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JESSE JACKSON (Continued from page 1) That was not wacky, it was right and sound. And Arizonans know how former Gv. Mecham similarly tried to exploit racism for conservative political reasons. It was the Jackson antidrug message that dominated the 1988 presidential campaign for both Democrats and Republicans. Being against drugs is supposed to be a con servative position. Yet it is William F Buckley and Vice President-elect Dan Quayle who have taken positions in support of the legalization of drugs—a position that I do not share. When I took my self-respect, self help, self-reliance, self-discipline, self-determination message of moral and academic excellence directly to junior and senior high school students and colleges, I was accused of blam ing the victim. The Jackson campaign of "fair taxes” and shared responsibility to end the deficit and debt was con sidered “far left” during the cam paign. Now the stock market. Wall Street, investment bankers, the inter national financial community and Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve System, are saying Bush’s “flexible freeze" plan to reduce the budget deficit and debt is inadequate. Opposition to Contra aid and sup port for a negotiated settlement, such as the Contadora process or the Arias plan, is supported by Congress and is in harmony with international law. That is rational, not wacky. Mutual recognition and a homeland for both Jews and Palestinians, in ex change of land for peace, the joint re jection of terrorism, and mutual security within internationally recognized boundaries is rational land effective), not left-wing and wacky. These are sane and just posi tions suported by the vast majority of the American people and the world. They are positions I have articulated for a decade. Support for economic sanctions as the least violent wav to bring about an end to apartheid in South Africa is rational, practical and just. Pursuing an ineffective policy of "constructive engagement" that reinforces the forces of apartheid is a kooky idea that will not work in the practical world of international politics. >. ircuinvenung me congress, establishing a private fund and army to carry out a policy opposed by in digenous leaders in the region, world opinion, and the American people—as the Reagan-Bush administration did in Nicaragua—is both illegal and a truly wacky idea. My call to deal with the interna tional debt crisis through reductions, restructuring and forgiveness of debt; and my call to raise the minimum wage domestically is prac tical, not ideological. If we reduce the debt abroad and raise the minimum wage at home, the mass market in developing countries and more workers in America will be able to buy what the United States has to sell. These are sound economic ideas, not far-left notions. Black and most other Americans espouse conservative values because of our religious tradition, ethics and a history of civilized behavior. We also pursue a liberating political agenda because of our experience with government. A conservative govern ment sanctioned slavery and segregation. A liberating government sanctioned freedom. A conservative government sanctioned the oppres sion of workers. A liberating govern ment sanctioned organized labor and the rights of workers. A conservative government sanctioned the oppres sion of women. A liberating govern ment sanctioned women’s suffrage. We see government of, by and for the people, at its best, as a protector and servant of the people. It has done an excellent job protecting and serv ing the interests of the very wealthy, domestically and internationally. That conclusion comes fundamental ly out of practical experience, not out of ideological belief. At different times a “liberating spirit” in the Ex ecutive, Legislative or Judicial bran ches of government has worked for the growth and development of black ;• Americans, Hlspanics, women, native Americans and others locked out of the loop of protection—which always worked to the even greater ' benefit of America. The price Democrats paid for color ing instead of counting, and not in . creasing registration and campaign ing among its natural constituency base, was to lose the White House. ' There are nine states in which the ' • number of unregistered black voters ; exceeded the margin of Gov. ’•/ Dukakis’ loss. A$led to the 113 elec toral votes that he won, they equal 373 electoral votes—or victory! Democrats have an option, coali tion or perish. The key to victory for ;• Democrats is expansion and inclu sion. The key to victory is a political I and legislative agenda that reaches out to the locked out—though clearly not to the locked out alone. That’s why we must shift our focus from . racial battlegrounds to economic common ground. Universal public education, Medicaid, Medicare. Social Security, civil rights, voting <;* rights and more have benefitted America and helped our