ABORTION FOES PRAISE
MARTIN
About 125 anti-abortion ac
tivists rallied Sunday at the state
Capitol and marched to the
governor’s mansion to give 15
roses to Gdv. James G. Martin.
“That’s one for each year since
the Roe vs. Wade decision,’’ said
F. Gene Jackson, executive
director of Students for America.
“We’re doing it for him in sup
port of his efforts to stop state
funded abortion.’’ Last year,
Martin proposed that state funds
for abortion be restricted to cases
of rape or incest, or in which the
mother’s life was in danger. The
proposal failed. Roe vs. Wade,
the Supreme Court decision that
legalised abortion, was handed
down 15 years ago Friday.
Jackson said his group, along
with the Wake County Right to
;Life and N.C. Right to Life
organisations, had held the rally
:to mark the anniversary.
POLITICAL DEBATE
WINSTON-SALEM—The Dem
ocratic candidates for lieutenant
governor were divided Monday
night on whether the Tar Heel
State shoudl adopt a “com
parative fault” law that would
make it easier for accident vic
tims to collect damages in
lawsuits. Voicing support for the
current system was Sen. Harold
W. Hardison, D-Lenoir. Backing
the change in the state’s civil
' Justice system were former Rep.
H. Park Helms. Sen. Anthony E.
.‘Rand, D-Cumberland, and Rep.
! James W. Crawford, D-Gran
i viHe.
The candidates also differed on
several other issues, including
merit pay for teachers and
whether the state should provide
tax breaks to new industries com
ing to North Carolina. But they
agreed on the need to continue
the state's program of abortions
for poor women.
SUPREMACIST GETS
TERM
Robert Eugene “Jack"
Jackson, Jr., a white
supremacist charged in the
execution-style killings of three
men at an adult bookstore in
Shelby, was sentenced" 'day to
sit months in prison .»>• an
unrelated charge of failing to at
tend his federal conspiiacy trial.,
Jackson was sentenced in U.S.
District Cou-1 in Raleigh by
iranui * i. uupree, jr. «
prosecutor bad asked for a
sentence of at least three years,
bat Dupree said he saw no reason
for a sentence longer than the six
month term Jackson received for
conspiracy. Before he was
sentenced, Jackson, of Midwest
City, Okla., told Dupree that he
was not involved in the January
1987 killings in Shelby. Those
charges are pending in Cleveland
County Superior Court.
RENWICK HEADS TO FSU
A former associate dean at the
} University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill who has been critical
of some of the school’s policies
. during his 18-year career recent
ly began tackling a new job of in
creasing enrollment at Fayet
teville State University.
Haywden B. Ren wick, who
resigned as dean to become
^special assistant to Fayetteville
.■(State Chancellor Lloyd Hackley,
recently said that he has become
“disenchanted” with the commit
, ment to minority students at
UNC-Chapel Hill. Renwick also
criticised the university for not
giving black officials a more
significant role in recruiting
black students.
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Abortion, AIDS, and ‘ religion,
liberty” ore among the Issues of
concern a. the Senate wrestles
with a bill deigned to broaden
Detection against discrimination
under four civil rights statutes.
Amendments Involving all three
uf those Issues have been
prepared, but sponsors of the
Civil Rights Restoration Act urg
ed the Senate on Tuesday to pass
the measure without any
“Our goal Is clear and our
legislation Is straightforward,
said Sen. Edward Kennedy.
D-Mass.. who Introduced the bill
with Sen. Lowell Welcker,
WEATHER
The weather forecast for the
Old North State calb for highs to'
reach well into the 30s Thursday
and Into the 40s Friday. No
precipitation b expected for the
remainder of the week. The
temperatures In the 30s will be
somewhat of a relief afterjcDat*
day's weather where tempera
tares struggled to reach 30 in
many areas and lows ranged
from about sere over the nor
thern mountains to about 10 at the
coast.
Prom CAROLINIAN Staff Report!
Games of chance are ingrained
in the American fabric, although
some may frown on gambling as
immoral, sinful and corrupt.
Hollywood has glorified as well
as denounced games of chance
from organized crime controlling
policy and the race tracks to the
romance of a playboy or secret
agent taking the tables in Monte
Carlo or Reno.
The numbers racket is still
around and many play the gatne
daily. One can find card games
all over the city, from poker to
skinning.
Should some have their way,
another game for big bucks
would come to the state. Many
are saying, "Why not lottery?” It
can generate revenue for the
state, education, the poor and the
individual. Some say the lottery
is a good way to help the state and
see ho reason why it should not
become legal in North Carolina.
