
a St? 10n annual 1 '
income, which is
twice the poverty
level. For families
whose incomes are
above those set by
poverty standards,
there will be a $50 g
annual fee for one I
child and a $100 fee I
for two or more ?
children. There are
also minimal co
payments for prescriptions and non
emergency hospital visits.
North Carolina is not alone in devel
oping such a plan. Currently, all SO states
arc working on similar health care plans
in order to take advantage of a bill
passed by the U.S. Congress last year to
provide health care to children of the
working poor. North Carolina's piece of
the national pie is an annual $79.9 mil
lion; to qualify for the money, the state
to provide $27.7 million of its own for
the coverage.
To make sure only the most needy
families receive the new coverage, during
the initial stages of the plan, children
must have been uninsured for six months
to be eligible.
"We don't want people dropping
existing healthcare coverage for this
one," Dave Bradshaw, director of special
projects for Department of Social Ser
vice, said. "Our goal is to enroll as many
people as possible for 'Health Choice.'"
The department has teamed with
several advocacy groups in order to get
the word out so
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mat lamnies wno
qualify will apply
for the coverage. If
local Forsyth
County residents
drag their feet, the
money may be
reallocated to
other counties.
The State has
not put a cap on
the amount of
monev each coun
ty can receive, therefore, the counties that
enroll people the fastest will have a better
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