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Your Vote Is Needed REGISTER! >VOTE The Carolinian RALEIGH, N.C. MONDAY FEBRUARY 1.1988 NC's Semi Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST % • N SINGLE COPY 2g^ IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 30i 'VOL. 47. NO. 2C reiomous incest Woman Accused Of Rape Another Suspect Arrested A Waice County woman has been charged with rape and felonious in cest with a nine-year-old male child. A man who lives in a mobile home with the woman has been charged with taking indecent liberties with children. Jo Ann Love, 30, of Route 10, Coun tryside Mobile Home Park, was charged with first-degree rape, felonious incest and two counts of tak ing indecent liberties with children, according to an arrest warrant. She was jailed with bond set at $40,000. A district court judge later increased the bond to $100,000. Tony Uunston, 23, of the same ad dress, was charged with one count of' taking indecent liberties with childen. He was jailed with bond set at $20,000. Wake Sheriff’s Lt. R.M. Stephenson said the charge against Dunston in volved female children The in vestigation is continuing, he said recently. In other crime news, a Wake Conn- . ty school bus was hit by a gunshot last week, probably from a pellet rifle, authorities said; Five elementary school children were on the bus, which was headed toward Cary, nut no one was injured. The bus was in the 1800 block of Trinity Road, just west of Carter Finley Stadium, when it as struck about 3:30 p.m., said Wake Sheriff's Maj. D F. Waller. ‘'Tin weapon used probably was a pellet rifle or possibly a f ••liber ri fle,” Waller said. “V>e a juvenile sus.eci that we'sy , at.” Donald G. Cofloh,'''ddecia£fC3£ (See RAPE, P V NEW CHANCELLOR—Newly-appointed Fayetteville State (N.C.) University chancellor Dr. Lloyd V. “Vic” Hackley and wile, greet North Carolina Lt. Gov. Robert Jordan at a recent reception held in their honor by local citizens at the Fayetteville Country Club (John B. Henderson Photo) County Vote Campaign Aims For New Voters B\ MARC LEE St;tff Wriler I'hc Wake County Voter’s Coalition recently launched a voter registra tion effort in the Wake County area and is hoping to register as many voters as it possibly can. WC'VC is an organization made up of several community groups and non-partisan organizations. At pre sent, the following organizations are involved in WCBC: A Philip Ran dolph Institute, NAACP (Wendell Wake and Raleigh-Apex chapters), Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association, Wake' V’LLF. 'North "Carolina 'Association of Prison Population Is On The Decline North Carolina experienced the largest decrease in prison population in the Southeast between July l, 1M88 and July 1,1987, according to a report issued by the Southern Legislative Conference. According to figures quoted in the February issue of Southern magazine, North Carolina’s prison population was down 3.a per cent during that period. According to that same report, West Virginia’s 2.5 percent decline in prison population was the only other decline in the 14-state region. South Carolina experienced the highest percentage increase in prison popula tion, 14.1 percent, with Florida se cond with 9.9 percent. “The report is significant for what it does and does not say,” N.C. Department of Correction Secretary Aaron J. Johnson said. “Although it does reflect a reduction as a result of the Emergency Prison Population Stabilization legislation adopted last spring, it does not reflect the accom panying increase in persons served by the Division of Adult Probation and Parole.” ■ As of the last day of November 1987, the last month for which figures are available, the number of persons on either probation or parole in North Carolina was 69,044. That represents a 10 percent increase over the last day of November 1986. Although the current $29 million prison construction program will significantly improve the conditions of confinement within the North Carolina prison system, it will not in crease the system’s capacity. "What that means is that it is unlikely that North Carolina will be able to reduce its prison population in i See PRISON, P. 2) Progress Cited Educators, N.C. r air snare, me Wake County People’s Alliance, and the Fourth Congressional District Voter Education Project, The A. Philip Randolph Institute is spearheading the coalition with the (See COUNTY, P. 2) Mt>. PORTIA BRANDON Wilkins Bids To Keep Post ---*» ftennem wiiKins, waKe uounty register of deeds, filed for re-election as a Democrat Jan. 27 Wilkins has beep register of deeds since 1983, when he was appointed to complete the term of Burnie McKenzie, who retired. Wilkins was elected to his first full term in 1984. Since becoming register of deeds, Wilkins has streamlined operation of the office with new document control and indexing systems. These provide faster and more comprehensive ser vices to the public. By increasing the number of employees and providing advanced training to both new and existing employees, Wilkins’ office is better able to serve all of Wake Coun ty’s residents, he says. His decision to purchase state-of the-art computer and microfilm equipment (for both Internal and public use) has made his office one of the most efficient in North Carolina. Wilkins says he has maintained ex cellent rapport with the public and with the Wake County Board of Com missioners. He added he looks for wara 10 continuing inose reiauuiisiiip in the future. Some of the accomplishments Wilkins points to since 1984 include implementing a new and more ac curate recording procedure, beginn ing office renovation to provide added convenience to the public, imple menting a new and more accurate real estate indexing system, adding state-of-the-art equipment to reproduce maps for the public, super vising the collection of almost $3 million in revenue—all of which went into the county general fund, makings available certain tax information on microfilm, developing a training pro?, gram for new employees, and im plementing the first career ladder iifc 1 the Wake County register of deeds of fice. Wikins said he will soon be pro viding the capability for the public Go make their own copies from '1 microfilm and is currently in the pro cess of refilming