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RALEIGH. N. C„ VOL. 49. NO. 43 TUESDAY APRIL 24,1990 T.C. fs Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY QC IN RALEIGH *mD0 ELSEWHERE 300 **ny improvements Redevelopment Ignites Housing Concerns BY W. MASON, JR. _ „ SUM Writer Hie city ■ downtown redevelop ment plan, part of a push to renovate and put life back into the downtown district, has ignited a number of hot debates, including the issue of low lt*come housing in southeast Raleigh. Part of the plan includes uprooting businesses and possibly forcing some residents to move out of their homes. The city is rapidly buying property to attract new businesses to the city market area and give the area a new look. And the city’s sweeping plans to change the look and commerce in the downtwon area are drawing atten tion, because some people who may be forced to leave their homes may not be able to find other affordable housing options. A recent survey by the state Department of Public Instruction revealed that at least 6,166 North Carolina families are homeless, with Raleigh leading the list. The survey questioned 100 social service agencies, 284 agencies serv ing the homeless and 134 local school systems, although fewer than half of the agencies contacted responded to the survey. The cities surveyed were Raleigh, Burlington, Monroe, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Statesville, Jackson ville and Charlotte. To stem a roaring tide of concern over housing issues, the North Carolina Low Income Housing Coali tion and the North Carolina Housing Now Network are planning a statewide Low Income Housing Sleep-out and rally in Raleigh on June 1st and 2nd. The purpose of the event, which coincides with the short session of the General Assembly is to keep the issue of homelessness and affordable housing before local and state law makers and tb demonstrate public support for increased state and local involvement in affordable housing programs. Participants can call 833-6201 for more information Another group, the Intrproject Council, Inc. is planning several events for local residents facing hous ing problems. The council, whose goal is to im prove the quality of life for people liv ing in housing projects in the city, recently held a fashion show and will use proceeds to award scholarships to outstanding students living in public housing projects. Because redevelopment affects residents in the southeast Raleigh area, many of them poor, the thought oi housing and the problems wim either getting it or maintaining it are frightening, some have said. A study of the working poor was recently published by the Monthly tabor Review and found that in 1987, when the poverty line, for a family of four was $11,611, about 6.4 million workers nationwide age 16 or older fell into this category. Over half were men and three quarters were white. About 40 percent were high school dropouts and only 20 percent had at tended college. About one-third, or 1.9 million, worked full time year-round and about 2.4 million were married, 1.2 million were single heads of families and about 1.9 million were single peo ple living alone. Redevelopment already has created a problem for a number of MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ROBBERY Murder Charge Reduced A Raleigh man pleaded guilty last, week to armed robbery in the death of a Raleigh news carrier nearly two years ago. Billy Ray Cole accepted an agree ment after the state agreed to drop a murder charge against him. Cole will be sentenced to 3S years in prison. An assistant district attoney far the state agreed to drop a murder charge after stating that the as-year sentence was appropriate for Cole’s involvement in the crime. Lenwood E. Buchanan was sentenced to death after he was convicted of robbing and killing Jerry E. Combs. Ringo Gregg has pleaded guilty to second degree murder and armed robbery. Cole has been charged in connec tion with the robbery and murder of Jerry E. Combs, who died June 10, IMS outside Crabtree Fast Fare after two men robbed him of $10. Another man, Lenwood E. Buchanan, was sentenced to death after he was convicted of robbing and miing Combs. Another man, Ringo Gregg, has pleaded guilty to second degree murder and armed robbery and has not yet been sentenced. Authorities said Cole drove the two msi^to the store to commit the rob *Tn Other news, authorities arrested an N.C. State University student last wash and charged her with robbing the Big Lots store on Western Boulevard. The woman, a former employee of (BsaBOBBERY.P.»)' COMIATWB ABS-SmM wtrk Hitwn CarattM nmiHiiivfu ■no program mracior vmw woooyi mu# nmp Intents with ADS tferwih tin Duka Padlatric MV Vokintear Piairm. (Hiatt by TateSaMNMaway) Volunteers In Critical Demand At Duke Pediatric AIDS Clinic BY W. MASON, JK. SUH Writer A pediatric clinic at Duke Universi ty Medical Center is in desperate need for volunteers to help staff the clinic and care for families and children infected with the HIV virus. “Many of the children that we serve are black and we lust don’t have any volunteers to help the children and their families cope,’’ said Carlton Rutherford, a spokesman at the clinic. Of the 106 children the Duke Pediatric Infectious Disease Cllr..« has served since it opened In 1988, about 86 percent have been residents of North Carolina. And about 7U percent of the patients have been black, 78 percent of the in fections as a result of perinatal care. About 8S percent of those who have coma through the clinic have lived at Studentv At l.igon Meeting Solilier In War Against Drugs Eighth graSirs at Ligon Middle School wort tmtod to a visit by Lt. Montel B. Williams on Tuesday, April it. Lt. Williams resigned hio commit ■ion in ths U.8. Navy in MM as a special intolllgonc# officer tobocomo a soldier in the war against drugs awl dropping out of school. One of ths most highly decorated lieutenants in ths Navy, Lt. Williams is a much .oJEabr speaker who demands and receives a fee of upwards of M,M0 per appearance. His appearances on national televi sion include “The Today Show," “NBC Nightly News,” “ABC’s In credible Sundays,” “The Home Show,” “PM Mags tine,” Connie Chung’t “Summer Showcase" and “USA Today,” the television show. He has appeared on many local public affairs and news programs. He is soon to be featured in Parade He beads a nonprofit corporation, REACH the American Dream, based in Denver, Colo., and travels some » days a month M«h yaar. Tha wnicarti ha pnat Mmttamtm ha nfMOntcd lncllld vwiivww mwmm m m m mm mm m m m mm (Saa DRUGS, P.l) aaiiMarattAi* LT. MONTEL B. WILLIAMS home