Jesse Jackson Troops Leave
With Mixed Emotions,Doubts
BYRON C.CHUNN
Wh«o Rev. Jesse Jackson recently
told the 7»th annual NAACP
Convention “I'm qualified, I’m
qualified. I’m qualified,” black
America understook clearly.
Whsq the Jackson family joined
Democratic Party’s presidential
nominee, Michael S. Dukakis, on the
convention platform Thursday
evening in a show of unity, black
Amorica had mixed emotions.
, The Jackson train had not, has not •
and possibly will not • completely stop
in Atlanta nor any other town as long
as Mack America is kept powerless.
Jackson, having been reminded
primary after primary that the
Democratic Party would not field a
black presidential candidate,
essentially said, “Ok, if I can’t win,
where is it written that you can win?”
Dukakis, Paul Kirk (Democratic
Party national chairman) and
company in effect renlied that “we
will show you - and we don’t even
have to tell you until we are good and
readv.”
Jackson calls their bluff.. .Dukakis
and his partner, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen,
scurry over to the NAACP’s
Convention to say "this is it,” only to
meet a refrigerated civil rights
organization ready to put both of
them on ice.
Jackson’s negotiators pack up their
briefcases and the word creeps out
that on Thursday night all the
problems and more that Dukakis
could need might break out.
Jackson can either make or break
the Democratic Party for November.
His troops are ready.
His troops - the Rainbow Coalition -
are still ready, ready to elect one of
theirs to the forbidden White House -
and theirs may, or may not be a
Michael Dukakis.
What did Jackson receive in the
behind closed doors and continuous
negotiations on Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday between the prime movera,
Jackson and Dukakis?
Word from a Tuesday press
conference by campaign managers
from both camps was that Jackson
could have his staff integrated into
the Dukakis staff for the national
elections at the expense of the
Dukakis kitty.
Some Jackson supporters are
reportedly upset with the Democratic
Party for its treatment of their
standard bearer, including the
“staged” platform debate and the
flowery accolades that were so
heavily poured on Jackson by
speaker after speaker. An attempt to
appease the Jackson camp? Time
will tell.
The term, “brokered convention,”
emerged as the Dakakis forces
sought to direct the debate on the
minority platform and the
(See JESSE JACKSON, P. 2)
Lawyers’ Vol.
Program Gets
$5,000 Grant
The Wain County Bar Association
has awarded a grant of «6,000 to fund
tha Association’s Volunteer Lawyers
Program, a program which include'
SIS private attorneys in Wake County
who have volunteered to provide free
civil legal services to the county’s
poor. The program was established in
lltt in response to federal funding
cuts which dramatically reduced the
capability of the local Legal Aid
office to save the county’s low
income population. Since then, the
Volunteer Lawyer’s Program has
served over 1,300 clients.
The Wake County program has
been recognized at the state and
national level for its efforts. The
grant by tha Wake County Bar
Association is the first financial
contribution by a local Bar
association in North Carolina to
support volunteer efforts by its
members. The contribution comes at
a time when the legal profession is
calling on all lawyers to make
personal contributions of their time
on behalf of low-income persons who
ara unable to afford private counsel.
Ina recent issue of the ABA Journal,
tha ABA called on all lawyers in the
United States to volunteer fit least SO
hoars year of their time. Some state
Bar associations are considering
making contributions of attorney
time to low-income persons a
mandatory requirement of Bar
membership.
Geoffrey H. Simmons, Chairman of
the Volunteer Lawyers Program, has
been at the forefront of the discussion
of whether attorneys, should be
required to donate a certain portion
of their time to low-income clients
each year. According'to Simmons,
“the efforts of Bar associations like
tha Wake County Bar Association
point out that mandatory pro bono
contributions by lawyers are not
necessary. Most attorneys are willing
to donate a significant portion of their
(See BAR ACCOC., P. iij
The Carolinian
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JULY 25,1988DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRISTVOL. 47, NO. 67
Reputed Drug Dealer
Murder Trial Resumes
Mistrial
Request
Denied
Five Raleigh residents were
arrested and charged with trafficking
in heroin after police raided a house
in Southeast Raleigh.
Raleigh police officers raided a
house at 309 Cooke St. and seized
approximately 22 grams of heroin.
Police acted on a tip from an
informant and found about 40
packages of white powder, suspected
to be heroin wrapped in waxfaper.
Arrested were Billie Wayne Wise,
39; Barbara Ann Cox, 19; Sandra Ann
Cox, 34; and Carolyn Conyers, 39, all
of 309 Cooke St.; and James Edward
Hinton, 36, of 1107 Gatlin St. All were
charged with heroin trafficking and
released on bond.
Police thought that cocaine was
buried in the yard of the house, but
none had been found last week.
