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RALEIGH, N.C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1990 VOL. 49, NO. 24 EDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF Weekly JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY QC IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 --1 Black Colleges Targeted For New Recruiting Plan Page 13 1.L. Cool J Players Not Guilty Of Sexual Assault Page IS owes siuoenu in wan county P«Wlc schools have become the latest target of white racist hate groups whe threaten retaliation because, they •ay, white students are being harass ed by blacks. Harold Covington, publications director for the Ku Klux Klan newsletter, said in a letter to Raleigh School Superintendent Robert E. Wants that white students are calling the Klan telephone message com plaining about violence directed at them by black students. Covington Mandela Embraces Comrades “Comrades and fellow South Africans, I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.” So began Nelson Mandela’s first public utterance in more than a quarter of a century Sunday, to tens of thousands of cheering supporters who thronged outside City Hall at twilight in Cape Town, South Africa. It was the first look at him for many. When Mandela walked through the gates of Victor Vester Prison with his wile, Winnie, it set off a Joyous celebration as blacks nationwide welcomed their leader back from 27 years in Jail. “I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of yon the people," he told the throngs—and the world—after a motorcade to City Hall. hi his suit and tie, Mandela looked much more like a politician than a guerrilla loader. IBs eMsrly ap pearance probably shocked most South Africans, the majority of whom wore born after Mandela was last seen publicly in 1964. Handels has lost weight since the lMs; both his face and body are lsaasr than when he was a sturdily buQt boxer decades ago. At 71, his faco Is creased with two thick lines that frame a strong, confident smile. He speaks In a strong voice and em phatically reaffirms his commitment to the African National Congress’ guerrilla campaign and calls for in creased pressure to end white minority domination—the same cause that resulted in a life sentence on charges of plotting against the In his speech, Mandela called South African President F.W. de Klerk “a man of integrity” who has gone far ther than any previous National Par ty leader in accommodating black political aspirations. But he said further stapo—including the lifting of the (See MANDELA, P. 2) NEWS BRIEFS $ BUSINESS SUMMIT The N.C. Association of Minori ty Bnalneueo will hoot Its Mid Year %!■■* on Feb. tt-B at the Ihoraton Imperial Hotel In Raaoareh Triangle Park. The purpose of the oummlt It to there and receive Information about the minority butlneto develop innt Initiative* la North CHILD SAFETY Qev. James O. Martin hat pro claimed the week through Satur day at North Carolina Child Pntaongor Safety Awareness Week. Urn theme of the weeT* abaorvance It “Buckle Up for Love.” HUNKS TO TEACHERS Residents of contra! and »North Carolina are being to nominate excellent part of* a national "Thankt to Toachert’’ campaign announced this week by WRAUTVI. Apple Computer, InC., the SsWg of Commerce and Mat YOUTH U8ISUTWE ASSEMBLY Hluh tchool student will have a to speak out about f— (SauNBWSBRIEFS.P.» Triangle Women Question “Shortage” Of Black Men uireacenea acuonn U Wentz did not take steps to protect white children. The letter is dated Feb. 8. “Above all, we are going to rip wide the curtain of silence with which you have attempted to smother all dissent and all complaint in this business,” the letter said. “You may choose to ignore this letter if you wish, possibly under some delusion that this issue will simply ‘go away.’ In this you will be mistaken. You may (See Threats, p. 2) BY W. MASON, JR. Staff Writer The reports are on the 6 o’clock news, morning radio talk shows, afternoon television talk shows, weekend television analysis pro grams and the front page of almost every newspaper in the country. Black men. If they’re not on drugs, gay, unemployed or committing crimes, they’re rotting in the nation’s prisons. The images and the national atten tion toward and about black men have caused women in the Triangle and across the country to question the availability of black men. The options for black women, according to media analysts, is to marry white men, foster relationships with married men, or remain single. Beneath the surface, however, many black women are confused about what to believe, and despite the negative news reports, some black women are holding on. “I don’t know if there is a shortage of men.” said Deborah Moore, a manager at General Store No. 1 on Rock Quarry Road. “Black people are so quick to believe anything they hear. They’re hearing that all black men are in prison. We need to read and stop believing evrything we hear in the street.” The reason for the perceived shor tage of black men is simple, she said. “Black women are so busy moving ahead on their own and forgetting (See QUESTION. P. 2) Hospital Could Not Admit Her CHICAGO IAF) • The leader ad Operation Push on Saturday called for an investigation into the death of a month-old baby who was turned away from a hospital that had a full pediatric intensive care unit. “Another life has be*n lost needlessly,” said Rev. Tyrone Crider, national executive director oi the civil rights organisation, in call ing for the city’s Health Department and the Cook County state’! attorney’s office to investigate tin death of Lenise Nelson. “Anothei family (has been) victimised by Um dysfunction of the health can delivery system of this city." The infant died Feb. 3., nine houn after her parents eaiied prMpwWH bee suso she i»f> stepped hr nothing “I don’t want t Us to happen to an) other parent,” said the mother Denise Johnson, 33. “If my baby had gotten to a pediatric intensive can unit immediately, she might have survived.” Paramedics first planned on taking the girl to the University of Chicago Hospital, three blocks from her home, but learned its pediatric inten sive care unit was full. “We have IX beds in our pediatric intensive care unit and that night we had 13 patients - all of them on ven tilators,” said hospital spokesman John Easton. “So we were filled, and beyond, and none of them could be transferred to another room because they were on ventilators.” Lenise was taken, instead, to St. Bernard’s Hospital, where she was revived and stabilised. However, St. Bernard’s did not have the facilities to continue treating her. Officials at St. Bernard’s called (See INFANT DENIED, P. 3) system. (Ptwte by Ttete a?'