and about 35 percent of those coming through get much of their fun ding source from the federal govern ment’s Aid to Families with Depen dent Children program. The cento* gets children who have come through Duke University Medical Center who have been diagnosed as either having AIDS or the HIV virus that leads to AIDS. “About 10 children have died since the clinic opened," Rutherford said, referring back to the figure of 106 pa tients who have come through the center. The center’s staff is trying to run a play area and begin services to help the families of these children cope with the illness and the treatment that they must undergo to keep the virus under control. The university has not mandated that support services be offered to these parents and their children, but (See AIDS, P.2) somneast Raleigh residents who de pend on the Helping Hand Mission, a social service agency at the corner of Martin and East Street which pro vides food, clothing and other ser vices for the needy. Because that agency provides ac tivities for area children while parents are working, many parents who don’t have money for activities may have to shoulder the burden of finding other employment as a result of changes in the area, which com pounds existing housing problems. “We’re trying to provide a better way of living for people with housing problems," said Jeannie Bell, a spokeswoman with the Interproject Council.” We’re putting together a number of events that will meet their, needs,” she said. Sylvia Wiggins, director of the mis sion, said she is still working with the city to get funding or other types of assistance so that she can locate another building to operate her mis sion. “Not too much has happened so far,” she said. “We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.” Historical Tragedy Tells Of Suffering Through injustices BY OR. ALBERT E. JABS An Analysis Nations like Japan, Russia and East Germany are issuing statements of regret/apology for roles in World War II. With this confessing tone of expiration for reconciliation and the future, why should not the East Bloc and Western democracies face up to their complicity to another historical injustice and tragedy: the mass ex pulsion of 16 million ethnic German elderly men, women and children from central European homesteads during the years 1945-48? As a result of this transfer of population, 1.5 million to 2 million people perished, largely due to policies of nationalism, indifference, and revenge. Leaders and historians can face up to another largely unopened chapter of historical injustice concerning the ethnic Germans of Central Europe. With the recent revelations of the Katyn massacre of 1940 where 15,000 Polish leaders were murdered on the direct orders of Joseph Stalin, and with official acknowledgement by the current Soviet government of complicity in that crime, perhaps leaders and historians can face up to another largely unopened chapter of historical injustice concerning the ethnic Germans of central Europe—my ancestral people. The massive migration of these country folk came out of Ihort sighted policies rooted in Article VII of the Potsdam agreement of 1945 and nourished by narrow nationalism and vindictiveness. To be, sure, there were crimes of the Hitler regime, but one injustice cannot excuse another injustice like that of the ethnic Germans. Alfred de Zayas, in his classic commentary, “Nemesis at Potsdam,” has documented this sad and largely forgotten injustice with copious primary and secondary sources that unequivocally sup port the contention of historical injustice which has paradoxically been ignored by historians and the national press. With the exception of a few specialists, this painful past has not been understood or even recognized as an injustice. Additionally, as a historian, I have collected leters, files, and first-person accounts of may relatives and others who went through that experience. Their stories and the accumulated evidence strong ly supports the thesis of de Zayas, and other chroniclers like Robert Murphy and George Kennan. Indeed, a dark episode had occurred with the ethnic Germans of 1945-48. The evidence is convincing. The roots of those ethnic Germans went back for 700 years and like the transfers of other peoples (African-Americans: 5-15 million died in the Middle Passage, says John Hope Franklin), the American Indians in the Jackson administration, and the foreign workers in the Third Reich, there always Is a price of suffering when “transfer” of population takes place. (See ETHNIC, P.2) An AlUAgem Event Artsplosure Marks Fun. Festivals Raleigh Mayor Avery Upchurch, Artsploaura’a honorary chair, will of ficially launch Artsploaure at Mordecal Hiatoric Park on the after-' noon of April M. The celebration at Mordecal will canter around Heritage Day, which this year marks the 128th annivoraary of the end of the Civil War. Mordecal Hiatoric Association will sponsor a Civil War fashion show, a demonstration of period cooking and an exhibit of Civil War I War flags and postage it»"ir* An encampment of Confederate soldiers in full regalia will be on hand to enjoy the party. On tho performance side, PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, has assembled a lineup of talented entertainers that nlan folklorist Alan Jabbour, a former member of the Hollow Rock String Hand; Mack string-hand musi cians Joe and Odell Thompson, re cent winners of the North Carolina Folk Heritage Award; the County (an old-time string a group of area shape i. Musicians of all skill to bring their Visitors can peruse the fine sdcctiun of herbs available during the second day of the annual Mordvcal Historic Park herb sale. The sale and Heritage Day action begin at 10 a.m., while the PinsOooe portion of the kickoff commooeos at 1 p.m. The perk la located on Old Wake Forest Hoad downtown near Peace College. Artspiosure’s other key opening day activity Is Capitol Gallery After noon, a self-guided tour of Raleigh’s most prestigious art gaUerles. Moat 3t the IS participating galleriea are , hosting openings with receptions or | other special events in honor of the ] [estival. The show runs the gamut from experimental to more conven tional works. It should be noted that although tpril 29 la the “official” opening of he festival, Artaploeure is helping to iromote a special performance of 'The Chocolate Soldier,” an operetta n three acts performed by the Na 8eeARTSPLOSURE,P.2) • ,s-,w .i,,,*™., . .._ PindHng sptkt Mi| the Mint’s mmmmI Hum pulwi wfcMi cmnMn mv MtlM| IraviMR. (PMi l| TvttfMrCHwty) (8witMYMfl)
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