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THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, March 3, 1988
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Jackson Poised For N.C.
Jackson
Jackson Campaign
Boosts Delegate ToU
Washington, D.C.--NNPA--
Desplte negative predictions by
media speculators and Inaccu
rate pollsters, Rev. Jesse Jack-
son skillfully planned his cam
paign to become the first black
candidate to capture the White
House by winning over 600 dele
gates In 13 key southern states
In the Super Tuesday primary
elections, March 8.
Although Jackson constantly
emphasizes he Is not seeking
racial victories, the ordained
minister, civil rights activist and
self-made world leader expects
to get most of the 1,400 poten
tial delegates In the 20 state
elections next week based upon
margins (plurality) provided by
black voters. Only 2,080 dele
gate votes are necessary to win
the presidential nomination at
the Democratic Party conven
tion In Atlanta In July.
'We're going to slam dunk the
(p>olltlcal) ball and go aU the way
to the nomination and win the
election (In November)," de
clared national campaign chair
man Ron Daniels. Speaking In
the Jargon of sports-minded
supporters In this Oljrmplc and
basketball championship sea
son, Daniels stated the new "All
American" candidate's Rainbow
Coalition strategy.
Referring to Jackson's growing
new appeal to white voters, Dan
iels Insisted 'We're not taking
the Black vote for granted. We
know where our (power) base Is."
By Hert> White
Post Stafif Writer
Heading Into Supjer Tuesday,
the Jesse Jackson campaign Is
confident that It will do well on
Its home turf. North Carolina.
State Rep. Dan Blue (D-
Ralelgh), Jackson's N.C. cam
paign chairman, said In a Tues
day telephone Interview that re
cent showings In nearly all-
white states Is proof positive
that Jackson Is widening his
base of support and Is being tak
en seriously by voters.
Sunday Jackson finished sec
ond behind Massachusetts Gov.
Mike Dukakis In the Maine pri
mary with 33 porcent of the vote.
That's an Impressive showing.
Blue maintains, because Maine
Is 1 porcent black and next door
to Dukakis's home state.
'You can't blame Maine or New
Hampshire or Iowa to a captured
black vote," he said. "And you
can throw In Minnesota" where
Jackson finished second with 22
pjercent of the vote In Its caucus.
Jackson Is "comfortably
adiead" of his Democratic oppx)-
nents going Into the primary,
according to the campaign's
px)lls. Blue said. But that doesn't
mean they are taking anything
for granted.
'We're jxslsed to do extremely
well In at least half of North
Carolina's congressional dis
tricts and we'll do pretty well in
the rest," he said. "We're not con-
ceedlng any districts to anyone."
North Carolina, the third larg
est state In the Southeast, be
hind Texas and Florida, will
send 82 delegates to the Demo
cratic convention this summer
In Atlanta. Jackson, who was
born In South Carolina and
went to college at N.C. A&l' In
Greensboro, considers the South
home. Blue said, and has been
campaigning hard here.
Jackson has made eight stops
In North Carolina during the
campaign, more than any other
candidate. Blue said. The cam
paign has gone from rallies In
Asheville to Investigating the
red tide that threatened the
state's fishing Industry.
The candidate will be In Char
lotte Saturday for a community
Ity
reception at the Athletic Club
and a noon rally at the United
House of Prayer for All People at
2321 Beatties Ford Road.
Clara Williams, a Charlotte
campaign worker, said Char
lotte area Is Important to Jack-
son. hence the trip.
'There are other areas that
needed him more than we do, but
he wanted to come here," she
said. "And what he wants, he
gets."
Jackson's message of econom
ic revival and social respronsl-
blllty has played well prior to
the primary and should yield big
dividends Tuesday. Blue said.
See Jackson Camp On Page 2A
Voter Turnout Key In Primary
By Herb White
Post Staff Writer
Sup>er Tuesday app>ears to be a
■wide-open race for Democrats
and Republicans alike, with vot
er turnout the key factor, a local
political analyst says.
