Historical Ringmanship
Sugar Ray Robinson: Song Of Victory
From CAROLINIAN Staff Report*
Five-time world middleweight
champion Sugar Ray Robinson made
history in his song of victory Robin
son was considered by many boxing
experts the best prise fighter in
history. He died April 12 in Culver Ci
ty, Calif., at Brotman Medical Center
from a heart attack after long bouts
with Alzheimer’s disease and
diabetes.
Robinson was the welterweight
champion from 1946 to 1051 and held
the middleweight title five times bet
ween 1961 and I960. His speed, power,
and ringmanship earned him acclaim
as one of the best fighters in boxing
history. In a career spanning 28
INSIDE
AFRICA
BY DANIEL MAROLEN
IS APARTHEID ABOUT TO
SURRENDER?
What a pleasant surprise this past
weekend to learn that the Dutch
Reformed Church (NGK) of South
| Africa, the cradle of apartheid, has,
for the first time, condemned apar
theid as “a sin" and as "a mistake
that must not be allowed to go on.”
This condemnation, which mankind
has long awaited, is being received
around the globe with both jubilation
and hope for the early end of apar
theid and racial discrimination in
that strife-torn country. It promises
the liberation of 26 million subjugated
and oppressed African inhabitants of
the country who have been held in
bondage for 337 long years, beginning
in 1652, by an extremely racist
system.
Since every other South African
church denomination has already
shown its opposition to apartheid, the
NGK's belated condemnation of apar
theid should lead to the early demise
of the evil racist scourge that has
caused, and continues to cause, the
native African population “much suf
fering.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate,
has already condemned apartheid as
“an evil that cannot be reformed, but
which must be abolished.”
The end of apartheid would usher in
its wake the advent of democracy and
healthy race relations in South
Africa. Above all, it would lead to
equal justice and freedom for South
Africans of every race. There would
be liberation for 26 million Africans
who are held hostage by the evil of
racial segregation. Moreover, the
domination of one race by another
would cease to be the norm for South
African society.
On first receiving the long-awaited
declaration of the NGK. Randall
'«5*e INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2)
year*, he won 175 of 902 bouts, with
109 knockouts. He lost 18 decisions,
mostly in his 40s. Challenging Joey
Maxim for the light-heavyweight
crown in 1963, Robinson seemed a
sure winner on points but was over
come by heat in the 13th round and
suffered a technical knockout.
He was born Walker Smith in
Detroit on May 3, 1920 and as a boy
««'«»rhed Joe Louis train at a local
gym and resolved to become a boxer, s
After moving with his family to New
York City he joined the amateur tl
ranks, winning all H5 of his bouts and 1
the Golden Glove featherweight and F
lightweight championships. For one i;
match he borrowed the certificate of 1
another amateur. Ray Robinson, to l<
meet the age qualification and later 1!
added “Sugar" to his name after be
ing dubbed "*»"**' »s sugar" by a tl
sortswriter.
Robinson won the middleweight ti
e from Jake LaMotta on Feb. 14,
151 on a knockout, when referee
rank Sikora stopped the bout in the
Ith round. He lost the title to Kandy
urpin in London, England on July
», 1961. Robinson retired Dec. 18,
>52 and gave up the title.
In November, 1964 he returned to
le ring and on Dec. 9.1955 he won the
title from Bobo Olson. He lost it to
Sene Fullmer on Jan. 2,1957. On May
1,1957 he beat Gene for the title, lost
t to Carmen Basilio on Sept. 23,1957.
ieat Basilio on March 25,1958 for his
ith title. He made history.
Robinson was rated No. 1 in a 1984
rook, “The 100 Greatest Boxers” by
iert Randolph Sugar, then editor of
‘King Magazine.” Henry Armstrong,
larry Greb. Jack Dempsey, Benny
Leonard and Joe Louis followed.
Muhammad Ali was 10th.
Outside the ring, Robinson ap
peared in several films and television
shows and helped organize the Sugar
Ray Youth Foundation. He was
elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame in
1967.
Robinson was well-known in
Harlem with his nightclub Sugar
(See SUGAR RAY, P. 2)
The Carolinian
RALEIGH, U.C.
VOL. 48. NO. 39
MONDAY*
APRIL 17, 1989 ft*
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IN RALEIGH dLU0
ELSEWHERE 300
Police Nab Robbers
Captured
Leaving
Building
A night clerk at an adult bookstore
who had been missing after an ap
parent robbery was located in New
Jersey and according to police said
his kidnappers were two black males.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
is investigating the kidnapping along
with the Raleigh police.
