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k-i &. ROLINIAN RALEIGH. N.C. THURSDAY, VOL. 49. NO. 38 .APRIL 5, 1990 N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY QP IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 300 Register To Vote! The deadline for registering to vote in the May 8,1990 Primary Election is 5:15 p.m., April 9,1990. This deadline also applies to any change to your voting record, such as a change of address, name change, or political party af filiation. Changes may be made between now and 5:15 p.m. the day of the deadline at any Wake County Public Library, or at the Board of Elections, located in Room G-12 of the Wake County Office Building, 337 South Salisbury Street, Raleigh. Therboard’s office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you have questions or need additional information, call the Wake County Board of Elections at 856-6240. Redevelopment Plan As City Moves In, MS. SY> VIA WIGGINS BY W. MASON, JR. Staff Writer Fot volunteers and workers at the Helping Hand Mission, 415 E. Martin St., their days are numbered. Sylvia Wiggins, director of the mis sion, was told that she must leave the building and find another building from which to operate, she said. She is negotiating with the city to get relocation benefits and help in finding a new building, she said. Helping Hand Mission, which has operated at the corner of Martin and Blast streets for about eight years, is one of a number of buildings that will be torn down or redeveloped as part of the city’s Downtown Redevelop ment Plan. Other buildings that have been ac quired by the city are Pretty’s Lounge on Ehst Street and the Warehouse of Tires at the corner of Person and Davie streets, said City Councilman Ralph Campbell, Jr. Those properties were acquired within the last three months. As part of a five-year plan, other buildings in Southeast Raleigh near the City Market, particularly on Mar tin, East, Bioodworth, Davie and Per son streets, will be acquired by the ci ty. The city will contact the owners of the property and negotiate a sale of the property, Campbell said. If a deal cannot be made, the city will acquire the property through imminent do main, which gives the city the legal right to the property. As a result, some homeowners may be forced to leave their homes. Businesses may be forced to move. “The Helping Hand Mission is scheduled for demolition next year,’’ Campbell said. Residential units will be built where the building now stands. While property owners get relocation benefits during such tran sactions, the city has been meeting to develop a package'for the Helping Hand Mission, which falls into a special category since it is a non profit organization, Campbell said. A relocation package for the Help ing Hand Mission has not been finaliz ed, he said. Meanwhile, Wiggins and others are worried, not only about what will hap pen to them but what will happen to the community. The facility provides food and clothing to the needy, many of whom are referred there by the city, Wig gins said. Volunteers deliver food to the sick and shut-in who either cannot make it out themselves or are disabl ed and are dependent on the help of others. About 2,000 people, particularly residents in area housing ’projects, depend on the mission for clothes and food. Many of them have been turned away from other city agencies or are not eligible for some city services due to income or size of family. “A lot of people can’t read,” Wig gins said, sitting in her small office amidst dusty books, broken *oys and a computer. “We help them fill out (See REDEVELOPMENT P. 2) Black Women More Likely To Marry Men Who Are Older GAINESVILLE. Fla. (AP)—Black women are nearly twice as likely as white women to marry older men because of a shortage of .HgiKU Mack men, a study released last Friday by the University of Florida shows. Stack men have a higher death rate than white men because of poorer health care and higher disease, homicide and prison rates, said sociology professor Constance Shehan. Ms. Shehan, sociology department chairman Fell* Berardo and ether UF researchers used Census data to Identify 4,490 marriages of whites and MS marriages of blacks involving targe age disparities. In other findings, the researchers reported people from lower In comes wore most likely to marry someone much older or younger than themselves. Women who marry older men also are more likely to choose someone of a different race, ethnic group or educa tional background. Women in inter racial marriages were almost twice as likely to have much older husbands than women who married within their race; "When a 25-year-old actress marries a SO-year-old rock star with a 912 millkm estate. it gets a lot of publicity and it reinforces the myth that May-December marriages occur within the upper class,” Ms. Shehan said. Women who marry older men also are more likely to choose so meone of a different race, ethnic group or educational background, the study found. Women in interracial marriages were almost twice as likely to have much older husbands than women who married within their race. “It appears that as people get aider they feel less constrained by traditional age boundaries, and they also realise that the pool of eligible mates has changed.” Berardo said. The study also showed that women who remarry are more than four times as likely as women marrying for the first time to select a much older man, Ms. Shehan said. In addition, marriaces In which the wife is much older are seven (See BLACK WOMEN, P. 2) NEWS BRIEFS NEW GRANT Gov. Jim Martin last week an* neanced a $00,17$ Community Development Block Grant email kuelneei award to the town of Angler. Ike economic develop ment grant will he need to aeaist Bow Daahne, Inc., a local hueiaesa which produces children's apparel accessories. i SAINT AUG. GRANT A yiM.see grant from -the gnHiri Education FoundNiton that was awarded to Salat Angustine’s College Is playing a major role in expanding humanities. Director of Library larvlcss Dr. Everett A. Days says the grant has played a ma jor role In helping the college to aggrade and expand resources in COASTAL CELEBRATION Mi the North Carolina of- Agriculture are aval Coaital Carolina Celebra ttaa. Ike event is being staged to eal attention to North Carolina’i deteriorating coastline aad ef ts revitaliie it. RfTURE TEACHERS dpctt 1 for the Mth annual North Carolina Association of Future Teachers of (See NEWS BRIEFS, P J) Domestic Dispute Donald ‘Lollipop’ Wilson Slain Son Held In Death Of Father Donald Lamont Wilson, 17, son of Donald "Lollipop” Garner Wilson, 54, was charged in his father’s death following a domestic dispute Sunday, police said. Wilson, of 709 Ravel St., was ar rested without incident at his home. His father was shot several times in the neck and head with a handgun after an argument between