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RALEIGH. N.C.,
THURSDAY,
, VOL. 49, NO, 48. Pj
MAY 3,1990 P
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BY W. MASON, JR.
HuH Writer
What began aa an effort to bring
business and new commerce to the
downtown area has turned into a con
flict between church morality and the
overpowering influence of new
money.
Cliffornta Wimberley, a member of
First Baptist Church, stood before the
City Council and read the church’s
statement opposing a parking deck
the city wants to build around the
church.
“The council seems strong on
word* but woefully abort of courage
when it come* to doing the right
(thing,” she said, her voice wavering
a* she stood at the podium.
“We aak you as public servants, to
reconsider your preliminary decision
on this matter, and act according to
your previous commitment to study
this in depth and to involve the larger
community in the resolution of this
matter," she said.
Her statements, and those of
Tabernacle Baptist Church
members, came as a result of the ci
ty’s effort to put a multi-level parking
deck in the downtown area.
City officials say the parking decks
are Important if the city is to see suc
cess from the First Union Capital
Center, a $65 million, 28-story office
tower rising on the 100 block of Fayr,
etteville Street Mall.
But members of both churches said
the parking deck will stifle their
growth as a downtown church. They
also said the City Council has not
been up front with the churches in
trying to resolve the matter.
The council, however, is worried
about getting the project started.
_ W« need to move ahead with
tWa, said Mayor Avery C. Up
church. For the past couple of mon
ths, the city has initiated dialogues
with the churches in an effort to come
to an agreement about how the city
can build its parking deck without
destroying the institutions’ viability.
At a Work session prior to the
meeting, the council voted to proceed
with putting the parking deck along
two blocks east of Hargett Street and
were planning to finalize the vote at
its regular meeting. The vote would
have hurt First Baptist Church.
Councilmember Mam C. Cates,
however, said because tne churches
were Hot made aware oftiie work ses
sion and were obviously slighted
because of the city's haste to approve
the plan, they should be given an op
portunity to at least learn in detail
what the city plans to do.
“I don’t know if First Baptist
Church has reviewed the issues,” she
said. ‘‘We need to give them a
chance. Also, Mr. Campbell is not
here. This is his district. I think it’s
important that he be here,” she said.
Ralph Campbell, Jr., who has been
•instrumental in the negotiations bet
ween the church and the city, was out
of town on business.
Mayor Upchurch agreed to wait
two more weeks before the council
will take a vote on the site of the new
parking deck, hoping it will give the
churches a chance to learn about the
city’s plan and to act according to
that plan.
First Tabernacle Church members
have said they might be interested in
forming a parking deck with the city,
which would free First Baptist from
'See CHURCHKS, P. 2)
NEWS BRIEFS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Ob Thursday, May 17. thraagh
Saturday, May It, Financial
Women International, formerly
the National Association of Bank
Women, will hold iU ISM state
conference in North Carolina at
the Holiday Inn, Research
Triangle Park.
TRANSPORTATION
The N.C. Board of Transporta
tion will consider highway con
tracts totaling 110.6 million at its
meeting May 4 in Raleigh. In
rladed are contracts to build
bridges to carry east bound traf
fic on the U.S. it Smith field
bypass ever the proposed Selma
Bypass In Johnston County, to
widen 4.7 miles ef the UA 421
SBar City Bypass In Chatham
County and to widen 1,1 miles ef
Harden Street in Burlington in
Alamance County to live lanes,
DRIVERS EDUCATION
If you have been wondering
what to take to the beach to read
this summer, then try the North
Carolina Commercial Driver’s
Manual. Developed in an effort
by the N.C. Department ef
Transportation to keep unskilled
commercial drivers off the
state’s reads, the manuals are
new available to the public.
INVESTING
Venture ’M, the seventh annual
venture financing conference
i organised by the Triangle-based
Connell for Entrepreneurial
Development, has been expanded
this year to include a separate'
session from M p.m. on Wedass
' day, May II, which will showcase
pra^atalionfby cQMpNfitff •
| lag lew capital and seed invest
j .. (See NEWS BRIEFS, P. 1)
J
Saturday Night Tragedy
TWO MEN SOUGHT IN RAPE CASE
Woman
Attacked
In Park
Police are searching for two men
suspected of raping a woman as she
walked through Nash Square in
(downtown Raleigh Saturday night.
Raleigh police said the woman was
‘walking through the square, which is
directly across from the police sta
tion, at about 10:17 p.m. when she
was approached by two men. Police
said she was grabbed by one of the
men and forced to the ground and
then was sexually assaulted.
The woman was not otherwise in
jured, police said. She was taken to
Wake Medical Center for treatment.
