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NNPA News Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Two former
presidents—Republican Gerald Ford
and Democrat Jimmy Carter—came
to Capitol Hill last week to give
President-Elect George Bush a bit of
bipartisan advice—from selecting
Oval Office staff, to managing the
huge unmanageable budget deficit,
conducting foreign policy, to how to
make peace and work with Congress.
But not much on how to bridge the
gap between a divided America.
Coming on the heels of what former
Democratic hopeful Walter Mondale
charged was the “worst campaign’’
in recent memory, they offered few
specifics to Bush on how to achieve
the president-elect’s stated aim to
Wake Tech Crowns
Ms. Lee Robinson
Queen For 1988-89
Lee L. Robinson of Raleigh was crowned Ms. Wake Technical
Community College after being chosen by Wake Tech students in a
campus-wide election.
Kelly Tifft of Cary was first runner-up, and Email ‘‘Jill” Creech
of Raleigh was second runner-up.
As Ms. Wake Tech for the 1988-89 school year, Ms. Robinson will
represent the college as official hostess and goodwill ambassador.
Ms. Robinson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith of 1307
Hazelnut Drive in Raleigh. She graduated from Athens Drive High
School in 1984 and is now enrolled in the criminal Justice associate
degree program at Wake Tech. She is married to David Wayne
Robinson and has a son, David Wayne Robinson, Jr.
Ms. Tifft. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Tifft of 209 Gregory
St. in Cary, is a 1984 graduate of Anthony A. Henninger High School
in New York and the Bullock School of Professional Modeling. She is
enrolled in the executive secretarial science associate degree pro
gram at Wake Tech.
Ms. Creech, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Creech of 5725
Woodcrest Drive in Raleigh, is also enrolled in the executive
secretarial science program at Wake Tech. She graduated from
Garner Senior High School in 1988.
In other Wake Tech news, Susan McLean of WHlow Springs was
installed as 1988-89 president of the Wake Technical Community Col
lege Student Government Association.
Other newly installed officers are M. Gregory Simpkins of
(See MS. WAKE TECH, P. 2)
achieve “a kinder, gentler America."
Looking fit, the two former
presidents strolled into the National
Press Club bearing a two-volume
“American Agenda Report to the 41st
group of former government officials
and leaders of business, labor and the
civil rights movement. Vernon Jor
dan, former president of the National
Urban League, was the only black
Former presidents Gerald Ford and Jim
my Carter said tax increases and decreased
federal spending are essential if America is to
recover, despite George Bush’s stubborn
“read my lips” stance.
President of the United States of
America.” This report had been com
piled under the chairmanship of Ford
and Carter, assisted bv a bipartisan
member; others included former
Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael
Blumenthal, Henry Kissinger,
former secretary of state; Lawrence
c,agieourger, iormer unaersecreiary
of state; and Carla Hills, former
assistant attorney general.
The two presidents told the
assembled press that they had paid a
visit to President-Elect Bush and
briefed him on the report. “He listen
ed and made no comment,” Ford
said. They said tax increases and
decreased federal spending are
essential if America is to recover its
fiscal health despite George Bush’s
stubborn “read my lips” stance.
Coming out of this ugly political
campaign, the president-elect said he
wanted “a kinder, more gentle
America.” Did you suggest how he
might attain that goal? the former
presidents were asked. “Well.”
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$5,000 Secured Bond
Arrested For Lootine
He Guarded
Damaged
Area Stores
Dewery Thurman Phillips, 57, of
2715 Chavis Drive, was charged with
looting a tornado-damaged store that
he had been assigned to protect.
Raleigh police say a man working
for a local security firm was seen tak
ing shoes from the Silver Slipper Shoe
Store and putting them into his car.
The suspect was in charge of secur
ing the Radio Shack and the Silver
Slipper stores which were located
next to the K-Mart at Townridge
Shopping Center on Glenwood
Avenue. Phillips was released under
a $5,000 secured bond.
Also last week, a man police had
thought had bilked a clothing store
out of $1,100 in new clothes under the
pretext of donating them to the Salva
tion Army has turned the clothing in
tirlhe charitable organization.
The store was the Austin-Taylor in
the Ashton Square shopping center on
North Boulevard. Mattie Kemp, the
store president, at first thought she
had been conned after talking with
police officers, but after checking
with administrators at the organiza
tion, she found that the man had even
tually turned the clothes over to the
agency.
By late Thursday afternoon, Kemp
had a receipt in hand for the clothing.
It seems it just took the man a couple
of days to finish with his end of the
charitable act.
i see LOOTING, P. 2)
Brotherhood Dinner Honors Poet,
Recognizes Outstanding Students
North Carolina State University
honored Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Gwendolyn Brooks and six outstan
ding black students at its seventh an
nual Brotherhood Dinner Thursday,
Dec. 1, at McKimmon Center. NCSU
Chancellor and Mrs. Bruce R.
Poulton hosted the event.
The Brotherhood Dinner each year
honors an African-American who has
made an outstanding contribution to
the nation and the world.
This year’s honoree was Brooks,
who is widely recognized as one of the
nation’s leading poets of this century.
Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950
for her book of poems, “Annie Allen,”
making her the first African
American writer to win a Pulitzer.
Brooks has been poet laureate of Il
linois since 1969. She has written
more than 15 books of poetry, one
novel, two books on writing for young
people and an autobiography.
The Brotherhood Dinner program
included a talk by Brooks as well as a
videotape, A Celebration ot Gwen
dolyn Brooks: An African-American
Poet,” produced at NCSU.
Also honored at the dinner were six
outstanding students from area col
leges. Student honorees included:
• Nadine D. Clipper. Her guardian
is Dr. James L. Jones, 1454 Corcoran
St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Clipper is
a junior majoring in radio-television
communications at Shaw University.
