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RALEIGH. N.C.,
VOL. 48, NO. 26
THURSDAY.
MARCH 2.1989
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HAROLD WEBB
Home Elects
Webb To Board
Of Governors
Harold Webb has been elected by
the N.C. House of Representatives to
the University of North Carolina
Board of Governors. The Board of
Governors controls, directs and
manages the total university system
which includes 16 campuses.
Webb, formerly state personnel
director, was supported by the
Legislative Black Caucus and the
House Democratic Caucus.
The position is for four years. It is
one of 32 filled by the North Carolina
General Assembly as the policymak
ing board for the university system.
NEWS BRIEFS
DALEY WINS PRIMARY
CHICAGO, III.—Richard M.
Daley, son of the legendary boss
ef Chicago politics, defeated
Mayor Eugene Sawyer in a
Democratic primary-. Tuesday
and took a giant step toward tig
City Hati office his father held for
tl years. Sawyer, the city’s se
cern! Mack mayor, ran up im
pressive margins in his own
Strongholds, but was hampered
by a lower turnout among blacks
than whites.
FBI DISCRIMINATION
FBI director William S. Ses
sions announced that he had
ordered sweeping changes in the
bureau’s affirmative action pro
gram in the wake of findings that
the bureau had discriminated
against blacks and Hispanics. An
internal investigation uncovered
serious deficiencies in the opera
tion of the bureau’s Office of
Equal Employment Opportunity
Affairs.
DISCLOSURE OF
DIRECTORS
Secretary of State Rufus L. Ed
misten asked a legislative study
commission recently to require
corporations to publicly disclose
the names and addresses of their
directors.
AIDS PROGRAM
A billion-dollar bill for AIDS
and other health problems affec
ting North Carolina blacks will be
due soon according to medical,
Insurance and legislative ex
perts. AIDS, drug abuse and
sickle cell anemia hit blacks
hardest and by 1M1 the annual
cost of hospital care for AIDS pa
tient! in North Carolina could
total *1.3 billion, according to Dr.
M. Lynn Smiley, a Burroughs
Wellcome Co. researcher.
(See NEWS BRIEFS, P. 2)
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Durham; Prat. Carlyle Jahnsaa, ait dkaetar, NCCU; and
Prat. Chandra Cox warn an hand at NCSU to dUcau the
Small-Business Incubator Plan
Seeks Council Review, Approval
Prom CAROLINIAN SUlf Report*
A proposal that will positively
move forward the city’s participation
in the creation of a small-business in
cubator will soon come before the full
City Council for approval.
The proposal was presented to the
City Council by the Law and Finance
Committee by council member Ralph
Campbell, Jr.
The project, called the Business In
cubator Program, would serve as a
way to incorporate new, small,
predominantly black businesses into
the Southeastern regions of Raleigh.
Campbell said the proposal, ap
proved by the Law and Finance Com
mittee, “...if located in Southeast
Raleigh, will greatly impact the
economic development in that com
munity.”
Currently the proposal is scheduled
for a full council review and proposal
March 7. The main objective of the
program is to encourage business
technology centers in the inner city
and to reinforce the BTC to reflect the
current business environment. The
plan also encourages the BTC to be
located in an area that will add com
mercial viability and create job op
portunities for Raleigh citizens.
Campbell, on hand for a brief
synopsis of the groups’ intentions,
stated, “The council has been looking
for a way to participate in the crea
tion of a small-business incubator
since 1983. The proposal has been
adopted and approved bv the Law
and Finance Committee.”
In a message to the council, Camp
bell stated:
“As you are aware, there have been
many hours of discussion on the city's
role in an incubator program and this
is also one of the council’s priorities.
“After reviewing materials on in
cubator programs, discussion with
fSw INCUBATOR, P. 2)
“A small business incubator if
located in Southeast Raleigh will
greatly Impact the economic
development in that
community...”
Ralph Campbell, Jr.
