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Giihemiatorial Forum Courts Issues
Candidates Speak Out
From CAHOIJMAN Staff Reports
Six candidates for gover
nor came to Raleigh, court
ing the black vote at the 4th
Congressional District Lead
ership Caucus at Saint
Augustine’s College last Sa
turday.
The candidates promised
to appoint more women an
blacks to state boards and
commissions in their admin
istrations and fight discrim
ination in the hiring and
promotion practices of cor
porations in North Carolina.
“There will be no discrim
ination in my administra
tion,’’ said Tom Gilmore of
Julian, former deputy se
cretary of human resources.
He pledged to appoint blacks
and women to state jobs in
the the same ratios as they
make the state’s population.
Speaking to an audience
and many black politicians,
the candidates responded to
questions from a panel of
five. They shared a split
mike technique to answer
the questions.
The panel sought their
opinion on issues of educa
tion, support for traditional
ly black universities and
colleges, the Equal Rights
Amendment, a proposed
state lottery, treatment of
hazardous wastes and the
death penalty.
Robert Hannon, a North
Carolina A&T State Ttne^ei-.
(See CANDIDATES, P.2)
MS. ELIZABETH
COFIELD
Salute
To Ms.
Cofield
THE Carolinian
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A 'Salute to Elizabeth B.
Cofield,” set for Sunday.
April 29 at Shaw University
will feature 26 artists per-
fo»'ming in the areas of gos
pel music, jazz and rhythm
and blues.
Ms. Cofield, the sole black
on the Wake County Board
of Commissioners, faces a
reelection fight for the seat
she now holds representing
District 4.
Appearing at the affair
will be the Wray Sisters.
Bob Jones' Dance Theatre,
■Vaughn Wilson and Co.,
Chip Crawfords' Jazz Trio,
Platinum Fashion Troupe,
all live on stage to the music
and special effects of H.B,
Caple, technical director of
dramatic arts and chairman
of the fine arts department
at Shaw University.
The event, to take place at
the former Moonview
Supper Club, is being coordi
nated by multimedia artist
Bob Jones and graphic art
ist Edwin Wilson.
Ms. Cofield, active i.n
many community and civic j
affairs, an educator andP'"’; T;>esday. Malcom Ea
local leader in many Demo- '''f
cratic Party activities, is
seen as facing her toughest
fight yet.
Affinruitive Action Questioned
CP&L Records Requested
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Robbery Attempt Foiled
Clerk
NATIONAL CONVOCATION-Charles E. Cobb, executive director of the United Church o!
Christ Commission for Raciai Justice, speaks at the national convocation held at the Radisson
Plaza here through Aoril 26.
Dr. Cobb Advises UCC
To Beeome PoHtieal
A civil rights leader urged
the United Church of Christ
to become more political in
a speech recently.
“When you tell me that
you don’t believe in poliics
and you talk about the well-
'oeing of your fold, there is
contradiction ther,” said
Dr. Charles E. Cobb,
executive director of the
UCC Commission for Racial
.Tii^Tipp
Cobb made his speech at
the third national convoc
ation of the United Church of
Christ’s Ministers for Racial
and Social Justice which
met this week at the
Radisson Plaza Hotel in
Raleigh.
“You can’t say that you
believe in the welfare of
your flock, and then not
participate in the political
process,” Cobb said. “It is
ridiculous.
“Ninety-nine percent of
what happens to us every
day is affected by political
decisions somewhere,” said
Cobb, who ran for mayor in
1965 in Springfield, Mass.
“Sometimes they’re made
in Washington, often in state
capitals, sometimes in city
councils or by boards of
aldermen or mayors.
(See MINISTERS P.21
Burglars
A clerk at a convenience
store foiled an attempted
robbery by drawing a hand
gun on two men after they
had pulled a gun on him and
demanded money.
The men entered the
V^ariety Pick Up Store No. 15
on U.S. 401 South between
Raleigh and Garner at 10; 18
Jackson To Re-Yisit Ralciilb
In Bid To Gain Support
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26, was
,at the, cash register when
the men carried a six-pack
of beer to the counter.
