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WIGGINS (Continued from page I) The divinity school has held classes at the new facility since January. They also started holding regular Sunday services in the new Shaw Divinity School Church on Feb. 28. Sunday services include, for now, Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., a praise servie from 9:45-11 a.m., and the morning worship service at 11 a.m. Dr. Gregory T. Headen, president of the school, will teach a Bible study class and lead prayer service on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. As of press time, the divinity school offices have not been relocated to the new facility, even though, according to earlier reports, they had planned to vacate the delapidated and sometimes hazardous Meserve Hall facility on the Shaw University cam pus, by the end of February. Neither Dr. Headen nor Dr. Paige would com ment on the proposed move. As reported in earlier editions of The CAROLINIAN, there is widespread support by Raleigh-Wake business, religious and civic com munities for the Shaw Divinity School move to the Southeast Raleigh facili ty “The divinity school seems to me more caring and they seem to be more deeply committed to doing theology,” one businessman said, ad ding, “I think they will make a real difference.” The area residents seem to be ex cited about their new neighbors. “They are all so friendly and nice,” said Beverly Ford. “They have been out here for only a short time, and we have gotten to know many of them. They are good neighbors. They care. They relate to all of us.” In previous discussions with The CAROLINIAN, Dr. Headen has em phasized that the school perceies the pending acquisition of the new facili ty as a major boost to the General Baptist State Convention. “God has led us to this facility, and He intends for us to possess the land, ’ ’ Headen stated several months ago in an earlier interview. Headen stated at the time that he was humbled and encouraged by the greater Raleigh-Wake community. “For the first time in the divinity school’s history, we will be free to simply let God lead us,” he said. Just a few weeks ago Headen described the pending purchase of the Southern Baptist Church property as a “step out in faith,” describing it as “providential,” and apparently assured that the purchase would be made. SUPER TUESDAY (Continued from page 1) Returns from the recent Maine and Vermont primaries in which Jackson placed a strong second are causing the media and voters to notice the candidate’s appeal to non-black voters. Other candidates reportedly are beginning to react to this develop ment. “In'a presidential election, there is no such thing as territory,” said Lightner on candidates who consider certain voting blocs as being their own. “It is the American territory. We’re not playing racial politics, we’re playing democratic politics. “Anybody that thinks they have a lock on a certain bloc of votes is miss ing the boat,” he said. Of approximately 3,500 volunteers in the Jackson campaign across the state, one-third of them are non black, according to Lightner, who coordinates the Jackson effort with 89 campaign committees and 26 cam paign offices across North Carolina. “Our volunteer base is very strong. We’re expecting a 60 percent turnout of blacks. Super Tuesday should place [Jackson] in the strongest posi tion to go on to New York, Illinois and California, where he is also strong<4t gives him momentum, money and volunteers,” said Lightner. Other key politicians involved in the area Jackson campaign include Raleigh City Councilman Ralph Campbell, Councilwoman Mary Nooe and Ann Franklin, former Raleigh Mayor Clarence Lightner, and former state Sen. John Winters. JUDGES’ BENCH (Continued from page 1 > funds between June 4 and Aug. 28 while she was employed as deputy town clerk, the indictment said. Assistant District Attorney R. Thomas Ford declined to comment on the case, allowing only that Ms. Dickerson “had been entrusted to receive the $12,000, and in that capacity she had received and taken the property into her care and posses sion.” The grand jury returned the one-count indictment Monday in Wake Superior Court against Ms. Dickerson. COUPLE FINED FOR BURNING TRASH William I. and Sharon Greene of 1400 Rock Drive, Raleigh, find it hard to believe that North Carolina state laws prohibit the open burning of trash. The Greenes have asked for an administrative review of their case, in which they were fined $579. Not on ly is the fine excessive, they said, but it resulted from an overzealous neighbor who happens to work for the i Division of Environmental Manage ment in Raleigh. a DMV TIGHTENS RULES On Tuesday, a sweeping new pro gram went into effect, introduced by Motor Vehicles Commissioner William S. Hiatt. The restoration for driver’s licenses to those convicted of multiple drunken driving offenses re quires repeat offenders to provide documentation that they do not have a drinking problem before licenses can be considered for restoration. Licenses will be restored on a condi tional basis, limiting repeat offenders to driving during daylight hours or commuting to a night job, Hiatt said Those drivers will face annual hear ings to determine whether they are complying with the rules. WIFE-RAPE CHARGE APPEALED The