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RALEIGH, NO.,
VOL. 47. NO. 18
THURSDAY.
FEBRUARY 2,1989
N.C.'s Senu-Weekly
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
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IN RALEIGH
ELSEWHERE 300
Economic Gap Between Blacks
And Whites Grows Wider
Page 13
State, National Leaders
Examine 1988 Election
Page 18
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FAIR
Teachers and prospective
teachers from across North
Carolina and neighboring states
are Invited to “Teach in North
Carolina,” a free job and educa
tion fair sponsored by the N.C.
Department of Public Instruc
tion, April 8 at Dorton Arena,
beginning at 9 a.m.
SCIENCE AND MATH
State Superintendent of Public
instruction Bob Etheridge has
announced that nominations are
being accepted for the 1989
Presidential Awards for Ex
cellence in Science and
Mathematics Teaching program.
Teachers can be nominated by
colleagues, administrators,
students or parents.
HEALTH AND CHILD
CARE
Health and child care officials
from North Carolina Pediatric
Society and the N.C. Child Ad
vocacy Institute will host a sym
posium to discuss coming
legislative issues in North
Carolina, including the need for
quality day care and the
Children’s Health Incentives
Reform Plan, a mandatory
health insurance plan for infants
and children. The symposium
wUI be neld on Saturday, Feb. 4,
from i-4 p.m. at the Sheraton Im
perial, Research Triangle Park.
EARLY PAY RAISES
Teachers and state employees
HI probably get a pay raise
April 1990 as tax collec
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INEQUITIES IN
TRANSPLANTS
MILWAUKEE. Wis. <AP)—
Although a high number of black
patients are on waiting lists for
organ transplants, a relatively
small percentage of blacks have
been willing to become organ
donors, health officials say. But
daring that same time, blacks
received 20 percent of all donated
organs and 40 percent of those
currently awaiting a kidney
transplant are black.
COURT MARTIAL TO
BEGIN
CAMP LEJEUNE—A court
martial is scheduled to begin for
a Marine sergeant accused of
derilktion of duty in the disap
pearance of a lance corporal who
died after being abandoned in a
California desert in August. The
court-martial, is set for Feb. 2.
<See NEWS BRIEFS, p 2)
Advisory Board
Honors Three
For Public Service
The Human Resources and Huma
Relations Advisory Commission ha
announced the winners of its 190
Human Relations Awards. The con
mission presents these awards eac
February in recognition of Huma
Relations Month.
Winners of the annual awards ar
Alexander B. Denson of 3409 Huckab;
Circle, John P Green of 802 S. Eas
St. and Balentine’s Cafeteria, 41
Oberlin Road.
Denson receives the Citizen
Award for his volunteer efforts an
leadership with the Wake Count;
Coalition for the Homeless. Denson, ,
federal magistrate, began working a
a homeless shelter in 1987. Concern®
with the lack of services for Raleigh’
homeless population, Denson was in
strumental in bringing together j
group of concerned citizens to con
duet a three-month study early las
year on the problems of the homeless
In May, the group formed the coali
tion, which has worked with iocs
to the I
Green foi
volvement wit!
Vote On Congresional Pay Raise
Offered If Members Demand
BY DR. ALBERT JABS
ConlribulinfE Wrttrr
An Annlvuta
Teachers protest a salary freeze;
some legislators resist minimum
wage improvements, and 37 million
in this country do not have adequate
health care plans. With all of this the
leaders in Washington will probably
get a 50 percent pay raise... a pay
raise which goes into effect within 30
days. Should this raise be rejected?
Two years ago in the same way, a
congressional pay raise was given. In
just two years, 1987-89, members of
Congress will be doubling their
salaries. Should this be rejected?
Perhaps President George Bush
should challenge the way this is being
done, along with Gov. James Martin
and foremost servants of the people.
In view of the deficits, medical in
digents and the state of the economy,
In view of the deficits, medical indigents
and state of economy, the elected officials
should repudiate this naive process in the
government according to some local
observers.
and a delegation from North
Carolina.
People who are elected are first
the elected officials should repudiate
this naive process ih the government
according to some local observers.
Nnamdi Onuorah, instructor of
business management at Shaw
University, emphasized that a pay
riase is not merited at this time. He
claims that working people have dif
ficulty in providing for their own
needs and minimum wage is not
enough for many of them.
Dr. Orus Barker, also a professor
at Shaw University, states une
quivocally that a pay raise is not in
order this year, because of financial
needs of the poor, homeowners and
others.
Some citizens say the public
(See PAY RAISE, P. 2)
Mean-Spirited Decision
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Caucus Hits Court Ruling
Set-Asides
Decision
Questioned
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP)-Black
Maryland lawmakers concerned that
a Supreme Court ruling in a Virginia
case may set back affirmative action
in government contracts have asked
the state attorney general for an opi
nion.
The high court ruling restricts the
ability of state and local governments
to guarantee minority business a
share of public contracts through set
asides.
“It does appear that you cannot put
in set-asides as we have in the past,”
said Sen. Decatur Trotter, D-Prince
George’s, a member of the
Legislative Black Caucus. “This Isis
devastating opinion.”
“There will be an onslaught of con
tractors suing,” predicted Delegate
Curt Anderson, D-Baltimore, chair
man of the caucus, who asked At
torney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr.
for the opinion.
“This marks a huge change in the
overall spirit of the Supreme Court.
This is a mean-spirited decision,”
Anderson said.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor,
writing for the majority in the recent
decision, said any governmental af
firmative action program must be
based on a record of prior discrimina
tion and must be “narrowly tailored”
to overcome only that wrong. The
justices invalidated a Richmond, Va.,
minority sw-aside law, saying the
set-aside percentage was arbitrary.
