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On Campaign Trail Jackson’s Staff P -L!-" H:»rd - :' - = _ T P.' - .— •Mrch s U Columbia, 8.C., 8her wwtf H. Smith, Jr., chairman M« president af Carolina Power Md Light Co., addrauad the ■Mae of economic development, •donation and minority business. Smith aaid, '‘The economic Ntureafiome communities roata •hnoat entirely on ■ mailer com pnniee. Many of thoae companiea My even be atarted by local NaMonta. Our efforta moat In clude every poaalbllity for and bettor • .... r-na.i have doubled the money committed bnaineaa contracta eeaalve year. CPftL tributea heating and cooling equipment to low-income people *u the community. U. BOESAK RRESTED after Archbishop Dee Tutu declared that the South African government was headed for war when it imposed a ban an the political actions of 17 aatUpartheid groups, the Nobel Peace Prise winner and Dr. Allan president of the World of Reformed Churches, were arrested but later released. Arrested shortly after Vatu, Boesak participated in a demonstration in Cape Town headed by church leaders. “White South Africans must ran Use that they are at the creesroads,” Tutu urged before Ms arrest. “If they don't stop this government soon, and there’s not much hope that they will, we are for war.” OBSERVANCE OF DR. KING'S DEATH an ia Bal Harbor. Fla., they conduct aSS-day campaign the Sooth startiag April I. which mark* the ||th anniver sary of Marita.Lutker King, Jr.’e dsuth, to bring the nation's atten tion to workers’ problems. King «H killed April 4. IMS, in Mem KTSnn., where he bMgedhto 1,50* striking sanitation BEBI THOMAS SKATES AGAIN Ike talented and beautiful Dehi Thomas plans to skate once again tar the World Championship in Budapest, Hungary. The M-year oM Stanford student stated Im mediately after the competition Is Journalists that she had no desire to skate in Budapest, and would resume her pre-taed •Indies. "But I owe It to my coach to compete In Hungary, and for my peace of mind." Thomas re bounded from her third-place finish to skate beautifully during the dosing ceremonies at the Olympics. ITC COUNTDOWN The Raleigh Club of Interna Usual Training In Communica tions, oka Toastmistresses, will bo hosting Its tint annual spooch contest on March tt. This event win bo kald at the Hickory House In Garner and is intended to bo fua and educatlooal. The theme It "Speaking Is a Practical » and ike aim Is to pro ne •peaking, of ibis contest wilt to the' council sttssrh contest on April a aLtke Holiday lMWR U.t.1 la RaMgh. The con testants are Barbara Blackburn, Carriyn Davis, Maggia Jonas, The event Is span to the public .at arc all the ITC regular meetings, which are bald ovary Tuesday after the third Sunday at the Richard B. Harrison Library an ISIS Now Born Avenue In Raleigh. Far more Information call S7S-S1S4. HELPING AiDS VICTIMS Wake County Public Services is looking for volunteers to provide support to persons with AIDS in Wake County. Training will be provided tar those people who are interested in becoming a buddy tar those who are terminally IU. For more information, call MI44M. Cloudy with a slight chance of rain will ho the rule through Sun day tar most of the state. There showers Thursday with temperatures in the Me. Highs Friday will be Intho Ns with lows to the Sto. Saturday and Sunday rata. Highs are Ms with Is BV R.P. CORNWALL CHUNK Sun Writer ‘'Good afternoon, Jackson for President... He’s talking with Chan nel 8 right now... Vee Stephenson hits another lighted button as the telephone keep* ringing—and ring ing. "Good afternoon, Jackson for President...” Rosa OIU goes oyer to the door, looks outside, then turns and grabs a chair for a few minutes' rest. ' "We're going to be at head quarters, 33 W. Davie 8t. It’s on the comer of Salisbury and Davie,” a staff person answers another telephone caller. They are sitting along the wall, but tons, sheets of paper, leaning against the wall, walking back and forth, some scampering, some pondering. One lady is eating an apple—lunch, probably. Another proudly displays four Jackson buttons: “Women for Jackson," "Jesse Jackson ’88," “Jesse Jackson for President 88,” and “Jesae Again By Popular De mand”—the Button Girl, you could call her. un, yes, me ura uang, vintage of 1984 Jackson for President sup* porters, is back, Brad Thompson, Pierre Melvin, Gennifer Joyner, Pauline Frasier, Dot Thompson, Cassis Lassiter, Vee Stephenson... 