The suspects, if convicted, could
face from 14 to 20 years in prison and
a fine from $50,000 to $500,000.
According to police, additional
charges may be brought against
several of the suspects.
In related events a mistrial request
has been denied in the first degree
murder trial of Douglas Earl Black.
A Wake Superior Court judge
denied defense motions for a mistrial
in the first degree murder trial of
(See MURDER, P.2)
IMPROVE TEACHING—Julye Mizelle (toft), a taacbar at Undarwaod Elementary
School In Rataifh, listens as three colleagues in the Capital Area Writing Project
discus* research about the teaching of writing. Gthers pictured Include (from toft)
WHma Jenkins-Blue of Broughton High School, Hazel Blount of Vaughan
Elementary School In Warren County and Cheryl CopRn of Vance Senior High. The
four are among 19 participants In the summer Institute at North Carolina State
University.
DOE Drag-Free Random
Test Program Readied
Approximately 1,350 positions in the Department of Energy will be the
subject to random drug testing under the Department’s plan to implement
the President’s Drug-Free Federal Workplace (DFW) Program.
Sensitive positions for the drug testing pool, selected by department
managers, will include all positions held by Presidential appointees and
positions that directly affect public health, public safety or national security.
In addition, all department employees are subject to testing when there is
a reasonable suspicion of substance abuse, or when there are safety-related
occurrences. Job applicants selected for positions in the pool will be tested
prior to their appointment. Any employee may volunteer to be included in
the drug testing pool.
Energy Secretary Herrington, in a
statement issues earlier, said he is
personally committed to the Presi
dent’s effort to maintain a drug-free
Federal workplace. He has charged
the Department to set fair and
responsible standards for carrying
out the President’s mandate and to
adequately protect the rights and
(See DRUG TEST, P.2)
Legislature Refuses To Fund An
Increase For NC State Troopers
The General Assembly’s decision
not to fund an increase in manpower
for the Highway Patrol is an example
ef “legislative irresponsibility at its
worse” according to Joseph W. Dean,
Secretary of Crime Control and
Public Safety.
The Highway Patrol requested an
additional 60 troopers be added to its
authorized strength to keep pace with
the Patrol's growing responsibilities
to protect the motoring public.
“We have demonstrated time and
time again, in committee meetings
and meetings with individual
legislators, the critical manpower
shortage the Patrol faces,” Secretary
Dean said. “The decision to cut our
request from the budget and leave the
Patrol with no future support
whatsoever is just blatantly
irresponsible and will most certainly
be reflected in increased accidents,
injuries and deaths on our
roadways,” the Secretary said. “This
is not a partisan issue. Death on the
highways makes no distinction
between man or woman, young or
old, black or white, Democrat or
Republican,” Secretary Dean
emphasized.
“We cannot keep pace with the
important growth this state has
enjoyed if we are forced to remain at
our present authorized strength,”
Secretary Dean continued. “This lack
of action by the General Assembly is
negligence, plain and simple and is
certainly contrary to the precautions
and needs our citizens say are
necessary for safer roads,” the
Secretary concluded.
Funding for the additional Trooper
positions was included in the
Highway Fund appropriations
submitted by the Department of
Transportation and Governor Martin.
“What is most disappointing about
this action is athe Highway Operating
Fund, from which the Highway
Patrol budget is funded, now has a
multi-million dollar surplus far
exceeding the 2.6 million we
requested for the 60 Troopers,”
observed James Harrington.
Secretary of Transportation. “The
money for the Troopers is there and is
well within the financial capability of
the Highway Fund." Harrington said.
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Racism Charged In
D. C. Residency Law
As Congress Votes
BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS SR.
NNPA News Editor
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Led by a
conservative white Southerner, Rep.
Stan Parris (D-Va.), the U. S. House
of Representatives by a stunning 246
143 vote, approved a Parris
amendment that would effectively
bar the city from enforcing an eight
year-oid residency law requiring D.
C. government workers to live in the
District.
Angered, D. C. Mayor Marion
Barry is reportedly readying a
proposition that would permit
District residents to vote in an
advisory referendum in the fall
elections. Said he: “I thought the
days of colonalism were over. But it
looks like it’s raising its ugly head
again. Here we are, agin, colonial
subjects being dictated to.”
“No matter what anybody says,
race has played a role In this
issue....” Julian Hobson, Jr.,
lobbyist to Congress.
Barry also bitterly remarked, “If
the Mayor, the City Council and the
people of the District can’t decide
(issues like this) then home rule is
meaningless.” The District which has
no voting representation in Congress
(Rep. Walter Fauntroy has been a
non-voting District delegate to
Congress since 1971). According to
Fauntroy, Parris is saying: “If you
hire people from Maryland and
Virginia, it’s okay.” Observers agree
that the residency dispute has been
tinged with racism. Advocates of the
rule contend that the opposition
consists of mainly white union
activists who rejected the notion of
raising their families in a majority
black city.