the two, police said. The incident occurred in the kit chen about 10 p.m. Sunday, police said. Police said Wilson's wife and son were the only two in the house when the incident occurred. Funeral services for Wilson, "a “ barber and local nightclub owner, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the chapel at Lea Funeral Home. In other news: Edward Julian Brickie pleaded guilty earlier this week to conspiracy to traffic cocaine and was sentenced by a Wake Superior Court judge to 35 years in prison. Brickie pleaded guilty after lawyers compleed selecting a jury for his trial. Brickie was arrested June 36 after investigators discovered more than two pounds of cocaine in a New Jersey rental car leased by Brickie. Two other men, Terrance Williams of Raleigh and William Chillis of New Rochelle, N.Y., also were arrested and have since pleaded guilty to traf ficking charges. Retrovir Delays Progression Of AIDS Infection, Price Reduced A new drug may slow the spread of AIDS, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The drug, Retrovir, can delay the spread of the HIV virus in people who do not show symptoms of a weak im mune system, the study said. The use of the drug as a treatment for people with the virus is being con sidered. The findings of this and other studies formed the basis of the recent decision by the Food and Drug Ad ministration to expand the indica tions for Retrovir to include persons who have tesiea positive for HIV in fection but have not shown symptoms of the disease. The article, by Dr. Paul Volberding of the University of California at San Francisco and other investigators, details a study conducted by the AIDS Clinical Trial Groups of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in collaboration with Bur roughs Wellcome Co. The test in ques tion involved nearly 3,200 parr ticipants and 32 institutions which were divided into two substudies ac cording to the number of T4 cells in their blood and randomlized equally into three treatment arms. The placebo arm of the substudy in volving patients with fewer than 500 T4 ceua was naited by an independent monitoring board in August 1969. All participants were given the option to receive Retrovir therapy at the SOOmg daily dosage regimen since preliminary results had shown that the drug could delay progress of HIV infection in patients with fewer than 1500 T4 cell counts. These patients con tinued to be followed, as well as pa tients whose counts were above 500 and who were undergoing the placebo-controlled subset of the study. The substudy reported in the article was a double-blind trial in adults with asymptomatic HIV infection with similar T4 cell counts. They were ran domly aatignrd to one of three treat ment groups: placebo, Retrovir at 500 mg per day, or Retrovir at 1,500 mg per day. Seventy-four participants progress ed to AIDS or advanced AIDS-related complex during the course of the Study. Overall, AIDS developed in 33 participants in the placebo group as compared with 11 in the 500-mg Retrovir group and 14 in the 1,100-mg Retrovir group. ‘‘We conclude that [Retrovir] is safe and effective in persons with asymptomatic HIV infection and 500 or fewer CD4+ cells per cubic millimeter,n they said. The authors indicated that continued observations of the indivisuals in the study will help to further define the long-term (See AIDS, P. 2) M SEARCH OF JUSTICE-rroteitors have taken their demanatratlona la the atraats and rural raada of North CaraSna and are new mavln| thair protest another natch to the aaat of atata gavomment at they prepare to petition state Attorney General Lacy Thomborg in their "soareh ter lushes” in the slaying of SMney Bowen by a state trooper. (Photo by TaBb Sabir-CaNoway) Wake Schools Seek More Funding For Orowing Number Of Students With the student population 01 the Wake County Public School System expected to increase next year by 2,290 students, a major portiqp af the system’s proposed 1990411 budget re-i quest reflects growth-related costs. The administration presented its re quest to tne Wane County Board of Education’:. Finance Committee on Tuesday, April 3. “Continuing, rapid growth, both now and in the future, represents the greatest fiscal challenge facing this system,” said Bob Wentz, Wake County Public School System superintendent. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for Monday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in the board room of the ad ministration building, 3600 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh. ■Jfhe proposed total operating budget, including state, local and federal funds, is $300 million. Of that amohnt, the local current expense budget fund for 1990-91 is |91.7 million, an increase of 14.9 percent over 1969-90. The county’s share of • this budget, $80.9 million, reflects an increase of $12.8 million, or 18.8 per cent over 1989-90. “Of the increase in county funds, more than $3 million is directly related to growth in the student population and in additional square footage,” said Farrell E. Hanzaker, associate superintendent of finance. The rest of the increase reflects infla tion, salary increases, and the need to improve or expand services to students. The system opened five new schools and added expansions or renovations to 14 schools this year. Approximately 1.2 million square feet of new facilities were added thsi year. To help provide instructional space this fall, two new schools. Lead Mine (See SCHOOL BUDGET, P. 2) Freeman Appointed Wake County Judge William Freeman or Fuquay-Varina has been ap pointed a-Wake County magistrate and is assigned to Fuquay-Varina. He was sworn In earlier this year after hating been nominated by Superior Court Clerk John Kennedy and approved by Chief Superior Court Judge Robert Farmer. Magistrates are nominated for two-year terms. Their primary dutie are to Issue arrest and search warrants, set and collect bail bonds. Initiate involuntary commitments to psychiatric hospitals, accept guilty pleas for minor crimes, decide small claims disputes worth up to II,(MO, and perform marriages. Freema|i Joins a cadre of 646 magistrates, Serving jfh every county of North CaroHn*.: ' ■ ' Recently, there has been tome criticism concerning the poor educational background of some magistrates in the state. Of the IT magistrates in Wake County, one is a lawyer, one has a master’s degree, seven are college graduates. Freeman, a holder of four college degrees, has two master’s degrees and a doc (orate. A retired educator. Freeman has been a teacher, counselor, high school principal, and an assistant superintendent in both JUDGE FREEMAN Wake and Naan counties. He is currently serving as a presiding elder of the Fayetteville District of the Central North Carolina Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
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