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Rainbow Coalition Prepares
Jackson Plans Visit
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BY RON CORNWALL
Staff Writer
The Jesse Jackson presidential campaign will come to
Wake County on Thursday, April 19, according to
information released this week by the Wake County Jesse
Jackson for President Campaign Committee.
Rev. Jackson, who this week made another strong
showing, capturing 77 percent of the Philadelphia black
vote m the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday will be at
the Raleigh-Durham Airport for a press conference and a
breakfast with the Raleigh Interdenominational Mini-
sterial Alliance Thursday at 8:30a.m.
“Quite naturally, we’re elated,” said Bruce Lightner,
chairman of the Fourth Congressional District Jackson for
President Committee. “There has been a tremendous
amount of interest in his candidacy. ’ ’
Lightner said the committee expects a large turnout at
the press conference which will be open to the public.
The Rev. Luther Coppedge, president of the Raleigh
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance which has
endorsed Jackson, stated, “We will have a record turnout.
Wake County can set the pace for the other counties. I
would expect his visit to generate enthusiasm so that we
(beeJALKbON, P. 2)
HOWARD N. LEE
Howard Lee
Ghallenj^es
Opponents
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BYJOHN HINTON
Staff W riter
Howard Lee heated up the
race for the Fourth Congres
sional District seat this
week by attacking his
opponents, incumbent Con
gressman Ike Andrews and
fellow Democrat John
Winters, II, of Raleigh.
Lee said Andrews, who is
seeking his seventh term in
office, is "inaccessible.
Most people can’t get to
him because they can’t find
him.” Lee told 10 people at a
reception at Dandridge
Downs, a housing project in
Southeast Raleigh, “People
ought to have the oppor
tunity to take their concerns
to their congressman.
“I wish Howard would
talk about himself instead of
me all the time,” Andrews
said in a telephone interview
from his Washington office
Tuesday. “I have never
failed to return a phone call.
I never failed to meet any
group who wanted to meet
with me.”
Lee praised Andrews’
voting record in Congress,
saying he would have voted
much the same way on the
issues. “But he has voted
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JACKSON CLAIMS SUPPORT—Philadelphia, Pa.-Rev. Jesse Jackson is ioined bw hk
supporters in Philadelphia after he finished with 19 percent of the vote behind Gary Hart^wtth
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at the Raleigh-Durham Airport Thursday, April 19. (See related stories, this page)
Leaders Point To Impact
Of Jackson’s Candidacy
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A Raleigh man has been
charged in the shooting
Tuesday night in South
Raleigh where two women
suffered minor injuries,
authorities said.
Capt. R.N. Carroll said
, V T . . , Darnell Hinton, 24, of 609
Peacl- Apl. A,
was
charged with assault with a
aeadly weapon inflicting
serious bodily injury. Hinton
was in Wake County Jail
a national holiday. “It didn’t
had to push him.
Lee noted Andrews
support for making slain
civil rights leader Martin
Luther King, Jr.'s birthday
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BY RON CORNWALL
staff Writer
What does the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s
candidacy mean to Wake County? What is
the expected May 8 voter turnout? What’s
his position on second primaries?
These questions were posed to four of
Raleigh’s community leaders this week,
resulting in answers and observations
which reflect the local influence of the
Jackson campaign across the nation.
Father Arthur J. Calloway, city
councilman, Dr. Julius Niinmons,
president of the Raleigh-Apex Branch of
the NAACP; William Windley, president of
the Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association;
and the Rev. A.J. Turner, Republican
candidate for V/ake County commissioner,
responded to the queries
State Personnel
Commission Gets
Jesse Jackson means that a
tremendous amount of influence and
power can be had by blacks seeking office
at any and every level in this country... I
feel strongly about that,” said Dr.
Nimmons. “I think he’s looking presi
dential... sounding presidential, and I
think he is emitting a kind of presidential
aura.”
Rev. Turner described Jackson’s bicfas
“very important to Wake County.”
“It’s an awakening to more blacks to
become part 6f the political arena. I think
it can be very meaningful to Wake
County,” he said.