In a separate incident, police
charged three Raleigh men with
breaking into Hunter Elementary
School and two restaurants. Police
said they caught the men trying to
leave the East Davie Street school
through a rear window at around 3
a.m.
Last week Raleigh police issued an
all-points bulletin for Richard Peter
Madia, 35, of 119 E. Mclver St.,
Zebulon, who disappeared from
Pegasus News and Video 6904 Davis
Circle, after an apparent robbery.
M[adla m»s. missing from the
24-hour adult booketore when
building open, a spare tlrb“from
Madia’s car in the driveway, the cash
drawer on the floor, chairs overturn
ed and blood on the counter. Madia’s
car was missing and the police
suspected foul play.
Reports say Madia wandered up to
a service station in Secaucus. N.J.
and later his wife called the police to
(See ROBBERY. P. 2)
Taxpayers Say *Build
Homes...Not Bomba"
As millions of taxpayers scurried to
complete their federal tax returns
before tonight’s deadline,
demonstrators in almost 60 cities na
tionwide protested against the large
chunk of the taxpayers’ dollar—52
cento—that is allocated annually to
military spending at the expense of
housing and other domestic pro
grams.
While passing out “Build
Homes—Not Bombs" mock postage
stamps to taxpayers on their way to
mail boxes and chanting “52 Cento,"
some protesters held demonstrations
at post offices and built symbolic
houses on the grounds. Others
repaired houses in their communities
and held memorial services for
homeless people who have died. All of
the demonstrators seek support for
the National Comprehensive Housing
i—
Act, HR U22, which would Boost
federal housing funds by cutting
military spending.
The national Jobs With Peace Cam
paign, which organized the rallies,
said that the S3 cents of every tax
dollar which ends up in defense cof
fers describes total military spen
ding: the regular budget allocated to
the Pentagon, defense-related spen
ding of NASA and the Department of
Energy: military share of the in
terest on the federal deficit, cost of
past wars, adn foreign military aid.
“We might as well send a check for
half our tax payment directly to the
Pentagon,” said Jill Nelson, ex
ecutive director of Jobs with Peace.
“The government doubled military
spending in the last eight years, but
chopped funds for housing bv 82 per
(See TAXPAYERS, P. 2)
FINER P0trrs-M*. Mamie Pope, left, supervisor of the Expamled Food
Nutrftlofl Education Program goes over some of the finer points ef material with
Ms. Jackie Kearney, left, and Ms. Brenda Hicks. (Photo by TaNb Sabir-Calloway)
Price’s Consumer BUI
Helps Protect Taxpayer
Washington, u.o.—rourtn
District Congressman David Price s
has strengthened the consumer’s £
hand itt the Bush administration sav- r
ings and loan rescue plan. r
Price has offered three amend- A
ments to the bill, designed to protect c
the taxpayer and ensure a tougher
regulatory structure. The amend- s
ments would strengthen the political n
independence of the FDIC’s board;
limit the amount of taxpayer money
obligated; and require fuller
disclosure of agreements to resolve
failed thrifts: A banking subcommit
tee passed the first two amendments
last week, and is expected to approve
the third this week.
“The subcommittee agreed that we
need to be vigilant in protecting con- i<
sumers’ rights,” Price said. “These c
amendments ensure that the con- N
sumer doesn't carry an unfair burden S
in restoring solvency to the savings L
and loan insurance fund.”
The amendments also underscore $:
the intent of the administration to o
restore the solvency of the insurance $
fund while enacting tough regulations tl
to prevent future crises. Price said, d
“I feel confident that these amend
ments will become part of the final b
legislation.” fi
Price’s amendments would: v
• Block the president from remov- y
ing the chairman of the Federal n
Deposit Insurance Corp. before his
four-year term expires. This would r
insulate the FDIC from intervention
by the White House.
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ystem in place,‘Price said. “We’re
Lving FDIC Chairman William Seid
lan the independence he needs to
lake tough decisions.” The General
ccounting Office has endorsed this
>ncept as well.
• Limit the obligation of the in
lrance funds to the amount of
loney actually on hand, and prevent
(See CONSUMER, P. 2)
"Where Do I Go From
Here?" An Educator
Pondera Retirement
BY ANN HUNT SMITH
Sprclyl T« Thu CAROLINIAN
WIIKRK DO I GO FROM HERE?
A Teacher Faces Retirement
"Mere survival is an affliction. What is of interest Is life, and the
direction of that life.”