The General Assembly will
debate the possibility of North
Carolina joining states like New
Yorli New Jersey and Virginia
where the lottery is big business.
Dw Coleman, who works for
John! Winters and Co., said, “I
would support the lottery if it
can’t be proven that the crime
rate and poverty increases with
the lottery... It would definitely
generate revenue.”
Reggie Williams, a builder,
said, “1 support the lottery for the
simple reason that it will bring
money to the state. It will also
give poor people that are down,
particularly some of those that
are in the black part of town, it
will give them a chance to have
something. It will give them a
better break than they have
now.”
Gordon Dillahupt, a postal
employee and co-owner of
Freedom Books, said, “It would
be a good way to raise revenue,
as long as it was used for specific
purposes, purposes not addressed
by the state budget. It could be
used for education, housing low
and middle-income poeple, state
(See LOTTERY, P. 2) < v
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Council Backs Heineman
Police Try
To Improve
Promotions
The creation of four police sergeant
positions to be filled by black and
female officers and a revised police
promotion process were recommend
ed unanimously for approval Tues
day by a Raleigh City Council panel.
According to Ralph Campbell, Jr.,
chairman of the Law and Finance
Committee, the one thing all par-'
ticipants want to have is a promotion
system where all officers and
employees feel there is opportunity
for upward mobility.
Currently, the Raleigh Police
Department has six blacks and no
women among its 64 supervisors—of
ficers holding the rank of sergeant or
above. Several large police forces
have more blacks and women super
visors. About three-quarters of the
department’s 400 officers are white
males. The promotion list has. no
blacks among the first 33 candidates
and no women in the top 40. Opiy 12 of
the 1J5 officers on it are expected to
get promoted.
Police promotions became a hot
topic last fall after the posting of the
promotion list that offered black and
female officers virtually no chance of
making sergeant in the next two
years. Officers are ranked on the
basis of written test scores, evalua
tions, experience and an interview,
and they are promoted as openings
occur.
The list caused unrest among many
officers and sparked protests from
black leaders. Campbell, who
. (See POLICE, P. 2)
presidential hopeful Jackson was in Raleigh Wednesday U
diaciiss Mrexpectation* of the upcoming “Super Tuesday1
presidential primary in North Carolina.
Ex»t, #
uPer Tuf>~J*.eClati°ns
h r"m i
®SKK
The Rainbow Coalition has
translated support for its founder into
a permanent political movement and
is now eagerly awaiting the challenge
of Super Tuesday.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who an
nounced his presidential candidacy in
Raleigh at the Civic Center late last
—
VERNON MALONE
JIMMY E. KEITH
Keith Running Against
Malone In County Race
Jimmy E. Keith, • retired u.S.
postal worker, filed Tuesday as a
• Republican candidate for the Wake
County Board of Commissioners’ seat
currently held by Vernon Malone.
Keith, 63, was escorted to the coun
ty board of elections office by Wake
GOP Chairman Arch T. Allen, III. He
' is the first Republican candidate for
county commissioner, although Allen
has said he hopes to have a hill slate
of OOP candidates this year.
A Raleigh native, Keith said he fil
ed to give local voters a choice in this
year’s election. Malone said recently
he will file for re-election.
“I think they should have a choice
tQ vote Republican or Democratic,”
Keith said. “One of my greatest con
cerns is the need to involve the poaple
more in the governing process. In ad
dition, there are too many families in
our area who are not being taught on
the local level how to become less
reliant on the federal government for
assistance.’’
Keith declined to criticise other
commissioners or his likely opponent,
Malone. Commissioners are elected
countywide but must run from within
district*. Keith Mid he believes the
issues which will be debated in this
race should be determined by the
voters.
Keith also Mid he had considered
running several months ago, but
“decided to test the waters. After
testing the waters, 1 have decided
thst the waters are warm, and that I
will take a swim.”
Malone and Keith are longtime
acquaintances and both attend Mar
tin Street Baptist Church
j va» , ■ i^tuiircu tu nui ui v>ai uiuia
Wednesday to discuss his expecta
tions of the coming “Super Tuesday”
presidential primary.
Rep. Daniel T. Blue, D-Wake, who
co-sponsored for Jackson when he an
nounced for candidacy, is now the
Chairman of the North Carolina
Jackion ’88 campaign committee
Withheadquarters at 33 W. Davie St.
Recently, Jackson has been
broadening his base among white
farnkers, laborers, high school and
college students, peace activists,
Jews and liberals generally. He has
made a fact-finding visit to the North
Carolina coast to learn more from the
people directly affected by the “Red
Tidp" toxic algae crisis causing
financial havoc in that region.
