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Department of Homan Hasourcos Secretary David T. Flaherty announced racantly that IITiTM- Low laeama Energy Assistance Program chaeha totaling almoat IlM million wore mailed to North Carolina houaeholda. The L1EAP provide* a one-time payment to help needy NoflflT Carolinian* pay their i heating bill*, and I* distributed among elderly and disabled cltliens as well a* to families with young children. On the! average the LIEAP payment Is irn.52, with Individual payments ranging from IS to INI. To qualify for LIEAP assistance, families must have heating ex* penses and use these funds to pay for fuel costs. / DISTRICT QUIZ BOWL On March 12, eight regional high school teams will come to Wage County to participate in the District Quit Bowl playoffs. Wake County Public Libraries will host the event at 1:30 p.m. in the Wake County Commons Building on Carya Drive. Finalists are chosen from the playoffs held throughout the region. Broughton, Bunn, Flke, Lee, Rocky Mount, Southern, Triton, and Vance high schools are members. The winner of this competition will,compete against eight other district winners at the State Library in Raleigh on April: 23. THE WORLD IS WATCHING The Rev, Jesse Jackson has made a tremendous showing in the polls, but the race Is not over yet. March 8. “Super Tuesday,” our voice can he heard throughout the United States and the world. Everyone Is asked to attend the precinct meeting at their own polling place at 8 p.m. to select delegates for the Democratic county convention. We have a chance to make' a statement and have full voice in the Issues that will direct our country for the next four years from the local to the national level. Regardless of your presidential preference, the full voting strength of your precinct is needed for our voMfes to be heard. NC HIGHWAY PATROL GRADUATION The 81st Highway Patrol Basic School will graduate 45 cadets in ceremonies scheduled for 18 a.m. Friday, March 4, at the Highway Patrol Training Center on Old Garner Road In Raleigh. SPECIAL SCHOOL PROJECT During the month of March, a loorhanger with the message, “Quiet Please, Teacher at Work, Future Under Construction” will be placed on each door of every public school classroom In North Carollns. The North Carolina School Public Relations Association, In cooperation with tho Wake Coun ty Public School System and other school systems In tho state, Is recognising educators across the state through a campaign to iromote tho Importance of learn ng. Tho doorhangers are being sent to Wake County schools this wort to be placed on each teacher’s door. BLACK MAYOR MEET ATLANTA, Gi.—Twenty-five mayors who serve on the Na tional Conference of Blech Mayors, Inc.’s board of directors were in Prichard, Ala., for a quarterly meeting recently. The mayors were invited by Mayor John H. Smith of' Prichard, who heads the 2>7-member organisation. When, the invitation was extended at NCBM’i 1M7 annual convention, Mayor Smith explained that the City of Prichard would he hqying its annual Africa town Celebra tion at the time of the hoard meeting. Started in 1ST4 as the Southern . Conference of Black Mayors, member mayors collectively represent IS million people who reside in municipalities that range in site from ST to three million. COSBY AND TYSON, HEART AND SOUL Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson, following the load of top TV entertainer BIN Cosby, has donated |M,0M to set up a college scholarship for Tawana Brawley, the New York teenager who say* she was kidnapped, sex ually assaulted and marked with racial epithets by six white men. This incident has sparked several other reports of vile behavior throughout the aatlM. ■■■mi i—in ' " os* dtv Projects Flounder 1 Image ThwartsDown&v w ..u. owth Staff Analysis Regrettably, the Raleigh Downtown project involving the City Market and its immediate surroundings has not been the success the city had hoped for. The saga of the City Market reads like a modern-day case of musical chairs. Between the city, Cranston Development, leasing agents, tenants and the community, it remains to be seen who is making progress—if any. In offering reasons why the project decades of creating such an image. hasn’t succeeded, there should also be some specific suggestions for mak ing it successful. First reason why it hasn't: In the beginning