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Dr. Kenneth Smith, president •f Chicago fheolegicai Seminary, will deliver the con vocation address at Shaw Divini ty School's SSth convocation for the awarding of degees at 11 a.m. May 14 in the chapel of the school's new campus at 500 Hilltop Drfoe. The president's reception will be held In Fellowship Hail immediately following the convocation. ARTS From Shakespeare, ballet and opera to outdoor drama and foih daaclng, the arts flourish In North Carolina and the General Assembly is one of their most generous supporters. During the INI session, the General Assembly appropriated more than *324 million for support of the arts in North Carolina, ap proximately 9S per person for everyone who lives here. NONSTOP RIGHTS ITsirigii rnrhsni Airport could get its first nonstop flights to the West Coast under an American Airlines propssa! for an Aslan in ternational flight huh in 8eattle, Wash., if approval is given. Peter i. Birkett, American’s district sales manager in the Triangle, asade these comments as pari of a panel discussion on the City of Raleigh’s Economic Develop ment Forum, which focused on the Triangle’s role in the interna tional marketplace. A decision is expected hi June. CROSSROADS PARK Construction at Crossroads id in a idignitaries reek. A. president of L.J. her Development!, welcomed and answered questions about the 1.7 million-square-foot smiruisll which will open late neat year at foe Junction of U.S. M and i-40 in Cpry..- '...i ’ ■:. •: ':>■ j jfjik. Willie lyricoopinto Soprano, tmd James' , bass-baritone, will ap ' la a special benefit concert at the Shaw Dtviptty School , SOS Hilltop Drive, at 8:30 May 13. Ms. Rath Halley udi be the accompanist. COLLEGIATE FAYETTEVILLE—Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley, chancellor of Fayet teville State University, has been named the North Carolina col legiate representative to the Council of Chief State School Of 'Seeking Double Salaries ' l N.G. STATE LIBRARY acquisitions DEPT 109 E. JONES ST. RALEIGH NC 27611 P Lawmakers Want Bigger Pay BY R.P. CORNWALL CHUNN Surf Writer A legislative study panel has sug gested that the salaries of members of the General Assembly be more than doubled. Some citizens who could find themselves paying the healthy boost think the present salaries should be cut in half. Others suggest the higher salary is long overdue. “What do they do? 1 believe I’m go ing to run for office,” was one com ment that could be heard in response to the proposal by the 14-member commission to raise state legislators’ salaries from $10,140 to $21,375. The basis for the increase, accor ding to the commission, would be to attract the best-qualified candidates for public office. If approved the pay rise would become effective in 1989. “They need not to give them the $10,000 they are making. Why do they need the money? Isn’t that a part time job? I believe in giving them ex pense money. That’s what separates your statesmen from politicians. That’s always been my feeling about any kind of public office. When you pay you attract people for the money. I don’t think anybody needs to be run ning or something like that for a job or a paycheck," the speaker said. And then there is the other side of -— The Carolinian RALEIGH, N.C., THURS.-SUN. MAY 12,1388 NCs Semi-Weekly JFOICATFD TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY O C M RALEIGH t JC ELSEWHERE 30c $20,000 Bond Two Facing Drug Charges Suspended From Job With Pay A social Service employee along with a Wake County middle school teacher are out on bond and facing charges of trafficking in more than an ounce of cocaine. Ms. Emily Randolph Debnam, 28, of 621 Quarry St. has been charged with two counts of trafficking in more than one ounce of cocaine. Her ad dress is listed as the same as the Rev. Leotha Debnam, pastor of Tupper Memorial Baptist Church on S. Blount Street. Ms. Debnam is employed as a disability specialist trainee by the state division of Social Services. She was released from the Wake County Jail on $20,000 bond. As of Tuesday she had not been suspended from her job. Also released on $20,000 bond was a Wake County middle school teacher, Anthony M. Pope, 30, of 209 S. Swain .St ,\qhftyagettarged with trafficking in mdrfe ttfifll Wbunce of cocaine. Pope, according to Wake County School officials has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the legal investigation and an internal school system investigation. Pope is the athletic director and coach at Whitley Middle School in Wendell. Pope and Ms. Debnam were ar rested in the parking lot of the Star mount Plaza Shopping Center off U.S. 1 North. Pope has been teaching health and physical education at Whitley Middle School since 1981. He started as the coach of the school’s track team in his first year and became coach of the football team three years ago. If convicted, Pope and Ms. Debnam could face seven years in prison and a $50,000 fine. (See SUSPENDED, P. 2) CADETS-Saint A K Cadets MmL . Congressional District Congressman David Price •pWWmW; ring a part Battlefields (a pa^ Hatton’s copitot. The to tear Antfetum and Gettysburg Civil War Mstory). African Liberation Day Recalls Straggle For Freedom And Unity Since the settler-colonialism began in the 14th and 15th centuries when the Europeans established set tlements in the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, African people have struggled against na tional oppression and economic ex ploitation. April 15 was declared “Africa Freedom Day” to symbolize the determination of the people of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitation. Dr. Cheek Returns To Shaw Commencement Dr. James E. Cheek, president of Howard University, former president of Shaw University and a Shaw alum nus, was the Shaw commencement speaker May 7 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Three hundred thirty three graduates were awarded bac calauraete degrees. Dr. Cheek’s administration at Shaw University is credited with the erec tion of ultra-modern buildings, the f Tupper Memorial Garden. Cheek