Maryland lawmakers are,worried
about the ruling’s potential effect on
Baltimore, which has a 20 percent
set-aside law; the state, which has a
voluntary 10 percent minority pro
curement goal; and the suburban
Washington counties, Anderson said.
Baltimore City Council Vice Presi
dent Jacqueline McLean said she an
ticipated the city might be forced to
make some minor modifications in its
set-aside law. In writing it, Baltimore
addressed the high court’s two major
objections to the Richmond law.
“We held lengthy hearings and
established a clear and convincing
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25 Years Later, Students Want
State To Ratify 24th Amendment
fomutty ratty the 24th
Upon the urging of students from
Hillside High School, a bill calling for
the ratification of the 24th Amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States of America was introduced in
to the North Carolina General
Assembly last Monday. The 24th
Amendment, which became federal
law in 1964, ended the practice of
charging blacks and poor whites a
poll tax in order to vote.
The bill was sponsored in the NOrth
Carolina House of Representatives by
legislators Mickey Michaux, Sharon
Thompson, and George Miller. In ad
dition, the bill was signed by black
House members from across the
state. After its introduction, the bill
was assigned to the Judiciary Com
mittee for hearings which will be
scheduled during the month of
February.
The students from Hillside became
involved in the project as a way to
celebrate the 200th anniversary of the
U.S. Constitution. Since North
acted on the peril tax
ite'
change that.
According to James Reaves, stu
dent body president at Hillside,
“Even though the poll tax has not
been in existence for more than 25
years, our students wanted to make
sure that North Carolina symbolical
ly moved from the list of ‘unratified’
ta the list of ‘ratified’ states.”
Reaves indicated that the students
will return to Raleigh to testify before
the Judiciary Committee during the
hearings. He also hopes that a delega
tion of students can also be present
when the bill becomesiaw.
Seventy-eight Hillside student
council members were in Raleigh
Monday when the bill was introduced.
Thompson and Michaux have
drafted a bill calling for North
Carolina to retroactively ratify the
24th Amendment. This amendment,
which eliminated the payment of a
poll tax as a restriction to voting, was
added to the Constitution in 1964.
However, North Carolina never took
ap official position on the amend
ment.
The Hillside students have been
working with Thompson, Michaux
and other members of the Durham
General Assembly delegation for the
past two years.
Student Council advisor Eddie
Davis, in an interview with The
CAROLINIAN, said, “Although the
24th Amendment was adopted 25
years ago, the Tar Heel State was not
one of the 38 states that ratified. Our
student leaders see this project as a
way to have our state move from the
‘unratified' to the ‘ratified’ column.
In doing so, our students, with the
help of the General Assembly, will
have brought about a slight, yet sym
bolic, change in the United States
Constitution.
“Most importantly, our students
will learn the real-life legislative pro
cess. We had a large delegation on
Monday night when the bill was in
troduced and assigned to a commit
tee. We also plan to lobby and present
testimony at the committee hearings
for the bill.” •>
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RALPH CAMPHELx.
Council Seeks
Solutions For
Bias Charges
From CAROLINIAN Hull Reports
Civil rights organizations and wat
chdog groups have reported a rise in
racial incidents in North Carolina and
across the nation. Along with this in
crease, the Raleigh City Council
recently was questioned about the
escalation of discriminatory prac
tices and harassment of city
employees and urged to find an effec
tive solution.
Finding a solution to handling
discriminatory complaints is not as
simple as it sounds, according to
council member Ralph Campbell,
chariman of the law and finance com
mittee. Campbell said a great deal of
opposition is evident in reaching a
solution that would undoubtedly
benefit all parties concerned.
Campbell said the reason the coun
cil is not ready to handle job bias
cases is that they do not have the
authority to enforce any decisions
they may make regarding
discrimination. However, they do
have a civil rights officer to in
(See RALPH CAMPBELL, P. 2)
DUKE EMPLOYEE RAPED
A Duke Medical Center employee
was beaten and raped Tuesday as she
walked to work early this week. This
was the second attack near the center
in less than 24 hours.
Both attacks happened in daylight
and now employees at the center are
fearing for their safety. Several at
tacks have also occurred in recent
months.
Police said a man in a small black
car followed the woman before get
ting out and grabbing her. The man
dragged her into a nearby wooded
area, raped and beat her.
This incident followed another rape
Monday, when another female
employee leaving the medical center
was attacked by two armed men in a
parking deck on Erwin Road.
OFFICER FIRED
Raleigh Police Officer Jeffrey A.
Karpovich has been fired from the
department after a misdemeanor
assault conviction. He is appealing
his firing and his conviction through
the city manager. He was found guil
ty recently of kicking a drunk-driving
suspect in the buttocks. Raleigh
(See JUDGES’ RFWH p. 2)
Shaw Divinity School Celebrates
An “African-American Experience”
BY KI.AINA IIOIJ.OWAY
SprrUITvThrCAKIII.INIAN
In thinking, of one’s heritage one's
mind automatically travels back to
the past and feels the grandness of
days when all seemed well with the
world, and of our forefathers, whose
days were filled with thoughts of
serving God, and taking care of
family and enjoying dear friends.
The new Shaw Divinity School is
reminiscent of such a time. On
February 10th and Uth the School
will host its 2nd Annual Heritage
Festival.
The theme of this festival and all
other Divinity School activities is
“Share The Vision." According to the
president, Dr. Gregory Headen, the
vision of the Divinity School having
its own campus was truly God
Inspired.
“The Divinity School is seen to be
more than a school. Although it's
mail function is to train and educate
wu«.j-oe pastors u> teach and
preach the Word of God,” Dr. Headen
emphaszed, “We do not want to turn
out heavv-minded preachers, that are
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