'll may be heavy la the black precincts. That looks very well. We’re working phone banks, handout cards at the polls and door knocking. That's what the students from Philadelphia art doing. Tboy’re go ing Into an area at 3 o’clock," goes another report. It’s almost a p.m. on eleetion day. Students? Prom where? Jefferson Jones, Lincoln University student, is a headquarters contact for the Ralelgh-Chapol Hill contingent of students from Lincoln, Cheney and Temple universities. "I guess you can say it’s reciprocal in the sense that the South has sent buses to the North to support Mack candidates and issues. Now the North is sending their support to the South... 66-70 students from Lincoln, 40-50 from Cheney, several students from Temple and state [legislature] rcpnawmauves, potentu ^ - y - i - ~ delegate* for Jesse J«< 1 0 5 £ Philadelphia area, and - . staff. I’d say about ISO... five buses. “We left Philadelphia last night and drove all night to arrive here around f:8Q this morning. Shaw University provided us with breakfast. At 9:30 a.m. each bus was assigned to a different locality [Winston-Salem, Greenville, Greens boro, Chapel Hill and Raleigh, Fayet teville], We'll be leaving here at ap proximately 6:30 to 7 p.m,” Brad Thompson, Fourth Congres sional District campaign manager, walks into one of the nearly 23 rooms at the two-level Jackson state head quarters. “What's the good word? Victory. J-A-C-K-S-O-N, We must put Jesse Jackson in,” chants Thompson. Cloretha Moore, New York City, is calling voter after voter at another phone in another room. “My husband and I came together. We came down to work the campaign. We’ve been here since Friday night. I (See JESSE JACKSON. P. 2) RALEIGH, N.C., THURSD4Y-SUNDAY MARCH 10,1988 Kidnap And Rape SINGLE COPY QC IN RALEIGH 430 VOL 47, NO 30 ELSEWHERE 300 School Bus Driver Charged Revoked Priver’s License A Wake County School System bus driver has been accused of kidnapp ing and raping a 17-year-old high school student at the end of Ms roUjse. , X^^fua^jBenoett. Jr., 19, of 1211 Cross Link Road, Raleigh, was charg ed this week by Wake sherifrs deputies with one count of second degree rape and one count of kidnap ping, according to court documents. According to the female student’s testimony, she was the last passenger ,on Bus 69at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 when the driver drove her to a deserted road off Lake Ann Drive near Umstead Park in northwest Wake County. Bennett is in Wake County Jail under $10,000 bond. Bennett, who graduated from Athens Drive High in May 1987, was officially suspended from work and his bus taken. Court records show that Bennett has received citations for at least seven traffic violations. The offenses included speeding, following too closely behind another vehicle, failure to yield, and failure to comply with restrictions. Also, Bennett’s license was revoked because be had failed to appear in (See REVOKED, P. 2) Shaw Divinity School Prepares For Annual Pastor's Conference a record crowd is expected to at tend the Shaw Divinity School's 15th annual Pastor’s Conference March 21-28 at the new Shaw Divinity School facility, 509 Hilltop Drive, Raleigh. Registration for the conference will begin at 9 a.m. on March 21 and the conference will conclude around 1 p.m. March 23. Registration ana an sessions oi tne conference will be held in the new Shaw Divinity School Church at Rush Street and Hilltop Drive, near Old Garner Road. The theme for the 1998 conference is "The Dynamics of Effective Preaching,” and the Divinity School will bring some of the nation’s top Banquet tu oe nciu un outrun at ai uie Fellowship Hall of the new facility. At 11 a.m., the divinity school’s sixth an nual Founder’s Day Convocation will be observed. At 1 p.m., the Founder’s Day Luncheon will be held. At 7p.m., the Alumni-Founder’s Day Banquet, under the auspices of the Shaw Theological Alumni Association, will be featured. Dr. Lawrence N. Jones, dean of the Howard University Divinity School and a longtime friend and supporter of Shaw Divinity School, will be the Founder's Day Convocation speaker. The lecture series and services of the pastor’s conference will begin on March 22 at 9 a.m. The services of three outstanding pastors and/or educators have been secured. Dr. Thomas Hoyt, Jr. is a featured lecturer. Dr. Hoyt is professor of New Testament, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Conn. Dr. Hoyt will deliver two lectures on “Biblical Preaching.” His first lecture will be delivered on Tuesday, March a, at 9:15 a.m.;-fhls second lecture on Wednesday, March 22, at 8:45 a.m. Dr. Miles J. Jonea is a featured lec turer, Dr. Jonas is pastor of Pro vidence Park Baptist Church, Rtch (See DIVINITY SCHOOL, P. 2) . Harold Webb Appointed To Wake Planning Board Harold Webb