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RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 198 VOL. 48. NO. 82 JV.C.'s Semi-Week!• ^ DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY QP ■ IN RALEIGH , ELSEWHERE 300 Capital City Comets Making Top Scores In Community Page 13 New Football Season To Bring Surprises For Black Colleges Page 23 I “Redlining Black Faces?” Group Says Bank Failing Credit Needs J From CAROLINIAN Staff Report* Officials of the Raleigh Federal Strings Bank are planning to schedule a meeting with minority business people and non-profit development organizations to see that the credit needs of all segments of the Raleigh community are being met by the city’s financial institu tions. IV meeting is a result of a com ment filed bv the Raleieh Community NEWS BRIEFS ftnHA BORROWERS i i i Approximately 400 farmers in North Carolina and 150 farmers In South Carolina have been notified by the Farmers Home Administration that they are behind in their loan payments and are being offered an oppor tunity to restructure their debts. These farmers have 45 da\ s from the day they receive the notice to return most of the forms in cluding a plan to reorganize their FmHA debt. GROUNDBREAKING The Wake County Habitat for Humanity will hold a dedication end groundbreaking for their latest project to help a low hMeme family realize the dream elhemeownership. GE Mortgage Insurance Companies, sponsor of the Habitat home being dedicated, will host the event. Rtp. David Price (D-N.C.); Gregory Barmore, GEM1CO president; and Kick Beech. Habitat director, will participate | in the ceremony at 3 p.m. Sept. 17 Si 2744 Centennial Drive, Wor thdale Forest subdivision at Hose Lane and Poole Road. I CAN COPE The American Cancer Society li again sponsoring the “I Can Cepe” program, designed to assist cancer patients and their family members with “Learning ( the Art of Living With Cancer." I The lectures will be held on six j successive Thursday nights. ! from Sept. 21 to Oct. 26 at the ! Garner Road YMCA from 7-9 p.m. DUTY IN EGYPT Members of the 82nd Airborne Division's 505th Parachute Infan (See NEWS BRIEFS, P 2) Reinvestment Committee. This com mittee is composed of a group of com munity organizations, clergy, and minority business leaders, who want to ensure that the financial needs are being focused on fairly. The comment asked that Raleigh Federal’s application to acquire two other savings and loans be denied by the federal government. The commit tee concluded that Raleigh Federal had failed to meet the credit needs of Wake County’s low- and moderate income people and the substantial African-American community. The committee’s conclusions in cluded the fact that Raleigh Federal made just 16 loans in low-income neighborhoods over the past five years; that race was a factor regardless of income; that the institu tion participated in very few federal, state and local programs targeted toward low- and moderate-income people; has not contacted community leaders about community ccredit needs; that there are no minorities on the bank’s board of directors; and that the bank has no low-cost check ing product, which effectively ex cludes most low-income persons from participating in the bank’s checking programs. Before the comment was filed, the committee initiated discussions with the bank about their activities on three separate occasions, proposing programs they believed would assure that past problems would be cor rected. “We asked that our second and third meetings with the bank be held at an appropriate church in the predominantly minority quadrant of the city. Raleigh Federal insisted upon meeting at the bank’s corporate offices,” states Rev. W.B. Lewis, pastor of First Cosmopolitan Church Nationwide Strategy FBI Denies “Stalking” Blacks Observers Question Tactics W1NST0N-SALEM—The federal probe of alleged political corruption here may be part of a nationwide strategy by the U.S. government to harass black elected officials, some residents say. “Winston-Salem and Greensboro may simply be on a long list of ques tionable FBI tactics,” says a “state ment of concern” issued last month by the local chapter of the NAACP. The statement said the group was worried about “a pattern of in vestigation of black elected officials and political activists by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other governmental agencies.” Rasheed Bey, president of a black cultural organization called Awaken ing Giant, said he and others have distributed 500 copies of a newspaper article headlined, “FBI Stalks Black Leaders.” The article accuses the FBI and the Internal Revenue Ser vice of scheming to entrap black of ficials throughout the nation. In Winston-Salem, the officials under investigation were Alderman Vivian H. Burke, Patrick T. Hairston and Larry W. Womble. Ms. Burke and Womble are running for re election. And, although Hairston is not seeking another term on the board, he had not yet announced his plans when the federal investigation began. The main target of the investiga tion is Rodney J. Sumler, a political consultant in Winston-Salem and the