A former member of the O^i® of ^^^n produced a
Wake school board, she has caliber pistol and de
served as county commis- manded money from Gcod-
sioner since 1972. man. Goodman then
“My concern has been to produced his own .38 caliber
provide income, tax base P'sfol and pointed it at the
and a dignity for all
people of Wake County,” she later Wake
recently stated ’ sheriff’s deputies arrived
The winner in the Demo- and arrested one man who
cratic primary on May 8 will was running away and
face Republican A. J. another riding with two
Turner, a Raleigh business-women in a car near Wake
man, in November. TurnerCollege,
is well-known in the area Police said Gregory
and is the only black Repub- Curtis McMillan, 26, of Fay-
lican seeking an elective ot- etteville, Bernard R. Foster,
fice this year in Wake
County.
Ms. Cofield has come un
(See SALUTE, P.2)
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BY RON CORNWALL
staff Writer
Democratic presidential
candidate Jesse Jackson
will be in Raleigh on
Sunday, May 6, to continue
to build his support in Wake
County for North Caro
lina’s coming May 8
primary.
Rev. Jackson, according
to the Wake County Jackson
Campaign Committee, is set
to address a crowd of 8,000-
10,000 at a 3 p.m. rally in the
Graham Building at the
North Carolina State Fair
grounds. The rallv will be
open to the public.
Also appearing with
Jackson will be former Con
gresswoman Shirley Chis
holm, Washington, D.C.
Mayor Marion Barry,
Dallas Cowboys’ standout
Tony, Dorsett, and the Rev.
Tyrone Crider, a national
spokesman for the Jackson
campaign.
Wake County, vzhich ac
cording to recent reports
has experienced a signifi
cant increase in voter regi.s-
tration in the past few
months, will be vital to Rev.
Jackson’s efforts in North
Carolina, a Jackson
campaign spokesman
(See JACKSON, P.2)
ACTS OF VIOLENCE—Chicago, lit.—Police carry the body of one of the four victims shot to
death by a Chicago Housing Authority security guard identified as yIos Kiint, early Aaril 24.
Police say Hunt shot and killed his wife and two children, then another resident of the building
and was killed by police as he fled the housing project. Four other people were wounded. (UPl)
Coalition Seeks To End
CP&L Job Diserimination
action record of Carolina .Freedom of Information
Chavis Endorses Jaekson;
Abkes Anneal To Chureh
From C'AHOI.IMAN .Staff Reports
The Raleigh Coalition to
End Job Discrimination vzill
receive a response soon
from the U.S. Department of
Labor about the affirmative
Power and Light Co., a
spokesman for the group
said recently.
The coalition requested
the records under the
l^cal Muslim Denounces
L. Farrakhan For ITireats
Warm temperatures and
fair skies will prevail across cakoi.i.man .staff Keports
most of North Carolina The former leader of the American
through the weekend. In the Muslim Mission Center in Raleigh has de
west, skies will be partly nounced Louis Farrakhan for his threats
cloudy with a chance of against a Washington Post reporter,
showers or thundershowers saying that the minister doesn’t have the
Friday and Saturday. Thir
chance of showers and thun
derstorms will spread over
the east Sunday. Highs are
expected to be mostly in the
upper 7()s and 80s with over
night lows in the 50s and low
NEW YORK, N.Y.-The
Los Angeles NAACP branch
has launched a boycott
against the McDonald’s fast
food chain that is limited to
authority to speak for Muslims.
“The comments Farrakhan made de
grading the black Washington Post
reporter were completely out of hand,”
said Taljb Abdul-Alim Saleem, a former
(See MUSLIM, P.2)
NAACP Launches Boycott
Against McDonalds Chain
60s. A high-pressure system
from the Gulf of Mexico is
responsible for the warm
weather.
the Los Angeles area. At this
point, the NAACP has not
initiated a national boycott.
The action of the Los
Angeles NAACP branch is
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only one aspect ot the
association’s much larger
struggle to expand economic
opportunities for black Am
ericans. The most recent
aspect of this program
began more than two years
ago, when NAACP Execu
tive Director Benjamin L.
Hooks launched Operation
Fair Share.
To date, the NAACP has
signed 16 agreements with
companies throughout the
nation that are worth more
than $300 million annually
over the next five years in
economic benefits to blacks
in the form of jobs, promo
tions, procurement con
tracts, inveslmentss in
black-owned businesses and
oilier opporluniiies, such as
seats on corporate boards of
directors.
