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Tough AIDS Guidelines Issu^fn ■
Starting February l, all people with
knowns AIDS virus infection have
been required to notify their sex and
needle partners of this infection in the
state of North Carolina, according to
Dr. Rebecca Meriwether, head of the
Communicable Disease Control
Branch for the N. C. Department of
Human Resources’ Division of Health
Services.
This was one of the most con
troversial provisions adopted by the
Commission for Health Services at its
December 1987 meeting,"
Meriwether said. ‘‘However, it was
passed in an effort to protect public
health and prevent the spread of
AIDS’’
Several other AIDS-related provi
sions were adopted as communicable
disease rules by the commission.
Persons diagnosed with HIV infec
tion are required to refrain from sex
ual intercourse unless condoms are
used, refrain from sharing needles
and syringes, refrain from donating
or selling blood, plasma, platelets,
other blood products, semen, ova,
tissues, organs, or breast milk; and
have a skin test for tuberculosis
<TB).
Phvslciuns are required to give
these instructions to the HIV-infected
patients and to advise them about the
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MARY H. FlmtU
NEA President
Will Address
NCCV Graduates
DURHAM—Mary Hatwood Futrell,
serving an unprecedented third term
as president of the nation’s largest
teachers’ organization, will be North
Carolina Central University’s com
mencement speaker Saturday, May
7.
Ms. Futrell, a classroom teacher
from Alexandria, Va., was elected
president of the National Education
Association in 1983 and was re-elected
to the post in 1985 and 1987.
At her 1987 re-election, she pledged
to the association’s 1.9 million
members her intention to help
achieve ti-ue education reform in the
United States, and to ensure that the
NEA’s members play a significant
role in all education decisions.
(See NEA •'RESIDENT. l>. 2)
risk of transmitting the virus to un
born babies and through
breastfeeding.
Physicians are required to give pa
tients a form from the N. C. Division
of Health Services and encourage its
use for listing partners for whom
notification is required.
Physicians are required to arrange
an appointment with a Division of
Health Services AIDS counselor
regarding partner notification ser
vices or to mail the form to the divi
sion so that the division can notify
and counsel the partners.
According to some researchers and
gay journalists, the Research
Triangle is the major center in the na
tion for basic AIDS research—the
grinding laboratory work that seeks
to unlock the key to the human im
munodeficency virus (HIV), which is
believed to cause AIDS. Basic
research will provide vaccines
against HIV, and drugs to fight both
AIDS and the infections that afflict
AIDS.
New York is the mecca for clinical
trials, in which new drugs are tested
on volunteer AIDS patients. In San
Francisco, researchers focus on
epidemiology, the tracking of how the
disease is spread.
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VOL. 47, NO. 23
Police Target Fences
Man Snared In Probe
Raleigh police and Wake County
sheriff's deputies arrested the owner
of several Eastern Wake County con
venience stores Thursday for in
vestigation of receiving stolen goods
and possessing two machine guns.
Investigators said Gerald Wayne
Adams of 109 Sugar Lane,
Knightdale, had been suspected of
disposing of almost $40,000 in stolen
property. The detectives said they
thought the goods had been stolen
during burglaries of Raleigh-area
homes and businesses.
Adams, 29, is the owner of several
Mr. G’s Markets, convenience stores
in the Eastern Wake area, and is a
licensed gun dealer, according to
Raleigh police Sgt. W. L. Baker.
Adams was charged with eight
counts of felony possession of stolen
property, six counts of receiving
stolen property and two counts of
possessing weapons of mass destruc
tion, Baker said. He was being held in
the Wake County Jail in lieu of
$150,000 bond Thursday.
Police recovered about $14,000
worth of stolen property, much of it
electronic goods, during the in
vestigation, and seized Adams’ 1984
Ford Mustang which investigators
thought was used to transport stolen
property. Baker said.