nation grow and develop. It did not just benefit “special interests” within America. It’s easier to label and to name-call, but it’s more productive to work together on a common-ground agen da. We must not allow labels and stereotypes to divert our attention from authentic leadership and sound ideas. There is a more conservative wing and a more progressive wing in the Democratic Party, but it takes two wings to fly. The issue is not for one wing to conquer or dominate the other wing, but to build party unity and a coalition around things on which we agree. The Jackson message: stop drugs from coming in, stop jobs from going out; invest in people; reinvest in our infrastructure; conduct a foreign policy that is not foreign to our values and our laws, is a winning message. Choose Headstart, day care and prenatal care on the front side of life rather than jail care, welfare, despair and violence on the backside of life is a sound message for all Americans. Read my lips. These are not wacky far-left notions. These ideas are logical and coherent. These are ideas on how to keep America strong and make America better. NEWS BRIEFS (Continued from page l) North Carolina. She was named the Minority Advocate of the Year by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Most recently. Money magazine identified Mechanics and Farmers as one of the safest banks in the nation. SPECIAL FUNDS IN JEOPARDY The federal government will stop paying for special education used by handicapped three- and four-vear-old children if the state does not begin supporting the ser vice. a state educator says. North Carolina received $7 million this year to provide special education to about 3,000 preschool handicapped children, .said Katherine M. Nesbit, early childhood consultant for the state Department of Public Instruc tion's exceptional children divi sion. If the state does not man date service for handicapped three- and four-year-olds by 1991-82, all federal money will be lost. Ms. Nesbit said. SCHOOL BONDS North Carolina voters ore sup porting bond issues to build new schools because they see deteriorating, often overcrowded facilities, educators say. Voters showed a strong willingness to build new schools in the Npv. 8 election by easily passing school bond issues in six counties, giving the state the most bond money for school construction in its history. < DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY ‘ “With mutual support, we can make a difference," Father Alfred LoPinto told repre- j, sentatives of four organizations ( in eastern North Carolina receiv ing a total of $124,000 in national * grants from the Campaign for _ Human Development. Father I.oPinto, executive j director of CHD, the U.S. bishops' antipoverty program, recently r visited the Diocese of Raleigh to a announce the recipients during a news conference at the Catholic J Center. They are: Watermark Association of Artisans—$40,000; N.C. Fair Share—$.14,000; Center * for Women's Economic Alterna- 1 lives—$30,000; and Caswool Cot- * co—$20,000. ■ 0 FORUM URGES SCHOOL l FOCUS ON STUDENTS J A North Carolina study group is advocating annual report cards , on schools, merit pay for teachers based on student achievement and dozens of other recommendations for school revi sions that focus on student perfor- ( mance. Reflecting school im- , provement trends sweeping the nation, a 50-page report produced by 77 education, business and government leaders said schools must be given more control over the use of time, money aud workers in exchange for more responsibility to show results in student progress. SOUTH AFRICA REJECTS NEW TRIAL JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The country's highest court rejected an application to reopen the trial of the Sharpeville Mix, a group of blacks whose death sentences have provoked worldwide protests. Defense lawyers said the only formal avenue left for saving the six was to petition President P.W. Botha for clemency, lie turned down a previous clemency re quest hut said he would recon sider the matter “as a human be ing" once the judicial process was completed. ARBORETUM TO CLOSE AT NIGHT The 1'niversity of North Carolina's arboretum, a campus landmark that has attract! <1 plant lovers while serving as a backdrop for budding romance*. Siam will la* rb-'cd > m-*M lor security reasons. Though univentty officials aay the arboretum Is not plagued by crime. It was the site of a IM.1 murder that remains unsolved and in more recent years. It has been the scene of several rapes u nd assaults. APARTHEID ' Continued from page I) His only success was realized when he returned to his native India. There, after 21 years' struggle in South Africa, his satyagraha trium phed and made India and Pakistan free sovereign states. Then, the New York-based Phelps Stokes Fund sent Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, a Ghanaian educa tionist, to South Africa to change thul country through non-violence. Ag grey introduced the Joint Councils of Europeans nad Africans to improve race relations in South Africa. Although Aggrey's Joint Councils were a success in improving race relations, racism grew by leaps and bounds, and South Africa wus further divided into racial factions, as it ap pears to this day. In 1912, Dr. Pixlev Seme, a Colum bia University (.