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m RALEIGH, N. C VOL. 49. NO 7 TUESDAY DECEMBER 19, 1989 iV.C. rs Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT CF JESUS CHRiSf SINGLE COPY /J C IN RALEIGH 4.U0 ELSEWHERE 3Ge Court Ordered Arbitration Helps System Program Planned For Entire State Plans (or Initiating a statewide program of court-ordered ar bitration of comparatively minor civil cases in North Carolina’s court system were announced last week by Franklin Freeman, Jr., director of the Ad ministrative Office of the Courts. The announcement followed the 1989 General Assembly's ap proval of legislation authorizing the statewide program and ap propriating 1539,520 for launching it during the 1989-91 biennium. Freeman announced that by the end of the fiscal, year next June 30, the non-binding arbitra tion program, involving civil ac tions of 115.000 or less, will be operating in nine judicial districts containing 26 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. If the North Carolina General Assembly determines that the funds needed are available and appropriates the money, “We think we can implement the pro gram over the entire state within One of the biggest advantages is that arbitration gives judges more time for greater emphasis upon other case such as domestic and juvenile. five years,” Freeman said. "Ar bitration is an innovative but pro- - ven alternative to regular civil liUgation. And we’re confident it will substantially increase the ef ficiency and effectiveness of our court system as a whole and especially our district courts, where caseloads continue to rise most dramatically.” The nine districts include three where pilot projects, financed by grants from private organiza tions, were successfully con ducted by the AOC over the past two years, according to a study by the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Govern ment in Chapel Hill and six addi tional districts chosen since the Legislature adjourned. State funds have been used since September to continue ar bitration in the three districts and the $53b,52Q appropriation will be (See ARBITRATION. P. 2) Homeless Finding Little Solution In Temporary, Overnight Shelters BY DE. ALBERT JABS An AMlynh Approximately 65 people came to the city shelter at 171? S. Saunders St. It was a cold night. The men were happy to have a roof over their heads for the evening. They had been transported in the bus from the Salva tion Army Center by Lawrence, a capable leader and organiser of the shelter. With two church workers, Adeline and Alice, we organized the night for staggered-duty tours. It was an uneventful night except for the stories and listening which went on. Through the auspices of the City of Raleigh and various church groups who volunteer their services, a badly needed operation goes on. What did the homeless tell us? They told us that they have worked, still work, but are down on their luck. They told of their pains, their fights, and their needs. They were broken people but like Virginia Freier, direc tor of Agape Place (Pan-Lutheran Ministries), they reminded us of how broken we are, too. By their stories, and our own stories, we felt a kind of kinship. It was a Christmas kind of night, and MI of us felt a little homesick. They wanted a homeplace; so did we. Wo had a temporary shelter but all of us knew this was just a transient place, a stopping-over area, a night to rest, before resuming the journey. It was cold outside, but warm in side, perhaps a bit too warm, and the night slowly evolved Into an early dawn when lights were turned od and the men transported back to the Salvation Army Center. We cleaned up the place. The overnight shelter Is a tem porary solution to the homeless condi tion. In listening to their stories, thii fact becomes clear. As a volunteer, one knows there is an escape In the morning; the guests at the overnight shelter cannot escape the streets and the other factors which keep them coming back again and again. Pan-Lutheran Ministries and other groups attempt to move the homeless into some independent roles As 'See HOMKl.KSS. »• 2t Operating On Global Seale Fighting Poverty Next Rights BattI warn m. The civil rights movement must operate on a global scale—in educa tion, the economy, trade and personal freedom—if America is to flourish, Atlanta Mayor and former U.S. Am bassador to the United Nations An drew Young told the opening session of “The Continuing American Dilem ma: A National Civil Rights Con ference." The conference, held at Tulane and Xavier universities in November, brought more than 60 speakers to discuss civil rights issues over a four day period. It was sponsored by