RALEIGH, N.C.,
THURSDAY-SUNDAY
DECEMBER 22,1988
VOL. 48, NO. 6
’.C.'s Semi-Weekly
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
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Eddie Robinson Lobbies
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NAACP Director Says Campaign
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WASHINGTON, D*.-,
with President-elect GeorJ
Bush to discuss some^ofJh
phone interview from his Baltimore
headquarters office, “I have met with
George Bush once or twice a year for
problems confronting
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Director Benjamij^C
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query concerning his recent visit with
the president-elect during which
Bush reportedly said he plans to
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level posts: Louis Sullivan, president
of Morehouse College of Medicine; -
Atlanta, to the Department of Health
and Human Services, and Lt. Gen.
Julius W. Becton. Jr., director of the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, to hcud the newly created
^Veterans Affairs Department
igpH.owever, convicted murderer
Jvillle. Horton's furlough from a
Rlnssachuaeip. prison during which
strangle*his opponent Michael
Dukakis, troubled the civil rights
loader
(See NAACP; P. 2)
m!a woman and became a
IssWc Bush used to literally
Police Search Continues
Woman Raped In Apartment
Intruder
Climbs Up
Building
A man who scaled the building to
break into a third-floor apartment
early one morning last week raped a
Wake County woman who had just
returned to her apartment complex
on Tall Timber Drive near the Crab
trua Valley Mall.
Upon entering her apartment, she
noticed her belongings were out of
order, and she was about to leave, but
a nun grabbed her, forced her to
disrobe, and blindfolded her. He then
teak the woman to the bedroom and
raped
After the act the rapist fled from
the apartment and the woman called
the Sheriff’s Department around 3
a.m. A Sheriff’s Department
spokesman declined to say whether
the rapist used a weapon. The at
taaker had somehow managed to
cHnb an outside wall and broke in
(See taum P.3)
NEWS BRIE
* FOOD FOR NEEDY
Sixteen fraternities and a
aorority at North Carolina State
University have collected 35,072
pounds of food for distribution to
needy residents and tornado vic
tims in Wake County.
The NCSU Inter-Fraternity
Council’s 21st annual fall food
drive broke the group’s record by
more than 6.000 pounds. Students
collected canned and packaged
food by going door-to-door in
Raleigh during the fall semester.
The food has been given to Wake
County Relief, a church-based
organization that will distribute
it.
HOLIDAY CALLING
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Amer
\ lean Telephone & Telegraph Co.
•ays it expects to handle more
than 47 million long-distance
calls this Christmas—a holiday
lAClAl HARRASSMERT—The Governor's Task force on systems. The Task Force are pictured from left, Josie Kite of
Racial, RoHgious and Ethnic Violence and Intimidation held a Greensboro, Edward Knox of Charlotte, James Soars of
public forum last Thursday in an effort to learn more about Gates, HC, and Carol Nemitx from RaM|h. (Fheto by TaHb
racial harassment? VMWnce and conflict in the school Sabir-Caltowav)
“Godfather of Soul,” His Life A
Mess, Faces Six Years In Prison
ATLANTA, Ga. <AP>—For James
Brown, the Godfather of Soul, Soul
Brother No. 1, the self-proclaimed
Pope of Music, it has finally come to
this: six years in a South Carolina
prison for trying to run over two
policemen.
Just two years after a comeback
run, Brown’s life is a mess. The man
praised by presidents for his good
works cannot stay out of trouble. The
singer of love ballads was charged
this year with trying to kill his wife;
it’s his third tumultuous marriage.
The crusader against drugs ap
parently has a PCP habit.
“Obviously, there is trouble within
the confines of James Brown, the
mar.,’’ his attorney, Albert “Buddy”
Dallas, said last week.
“It’s unbelievable,” said Robert
“Flash" Gordon of Augusta, who
worked for the singer-businessman's
three radio stations in the 1970s,
before Brown lost the stations and
much of what he owned in tax and
other money troubles.
“I can't imagine anything like this
happening to him,” Gordon said last
Friday from Augusta, the day his
friend checked into a prison evalua
tion center.
Brown, 55, has shown little sign of
slowing down, either on or off the
stage. He still performs around the
world. He still makes records.
Brown was arrested at least seven
times in the past year-and a half, in
cluding twice in a bizarre 20 hours in
September that culminated in Thurs
day's sentence in Aiken, S.C
On Sept. 24, Brown led police on a
two-state, high-speed chase until they
shot out his tires. According to blood
tests, he was strung out on PCP, a
hallucinogen known as "angel dust.”
After posting bond, he was arrested
for drunken driving
His. trial in Georgia on 10 misde
meanors stemming from the chase is
scheduled for Jan. 25, 1989.
"This is not the real James
Brown,” said Dallas, his attorney of
four years. Brown's problems, he
said, “originated during a time of
domestic difficulties” with his wife,
Adrienne. “He just can’t get it to
smooth out.”
“1 programmed three radio sta
tions for him,” Gordon recalled. “He
didn't allow anything like that. If you
even had any alcohol or anything like
that, you lost your job. I don't know
what has happened to him.”
Longtime employee Fred Daviss
saw him in September. “He hajl pass
ed the point of no return,” Dayiss
said. “He had trouble speaking. His
wife was hiding the car keys from
him. 1 pleaded with her to get him
some help.”