• Leon Hudson. Jr., son of Mr. and
(See BROTHERHOOD, V. 2)
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lonored Pulitzer Prfze~uHoitlfip pout Owjudstyii Brooks and
ix AMcan-American students at ttie annual Irotkorhoad
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Miner. NCSU Chancellor and Mrs. Brace Pcullw hosted the
event. Thay ers seen here with Ms. Brooks and her husband,
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l—fahritrinerLeu Rawls receives an honorary doctor of letters
degree from Or. Tritart 0. Shaw, president of Shaw University, recently. Rawls
wil hast ana af the biggest helday specials on TV t*c. 17, the “Leu Rawls
Parata ef Stars” telethon, a benefit of the United Negro College Fund, which
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Panel Proposes $20.5
Million To Help Poor
(AP)—A legislative panel has
recommended spending $20.5 million
over the next two years to improve
services for the poor and ensure
equal access to benefits for people in
all areas of North Carolina.
The plan which the Social Services
Study Commission will forward to the
General Assembly for the 1989 ses
sion calls for spending $11.7 million to
fund 203 new positions for “child pro
tection servcies,” or preventing child
abuse.
Another $4 million was requested
for a 10 percent increase in benefits
for recipients of Aid to Families with
Dependent Children.
The commission developed the
spending plan from a cost-and-need
analysis provided by the state
Departmei.i of Human Resources.
Commission co-chairman Sen.
Russell G. Walker, D-Randolph, said
the panel wanted to help counties that
were hard-pressed to meet state re
quirements for assisting low-ii. ’ome
citizens.
Although far less expensive, the
plan is based on the concept underly
ing the Basic Education Program, an
eight-year, $800 million blueprint for
upgrading public schools, Walker
said
In both cases, he said the state is
trying to assure that people in less af
fluent rural areas can get the same
services as those in wealthy urban
counties.
The $11.7 million for child protec
tion is a top-priority item, said Sen. J.
Ollie Harris, D-Cleveland, because
the problem appears more
widespread than many experts had
thought.
“We’ve just had a problem in my
county where the [Social Services]
department was notified of a child
abuse case and didn’t react quickly
enough, and the child was severely in
jured,” he said. “It woke them up to
the fact that we’ve got to check all
these reports as soon as possible,
and... that they need more staff, more
help."
In its report, the Department of
Human Resources calculated that
another 169 investigative and 66 treat
ment positions were needed to im
prove child protection services, at a
cost of $9.4 million. The report also
said that 47 supervisory positions
were needed at a cost of $2.3 million.
In the 1967-68 fiscal year, county
social service departments received
and investigated 23,713 reports of
child abuse and neglect, the report
said. Of those, 8,015 were “substan
tiated,” meaning that government in
tervention was thought necessary to
avoid a frisk of continued maltreat
ment.”
replied rord, “we have included a
section called ‘Children at Risk’ in
which we urge early intervention on
the part of the president with poor
children as a means of breaking the
cycle of poverty. We proposed that all
eligible children—only 20 percent
right now benefit from these pro
grams—be covered by Head Start,
prenatal care, immunization,
(See GEORGE BUSH. P. 2)
Christmas Can
Spell Trouble
For Policemen
Raleigh police report that
Christmas brings more than Just
presents, tinseled trees and holi
day cheer; it also brings trouble.
Police have recently received a
number of complaints about per
sons selling new stereo speakers
out of the back of a van in the
North Raleigh area.
According to Lt. Charles Stin
son of the Investigations Divi
sion, the sellers tell potential
customers that the speakers are
worth more than 1800, but that
they are offering them for less
because they received too many
from their supplier.
Stinson said these persons
represent a legitimate warehouse
business In Greensboro, but
although the speakers are new
and look expensive, they contain
components worth only about $35.
“Shoppers should be careful of
the quality and value of the mer
chandise they purchase during
the holiday season,” Stinson said.
“This is definitely a case of
‘buyer, beware.*”
Stinson said many people
should beware of fraud, especial
ly during the Christmas shopping
season. “If the deal sounds too
good to be true, it probably is,”
he said. “Be careful of what you
buy and where you buy it. You
may be getting ripped off.”
Crime also is a problem during
the holiday season, and crime
can take the Joy out of Christmas,
Stinson said.
To help citizens protect
themselves, police offer a few
common-sense tips:
'Packages should not be left in
plain view in your car. Lock them
safely out of sight in the trunk.
'Lock your car and park it in a
well-lit area. You should check
the car interior before entering
and lock your doors when you geg
inside. - :
'Don’t walk in dark parking lots
or any area alone. Take a friend
along or try to stay near others
going to their vehicles. Have your
keys in your hand before you get
to your car.
'Don’t carry large amounts of
cash. Money should be carried in
a front pants or breast pocket to
foil pickpockets. When making a
purchase, watch for suspicious
(See CHRISTMAS, P. 2)
States Should Avoid
•Trills” in Welfare
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The
Heritage Foundation, an ultra
conservative think-tank, has released
a report from a former Department
of Health and Human Services of
ficial now working with the group,
which harshly criticizes the new
welfare reform law.
The Job Opportunity and Basic
Skitis Training program, the center
pioceofifae legislation, is intended as
a version of the
Massachusetts Employment and
Training program, which centers on
specialized training but does not
force welfare recipients to take
available jobs, says Heritage Visiting
Fellow Kate Walsh O’Beime in her
“study.”
She says the ET program was
never scientifically proven successful
in reducing the number of people on
welfare. “Solid research... shows that
(See WELFARE, P. 2)
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