The investigation was the work of a
iwman-team.of detectives from th§
Raleigh Police Department and the
sheriff’s department. >«
During a search of Adams’ house
Tuesday, Baker said officials had
found the guns. One was an AR-15
semi-automatic rifle that had been
converted to fully-automatic use, and
the other Baker described as a “9mm
high-tech semi-automatic with the
same frame as an Uzi that had been
converted to fully automatic.”
An Uzi is an Israeli-made sub
machine gun.
Baker said police hoped to make
more arrests of suspected
“fences”—buyers to stolen property.
“We’re trying to make it as hard on
(See SNAKtUi, r. n
Connie Howard’s Hard Work And
Dedication Lead To A New Post
The management of wRAL-TV 5
has named Connie Howard to the
position of news manager for Action
News 5.
The announcement was made in a
special TV staff meeting. The news of
Howard’s promotion was greeted by
the Action News 5 staff with cheers
and applause.
Since 1081 Howard has served the
WRAL-TV 8 News Department in a
variety of roles, including general
assignment reporter, assistant
assignment editor, weekend pro
ducer. ep.m. producer, executive
producer, assistant news director and
Action News director.
Before joining Action News,
Howard was a general assignment
reporter for WROC-TV in Rochester,
N.Y., and WOI-TV In Des Moines,
Iowa. She grew up .in Otisville, N.Y.,
and attended graduate school at Iowa
State University.
Senior Vice President and General
Manager John Greene said,
“Throughout her tenure here at
WRAL-TV 5 she has distinguished
herself through hard work and
dedication. She has the experience
and the expertise necessary to lead us
to new heights in news coverage and
presentation. This is a most deserved
promotion,”
Excitement at the station is runn
ing high and the feeling is summed up
by these quotes from WRAL depart*
ment heads:
Paul D. Quinn, assistant general
manager: “WRAL-TV 5 Just hired the
best person in this or any other coun
try to lead its News Department. She
UNC-Ch. Confab To View
Many Labor Problems
CHAPEL HILL—The recent
decline In American productivity, In
creasing absenteeism among
employees and high levels of stress
reported by workers at all levels will
be discussed by top Triangle-area
employers and public opinion expert
Lou Harris at a University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill conference
March 8.
“The Humane Workplace:
Employee Supportive Programs”
will focus on successful programs
developed by Triangle employers
that address these issues and have
had a positive effect on productivity
and morale in the worksite, said
Florence Glasser, conference coor
dinator and a member of the Board of
Directors of the Mental Health
Association in Orange County.
“Today’s employee benefit
package was designed in the 1950s
when the stereotypical American
worker was a male breadwinner who
suppored his wife and a.fl children,”
Qleeeer eald. “Only 11 percent of
American famtliee now fit that
“The labor force of 1968 ii more
diverse In gender, age and family
structure. Many companies are now
changing their benefit packages and
rewriting their personnel manuals to
accommodate the new work force,”
she said.
t Glasser said the conference theme
is based on the growing recognition
by employers that good Job perfor
mance and productivity are directly
related to the mental health of their
employees.
Although the conference is geared
toward top decision-makers, ex
ecutives, managers and other people
involved in policy-making for public
and private firms, it is open to the
public, Glasser said.
“Citizens who want to learn more
(Her I.AHOIt, I*. -*
BLACK AMERICAN PRINCESS—This libra-born princess Jenee Starr is
adding to her list of titles which include “Miss Personality,’’ “Best Attire,” and
second runner-up In beauty pageants held in New York and New Jersey. She
hopes to wear the crown as Miss Black American Princess. She is from Red
-Bank, N.J. (Photo by James Blount)
Triangle Labor Force
Altering Stereotypes
The 21st Century FAC ot North
Carolina announced its plans to
target four State Senate races in 1988.
These candidates include Frank
Ballance (Warren), Shelly Will
ingham (Edgecombe/Pitt). Mary
MM. CONNIE HOWARD
has proved herself time and time
again. It’s great to see her get this op
portunity to do it again. Go get ’em,
Connie!"