—Guy Fregault
Even as I pour out these Innermost cries for deliverance. I wres
tle with the pain of knowing and accepting the end of a fruitful and
productive career. When my father, William E. Hunt, a former prin
cipal in Wake County, faced retirement in 1959, he knew that he had
prepared a Charles Holland or a Bennie Baker to accept the torch of
excellence and to keep it burning. When my teacher, Emily May
Morgan Kelly, faced retirement in 1967 after 40 years of service to
the state of North Carolina, she knew that there would be a Lloydine
Ferry, an Ernest Massenburg, an Esther Morgan, even an Ann Hunt
prepared to take the torch of excellence and pass it on. When my
mother. Carol W. Hunt, retired after 35 years of active duty in the
Where do I go from here? The
euphoric days are over. Is there
someone in this country prepared to
take the torch of excellence. Is there
someone prepared to accept the
challenge of teaching music in multi
ethnic culture?” Ann Hunt Smith
school svsems of Raleigh and Wake County, she knew that her
students would long remember her genuine love and concern for
their total growth and development, and would emote a similar con
cern in their career choices.
For 28 years I have patterned my life after these successful
teachers and many other leaders I’ve encountered through the
years. Profiting from their strengths, I have met success; profiting
from their weaknesses, I have gained new insights to face the
challenges for a changing society. When I, Ann Hunt Smith, a music
teacher in Wake County, retire, may I rest assured that I have pro
duced in the lives of my students the knowledge, wisdom, and virtues
of a line of good teachers.
Where do I go from here? The euphoric days are over! There is so
much to worry about unless the focus is on the unseen. Is there so
meone in this country prepared to take the torch of excellence? Is
there someone prepared to accept the challenge of teaching music in
a multi-ethnic culture? Students must be taught the relationship of
music to the culture that produced it. With social changes and
culture constantly changing, drifting and shifting, the music teacher
in Wake County must be creative, inventive, original and willing to
break with tradition in meeting the unique learning needs of
students. Is there someone committed to learning the skills and con
(See TEACHER, P. 2)
Blacks Pay Third Highest Cost
For Child Care Services In U.S.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—African-Amer
ans rank third in the cost of child
ire services, according to the Philip
orris Companies, Inc.’s “Family
irvey II: Child Care," conducted by
Duis Harris and Associates.
Paying an average monthly fee of
58, African-Americans are topped
ily by parents with incomes of
iO.OOO and over, who pay $332 a mon
i, and those whith postgraduate
agrees, who pay $289.
Other survey statistics show that
usiness executives pay $244 a month
ir child care, professionals pay $226,
hite-collar workers pay $215, four
ear college graduates and single
(others pay $211.
Chief among the public’s concerns
agarding children is child care Only
a 91 percent majority
of the American
public agrees that
quality child care
should provide the
social, educational
and health benefits
needed at each stage
of growth...
5 percent of those polledtoelieve that
lost children receive quality child
are while their parents are at work,
ly large margins across all
emographic groups, Americans
ave deep concerns about a lack of
dequate child care and say they
/ant both the publfr and private sec
ure to be active >n improving the
hild-care system.
Harris noted that the survey found
list what parents pay for child care
ears little relation to what they can
fford. Those families surveyed in
he lowest-income brackets are pay
ig almost as much as the most af
luent. '
The survey said, in addition, mat
Americans believe that the quality of
ife for children in the United States
as deteriorated.
Parental dissatisfaction also
merges with four crucial elements
nvolved in child:care selec
ion—cost, availability, quality and
eliability. Only 45 percent say they
are very satisfied with both the cost i
and availability. A slightly higher 50 i
percent are very satisfied with the
quality, and 54 percent with the <
reliability of the child care they can
get.
“The central problem with child
care in the United States is that a pro
per infrastructure simply does not ex
ist." said Harris. “Combined with the
fact that large numbers of Americans
are worried and negative about what
is available in child care, this makes
the situation a national crisis."
A 91 percent majority of the
American public agrees that quality
child care should provide the social,
educational and health benefits need
>d at each stage of growth, and 84
>ercent believe that means must be
bund to provide top-quality child
:are to all children regardless of their
jarents’ income.
More than 90 percent of adults poll
sd say that parents should have the
)pportunity to choose among several
iptions of child care best suided for
:heir children and that they must play
in important part by voicing their
:oncerns and wishes.
The public says it wants the federal
government to move quickly on the
ssue of child care. Sixty-three per
:ent of the entire adult population
:hinks it is likely that major steps will
(See CHILD CARE, P. 2)
8KK.Lt AND TALENT-8h*’s vary ikMad, let the mast Important thing, talant
accampanias Rhonda Bond, ana at tlw charactars Ron Campball has rohoarsing at
Abracadabra, the ana’s most recant and dtstlngsaisbad cate theater on Atlantic
Avenue. Ms. Bend resides in RaMgh.