vice president of the local NAACP. The Rev Carlton A.G. Eversley, a board member of the NAACP, said last week that the probe appears to be a “fishine exnedition ” (See BLACK UfMCIALS, P. 2) ON THE SCENE-Larry “Doc" Jonas, Norman Days and Rev. Ronald Swain were together tor an afternoon lunch while the weather was sunny and warm one day last week. (Photo by Tallb Sabir-Callowav! Legislature Expands Medicaid To Benefit Poor Women And Children As part of its effort to reduce the state’s alarming infant mortality rate and improve infant and child health, the General Assembly has invested $22.3 million over the next two years to enhance health care for some of the state’s poorer women and young children. The $22 million investment of North Carolina tax dollars will bring down from Washington approximately $56 million in federal funds over the next two years. Infant mortality is strongly linked to access to prenatal care. National studies have shown that with every dollar spent in prenatal care comes a $3 savings in long-term health-care costs from reduced neonatal inten sive care and treatment for mentally retarded children. Most of the money appropriated by North Carolina’s Legislature will be used to extend Medicaid coverage for maternity care for more low-income women and their infant children, as well as to include low-income children from ages 4-7 who had not been included before. Part of the money will go to im prove the reimbursement rate for physicians who provide prenatal and delivery services for Medicaid pa tients and to begin a public education campaign aimed at pregnant women who might not be seeking appropriate prenatal care. At 12.5 babies per 1,000 born. North Carolina has the fifth-highest infant death rate in a nation with one of the highest infant death rates in the world, particularly among in dustrialized nations. In 1986, Congress gave the states the option to expand Medicaid pro grams to new groups of poor women during pregnancy in an effort to bring down the nation’s infant mortality rate The states were also allowed to extend Medicaid benefits to addi tional low-income children. In North Carolina, the General Assembly has again expanded the Medicaid program to include an addi tional 6,700 women and 7,200 infants each year Pregnant women and in fants under age one whose family in comes are below 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines will now be allowed Medicaid benefits. This means that, as of 1990, a preg nant woman will qualify for Medicaid if her three-person family income is $15,090 or less per year, 50 percent higher than the current threshold of $10,060. More doctors providing more and tSee MEDICAID, P. 2) in Raleigh and a member of the com mittee. At the third meeting, Raleigh Federal proposed a Community Reinvestment Act program. “However,” states Rev. David Dolby, vice president of the Raleigb Wake Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and also a member of the CRA Committee, “Raleigh Federal made it clear that they are unwilling to move on several (See RALEIGH FEDERAL. P. 2) ( Wake Co. SAT Scores Increasing The class of 1989’s average SAT •cores in the Wake County Public School System increased by four pointc over the previous year The system’s average verbal score was «5, and the average math score was 471, for a total of 896-60 points above the state average. The Wake County class of IMS’s average scores were 421 verbal, 471 math, and total, 892. In additiMi, the percentage of students in Wake County taking the SAT in creased from 75 percent in 1988 to 76 percent in 1969. On Monday, State Superintendent Bob Ethendge reported that the statewide average SAT scores had ®opped five points from the previous year to a total of 836, making North Carolina the state with the lowest scores in the nation. “I am pleased we are making pro Ifress in Wake County with our SAT scans," commened Wake Countv Superintendent Bob Wentz. “Ob viously, we have more work to do, an tSee SAT SCORm>. r 2) Elections j 1989 Register To be able to vote, yon must be I registered and your name must be on the voting list at the polls. Many registrations are now void and you may not be a registered > f voter. You are not a properly registered voter If you have not 1 notified the Board of Elections of the following: • If you have not voted in one of the two most recent presidential elections or in any election held during that period, the county Board of Elections may purge your name from the voting records. • If you have crossed a county line, then you need to register in the new county of your residence. If you have moved within the county, you simply need to notify the county Board of Elections. For additional information call the county Board of Elec tions. National Medical Association Physicians Chart Historic Course BY DR. GEORGE C. DEBNAM Special To The CARU1.INIAN At its organizational meeting in Atlanta, Ga., in 1895, the National Medical Association became established at a dark time in American history, and for blacks in particular. Aa for black doctors, hospitals denied their patients admission and ^doctors had few