Sharon Malmetone, promotion
manager: "The people who put
together Action News S are the best in
the business. And Connie is the
perfect person to take them to new
heights. Her experience, knowledge
and dedication are outstanding. But
it’s her energy that makes her stand
out. We are thrilled.”
Will Davis, program manager:
"Connie has worked her way up from
reporter to news director right here
in our own community. I can’t im
agine anyone better qualified to make
news judgments on behalf of our
viewers."
Leah Chauncey, manager of local
productions: "Connie is an excep
tional choice. She is the best news in
News.”
Paul Pope, operations and weekend
station manager: "This is one of the
greatest things that has happened in
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McAllister (Cumberland), and Ver
non Robinson (Forsyth). Should three
of these candidates be successful, the
Afro-American Senate Caucus would
be doubled to six members.
The theme for the drive is “Take
the Senate in ’88.” Each targeted
campaign will receive $1,000 in direct
contributions. The 21st Century PAC
will also provide technical assistance
in using computers to support cam
paign activities. The effort will be
kicked off with March fundraising ef
forts in Charlotte and Winston-Salem.
PAC Treasurer (Nathan A. Harris,
of Greensboro, stated, “We hope that
the Afro-American press will endorse
this drive and help build support
across the state. Winning these seats
will strengthen the hand of the black
caucus and help protect our
communities' interests across North
Carolina."
The 21st Century PAC of North
Carolina Is a bipartisan, Independent
political action committee founded in
1065 to create a financial base to in
crease the number of black elected
officials nt all levels. The PAC played
a pivotal role in the election of Con
gressman Mike Kspy (D-MIss.) in
1066. After successfully assisting In
the election of Judge Terry Sherrill,
the PAC was active in several
municipal races during 1087.
“You’ve certainly got some ex
cellent people, major companies and
major players, right there in your
own back yard,” says Howard
Streicher, a researcher in one of the
nation's most renowned AIDS
laboratories—Dr. Robert C. Gallo’s
lab at the National Institute of
Health.
The disease itself has not spread as
quickly in North Carolina as in more
(See.AIDS. I’. 2)
Wake County Hoping
To Develop Daytime
Homeless Shelter
Currently, Wake County homeless
have no organized shelters available
to them during daylight hours. But
soon, they may be getting a refuge
where they can find food and warmth
before nightfall.
County mental health officials have
applied for a two-year, $911,147 grant
from the National Institute of Mental
Health to open a day shelter in
downtown Raleigh, James W. Kirk
patrick, Jr., director of the Wake
County Mental Health Department,
said recently. Of that, about $689,000
would be federal funds and $222,000
would be county dollars. A location
for the shelter has not been chosen, he
said.
The shelter would be the first of its
kind in Raleigh.
"To me, it's a long overdue effort to
deal with people who just happen to
be down on their luck,” County Com
missioner Vernon Malone said.
Malone said he thinks the issue has
not been a high enough priority, and
added it’s something that’s been
overlooked.
County officials are optimistic the
proposal will be approved.
Kirkpatrick said the shelter could
begin operating two months after ap
proval.
Kirkpatrick said the day program
is the kind of program that is not pre
sent in the city because of zoning. He
said it would provide breakfast and
would offer a place for the homeless
to come during the day.
For years, Wake County left caring
for the area’s homeless to
municipalities and private organiza
tions such as Urban Ministries. The
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organizations. But commissioners
Malone, G. Herbert Stout and Larry
B. Zieverink have argued that the
county should take a more active
role.
A study in 1986, sponsored by a
local human relations group,
estimated there were about 2,000
homeless in Wake County,
Kirkpatrick said the mental health
department was trying to ‘‘bridge the
gap" between the time shelters close
in the early morning and when they
reopen In the evenings. Besides
breakfast, the homeless who enter
<Se(* NIIKI TRK. P, 2)
VERNON MAI.ONE
Lenoir county may upi
For Voting Machines
i ne Lenoir county Commissioners
are pondering the costs of voting
machines.