• -mr of laws, return ed to his native South Africa with other black students who had also studied in Great Britain and the United States. In that year they founded the African National Con gress which now spearheads African liberation in South Africa. Seme's ANC believed in Ghandism and non violence. Until I960, ANC pursued Gandhi's methods of fighting racism. But, after years of consultations, pro tests, pleas and disputes, ANC finally discovered the futility of trying to use nonviolence against South African racism. The Boer rulers were simply too adamant and impervious to change. Then came the Sharpeville Massacre of demonstrating anti-pass blacks in 1960 where hundreds of blacks were wounded and killed by police gunfire. Sharpeville revealed beyond a doubt that Boers could not be turned away from racism. They were determined to use guns and bullets as answers to nonviolence and peaceful demonstrations. With the backing of 160 nations, the UN resolution should not have failed to end apartheid. But it failed. The future of the anti-apartheid struggle looks gloomy. But something must be done to end human misery in South Africa. The questions are: who will bell the cat? And what methods must be used in the place of non violence? JUDGES' BENCH <Continued from page 1) i 1 reases they implemented during the i ppeals, plus interest and a three per- < ent penalty. i SEX OFFENDER IN LIMBO \ A 16-year-old sex offender who has een ordered to treatment at Doro- | lea Dix Hospital could possibly face 1 n eight-month waiting period, be ause the hospital gives priority to linors who have been involuntarily ommitted because they are judged angerous to themselves or to others. Child psychiatrists have recom lended the youth for long-term care t Dix Hospital. A juvenile court sychiatrist stated that the youth 'ould not meet that specification ince he has been getting treatment t Duke University Medical Center nd would not be an immediate langer. A Wake County judge, incensed ver the lack of treatment for the outh, told the juvenile court ounselor to subpoena the director of lix and state mental health officials ) another hearing. Currently, the judge has assigned he youth to the Wake County uvenile Detention Center. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT , A Wilmington police officer was rying to arrest James Little on a ■harge of assault with a deadly veapon with intent to kill, inflicting .erious bodily injury. Little allegedly .hreatened to attack the officer with a laseball bat he was carrying. Little was shot by the officer in the left shoulder and arm at 6: JO p m. Sunday. On Monday, Little was listed in stable condition at the New Hanover Memorial Hospital. FUGITIVE SURRENDERS A 19-year-old convicted murderer who escaped from Polk Youth Center returned to the Raleigh prison with his family last week and gave himself up. Bradley O'Neal Farrar, an Alamance County native who is serv ing a life sentence for first-degree murder, is being held at the youth center. TEACHER • Continued from page U u It.A. dr|(r«f in psychology at the College of Steubinvilte in Ohio in 1)172 and her master's decree in counseling al Kent Stale Cniver sltv in l*7:i. She wan nominated for Teacher of the Year in IMM-H7. t«a» served as a mentor teacher, und is a member of the Asaocia lion for Retarded Children and the North Carolina Association of Kdacatoni. Hie initial nominatimM for the fcnrher of the Year Award were made by teachers. A selec tion roiniiiiilce consisting of educators, principals, hum parent* then conducted the review process. Review of the nominees Included classroom observations and personal Inter- ' views with the five finalists. Criteria for the award Include ef fective classroom performance und general knowledge of the teaching profession and current events In the education field. Finalists for the award were Kllssa Pittman, an art teacher at North Ridge Klementary; Kverette Webb, a language art*/ Journalism teacher at Kast (iarner Junior High; Wiladean Thomas, a math teacher at Hunter and Conn elementary schools; and Daniel I.nek wood, a science teacher at Kast Cary Junior High. Ms. (ilemxa will now compete with IK other local school system winners for the Region a Teacher of the Year award. The regional winner will then advance to the state competition in February and later to national competition. In recent years two teachers from Woke County have taken stale honors—Jo Ann Norris In 111711-Mi and Phillip Dali In IIW4-H5. HOME EQUITY (Continued from page 1) und liming of any permissable changes in the rate; true costs of all points