DRUG RALLY
Member* of the Widow Son
Lodge No. 4, PHA. will host a
“Juat Say No To Drugs" rally at
the Chavis Heights Community
Center aimed to target teenagers
primarily in the area, in an at
tempt to combat the massive
drug abuse and subsequent
crime. The rally will be held June
4 at t p.m.
Voting Results ShowBlacksFacing
Hard. Lona-Time Political Battle
BY R.P. CORNWALL CHUNN
Stuff Writer
Tuesday's national and local elec
tion results show that black voters
must be prepared for a long-term
political struggle this year.
While the contests for governor and
secretary of state were clear in their
results in the state, the Democratic
Party’s nominee for lieutenant gover
nor possibly remains unresolved and
a Wake County Commission race is
yet unsettled.
NCSU COMMENCEMENT
NCSlJ’s 99th commencement
will be held May 7 for the second
time in Carter-Finley Stadium. A
concert by the commencement
band begins at 8:30 a.m. At 4
p.m., the joint Army-Navy-Air
Force commissioning ceremony
will take place in Stewart
Theater.
SBA AMENDMENTS
Fourth District Congressman
David Price and Rep. Martin
Lancaster of North Carolina’s
Third District inserted amend
ments into the Small Business
Administration Reauthorization
Act of 1988 to help local
businesses secure contracts from
federal government and to
qualify more easily for federal
disaster relief.
SMALL BUSINESS WEEK
President Reagan has officially
proclaimed May t>U as “Small
Business Week” in America. The
Service Corps of Retired Ex
ecutives will present a workshop,
“How to Start and Stay in a Small
Business.” at the McKimmon
Center on May 14 from 8:13 a.m.
until 3:30 p.m. The program
covers the most important
aspects of operating a small
business.
GRADUATION ACTIVITIES
Saint Augastine’s College
graduation activities will
culminate with exercises on May
8 at 3 p.,m. in Raleigh Civic
Center. The commencement
speaker is Dr. Samuel J,. Myers,
president of the National Associa
tion of Equal Opportunity in
Higher Education. •
AIDS EXPOSURE
A short order cook exposed to
the AIDS virus filed suit against a
Raleigh restaurant, saying his
firing violated a state law barring
discrimination against the han
dicapped. Scott Burgess had been
employed as a cook by various
Your House restaurants in Wake
County off and on since 1982. In
November he was told that he
had tested positive for exposure
to AIDS.
FINANCIAL GRANTS
WTVD-TV ll and the Capital
Cities/ABC Foundation have an
nounced grants totaling $40,000 to
(our historically black institu
tions of higher learning in the
area. Grants of $10,000 each will
be made to Shaw University and
Saint Augustine's College In
Raleigh, Fayetteville State Uni
versity, Fayetteville: and North
Carolina Central University,
Durham. WTVD president and
general manager G. Alan Nesbitt
said, “WTVD and our parent
company, Capital CltlesMBC,
are committed to enhancing
education.”
NAACP SALUTE
The Wendell-Wake County
Branch of the NAACP will meet
May 8 at 7 p.m. at Olive Branch
Baptist Church In Wake Forest.
The program will honor mothers
of the year with music furnished
by various choirs.
DANCE SCHOOL
The annual Hargett YWCA
Branch dance recital will be held
Friday. May 27. at 8 p.m. at St.
Augustine's College Auditorium.
Beth Thurmond will be the direc
tor of the program.
WEATHER
Stormy woothor t» In the
forecast, eepocially for the
Triangle. through Thursday. A
•troag Une of thunderstorms hai
developed along with a low
preeeare center croeslng the
Mate, too** of the rain ehrald be
heavy, accompanied by large
hail and damaging winds.
Temperatures should be in the
‘ lower TSs. Friday should
r cloudy with sunay skies
-{for the weekend. Highs
the 70s and possibly low
lews la the Mo.
Lt. Gov. Robert B Jordan handily
led his challengers with 80 percent of
the vote to now meet incumbent Gov
James G. Martin in November
State Sen. Anthony E. Kami won a
plurality in his bid fin* the Democratic
Party's lieutenant governor nomina
tion with 44 percent of the vote, allow
ing for a possible runoff as Sen
Harold W. Harc)ison and former Rep.
II. Parks Helms drew 25 and to per
cent, respectively.