Ih Raleigh, Jackson raised money
from supporters, held a ribbon
cufting ceremony at his head
Appreciation
Feature Has
Three Winners
| There were three winners in last
ireek’s Appreciation Money Feature,
ponsored by The CAROLINIAN and
Participating busineses. The winners
ivho found their names hidden on the
Appreciation Page this week were
Ms. Marie Massenburg, 4604 Draper
Drive; Ms. Julia Comer, 709
Dawnwood Court; and Norman Stan
back, 446 Parnell St.
After coming into The CAROLIN
IAN office at 518 E. Martin St. and
properly identifying themselves, win
ners were awarded $10 checks.
The Appreciation Money Feature
can be found on the front page of The
CAROLINIAN'S Thursday edition.
Each reader of this newspaper is a
potential winner in the feature. Each
week the names of three readers are
(See APPRECIATION, P.
of the News and Observer and travel
ed to Wilmington to talk to oyster
fishermen in that area.
Here are some facts to know about
Jackson:
• Jackson is rated as the strongest
backer of women’s rights, followed
by Michael Dukakis and Paul Simon.
• The Jackson campaign added 2
million new Democratic voters to the
rolls.
In 1984, Jackson won 3.2 million
primary votes (compared to Mon
dale’s 6.8 million and Hart’s 6.2
million). Jackson got 3.5 million
primary and caucus votes, or 2l per
cent of the total. Currently there are
20 million eligible black voters
alone—13 million registered and 7
million unregistered. Mondale
Ferraro got 10.5 million black
votes—out of 37 million cast—in 1984.
There were also 37 million for Carter
Mondale in 1980. According to the
Jackson camp, this shows that it is
“clearly possible for Jackson to win
the Democratic Party’s nomination
and because of the strategic location
of electoral votes, also to win the '
general election.’’
• Jackson won 465.5 votes at the
Democratic National Convention in
San Francisco—11 percent of the
(See JESSE JACKSON, P. 2)
Minority
Vote is
Crucial
a* D.C. SCHATZMAN
Special To The CAROLINIAN
Will the “power of incumbancy”
help Gov. Jim Martin win re-election
in November or will statewide name
' recognition and his party’s registra
tion advantage propel Lt. Gov. Bob
Jordan to the governor’s chair in
1989?
Conventional wisdom indicates that
the answer to that question ultimate
ly lies with North Carolina’s substan
tial black vote.
There is a lot at stake for Gov. Mar
tin and Lt. Gov. Jordan. First and
foremost is the control oyer the Im
portant political spoils; jobs, con
tracts, appointments and governmen
tal authority.
Noted political scientist C. Vann
Woodward once observed that the
strength of the black vote is par
ticularly crucial in large elections
because it often serves as “the ar
biter between white factions.” Such
will be the case in North Carolina’s
highly charged gubernatorial elec
tion.
According to the latest voter
registration figures compiled by the
Institute for Southern Studies, 613,429
of the total 3.1 Bullion registered
voters are black. That’s roughly 20
^percent, more than enough to Swing
any statewide race between white
candidates or “white factions,” if you
Also, a review of the county-by
will.
Judges'
Bench
MAN GETS LIFE TEEM
A Wake Superior Court judge Tues
day sentenced a Ealeigh man to his
second life term since December
after a jury found him guilty of rape.
Judge George M. Fountain of Tar
boro sentenced Bodney Kemp Jeter,
22, to life plus 40 .years after a jury
convicted him of first-degree rape
and first-degree burglary in the May
21 attack on a West Ealeigh woman.;
Jeter was convicted on the same
charges Dec. 4 in connection with the
rape of an East Raleigh woman in
1986. At the December trial, Judge J.
Milton Bead, Jr., of Durham sentenc
ed Jeter to life plus 50 years. The
sentence imposed Tuesday is to run
consecutively with the earlier
sentence, Fountain said. The jury
deliberated for just under two hours
before returning the verdict. Jeter
still faces a trial in connection with an
attack April 24 on another West
Raleigh woman. He is charged with
first-degree sexual offense, first
degree burglary and armed robbery
in that case. Assistant District At
(See JUDGES’ BENCH, P. 2)
RECEIVING GIFT-Or. Tafcert 0. Shew, president of Show University, was the
special geest of Alpha Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Inc.
Alumni giving has increased and the Department ef Education has given an
endowment of $2,000,000 which is ta he matched by the university. Dr. Shaw.
said the University Is on the road to recovery. Ms. Barbara Read, president af the
Alpha Theta Omega Chapter ef Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Inc. presents a check
tn Shaw.