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DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
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DECEMBER 1,1968
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Tornadoes Bring Death And
$100 Million Property Loss
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Death and devastation followed
early Monday morning in the wake of
one of the most vicious tornadoes to
touch down in Raleigh.
What was initially presumed to be
more than one tornado was later iden
tified to be a single storm, according
to meteorologists and other weather
specialists.
Scientists said that the tornado did
not Just sweep a path, but jumped
around, wreaking havoc and destruc
tion and giving the appearance that
there were several storms that hit the
area at once.
The National Weather Service,
located at Raleigh-Durham Interna
tional Airport, could not give any ad-.
vance notice ot tne approaching
storm due to equipment problems. By
the time the problems were cor
frected it was too late. The storm was
at that time destroying lives,
demolishing homes, stores and trees
with such force and fury that after
ward it appeared that bombs had
oeen dropped.
During a press conference Wednes
day, Mayor Avery Upchurch outlined
the status of the damage left by the
tornado and presented a five-point
relief program.
The program includes:
•Clean-up of debris from the
public right of way.
•Police protection of damaged
property.
vrroviaing B|Kuai |wnims iu
enter the area (the permit office is
located at 212 W. Hargett St).
• Making a detailed damage
assessment.
• Taking steps to secure state and
federal financial assistance.
As the storm uounced across the
state it left more than 500 residents
homeless. Further, it is estimated
that damages will exceed $100 million
in the Wake area alone. Gov. Martin
has indicated that he will ask the
president to declare these areas a
disaster area to get federal funds to
begin rebuilding.
In talking to some residents and
workers of Pleasant Valley, one per
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Man Shot In Chavis Heights
Gunman escapes
Victim’s
Wallet
Stolen
On Sunday around 9:49 p.m.,
Ronald Leon Smith of 6 Brunswick
Way was walking on Chavis Way
when a black male fired one shot into
his stomach and took Smith’s wallet
Dram his pocket, fleeing on foot.
Smith was able to walk about 75
foot to his grandmother’s house at 8
Granville Terrace. The assailant has
boon described as a tall black male
with a two-to-three-day beard wear
ing a black coat. So far, police of
ficials have been unable to get a com
plete description of the suspect.
Smith is said to be in satisfactory con
dition in a local hospital. The incident
took place in the Chavis Heights hous
ing comples just off East Lenoir
Street.
In related events: Wednesday mor
ning after opening the store at 10
a.m., Carlisle Jewelers, located on
the lower level of Crabtree Valley
Mall, was robbed. Police reports
state that two black males were in
volved. One of the men was described
as 6’1” to 6’4” and was carrying a gun
under his coat. The other was 5’9” to
5’H’’ wearing a brown coat or
sweater.
While the gunman held everyone in,
the store at bay, the shorter robber
broke the glass case holding Rolex
watches. The watches taken are
estimated to be worth as much as
$100,000 in total value. The two men
then left through a rear exit.
NEWS BRIEFS
CHAPTER FORMING
A local Catholic outreach
chapter Is forming in the greater
Raleigh area. An organisational
meeting will take place in the
Community Room of St. Joseph
Church at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1. Local
chapters are being organised
throughout the diocese to help im
plement the National Black
Catholic Pastoral Plan.
TYS0N-BRUN0 FIGHT OF
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heavyweight title defense against
Frank Bruno is off, this time
amM accusations and threats of
lawsuits. The fight was postponed
when the Las Vegas Hilton, site of
the scheduled match, backed out.
The terms for a bout with Bruno,
who first became the No. 1 con
tender for Tyson’s undisputed
crown over a year ago, would
have earned the champion more
than $8 million. Seth Abraham.
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President Reagan Signs Price’s
Home Protection Bill Into Law
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ed into law a major consumer protec
tion bill authored by Fourth District
Congressman David Price.
HR 3011, the Home Equity Loan
Consumer Protection Act, became
law over the Thanksgiving holiday.
