GENELL SANDERS HUNTER
Sanders, Hunter Repeat
Vows In Church Wedding
Ms. Genell Sanders and Tnomas
Eugene Hunter spoke their vows of
marriage in a 3 p.m. ceremony on
Saturday afternoon at New Trinity
Missionary Baptist Church, Clayton.
The Rev. Luther Coppedge of
ficiated at the exchange of vows. A
program of wedding music was pro
vided bv Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cherry.
The bride is the daughter of Leon
Sanders of Raleigh and the late Ms.
Ella Mae Bryant. The bridegroom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hunter,
Jr. of Clayton.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a white satin gown
with a sweetheart neckline, scalloped
with reimbroidered Alencon lace.
Lace motifs with accenting pearls
trimmed the short puffed sleeves.
The Basque waistline outlined in
reimbroidered lace and pearls ex
tended into the flowing cathedral
train.
Ms. Freda G. Cole of Raleigh serv
ed as maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Sharon K. Eberhardt of
Greensboro. Hilda Hunter of Raleigh,
Renee Sanders of Hampton, Va . and
Gail Westrv, Anaheim. Calif. Ms.
Nikki McNeill served as flower girl.
Jimmy Hunter served as best man.
Ushers were James Barrett,
Raleigh: Michael Hunter. Raleigh;
Kevin Lucas, Raleigh; and Leslie
Williams, Raleigh.
The new Mrs. Hunter graduated
from Winston-Salem State University
and North Carolina Central Universi
ty. She is a teacher in the Wake Coun
ty School System.
A graduate of Hardbarger Junior
College, Hunter is a software produc
tion analyst with Northern Telecom
Research Triangle Park.
Final parties included a reception
at Raleigh Nights following the
ceremony; a rehearsal dinner in the
church fellowship hall on Friday
evening; a bridesmaids' brunch at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Newkirk, and a “bon voyage” lun
cheon at the Tarboro Road Communi
ty Center on Sunday afternoon.
Following a wedding trip to
Nassau, Bahamas, the newlyweds
will live in Raleigh.
Doubts Deepening Over
Lucas As Rights Chief
WASHINGTON, DC. (AP)
William C. Lucas, the Bush ad
ministration's embattled nominee for
chief civil rights enforcer, came up
with a novel reply last week when
senators asked him his views on re
cent Supreme Court rulings.
“I’m new to the law,” said the
61-year-old former Wayne County,
Mich., sheriff, drawing a gasp from
onlookers and sending the nomination
deeper into doubt.
Within a day, Rep. John Conyers,
D-Mich., withdrew his support, and
two senators who had been leaning
toward Lucas turned noticeably cool.
Lucas’ performance at his confir
mation hearing provided new am
munition for civil rights groups who
claim he lacks the experience to head
the 151-lawyer civil rights division of
the Justice Department.
It also dampened prospects for con
firmation if the Lucas candidacy
reaches the Senate floor, perhaps
after lawmakers return from their
August recess.
Thus far Republicans are scoffing
at any talk of withdrawing the
nomination, and civil rights forces
are preparing for a showdown in the
Senate Judiciary Committee,
perhaps as early as Thursday.
“This is the most important civil
rights vote that senators will have
this year,” said William Taylor of the
Citizens Commission on Civil Rights.
President Bush would suffer a pain
ful embarrassment if the Senate re
jected Lucas, a black and former
Democrat who in 1986 switched par
ties to run an unsuccessful race for
governor of Michigan as a
Republican.
Republicans expect to move the
nomination out of the Judiciary Com
mittee, where it has been marooned
for months. Republicans, out
numbered 8-6 on the committee, may
need to capture two of perhaps three
wavering votes if they are to win a
favorable recommendation from the
panel for Lucas.
If the committee balks at giving a
favorable recommendation, there are
other routes to the Senate floor, but
the nomination would arrive there
under a cloud. And Lucas critics say
they have a stronger backing on the
floor than In the committee.
“The nomination is In trouble,”
says Ralph Neas, executive director
of the Leadership Council on Civil
vative Free Congress Foundation as
Lucas supporters sought to bring
pressure on senators believed to be
wavering. By most accounts they
were senators Dennis DeConcini,
D-Ariz.; Howell Heflin, D Ala.; and
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
“He needs to get two of them and if
he loses two then he is still in
trouble,” said Sen. Paul Simon,
D-Iir Simon said that after the con
firmation hearing he was inclined to
oppose the nominee because of
lukewarm testimony on civil rights
issues.
Judiciary Committee Chairman
Joseph Biden, D-Del., expressed the
same sentiments, saying he was
disappointed that Lucas had not
demonstrated more enthusiasm for
the civil rights cause.
DeConcini said Lucas could have
helped his own cause if he had
"couched it a little better" when he
oacked the Bush administration's
position that there is no reason to be
upset over recent court rulings on job
discrimination, minority set-asides
and other civil rights concerns.
But he said it was unreasonable to
expect the nominee to attack the
president and his prospective boss.
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh!
DeConcini did stop just short of ex
pressing full support.
Civil rights groups complained that
Lucas had never taken part in a trial,
filed a brief or handled an appeal!
“It's like me having a medical degree
but never practicing medicine and
being named to head a team of brain
surgeons," said Blaine Jones of the
NAACP Legal Defense and Educa
tional Fund.