all of the records in the office to ensure uniformity of all the film In the office. KtNNETH WILMiNb Register of Deeds Challenged The Svetem Mayor Young: — by EDWARD RAISON, JR. t'ontrlfevUal Writer An Annlyito Andrew Young, mayor of Atlanta, Ga., was sweating and vacillating whan be stood before the microphone trying to put in perspective the distur bance that occurred when a group of integrationists returned to Forsyth a few days ago. The marchers seem to be determined to integrate the all-white county though the residents have demonstrated over the years that they prefer that their county remain segregated. I’m sure Mayor Young's black constituency thought at one time he was to the black cause after having heard him speak and seen him march along with the greatest of them on several occasions. However, during the mayor’s press conference after the last Forsyth County march, he made the CTmpmmising statement that... white people from Forsyth County work daily in Atlanta, side by side with blacks, and get along just fine. He said he didn’t understand what the problem was. This was much like Prime Minister Botha of South Africa saying black South Africans come to town from their itftgrtgr*~< area, work side by side with white South Africans and get along just fine Mayor Young was in essence saying, 'Some of my beet friends are white or white people don't mind working with y'all but they don’t have to be your friend and/or take you home with them.” His statement was by no related to the problem at hand but it was the kind of answer whites have given over the years and now we have a Mack using it for whites. What an awful cop-out for a black man (mayor) who has fought against such statements for so many years.>Thia is the painful reality tnat African American brothers and sisters face whan they have challenged the system and have been hoodwinked into thinking they have succeeded, only to discover later that they have actually failed, railed because they can never really escept the limitations placed on Maeks simply because of the color of their skin. Most of these blacks are quick to say color has nothing to do with it. Even a black with a million dollars will always be seen as a black millionaire in America, not Just a millionaire. The office of mayor obligates Mayor Young to be loyal to his constituents, black and white. This is no easy feat for a Mack mayor, especially when the power structure is of the opposite color. Some African-American brothers and sisters in so-called prominent positions have been able to maintain their blackness .One in particular that comes to mind is Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C., who was a daishiki-wearing freedom-fighter when he was elected to office and continues to deal with his constituents from a black perspective in spite of his political position. He has one strong point in his favor, however, and that is that the blacks who live in the District of Columbia are basically behind him. Twenty yeses of marching, praying, begging and facing institutionalized racism should make African-Americans realize that the answer to their pro blems is with African-Americans. If we do not get together and save ourselves, no one else will. African-Americana should be cultivating and defending their own neighborhood* not marching and duckihg bricks thrown (See IVm YOU YOUNG, P. » Jobs For Welfare Recipients Can Help Overcome Barriers In Struggle To Ease Poverty The African-American community has made signifi cant progress in several areas during the past decade, but inflation and a periodically recessionary economy have caused many African-Americans to slip below the poverty line.,And many of these people are depending on welfare , to survive. The number of black persons below the poverty line rose from 8,6 million in 1880 to 8.5 million in 1864. Among - whites, 23.0 million were poor in 1884. The black poverty rate was 33.8 percent in 1884, not significantly different from the 1880 rate of 32.5 percent. The poverty rate for whites was 11.5 percent in 1884. About 31 percent or 2.1 million of all Mack families had money incomes below the poverty level in 1884. Black female householders accounted for 73 percent of all poor Mack families in 1884. In examining these poverty figures, remember that the federally defined poverty level does not include noncash benefits such as housing, food and medical assistance. lit the nation's capital, work for welfare recipients is a hot topic. Politicians say they want to place more depen dent adults in training and employment programs. Some evert claim we can turn welfare into “workfare,” as Presi dent Nixon promised when he proposed his own ill-fated "iicai Ijr &v jcfli 9 agu. me lUCd i» popular, as the public has lung wanted recipients to do more to help themselves. ‘Phe workfare debate has been brewing for several years. In 19X1, Congress, under prodding from the Reagan administration, allowed states for the first time to in troduce serious work requirements in Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the main federal welfare pro gram. Then, two years ago. President Reagan announced a father effort to reform welfare, leading to a flurry of wort-oriented proposals from groups on the left and right, i 4 White House task force led by Charles Hobbs produc ed ‘‘Up From Dependency,” a proposal for wider ex perimentation, including work initiatives, at the state and local level. The administration also proposed Greater Op portunities Through Work, which would define more AFOC recipients as employable (particularly by In cluding mothers of preschool children) and would, over several years, require states to involve the greater ma jority of these clients in school or work programs. 'The main features of the Hobbs and GROW plans have since been incorporated in HR 3200, a proposal by House Republicans drafted by Hank Brown and Bob Michel. The emphasis in all these plans is un stiffening work re quirements. Funding for the work programs would be in creased slightly, if at all. Democratic plana, however, have downplayed re quirements in favor of greater spending, according to Lawrence M. Mead, associate professor of politics at New York University. In the House, a bill largely drafted by Thomas Downey and supported by party leaders was passed Dec. 16. 