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Wake Ist In State Jobs
From CAROLINIAN Staff Reports
Wake County has more
blacks working in state
government than any other
county in the Triangle area,
but it has the lowest per
centage of blacks employed
by the state of the three
counties surveyed.
Statistics from the
Department of Administra
tion taken March 13 showed
NAACP
Starts
there wre 3,956 blacks
worki'ng for the state in
Wake County which only
makes up about 20 percent
of the total work force in the
county. Experts say Wake
has these numbers of blacks
employed by the state
because the county features
the capital of Raleigh and
N.C. State University.
Orange County featuring
the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill
comes in second, with 2,377
blacks employed by the
state. They make up 31.6
percent of the state work
force, the highest among the
three counties. Durham
County is third with 624
blacks, which makes up 53
percent of the work force in
the county employed by the
state.
A survey of the job cate
gories reveals, that Wake
(See WAKE, H. 2)
THE Carolinian
AT THE TEMPLE—Albany, N.Y.—Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson capped a full day -g
of campaigning in upstate New York on March 27 by speaking at the Wilborn Temple in ly 'll M/f
Albany. In the background is a painted image of Christ. (UPO
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D.C. Mayor Barry Aids
Jesse Jaekson In Raee
Drive
Neuse River Is Scene As
Mayor .Marion Barry of Washington. D.C., co-chair
person of the Jesse Jackson for President Campaign,
will keynote the "Salute to North Carolina Black Legis
lators” banquet on Friday. March 30. at the Sheraton-
Crabtree Hotel. The banquet is sponsored by the
Coalition for Progressive Legislation.
Mayor Berry is also scheduled to speak at St.
Augustine's College at 10 a.m. and at Shaw University
at 11:30 a.m. The public is invited to attend these
events.
"Over the past two years there has been a 300
percent increase in the number of blacks who have
been elected as a part of the General .Assembly. This
increase was due nrimarilv to the 1981 redistricting.
(See JACKSON, P.2)
/
MARION BARRY
Cofield Criticized For
Siding With Developers
Wake County Board of
Commissioners' senior and
lone black member, Eliza
beth Cofield, this , week
became the center of contro
versy following revelation
that a fundraiser set for
Thursday will be sponsored
by developers and busi
nessmen.
In response to criticism
that she has close ties to
developers which have been
leveled at her from her
opponent in the May 8
Democratic primary, G.
Herbert Stout, Ms. Cofield
indicated that she did not
mind having people in her
corner who are developers,
and said the developers
have done an excellent job
jn helning Wake County
grow in an orderly fashion.
Ms. Cofield said one
cannot say she was
recruited by any special
interest group, but that she
has been obligated to all of
the citizens of Wake
County.
The fundraiser is to take
place at the North Ridge
Country Club, Ms. Cofield is
seeking her fourth term
representing District Four
(Southwest and Central
Raleigh).
Ms. Cofield said she is not
sure that Stout is familiar
enough with the growth and
development and the issues
as they pertain to Wake
County.
WEATHER
Cloudy, rainy skies are
expected across the state
Thursday along with gusty
south winds. Highs should
range from in the .50s in the
mountains to in the 60s in the
east. Clear skies will be the
rule for most of the state
Friday through Sunday with
highs in the .50s and 60s and
overnight lows in the 30s and
40s. A warm front from the
Gulf states is producing the
unsettled conditions.
Stout, claiming "The line
is drawn,” noted the
developers have made a
choice that is interesting;
they want to make this
a campaign issue—uncon
trolled growth versus
planned growth,
Ms. Cofield stated that she
expects members of the
Progress for Raleigh-Wake
County Through Orderly De
velopment, a group that
promotes developers’
interests, to attend the
fundraiser next week.
A spokesman for PROD
stated that members of the
group would attend the fund
raiser although it is not
being sponsored by the
developers’ group.
Spaulding Seeks
To Alake History
From CAROLINIAN Staff Reports
State Rep. Kenneth B.
Spaulding of Durham is
attempting to make history.
Spalding is running for the
Second Congressional
District seat in the U.S.
House of Representatives
and if he defeats incumbent
I.T. "Tim” 'Valentine, he
will become the first black
congressman from North
Carolina since 1901.
