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HOUSING k tm OHIC was formed with auDDort from the City of lUMgh andthe ‘ to MM. Other ln| pw hoiiiok c moM, « nefc 99-unit rental < for the elderly an Sandsrford 'Road; (Stot Lake*Wheeler Road; and, In pvtnmhip with York Construction, the reservation of the Motoric Mur phoy 8chool Into BS apartment units forth “ ■■■■■■NflfiHH the elderly. TASKFORCE (Continued from page 1) and assistant print superintendents, pinoh, studsnts, and a subcommittee compoaad of Departmont of Public Instruction staff. Etheridge, in a statement on tbs problem, said, “You already know that the recent ranking on the SAT left North Carolina Slat in die nation, behind every other state and Uw District of Columbia. “You know also that I said the day after tbe rankings were released that we would not accept that ranking, that we intended to fix whatever needed fixing, and that even a casual look at comparative scores'on tbe SAT and other tests convinced me that we needed to study what was happening in oiprliigh schools. “Certainly, we cannot wait another generation to begin fixing whatever it is that has caused North Carolina to drop to the bottom of the nation on any educational ranking. “Our present governor, former governors Hunt and Sanford, who. will be with us today, and others have ex pended great energy and great resources to assure better schools for our children. “Our greatest resource is our peo ple, and their greatest resource is the best education we can possibly af ford. “That, I am convinced, was why I found so many outstanding North Carolina citizens willing to serve on this Task Force on Excellence in secondary ocnooui. Cleveland, Ohio. He was a reoident in mixed medidne/pediatric programs at Strong Memorial Hospital, Univer sity of Rochester, N.Y., and com peted tbe family medicine rasfcjUocy at UCLA where he alee was a Robert Wood Johneon Clinical Scholar in the School of Medicine. Dr. Satcher has held many outstan ding academic mJ 1‘MhImi appoint ments, including Macy Faculty Fellow in Community Medicine ian-74, profeasor and chairman, Department of Family Mwdirlne at the Charles R. Draw Postgraduate Medical School in Los Angeles, lvn-79, acting dean at Draw, 1177-7*. In addtion, he served as the director of the community Hypertension Outreach Program, director of the King-Draw Sickle Cell Research tont professor of ogMomtelogy, Church, Capitol Hill Tennessee and in many professional and burin— af filiations la -the dty of Nashville. Marriad to tbo formar Nola Richard son and father of four children, sges 10, U, IS and 17. < 1) Sonata and trisrissd nationally on tbs congressional C-8PAN network, the find Sonata deliberations wort con dusted in dosed sessions before the senators publicly ri their vote as faced In the star chamber after the final "It was petUdos, all politics. The conservatives wanted to embarrass the Democrats,” Congressional Delegate Walter B. Fauntroy (D-D.C.) quietly said after the vote. Before theflnal tally, Fauntroy Issued a statement declaring, “While lawyers and scholars may debate [these] issues at length, there are thoee of us who believe that what Is reo% at stake are the very basic prindptqi of this nation... Justice and fairness. “I find it difficult to believe that after nearly a decade, when records have been lost and witnesses have passed, any serious student or ad vocate of the Constitution would con sider the... proceedings of the Senate Just or fair. That is why I oppose the trial by the United States Senate of Federal Judge Akee Hastings. I believe his constitutional right against double Jeopardy as embodied in the Fifth Amendment is being violated.” Standing on the Capitol steps in Washington before the senators com pleted voting on all charges, Hastings declared, “I am not guilty of any crime... I have no choice but to accept their decision.” No appeal is con sidered possible because of constitu tional provisions requiring separa tion of powers between the three branches of government. At one point, Hastings declared, "I do not believe this is a racial matter, but if I ware white this would not be happen ing to me.” He uien announced ms pians to run for governor of Florida “to let the people decide” and filed petitions for candidacy two days later in Tallahassee. The popular, outspoken former jurist said he would practice law and teacbtf he is not elected to of fice. The impeachment process places no other restrictions than loss of office and benefits of the position. As