While the NAACP’s legal
department has approved
the action against McDo
nald’s by the Los Angeles
branch, the NAACP has
(SeeBOYCOTT, P. 2)
Act. The Labor Department
had decided to send the
information to the coalition,
but CP&L impeded the pro
cess by appealing the
decision to the department’s
Washington, D.C., head
quarters.
The coalition has sought
the company’s affirmative
action records since Sep
tember 1983, said Angaza
Laughinghouse, a member
of the group.
“We will make an ex
ample of Carolina Power
and Light Co.,” Laugh
inghouse said. “We must
keep pressure on companies
who discriminate against
blacks and receive govern
ment contracts.”
Laughinghouse said the
coalition will make public
(SeeCOALITION, P. 2)
Anvreciation
Feature Ihs
Single Winner
There was only one
winner in last week’s Appre-
ciation Money Feature,
sponsored by this
newspaper and participat
ing businesses.
The Appreciation Page is
found on the back page ot
(he front section of the
Thursday edition of The
CAROLINIAN. Each reader
of this newspaper is a po
tential winner in the feature.
This week’s winner was
W.C. Davenport, Jr., 1102 E.
M a r t i n S t. Davenport
spotted his name in an
ad sponsored by Smith’s
Grocery. After presenting
valid identification to The
CAROLINIAN, Davenport
v/as awarded a $10 check.
(SeeAPPRECIAT.,P. 2)
BY JOHN HLJTO.\
Staff VVriU'r
The Rev. Ben Chavis endorsed Jesse Jackson for
president Tuesday night, saying the Chicago minister is
fighting against racism and sexism in the United States.
“Jesse Jackson is the only candidate running for
president who has said there should be a woman as vice
president,” Chavis said. “Jackson is fighting for justice for
people regardless of race or sex.
“The greatest stance we take in history is to-stand for
Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson,” Chavis told about 400 people at
the Poplar Springs United Church of Christ in Garner. “We
must pray for Jesse Jackson, bless him and his family.”
Chavis delivered a sermon at the convocation of United
Church of Christ Ministers for Racial and Social Justice.
Chavis, deputy director of the Commission for Racial
Justice, was a member of the Wilmington 10, the nine
men and one woman who were sentenced to life after they
were convicted of burning a grocery store in Wilmington
in 1971. Gov. James B. Hunt paroled the group after they
served about seven years in prison.
“If we do not stand with Rev. Jackson, who will?” Chavis
asked. “We must join the Rainbow Coalition where browns,
yellows, blacks and whites are working together.”
Chavis said he didn’t care if the congregation voted for
Gov. Hunt or Sen. Jesse Helms in the race for the Senate.
“But let it be clear about whom you should vote for
president. The majority of this congregation should vote
Jesse Jackson.”
Chavis told the audience that he accompanied Jackson
(See CHAVIS, P.2)
Inquiring
Reporter
BYJOHNHINI’ON •!
Staff Writer
MS.
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SPOTLIGHT i
PIGGLY-WIGdY FOOD STORES |
AN OFFER OF BREAD-Balfimnre, IVd.-UemocratiC presicieiitiai candidate Jesse Jackson |; “FOR DAILY BARGAINS GALORE
is offered a loaf of bread by a shopper at Baltimore’s Harbor Place during a campaign stop April 1/
24. (UPl)
KEEPING ACTIVE-At
89 years of age, Raleigh attorney
Fred Carnage still comes down to his office as he has for the
past 50 yeais. Carnage ; ys hr doesn’t want to sit at home all
the time and although he ouesivt encuurace clients to seek his
heip, they still come They still come because Carnage has a
reputation that can’t be shaken. (UPl)
GLOVER
Question:
think there are so few
minority businesses in
Raleigh?
William Giles, 83,.
Raleigh: “White people act
like they don’t want colored
people to have a business.
They want to keep us down,
all the time. They think
colored people don’t have
enough education to run a
business.”
Ronald Glover. New York,
who declined to say v.hcre
he worked; “Raleigh is not
in the position for blacks to
own a lot of businesses.
Raleigh, like other
American cities, is in the
middle of economic hard
ships and black people are
suffering. If blacks continue
to lack the economic capa
bilities, they will not own
their own business.”
(See INQUIRING, P. 2)