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THURSDAY
JULY 20,1989 V')
VOL. 48, NO. 86 V
N.C.'s Semi-Weekly
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New Book On Tyson
Takes Swipe At Champ
Page 19
Frank Washington Buying
Into $1.6 Billion Deal
Page 13
FUN RUNANALK
Ik* OtiMr Road VMCA and
WQOK-FM *7.5 are anxiously an
ticipating their first annual Fun
Run/Walk an July 22. The pro
ceeds will benefit the continuing
growth of the YMCA and Its ac
tivities. If you have not signed up,
there’s still time. Call 833-1256 or
M8-07M.
SCHOOL BUILDING
Building, improving and ad
ding to the state’s current
schools is still on target, accor
dhg to state officials. All work
that Is currently In progress will
be completed by the time school
opens in the next few weeks.
There will be much better
fadUttes to serve educational
naads, they say, and this Includes
hiring new teachers.
WRITERS' NETWORK
Jonathan Yardley, Pulitzer
Prize-winning critic and colum
nist far the Washington Post, will
he the final judge for the first an
nual non-fiction writing competi
tion sponsored by the North
Carolina Writers’ Network and
The Independent. To enter, con
tact the Writers’ Network at P.O.
Bex 864, Carr boro 27510.
ALUMNI PICNIC
The Ralelgh-Wake Chapter of
the AfcT State University Alumni
Association will hoot a picnic for
all incoming freshman students
who plan to attend the university
at BUtmore Hills Park on July 29
tom 94 p.m.
LOOP STUDY ASSAILED
Environmentalists say a
9188,888 environmental study of
the Outer Loop Is deficient
because it does not fully address
hew development, pollutants
feuas vehicles and erosion would
affect water quality in Falls
Lake, Raleigh’s water supply.
The report found that the four
lane divided highway would have
minimal impact on the Falls
Lake watershed. The first of
three public hearings on the
etady was held July 18. En
vironmentalists say the proposed
expressway, which is expected to
carry up to 78,860 motorists per
day by . 2816, would promote
development along four inter
changes in the Falls Lake water
shed.
NCSU PROBE ENDS
A. six-month investigation of
the N.C, State University basket
hall program ended Monday
when C.D. Spangler, Jr., presi
dent of the University of North
Carolina system, received a
three hour oral report from a
-panel he had hand-picked for the
Spangler declined to discuss in
detail what the investigation
(Sand, but he said most of their
flaftap would he made public.
Be added that it is necessary to
(Sec NEWS BRIEFS, P.2)
Redeveopment And Growth
Jeffries
A New Concept
di uaviu a. swn
Sp«l»l To Tho CAROLINIAN
There it a large, unmet need for
sate, unitary and affordable housing
in Raleigh. Gregory F. Warren, ex
ecutive director of the Downtown
Housing Improvement Corp., states,
“Developing housing that Raleigh’s
working famlies and elderly can both
afford to live in and can be proud of
are two priorities of DHIC.”
DHIC was established in 1973 as a
private, non-profit corporation by a
group of central city neighborhood
residents and leaders in Raleigh’s
lending and real estate community.
me organization s goals are to con
serve existing homes and to construct
new homes in Raleigh’s minority cen
tral city neighborhoods.
Michelle Kee, chair of DHIC’s
board of directors, sees the agency as
“This is the first time there has been a non
profit corporation and corporate entity join in
a formal partnership to invest in affordable
rental housing...” Gregory Warren, executive
director DHIC
being "part of the redevelopment and
growth of downtown Raleigh." But aa
Ms. Kee emphasizes, "Redevelop
ment does not mean removal... it
does not mean displacing the area’s
[downtown] residents.”
Providing the agency with overall
guidance, DHIC’s board of directors
consists of local residents and
members of Raleigh’s business and
professional community. The City of
Raleigh has provided initial and con
tinuing annual funding to DHIC
throughout the corporation’s 16-year
(See JEFFRIES RIDGE, P. 2)
No Arrests Seen
Racial Slurs Erupt In Brawl
Injuries
Received
In Fight
From CAROLINIAN SUIT Reports
The usually quiet surroundings of
Variety Pic-Up, located on Hwy. 401
South just outside of Fuquay-Varina,
were upset by a brawl that reportedly
erupted when racial slurs were
shouted by white males in a pickup
truck who were walking up 401
toward the store, according to
reports.
The truck followed the black males
into the convenience store, scream
ing and shouting as they entered the
parking lot, according to reports of
eyewitnesses. Two of the black males
entered the store, followed shortly by
three white males, according to Jef
frey Collins, who was cleaning his car
at a self-service car wash next to the
store:
Collins, 19 and black, said, “After
my friends [the two blacks who had
entered the store] came back out, I
went in to see what was going on.”
Another eyewitness, Kenneth Jones,
IV, said one of the whites came out of
the store and called someone “nig
ger.”
