JOHN WINTERS, SR.
REV. H. B. PICKETT
Plan For New lines
Districts May Dilute __ viuui
From C'AROI.INIAN Staff Reporto
The Raleigh City Council last week
agreed to hold a 2nd hearing on a
redistricting plan after African
American community leaders and
voters voiced concern over the pro
posal that ignored their opinion.
Community leaders and former
politicians attacked an agreement
I that was reached between the city
| and the Wake County Republican
| Party in a lawsuit to equalize the
l population of Raleigh’s five election
‘ districts.
The city recently reached an agree
ment in a federal lawsuit filed by the
Wake County Republican Party and
three individual plaintiffs against the
City of Raleigh to realign the city
council districts for the 1989
municipal elections. The planned
realignment proposed to “reflect.an
acceptable population balance
among the districts.”
African-American leaders are con
cerned that changes in district lines
could weaken the clout of black
voters throughout Raleigh, but are
more concerned about redistricting
withiiut due or careful process.
City Attorney Tom McCormick and
Sam Wyrick, attorney {or the plain
tiffs in the lawsuit, stated that it was
the express wish of all parties to issue
a joint statement announcing the
settlement to emphasize cooperation
•that “has brought about an “out-ef
court agreement. The prompt settle
ment of this matter will avoid any
delay in the electoral process regar
ding filing deadlines for city council
candidates, and it also will minimize
the expense and time that would be
involved in resolution of the case in
court.”
The Rev. H. B. Pickett, president of
the Raleigh-Apex Branch of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People said “My con
cern right now is for each citizen of
Raleigh to have the opportunity to
voice his or her opinion concerning
redistricting, because this will not on
ly affect Raleigh for the present, but
also for future generations.”
Pickett also said he wanted to
clarify the position of the Raleigh
(See DISTRICTS, P. 2)
INSIDE
AFRICA
Namibia
BY GWEN MCKINNEY
NNPA New* Service
WINDHOEK, Namibia-The
United Nations has woefully failed to
fulfil) its mission to guide the in
dependence process in Namibia,
while South African military forces
still maintain unchecked power that
could potentially rob voters of any
chance for free and fair elections.
That is the consensus of a team of
U.8. Jurists here recently as part of a
Washington, D.C.-based Commission
on Independence for Namibia. The
five-member delegation said they
met with people representing the
range of the political spectrum in
cluding South Africa’s colonial gover
nor, Louis Pienaar, and UN Special
Representative Martil Ahtisaari.
Namibia, the last colony in Africa,
is undergoing a UN-supervised in
dependence process that is to
culminate in elections in November.
The territory has endured nearly 75
yeras of colonial occupation by
neighboring South Africa.
The panel said they gathered
reports of assaults, death threats,
rapes, and night raids by former
members of South Africa’s counter
insurgency unit, Koevoet. The com
mission’s a cocun ts bolster persistent
reports of Koevoet intimidation and
attacks on civilians in the northern
region.
Force*, from that disbanded unit
have been integrated into the South
West Africa Police force, which
under the UN plan, is respoiftible for
maintaining law and order.
"If the elections were held tomor
row, they would be a disaster,” com
mented Nathaniel R. Jones, a
member of the commission and a
Moral appeals court judge in Ohio.
“The conditions here are chaotic. The
climate is not ripe for free and fair
elections. All we can hope is that the
heavy hand of South Africa can be
brushed aside. But that may be too
much to hope for.”
(See INSIDE AFRICA. P. 2)
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Advising Suspects
MirandaWarningViewed
Equivalent
Warning
Acceptable
The Supreme Court, rejecting
dissenters’ claims it was “making a
mockery” of the court’s 1966 decision
in Miranda vs. Arizona, ruled 5 to 4
that police, when advising suspects of
their rights, may depart from the
words set down in that ruling.
Chief Justice William H. Rehn
quist, writing for the court, said “We
have never insisted that Miranda
warnings be given in the exact form
described in that decision," Rehn
quist said. He cited wording in that
and subsequent rulings that said an
“equivalent” warning could be given.
The verdict came in the case of
Gary James Eagan, a Chicago area
man who initially called police to tell
them about the body of a dead woman
on a Lake Michigan beach. But when
he led them to the beach, the sup
posedly dead woman saw Eagan and
said, “Why don’t you stab me?”
Police, acting to comply with the
landmark Miranda admonition, then
warned Eagan of his right to remain
silent and have a lawyer, but said he
would be given a lawyer, “if and
when you go to court.” He was con
victed and sentenced to 35 years in
prison.
