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i 1 D Affecting Entire State N.C. STATE LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS DEPT. 109 E. JONES ST. RALEIGH NC 27611 Setbacks Merely Slow Jackson Race BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS NNPA News Editor WASHINGTON, D.C.-Jesse L. Jackson's phenomenal race for the ‘ Democratic presidential nomination, slowed somewhat by New York and Pennsylvania primary setbacks, won’t materially affect his impact on the Democratic National Convention, in Atlanta. In fact, according to Ron Walters, a 1984 deputy chairman for issues in the Jackson campaign, even if Jackson fails to win another state caucus or primary, he will arrive at that convention with a considerable amount of clout in delegate and voter support strength so tnis leads to au kinds of specuia tion, much of it still being kicked around like a National Football League pigskin in pundit columns and on TV/radio talking heads shows. The what will Jesse want? plaint has taken over from that other nervous query, what does Jesse want? Speculation that Jackson might ac cept a place on the Democratic ticket as vice president (he constantly ex presses disdain for this office, saying it only involves a vote to break a Senate tie), or become the nation's drug czar, or some kind of am bassador plenipotentiary, any of which he mav be temperamentally Manned Vehicles To Mars Target Of New A&T Space Project BY RICHARD E. MOORE Special To The CAROLINIAN GREENSBORO—If man ever reaches Mars, the work of A&T State University scientists will have played a major role in that ac complishment. A&T has been selected for a cooperative $8.4 million program with North Carolina State University to conduct long-term research and to develop technologies to send manned vehicles to Mars and beyond. A&T and N.C. State will comprise one of nine University Space Engineering Research Centers selected nationally by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Mars Mission Research Center proposal calls for $8.4 million in NASA funding over a five-year period, and A&T could receive up to $2.8 million of that amount. The two universities will share costs of an additional $2 8 million for equipment purchases and facility renovations. Work at the center will begin in June. NASA has award ed $500,000 for the first four months of the five- to 10-year program. A&T will receive $166,666 of that amount. The research centers support NASA’s goal to broaden the nation's engineering capability to meet the critical needs of the civilian space program. Dr. Edward B. Fort, chancellor of A&T, said the new project is a tremendous opportunity for the university. “This university's involvement with North Carolina State in the Mar*- Mission Research Center reDresents extraordinary (See MANNED VEHICLES, P. 2) Scouting Award Named In Honor of Paul Pope WkaL-TV 5 weekend and opera tions manager Paul Pope has been honored for 18 years of Scouting ser vice by having a special award nam ed after him. In recognition of his dedication and loyalty as an advisor to .Explw ec Po<r Five, a newly established award will'be called the Paul Pope Award. The award will be given annually to the advisor of the year. A native of Raleigh, Pope joined WRAL-TV 5 in 1971. He has been ac tive with the company-sponsored Ex plorer Post 5 for 18 years and is in volved with the national organization of the Boy Scouts of America. Pope was appointed by Gov. James Hunt as chairman of the N.C. Depart ment of Corrections Community Ad visory Board at Polk Youth Center, has served on the North Carolina Arts Council, is a member of the board of directors of the United Way of Wake County and was presented the 1982 Governor’s Award for ser vice to the people of North Carolina. Pope has done graduate work in educational media and has had several local exhibitions of his pain tings. He has written and produced his own weekly public affairs con sumer show seen on the channel. PAUL POPE Nursing Shortage Growing Worse The nursing shortage is growing worse across the state, a study by the North Carolina Hospital Association suggests. I All regions of North Carolina show a higher percentage of nursing vacancies per hospital bed than was true a year ago, the association reported. In March 1987, hospitals responding to a similar study by the association showed a 5.8 percent average ratio between nursing vacancies and beds. Last month, that figure had risen to 8.3 percent. The ratio was up in each of the North Carolina Hospital Association’s six districts. Beds were counted only if they were open and ready for par tients; beds taken out of use by the hospital were not included. A total of 69 of the association’s 145 member hospitals responded to the survey. Hospital leaders’ perceptions also suggest that the nursing shortage is tom' - iaiiiiinwrifair iiTiiV . taking a turn lor the worse. Some 6 percent of those responding said they felt that the nursing shortage is becoming more severe. Another 28 percent said they felt the shortage was “about the same" as last year. The association’s 1988 study also looked at the number of budgeted nursing positions at hospitals that were vacant last month. On average, 12 percent of all nursing positions were vacant at hospitals responding. - iiir-i . m< jfi3as*ls.s Callaway) Whether