“For one thing,” said Father Calloway,
“I believe it means that black people are
going to be more interested in the 1984
(See IMP ACT. P.2)
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BRINGING OUT THE BEST-Who will it be this year? Ms. Mamie Haywood (second from jn f f *
The victims have been left) and Johnny Holloway (third from left) were honored last year for their service to the
iilentified as Sharon Rose i-Ohimunity during the Bring Out Your Best swards bangnet hel”* at iJr^w University. A
Alston Riddick, 21, and Sponsoring company donated scholarships to Ms. Angela Rogers, left, a ihaw student, and
Varina Cox, 26, both of 317 David L. Kill, right, a St. Augustine’s Coiiege student, in the ojuus of tne honnrees. Ths
E. Lenoir St. Both suffered CAROLINIAN and WLLE radio Station are sponsoring the contest again this year at S\
the resolution. He was one of
Hospital Workers Inform
take any real courage to
vote for that. There wei en’t
many congressmen w’ho
opposed it,” he said.
Andrews said the vote was
338-90 supporting passage of
BY JOHN HINTON
Staff Writ«*r
sponsored the resolution, he
said. “I didn’t decide to vote
(See LEE, P.2)
WEATHER
Mostly sunny skies will
prevail across most of the
state Thursday along with a
continued warming trend.
The shooting began at
about 8:50 p.m. at the
women’s home during a
dispute between the
residents of 317 E. Lenoir St.
and the nearby dwelling at
315 E. Lenoir St., police
said. Police were called to
the scene earlier Tuesday
after receiving reports of a
Rain is expected in the west dispute, but no action was
Friday and Saturday and to taken,
spread over the state by Police said the suspect
Sunday. Highs should be was standing outside the
mostly in the 60s except for house and fired through a
some 50s and 40s in the v/indow into the house. The
mountains. Lows are ex- women were innocent by-
pected to range from in the standers who were in the
30s in the mountains to in the house at the time of the
50s along the coast. .A high- shooting and were not
pressure system along the involved in the shooting,
eastern seaboard associated police said,
with a low-pressure off the When police arrived, the
Georgia coast are respon- suspect was inside the
sible for the weather. f See SUSPECT, P. 2)
NAACP Of Discrimination
staffwriur^*^^ “In one instance, a young abuse, but declined to
The Raleigh-Apex Branch girl fell down and a nursing elaborate on them,
of the NAACP has received supervisor said the child Nimmons said that the
allegations of mistreatment just bruised her arm,” black employees are
of children in the Child and Nimmons said. “She was complaining about a male
Youth Division at Dorothea kept in the unit and no X- nursing supervisor who they
Dix Hospital and charges rays were taken and the girl called “the most insensitive
complained that her arm and incoihpetent person in
that the facility dis
criminates against black
children and employees in
the unit.
Dr. Julius Nimmons,
president of the NAACP,
told The CAROLINIAN in an
exclusive interview
Tuesday that several
employees of the unit in
formed him of mistreatment
of children and workers in
the department.
North Carolina Joins States
To Combat Food Stamp Fraud
was hurting.” the unit.
A week later, the child’s When this supervisor is
parents took her to a phy- confronted with problems of
sician who discovered the unit which have been
that the girl suffered from a reported to him, Nimmons
broken collar bone, said, he denies that the prob-
Nimmons said, “It’s a lems exist or that matters
reflection of the insensi- have been reported,
tivity and lack of profes- Ginny Ritehie, chief nurse
sionalism in the program.” io the division, said she was
Nimmons said there were unaware of any instances of
other instances of child child abuse in the division
which treats children who
are emotionally disturbed
with psychiatric sicknesses.
Some of the patients are
(Spp HOSPITAL, P. 2)
From CAROUNI AN Staff Borrorls
Ms. Polly W, Brewer has
been appointed and sworn in
as chairman of the North
Carolina State Personnel
Commission, the first black
to hold that post since its 19-
year inception.
Ms. Brewer, a Charlotte
native, has been appointed
to a six-year term and
represents business and
industry on the commission.