and fees; and details of a typical repayment schedule must be provided before the consumer pays any noi'refundable fees. • Second, the law corrects abuses in home equity loan advertising, pro hibiting one-sided or misleading ads. For example, an ad promoting a teaser rate—a short-term special low-interest rate—must also reveal with equal prominence the interest rate otherwise in effect. • Third, the law corrects unfair contractural practices now used by some lenders. Most importantly, it prohibits lenders from unilaterally changing the terms of the loan. TORNADO (Continued from page 1) on said the storm crossed U.S. 70 and ipped through the Townridge Shopp ng Center, totally demolishing the (-Mart, and proceeded to the 'oopers Pond apartment complex, 'he person also said that K-Mart was ortunate that its night staff had been ;iven the night off, because had they teen on duty the loss of more lives vould have been inevitable. Another resident said lightning ooked like strobe lights and the wind ;ounded like a freight train. An imateur radio operator assisting the led Cross said, “It’s just inbelievable how much damage it lid. Monday I saw people in the area tear Coopers Pond staring in lisbelief and dazed as if they had just eft a battlefield.” The loss of life is never fortunate, iut based on the number of people illed compared to the storm’s feroci y, we can consider ourselves for unate. Only four people lost their ives, but hundreds sustained in uries, from minor buises to broken irms and legs. The people killed were a young girl ind boy in Wake County and a hus >and in wife living in Nash County, 'hose that were injured were scat ered throughout the counties which he storm hit. The morning after the storm had ;ubsided, many people lay awake tondering how fortunate they were tot to have been touched by one of lature’s most awesome forces. Some teople described the spectacle as a ‘fireworks show” with all the lightn ng, and others said they thought they vere at the beach because of the tound of the wind. Many areas have been patrolled by he police and community watch (roups to ensure that outsiders do not >rofit from their loss. Even the Army rom Pope Air Force Base has >ecome involved to a small degree )ecause they also want to help pro eel what little has been left after iuch a brutal pounding from the force >f the storm. A number of people have already teen arrested for looting after the dorm and more arrests will be made, iccording to law enforcement of ficials, of any individual found in the ireas or the disaster who does not belong there attempting to make off with items left laying around but not belonging to them. Mayor Upchurch said after viewing ihc area from a helicopter that in all his years in Raleigh he has never seen anything close to the devastation caused by this storm. The mayor said the cleanup is in its third day with more than 300 persons from the city’B Public Works Depart ment, Parks and Recreation, and Public Utility workers involved in clearing the city’s right of way. Also, workers from Cary. Gamer, Wake Forest and the U.S. Forest Service ure at the scene aiding in the cleanup. Police have closed all roads sur rounding the area and urge everyone to stay out unless they have a permit to enter or are there to perform work duties. The area is under a state of emergency and ewhmMthorized pep pie will be allowed to enter At press time. 18 persons had been arrested for loitering in the area. City inspectors are available to in spect any storm-related damage Workers from the Construction Department have been worktop FIDDLER AND Bossstt, Jr. (L). and Emmy Nominee LfVir Burton r» and Kunta Klnto, respectively, In AT&T Prasonts “Rooti: Alax Malay, to tw telecast on the ABC TV Network, Sunda TMs Is the second In a series of high quality television programs that began last March with the Emmy Award winning, ATAT The Wind." ii rnium sated by 1-11 p.m. by ATAT “Inherit Gov. Martin Announces Federal Health Grant Gov. James G. Martin announced the N.C. Department of Human Resources' Division of Health Ser vices has received a federal grant totaling $1.39 million from the Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance for the first year of a three-year demonstration project. The grant, which became effective Oct. 1, will be used by the division’s Home Health Services Program to develop and demonstrate a program to improve and better enable existing systems of home health care to help low-income individuals at risk avoid lengthy stays in hospitals and other institutions. “We are always searching for ways to enable our citizens to receive quali ty health care at home,’’ Gov. Martin said. “This project will help us serve more people in their homes and avoid the high cost of nursing home or hospital care. “Competition for these federal funds was intense,” the governor ad ded. “Only five such projects are funded nationwide.” The project is directed at identify ing low-income