A federal appeals court ruled that
the police warning was inadequate
under Miranda since it was confusing
and misleading, appearing to link his
(See MIRANDA, P. 2)
Cease-Fire In Angola:
Beginning For Change
BY MALIK CHAKA
Special T» The CAROLINIAN
After 14 years of continuous war
fare, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, presi
dent of the Peoples' Republic of
Algols, and Jonas Malheiro Savimbi,
president of the National Union for
the Total Independence of Angola,
«iw* hands on June 23 and agreed to
the first ceasefire of the Angolan civil
war. The clasping of hands by these
African leaders, in the presence of 18
African heads of state, opened for the
first time since the Alvor Agreement
of 1978 the possibility of a negotiated
peace in a country that has known
almost continuous war since 1961.
The announcement made at a sum
mit meeting in the northern Zairian
town of Gbadolite demonstrates the
commitment of more than one-third
of Africa’s governments to finding a
lasting solution to the tragic war in
Angola.
This African determination to
achieve a political solution to the cur
rent war is in marked contrast to
their inability to end the fighting in
1976, when the Organization of
African Unity ended in a deadlock
(See CEASE-FIRE, P. 2)
DISTINGUISHED VERDICT-Attorneys Prince ShyNon, left, and Robert Burford
recently tried a case against the federal government that brough over $1 million
for their client. The results denote a very distinguished verdict. (Photo by TaNb
Sabir-CaNoway)
DIM Treatment Program
Fights Drunk Driving
GOLDSBORO—State Correction
Secretary Aaron Johnson said that
the July 10 opening of the DWI Parole
Treatment Facility on the grounds of
Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro “sym
bolizes state government’s commit
ment to addressing the tragedy of
drunk and drugged driving.”
Speaking at a news conference at
the facility, Secretary Johnson add
ed, “It is also tangible evidence of the
correctional reforms that have taken
place in North Carolina over the past
4 Vi years.”
The facility, which will be ad
ministered by the Department of Cor
rection’s Division of Aduilt Probation
and Parole, will help ease the pro
blem of prison overcrowding by
removing eligible misdemeanor DWI
offenders from prison and placing
them in a 28-day intensive treatment
program. The department’s
Substance Abuse Program will coor
dinate treatment at the facility.
The establishment of the DWI
Parole Treatment Facility was the
result of emergency legislation pro
posed by Gov. Jim Martin last Jan. 18
and ratified by the General Assembly
March 6. In addition to expanding this
and other programs of community
based alternative supervision, that
emergency legislation authorized the
construction of new prison facilities
and ratified the terms of the Small vs.
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tame time, state law was amended
to, among other things, remove &WI
offenders from the early release pro
visions of the Prison Cap.
The parole facility is located in the
C and O buildings of the Eastern
Vocational Rehabilitation complex on
the grounds of Cherry Hospital. The
buildings, which were underutilized,
were transferred to the Department
of Correction by the Department of
Human Resources. The department’s
(See DW1 PROGRAM, P. 2)
Broad Support
. Signals Growth
Shaw University President Talbert
0. Shaw announced recently that the
university successfully accomplished
its endowment fund goal of raising $1
million dollars. The $1 million
donated by Shaw alumni, members of
the General Baptist State Convention
of North Carolina, corporations,
friends, UNCF, trustees and faculty
and staff, is to match a $2 million
grant provided through the U.S.
Department of Education's Title III
Endowment Challenge Grant Pro
gram.
The alumni effort was led bv a na
Reynolds Foundation in Winston
Salem helped to underwrite some of
the administration’s expenses
associated with upgrading the univer
sity's development office in order to
conduct the endowment campaign.
According to President Shaw, this
broad-based donor support illustrates
the commitment to and confidence in
the university among its many consti
tuents. This base of support also
signals the future growth and
development potential of the univer
sity.
Shaw University is a member of the
United Negro College Fund, offering
majors in 30 fields of study and gran
ting AA, BA and BS degrees. In addi
tion to its proigram at the Raleigh
Shaw University is a co-educational, church
related institution committed to the task of
educating diverse people to meet the
challenge of a global society.
tional fundraising committee under
the direction of Barbara McSweeney
and the renowned gospel singer,
alumna Dr. Shirley Caesar.
In addition, members of the
General Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina, Inc. churches made
sacrificial donation* above and
beyond their regular annual contribu
tions for this campaign. The GBSC ef
fort was conducted under the leader
ship of convention president J.B.
Humphrey and executive secretary
C.C. Craig, along with a special stew
ing committee co-chair*<} ty]&%C.R,
Edwards, a- membw of the North
Carolina General Assembly, and Dr.
Priscilla A. Brodie, executive
secretary of the Woman’s Baptist
Home and Foreign Missionary Con
vention of North Carolina.