CAMPBELL
Community Alternatives
Sentencing Program Awarded
Model Plan
Educates
Offenders
The North Carolina Alnknative
Sentencing Association presented its
annual award for distinguished ser
vice to the Z. Smith Reynolds Foun
dation Thursday at the Greensboro
Sheraton. A second award for
legislative leadership went to state
Rep. Anne Barnes, D-Orange. The
Alternative Sentencing Association is
an independent advocacy organiza
tion formed exclusively for the pro
motion, development, imptementa
tion and support of community alter
natives to inearxraUon -for prison*
bound adult offenders.
The Z Smith Reynolds Foundation
has awarded approximately 100
grants totaling more than |3.9 million
in the area of criminal justice. The
Reynolds Foundation, located in
Winston-Salem, funded the state’s
first Commounity Penalties Program
in Fayetteville in 1961. That program,
along with three others in
Greensboro, Raleigh, and Hickory,
became models for programs funded
by the state’s Community Penalties
Act which became law in 1963. The
state now provides 80 percent of the
funds for 13 Community Penalties
Programs and local communities
provide a 20 percent match. The
Reynolds Foundation has supported
numerous other model programs as
well as efforts to educate the public
about the use of community-based
sanctions.
Elizabeth Harbourt, vice president
of the Alternative Sentencing
(See PRISONS, P. 2)
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Day Project
Jobs. Professionalism
For the second straight year, a
Career Day project at one of the
magnet schools in Wake County has
received outstanding community sup
port from citizens who volunteer to
introduce students to various occupa
tions.
The second annual Career Day pro
gram was held at Ligon GT Magnet
School on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The first
three periods of the school day were
set aside for this activity. Citizens liv
ing and working in the Raleigh area
volunteered their time and expertise
to introduce students to occupations
from their own personal perspective.
Preparation for this year’s Career
Day started in September 1988 when
students were asked, as part of their
orientation to eighth grade, to name
their occupational goals. Their areas
of interest were used as the source to
choose the careers to be featured in
this year’s activity.
Presenters were invited to the
Ligon Career Day who were highly
recommended because of their exper
tise and exceptional performance in
their chosen careers. Some
presenters brought materials in the
form of visuals such as transparen
cies, films, filn strips and written in
formation. Some participants used
demonstrations and showed samples
of their subjects.
Others used lecturt and question
and-answer techniques to matte their
occupations come alive to the
students. Presenters were welcomed
in the cafeteria for breakfast by the
administrative team headed by Dan
Bowers, the principal of Ligon, and
his assistants, Janis Dellinger, Alexis
Spann and Dwight Womble.
They were welcomed and assisted
in the classroom by-the teaching staff
of Ligon.
The presenters for the 1989 Career
Day were, from the architectural
field, Tom Wells from Smith and Sin
nett; art, Ms. Cynthia Pimentel; Ar
my, Jimmy White; business ad
ministration, Sheila Graves from
Mechanics and Farmers Bank; com
puter programming, Steve Stephen
son from Westinghouse; building and
construction, Bob Royal from
Carolina Contractors Training Coun
cil; counseling, Ms. Barbara Allison;
dancing, Ms. Jeanette Eley from
Lehman Studios ^ engineering, Keith
Williams from CP4L; EMT, Wilbert
Dunn; freelance editor, Ms. Nancv
(See CAREER DAY, P. 2)
Red Cross Tries To Erase Racist
Image, Changing Toward Equality
BY CHESTBB A. HIGGINS, SR.
NNPA New* Editor
WASHINGTON, DC.-The
American Red Cross is making a
determined effort to erase an ugly
image of racism and bigotry that has
been a part of its long, murky history
of performing urgent services in
times of dire human need and
disaster. The single most glaring in
stance of that bigotry dates back to
World War II when the Red Cross
segregated black blood. It’s Ironic
that the man. who discovered the pro
cess enabling the Red Cross to
preserve blood (plasma) was an
African-American, Dr. Charles
Drew. The American Red Cross only
recently has begun giving Dr. Drew
proper if overdue recognition.