Julian Hobson, Jr., Mayor Barry’s
lobbyist to Congress, declared:
“Overall there was hysteria that was
created by this issue. No matter what
anybody says, race has played a
role in this issue. They said there
were not enough qualified people in
the district and that we lowered our
standards. In a city that is 70 percent
black what other conclusions can you
draw?”
Fauntroy said 488 applicants
passed the test for police positions
and 101 were hired, leaving an
eligible pool of 371. Fifty-five percent
of those passing were residents of the
District. Over the past five years,
8,039 applied for 729 positions on the
police force proving, Hobson says,
the residency rule is no obstacle.
High cost of housing has been one of
the issues raised against the
residency rule. Hobson said Parris
argued that the District would only
hire District residents. He pointed
out, “We will hire anyone living
anywhere. They would simply have to
then move into the District.”
Congress’ vote, approving Parris’
amendment to the District’s $3.7
billion fiscal 1968 budget, does not
wipe out the home rule provision. It
simply bars use of budgetary funds to
enforce it. Hobson was pessimistic
about future Senate action. “It may
do the same thing (as thehouse),” he
said, “even though the Senate has
said it favors the option of giving
residents preference over other
District job seekers. The Senate has
said it was waiting for the District to
act.” It now it seems to favor the
House action at the moment.
Rep. Leiand May
Seek Bentsen’s
Seat In Senate
BY JANICE M. MAGONA
NNPA Correspondent
NNPA EXCLUSIVE
WASHINGTON, D. C. - While the
halls of Congress rang with the
eleventh-hour announcement that
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) had been
selected by Democratic presidential
candidate Michael Dukakis as his
running mate, staff aides were
hovering in Congressman Mickey
Leland’s (D-TX) office over rumors
that he may seek the would-be vacant
senate seat.
Responding to speculation Leiand
stated, “I am definitely interested in
the seat and am currently talking to
several key people."
According to a top stall aide, “the
office is buzzing about Mickey
possibly running for Bentsen’s seat.
It's still early in the game, and by law
Bentsen has the right to retain his
seat.”
In 1969 the Texas State Legislator
passed legislation which allowed a
(See REP. LELAND, P. 2)
Drug Action Of Wake County Sees
Needs In Curbing Drug Use, Abuse
BY IRVING HINTON
Staff Writer
A community based drug preven
tion agency is meeting demands and
needs in its attempt to curb abuse.
Mike Dublin, prevention specialist
with Drug Action of Wake County,
Inc., said that the purpose of their
program is to tie all the elements of
the community together such as chur
ches, schools, civic organizations,
and even the average citizen and pro
vide them with the necessary infor
mation and resources needed to com
bat abuse, use and spread of drugs
and the problems associated with
them.
Dublin said their approach is very
sincere in minimizing and eventually
eliminating any threat of drugs in
Wake County.
“Drug Action of Wake County is
very concerned about the problems in
Southeast Raleigh and continues to
look at ways to better address it,”
Dublin said. Dublin works primarily
in Southeast Raleigh in the informa
tion and referral center.
Dublin indicated that because the
community is so broad and diverse
there needs to be an increase in what
can be done by whom; of which he
feels will generate more enthusiasm
and involvement by getting
volunteers from targeted areas to ac
tively come out, speak out and
demonstrate against not only drugs,
but other problems as well that have
plagued their areas (or yen*.
Dublin explained that just
dissemination of information was not
enough and they had measures to
follow-up on the process and progress
of their programs. He said as the
agency’s exposure increases, people
will see that they are not just blowing
smoke.
“The ideologies that have
developed are not just surface {dans
and a mechanism to sustain the hopes
of kids that look up to their family and
adult associates to learn how to deal
effectively with pressures,” Dublin
said. “As long as we continue to be
positive role models and idols for our
young people, we will see the
significance of our efforts by our
children’s actions.”
The county has already seen some
significant results in the agency’s
campaign against drugs. “Because if
you look at statistics, cigarette smok
ing has declined and drug use among
adolescents has declined recently,
Dublin said. “However, in order for
us to continue our winning ways, the
communities must decide (hat they
are going to be instrumental in brin
ing about a change.”
Dublin noted that although preven
tion is difficult to measure, “we are
making some progress “There is an
quick-cure or over-night solution on
our war against the use; abuse and
spread of drugs,” Dublin said. Also,
in comparison to i ‘ ‘
ties “our situation and problems are
a mirror’s image with no desceraable
difference,” he said. A1987 survey of
adolescents found that drug use
decline somewhat after a four-year
increase, but the problem with drug
use among adolescents is still signifi
cant.
Dublin explained that as far as the
growth of substance abusers seeking
(See DRUG ACTION, P.2)