The president signed the bill on Nov.
23. The House originally approved the
bill in June; the Senate agreed to the
House version hours before adjourn
ment on Oct. 22.
The law takes a major step in con
sumer protection by requiring
lenders to disclose the full terms and
obligations of home equity loans.
“The consumer is clearly the winner
ill U1C IIU1IIC game hvw, * *
said Monday. “Under the new law,
borrowers are assured of a fair deal
when they take out loans.
"While home equity loans are
popular financial tools, they can also
place consumer^ at the mercy of
unscrupulous lenders,’’ Price said.
“People who are risking the lifetime
investment they’ve made in their
homes will now get all the informa
tion they need to make wise financial
decisions.”
Home equity loans have been large
ly unregulated until now, despite
their growing popularity. Home equi
ty lending nearly doubled from 1986 to
Non-Violent Action
Fails in S. Africa
BY DANIEL MAROLEN
Who can still say that nonviolence
can end apartheid? The struggle
against apartheid has failed. Apar
theid is at the pinnacle of its success.
It has already succeeded in all
aspects of its inhuman program and
tenets. It has made South Africa an
entirely white-dominated country. It
has disenfranchised all of its 26
million black inhabitants. The white
minority group occupies 85 perent
and the black majority is confined to
only 13 percent of the land area of the
country.
In addition, the black-ruled ter
ritories that are adjacent to South
Africa have been raided, laid waste
and destabilised by South Africa. To
blacks inside and on the periphery,
South African life has become a vir
tual nightmare and reign of terror.
Poverty, hunger and unemployment
plague the black people, and the
future looks gloomy for them.
The world community goes on ham
mering at South Africa with verbal
condemnation of the racist country’s
inhuman scourge of racial segrega
tion. But the world nation’s efforts all
end in utter failure because all these
nations do is talk, talk, and talk, hut
do little else. This alone cannot end
apartheid. Apartheid can only end
through concerted action of world in
m yoi
The struggle against white domina
tion in South Africa has been long and
bitter. It began when the first Dutch
colonists settled on the banks of the
Liesbeek River in the Cape of Good
Hope in 16S7. From that date on, the
African rulers thought that they
would come to terms with their fellow
white South African citizens. So, they
signed treaty after treaty to
guarantee the native inhabitants'
ownership of their God-given land.
But frontier after frontier fell, and
more and more African-owned land
fell to the greedy white settlers. Then
a series of wars were waged between
the white and black races for owner
ship of South Africa. Hundreds of
thousands of Africans were wiped out
by the guns and bullets of the settlers.
in the two decisive block vs. white
wars-the Battle of Mosega and the
Battle of Blood River, in 1837 and
1838, respectively—the blacks finally
surrendered South Africa to the
massive white onslaught. South
Africa became a white man’s land,
which it is to this day.
The advent of Mahatma Gandhi
started a new era in South
Africa—the era of peaceful and non
violent settlement of disputes bet-^
ween colonizer and the colonized.
Gandhi believed in soul power,
satyagraha
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$72 billion, due to recent changes ii
the tax code.
The new home equity law, whicl
will take effect in mid-1989, amend
thMederal Truth-in-Lending Law ti
provide consumers with importan
safeguards. The law helps consumer
shop around for the best deal; give
them a fuller and more accurate pic
ture of costs associated with the loan
and makes sure they won’t face unex
pected changes to the loan term
after signing a home equity loan con
tract, Price said.
The law has three major provi
sions:
• First, lenders must disclose ke;
information about the cost
associated with home equity loan
when handing out applications fo
such loans. Information on the loan'
annual percentage rate: the manne
(See HOME EQUITY. P. 2)
Jackson Says Role,
Position, No “Wacky
Far-Left Notionn
BY JESSE L. JACKSON
Special To The CAROLINIAN
When presidential candidate
George Bush said, “Read my lips,”
he had one great advantage over
Americans of color—the American
people were able to hear and unders
tand him (whether they believed him
on taxes is another question).