"I would hope that our
state would seize the oppor
tunity and have a reflection
delegation in Washington,”
Spaulding said in an inter
view recently.
In 1982, H.M. “Mickey”
Michaux, Jr., lost to
Valentine in a racially
divided election. Michaux, a
Durham attorney, needed
only 5,878 votes to win the
runoff for the Democratic
nomination. Valentine, of
Nashville, went on to
defeat John W. Marin of
Durham in the November
election.
Now, political observers
view the Spaulding
campaign as a definite
threat to Valentine. The 10
Second District counties are
experiencing an increase of
black voter registration
which experts say will
probably help Spaulding.
"I am working very hard
in the black community and
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Ben
jamin L. Hooks, executive
director of the National
Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored
People, 'aCihbunced recently
the start of an emergency
fund-raising drive to put
more than one-half million
dollars into the association’s
general operating fund.
Hooks said, in making the
announcement, that “Like
Chrysler and Continental of
some time ago, the NAACP
IS facing a serious short
term financial problem and
must raise money to main
tain its national civil rights
thrusts.”
He said, “We are not
going out of business. Our
longrterm strength and ef
fectiveness have not been
threatened. We are trying,
in the climate of cutbacks
created by the Reagan ad
ministration, to take some
very necessary steps to
strengthen the association’s
short-term financial posi
tion.”
Hooks said cash flow
problems have been a part
of the civil rights organiz
ation’s 75-year history and
that “this-is not the first
time we have had to make
such an appeal.”
He said, “We are calling
on our friends and
supporters to advance tii'c
time of their contributions to
us and to increase them, if
at all possible.” -
The fund-raising effort.
Hooks said, was part of the
association’s overall
attempt to strengthen its
internal administrative
processes.
"We are also tightening
Black Man’s Body Found
NAACP HailsDismissal
Remains
Believed
Lane’s
Police say the body of a
black man found in the
Neuse River Tuesday is
probably that of Robert
Lane of Raleigh who has
been missing since Feb. 14.
Investigators in the boats
spotted the partially decom
posed body in the river
about two miles east of
the Poole Road bridge after
a pionth-long search. The
remains were sent to N.C.
Medical Examiner’s office
in Chapel Hill for identi
fication and to determine
the cause of dfeath.
, "We don’t suspect any
iiiui piey,” Police Lt. B.W.
Peoples said in an interview
Wednesday. “We are not
sure about the cause of
death.”
Police believe the remains
are those of Lane, 62, of 216
S. Swain St., who was last
seen by Dorothy Lane at her
home, 902 E. Martin St.
Lane’s car was found Feb.
(See BODY FOUND, P.2)
WAIVING EXTRADITION-San Diego, Calif.-Sylvester Alexander, one of five Tennessee
state prisoners who escaped Feb. 18 and went on a wide-ranging crime spree, appears in San
Diego Municipal Court March 26, waiving extradition. Judge Robert Thaxton said Tennessee
authorities would pick up Aiexander within ID days tor return to Fort Pillow State Prison. (UPl)
Hooks Issues Statement
As Geter Is Exonerated
Bentsen Sneaks
[In City April 7
REP. KENNETH B.
SPALDING
white community,” Spaul
ding told The CAROLIN
IAN. “I don’t take any
vote for granted.”
Spaulding said he hopes
race will not be a factor in
the campaign. Valentine has
also told reporters that race
should not be a factor in the
voting. Currently, there are
13,000 more blacks reg
istered to vote than there
were two years ago in the
district with the largest
black population in the
state.
Spaulding said people
should vote for him because
of his record in the N.C.
General Assembly, He said
(SeeSPAULDING,P.2)
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-
Texas) will be the guest
speaker at the annual
Jefferson-Jackson Day
Dinner in Raleigh on Satur
day, April 7, the Nortl)
Carolina Democratic Party
has announced.
A leading member of the
Senate Finance Committee,
Sen. Bentsen is frequently
named as a possible choice
for vice president on the 1984
Democratic ticket. He is
also chairman of the
Democratic Senate
Campaign Committee.