political, eivil rights and govern ment officials discussed the decision, Democratic Party officials gathered at a major fundraiser in Washington. But DNC repreentativee and Congres sional Cmitim spokespersons declined comment. “Hastings was the farthest thing from their minds,” said one observer at the IMOO-a-person gala. Rep. Gus Savage (D-Dl.) repeated ly expressed support for Judge Hastings during the proceedings and attempted a “victory” celebration for foe attorney at Murph’s Supper Club in D.C.’s Municipal Center. “He’s free at last,” said WOL radio talk show hostess Cathy Hughes. “They said, ‘He’s got a big mouth,’ but you ain’t heard nothing yet,’’ she told w'Hvid'— of her audience ex pressing solidarity with the ousted and some legal action is being con sidered regarding his government tenure. Co-defense counsel Patrice Williams said the and chief defense couneel Terrance Anderson and other lawyers volunteered their servicee, but there were heavy expenses for the tong years of defense. It is ironic, Hughes pointed out, that Hastings was dismissed a few days before he became eligible for a lifetime pension while the Senate was also meeting to consider restoration of a lifetime pen sion for Col. Oliver North who has been convicted of a federal crime In a U.8. district court. Appearing as one of three pro secutors in the Senate trial, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) told the hushed body, “I come before you with a heavy heart to ask removal of one of the handful of black judges on the federal bench.” When the pro ceedings began before his committee, he was prepared to believe the judge was innocent but he came to believe there was enough circumstantial evidence to find Hastings guilty, Con yers said. In contrast, the chairman of the Senate panel, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and vice chairman, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) voted for ac quittal in the 7-5 recommendation for impeachment. Bingaman said the evidence was too circumstantial. Specter released a 70-page report recommending Hastings’ acquittal because of (l) double jeopardy; (2) mostly circumstantial evidence and (3) no violations of Senate standards required for impeachment. A total of 21 Democrats and five Republicans, including Specter,, voted for acquittal. NEWS BRIEFS (Continued from page 1) JAPANESE BUY ROCKEFELLER CENTER The Rockefeller Group, owner of Rockfeller Center, Radio City Music Hall and other valuable mid-Manhattan office buildings, said that it had sold control of the company to the Mitsubishi Estate Co. of Tokyo, one of the world’s largest real estate developers. Richard A. Voell, Rockefeller’s president and chief executive, said Mitsubishi would pay $846 milion cash for the 51 percent in terest. LIBRARY BOOK SALE Hie IMS Friends of the Wake County Library Book Sale will be held Noy. 11-12 at the Morrlsville Marketplace Mall, Donated books, damaged or worn books and books which have not cir culated off library shelves will be sold. Proceeds will buy new books for the 17 libraries in Wake County. CHRISTMAS PARADE All children nges 5-12 are in vited to participate in the Raleigh Christmas Parade Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. Deadline for entries is Nov. 14. Pick np an entry form at your closest community center or call 880-3285 to receive a form. MINIMUM WAGE DEAL The Bush administration and congressional leaders agreed to raise the minimum wage to $3.80 an hour next year and 94.25 in 1881, ending a long political deadlock. The minimum wage has been 13.35 since 1881. The agreement came after Bush accepted a steeper rise in the minimum wage than he wanted and congressional Democrats retreated from their opposition to a subminimum training wage for teenagers. The training wage would be 13.35 in the first year and $3.81 in the se cond. It could apply under the agreement only to workes ages 18-18 In their first Jobs. NEW WACHOVIA OFFICE Wachovia Bank and Trust has applied to the U A Comptroller of the Currency for permission to open a new office in Raleigh. The ‘ proposed new office. Wachovia’s 18th In Wake County, will be located on the southeast corner at the intersection of Spring Parent Rend and Leigh Drive. Urn new eflka, if approved, willbeafull oervlce branch, offering com plete banking services, Eugene B. Hardin, Jr., regional vice prosidont, said. NAACP Burns meant that he would never bow down, and he will not be in the fiery furaace.