state appeals panel on Tuesday dismissed a charge against a man ac cused of raping his estranged wife, saying that a 1987 change in the marital rape law would preclude similar ruling in the future. The North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Samuel Leon Getward, charged with kidnap ping and raping his wife Feb. 25.1985, because the couple was not legally separated when the alleged crimes occurred. According to the court opinion, Get ward was accused of confronting his wife in a Wilmington parking lot and forcing her at gunpoint to leave with him. Driving to an isolated area where he allegedly raped and beat her. At that time under state law, a man could not be charged with raping his wife if they had not signed an agreement of separation. The General Assembly revised the law in 1987 after strenuous lobbying by female lawmakers of both parties. As amended, the law requires only that the man and woman be "living separate and apart.” Spousal rape cannot be filed if the couple lives together. REV. CRIDER < Continued from page 1 > France; London, England; Frankfurt, Germany; Warsaw, Poland; the United Arab Emirates; Kuwait; Quatar; Abu Dabi; and in November 1984 preached at the Moscow Baptist Church in the Soviet Union. He is listed in the 1984 edition of “Outstanding Young Men of America” and was cited by Ebony Magazine as one of the outstanding leaders of the future under 30. Rev. Crider serves as a national board member of Operation PUSH, is president of the Ohio Council for the Advancement of Black Students in Education, and is also national presi dent of Young Adults for a Better World. Rev. Crider is currently on leave of absence as the director of ad missions at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio and is assistant pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Columbus, Ohio. Currently, Rev. Crider serves on the national cam paign staff of the Jackson committee. DOWNTOWN (Continued from page l) thinking to on the one hand extol the virtues of living and working in the downtown area—and then with the opposite hand to reinforce an anti quated impression that the area is rife with hoodlums and undesirables. Third reason: The three-blocks distance from Fayetteville Street Mall to the City Market in a large measure removes that project from mainstream downtown. The City Market is perceived more as an island of would-be development than as an integral part of the bustl ing downtown business district. The fact is that shoppers must go out of their way to wander into the market area—rather than by natural design visiting the area. Suggestions for these problems may include: adequate parking near by in a parking deck. Most parking decks are on the west side of the mall. We assume the city and the developers do have plans underway to place parking facilities in the eastern sector. A corridor connecting the Fayet teville Street Mall and the City Market project would eliminate the set-apart appearance of the new development. Such a corridor may be highly expensive and possibly not feasible at this time, but a connecting thoroughfare with conceivably tram cars could be used to commute bet ween the downtown areas, thus relieving some parking concerns. Because many young people are finding it difficult to place themselves in good jobs, a business incubator may be an answer to their problem, and also filling the empty space in the project. With some creativity by would-be entrepreneurs, some finance and additional financial help from the city, the market area could blossom with innovative businesses. The need for restaurants, i.e.. Italian. Mexican, Chinese, Greek, etc., could be fostered with extra ef: fort on the part of the city. doming stores, specialty shops, computer stores and a host of othei new-type businesses could find the downtown area ideal for their entry into the business world. These businesses would be mutually suppor ting and would attract clientele from throughout the Triangle area. A major reason for the slow development of the downtown area ii that the section has little or no traffic after 6 p.m. However, should the area generally extend its hours beyond the iSmM uniting cuiu auuc V/U|mui uumpiex, and be promoted as a commercial, entertainment, and recreational area, there would be a different at mosphere during the evening hours which would encourage shopping. Not until the overall image of downtown Raleigh is changed can we expect there to be significant com mercial growth. As a ghost town, the area serves the city little good. As an exciting, lively and economically prosperous communi ty, downtown Raleigh would be ex tremely beneficial to the entire Raleigh community. APPRECIATION (Continued from page I) 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 hidden on the Appreciation Page. When readers spot their names they should report to this office no later than noon Monday following publication and claim the $10 checks awaiting them. Employees of this newspaper and their immediate families are ineligible to participate. SCHOOL BUSES < ('onIimicri from nave I) sighted, unreasonable, and poorly timed." “Certainly, all of us in North Carolina share Secretary McLaughlin's concern for the safety of our children,” Price said. “No one wants reckless or unqualified drivers