MICHAEL JORDAN
(Continued from page 1)
The Smith Creek Parkway, as yet unbuilt, is expected to relieve
congestion on Market Street and handle traffic from 1-40 into Wilm
ington.
Commissioner Jonathan “Joe” Barfield opposed a recommenda
tion by Commissioner W. Albert Corbett that the county museum be
asked to find a way to honor Jordan and other aroa natives who have
made significant contributions in their fields.
Barfield said Jordan, who plays for the Chicago Bulls, is special
and deserves more “than to put him away in a museum. The
museum already has an exhibit featuring Jordan and other famous
athletes from the county."
Jordan and his mother, Delores, were excited when told of the
proposal to rename Gordon Road the Michael Jordan Parkway, said
Helen Herstine of the Wilmington Parks and Recreation Depart
ment. Ms. Herstine said Ms. Jordan sent a telegram expressing her
enthusiasm for the idea.
But county hoard Vice Chairman Nolan O’Neal said he thinks Jor
dan would be embarrassed if he knew the proposal had caused so
much controversy.
The commissioners are not empowered to rename the federally
funded 1-40, which is under construction between Raleigh and
Wallace. But Barfield said he thinks the Department of Transporta
tion, which can extend such accolades, would have no objection.
JAMES BURT
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Burt says his plans for the North
ministration Management Society,
Policy Council of Guilford County
Headstart Division of the United Day
Care Services, Inc., the NAACP and a
host of other professional and civic
organizations.
Burt has received numerous honors
and awards including the Raleigh Ci
ty Council Award for Outstanding
Community Service; the Raleigh
Community Relations Award. He is
listed in “Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities,” “Who’s
Who Among Black Americans,"
“Who’s Who in the South and South
west,” “Outstanding Young Men of
America,” and others.
Burt says his pans-for the North
Carolina operation of UNCF are sim
ple. “To let every citizen of North
Carolina realize the importance of
our UNCF colleges and universities,
and the necessity of their support as
our six UNCF institutions strive to
generate the necessary revenue that
will supply the needs of the students
of these institutions."
He is married to the former Artelia
Perry. They have two children,
Lesia. 20, and Levi, 17.
•: The United Negro College Fund is
• made up of 42 historically black col
'■ leges and universities throughout the
country. Six of those UNCF institu
' tions are in North Carolina, including
C; St. Augustine's College and Shaw
'■ University in Raleigh.
?; The UNCF is in its 44th year of fun
draising for its member colleges and
universities, all of which are four
1; year, degree-granting institutions.
They give thousands of disadvantag
ed students their only chance to earn
a college education, providing
through their achievements a future
for these students, and a marketable
professional cadre of employees for
business, industry and government.
LEADERS
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tion is essential for a good future,”
says Vincent Lowe.
Increasing the overall “literacy of
our population” was also the number
one concern of Citizens for Business
and Industry's 1986-87 chairman,
Richard L. Daugherty, who is IBM
Corp.’s general manager at Research
Triangle Park. “Our education
system must focus on basic skills
(reading, math, and science, in par
ticular), technical literacy [needed
for] a well-trained and flexible
workforce [and] restructuring the
traditional school system including
improved facilities, focused cur
riculum, graduation standards, and
educator careers and salaries.”
INMATES
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cupied by inmates on June 13, were
built by the L.P. Cox Co. of Sa
They were built under a $4.1 million
contract covering the construction of
dormitories at Sanford, Durham,
Orange, and Wake correctional
facilities. The company also has two
other contracts touting $6 million for
dormitory construction at six other
facilities across the sUte.
PENTAGON
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served with th 369th Infantry in World
War I, and Seaman Dorie Miller,
who served aboard the battleship
West Virginia when the Japanese at
tacked Pearl Harbor. Sgt. Johnson
drove off 12 German soldiers, was
gravely wounded, but saved a
soldier’s life. He was awarded the
highest French honor, the Croix de
Guerre. He died in 1930.
Miller’s heroics were even more
signal because he was a mess
steward (worked in the ship’s mess
hall) and thus was not considered a
combatant (the Navy was rigidly
segregated at that time and most
blacks served as messmen). Never
theless, he manned a machine gun,
after he helped move his mortally
wounded czptain from the ship’s
Ij bridge, and fought heroically. He was
>, killed in 1943 during a torpedo attack.