the Amistad Research Center at Tulane, with eight million pieces the largest ethnic history resource in the world. “The tactics of marching and demonstrating that we championed here in the '60s have moved to Tiananmen Square and to Eastern Europe," Young told his audience. "We see bending and breaking of authoritarian systems all over the world. "The dismantling of the com munism movement is in no way dependent on the hundreds of millions of dollar we have spent on military might. It is dependent on the desire to be free that we sang about in the civil rights movement." In the 1960s and 1960s in America, Young recalled, educated black peo ple found themselves enslaved. "Black Ph.D.'s couldn't register to vote. My brother graduated from dental school, served as a naval lieutenant, and was refused registra tion. People who were millionaires were sent to the back of the bus, or the back window of a Chinese restaurant to carry out food.” The issue was not class or property, he said. “Martin Luther King appeal ed to justice, not to the class struggle.” Then, Young sale* skin color made a difference. Now. unerica has mov ed beyond that ii. education, job op portunity and politics. “The election of David Dinkins and Douglas Wilder indicates not that society is free of racism,” Young said. “The message is if you're a supernigger you can make it. You have to be better if you’re black, j Dinkins would have been mayor of New York a long time ago if he were not black.” “Now you have an equal fighting chance to get into school to get your Ph.D., but you have to fight to get past your professors. Once we get the opportunity, we re held to higher standards. Fortunately, most of us have measured upT" Young, who has been reported to be I considering a run for the Georgia I governorship, noted that there are now 458 black elected officials in the state. Half the police officers in Atlanta are black and one in five is a , woman, he said, and there are more (See CIVIL RIGHTS. P. 2) Urged To Surrender Mystery Stabber Vanishes NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP)-Police have released a composite sketch of the man who fatally stabbed a mug ger on the subway and then vanished. The so-called Subway Samaritan was described by police in a state ment issued last week as black, age 30-35, 5’10” to six feet tall, with a medium build, a slight moustache, a slight goatee awLshort hair. Police, set up a hotline number, (212 ) 589-0071, for information about the case. Authorities have urged the man to surrender but have not said whether he would face charges. However, the sketch was issued with a statement titled, “Wanted Homicide.” It read, “The above is a sketch resembling an individual wanted in connection with a homicide.” The mystery man confronted two muggers as they robbed and beat Jean Claude Vincent, 44, on a north bound No. 2 train at 4:55 a.m. last Saturday. Before he fought with one mugger and plunged a knife into his heart, the Samaritan said, “Why don’t you stop this nonsense? This is wrong... We’re not going to have any more of this.” The mystery stabber and the other mugger vanished when the train pull (See SAMARITAN, P. 2) MANAGEMENT SKULS-Business Instructor, Doug Baker (standing), at Lanalr GammunKy Cologs. Is soon conducting a management course far supervisors In the City of Kinston offices. Management skis are necessary |p§Wr::* Wm. n tor successful business Baker says. He taught the curriculum course on-site at the Public Service Complex on Highway 2M. (Photo by Karl Grant) Landing Institutions Say Rawards Play Role In Solving Robberies BY TKAtEl If ALL. sun WriUr In North Carolina, the number of lending institutions that have, been robbed to date total 156, forcing law enforcement officers and bank acvority guards to beef up their ef forts for preventing future robberies. According to Thad Woodard, presi dent of the N.C. League of Savings In stitutions, bank robbery is a federal crime punishable by up to 40 years in prison. The 156 bank robberies is the state’s highest number ever and the year is almost up, said Tom Lusby, deputy agent in charge of the FBI's North Carolina District. In metropolitan areas bank rob beries occur more often, leaving the perpetrator's chances for escape greater. For example, in Charlotte, as of Dec. 12, a total of 41 savings and loan institutions have been robbed, opposed to one bank robbery in Con cord. However, smaller cities are no ex ception to the rule. Contrary to popular belief, towns with popula tions less than 50,000 are often hit but the robber Is more likely to be caught. In Salisbury, two bank robberies have occurred this year. In Raleigh, the number of