The commission was estab
lished in July 1965, and
consists of seven members
appointed by the governor
The employees of the state
are represented by two
members of the commis
sion; two members of the
commission are selected
from a suggested list
prepared by the State Asso
ciation of County Commis
sioners; two are individuals
actively involved in
management of a private
business concern; and one
represents the public sector.
The appointments are
subject to legislative an-
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In a swearing-in cere
mony earlier this week, Ms.
Brewer expressed appre
ciation to those who aided in
her appointment. A former
vice chairman of the
commission, Ms. Brewer
has been employed by
(See CHAIRMAN, P.2)
NEWKIRK BOND
BY JOHN HINTON
Staff Writer
Question: Do you think
you have a responsibility to
help the elderly?
James Newkirk, 33, a
barber at Blalock’s Barber
Shop: “I feel that it is a
Christian obligation to help
(See INQUIRING. P.2)
In an effort to combat
welfare fraud. North
Carolina has joined seven
other Southern states in a
project to identify food
stamp recipients who may
be receiving benefits in
more than one state, the
N.C. Department of Human
Resources announced
recently.
John Syria, director of the
state’s Division of Social
Services, said the new
Interstate Match Project is
a coordinated attempt on
the part of eight South
eastern states to determine
if duplicate participation in
the Food Stamp program
across state lines is a sig
nificant problem.
“If we have recipients on
our food stamp rolls who are
receiving benefits in
another state, then we want
to put a halt to it,” Syria
said. He said the Interstate
Match Project is only one of
a number of initiatives
Three Claim
\ppreeiation
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North Carolina is under
taking to improve the man--^
agement of its food stamp/x « ww
program. “But we aren’tLflCC‘fe8 Here
involved in any other
project that requires the Three persons were
close cooperation of as named winners in last
many state agencies as this week’s Appreciation Money
one does,” he added. Feature sponsored each
The Interstate Match week by The CAROLINIAN’
Project involves agencies and participating business-
that administer the Food es.
Stamp program in North Winners for the week were
Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Ms. Geneva Rand, 804
Georgia, Kentucky, Missis- Newcombe Road; Ms.
sippi. South Carolina and Frances G. Jones, 707 S.
Tennessee. East St.; and Ms. Edna Mae
Syria said individuals’ Judkins, ,500 E. Hargett St.
Social Security numbers All three won $10 checks,
and other identifiers of food Each was declared a winner
stamp recipients in the eight after she spotted her name
states, such as names and on The CAROLINIAN’S Ap-
dates of birth, already have predation Page, always the
been matched by computer back page of the Thursday
to target potential cases of edition’s front section. Ms.
duplicate participation. A
(See STAMPS. P.2)
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(See APPRECIAT.,P.2)
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LAID TO REST—Pallbearers are shown here taking tn6 bumii uearing the slain Garland
Crews of Raleigh who was beaten to death in his home. This is a scene following his funeral
last week at Martin Street Baptist Church. Crews, 75, was the former principal of Zebulon High
School and the old James Shepard Hign scnooi. (Pnoio oy jonn ninion)
Thts Week’s Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT
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CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT-Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are shown here
in support of Kenneth B. Spaulding who is running for the 2nd Congressional District seat. The
incumbent is Tim Valentine of Nashville. Pictured from left, Alan Wheat, Julian Dixon, Kenneth
Spaulding,'John Conyers and Edolohus Towns.
(kuctfs Members Support
Spaulding For Congress
From CAROLINIAN Staff Reports
Several members of .the
Congressional Black Caucus
are supporting Kenneth B.
Spaulding in his challenge to
unseat Tim Valentine from
his Second Congressional
District seat.
In a letter sent to
Spaulding campaign head
quarters in Durham, 10
members 01 u.c caucus,
gave their support and sig
natures to Spaulding’s
candidacy.
“We support Ken Spauld
ing’s candidacy because of
his outstanding record of
service in the state legis
lature and his commitment
to issues of social and
economic justice for all,”
the letter said. “As a state
representative, Ken Spaul
ding is recognized for
his progressive approach
combiniag, fiscal conserva
tism with a liberal record pn
social issues’ ”. .
The caucus noted his
opposition to the state’s gas
tax and raises for elected
(SeeSPAULDING,P.2)