Later, the secretary of the Navy
awarded Miller a letter of commen
dation but the clamor of the black
press at the time persuaded Admiral
Chester Nimitz, commander in chief
of the Pacific Fleet, to upgrade that
• to the Navy Cross, the second highest
award.
DioGuardi told NNPA he got in
volved with what he thought was "a
simple issue" when a constituent,
historian Leroy Ramsey, contacted
him in 1986. "It was a lonely cam
paign," he said. "I thought it would
be rather uneventful. Then I received
Spurlock's letter." DioGuardi insists
that the military's rule is upside down
and has not applied in several other
cases involving blacks. It is, he
repeats, a “matter of simple justice."
He and Rep. Mickey Leland
(D-Texas) have co-sponsored bills to
wive the statute of Imitations for the
Medal of Honor so both black heroes
can be considered for the award.
Black veterans recall with a large
degree of bitterness the rigid
segregation and brutal prejudice they
suffered under during the two World
Wars. Many blacks—officers and
enlisted men, and civilians—who
have served even in recent years at
the Pentagon recall that lingering
vestiges of racism still dog black pro
motions and efforts to secure top
honors and assignments. Some
observers wonder, then, why
Spurlock, of all people, could support
such a rigidly unfair rule.
Ramsey, who said he has diligently
studied the record, found that not one
Medal of Honor of the 549 awarded in
World Wars I and II went to any of the
1.5 million blacks who fought in those
wars. He says he was planning a book
on black World War II veterans, but
when h got into his research “I realiz
ed that no black had received the
Medal of Honor in either of the World
Wars. So I put the book on the back
burner and took off in an effort to see
if I could get that righted." Ramsey
is a former associate history pro
fessor at Hofstra University.
According to Pentagon Army
spokesman Lt. Col. Greg Rixon, the
highest-ranking black to receive the
Medal of Honor was Lt. Col. Charles
Calvin Rogers. He won it in furious
action in Vietnam, Nov. 1, 1968. Two
years ago Rogers retired from the Ar
my with the rank of major general.
STUDENTS
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ministration James S. Lofton. “In
terns bring new ideas and a fresh
perspective to state government and
leave with practical job experience
and an understanding of state govern
ment operations.”
Interns were selected from among
415 initial applicants. Before being
chosen the interns were interviewed
by the Internship Council and then by
potential supervisors. To qualify for
the program a student must be a
North Carolina resident attending
a college, university, community col
lege or technical institute.
The internship program, sponsored
by the Youth Advocacy and Involve
ment Office, offers a variety of oppor
tunities in fields such as communica
tions, social sciences, art and design,
natural and physical sciences. Each
student has been assigned to a
specific department and will receive
a stipend. Project sites are located in
Raleigh and across the state.
The internships will last through
Aug. 5.
APPOINTMENT
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Gov. Dukakis and Rev. Jackson is
another indication of a party with its
eye on the future, with its eye on uni
ty.”
The platform drafting panel, along
with one non-voting representative
from the Dukakis and Jackson cam
paigns, convened June 12 on
Mackinac Island, Mich., to develop a
working draft. Theodore C. Sorensen,
former aide to President John F.
Kennedy, has been asked to assist the
committee, Kirk said.
The draft will be considered at a
final meeting of the full platform
committee June 25 in Denver, Colo.,
and will be presented before the party
on July 19, during its national conven
tion, Kirk said.
Kirk said he hopes the committee
will produce a platform that will
solidify voter confidence in the
Democratic Party and steer dear of
a wish list for a variety of special in
teresls
FINAL SCHOOL DAYS—While the ceiling Ians whirl public schools let students out early to give the classrooms
overhead these students at Bugg Elementary are getting and the students a chance to cool down. Summer vacation
ready to beat the heat that plagued the Triangle area last started June 10. (Photo by Talib Sablr-Calloway)
week, and end another school year. For several days, the
COUPLES
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Guidelines used by the Children’s
Home Society for couples to adopt a
black child are: to have sufficient in
come to support another child, room
enough in their home for another
child and to be young enough to see
the child grow up.