.-: zMvmmzwa AMRTHEB—Nsrth CsrsUtons ISI hr al te lbs IsMrCsbswty) Families Chad For Distinguished Ssrvicss By Family Life Council An area individual, business and community organization were presented Distinguished Service Awards by the North Carolina Fami ly Life Council during a program focusing on families in North Carolina. Isabelle Buckley of Raleigh, SAS Institute, Inc., and Strengthening the Black Family, Inc., are recipients oi the prestigious awards presented at the Family Life Council’s annual ban quet at Mission Valley Inn. DSAs are presented in recognition of outstan ding contributions to families ir North Carolina. Or. Hal Wallach, chair, public policy committee, National Council of Family Relations, delivered the opening address Feb. 15. Ms. Buckley was honored for a lifetime of contributions to quality of life for families, especially older in dividuals. SAS was chosen in recogni tion of its employee-oriented at mosphere which encourages produc tivity and creativity. Strengthening the Black Family was singled out for praise for nine years of successful conferences aimed at improving the quality of life for black families. Ms. Buckley retired from the Joblessness Among Black Females Most Severe In U.S. Labor Force Despite a sugnt csecrease in tneir unemployment rate, the size of the African-American unemployed population was little changed bet ween the secood and third quarters of 1900, according to the National Urban League Research Department’s Quarterly Economic Report on the African-American Worker. The official number of jobleea African-American* continued to hover around 1.8 million out of a total of 8.8 million unemployed parsons during the third quarter of 1989. While African-Americans compris ed 11.8 percent of the U.S. civilian •f population and 11.0 percent of the civilian labor force, they were 23.9 percent of the unemployed. During the third quarter of 1980, AMcan Americans continued to be greatly overrepresented among all Jobless workers. African-Americans were unemployed at 2.8 times the rate of whites (4.4 percent). The racial gap in unemployment has widened since last year this time when the ratio was 2.5 to one. A standard feature of the report, the National Urban League’s Hidden Unemployment Index, continued to disclose a much higher level of unemployment than the official DOL estimates indicate. This measure of unemployment, which includes segments of workers that the official estimates exclude (i.e., discouraged and involuntary part-time workers), Mtlmatad 10.8 percent of the civilian labor force unemployed, a rate 2.1 times that reported by the Depart ment of Labor (5.2 percent). By race, the HUI estimates that African Americans and wfaties experienced unemployment rates of 22.4 and 9.2 percent, respectively. These rates, too, were substantially higher than the corresponding DOL estimates of tl.3 and 4.4 percent. This third-quarter report found the African-American females. Accord ling to the HUI, more than one juarter of all Afriean:American emales in the labor force were inable to find work during the third luarter of 1988 (25.5 percent). (See JOBLESS FEMALES. P. 2) Agricultural Extension Service in 1983 after working as a county agent and then as a specialist on aging at North Carolina State University. Before joining extension, she taught home economics in high schools and adult education to mill workers. At retirement, Ms. Buckley transferred her professional skills in to the volunteer arena. She has serv ed on the executive board of the Coun cil on Aging of Wake County for six years, on the Adult Day Care Com mittee, as a patient’s advocate on the Wake County Nursing Home Ad visory Committee, and helped organize neighbors to form the Staf ford Avenue Neighbors. She is a volunteer with the North Carolina Senior Health Insurance Information Program and a member of the Older Women’s League, the League of Women Voters and the Coalition on (See FAMILIES, P.2) MS. DORIS SU VA New Sex Clinic Opens For Men, Provides Forum by W. MASON. JR. SUfl Writer planned Parenthood of Greater Raleigh says it’s time men had a areaer understanding of their sex uality and their role in sexual rela tionships. The agency held a press coherence this week to announce Feb. 12-16 as National Condom Week. Condoms, they say, could prevent about 5 000 abortions in the Triangle, prevent the transmission of AIDS and prevent diseases that wreck relationships. It also announced the opening of the Mali* Clinic, a new center where men can go to ask questions about male sexuality and get medical attention for sexual problems such as disease. The center, located at the Bryan Building, Suite 233 at Cameron viii»g», will provide a setting where ckn be tested for testiouUr cancer, get premarital exams and get lSee UUNPOMS, P 21 Banquet To Honor Unsung Raleigh Heroes _. „..-i African-American History Banquet will be held Satur T' F„b. 17. at the Biltmore Hds Park-Center from « p m. The ban quet is designed to celebratejaa y “unsung heroes and heroines oi Raleieh These honorees are elderly African-American citizens who have cr-sissssA; -s-sssasiat community take nart in the “Passing the Torch ceremonies. They will be taking a light from the low-burning flame of toe'torch of the elderly African S£St ASSRsf i SEEaJIE “»next sectors of the Raleigh African-American community will be involved in this affair. The special guests are elderly African-American Widens of WlntersHaven, Summer (Sat BANQUET, P. 2) From CAROLINIAN Malt Roporta Mi. Auguita B. Turner of Raleigh, a mother of five, haa boea named North Carolina Mother of the Year, an award given by American Mothen, Inc., of North Carolina. Mi. Turner li a native of Cove City, and hai been married to her high ichool iweetheart tor M yean. They have five children and four grandchildren. Active In Wilion Temple United Methodht Church, ihe hai eerved ai an of ficer In United Methodtit Women, on both the local and conference level! ai well ai participating la Women'! Aglow Fellowahlp. Her education began with a degree from Shaw Unlvenlty fat Raleigh and Included the NCCU Law School In Durham. She wai aim a member of the Women’! Army Corpa. Mb. Turner’* working Ute haa been centered around helping people, ai a vocational rehabilta (See MRS. TURNER, P.«)
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