Dr. Schley Lyons, a f>olltlcal
scientist at UNC-Charlotte, said
Democrat Jesse Jackson could
continue his streak of strong
showings with a good effort In
Tuesday primaries, held pri
marily In 14 southern states.
Jackson will run reasonably
well In North Carolina, depend
ing on the number of voters who
turn out," Lyons said. "If he
turns out (voters), he'll probably
get 25 to 30 percent of the vote.
He'll probably run at the top or
near the top of the list."
Jackson's top opposition. Ten
nessee Sen. Albert Gore, Massa
chusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis
and Missouri Rep. Richard Ge
phardt, are tightly packed.
Lyons believes.
"I don't see any of those people
dominating and breaking out of
the pack," he said. 'There Isn't
going to be a clear winner. The
end result will be that Jackson
will remain a viable candidate."
To win North Carolina, Demo
crats will likely focus on the
"Interstate 85 Corridor" which
Includes the states urban cen
ters. Charlotte, Greensboro, Ra
leigh and Durham.
A traditional Democratic
stronghold Is the eastern part of
the state, which voles heavily
for the party in bigger numbers
than any other area.
"If I were a Democrat. I'd con-
See Turnout On Page 2A
Dukakis
A former advocate of an Inde
pendent, black political third
party, Daniels Is southern re
gional director of Jackson's
campaign In Alabama, Arkan
sas, Florida. Georgia, Kentucky.
Louisiana, Maryland, North Car
olina, Mississippi, Oklahoma.
Tennessee. Texas and Virginia,
all of which have over 500 black
delegates.
However, five other Democrat
ic challengers. Including top
leaders Gov. Michael Dul^kis
(Mass.) and Rep. Richard Ge
phardt (Mo.) are Invading the
See Jackson Boosts On Page 2A
Black NCSU Students
Demand Better Programs
RALEIGH (AP) — Support pro
grams and administrative prac
tices must be revamped so that
more than 8 percent of North
Carolina State University's
black students can graduate in
four years, students called for at
a Black Awareness Forum.
About 400 N.C. State Universi
ty students attended the forum
Thursday. Members of the pre
dominantly black audience said
only 41 percent of the school's
black students were graduated In
five years and 48 percent were
graduated In six years. About 24
percent of the entire student
body Is graduated In four years.
" The reason they don't gradu
ate Is they leave. The reason
they leave Is they aren't happy
with the programs here," said
N.C. State Provost and Vice
Chancellor Nash N. Winstead.
Winstead said admittance re
quirements had been relaxed so
that more blacks could enroll at
N.C. Stole.
In addition, he said, the uni
versity spends about $750,000 a
year for tutoring and remedial
courses. He said such help has
Increased the graduation rate
but acknowledged there was
room for Improvement.
" They (programs) are not fail
ing," he said. "They're not work
ing as well as we'd like to have
them work."
Students said white faculty
members should be trained to
recognize and appreciate black
perspectives In classroom work
and homework assignments.
They also said more black fa
culty should be hired to boost
moral and academic support for
black students.
The students also were con
cerned about practices In the
athletic department. Several
said they were concerned that
Athletic Director Jim Valvano's
plan to educate, graduate, train
and hire former black athletes
for coaching and administrative
positions would merely create
token positions.
Valvano, a member of the fo
rum, said It wouldn't be a token
job.
Group Warned Not To
Spend Money On Race
By Heit> White
Post Staff Writer
A Charlotte group opposing
Mecklenburg County Commis
sioner Bob Walton's reelcctlon
bid hasn't done an3dhlng to be
considered a political action
committee.
Yet.
The county board of elections
Monday found that members of
People United for Justice have
not violated N.C. laws governing
the establishment of political
action committees, or PACs.
But the board did warn James
Barnett and others opposed to
Walton that sp>ending money to
affect the District 2 race consti
tutes political action and re
quires filing as a PAC.