Contributions also came from
businesses, corporations, founda
tions, many friends, as well as the
trustees, faculty and staff of the
university. A grant from the Z. Smith
campus, the university serves
students in several areas of the state
of North Carolina through 10
strategically located Centers for
Alternative Programs in Education.
Shaw University is a coeducational,
church-related institution committed
to the task of educating' diverse peo
ple to meet the challenge of a global
society.
The major emphasis is liberal arts,
believing that the liberally educated
student will adjust to changing sopial
and economic conditions. Since its
founding in 1065, Shaw University has
been committed to providing various
opportunities designed to vitalize its
tunic philosophy as a religious in
stitution and to promoting its motto:
“Pro Christo et Humanitate,” so that
religion and learning may go hand-in
hand and character may grow with
knowledge.
Because of a commitment to in
(See ENDOWMENT, P. 2)
Project Tanzania:
A Message Of Hope
On the night of Sept. 13. 1957. a
young Maryknoll missionary
entered the church at Buhangija
Mission. It was Father Richard
Hochwalt's first day in rural Shi
nyanga, Tanzania. As he walked
into the church he experienced an
overwhelming sensation of being
where he belonged. Now, 30 years
later, his chosen work continues
in a setting he calls "right for
me.”
Father Hockwalt grew up in
Dayton. Ohio. His parents used to
get a magazine published by the
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.
As a youngster. Father Hochwalt
would read the magazine
regularly. Early on, he decided
he wanted to be a Maryknoll
priest. At age 15. he began
preparations for the priesthood at
St. Gregory’s Seminary In Cincin
nati, Ohio. Following ordination
on June 9. 1951, he spent three
years at the Vatican. While In
Rome, he earned a Doctor of
Canon Law degree a ad served as
secretary to Cardinal Fnmasone
Blondi.
During the past 30 years,
Father Hockwalt's greatest Joy
has been the time spent on Safari
(travel) with the people. As a
pastor, he would get up with the
first light of day. After church
services, he'd ride his
bicycle—and later on motor
bike—to an outstation In villages
(See TANZANIA. P. 1)
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AND TANZANIAN YOUTH
Family Reunions Exhibiting Ties
To Fortify Individuate, Nation
From June SOJuly 2,167 members
and friends of the Peebles family
gathered in Atlanta, Ga. to celebrate
Its 20th annual reunion. The weekend
began as 47 family members arrived
by chartered bus from Raleigh. They
Joined an addltioanl 120 family
members from other parts of the
country. This marked only the second
time the family had met outside ol
Raleigh. On one previous occasion,
the family gathered in Washington,
D.C.
Headquarters for the reunion was
the Pierremont Hotel on West
Peachtree Street in downtown Atlan
ta. Regsitration for the reunion took
place in a hospitality suite where
each guest received numerous
souvenirs and memorabilia, com
pliments of local Atlanta businesses.
Activities on Saturday, July 1, in
cluded a ride on the New Georgia
Railroad, composed of 21 passenger
can pulled by a 1910 restored engine.
Departure was from the Old Georgia
Depot in Underground Atlanta on a
route through Decatur, Ga. and conti
nuing on a 24-hour trip to historic
Stone Mountain. During the couroe of
the trip, passengers were Joined by
Rep. Ben Jones of the Fourth Con
gressional District in Georgia and the
mayor of Decatur, Mike Mean.
In conjunction with the train trip,
other activities were conducted
which included an afternoon at the
Atlanta Zoo, reported to be one of the
moot interesting in the United States;
shopping excursions to Lenox Square
and the Rio Shopping and Exhibition
Mall; Underground Atlanta; and
visits to the Martin Luther King
Center.
Saturday evening provided the
highlight of the weekend's activities
with a dinner and dance at the
historic Georgia Railroad Depot, ad
jacent to Underground Atlanta and
the state Capitol.
Claudette Fort Leak (formerly of
Raleigh and chairperson of the Atlan
ta host committee) presided. The
function began with an invocation by
James Harold Fort, Jr., auo tormer
ly of Raleigh and of the reunion boat
committee.
Official greetings on behalf of the
governor of Georgia were extended
by Rev. Robert L. “ Jackey” Beavers,
executive assistant to Gov. Joe Frank
Harris.
Featured guest speaker was the
Hon. Bill Campbell, member of the
Atlanta City Council and son of Ms.
June Kay Campbell and the late
Ralph Campbell of Raleigh. Coun
cilman Campbell spoke of the impor
tance of family values and traditions.
As a former Raleigh resident,
Campbell proclaimed July 1 as
Peebles Family Reunion Day in the
city, and read the proclamation to the
group.
Live music was provided by Ralph
Vaughn and the Ralph Vaughn
quartet for the dining and dancing
pleasure of the family and their
gweta.
.„ Prior to departure on Sunday morn
(See REUNION. P. I)