received Ms early education in the public schools of Greensboro and received the Ph D. (Tom Drew University. He is also the recipient of many honorary degrees. He is listed in the international “Who’s Who in Community Service,” “Deaden of Black America.” “Who’s Who in America,” “Who’s Who in the South and Southwest,” die 1968 edition of "Outstanding Young Men in America,” 1873 edition of “Men of Achievement,” and the 1874 edition of “Leaden in Education.” (See DR. CHEEK. P. 2> Between 1938 and 1963 17 countries in Africa won their independence, and 19(0 was proclaimed the “Year of Africa.” On May 25, 1963, 31 African heads of state convened a summit meeting to found the Organization of African Unity. African Liberation Day was found ed in 1958 by Kwame Nkrumah on the occasion of the first Conference of In dependent States held in Accra, Ghana and attended by eight indepen dent African states. Nkrumah, whose ideas infused the black power movement here in the United States, published several books on the theme of the right at the people to self-determination, and the importance of unity among people of African descent. He wrote: "It must be understood that libera tion movements in Africa, the strug gles of black power in America or in any other parts of the world can only find consummation in the political unification of Africa, the home of the black man and people of African des Appreciation Checks Claimed By Three Here 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 Ms. Mattie Whitaker, 1216 Smithfield St.; Ms. Beatrice Thompson, 2206 Calvary St.; and Ms. Pearl Jacobs, 201 Worth St. After coming into The CAROLIN IAN office at 518 E. Martin St. and properly identifying themselves, win (See APPRECIATION, P. 2) This Wssk’sAppndttbnMonsy IPKAL CI.KANKRS "$am day mvtcr cent throughout the world. African Americans have been separated from their cultural and national roots.” In 1970 the Pan-African Secretariat of Guyana made the call for the celebration of African Liberation Day in the Western Hemisphere. In response, a large demonstration was held in Georgetown, Guyana and smaller celebrations in the United States, Canada and Europe. In 1972 a coalition of forces in the United States sponsored African Liberation Day in Washignton, D.C. On Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28, African Liberation Day ac tivities will take place in Washington, D.C. on the campus of Howard University and in Malcolm X Park. The activities will kick off with a Pan-African and International Sym posium at Howard University’s School of Social Work Auditorium on Friday at 6 p.m. and conclude with a march and rally beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday in Malcolm X Park. The theme will be “Thirty Years of African Liberation Day: Africa Will Be Free, Unified and Socialist.” Similar activities will be taking place in cities throughout the United States and Canada on the same dates. An impressive array of organisa (See AFRICAN. P. 2) the issue, as another person noted, “$20,000 is not too much for the work and time they put into it. It’s almost like a full-time job when they’re in. session.” The speaker suggested that an at tempt might be under way to bring legislators’ pay in line with that received in other states, wherein he said some receive as much as $30,000 annually for full-time work. Candidate for lieutenant governor and state Sen. Tony Rand said he feels “some increase” is justifiable. (See LAWMAKERS, P. 2) Rights Leaders To Meet With Busch, Dukakis BY LARRY A. STILL NNPA Newt Service WASHINGTON, D.C.-The presidential nominees of the Republican and Democratic parties must follow the leadership of Rev. Jesse Jacksoin in considering key public policy issues of all Americans if either one expects black voters to provide the margin of victory in 1988, National Urban League experts declared last week. NUL president John E. Jacob and other civil rights leaders are schedul ed to meet with Vice President George Bush, the expected Republican nominee, on May 19, and Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis “soon” to discuss campaign platform recommendations presented in the “Black Americans and Public Policy” report prepared by the major non-profit, community based organization. “We’re not ruling out the nomina tion of Rev. Jackson [at the Democratic Party convention in Atlanta in July],’’ Jacob declared, but he emphasized that if Bush and Dukakis are selected as predicted, “they cannot win without black sup port.” The National Urban League will urge its 161 chapters and other com munity organizations to consider the nominees’ views on government ac tion to deal with the pervasive pro blems in civil rights enforcement, employment, education, welfare, and (See RIGHTS LEADERS, P. 2) ■ DC I lUs i TENANTS settle claims A group of Raleigh tenants who liv ed in substandard houses have agreed to $5,500 settlement of their claims against landlords who postponed malting repairs ordered by the city. The settlement ended a long legal battle against landlords Nor man K. and Evelyn B. Stanley of Raleigh. In a Wake Superior Court trial in April 1986, the Stanleys were found to have used unfair business practices by charging tenants ex cessive penalties for late rent, using eviction proceedings to collect rent and demanding full rent for units that violated the city housing code. DRUG LAWS North Carolina should remove the loopholes from some of its anti-drug laws, Gov. James G. martin recom mended in a package he proposed for tough new measures to keep con victed drug traffickers in prison longer. State laws now provide for a mandatory five-45-year sentence for drug dealers, depending on the severity of the crime, Martin said. Martin said he would seek mandatory life sentences for convicted drug kingpins—those directing the drug activities of at least five other people. Those whose drug activities result in someone’s death could face the death penalty under another measure now pending in the legislature, one Martin said he would urge lawmakers to pass. Br. CNRt.
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