Republican James C. Gardner
del rated his opponents with 79 per
cent of the vote to tjeeome the
nominee lor lieutenant governor from
the Itepuhliean I'arty
In the rare for \.C. House District
H. meumlicnts Joseph E. Johnson.
J K. Sherron and William W Staton
led Frank L. Huberts to capture the
Democratic nomination for the
district seats. Staton received 28,187
votes; Johnson. 21,091; Sherron,
18.486; and Koberts, 9,867.
A runoff is set in the Wake Commis
sum s 6th District race in which
Raleigh attorney Abraham F. Jones
It’ll 696 votes short of being in a runoff
with lormer Wake Forest Mayor
James A Ferry. Jr. or Kaleigh Plann
ing Commission member Betty Lou
Ward.
Ms Ward has said she is calling for
a May .11 runoff against Perry. Jones
has not indicated what his role will be
in the runoff, but will be meeting with
his key supporters regarding the pri
(See VOTING, P. 2)
KALEIGH, N.C.
THURS.-SUN.
MAY 5, 1988
NC't Semi-Weekly
VOL. 47, NO 44
UFOICATFD TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
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Estranged Wife Stabbed
Man Sentenced In Slaying
Convicted
After Plea
Agreement
A Raleigh man pleauea guilty to
voluntary manslaughter in the stabb
ing death of his estranged wife in
September.
Samuel McLean, 40, of 1209
Hazelnut Drive, was sentenced in
Wake Superior Couurt to 12 years in
prison, in accordance with a plea ar
rangement. Assistant District At
torney Evelyn Hill dropped a first
degree murder charge in exchange
for the sentence.
Phyllis Hinton McLean, 27, was
found Sept. 12 in the back of a car
parked beside a tobacco field off
Rock Quarry -Road. She had been
stabbed once in the chest.
Release attorney Johnny Gaskins
told Judge Donal W. Stephens of
Raleigh that the marriage had
disintegrated because of cocaine use
hv Hut PAiinld MrTj>an war trvinff to
arrange a reconciliation when the in
cident occurred, Gaskins said.
McLean holds a graduate degree in
parasitology and had no prior
criminal record.
Stephens recommended work
release for McLean when he becomes
eligible and suggested that McLean
use his education to help illiterate in
mates while in prison.
VOLUNTEER SERVICE—As the rural community meets
population demands, the Rural Community Networking
Resource Center plays a vital role. In the photo,
counterclockwise from too right. Ms. Cora Anderson,
Raymond Wilson, Ms. Mida Beckwith and Jasper O’Neil are
studying for the GEO. Their tutor, a volunteer, Ms. W.M.
Blalock (top left), tutors on Mondays and Wednesdays in the
offices of the center. (Photo by Talib Sabir-Cailoway)
Zetralon Kural Community try
To Moot Increasing Poverty Need
Ms. McLean was last seen leaving
her parents' home, where she was
staying with her two children, the
(See CONVICTED, P. 2)
■HUmmmm
Wake County is growing and its ser
vices must also expand to meet th«
growing demand of an ever
increasing population In manj
cases, community services must be
generated and supplied by the efforts
at dedicated volunteers who have less
than adequate support services to do
their job. These community
services could be better provided
through the coordinated effort of the
local community and other more,
established organizations.
One of the biggest fears and com
plaints oi people who work in com
munity service and organizations
that support them is the question of
duplication.
In the oufly mg areas of Wake Coun
ty where organizations spring up
based on the need of the- surrounding
community, many wonder it such
organizations are fly-by-nighters,
flashes in the pun, here today and
gone tomorrow, and thus, perhaps a
valuable resource is left without ap
Appreciation
Checks Claimed
By Three Here
DEDICATED SERVICE—The Raleigh Chapter of Links. Inc., salutes Link Willie
Otoy Kay and Connecting Link W. P. Whnhertey. Pictured from left are John E.
Fleming, director, National Afro-American Museum; Ms. Kay; Link Nettle
Rohinsen, president af the Raleigh Chapter. Not pictured is Wimberley.
Wilberforce Afro Museum
Encourages Study of History
North Carolinians have joined in
dividuals and organizations across
the- nation in becoming true pre
servers of Afro-American history and
culture in developing an African
American Museum.
iradioiimis, dreams and *|'|»**r
lunities in American snrieiy
Link Willie (Hey Ka> and ('miner
tlnK Link W I* Winilierley of the
(See MUSEUM, P. 2)
The National Afro-Ameman
Museum and Cultural Center in
Wilberforce. Ohio is a national
treasure established to encourage
and promote an understanding and
appreciation of African-American
history amt culture. This vital mis
sion is achieved through the collec
tion. preservation, exhibition and
interpretation of materials that
reflect the traditions, values, social
customs and experiences of African
Americans.