Both men were described as black,
about 20-30 years old and about ST’
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In other news, the recent shooting
of a Wake County sheriff’s deputy and
a woman in Holly Springs has promp
ted the state Highway Patrol to
assign troopers to check driver’s
licenses at points in town Over the
past weekend.
Police said a disrespect for law en
forcement has translated into danger
for police officers on patrol. The
stepup in law enforcement comes
after a sheriffs deputy was lured to a
convenience store in Holly Springs on
April 30 and then was ambushed and
struck in the face with shotgun pellets
in what may have been retaliation for
the sheriff’s department’s drug raid a
week before.
Last weekend, troopers stopped
traffic and checked for licenses on
some of the town’s busier highways
and state roads.
Starting at II p.m. Friday and
Saturday, troopers looked for drunk
drivers in the area for about an hour.
Police said troopers had arrested
(See WOMAN ATTACKED, F. 21
BLACK WOMEN ABORTION SUPPORTERS-An atartfm
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C. State representative Annie Brown Kennedy at Wtesten
Salaai, N.C. (2nd torn left) and Patricia Tyson, ter right at
the National Redgieiis Coalition ter Abortion Rights In
Washington, D.C. (Photo by TaHb Sablr-Calhiway)
Project Phoenix Under Serenity
By Residents, Harassment Cited
BY W. MASON. JR.
suit Writer
A community meeting regarding
the city’s Project Phoenix program
was closed to the public this week to
give residents of public housing a
chance to talk about the program,
said a spokesman with the Chavis
Heights Copeland Center.
“There’s been too much in the.
media already,” the spokesman said.
“We want to give residents a chance
to talk about this.”
The program, scheduled Wednes
day night at the Copeland Center, ad
dressed the topic, “Does the Phoenix
Project Work For You?”, The
meeting was hosted by the Friends
Committee.
The meeting is being held after
some residents of the city’s public
housing project complained that Pro
ject Phoenix, a program aimed to
remove (hug use and abuse from the
city's public housing projects, is
resulting in harassment of public
May 0th Primary
Gantt And Price Get RWCA Backing
The Ralelgh-Wake Citizens
Association hat announced it* en
dorsement! for the primary elections
to be held May S.
For the Democratic primary, they
are: Harvey Oantt, 0.8. Senate;
David Price, Fourth Congressional
District; Eugene Phillips, Judge,
Court of Appeals; Ann B. Salisbury,
District Court Judge; James Speed,
Uth District, State Senate; Brad
Miller, 81st State House district; Boh
Hensley, 84th State House district;
and County Commisaiooers Hal C.
Perry, Stewart Adcock, Abe Jonas
and Jack Nichols.
For the Republican primary, they
are George Wimbush, U.S. Senate;
Robert Smith and Hill Carrow for
14th District, State Senate; and
George Batten, 84th State House
P
The RWCA M-PAC political action
xnmittee haa atudlad the records,
platforms and proposals of the
various candidates and It Is the
RWCA’s position that the best in
terests of the community and the
community at-larse would boot bo
served by election of the candidates
Thsee candidates received tha en
of tbs RWCA and we
oneourafa” community sup
i political a
port, the!
Gantt, In a masaaflo concerning his
camhdacy, said, “I want you to know
thatlam serious about my run for the
rod. I
U J. Senate. This Is real. I want to
take a message that ths people of
North Carolina can tabs control of
tneir uesuny him can elect a aenator
from North Carolina, and wo will
retire Jaaso Helma and aand him
home to Raleigh.
“It la Important that you ap
preciate the power wo have to effect
change In our Uvea. Wo can control
our deatiny and make a difference. 1
have often aald, aa Charlee Dickena
wrote,‘theae are the beat and worat of
tlmea.'
“I know theae are the beat of tlmea
when I aee that, almoat 45 yoara ago.
half of the world followed our model
of democracy. And In MM-M. much of
the other half of the world la prepar
ing to do the aamo. I know tboee are
the beat of tlmea for America and ita
ldeela when I aee black and white alt
ting together at an NAACP function. 1
can remember my father back in the
„ , ■ . - - . —I -'-V,
Jacki WUson Wins
Statewide Contest
Am Talented Writer
Jacqueline "Jacki" Wtboa, a coalrlbutiag writer to tele
newapaper. wai one of five winner* of Ike 1MB Black Writer* Com
petition apoaaored by tee Nerth Careitea Wrltere* Network. Her
• award waa preaeatod recently at a Black Wrttera gpoahayaipealaai
held at the Neaae Regional Library la Maatoa.
le part of a multi-year effort. apaaaaraTby the North Careitea
Writers’ Network, te ho|p aurtare a new gaaeratlau of Mack writers
la ear atate, te bring the veteee aad taleata at aaurglag aad
■ eatebUabed black wrttera to ever wider aadtoaceo, aad la pramata
reading aad writlag acreea North CareNaa.