bank rob beries has reached seven. Woodard says that “S&Ls along with bankers have increased robbery awards up to $5,000" in the hopes that individuals with information leading to the solv ing of a bank robbery will come for ward to authorities. So far. $800,000 has been taken from North Carolina banks, with no in juries or innocent bystanders hurt during bank robberies. In a recent interview with The CAROLINIAN, Woodard said that “Better than 70 percent of bank rob beries are solved. This can be at tributed to the $5,000 reward being of fered for information on any bank robberies." Last Tuesday, the FBI office in Charlotte announced at a news con iSee ROBBKRIES. P 2) Long Names Moore For Minority Assistance Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has appointed Ronald 0. Moore to the post of special assistant to the com missioner with a wide range of responsibilities. In his new post, Moore's duties will include helping coordinate the com missioner's schedule, directing the Insurance Department’s Office of Minority Assistance, and assisting with legislative relations. He will also act as department ombudsman, human resources trainer, safety officer, and coor dinator tor workers’ compensation claims. Moore Joined the department in tens as a special assistant to the chief deputy commissioner In that role, he has been involved in several special programs including the work of the N.C. Health Insurance Trust Com mission. The commission was created hy the 1N7 General Assembly to help small businesses find adequate health insurance for employees Moore has also served as director of organizational development for the N.C. Democratic Party where he coordinated get-out-the-vote ac tivities and voter registration drives in 32 counties. (See MOORE. P 2) lUINUIKi. MOOKK ANDREW YOUNG Rural South Has I Poorest Housiisjjj In The Nation Affordability Key Problem In Area According to the latest figures com piled by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Housing Assistance Council, the rural South is more likely to consist of low -stand;; ■■<; housing than the North is. In Wake County, substandard bous ing is not as big a problem as the a I fordability of housing in the area Floyd T. Carter, executive director a the Raleigh Housing Authors \ : that many of the homes in Rn: are priced so high that families ing into the area cannot afford ih n and are virtually forced into subs ; ed housing. “The vast majority ol the hot in Raleigh meets the standards. Carter. However, when traveling a side the city limits of Raleigh. : • housing is “definitely bob dard,” he said. This is mainly because the- <• u required housing inspection m homes located outside the cim ' of Raleigh. Therefore, the homes left by their occupants to be upgrade and kept up to living condition “Non-metro households in tin South were more than three turn s likely as non-metro households in tiu other regions to occupy substandard (See HOUSING. P. 2) INSIDE AFRIC BY DANIEL MAROU \ NNPA News Service Since the first black-while oom.--t in 1652, South Africa has ahv < tried to settle its racial problems by usme guns and bullets to shoot down dent Africans. For 337 years n hv been like this, and it will contimi* < be like that for a long time to rmr unless foreign intervention i i place and ends apartheid OnH • will the Afrikaner stop South A f vu endless use of guns and bullets,to si te the white-black problem From the earliest days of t1 ■ white contact, the immigrant > . .; settlers always used guns ate t as the only means of settling ' grievances. Whenever Aud i refused to barter their slocks n cheap Dutch wares, the retaliated by sending out military , v peditions to mow down the Aim m with guns and bullets. As time went on in the country ,' history, when the immigrant! mi vanced into traditional nathc tor ritories, proclaiming new "frontiers," the settlers gunned dow n the native Africans for refusing to in cept the “new frontiers. ' In that way whole African nations, like th» Khoikhoi, Buskopoid and San were exterminated. That is how matters have ahvav: gone on in South Africa. Example this genocide are to be found, amotu' others, in the Massacres ot Mosega (18371, Blood River tl83H>, Kambuio (1806) and Soweto i I976i There have been numerous other such massaert in the history of the racist-ruled and tormented country, where guns and bullets are the only means ot settli • disputes. To this day. President F.VV de' Klerk, highly vaunted by his allies and friends as a "reformer, the gun and the bullet continue to be used to ■See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 21
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