When American leaders of color
have spoken in elegy and articulate
terms, too often white America and
its leadership could not read their
lips. They could not or would not
understand, in large part, because of
racial stereotypes.
There are five stereotypes which
consciously or subconsciously govern
how most black people are judged by
much of white America. Blacks, for.
Tearcher Of Yr.
Receives Award*
$1*000 Check
The Wake County Board of
Education Monday recognised
Mary Ann Giemza from Under
wood Elementary School as the
Wake County Teacher of the
Year. Henry Knight, chairman of
the school board, and William
i Burns, president of Central
i Carolina Bank, presented the
award to Ms. Giemza during a
i banquet sponsored by Central
; Carolina Bank.
) Central Carolina Bank for the
t first time this year sponsored the
i Gold Star Award to recognize
; outstanding classroom teachers
in Wake County. The award in
cluded the Gold Star Award pla
que and a $1,000 check given to
; the winner, and $500 cash awards
and plaques given to the other
four finalists.
Ms. Giemza has taught special
education at Underwood Elemen
, tary since 1984. From 1980-84 she
; served at Combs, Swift Creek,
j and Underwood elementary
schools. Prior to coming to Wake
; County, she worked in
• Greensboro. Ms. Giemza earned
(See TEACHER, P. 2)
the most part, are projected by the
media as less intelligent, less hard
working, less patriotic, less universal
and more violent than whites. Every
move a black person makes carries
the burden of these stereotypes.
Just three days ago a newspaper
editorialized about my leadership
role and the future of the Democratic
Party. It said, “His new role puts Mr.
Jackson and his wacky, far-left no
tions at the very heart of the party.”
The Quayle family-owned Arizona
Republic, most Republicans, and
many in the Democratic party, too
often have been blinded by the
media's racial stereotypes and have
not been able to read our lips. They
have not heard or understood vdwt
we have been savwfl.
The struggle for civil rights, pubtte .1
accommodations, the right to vote
and open housing were not “wacky
far-left notions,” though some
characterized them as such at the
time—and some continue to do so
even now. President Reagn, upon
signing the Dr. Martin Luther King
Holiday Bill, still implied he might
have been a communist. The
message was that we were not in
telligent enough to rebel against our
own oppression, we were being used
and manipulated by left-wing com
munists.
The first time I went to jail it was
for trying to use the public library.
(See JESSE JACKSON, P. 2)
WOMAN STRANGLED
A Wilson woman’s nude body was
found Saturday afternoon slumped on
the floor of her car, with her head ly
ing on the seat. An autopsy showed
that Lori Jean Woodard Sauls, 27,
was strangled. She was last seen
alive on Wednesday, but was not
reported missing until Saturday. The
car was parked three blocks from the
woman’s home. So far, there have
been no arrests in the case.
ORDERED TO REDUCE RATES
State Insurance Commissioner
James E. Long has ordered the
state’s auto insurance agencies to
reduce rates twice in the past nine
months, but the costs for insuring
your auto still haven’t gone down. In
stead, drivers will be paying 4.3 per
cent more starting Jan. 1, 1MB. It’s
the fourth increase In four years.
Both times Commissioner Long
ordered rates reduced—a 3.B percent
reduction in 1967 and a 1.4 percent cut
this year-have been challenged by
the insurance industry, which con
tends it hasn’t been treated fairly in
the decisions and has taken the battle
for increased rams to the courts.
Currently pending before the an
peals court are two auto insurance
cases from IBM and 1967. The appeals
court heard arguments Oct. 3S in the
first disputed auto-rate case. The
court is expected to rule on that case
early next spring. Attorneys for both
sides say the decision could sat a
precedent for the other cases because
they are so similar. Those appeals
could prove costly for the insurance
industry. If they lose, the companies
wbuld have to refund the rate of in.
* ■ (See JUDGES’ BENCH. P. 21