has been aleeted as the first black chairman of tbeWake County Planning Board. The board has the authority to recommend ac tions to the county commissioners on zoning, subdivision approval, transportation routes (roads), and general land um. The board’s importance lies in the urban reference Wake County, has taken on, and the ensuing rapid growth and development. The Wake County Planning Board has no jurisdiction in Raleigh, Garner, Gary, Apex, Rolesville, Wendell, Zebulon, Knightdale, Fuquay-Varina, Wake Forest or Holly Springs but impacts the county’s {dans for surrounding areas. Webb is currently serving his third term on the board. Attorney And Educator Fred J. Carnage Leaves Vast Legacy Of A Dedicated Life To Community BY WINNIE ROBINSON SpwUI T» Tkt CAROLINIAN On Saturday, March S, Raleigh and the African-American community loat a pioneer in the fields of civil and legal righta. Frederick Jonathan Car nage, originally from Thomaivllle, Oa., lived a full M yean, leaving a legacy that provide! a format for liv ing. Upon graduation from Morgan State College, he itudied at Howard Univeralty. After relocating to North Carolina and while atudying for the bar exam, he waa employed by N.C. Mutual Life Inaurance Co. In IMS, Carnage experienced two significant event!: he married Mary Elizabeth Coleman of Black!tone, Va., who remained hi! ateedfaat sup port until her death in December 1986; and he opened Ms law practice Whan there were only two black lawyers in Raleigh. That same year, F.J. Carnage began his campaign for social Justice for blacks. He formed the Negro Voters League and helped register 1,800 per sons. More important than the registrations themselves was the fact tht Carnage had to challenge the Wake County Board of Elections, in Superior Court, to maintain the voter’s rights. He won. Fifty-ilx years ago, Carnage challenged the denial of municipal services for the residents of College and Lincoln parks through means of economic pressure. H* won. Carnage organized self-help groups for the African-American community from servicemen to student!, and his civic accomplishments will be remembered by many. His involve (See ATTORNEY CARNAGE. P. 2) CARNAGE Thi$ Week's Appreciation Monty WAREHOUSE OF TIRES "RADIAL TIRES NOW AT A LOW LOW PRICE' Elf i IT H H Mm mm rw 1 LIfm i Events of Shaw’s annual Founder’s Day and the Shaw Theological Alum ni Association will be observed March 30-31. Founder's Day observance will begin with the annual Sarah Tupper Appreciation Money Ciaimed By Throe Here There were throe winners in lest week’s Appreciation Money Feature, sponsored by The CAROLINIAN and participating busineses. The winners who found their names hidden on the Appreciation Page this week were Ms. Yvonne Moore, 4006 Garner Road; Ms. Rdbln Everett, 700 Barksdale; and Terry Lanier, Rt. 3, Raleigh. After coming into The CAROLIN IAN office at 516 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 resaier of this newspaper is a potential winner in dm feature. Each (See APPRECIATION. P. 2) Optimism Shaping Campaign BY R.P. CORNWALL CHUNN Momentum is the key to the Jesse Jackson lor President campagin, ac cording to a national spokesman of that effort. With Jackson winning Georgia, Mimumriflrf, Virginia, Louisiana and Alabama on Super Tuesday, Jackson has the momentum to go on to Il linois, Michigan, New York, Penn sylvania, Ohio and Indiana, said Rev. Tyrone Crider, national coordinator of Ministers for Jackson, in an inter view in Raleigh Tuesday. “The first point is that we really think that the momentum from Super I Tuesday can cause us to win the nomination,” said Rev. Crider. The “momentum” from the South is expected to enable Jackson to win in Illinois on March 15 and Michigan (See OPTIMISM. P.2) Judaes s ! v,,, t \ JUDGE REFUSES TO REDUCE PRISON GUARD'S SENTENCE A federal judge has refused to reduce the nine-year sentence impos ed on a former prison guard In the suffocation death of a federal inmate on a prison bus that had stopped in Butner. Friday, U.S. District Judge Terrance W. Boyle noted that the guard, Gerry A. Dale, was eligible for parole immediately after he was sentenced in July. The U.S. Parole Commission ignored that provision of the sentence, Boyle wrote. Vinson P. Harris, a convicted bank robber from Charlotte, suffocated to death when Ms head was bandaged by Dale, and chained to his seat with handcuffs. Harris ws being transferred from Charlotte jail to a prison In Penn sylvania. Parole officials declined Monday to say when Dale would be eligible for parole. (See JUDGES’BENCH, P.l) :
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