a hospital had a shortage is not related to the size of the hospital or its location, the study shows. “Small hospitals had nursing vacancy rates ranging from zero to 27 percent," said C. Edward McCauley, president of the hospital association, "larger hospitals had virtually the same range—zero to 24 percent of their nursing positions vacant. We saw no differences in rates among regions of the state. That indicates the nursing shortage is affecting the entire state, not just isolated hospitals." To help hospitals reduce their nurs ing shortages, the North Carolina Hospital Association has begun publishing a monthly newsletter with ideas on how to recruit and retain nurses and other allied health profes sionals. The newsletter, NCHA Man power Memo, includes innovations from around the state and nation. The m<»st recent issue reports on a $200,000 cooperative effort by Forsyth Memorial Hospital and North Carolina Baptist Hospital, both ir Winston-Salem, to attract junior and senior high students to health profes sions; a nurse-physician committee at Cabarrus Memorial Hosp lal ir Concord: scholarships for students interested in becoming nurses offeree by Northern Hospital of Surry Counts in Mount Airy, Rowan Memoria Hospital in Salisbury and Wilsoi Memorial Hospital in Wilson; am flexible scheduling and a preceptoi program to help orient new nurses a Rowan Memorial. Here are the ratios between nurs ing vacancies and staffed hospita beds among hospitals responding ii the North Carolina Hospital Associa (SecSHORTAGE I* 21 unsunea ior, in me case oi vice presi- oi political science at Howard Univer- 1 dent, add to “thediscomfort level" of sity, Jackson’s considerable the front runner, is just that—so leverage—both backward and for- * Jesse Jackson may fail to win another caucus or j primary but will arrive at the Democratic National t Convention with a considerable amount of clout in f delegate and voter support. much speculation. ward—should be used at the conven- 1 According to Walters, a professor tion to bring three things to the f argaimng lauie: 1. A stronger role for blacks within tie campaign structure, and greater esources to enable Jackson and his Lainbow supporters to help get out a ig Democratic vote. During the londale campaign, Walters said, londale ignored Jackson and blacks nd although Jackson campaigned or the ticket, he did not receive a lane to lishten his work load until The Carolinian RALEIGH, N.C., NC'S S e ttll "Weekly IN RALEIGH 25* MONDAY ^ ELSEWHERE 30c MAY 9. 19K»DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRISTVOL. 47, NO. 45 Social Worker And Coach Held For Cocaine Two Face Cocaine Charges A Wake County middle school coach and a state employee were charged with trafficking cocaine last week, authorities said. Anthony M. Pope, 30, of 205 S. Swain St., was charged with two counts of trafficking more than an ounce of cocaine, according to war rants. Pope is the athletic director and coach at Whitley Middle School in Wendell, according to Assistant Prin cipal Cathy D. Bandley. Emily Randolyn Debnam, 28, of 621 Quarry St., was also charged with two counts of trafficking more than an ounce of cocaine. She is employed by the state division of Social Ser vices, according to warrants. Pope and Ms. Debnam were ar rested in the parking lot of the Star mont Plaza Shopping Center off U.S. 1 North, Wake Sheriff’s Capt. J.L. Brown said. Pope and Debnam were held in lieu of $20,000 bond and are to appear in court today. In related events: Two armed men with sawed-off ahotguAs r»bb«KUhe First Union Na tional Bank on U.S. 64 in Knightdale, police said. The men ran into the bank, held their guns to a teller’s head and demanded money, said Knightdale Police Chief Richard L. Wall. They fl ed the bank with an undetermined amount of cash, he said. As the men ran toward their 1982 to 1984 black Cutlass, the dye pack in the money bag exploded, Wall said. The men were last seen driving north on Old Knight Road, he said. Also: A man suspected of shooting a Raleigh woman in the mouth turned himself in last week, according to police. Billy Ray Smith, 34, of 816-C S. Boundary St., was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill, according to court (See COCAINE, P.2) ttOUM* * *>* v t>\ Hi i #***# i m k $ v RELIGIOUS LIBERTY-Renee Thompson at Work! Council on Religious Liberty (WCRL) headquarters. (I. to r.): Ms. Stella Goldston, Steve Sechrist, Or. Joseph C. Paige and Ms. Renee Thompson. Dr. Paige is President of the International organization, which has office in Now York and representatives in all continents, in addition to the Raleigh headquarters. Computer House Arrest Program Urged In Wake Gov. Jim Martin is proposing thjit the electronic house arrest program, which has been in limited operation since July 1, be expanded in Forsyth County and introduced in Wake Coun ty The governor is seeking $440,000 for this purpose as part of his 1988-89 sup plemental budget request that was submitted to the General Assembly last week. Electronic house arrest permits the use of computer technology to monitor a probationer/parolee in his home over a given period of time. The system involves the use of a tamper proof transmitter, which is attached to the offender’s ankle, and a receiver, which is linked by telehpone lines to a central computer. The