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BISHOP JOSEPH B. BETHEA Joseph Bethea Assigned To S. C. Post BY R.P. CORNWALL CHUNN Sun Writer The Rev. Joseph B. Bethea, superintendent of the Raleigh District, North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, was recently elected a bishop of the church’s Southeastern Jurisdiction. Rev. Bethea thus became the se cond black to be elected a bishop in the jurisdiction which covers North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis Widow Charges Slain Leader's Life Distorted BY GWEN MCKINNEY NNPA New* Service WASHINGTON, D.C.-Myrlie Evers, the widow of Medgar Evers, was committed to observing June 12—the 25th anniversary of her husband's death—with an unpreten tious strength that she insists characterized the life and work of the slain civil rights leader. Ironically, Ms. Evers was compell ed to mark the occasion by publicly disassociating Evers’ name from an award that was being given to Angolan rebel Jonas Savimbl—a man who black leaders decry as a terrorist and puppet of racist South Africa. “I could not sit quietly by and see Medgar’s life and memory pro stituted for money or politics,” ex plained Ms. Evers during a telephone interview from her home in Los Angeles. Ms. -Evers, an NAACP national board member, joined the chorus of condemnation aimed at Savimbi’s black supporters. The South African backed rebel leader, here seeking ad ditional military aid from the ad ministration. brieflv visited the South (See CHARGES, P.2) sippi, Kentucky and Tennessee. He received 363 votes on the 12th ballot as his support grew on each balloting. Rev. Bethea had been in the running to become the jurisdic tion’s first black bishop in 1984, and had been unanimously endorsed by tne North Carolina delegation for the episcopacy. Rev. Bethea was bom in Dillon, S.C., the son of Rev. Rufus E. and Ella Johnson Bethea. He received his B.A. degree from Claflin College, Orangeburg, S.C.; his M.Div. at Gan non Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.; and a doctor of divinity from Gammon Theological Seminary and the Interdenominational Theological Center, also of Atlanta. He is married to Shirley Ann Cun diff, and they have a daughter, Josefa. Ordained an elder in 1956, Rev. Bethea began his ministry serving as the pastor of Wahalla Methodist Church in Walhalla, S.C.; Ninety-Six Methodist Church, Ninety-Six, S.C.; Elkin Charge, Elkin,; St. Paul Methodist Church, Reidsville; and St. Matthews United Methodist Church, Greensboro. Rev. Bethea served as the district superintendent of the Virginia Methodist District, Richmond, Va., 1965-68; District Superintendent of the Rockingham District, 1977-83; ad ministrative assistant tb the bishop of the North Carolina Conference, 1983-86; and currently district superintendent of the Raleigh District. He has also served as director of Black Church Studies, Duke Divinity School, 1972 - 77; lecturer in preaching, Duke Divinity School, 1980-81; board of trustees, Louisburg College; board of visitors, Duke Divinity School; and a member of the Societv for the Studv of black (See BISHOF BETHEA, P. 2) Raleigh Ranking Tops As One Of Country’s Most Attractive Areas American corporate executives rank Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham as the country’s top two most attrac tive mid-sized metropolitan areas for future business locations, Gov. Jim Martin announced last week. The two metro areas took first and second place in the Monitor, a Louis Harris and Associates survey of best busi ness cities conducted for Cushman and Wakefield, a prominent national real estate firm. Greensboro was also mentioned by survey participants. The survey, which polled almost 400 top executive offices in America’s largest corporations, asked, “Five years from now, which two or three American cities [other than the na tion’s 30 most populous metropolitan areasl do you think will be most at tractive to locating a business like yours?” Sixteen percent of the respondents named Charlotte, more than any other city in the nation. Raleigh Durham ranked second, named by 11 percent of the respondents. “I’m very pleased, indeed, to an nounce the results of this Lou Harris poll,” Gov. Martin said. “These results show that North Carolina not only enjoys an excellent reputation as a center for business growth—but that national business leaders have strong confidence in the continued prosperity of our state. “The Cushman and Wakefield Monitor shows very clearly that North Carolina is—and will continue to be—one of America’s economic hot spots,” Martin concluded. Lou Harris, whose nationally recognized