198' on a largely party-line vote. In the Senate, Daniel Patrick Moynihan of the Finance Committee has produced S-15U. According to Mead, neither bill would effectively strengthen the requirements for work bearing on reci pients or states. Indeed, both would restrict some “workfare" programs that staets already have in effect. These bills would, if enacted, effectively revive the overblown, but voluntary, employment programs of the 19798. According to Mead, “Reform, to be effective, must abandon the illusion that work is impossible for the poor. The major obstacles to welfare employment lie in te minds of the poor, and in the permissive attitudes of federal legislators. Welfare policymakers must believe what the facts show—work can be required of the majori ty of adult recipients.” According to Mead, who is affiliated with a conser vative think-tank headquartered in Virginia, the work issue has come to the fore for a good reason. “No work is me immeaiaie cause oi mucn poverty ana aepenaency to day. There is still a tendency to see the poor simply as vic tims entitled to government redress. That view is most plausible for the elderly and disabled poor, whom society does not expect to work. But, it is implausible for.families headed by able-bodied people of working age whom socie ty does expect to work.” Among the working-age poor, poverty usually arises, at least initially, because the adults involved do not work normal hours. Of the heads of poor households in 1984, on ly 17 percent worked full-time, while 51 percent did not work at all. From a statistical point of view, working can get peo ple out of poverty. In 1986, fewer than four percent of families whose heads worked full-time were poor. The rate jumped to 20 percent for heads working part-time, and to 24 percent for heads not working at all. Among female-headed families, the comparable figure j were 10, 48 and 56. As Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood have claimed, about half of all spells of poverty may begin through a drop in family earnings, and 75 percent of them end through an increase in earnings. With statistics like that, creating jobs for those on welfare and training them for available jobs is an option that needs much further exploration. Vocational Education Plays Vital Community College Role Vocational' education is vital to North Carolina’s economic health, say North Carolina Community Col lege System educators. “Vocational education trains the workers who keep our economy func tioning,” said Robert W. Scott, system president. “These are the in dividuals who repair our cars, type V our bulldozers /^' thjnk if we "are td have a stable economy vocational education has to be a top priority of the state at both the senior hifeb school and community college level,’‘s»aid Dr. Robert H. Greene, president of Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem. Gov. James Martin has proclaimed Feb. 7-13 “Vocational Educate a. Week” in North Carolina. The theiqe for this year’s observance is “Voca-, tional Education: The Competitive Edge.” The month of February is both national and state Community College Month. Here in North Carolina, community colleges will celebrate their silver an niversary on May 17. In his proclamation, Martin said, “Every effort is made to keep costs low and quality high among its varied programs. In this, its 25th year of ser we salute the, ongoing success “aervke .Tendered J)y ’ ‘ . Coijtmnnity Col the lege System to the citizens of our state. “To Bob Scott, president of the system, the community colleges are more than buildings and campuses, more than programs and courses. The community colleges are, in fact, ‘people’s colleges.’” He added, “The system was created to provide job skills for workers, but eaually important is its (See VOCATIONAL, P. 2) /_ f actory Jobs Drying Up For Young Blacks Twenty years ago, young people coming out of high school had a '■hoice: they could go on to college or they likely could walk right into a well-paying job at a manufacturing plant near their homes. There hardly is such an option anymore. A recent report by a commission of business leaders and educators says 1.7 million manufacturing jobs disap peared between 1979 and 1985. With those jobs no longer available, the report said, young people coming out of high school were forced to “scramble for unsteady, part-time, low-paying jobs.” The absence of well-paying jobs for high school graduates and the near ing of an end to government social programs threatens to create a per manent underclass in America, with more and more people slipping below the poverty line. The commission’s report called high school graduates in the job market the “forgotten half." The commission said, “The plight of the ‘forgotten half,’ never easy, has become alarming. This nation may face a future divided not along lines of race or geography, but rather of education.” According to the commission, the situation is particularly desperate for young blacks. The report said that in 1986, black male high school graduates were earning an average of 44 percent leu than they were Just five years ago. The commission noted that while millions of service and retail jobs were being added to the marketplace, those jobs pay only about half what top manufacturing jobs pay. For example, a young worker in an automobile parts factory could earn $20 an hour. But once the plant closes, as has been the case lately, those (See FACTORY, P. 2) Area Pioneers Take Over At Local School Speakers addressing the 12lst an nual Founder’s Day convocation at St. Augustine’s College Tuesday em phasized the strengths and influences historically black colleges had had on Raleigh, the nation and the world. “The media [are] not quite kind to historically black colleges,’’ said Prezell R. Robinson, the president of St. Augustine’s College. “Where were their voices when blacks had no place else to go to get an education? Nothing is ever said about the number of doctors and lawyers who live in this city who are graduates of predominantly black colleges. ’ Robinson made this statement dur ing an introduction of the keynote speaker for the ceremony, Brig. Gen. (See PIONEERS, P. 2) Davit Stmt.
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