In IMS when it declared, “The
American Red Cross recognizes the
need to raise the level of minority
participation in activities of the na
tional and chapter sectors, the
organization formed the Black In
itiatives Committee as well as the
Hispanic Initiatives Committee.
These committees were mandated by
the ARC Board of Governors to
“assist Red cross units [chapters,
services to armed forces stations,
regional blood services, operationsi
headquarters and national head
quarters] with initial steps toward
permanent involvement of minority
populations as providers and reci
pients of Red Cross services.”
Simply stated, the American Red
Cross which was chartered in
1881—the International Red Cross
was chartered earlier, in 1863—was
acknowleding its long history of
• racism and was informing its 2,700
chapters (200 of which are Key
Resource Centers), 36 blood regions,
service and program direc
tors/managers that the organisation
is serious about stamping out racism.
It emphatically urged all concerned
to move toward true across-the-board
equality in hiring, promotions and in
dispensing services and administer
ing programs.
Earlier this year, the black and
Hispanic groups were merged into
one—the Equal Opportunity Commit
tee. Chairman of this committee is
William E. Green, a black San Fran
cisco lawyer.
Although the ARC Board ofGover
nors was once chaired by the late
Jerome “Brbd” Holland, few blacks
have been represented on this gover
ning body. Today, however, ARC has
four blacks on its 80-member Board
of Governors. They are Thomas H.
Routt of Houston, Texas; James M.
Rosser, president, California State
University; William T. Harris, presi
dent, Harris Cleaning Services, Inc,,
Rochester. Fa.; and Julius W. Bec
(See RED CROSS. P 2)
FRANK BALANCE
Legislator Says
National Guard
Discriminating
(AP) While blacks make up more
than a quarter of the members of the
North Carolina National Guard,
fewer than 10 percent of the guard’s
commissioned officers are black, a
ratio that has sparked an investiga
tion by the Legislative Black Caucus.
Guard records indicate only ll
blacks hold ranks higher than cap
tain, far fewer than the 358 whites in
upper ranks, and three black majors
recently have been told that they will
not be retained.
“The figures are the result of
discrimination," Sen. Frank
Ballance, D-Warren, said in an inter
view recently. “Figures don’t lie. The
obvious question is, ‘Why aren’t there
more black officers?’ It appears to be
a serious problem of discrimination,
based on the numbers.”
Ballance will chair the committee
looking into the situation for the
group of black legislators.
Maj. Gen. Chariest Scott, adjutant
general of the Guard, declined to be
interviewed. Brig. Gen. Nathaniel H.
Robb, Jr., who will be sworn in March
5 as the Guard's new adjutant
general, was out of town and could
not be reached for comment.
A Guard spokesman said that it has
worked hard to prevent discrimina
tion i “a ranks.
“We’re doing everything in our
power to make sure there is not
discrimination within the National
(See NATIONAL GUARD, P. 2)
Judges'
Bencli
DEPUTE SUSPENDED
Sheriff John Baker, Jr., has
suspended a deputy indefinitely for
“conduct unbecoming a law enforce
ment officer.” Derrick Johnson, a
patrol deputy with the department for
over a year, was suspended with pay
Feb. 14. Baker did not disclose what
led to the suspension, calling it a per
sonnel matter. The deputy has not
been charged with any violations.
MURDER-SUICIDE
A retired Durham police officer,
J.W. Price, 64, apparently shot his
wife to death Tuesday before taking
his own life in their southern Durham
home. Police found the body of his
wife, Maxine Dickerson Price, 33, at
a neighbor’s house, where she ap
parently had run for help. She had
been shot twice, once with a shotgun
and once with a pistol. Specially arm
ed officers found the body of Price on
a couch after storming his home
Price died of what authorities eaid
was a self-irlflicted gunshot wound.
He retired from the Durham force as
a sergeant in 1963, after 29 years of
(See JUDGES’ BENCH, P. 2)