polling organization con ducted the survey, said, “Fully 16 percent of the 400 chief executive of ficers we surveyed named Charlotte and 11 percent named Raleigh Durham as attractive locations. The North Carolina cities were mentioned two to three times more often than almost every other city. “Charlotte, in fact, was volunteered not only more frequently than any other medium-sized city in the country, but more frequently than any other region of the country ex cept the Southeast. In addition, in cluding the three percent of the Greensboro area, close to four out of (See BUSINESS, P. 2) DRUG ACTION—Susan Amey, commlinity relations specialist talks with Stuart Scott, reporter tor WRAl-TV during the Freedom Street Jam, tponiored by Drug Action ot Wake County. Inc. r On The Road Wi n; Does It End At T _, ATLANTA, Ga, (AP)-Jesse Jackson, his 1968 presidential cam paign winding down, takes to the road en route to the Democratic National Convention—while angry supporters search for a signal of how he will end his remarkable effort. The possibilities range from unity to confrontation. Jackson’s words and actions as he finally acknowledges Michael Dukakis’ victory—and Lloyd Bent sen’s spot on the ticket—will not only shape the tone of the Democratic Na tional Convention here starting Mon day. They will also mold the en thusiasm that his supporters give to the Democratic ticket this fall. Will Jackson push floor fights on Jackson may fight for a place on the ticket. the plauorm Tuesday night at the convention? Will he push on to the presidential nomination roll-call on Wednesday? Or will he condone sup JACKSON The RALEIGH, N.C., MONDAY JULY 18,1988. NC’s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY f}C IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 30* VOL. 47, NO. 65 Serious Incident Rights Leader Killed Government Blamed For The Murder PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP)—Lafontant Joseph, a promi nent human rights activist, was found beaten and stabbed to death in a jeep near *'ie Port-au-Prince airport, police said. "This murder is a very serious inci dent,” Jean-Claude Bajeux, director of the Ecumenical Center for Human Rights, told the Associated Press. “It means that the lives of all militants for human rights in Haiti are in danger.” Paul Latortue, former senatorial candidate who lives in exile in Puerto Rico, blamed the murder on govern ment leader Lt. Gen. Henry Namphy. "I have no doubt that this is a political killing,” he said. “It’s con nected with the government.” Joseph, 54, director of Haiti’s Center of Education for Human Rights, was found dead in his four wheel-drive vehicle near Mais Gate International Airport, just outside the capital. A passerby recognized the dead man and contacted his family. The activist’s nephew, physician Ronald Joseph, said Joseph had been stabbed once in the chest and two or three times in his back. “The body looked mutilated,” he said. Army Maj. Joseph Baguidy, head of Haiti’s Bureau of Criminal In vestigation. said nolice found blood (See BLAMED, P. 2) HAACP SCHOLARSHIPS-At the NAACP headquarters recently, Or. Benjamin L. Hooks, president and chiel executive officer of the NAACP, left, Hazel Dukes, president of the Mew York State Conference and Granville L. Stevens, senior counsel of Revlon, Inc. finalized plans to establish several Revlon/NAACP •' scholarships. _ NC Community Colleges Plan To Recruit Blacks GREENSBORO (AP)-The Department of Community Colleges plans to develop an affirmative ac tion plan that will promote efforts to hire black faculty and ad ministrators, recruit and train black students and increase the number of black trustees. “We consider that sort of a basic minimum,” said Bob Scott, president of the community college system. “Each college has an affirmative ac tion plan, but system-wide, we don’t have anything.” The plan will replace a federally mandated desegregation agreement that expired in 1986. “Now that we are out from under the mandate, I don’t want us to inad vertently lose the ground we have gained,” Scott told the Greensboro News and Record in a telephone in terview Thursday. In February, U.S. Secretary of Prison System Dedication For New Units Set State Correction Secretary Aaron J. Johnson will join other state and local officials for the dedication of two 50-man dormitories at the Durham County Prison Unit at 10 a.m. on July 21. With this ceremony, 550 of the 2,554 beds authorized under the $29.3 million Emergency Prison Facilities Development Program last year will have become operational. It is ex pected that most of the construction package will be complete