' “We are looking forward
to having Sen. Bentsen visit
North Carolina,” said
Democratic Party
Chairman David Price.
“Like many North Carolina
Democrats, Sen. Bentsen
knows the importance of a
healthy business climate to
create jobs and to increase
our nation’s exports.”
Other Jefferson-JacKson
Day events include a
Democratic Women’s
Breakfast, hosted by t.ie
Wake County Democratic
Women. The breakfast will
be held at 10 a.m. at the
Raleigh Hilton.
A gala fashion extra
vaganza will be held from
noon to 2 p.m. at the home of
Jeanette W. Carl.
From 2-4 p.m.. Gov. and
Mrs. James B. Hunt, Jr.,
will hoia an open house
(SeeSEN, BENTSEN, P.2)
NEW YORK, N.Y. -
NAACP Executive Director
Benjamin L. Hooks recently
issued the following
statement upon learning
that the Dallas, Texas,
prosecutors had disrhissed
armed robbery charges
against Lenell Geter:
“The National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People' hails the
March 21 announcement by
Dallas County District
Attorney Henry Wade of the
dismissal of armed robbery
charges against Lenell
Geter. This is another
example of the longtime
victorious legal work of the
NAACP. Once again the 75-
year-old organization has
come to the aid of a victim of
gross miscarriage of
justice.
The defense of Geter by
the association required
considerable legal research
and expense; The NAACP
succeeded in winning
Geter’s freedom through the
diligence of our assistant
general council, George E.
Hairston, and the help of the
Dallas NAACP office.
“We note that Anthony
Williams, another black E-
Systems engineer also
wrongfully charged by the
(See HOOKS, P. 2)
BY JOHN HINTON
Staff Writer
Mary Hooker Dies
Of Spinal Meninititis
MS. MS.
OLLIVER COCHRAN^E
Appreciation Prize Money
Claimed By One Resident
From CAROLINIAN Staff Reports
The death of an Enloe
High School teacher of
spinal meningitis spawned
concern this week that the
disease might spread in the
school.
Mary H. Hooker, 50. an
English teacher, died Sun
day at Wake Medical Center
after she became ill at
school Friday, authorities
said. Students at the school
carried home letters to
parents alerting them of the
symptoms of the disease
and warning them to take
their children to the doctor
(See MENINGITIS. P. 2)
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ed one winner in last week’s
Appreciation Money Fea
ture, sponsored by this
newspaper and participat
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was Earnest Blount, 605
Rosemont Ave. He was
given a $10 check.
Blount was declared a
winner after he reported
that he saw his name in an
ad appearing on the news
paper’s Appreciation Page,
always the back page of the
Thursday edition of The
CAROLINIAN’S front
section.
Blount spotted his name
hidden m an ad sponsored
by Terry’s Floor Fashions,
Inc.
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NICK DF TIME—Nipsey Russell, left, poet laureate of comedy, enjoys a laugh with Spencer
Hayward, second from left, and fashion model Iman and award winning journalist Tony Brown
at an NAACP membership drive.
This Week’s Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT
FLETCHER’S SEAFOOD
‘TRESH FROIfl THE SEA GOODNESS"
Question; wnai is more
important to blacks—having
a job or owning a business?
Larry Kay, 32, of Raleigh,
an employee of Mid-Town
Mini Mart: “It’s important
to have a job initially that
would constitute the whole
basis for income from which'
you use funds to initiate
working toward your
business. Constructing your
business allows you to make
more money and control the
money which you have. ’ ’
John Winters, III, 19,
Raleigh: “I would prefer to
own my own business. It
shows more leadership than
■working under somebody. It
shows more responsibility.
It gives you the potential for
leadership.”
Sherry Cochrane, 21,
Raleigh, manager trainee at
Whitney’s in Crabtree
Valley Mall. “I prefer
ownership, I would feel com
fortable with my own
business rather than
working for somebody for
i (See INQUIRING, P.2)'
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j5j|E§.-TStr S Benjamin ETiWayrdied
March 28 in Hugh Spaulding Community Hospitai. Mays, 88,
was president emeritus of Morehouse Coilege and the Atlanta
Board of Education. (UPl)