behind the wheel of our school buses. But the drivers who violate the condi tions of the Labor Department’s waiver surely constitute only a small fraction of the number of 17-year-old drivers in this state.” Price suggested that the Labor Department should have handled dif ferently the discovery of the waiver violations. “Rather than taking this shocking and drastic step, the depart ment should instead work with North Carolina to better monitor and en force compliance of the conditions of the waiver,” he said. “This decision will leave state and local school officials badly strapped for bus drivers,” Price said. “At the very least, the Labor Department should have extended the waiver through the end of this school year. Just how does the department pro pose that North Carolina hire and safely train the almost 2,000 drivers needed to replace the 17-year-olds, almost all of whom are careful and safe drivers, who are being summar ily fired.” “The Labor Department’s decision places an intolerable burden on local school districts, and by disqualifying thousands of safe and fully trained drivers, it will actually, I believe, work contrary to the interests of safe ty for our children," Price said. Price said he has already taken ac tion on the matter. “I have written a letter of protest to Secretary McLaughlin, and I will continue to work to reverse this unfortunate ac tion by the federal government.” Surplus Food Distributed In Zebulon Area Because the Wake County Depart ment of Social Services has moved its outpost office from Wendell to Zebulon, eastern Wake residents will now have to pick up their supplies of surplus federal food commodities in Zebulon. The next quarterly distribution of foods was Wednesday, Feb. 17, from 9:30-11:30 a m. at the CCO building located at the corner of Arendell Avenue and Barbee Street in Zebulon. Households must either receive food stamps or special certification to HOMELSSS DEMONSTRATE - Atlanta: A portion of an government. Tho crowd, sphntored by moral mwiant groups estimated 5.000-10,000 of America’s homoiess march of homeless people, was bused In from more than 50 diee In downtown Feb. 27 demanding more help from the |dn Atlanta’s homeless. (UPI) be eligible for free cheese, dry milk, flour, rice, honey, butter and corn meal. For information, call the social ser vices office at 821-1746. Hardee's Food Systems, Inc., re ceived a state human relations award recently for its minorty business ef forts. Gov. Jim Martin presented the award from the N. C. Human Rela tions Council during a ceremony at the N.C. Governor’s Mansion. Hardee’s received the state’s business and industry award. State officials said the company par ticipates in a fair-share agreement with the National Assocaition of Col ored People (NAACP) has expanded its minority franchise program and has established a purchasing policy to increase its volume of business with black and minority-owned firms. The N.C. Human Relations Council operates under the N. C. Department of Administration. It was created in 1963. Minute AIDS Test May Soon Be Introduced BOSTON (AP) - A minute AIDS !es! using a patented protein, presently being tested in Zaire and Mexico, may be introduced for domestic use this year by a Worcester biotechnology firm funding ground-breaking research ini'- rapid AIDS diagnostics, a company official says. Cambridge Bioscience Corp. Vice President Rod Raynovich said the test may be available for commercial use. such as in laboratories and clinics, by the end of the year pending approval by the U. S. Federal Drug Administration. The test, marketed under the trademark Recombigen, uses a glycoprotein discovered by Harvard University researchers under funding by Bioscience between 1983 and 1986 Harvard received a patent for I he gpl20 protein Feb. 16. “With all the talk about mandatory test ing, there is definitely a need for a quick and reliable test," he said. The test, seen as the “second generation" of AIDS screening, is conducted on a credit card-sized surface using a small blood sample and the gpl20 protein, which causes AIDS-infected b lood to clump. Raynovich said the Recombigen ti^st can use whole blood, rather than the blood serum needed on the present two-h'-ur AIDS screenings. POLITICAL tension — Panama Canal, Panama: Panama Cai<a> security othce talks on his radio Fob. 28 as ship traveling to the Pacific eaters a lock at the Miratioree Locks near Panama City. Panama operations have remained normal during the last lew days of political tension, but workers at the Caul said a work slowdown is possible to protest military strongman Manuel Antonia Noriega. (UP!) WELCOMING GUESTS—Ms. Ella Harris, chalrparson of C. M. Eppas Cultural Heritage Open House welcomes Ms. Shelia Latham to the center at Fourth mi Nash Streets in Greenville. The event was held In observance of Afro-American History Month. (Photo by BWv Wads) April 15th Is Almost Hors Let our competent tax preparers help yon ! get the most benefits and pay the lesat * taxes allowable. , ASBURY’S BOOKKEEPING & MS 7tfl Ave. Garner, NC 27529 [Service Jay D. Asbury Accountant ■Phone: 772-9760 • Auto • Condominium Homeowners • Kxooss • Rooters Liability • Life Insurance a |oa •Health Ins. • Auto • Business Financing
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