The museum signals a heightened
commitment to the presentation of
Afro-American legacy ami a greater
opportunity to undersian i i ■■■»• con
There were three winners in last
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
Terry Lanier, Rt. 2, Raleigh; Ms
Robin Everett, 700 Barksdale; and
Ms. Pamela Pitt, 1512 Carnage Drive.
After coming into The CAROLIN
IAN office at 518 E. Marlin St. and
properly identifying themselves, win
ners were awarded $10 checks.
(See APPRECIATION, P. 2)
This Wssk's Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT
propriate organizational and govern
mental support because of these no
tions.
However, what many people fail to
realize is that these organizations
spring up based on the need of the
people in the surrounding communi
ty, a need that is not met by the cen
tralist organizations because of the
distance between them, or because of
inconvenience or logistics. On-the
spot availability of locally placed
organizations is far more practical to
people in the rural sections of the
community.
All too often, such community or
grassroots organizations do fold
because of the reluctance of some in
government or within the funding
community to take them seriously
and help them appropriately. One
cannot discount the notion that such
community groups tend to be better
at meeting the needs of their consti
tunits than the more bureaucratic
ahd centrally located agencies.
(me reason why this ability to meet
the surrounding community's needs
is increased bf grassroots organiza
tion- Is that it is the community which
(SeeZEBULON, P. 2)
DR. ROBERT E. BRIDGES
Bridges Out
Of D.C. Job
Competition
Wake County Schools Superin
tendent Robert E. Bridges has turned
down a chance for a superintendency
of the Washington, D.C. School
System.
, Bridges was invited by a search
committee to apply for the job. The
D.C. School District has 88,000
students and 6,000 teachers. About 85
percent of its students are minorities. I
The Wake system has 60,000 students
and 3,000 teachers. About 30 percent
of its students are minorities.
Bridges said that he had notified
Washington officials and asked that
his name be officially withdrawn
from the list of six finalists for the
position.
Bridges told the Wake Board of
Education members that he would
not attend an interview with the
school board’s search committee and
that it was unlikely that his skills and
“preferences” would be suited to the
situation in Washington. He sat'l all
his energies will continue to be focus
ed on making the Wake County Public
School System the very best it can be.
In a statement from the superinten
dent’s office, Bridges said:
“I have contacted officials of the
District of Columbia Public Schools
and asked that my name officially be
withdrawn from consideration for the,
position of superintendent. After con
siderable, informal examination of
(See DR. BRIDGES, P. 2)
juages
Bench
NIGERIAN WOMAN FREED
A Superior Court judge this week
ind (finitely postponed judgment in
stead of sentencing Cecilia C Oeueua
for welfare fraud and lawyers said
the decision would be a big boost to
her efforts to stay in the United States
wit) her three children.
f ecause the judge entered a prayer
for judgment continued, in which
there is no final judgment or convic
tio i, Ms. Ogugua is eligible for legal
residency under a federal amnesty
program. Ms. Ogugua, 35, overstayed
a student visa and had been ordered
de|x>rted for being “out of status.”
Previously, Ms. Ogugua was charg
ed with five counts of welfare fraud in
1985 for receiving benefits in 1982 and
1983 without reporting income from a
part-time job as a nursing assistant.
She pleaded guilty to the charges in
February 1985 and then took a series
of part-time jobs to repay $2,400 over
the next 10 months. But in December
1985, Durham Superior Court Judge
Anthony M. Brandon gave her a six
year sentence.
She served 21 months and was
paroled in 1987 to the custody of the
Immigration and Naturalization Ser
vice which began trying to deport
her.
(See JUDGES’BENCH, P. 2)
Law Officers Dedicate
Event To Black Chief
The lapitol Chapter of the North
State Law Enforcement Officers
Association held its second annual
awards banquet on Saturday, April
:«), at St. Augustine’s College in
Raleigh.
The program was dedicated in
memory of the late James (Jim J.J.)
Jones, who was the first black chief of
police in Princeville and the first
black chief of police in the state.
Harry L.M. Knight, Jr., of the State
Bureau of Investigation and presi
dent of the Capitol Chapter, served as
master of ceremonies.
Sheriff John H. Baker, Jr.,-of Wake
County, and Christina Peterson of St.
Augustine's College Public Safety,
served as chairman and co
chairman, respectively, of this year’s
banquet.
The honorees included William S.
Holden of the North Carolina Alcohol
(See LAW • I’lCERS, P. 2)
MS. JOHNNIE M.M. GIBSON