Southeast Raleigh was pic tured as an incubator of crime and criminals. Daily negative reports of activities in the downtown area and an absence of positive accounts has resulted in a deeply rooted impression that the community is to be shunned. This im pression is not easily erased after The fencing-in of Founders Row and other housing developments con tributed to the image of a community under siege. Who are the world-be foreign invaders? Unwanted! passersby-namely blacks. Second reason: The proposed, police substation designed to police the downtown projects reinforces the notion that black residents of nearby Southeast Raleigh are possible troublemaker or crime breeders. It is inconsistent in the public’s 4 (SeeDOWNTOWN. P.2) - growth In this city, a major project, the downtown city market, is all but deserted with only a few shops operating. We need a way to encourage more participation. (Photo by Talib Calloway) mmm The Caro RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY-SUNDAY MARCH 3,1988 N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY nr IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 VOL. 47, NO. 28 Vote On Super Tuesday Jackson’s Appeal Growing Jackson Campaign On Move i BY R.P. CORNWALL CHUNN sun Writer It used to be “Run, Jesse, Run.” Now the slogan of the Jesse Jackson for President campaign is : “We’re going to win.” Those were the first words from the Jackson North Carolina campaign director, Bruce Lightner, and the | campaign’s state chairman, Rep. Dan Blue. Lightner foresees Jackson winning handsomely in a field stacked with candidates seeking a boost from the Instate Super Tuesday (March 8) i primary. “We expect to gamer 38 to 40 per cent of the vote. The Jackson cam paign is more intensively organized on the county and precinct level than any other campaign in the state,” he said. Rep. Blue expects a “convincing” win. “I think it’s a universal message that Jesse is delivering. He’s no) tailoring his message to one audience here and another message to an au dience there.” It is the “economic common ground" issue that Blue sees as the appeal Jackson has for voters. “He clearly shows his broader ex perience as he fields questions—on in eroatlonal affairs, heads of state, lomestic issues—all better than other candidates." said Blue. I (Bee SUPER TUESDAY, P. 2) PREPARING FOB SUPER TUESDAY-Members m tne Jesse primary Marcn 8. Pictured, from left to nghtrare: Gladys Jackson for President campaign are busy at work in Drain, Vee Stephenson, Yvette Ruffin, Brad Tompson and headquarters on W. Davie St., oearlng up for the oresidentiat Andy Grossman. Don’t forget to vote! (Photo by Talib Calloway) U. S. Decision For Bus Drivers Places Burden On Local Schools Fourth District Congressman David Price had harsh words for the U.S. Department of Labor’s decision to halt the employment of 17-year-old school bus drivers in North Carolina. Labor Secretary Ann McLaughlin Informed N.C. Gov. James Martin nev. crider l o speak At Mass Jackson Rally The Rev. Tyrone Crider will ipeak Saturday at a man rally for presidential candidate Jesse L. Jackson. Jackson has fbeen stumping in North Carolina and gathering support prior to Super Tuesday (March 8). Crider will speak March 8 at 2 p.m. at St. Paul AME Church at 402 W. Edenton St. Entertainment will be of fered by the Wray Sistei-s, the New Generation Gospel Choir and the Martin Luther King All Children's Choir. Rev. Crider was born in Chicago, 111. on Jan. 6,1959 to Charles and Ber nice Crider of Maywood, 111. He at tended Washington Elementary School in that city and graduated from St. Paul Lutheran Elementary School in Melrose Park, 111. He graduated from Walther Lutheran High School where he star red in football and basketball and was placed in the Illinois Basketabll Hall of Fame. In 1977, he entered Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., the alma mater of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was because of his belief in the teachings of Dr. King that he entered Morehouse. In 1962, he was asked by Rev. Jackson to become the National Youth Director of PUSH for fw. . cellence. After a year of service in this position, he was appointed na tional director of the PUSH for Ex cellence program. In 1964 he resigned from this position to become the na tional youth director and national director for voter registration for the I