“As black folk, we have been in the fiery furnace. We have been in slavery. We have been hated by some, and we have caught hell. We have a high rate of unemployment and underemployment. “We in America have been burned. What will get black Americans out of the Are? Not drugs, not sex, not il literacy—none of these. We must meet America on America’s terms. The solution is to be the best of what you are." The speaker said the following will get us out of the fiery furnace: educa tion, hard work, protest, unity and prayer. We must cling to the rock of hope and freedom, he said. Dr. Burns, who is director of the National Life Membership Division, received a standing ovation as he completed his address. Prior to speaking, he received a key to the ci ty of Raleigh from District C Coun cilman Ralph Campbell, Jr. Others who brought greetings to the group were the Hon. Kenneth Wilkins, Wake County register of deeds, and Ms. Angela Grimes, first vice president of the Raleigh-Apex NAACP and con ference coordiantor. Ms. Portia Brpndon, chairman of the North Carolina NAACP’s Life Membrship Committee, presided over the mass meeting. The music was furnished by the Martin Luther King Children’s Chopir and the Walker Sisters. Kelly M. Alexander, Jr., state president, presented a plaque to Bryan McIntyre, vice president of WPTF. The Capital Area NAACP presented a plaque to radio station WAUG for the work done on the re cent radiothon. The conference included workshops on topics relating to internal affairs. In the workshop on redistricting, Dr. Allen Cooper and Councilman Camp bell stressed the fact that we must be counted in the 1990 Census. Our federal grants, etc., are determined by the count. We must on the alert when the city divides the districts. Other workshops dealt with “The Democratic and Republican Par ties—What’s In Them For Black Folks?,’’ “Setting Up a Community Based Tutorial Program,” “The NAACP’s Legal Program,” and “Communicating With Your Membership.” ; The youth held workshops on Fri day and Saturday at the Sheraton Crabtree. Tees la Morgan, president of the Raleigh-Apex Youth Chapter, and Brian Thompson, president of the St. Augustine’s College chapter, assumed leading roles. An Educa tional Opportunity Fair was held on Friday at 12:15 p.m. Some other workshops held werei “Color Pre judice in the Black Community,” “New Academic Requirements for Athletes,” and “The Sciences—A Career Path for the ’90s.” The conference closed on Saturday with a dance for the youth. There were approximately 150 youth pre sent. For adults, the closing activity was an awards dinner at the Marriott honoring Floyd B. McKissick, Sr., minister and constitutional lawyer, as well as the author of “Three-Fifths of a Man.” The 1990 state NAACP conference will be held in Hickory. CRIME (Continued from page 1) Jones and members of the BBS, Business Building Society of Wake County have planned to team up with ministers and the press to spread the word of the boycott and to also stress the importance of the boycott. , Jones insists that African Americans have to take a stand on this issue. He feels that if African Americans sit back and let the mall problem go, then the African American race will find itself endur ing another bout of racism that ex isted durng the 60’s., Jones says that with a successful boycott attitudes will change, not on ly at Crabtree Valley Mall, but with individuals themselves. Mrs. Malrgaret Rose Murray, -- chairman of the board for the BBS of Wake County, agrees with Jones that African-Americans in Raleigh should put an end to shopping at Crabtree Valley Mall mainly because “If peo ple do not want our presence, then they do not want our money.” The boycott was initiated by a group of students at St. Augustine’s College who were deeply dlstrubed by Grimaldi's memo and the message it Implied. The students addressed their anger with Ms. Murray and members of the BBS about what measures can be taken in retaliation to Grimaldi's statement. Similarly, local high school students expressed the same discontent and therefore formed one large group of young peo ple who |rian to picket outside the mall. Mrs. Murray says that the young people are "tired of having the finger pointed at them everytime something goes wrong.” "We would be less than adults to not support the young peo ple," she added. Reporters for The CAROLINIAN tried unsuccessfully several times to contact Mr. Grimaldi on Wednesday. Assistant City Manager, John Yates, said "that the boycott is not a city issue,” and that if the protesters