individuals who risk institutionalization or prolonged hospitalization if skilled medical and/or related health services cannot be provided in their homes. The grant will also be used to pay the cost of providing skilled medical and/or related health services in individual homes for those patients otherwise unable to pay and to coordinate these and other long-term care services with both public and private agen cies. Dr. Georjean Stoodt, chief of the Adult Health Section in the Division of Health Services, described the pro ject as an attempt to reduce or eliminate unnecessary and costly in stitutionalization or hospitalization for persons who could be assisted ef fectively through in-home health care. “Through this program, we can provide home health care services for an estimated 1,395 low-income people in North Carolina who would other wise, need to be placed in a long-term care facility or hospital," Stoodtsaid. “This project wiH also allow us to test a method for determining risk status, develop a cost estimate for in-home services and evaluate in-home care as a long-term care alternative." Stoodt said home health care ser vices for the project will be provided through contracts with certified public and private home health agen cies who will be able to both serve ad ditional persons and provide addi tional types of services. Any of the 92 home health agencies currently con tracting with the Division of Health Services’ Home Health Services Pro gram will be eligible to apply. These 92 agencies currently provide ser vices to all 100 counties in North Carolina. “Local core teams consisting of a registered nurse, social worker and physician will thoroughly evaluate each person believed to be at risk and likely to beneit from in-home skilled medical and related health services,” Stoodt said. “A standardised in-home safety assessment will be included in the assessment.” During the second year of the demonstration, a standardised pa tient or informal care provider self care knowledge and skills assess ment will be added for diabetics and hypertensives. Additional types of In born* health services will be payable to enable people to stay at home. Self care education for diabetics and nn uml the clock 24 hours a day. The city is waiting to hear from the White House to find out the assess ment of damage to the area. Citizens wishing to make contribu tions can do so by sending a check or money ord' to the American Red t'j iss. P.< . ij.tx i44«5, Raleigh 27611, or the Salvation Army Relief for Tor nail" Viet mix. P.O. Itox 27452. Hnk’iith-nil hypertensives or their informal care providers will be added during year two. The state is required to provide 33% percent match in funds for the first year of the project. For each $75 pro vided by the federal agency, the pro ject must provide $25 either in cash or in-kind at the state or local level. Ser vices provided by certified home health agencies to eligible patients for which no reimbursement is available will provide the matching amount. Two Raleigh Teenagers Die In Auto Crash Two Raleigh teenagers, one a stu dent at Enloe High School and another a student at N.C. State University, died in a car accident last week in South Carolina. Kenessa M. Coleman, 15, of 712-104 Navaho Drive, and Phylicia A. Williams, 19, of 2017 Atkins Drive, died in the accident on Hwy. 41A in Marion County, S.C. Three other peo ple were killed in the accident, said Trooper S.E. Hyman of the S.C. Highway Patrol. The two teenagers were traveling north in a 1989 Fort Mustang with four others at the time of the acci dent. The wreck occurred when another vehicle entered the highway from a side road. Trooper Hyman said. The Mustang struck the passenger side of the car entering the highway. Jarvis Preston Arnette, 20, of 1819 Quincy St. in Greensboro, the driver of the vehicle in which the Raleigh teenagers were traveling, also died in the accident. A Nichols, S.C. man traveling in the Ford and a Marion, S.C. woman also died. Hyman said. Hyman said he did not know why the teenagers had traveled to South Carolina. No charges have been filed in the accident. Funeral services for the two teenagers were held Nov. 30 at First Cosmopolitan Baptist Church. CRISIS RELIEF On Saturday, Dec. 10, Wake County Opportunities Eastern Center’s Staff and Advisory Council will sponsor its fourth annual Banquet for Crisis Relief and Senior Citizens Pageant,' Vernon Malone, Wake County com missioner and superintendent pf the Governor Morehead School, will be the guest speaker. The purpose of the banquet and pageant is to raise funds for crisis relief. For further informa tion call 1-365-6826. IM UMOUNUN MHN Co., as. SM1I72M 111 E. Mania Staat Ma* Ha* Caafta I7N1 Man Ha* Cartka Z7H1 laaart Ctaa feta* SaW « 8aW* Ha* Caaha Z7I11 USPO 4US73 nilUMCO SEJM-WEEKLY tmcmnmimnt OwYwr.W.N * Marfa. .IHM TkaCMOUHUH. "•"*» * Haw Vak, H.Y. IM, Mrtaal -1Y l
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