Lucas supporters scoff at such
complaints and predict they will
prevail. "I think there are enough
Democrats who realize this is a very
fine man who has a good reputation
who has done a good Job in every Job
he has held and who deserves this
responsibility," said Sen. Orrin
Hatch. R-Utah.
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Business Oroups
Sponsor Annual
Awards Program
The North Carolina Asm» lation ol
Minority Businesses, Inc , eighth
annual conference will be held July
26-27 at the Durham Hilton Inn. The
highlight of the conference will he the
RJR Awards Luncheon address by
the Hon. L. Douglas Wilder,
lieutenant governor ol I he
Commonwealth of Virginia
Lt. Gov. Wilder is the highest
ranking black elected official in the
United States and is ^currently
involved in a campaign toHwv me
governor of VirgiiffiTv Duriiik. the
luncheon, individuals/honopwl foi
their contributions Xit/minority
economic ^development in North
Carolina^
Julia/Brown, executive director of
NCAMB, said "As we prepare to exit
the '80s\jnd enter a new decade, we
perceive total inclusion in the
economic picture to bo the priority
agenda item for the N. l\ minority
business community." Thus, the
theme for the 1989 NCAMB eighth
annaul conference, and the thrust for
the 1990s. is “The NCAMB Challenge:
Inclusion in the '90s."
The conference workshops on
information and data to prepare
business owners for operating
successfully in the 1990s. Specific
workshops will discuss the impact
new technology will have on business
development, the importance of the
1990 Census, and how to use Census
data to improve and expand your
business. Workshops on making
effective sales presentation and
developing business plans will also be
offered. Resource persons will be
available to provide assistance and
guidance in solving some of the
problems confronting minority
business owners.
Eric N. Nelson, purchasing and
transportation general manager for
AT&T Technologies Technology
Systems Group, will be the luncheon
speaker Thursday. He is responsible
for the supervision of purchasing and
transportation functions at AT&T
manufacturing facilities. Bell Lab
and all international locations. He is
the principal architect of AT&T
New Vendor Partnership Purchasing
Strategy and the Vendor Quality
Program. Nelson's office is located at
the AT&T Guilford Center near
Greensboro.
The Tobacco Institute challenged
COMPUTER CAMP—Students attending Shaw
University’s 1989 computer Camp: (I. • r. front row) George
Hawkins, Mario Bailey; (second row) Cureton Johnson,
William Chamberlain, Ronald Cornwall. Kenneth Barnes;
(third row) Melvin Clayton, Eugochukwu Emokauwa,
Armlnta Cornwall, (fourth row) Tracy Sandors, Larry
Barnes, Do Yeong Shin; (fifth row) Scott Mitchell and
William Spann (Instructors).
Blacks Cite Loan Discrimination
Applying For Homes, Real Estate
MILWAUKEE, Wis. <AP» -Being
••lack and having an inner-city ad
dress talk louder lhan substantial
assets and excellent credit ratings
when it comes to getting a home loan,
blacks told a city committee recently.
Residents testified recently at a
public hearing of the Fair Lending
Action Committee, formed in April by
Mayor .John (). Norquist and Gov.
Tommy G. Thompson to investigate
the large disparity in rejection rates
between black and white loan ap
plicants in Milwaukee.
The committee, composed of
the survey, claiming that the results
are at odds with other opinion polls. It
also questioned AARC’s
methodology.
Thus far, 145 members of Congress
have signed on as cosponsors of the
legislation to make the short flight
smoking ban permanent. The
Federal Aviation Administration has
recorded only 113 smoking ban
enforcement incidents since the law
took effect, out of 445 million air
travelers on affected flights during
the same period.
minority and business leaders, was
created after a newspaper reported
in January that Milwaukee blacks
are rejected nearly four times as
often as whites when applying for'
home loans at savings and loans, the
greatest disparity among the nation’s
50 largest cities.
Appearing before 18 committee,
members and about 80 audience
members, blacks told the stories
behind the statistics.
George Drinkwater said he tried to
get a loan to buy the house he now
rents from his landlord, who had of
fered to sell it for $14,500.
Drinkwater’s monthly rent is $140,
while the monthly mortgage
payments would have been $203.
Drinkwater said the lending institu
tion denied theloan, saying it could
not make any money off loans less
than $25,000.
Jocelyn M. Lee and her husband
own a home that was appraised in
April 1987 at $20,800, she said. They
have since spent $21,000 in home im
provements.
“I want to reinvest in the home that
I’ve got," she said. “I’m committed
to the city.”
But when the couple had the home
appraised again in their attempt to
seek a loan for more improvements,
the home was valued at $20,000 by an
appraiser. As a result, the couple,
who together earn more than $50,000
a year, were denied the $22,000 loan,
Lee said.
“I figured it would never happen to
me,” said Lee, who worked for eight
years at the savings and loan that
denied the loan.
The couple had the house appraised
by another institution, which put its
value at $30,000. The home improve
ment loan was approved.
‘‘I’m not shocked; I’m not surpris
ed; I’m saddened,” said Verda
Sayles, a committee member who
represents the Milwaukee Realtist
Association, a group of black real
estate agents.
The committee’s co-chairman,
David Balcer of First Financial
Bank, said the committee expected to
submit to Norquist and Thompson by1
mid-August a preliminary draft of
recommendations on how to rectify
the problems.
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