did gather in front of the maU, they are perfectly within their rights. Yates also stated that he was not made aware of the boycott until Wednesday. BOYCOTT (Continued from page 1) charged with assault inflicting serious injury and is being held in the Durham County Jail under $1,000 bond. Kenneth Joint of the same address was treated for a stab would in the right forearm and released from Durham County General Hospital. The two had been drinking when the fight broke out about 8 a.m. Leon Joint had a high blood-alcohol content at the time of the fall and that was probably was what saved him from breaking any bones. YMCA, WAUGTV Share In Annual Child Campaign Mrs. Caro) Hunter, television operations manager of Channel 68, says this is WAUG’s way of sharing in the 8th Annual Back-A-Child Campaign. The highlight of the luncheon. Woody Chappell, a sophomore at Enloe High School shared is perspective of the Back-A-Cbild Campaign and what he has gained as a young male from the program, during his years of participation. Wood Chappell was also the ’88 Youth Award Honoree. Mrs. Chappell was also in attendance. Women’* Chib To Hold Workohop OnHbtoiyHmr* Tha North Carolina Fsdaration of Nagro Woroan'a Cluba will hold a National Aaaoclation of Colorod Woman’! Cluba Hlatory and Parliamantary procaduraa workshop, November 4, I960, at tha MS. BETTYE BALDWIN Richard B. Harrison Library ISIS New Barn Ava, Raleigh, N.C. in keeping with the proclamation of NACWC, members month. To begin the observance of National Association of Colored Women’s month Mrs. Bettye Baldwin, The NACWC, Inc., executive Council Chairperson of Chicago 111. and Red Springs, N.C. will conduct the workshop. All members are urged to attend, lids will be a very enlightening and informative workshop. Ossie Davis To Speak Nov. 4 At Daks University DURHAM—Author, activist and actor Ossie Davis will speak on the Duke University campus Saturday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. in Duke Chapel. His free public talk will be featured as a part of Black Solidarity Week, and la sponsored by the Black Student Alliance. Perhaps best-known for Ids performance in “A Raisin In Hie Sun,” Davis has acted in otter Broadway plays, among them “Job” and “I’m- Not Rappaport.” He has written and directed stage productions and is the author of “Purlie Victorious; A Comedy hi Three Acts.” More recent of Davis’ works include “Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass” and “IKingston: A Play.” One of Davis’ early works was the screenplay for the film “Cotton Comes To Harlem.” His motion Picture credits include, among otter films, “The Joe Louis Story,” "Shock Treatment,” and "Avenging AngaL” The television productions of “All God’s Children” and “The Eleventh Hour” also showcase Davis’ talents. Top Teens Kicking Off First Meeting Of Year The Raleigh Chapter of Top Teens of America kicked off its first meeting of the year in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church with President Patricia Warren presiding and other officers filling their respective roles. Four Top Teens were recognised by Top Ladies of Distinction for their outstanding achievements over the summer. Teen Daphne Baaemore attended the Sunftner Tech Program, Teen Jennifer Davis was elected state president of die National Honor Society, Toon Karen Greene attended Governor’s School East, and Teen Dee Stiff attended a leadership workshop. The group of 30 enthusiastic teens the* divided into groupe to discuss fundraising activities and service projects. Plans to be implemented include working with senior dtisens, visiting Pursing homes, participation in the Fashion Show for the United Negro College Fund, Get-Out-Th* Vote-Campaign, passing out flysrs and encouraging citizens to vote on October 10th and November 7th, and a holiday dance to be held in December. Workshops on parliamentary procedure and test taking skills will be on next month’s agenda. Top Teens who will be presented at the I960 A.K.A. Debutante Ball in November attended the Parent-Deb Reception at Shaw University an Sunday, October 22. They are: Thenesia Bailey, Daphne Basemen, Jennifer Davis, and Karen CIroans. Top Teens saying as asaiatnnt marshalls are Darryl Shorter and Tommy Wilder. The next scheduled meeting of Tap Teens of America, Raleigh • will be held on Sunday, November 1*. 1969at First Baptist Church. Teen advisors are Lady Barbara David, Lady Doris Burke, and Lady Madeline Curtis.
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