*•
IMOa telling me, son, to carry an
NAACP card la a badge of courage.’
But to aee pulpit leaden, government
leaden, civic leaden and concerned
dtisena sitting together as one tells
me thsM an the best of times.
“Whan I know the Job ttttos of some
of you, when I know that you are one
(See ENDORSEMENTS. P. 2)
Danner Shaw
Honors Speaker
Addressing mon than 400 Shaw
University students who earned
academic honors during the year,
Ray Danner, president and chief ex
ecutive officer of Shoney's, Inc.,
described Shaw University as “one of
the great educational Institutions in
our nation. I am honored and proud to
be able to participate with the faculty
and administration of this Institution
in honaviaf its students," he added.
In what he called “Dannerisms,"
Danner admonished the students to
be totally determined, single-minded
and “with an gbundanc* of energy tor
the king days and years in succeeding
in their efforts to reach the top." He
■aid, “Your ship won’t come in less
you row out tomeet it"
“Especially women and minorities
today should be honored for having to
work twice as hard to overcome the
CddaatotreaBtiM to our society,” he
added. He said the Improvement of
our society Is going to depend on
3h»Ciatton!Danner cited the
medals of Charles Spaulding, of
North CaroHaa Mutual and Gen. Col
in Powell, chairman of the Joint
'XtvKHAW HONORS. IV 2)
housing residents.
The program i&Mi effort to clean up
;*he city’s •housing Rtojictf by or
restmg those residents caught witt
'JpUgs *JW» ^t%fe;«WW®nU
suspected of dealing drugs.
In recent years, residents pressed
the city to develop a program to pro
vide more protection and provide
more activities to residents in public
housing who are fighting their own
drug war.
More police officers are patrolling
the streets in and around the city’s
housing projects and in some cases
walking the streets and talking to
people suspected of using or selling
drugs. - '
Some residents, however, said the
city police department is going
beyond targeting drug pushers and in
some cases is stopping people on the
street without reason.
Major Ken Johnson, with the
Raleigh Police Department, said,
however, that no one has complained
about the project to the police.
(See PKUJtiCT PHOENIX. P. si
LaodicM Name*
Rev. Morrieon
Interim Paator
Fna CAROLINIAN HUM Report*
James Wooarow wwr* —
instaUed as the interim pastor at
Laodicea Church.
Morrison, who believes anything
can te accomplished by the person
who believes, has a long list of com
after*initiating** request for
and obtaining funding through a
$3,000 grant from the Racial Justice
Department in I960.
He organized a community co
portion in the Green I^evel com
munity and petitioned for a federal
loan of $350,000 to install a water and
sewer system in the area in I96!h
He also established a Human Rela
tion Council In Alamance County in
1965 and served as chairperson from
1970-71 and assisted in founding the
Almnance County Committee on
t Civic Affairs, serving as its secretary
^MDrrison'also served as president
of the Alamance County C‘“n”“u“*J
Action Program from 1872-73 **1?
BwrvuH as president of the Suffolk
Branch of the NAACP from l98lt8^ie
While Morrison was pastor at toe
Tabernacle United Church of Christ
,,07009) the church made signin
£*££ church purchased
a narsonage, organized a Church
Council. establisK d a Church Con
(See REV. MORRISON, P. 2)
YMCA Honors
Supporters
At Banquet
The Garner Road YMCA, through
the efforts of community orgamza
lions and volunteers, continues to
provide fitness, recreation and adult
services to the community.
At It* 45th annualmeeUngand
awards banquet recently, the YMCA
thanked members of the communi y
for their devotion and service to the
Dr Davis concluded his remarks
by thanking tha YMCA chief ex
Jutive officer, who was one of the
two honored irith the Chairmans
Award, for the efficiency of ws
leadership. He al*o thanked his fellow
board member* tor their time,
talent*, energy nnd /^ vmca
resources by teeing that the YMCA
(See YMCA BANQUET, P. 2)
HELPING HANDS ULVMPIAO ■-rtU Roberts ot Hm Wake County P.T.A. Councti
spoke to parontt ol students |« Hm Halptafl Honda Pra|oct ol Hm hnpertanee of
getting involved with thoir chMitn't tchoei work, during tha Helping Hands
Prejecf s Olympiad ■ hold at Watt MtRhnek IMddla IchoaL (Phala by Tatt laMr
Cadoway)