The board met with members of the
' Lenoir County Board of Elections and
a representative of the Shouptronic
Corp. to discuss the possibility of pur
chasing machines.
Roy Lawyer of Shouptronic said the
cost of 63 machines plus the computer
system would be $314,800 by direct
purchase, a $10,800 increase over the
first time the commissioners review
ed the machine last year.
According to state law. one voting
machine is required per 500
registered voters and the number is
on a precinct basis. There are a total
of 27,990 registered voters as of Mon
day.
Chairman Lynwood Barwick ex
pressed interest in the purchase of
me voting macnmes, Dut at the cost
the board was originally quoted last
summer. Although Shouptronic offers
to finance the purchase, the board of
commissioners is interested in secur
ing its own financing, Barwick said.
Commissioner M.E. Creech also
expressed his concern over the one
year warranty provided by Shoup
tronic. He felt a three-year warranty
would be more in line with the pur
chase of the machines.
Lawyer said he would be in contact
with County Manager Wayne Deal
and Lenoir County Board of Elections
Supervisor Mary Jeffress concerning
the warranty and price.
Lawyer said the voting machines
were foolproof. “It’s impossible to
throw an election. The batteries [in
the machines] should last seven to
(See VOTING MACHINES, t*. 2)
NAACP Lawyers Score
Voting Rights Victory
BALTIMORE, Md.-NAACP
lawyers scored a major voting rights
victory in St. Louis recently when a
federal judge ruled that the city's
Board of Elections had violated the
Voting Rights Act by failing to
manually review uncounted ballots
cast in predominantly black wards.
U.S. District Judge William L.
Hungate found that under the city’s
punch-card voting system, most of
the nearly 3,000 uncounted ballots
cast in the March 1987 primary came
from wards where most of the voters
were black. The failure of the election
board to manually count those ballots
discriminated against blacks, he
said.
Judge Hungate ordered the election
board to eliminate these
discriminatory practices by manual
ly counting ballots rejected by its
computerized equipment ana 10
educate voters (from the wards from
which more than 60 percent of the
ballots were uncounted) about the
proper use of the punch-card system
The judge’s ruling came as a result
of a suit filed by Michael V. Roberts
against the election board. Roberts, a
black candidate who lost his bid for
president of the St. Louis Board of
Aldermen to a white candidate, said
he lost because blacks did not know
how to use the punch-card system.
In his suit, Roberts called for a new
election, but Judge Hungate refused
to honor his request, citing a manual
recount he had ordered as part of th<
case which showed that even with the
uncounted ballots, Roberts had still
lost by 60 votes.
Represented by NAACP General
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Dr. Feebles-Wilkins Appointed
To Direct NCSU Social Program
u». Wilma c. Peebles-Wilkins has
been appointed associate department
head and director of the social work
program in North Carolina State
University’s Department of
Sociology, Anthropology and Social
Work.
One of NCSU’s first black female
graduates and a Raleigh native,
Peebles-Wilkins joined the universi
ty’s faculty as assistant professor in
1978 and was promoted to associate
professor in 1984. She assumed her
new post Jan. 1.
Peebles-Wilkins is an expert on the
history of social welfare services. She
earned her bachelor’s degree from
NCSU in 1967, her master’s from Case
Western Reserve University and her
doctorate from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
NCSU’s social work program was
started In the 1980s and became fully
accredited In the early 1970s. Recent
ly, social work was added to the name
of the Department of Sociology and
Anthropology to recognize the pro
gram's importance and Increase its
visibility.
The program grants bachelor of
social work undergraduate degrees.
The social work program now has
five faculty members and 125
students.
“The program prepares graduates
for entry-level professional practice
or advanced standing in graduate
school, and beginning-level state cer
tification,’’ Peebles-Wilkins said.
Peebles-Wilkins succeeds Dr.
Nelson Reid, who has returned to full
time teaching and research at NCSU.
“Dr. Peebles-Wilkins has been an
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