at year’s end. In its just-completed 1988 ses sion, the General Assembly ap propriated $17.4 million for construc tion of an additional 624 medium custody beds and support facilities. According to Secretary Johnson, “The completion of these facilities will help North Carolina maintain a prison system that is just, humane, and constitutionally defensible." He added, “This construction is a first important step in upgrading our state’s correctional system.” The dormitories being dedicated July 21 are part of a $4.1 million con struction package awarded the L.P. Cox Co. of Sanford covering prison dormitory construction in Durham, Orange, Wake and Lee counties. The company also holds two other con tracts totaling $5 million which cover construction at six other facilities. Education William Bennett announc ed that after almost 20 years, the community college system was in compliance with laws prohibiting racial discrimination. In order to comply, the system mounted extensive efforts to recruit minority students, faculty and ad ministrative staff and to encourage that blacks be added to boards of trustees. When the desegregation agreement expired, the community colleges still had failed to meet several key goals. But Department of Education of ficials said the goals were not intend ed to measure compliance, but to gauge progress. Black groups criticized Bennett’s decision, saying it would remove any pressure for the system to improve its performance. Scott said the affirmative action plan “will ensure everyone of our commitment to affirmative action. (See COLLEGES, P. 2) PRESIDENTS AWARD-Hose Pinnix Lyons, a student in the executive secretarial science progrgm at Wake Technical Community Colioge, received the President’s Award tor Excellence in the business education division July 7. porters suggestion mat ms name, ue on the vice presidential roll-call as well? “I’m not suggesting that I will com pete for a place on the ticket but the floor is wide open on Thur 'ay night when the [vice presidential] recom mendation is made,” Jackson said in Chicago Wednesday. That’s as much of a sign as Jackson has delivered in the time since he was embarrassed by Dukakis’ failure to reach him before word circulated of the selection of Lloyd Bentsen as the vice presidential nominee. Jackson learned of the Bentsen selection from a reporter. Publicly, his aides have said they were flab bergasted by the “major miscalcu lation,” and gave the signal to sus pend all convention negotiations bet (See CONVENTION. P 2)' Hosea Williams Vows To March Over Treatment ATLANTA, Ga. (AP)-Atlanta civil rights veteran Hosea Williams accused Michael Dukakis of “un American racial injustice” in bypass ing Jesse Jackson as his running mate, and vowed to lead a protest march to the Democratic National Convention. Williams, a Democratic city coun cilman, did not support Jackson’s run for the party’s presidential nomina tion and has in the past accused Jackson of having an inflated ego. But he said, “This has gone far beyond a personality [Jackson]. For too long blacks and working people have been taken for granted by the Democratic Party. “Wp are objecting to the process. Tsee MAKCH, p. 2) Newton Returns To Prison For Breaking Parole SAN QUENTIN,.- Calif. (AP)—Former Black Panther Huey Newton returned to prison recently in connection with a parole violation, authorities said. Lt. Cal White at San Quentin State prison said Newton was transferred there from a county jail, but had no details. Parole Officer Mike Smith said that < Newton had been taken into custody June 23 at his Oakland home for allegedly violating a condition of his parole, but he declined to elaborate He said the state Board of Prison Terms offered Newton a deal to dispose of the parole violation charge, but Newton hadn’t indicated his feelings about the offer. A hearing should follow, in which the board would decide the punish ment for the violation, Smith said. Newton was acquitted of assault charges filed when he was arrested for allegedly pistol-whipping a tailor in 1974. The tailor refused to testify in the case, but Newton was convicted of gun charges. Meanwhile, Newton faces charges in Alameda County Superior Court for allegedly embezzling state funds from the Oakland Community School, which was operated by the Panthers. He is also scheduled to appear in Alameda Municipal Court in Oakland July 19 on charges of drunken driving and being a felon with a firearm. Newton served nine months of a 16-month state prison term for possessing firearms as an ex-felon and was released on a one-year
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