Jesse Jackson for President cam paign. Rev. Crider, at the age of 29, has traveled to 30 states in the nation. He has also traveled abroad to Paris, (See REV CRIDER. P. REV. TYRONE CRIOER thafTeffecUve April 1, the depart ment will revoke the state's exemp tion from the Child Labor Hazardous Occupations Order that allows North Carolina, and five other states, to employ 17-year-olds as drivers for school buses. Education officials estimate that some 2,000 17-year-old drivers are currently employed by the state's 14C school districts. According to a Labor Department spokeswoman, the decision was pro mpted by the discovery of violations by the state of certain conditions of the long-time exemption. The most common offense by the state was the employment of 17-year-old drivers with moving violations on their driv ing records. State and local school officials say they will be extremely hard-pressed to recruit and train the thousands of replacement drivers who will be Appreciation Feature Has Three Winners There were three winners in last week’s Appreciation Money Feature, sponsored by The CAROLINIAN and participating buslneses. The winners who found their names hidden on the Appreciation Page this week were Ms. Anita High, 3126 Woodpecker Ct.; Ms. Crystal Williams, 719 W. Morgan St.; and Ms. Wanda Moore, 864 E. Cabarrus St. (Hoe APPRECIATION, P. I) This Wert's Appreciation Money SPOTLIGHT Terry’s Furniture Co. mi you* House with coMfoer needed by April l, and they admit the possibility that some bus routes may be abandoned if enough suitable replacements cannot be found. Congressman Price called the Labor Department's decision “short (See SCHOOL BUSKS. P. 2> Message For Subscribers The CAROLINIAN is in the pro cess of changing over from its manual method of subscription mailing to a computerised label system. In the process, some of our subscribers may miss a paper or two and some persons who no longer subscribe may get papers. Please bear with us and call us to let us know if you did not get your paper. We apologize for any annoyance this may cause, but rest assured that the end result will be more efficient, legi ble and consistent mailing labels. Properties For School Purchased From O »<>' inian staff Reports Ms. Ida W. veins of Peekskill is the* sole owner of he old HighiancTBaptist Church propel .ies at Rush Street ano Boon Trail and Hilltop Drive, off Old Garner Road, the proposed new home of the Shaw Divinity School. The pro perty is valued at nearly $1.5 million. According to public records, Ms. Wiggins purchased the property from the Southern Baptist Church by a cash payment on Feb. 18. Ms. Wiggins is the wife of Dr. G. Franklin Wiggins, chairman of the Board of Associates, Shaw Divinity School, and a member of the divinity school’s board of trustees. Neither Dr. Wiggins nor Ms. Wiggins have been available for comment prior to or following the purchase. The Shaw Divinity School Board of Trustees, in a resolution at its se miannual meeting in November 1987, authorized the divinity school's ex-1 ecutive committee to negotiate a lease/purchase agreement with Dr.| Wiggins when and if he purchased the property. Divinity School officials| have refused to discuss the terms of the lease/purchase agreement, or the status of the action. iSecJUGGlNS. i».2i Judges Bench NCCU APPEALS ORDER Attorneys for N.C. Central Univer sity plan to appeal a court order keep ing the university’s nursing school chairman on the job. NCCU officials had told Johnea D. Kelly that Feb. 15 would be her last day as chairman of the troubled department She filed suit, however, and Durham Superior Court Judge Thomas H. Lee issued a preliminary injunction forbidding NCCU to discharge her as chairman while the action was pending. EX-WAKE FOREST EMPLOYEE INDICTED A former .Wake Forest town employee has been indicted on a . charge of embezzling $12,000 from the town last summer. Ms. Lou Ann Dickerson allegedly embezzled he (See JUDGES’ BENCH, P. 21 WAITING FOR DECISION-Ms. Dionne Boyd, a 1/-year-old school bu> m, waits not only for hor riders to board her No. 70 bus at Athens DriraHtohoJS!! but was awaiting the final decision of the government whoKr sh. to drive wbNo 17. Effective April 1, the U. S. C0?Mw,# itato’a exemption that allows 17-year-olds to drlmehoi buses * % u *' ■ . . • • >.A ■" *' -■ a
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