privileges. Black doctors operated on kitchen tables and in back rooms under the most adverse conditions for themselves The late, great Dr. Charles V Roman of Dallas, Texas would have been very proud if he had revisited his offspring on July 15 of this year. Orlando, Fla. was the site of the NMA’s annual convention and scien tific assembly. Some 4,000 physicians and their families gathered at the Marriott World Center to discuss the current medical problems, especially how they affect minorities. The NMA represents 16,000 black physicians practicing medicine in the UnitedStates and its outlying ter ritories such as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Dr. Charles Johnson, a professor of endocrinology and internal medicine at Duke Medical Center, was elected president-elect of the NMA and will take office at its 95th annual conven tion in Las Vegas, Nev. in August of 1990 The new chairperson of the board of trustees was Dr. Yvonnecris Harris Veal Dr. Veal is the first woman chairperson of the Board of Trustees. She is a native of Ahoskie. The executive director of the NMA MEDICAL A8SEMBLY~Shown from left, Dr. Yvonnocrts t. VmL chairperson of the Board of Trusteas al Ida National Madteal Association; Dr Charles Johnson, prssidant-eiect of the NMA; and Dr. Vivian Plnn-Wiggins, president of tho association, during the annual convention and scientific assembly in Orlando, Fla. last month. is William Garrett, formerly ol Durham. He was assisted by his wife, the former Mercedes Nickens of Winston. ■ Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, secretary of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., was the keynote speaker for the occasion. He was given the NMA’s Scroll of Merit. The same award was given to Shirley M. Malcomn, Ph.D., head of the Direc torate for Education and Human Resources Programs of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science. Dr. Claudia R. Baquet, chief of the Special Populations Studies Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control of the National Cancer In stitute, and Ms. Linda Bass, director, Minority Health Programs, Office of Cancer Communications, also receiv ed NMA’s certificates of apprecia tion. Among the North Carolinians who were present at the convention were: Dr. and Mrs Fred McQueen, Hamlet, president of the ONSMS: Dr. and Mrs. Eric Buffong, Jacksonville: Dr. and Mrs. John Daniel, Durham: Dr. George Brothers, Jr., Durham; Dr. Elaine Hart Brothers, Durham; Dr. Andrew Best, Green ville; Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Dawson, Durham; Dr. Lacy A. Colson, Raleigh; Dr. and Mrs. George Debnam, Raleigh; Dr. and Mrs. Gary L. Gaines, Jacksonville; Dr. and Mrs. James P. Green, Hendersonville; Dr. Charles Johnson, Durham; Dr. Percy E. Jones, Greensboro; Dr. and Mrs. Otis B. Michael, Asheville; Dr. Jesse F. Williams. Fayetteville; Dr. and Mrs. Wayland McKenzie, Greensboro; Dr and Mrs. James Dixon, Greensboro; Dr. Edward Treadwell, Greenville; Dr. Leslie Walton, Chapel Hill; Dr. and Mrs. Emery Rand, Charlotte; Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Puin, Charlotte; Dr. and Mrs. Onye Akwarl, Durham; Dr. Barry Wynn, Charlotte; and Dr. Michelle Wynne of Charlotte. Also, Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Strayhom, Chapel Hill; Dr. and Mrs. Nell Cathcart, Henderson; Dr. Charles Cook, Raleigh. Dr. T. Foster, Charlotte; Dr. and Mrs. McArthur Newell, Greensboro; Dr. Pete Brewlngton, Greensboro; Dr. and Mrs. Flotella Watkins. Greensboro nr »»<i Mrs. (Sec MEDICAL SOCIETY P 2' wane upportunittes, me. Joins D.C. Celebration Of 25 Years of Community Aid BY TRACEY HALL Staff Writer Wake County Opportunities, Inc., celebrated its 25th anniversary this month in Washington, D.C. Dorothy Alien-Freeman, who has acted as director of WCOI since 1989, says that the main purpose for this United Way member agency is to “eliminate poverty in the midst of MS. DOROTHY ALLEN FREEMAN plenty in this nation of plenty by open ing to everyone the opportunity for education and training, the oppor tunity to work, and the opportunity to live in decency and dignity.” Wake County Opportunities, Inc. was established by the Wake County Board of Commissioners in 1985 as the local community action agency after the 88th Congress of the United States enacted the Economic Oppor tunity Act of 1964. Hie main objec tives of the program were to mobUise the resources of the county to combat poverty, promote or improve in any of its various aspects thq general welfare of low-income Wake tWy residents, and to assist in eradicatim conditions detrimental to tbs general welfare of Wake County low-income residents. The current budget of WCOI is ap proximately 92.5 million. With tbs help of this budget, the able to assist socioeconomically disadvantaged families or in dividuals in locating and subsequent ly renting or owning a borne that la within their budget In addition, the program is dasipt ed to provide emergency assistance to those families rupai ism lug criat situations This crisis Iwrhut^ (See DOROTHY FREEMAN, P if
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