system can monitor an offender’s movements and determine whether those movements are in compliance ■ with the conditions of parole or proba tior set by the courts. "The electronic house arrest pro gram is a meaningful alternative to incarceration,” said state Correction Secretary Aaron Johnson. "By steer ing a non-violent prison-bound of fender away from incarceration, this program encourages lawful behavior on the part of the offender and restitu tion to his or her victim. ” The program is also cost-effective. The cost of the electronic house ar rest program is $4.60 per offender per day. That compares to the approx imately $32 per day for each inmate confined to prison. The program went into operation in Forsyth County on July 1. As of April 30, 47 persons have successfully com pleted the program with only six revocations tan 89 percent success rate). Based on this experience, it's estimated that the program has already saved North Carolina tax payers in excess of $87,000. Ms. Norma W. Haywood Is Princinal Off The Year Norma W. Haywood, principal of Conn Elementary School, has been selected as Region 3’s Principal of the Year through a program co sponsored by Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Ms. Haywood will now compete with eight other regional winners for the state title. She was named the 1988 Principal of the Year in the Wake County Public School System. Also. Ms. Haywood’s school cap tured a national award recently. Conn Elementary's Chapter I pro gram captured a national award from the U.S. Department of Educa tion as part of Secretary William Ben nett’s Initiative to Improve the Education of Disadvantaged Children. Only 123 programs were selected out of 214 nominated from 44 states. Among the elements common to the award-winning programs were that they meshed closely with the regular school program, had strong, visible leadership, had high expectations for the children, and involved parents in their children's education. Certificates of merit were awarded 1 to representatives of the winning pro grams at a luncheon May 3 in Canada during the 33rd annual International Reading Association Conference. Conn's award-winning “Chapter I, It's Working” project is the matt model used in the Wake Count) i Public School System’s gifted ant talented magnet schools. The pro gram provides supplemental mat! help to students. Teachers identify students' weaknesses in math and use a variety of instructional materials to help them. The students, their parents, the classroom teachers, and the Chapter I teachers all work ogether to improve the students’ skills. The Chapter I program also of fers supplemental reading help to students in grades 1-5 MS. NORMA W. HAYWOOD campaign; 2. A viable agenda that blacks, the poor and the left-outs can feel a part of (what programmatic document will the new president act on? That’s a key question, says Walters); and 3, Appointments. There are 1,006 executive-level positions a president has to fill. Blacks and other minorities should expect to garner their fair share of these positions, Walters sasv. (See JESSE JACKSON, P. 2) Reward Offered For Suspect In Armed Robbery The Crime Stoppers program is seeking information about the armed robbery April 28 of the Pizza Hut at 609 W. Peace St. Anyone with infor mation may be eligible to receive a $1,000 cash reward by calling B34-HELP. The suspect, who had a small blue steel revolver, took a moneybag from two employees as they were closing the business at 12:48 a.m. and fled on foot toward Boylan Avenue. He is described in police reports as a black man from 6’0” to 6’2” tall, weighing from 160 to 180 lbs., with short hair. He wore a black bandana over his face during the robbery. He was dressed in a blue tee-shirt with white writing on the front and dark pants, possibly blue jeans. Callers with information about this crime or any others can call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 834-HELP. They can also receive the reward anonymously, Southgate Plaza Views Progress Southgate Shopping Center is in for better days with growth, expansion and new businesses, according to one partner in the firm which developed the center. A fast-food outlet, the construction of more retail space and an automobile service station are on the drawing board for the center which now serves about 9,000 residents from the surrounding areas, with an ex pected growth to 14,000 over the next five years. "We are pleased so far with the overall progress of the center which enables us to serve the area residents," said Joseph M. Sansom, a partner in Rock Quarry Road Associates, the center’s developer. The construction of the 1-40 highway interchange and a Wake School System facility are expected to give a big boost to the area’s daytime population. Sansom said. "We're very optimistic. It has come a long way from its beginning. We feel that the residents consider the shopping center as one of their own which has been established there to service their needs," Sansom said. "We think is is just one of the many projects which will spur Southeast Raleigh's growth by injecting economic opportunity into the area,” he said. Sansom said more patronage is still needed for the smaller shops in the center. Another problem has been the inability to secure a post office unit (SeeSOUTHGATE. P.2)