At the Children’s Home Society
there is no cost for couple who wish to
adopt a black child. In addition, there
may be an adoption subsidy available
for some children who are adopted.
The Children’s Home Society is sup
ported through the United Way,
grants, foundations and individual
donations. Couples who are in
terested in adopting these brothers or
other school-age children like them
may contact the nearest district of
fice of the Children’s Home Society.
Offices are located in Asheville,
Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro,
Greenville, Jacksonville, Raleigh and
Wilmington.
EVICTION
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Ms. Glenn said she “regrets this con
flict with the administration of GRP,
and reiterates her love and concern
for the women residents.” She said
she “hopes that once the administra
tion of GRP moves its activities to
another location,” she will be able to
“resume her ministry using her pro
perty to meet the needs of the women
who are a mutual source of concern.”
Gov. Proclaims
Awareness Wk.
Of Hurricanes
Gov. Jim Martin has proclaimed
the week of June 12-18 as “Hurricane
Awareness Week” in North Carolina.
Hurricane Awareness Week is an
annual cooperative effort of the
Emergency Management Division of
the N.C. Department of Crime Con
trol and Public Safety, the National
Weather Service, and the Marine Af
fairs Division of the N.C. Department
of Administration.
In proclaiming the week, Gov. Mar
tin noted the recently completed
Eastern North Carolina Hurricane
Evacuation Study as the newest aid in
preparing coastal counties to face a
hurricane.
High Court Declines Action
On DC Black Firemen’s Case
BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS. SR.
NNI'A News Service
The Corporation Counsel’s office of
the District of Columbia was ponder
ing its next move, if any, following
the refusal of the U.S. Supreme Court
to hear the city’s appeal of a lower
court's ruling on the district’s suit to
increase black hiring in its fire
department.
The U.S. Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia last year struck
down a D.C. plan requiring the city to
hire six blacks for every 10 job open
ings. The lower court had declared
such quotas to address alleged
discrimination are unconstitutional.
Seasoned observers remember when
fire (and police) stations in the very
heart of all-black communities in
cities across the, nation were lily
white.
Even after integration in 1954, D.C.
black firemen were assigned to
specially labeled beds or rooms in the
firehouse and had to eat with
separate knives, forks and plates,
and promotions were slow or nonexis
tent.
Corporation Counsel Frederick
Cooke said, “The district is going to
evaluate what the Supreme Court has
done before making a decision on
future action.” Beverly Burke,
public affairs director for the office,
told NNPA that “The city is in the
process of developing new hiring and
promotions tests to address the per
sonnel situation in the fire depart
ment.”
She said U.S. District Court Judge
Charles Richey, who first heard the
case more than three years ago,
could order punitive damages and
award promotions and back pay to
Firefighters who claim they were
discriminated against. One source
said the city is paying a consultant
(200,000 to develop a new hiring plan
For the fire department. Ms. Burke
said she is unaware of this thrust but
said she understood that Judge
Richey already has a plan in hand
and was just awaiting the Supreme
Court decision before announcing its
particulars.
The D C. Fire Department is 40 per-t
cent black in a city that is 70 percent
black.
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Teacher Said
Poisoned By Pupil
CHASE, Md. (AP)-A Chase
Elementary School teacher, alleged
ly poisoned by one of her students last
week, was criticized in several
anonymous letters that complained
she and other school officials were
more severe with black students than
white.
Walter G. Amprey, assistant
Baltimore County school superinten
dent, said “maybe half” of the letters
that have come to his attention in the
last month mentioned the teacher,
Dorothy Dorsey, by name.
Ms. Dorsey is white. The student
charged in the alleged poisoning inci
dent, who had been suspended twice
previously for disruptive behavior, is
black.
Ms. Dorsey, 37, was tested last
week at Franklin Square Hospital in
attempts to determine exactly what
was put in her cup of coffee. The stu
dent charged with poisoning the
teacher was released to his parents
after appearing before a juvenile
master.
Amprey said the letters he saw ac
cused both Ms. Dorsey and Princloal
Russell Hopewell of treating black
students differently than whites in
discipline cases.
He said “most of the letters” seem
ed to have been written with the same
typewriter and implied that it was
possible someone set out on a cam
paign to discredit the school.