State law requires PACs to list
contributors, the amount given
2md spent during a campaign.
Failure to file as a committee
after raising money carries a
$100 fine.
Businessman Dyrrlc Osborne,
a Walton supporter, filed a letter
of complaint with the board In
January regarding statements
made to work against the In
cumbent.
Walton faces political new
comer Naslf Majeed and former
mayoral candidate James Bald
win In the May Democratic prl-
Walton
mary.
Barnett told the Charlotte Ob
server that a group of p>eople op-
pK)sed to Walton would raise "a
few hundred dollars" and cam
paign against Walton door-to-
door.
Barnett met the board at the
elections office Monday after
noon to offer his version of
PUJ's role In the election. He
said Walton, who Is his third
cousin. Is unfit for public office
See Group On Page 2A
District 2
Candidates
On Panel
FCC Requires Southern TV Stations To Report On Minority Hiring
On Friday, March 4, 6:30 p.m..
First Friday will sp»onsor a pan
el discussion, at the Marrlot Ex
ecutive Park on 1-77, consisting
of the cadldates for the District 2
Board of County Commission
seat.
Included on the panel will be
Democratic contenders Naslf
Majeed, Robert L. Walton and
James Baldwin, and Republican
candidate Roosevelt Gardner.
Kelly Alexander, President of
the N.C. State NAACP, and Eve
lyn Dove, a Charlotte attorney
and owner of Positive Concepts,
will be the moderators.
The public Is Invited to attend.
BY DEBORAH MESCE
associated press writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Fed
eral Communications Commis
sion signaled a tougher stance
Thursday on minority hiring,
putting conditions on license re
newals of 11 Southern televi
sion stations with affirmative
action efforts It found defective.
The action,
the first since
the FCC re
vised Its
equal em
ployment op
portunity
guidelines
last year,
shows that
" we mean
business,"
said Commis
sioner Patri
cia Diaz Dennis.
Marahall
The FCC renewed the stations'
licenses but said they must re
port periodically to the agency
on efforts to recruit, hire and
promote qualified women and
minorities.
The commission will monitor
the stations' efforts and If unsat
isfied. could conduct an Investi
gation. If the FCC still Is unsat
isfied with a station's equal
employment opportunity ef
forts, It could take steps to re
voke the station's license.
The National Black Media Coa
lition had asked the FCC to deny
license renewals to 19 TV sta
tions because of what the group
called deficient affirmative ac
tion efforts.
Plurla Marshall, coalition
chairman, said that while he
was disappointed the commis
sion did not take stronger ac
tion, It was " a step in the right
direction."
The FCC requires all TV and
radio stations to have plans de
scribing their efforts to find,
hire and promote qualified
women, blacks and other mi
norities. The plans are reviewed
at the time of license renewal,
every five years for TV stations
and every seven for radio sta
tions.
In revising Its equal employ
ment opportunity guidelines
last year, the FCC required more
detailed reporting by stations
and put stronger emphasis on
evaluation of a station's overall
employment efforts, rather than
focusing on the the number of
minorities and women em
ployed.
With the revision, the FCC also
decided to scrutinize all plans.
Previously, the agency looked
closely at plans of stations
where minority employment
was less than 50 percent of the
minority population of the work
force In the station's area.
One of the stations cited,
WTWe-TV In Tallahassee. Fla.,
had more minority employees
than required by the FCC parity
guidelines, but the commission
said "merely meeting or exceed-
See FCC On Page 2A
Inside This Week
Editorials Pg. 6A
Entertainment...Pg. 1B
Should assimilation
follow integration 6A
Lifestyles Pg. 9A
A Black man's diary tells how
to love a Black woman 6B
Sports Pg. 9B
A Chef tells how to be a great
culinary artist 12A
Church News Pg. 10A
JCSU's controversial loss
at the CIAA 9B
Classifieds Pg.16B
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