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Page2A - THE C3IARLOTTE POST - Thursday, October 8,1992 Haley Estate Goes To Highest Bidders Continued From Page lA not a businessman," Bill Haley said. When Alex Haley died of a heart attack on Feb. 15, he owed $1.4 million on his farm and another $570,000 to creditors. Nor was the Haley estate able to fulfill the substantial financial gifts to Alex Hal ey's family and friends spec ified In his will. Haley's will includes $60,000 for his first wife, Nannie, $10,000 for Juliette Collins, his second wife, and Miya Haley, Alex's third wife, was to receive all household furnishings. Jew elry, clothing and automo biles. Lois Haley Butts, Alex's half-sister was to re ceive $30,000; friends Arthur Sims and Phyllss Graham were to receive $30,000 and $10,000 respectively; and, Jackie Nalpo, the secretary who ran Haley's Los Angeles office, was to receive $30,000. It was Alex Haley's debts and the complications creat ed by the terms of his wdl that led George Haley, Alex's younger brother and execu tor of his will, to liquidate the Haley estate. "1 was stunned to learn the extent of Alex's financial po sition" George Haley said. "I had no Idea." An attorney and Chairman of the U.S. Postal Rate Commission In Washington, George Haley, despite considerable family and pubUc criticism, presid ed over the three day auction proceedings with quiet re solve and dignity. The Haley auction Is ex pected to net more that $2 million for the estate. More than 3,000 items were sold to buyers who came from across the country to buy a piece of history. The most valuable item Offered, the original manuscript of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," hand edited In red Ink by the slain Muslim leader, was purchased for $100,000 by singer Anita Baker. Most of the sales were to In stitutions, Including the Schomburg Center In New York, the University of Ten nessee and the Tennessee State Museum, where many of the most Importnat Items, such as Haley's Pulitzer Prize and Chicken George's hat will be on display. Perhaps BIU Haley can find some sol ace in that Biography To Touch On 'Powerful Truth' Continued From Page lA Anne Romaine, a Gastonia writer and Haley's biogra pher and friend, remembers her friend as a man of many contradictions, but an "ordinary man who had In credible vision." "1 became very close to Alex... and 1 saw the multifa ceted man who was flawed, terribly flawed," she said. Haley, who learned his craft during a stint In the Coast Guard In the 1940s, was a self-made writer who maximized his abilities, Ro- matne said. The result Is a Pittenger Continued From Page lA needs of the people In the community," Pittenger said. Pittenger plans to revital ize N.C.'s economy by esta blishing enterprise zones In designated areas and eco nomically distressed areas. "This would in turn create more and better jobs as well as opportunities for people to start their own business es. Therefore more minori ty-owned businesses," he said. "Bobby Kermedy said In his book To fight poverty with out the power of free enter prise is like waging war with a single platoon while great armies are left to stand on the side,'" he said. Pittenger is also addressing the issues of crime and edu cation with ideas to build more prisons and allowing professionals In local school districts to have authority In local school systems. "The best management is local management," he said. Pittenger says he's never felt ipore prepared for an as signment. "1 believe I'm prepared for It and trained for It and my ideas are right." "1 feel my message Is a broad message. What 1 say to one side of town 1 say to the other. And I haven't said one negative thing about my op ponent because it's not about that. It's about getting a mes sage to the people and letting them know what 1 plan to do." he said. Overall Pittenger says his message Is geared toward better management of mon ey In N.C. government. 'We are sending govern ment officials $10 million a year in return for goods and services. But what kind of goods and services are we getting?" he asked. A major part of Plttenger's campaign strategy Is going out Into the community, meeting people and letting them meet him. His community Involve ment includes. Director and Treasurer of the World Christian Training Center - Charlotte, Director, Dalton Village Outreach Center, Board of the State Education Assistance Authority and Chairman of the mayor's Ec onomic Development Com mittee. Pittenger has some sup porters. "I have known Robert Pit tenger for over 20 years." said Rev. E. V. Hill, National Chairman of the World Christian Training Center In Los Angeles. "During that time he has been of Invalua ble assistance on many pro jects and ministries with us throughout America on be half of the urban poor. Time and time again Robert has proven that he Is a very great friend of the African- American community." legacy of works, from "Autoblogra phy of Mal colm X" to "Queen," a mlnlserles that will air on CBS-TV next year. "He trained himself as a magazine writer, he was never trained as a scholarly writer," she said. "For me, someone who is trained a scholar, the Idea of not putting a refer- Romaine ence source next to someone else's quotes is unthinkable. Haley's works coincided with his search to learn more about his own heritage. His efforts earned him worldwide acclaim and a Pu litzer Prize for "Roots." which later broke new ground as a television mtnls- erles in the 1970s. "Alex was rushing forward with a poweiful truth that came from his own family, his own people," Romane said. 'Watching it is not Ir relevant, but It Is not, to me a primary factor." Although the author was a complicated man, Romaine said he was dedicated to be ing htmself around friends, family and the people he wrote about. "Alex thought of himself as a truthful man, as the way he presented htmself to the pub lic: gentle, accessible, an or dinary man, a storyteller," she said. "Alex was a terribly contra dictory person In his life, but he always thought of himself as someone who was doing the best that he could." Demoaatic Candidate For State Auditor Ralph Campbell, Jn The one person with the vision, experience and leadership to make the State Auditor's Office work for a better North Carolina.;,^ State Campaign Headquarters, 112 East Hargett Street, Suite 101 . Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 (919)832-8348 *.,» Paid for by the Committee to Elect Ralph Campbell, Jr., Treasurer, J. 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