“Most of the letters were typed
with the same typewriter and those
were all addressed to ‘To Whom It
May Concern,’” Amprey said. “I
wrote back to some of them and ask
ed them if they would meet with me.
None of them ever responded.”
Howard H. Gets
$900K Grant From
Hugues Med. Insti.
The Howard Hughes Medical In
stitute last week announced that it is
awarding $900,000 to Howard Univer
sity for a five-year program suppor
ting undergraduate education and
research programs in biological and
related sciences.
Howard University is one of 44 in
stitutions receiving grants totaling
$30.4 million.
The grant to Howard University
will help fund programs for high
school and college students, the pur
chase of scientific and computer
equipment, and faculty and ad
ministrative costs for the programs.
“One of the institute’s principal
goals is to support education related
to biology and medicine in the
broadest sense, and to ensure that the
next generation of medical resear
chers has the best possible training,”
said Dr. Purnell W. Choppin, presi
dent of the institute.
Dr. Joseph G. Perpich, vice presi
dent for grants and special programs,
noted that 34 liberal arts and 10
historically black colleges were
chosen for support from a “highly <
select group of institutions.” He said
that the quality of proposals was “ex
tremely high.”
Dr. James E. Cheek, president of
Howard University, said that the
university was “extremely pleased to
be included in this distinguished pro
gram that the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute has initiated. We
look forward to a long and fruitful
relationship with the institute.”
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" i nrougn tne cooperative enori ot
•he North Carolina Division of
Emergency Management, the Army
Corps of Engineers and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
our coastal officials now have better
decision-making information with
which to make evacuation plans in
the event of a hurricane," said Gov.
Martin.
The highlight of this year’s cam
paign will be a three-day hurricane
"table-top” exercise which will in
volve various state agencies and
North Carolina's coastal counties. Of
ficials will plot a mythical hurricane
as it bears down on the coast. By us
information, they will be able to prac
tormation, they will be able to prac
tice what steps would have to be
taken in the event of a real hurricane
situation.
Hurricane season officially began
June I and continues through Nov. 30.
Most hurricanes occur during the
months of August, September and Oc
tober.
For more information on hurricane
safety, Hurricane Awareness Week
or the hurricane drill, contact your
local emergency management ugen
cy.
Complets Train’y
Army Pvt. Robert S. Darby, son of
Nikki Smith of MS N. May St.,
Southern Pines, and Steve Darby, Jr.
of 413 Raleigh St., Fuquay-Varina.
has completed basic training at Port
Dix, N.J.
During the training, students
received instruction in drill and
ceremonies, weapons, map reading,
tactics, military courtesy, first aid.
and Army history and traditions.
l-or the busy dad who travels, goes
from meeting to meeting, or catches
lunch on the run. there is a Father's Day
gilt that will comfort his tired, aching
feet.
The average businessman lakes 1.800
steps every day. If your dad wears tradi
tional leather-soled winglips. he carries
close to three pounds of weight with
every step. Thai's a total of almost three
tons of weight carried around on his feet.
No wonder dad's feet hurt!
Fmhrucing the heightened awareness
ol health and fitness, a new breed of
men's dress shoes has emerged, and just
in time for Father's Day.
Pioneered by Rockport. the Walking
Shoe Company, these sltoes are a hybrid,
combining the gissl looks of a traditional
leather soleil dress shoe with the comfort
and support of a wcll-mudc athletic shoe.
With a new pair of lightweight dress
sIhk's. not only will puckmg for business
trips he easier, but walking around all day
will lv pleasurable, not painful.
Comfort in a dress shoe depends on
two elements: Design and weight. The
DresSport, manufactured hy The Rock
port Company, for exumplc. weighs a
mere 14 ounces. The weight difference is
primarily due to the Vibrum stile, a com
bination of rubber and a cushiony micro
cellular substance.
According to Dr. Su/annc l.evine.
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The design of the insole is another im
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DresSports are designed using the
same biomechanical research that goes
into Rockporl's complete line of walking
shivs for men and women. Many com
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ioning as well as a layer that specifically
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But what makes Rockport DresSports
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that they are as attractive as their tradi
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is no longer sacrificed for style.
Comfort dress shoes for men have be
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