In the past. Brown made it on his
own. Jailed for auto theft at 15, the
former shoeshine boy got out and
formed a singing group that became
I he Famous Flames. In 1956, he !
(See GODFATHER. P. 2)
WAIT A MINUTE. I’M THMKM8—Wal not rM«y, this stodont a honing dlsoMod
studont Is toMng Santo Glaus what ho wants hy using sign language. Santa’s
intent stare is because ha must communicate with Ms ayes and Ms hands. (Photo
byTalibSabir-CaNoway)
A Merry Christmas Wish
For All Readers With Peace
And Goodwill From Us Here
BY WILBERT M. SANDERS
Contributing Writer
Christmas is a time for joy, and a
time to be happy and a time for shar
ing, giving and receiving. We are liv
ing and experiencing the abundant
life when with unselfish love we seek
our own in another’s good and never
be content with abundance until we
attend to the needs of the less for
tunate.
All these attributes and qualities
are manifestations of celebrating the
advent of Jesus Christ, who came
that we have and know the abundant,
life at this holy Christmas time.
Max Robinson,
TV Anchorman,
Is Dead At Age 49
America's first black news an
chorman to reach the network
level died Tuesday morning due
to complications of AIDS.
Howard University Hospital
spokesperson Tonya Swanson
said Max Robinson, 49, succumb
ed to AIDS. Robinson had been ill
for more than a year and had
been bedridden for more than a
month, Roger Wilkins, a family
member, said.
Robinson’s success began at
Washington’s WTOP-TV, where .
he won top ratings for a decade.
for his on-air performance. As
proof of his ability to deliver and
report the news, he went on to the
national network, joining ABC
News. ■ »
In 1978. he co-anchored the
evening news with Peter Jenn
ings in London and Frank
(See MAX ROBINSON, P. 2)
Can’t we just for a few moments
pause and divert our attention from
problems and concentrate on this
beautiful time of the year? At
Chistmas we wonder about the joyous
occasion it is supposed to represent.
We find it is to commemorate the
birth of Jesus Chrsit, the Prince of
Peace; the one who came to save the
world from sin; the one who taught
love and goodwill between men *
(See CHRISTMAS WISH, P. 2)
Judges'
JACOBS DEFENDS HATCHER
Tiinothy Jacobs, M, Who is residing
with die Onondaga Indians in New
York while battling extradition to
Robeson County to face 14 counts of
kidnapping, told reporters at a news
conference Monday that he had heard
rumors that co-defendant Eddie Hat
cher was on the reservation.
But as iar as he knew, Hatcher, 31,
had not been to the Onondaga reser
vation during the weekend and he
said that he did not know Hatcher’s
whereabouts.
TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE
Gordon Ronnell Hines, 31, of 1022
Faison St., Wilson, was charged with
trafficking 140 grams of cocaine last
week. Authorities arrested him at
Raleigb-Durham International Air-,
port Thursday. Hines was charged
with trafficking cocaine by posses
sion and by transportation. He was
being held in Wake County Jail under
$200,000 bond. The airport drag inter
(See JUDGES’ BENCH, P. 2)
Prestigious Fraternity Offers Its 1988
Distinguished Service Awards To Four
Eta Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity, one of the nation's
oldest and most prestigious black
fraternal groups, honored fouf of its
distinguished members at its annual
(Jo-Dutch Dinner. The affair was held
in (he Martin Luther King, Jr. Stu
dent Center at St. Augustine's Col
lege.
The following four brothers were
honored: Ted Padgett, Judge Staf
ford (J. Bullock. Dr. Clinton R. Down
ing ami Dr. George K. Debnam.
Padgett, who is station manager
for airport operations, Trans World
Airlines, Ine. at RDU. received the
chapter's Distinguished Service
Awurd for Bigger and Better
Business.
Padgett coordinated all ground ac
tivities for Pope John Paul U’s tow
when he visited America In'
September 1S87. As the current
chairperson lor the chapter’s Bigger
and Better Business Committee,
Padgett has thrust the chapter for
ward in exploring business
possibilities that are new and un
precedented for the group.
Judge Bullock, a local judge in tjie
Wake County District Court, was
honored as the recipient of the
Distinguished Service Award for
Social Action. In addition to citing
Judge Bullock’s exemplary commit
ment to community and public ser
vice. the group lauded him as an
outstanding Judge who is known for
his judicial moderation and restraint
Dr Downing was awarded the
chapter's Distinguished Service
Award for Education. One of a very
lew blacks with the rank of full pro
fessor in the University of North
Carolina system, he is currently serv
ing ns a: full professor of education at
East Carolina University. As
chairperson for Eta Sigma Chapter's
Education Committee for years prior
(o stepping down this year, his con
tribution to the organisation, par
ticularly in the area of education, was
described as "enormous." Education
is one of Phi Beta Sigma’s most vital
programs.
The group’s coveted Matt of the
Year Award went to Dr. Debnam. a
well-known and popular local physi
cian- This was the third time that Dr.
Debnam had walked off with the
chapter’s most prized award. In addi
tion to the award, he received a stan
ding ovation from the audience He
also received gifts from his pastor
and pastor’s wife, Dr. and Mrs. David
C. Forbes, Sr., which was presented
by Jesse C. Saunders, chairman of
the Board of Deacons at Martin
Street Baptist Church.
The chapter’s vice president, Dr.
Marion Phillips, acted as master of
(See FRATERNITY, P, J)
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