“After that remark,” said Collins,
the white male “swung at me, and I
hit him with my right fist. He grabbed
me and then everybody jumped in,
approximately seven white males
from the pickup truck and three black
males.”
Jones said that before the fracas
began, the second white male out of
the store spat on one of the black
males who was on a motorcycle back
ing up. “One of the tall guys was try
ing to kick him in the head,” he said.
(See RACIAL SLURS, P. 2)
AFFORDABLE H0U8M6-Riegery Wantn, eiecutfve
oiFBCiOf or uowniown nousing impnivviiwni blip, (unn;
and Jebn “Tap” Breen, a member ef the beard efdbecters,
review plant and discuss prepress el the Jeffries Ridge
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Shiloh Foreoe Response For Sgfe
Watorf Examining Toxic Problems
SHILOH-The recent Shiloh public
hearing has had a major impact on
the Wake County and Morrisville
town governments, the Environmen
tal Protection Agency and the Beazer
Co. in response to calls to clean up
toxic waste in the community.
Approximately 100 community
residents, panelists, government of
ficials and supporters attended the
hearing sponsored by the Shiloh
Coalition for Community Control and
Improvement.
One lesson the community has
learned from this struggle has been
that elected officials must always
give regular reports, keep no secrets;
and listen to, follow and'put the in
terests and concerns of those they
represent first, above all else.
As a result of the concerns raised
about water contamination and
government accountability at all
levels, Morrisvilie has expanded its
NAACP Calls For Silent March On
Washington To Safe Guard Rights
DETROIT, Mich. (AP)-Diasatis
fied with President Bush’s inaction on
civil and abortion rights, the NAACP
is calling for a silent march on the na
tion’s capital next month.
The surprise announcement by Dr.
Beniamin L. Hooks, executive direc
tor ot the National Association for tne
Advancement of Colored People,
drew a standing ovation from the
3,500 people attending the closing ses
sion last Thursday of the group’s 80th
annual convention.
Rev. Jesse Jackson echoed Hooks’
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remarks in a speech later in the even
ing, noting that he planned to march
in the Aug. 26 demonstration.
“Reagan laid the tracks and built
the engine to take the rights of
workers and women and African
Americans and Hispanics and the
poor. Bush is putting grease on those
tracks, not brakes,” said Jackson,
: who received the group’s coveted Sp
ingarn Medal for achievement by an
American black.
| "For eight years, under the most
"I believe it’s time
that we tell George
Bush, Dan Quayle,
Jack Kemp, Lee At
water and the rest of
those Republicans it’s
time to put up or shut
up...”
Democratic National
Chairman Ronald
Brown
reactionary government in our
lifetime, we were shut out, spurned
and slighted. We all appreciate Presi
dent Bush’s appeal, a shift from
hostility to be kinder and gentler. We
appreciate that he is prepared to
meet and greet us and even sup with
us and even shake our hands,”
Jacksoosaid.
“But after six months, it is time to
look beyond the smile and look at the
(SeeNAACP, P. 2)
original contact and is now extending
water lines to the Durham County
lines. The town has also asked Beazer
to expand its well-testing to include
all wells in the community. This has
been started but not completed.
Wake County commissioners Ver
non Malone and Robert Heater car
ried community concerns about ex
panded testing, health effects and
screenings and poor state and federal
agency accountability back to the
Wake County Board of Commis
sioners. That board has now set up a
task force to research and address
(See SHILOH, P.2)
Affordable Housing
The rents at Jeffries
Ridge will range from
approximately $350 a
month for a two
bedroom to
approximately $375 a
month for a three
bedroom, compared
to the average two
bedroom in Raleigh
that rents for $500.
Weapon Replica
From S. Africa
On Display Here
The Casspir, a grotesque weapon of
intimidation and death, used by the
South African government to enforce
apartheid, will appear in replica at
several locations in Raleigh on
Saturday, July 22. The vehicle is
making "a cross-country tour this
summer to draw attention to the
suffering in South and Southern
Africa and to build support for
economic sanctions against the racist
South African regime.
The Casspir replica will be on
(See WEAPON, P. 2)
Baron Enters
At-Large City
Connell Race
Joan R. Baron filed this week to run
for an at-large seat on the Raleigh
City Council.
A member of the Board of
Adjustment, Mrs. Baron, 48, lives at
3208 Caldwell Drive. She has chaired
the Raleigh Telecommunications
Commission and served as president
of the League of Women Voters of
Wake County.
She said the city should “plan for
the year 2000” by working to solve
traffic problems and protect the
water supply.
Mrs. Baron said she would like to
see the city build a coliseum
downtown. She was reluctant to place
herself in either the pro-development
or pro-neighborhood camp.
Two other candidates, Frank L.
Turner and G. Steven Webb, have
filed for the at-large race. At-large
soundl member Anne S. Franklin is
npected to seek re-election, but
Norma DeCamp Burns will not.
Baron, said it is her intention to
work with all the citizens of Raleigh
n set a direction for future needs
(See JOAN BARON, P.2)
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