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TUESDAY Recomoiit To Health Chancellor Emeritus of NCCU Dr. Leroy Walker urges Physical Fitness Program. 1 oyaney toungDiooa, lit Face, moves on the music scene "Feeling Free." Page 11 THIS WEEK On September 20, 1962, Gov. Ross Barnett Blocked James Merdeith’s efforts to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi. When Federal Marshals were attacked by a mob ten days later, President John F. Kennedy sent troops to (SeeTHISW*:*”' ' RALEIGH, N.C. VOL. 49, NO. 85 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1990 N.C.'s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY OC IN RALEIGH £D0 ELSEWHERE 300 Protecting Select Group Blacks, Poor Defendinq Persian Gulf BY WILLIAM REED NNPA New* Service An Analysli America’s leading military analysts say that we could lose 25,000 of our soldiers’ lives if a ground war broke out in the Persian Gulf area. With the continual chorus of bluff and bluster from President Bush, Secretary Baker and the controlled media of our country, it seems that 25,000 Amerian mothers may be left to mourn the lives of our sons and daughters, disproportionately poor and black, that will be lost in the sands of some far-away-place called Iraq, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia. African-American families have reason to be concerned as to whether our youth will be called on to die at the minimum wage for the Emir of Kuwait and the Bank of England. The withered mummy of 1920s British imperalism needs to be restablished and is now demanding a permanent Anglo-American occupation of the Gulf oil fields by our youth of color. A large contingent of soldiers of color are now helping the world’s traditional privileged society to create a “new order” that will re colonize strategic resources and raw materials all over the Third World. African-Americans who have bought into the Bush Administration line that “we must stop Saddam Hussein and his aggression,” are not aware that our youth are simply paid mercenaries protecting a select group of rich sheiks who absolutely lontrol a small group of states that were carved-up and set-up in the 1920s by the colonial British. Because >f the bluff and bluster of the Bush Administration, and black general ^olin Powell, many African Americans don’t know that in the Persian Gulf region 6 Arab ruling amilies have had years of Anglo assistance in controlling 34 percent of :he world’s oil resources. In order to stay in power, monarchs like Kuwait’s Emir Sheik Jahar al Ahmed al-Sabah and Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd will pay the $6 billion that it cost to keep a U.S. military force in sand and hot sun 8,000 miles away from the good times of Harlem or Sweet Auburn Street. For less than $15,000 a year, American soldiers are braced on the brink of war to protect Kuwait’s ousted ruler, a man who has a personal fortune of $5 billion and is one of the richest people in the world. The host of our men in the Gulf. Kina Fahd of Saudi Arabia, heads the second richest family in the world in wealth that exceeds $18 billion. Democracy is not the issue that we are poised to fight for in Kuwait, Oman, the Emirates or Saudi Arabia The reality is that we are “guns for sale” for Arab regimes of supremacy. Kuwait’s Emir has agreed to give the U.S. $2.5 billion this year to cover costs of our military (See GASOLINE. OIL. P. 2) Currency Collected Forfeited Drug Proceeds Shared - Boats, Planes United States Attorney Margaret Person Currin announced last week the sharing of $740,480.66 in forfeited drug proceeds by the federal govern ment with 31 state and local law en forcement agencies that participated in the investigation of drug cases in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Area agencies receiving checks and amounts include: the City County Bureau of Investigation (Raleigh/Wake County), $20,959.80; N.C. State Bureau of Investigation, $187,805.97; N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, $21,749.92; Wake County Sheriff’s Department, $59,928.60; and the Rocky Mount Police Department, $4,050. Under the provisions of the Com prehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, the federal government can share federally forfeited property with state and local authorities that assist in the investigation of drug cases. Under federal law, property used to facilitate drug transactions, as well as property representing the pro ceeds of drug transactions, may be seized and forfeited to the federal government. Seizures may be made by federal agents or by state or local law enforcement officers to be "adopted” by federal officials. Some of these seizures were adopted and (See CRIME, P. 2) IMS in (Mill i, 8a., a Barite M caNactar and 1880-81 Pa* tar GMd ly tha NaHanal «j|Mu V I* talsfti aanhiaad mm 18a lajl 1 f| W M IW WII Htr pifinli My that iNtfl t silow tki m AREA DEVELOPMENT—These houses under businesses end homes thet do not hormonize with the construction on Eest Martin and East Streets are signs of protected appearance scheme of the area must go. (Photo community improvement and revitalization of the area. As by James Giles, Sr.) downtown Raleigh expands, dilapidated, unkept Senior Citizens Join Campaign To Help Senate Nominee Gantt dorsed Harvey Gantt for the U.S. Senate because of his support for the elderly and the dismal record of his opponent. Dr. Elizabeth Welch called on other senior citizens to join the campaign effort at a Raleigh press conference recently. Welch, 86, a retired pro fessor at Salem College, helped found ‘Older North Carolinians for Gantt” against senior citizens. The other speakers at the press conference were Ernest Messer, 76, a former state legislator and assistant director of the N.C. Division on Ag ing; Clarence “Bighouse” Gaines, 67, the athletic director at Winston Salem State University and the winn ingest active basketball coach in the country; and Curtis Musten, 76, a community leader in Winston-Salem and a decorated veteran of World War II. Helms has a pattern «of voting against children, veterans and the elderly, Dr. Welch said. From 1864 to 1969, he had a record of voting against AT_A_w*_ percent of the time, she said. Coach Gaines said: “The good news is we have a candidate we can vote for: Harvey Gantt. He supports programs like Head Start, as we all do. We need a leader who will invest in our children.” Gantt, a two-term mayor of Charlotte, thanked the group for its work. He called the speakers a “truth squad—no emotion, just the straight facts.” Helms' television advertisements have been anything but the truth, he said. They are full of distortions. (See HARVEY GANTT. P. 2) New Group Formed NAACP Battles Economic Problems With representative* of approx imately 100 organisations In atten dance at a Summit Conference of Black Organisations called by the NAACP In Washington, D.C., en dorsement was given to the establish ment of a new group—the National Association of Black Organisa tions—to help in the battle agaisnt the social and economic problems afflic ting a sisable part of the Mack com munity. Announcement of the new group was made on Saturday, Aug. IS, at a press conference by Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, executive director of the NAACP, who said It “does not duplicate the work of any existing organisation, but rather represents an approach that will enhance and strengthen their efforts.” The decision to set up the new group came as the climax to a three day meeting at the Howard Inn that attracted a wide diversity of groups ranging from the Nationa Organiza tion of Black Law Enforcement Ex ecutives to the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The basic purpose of the new body, as presented by Dr. Hooks at the press conference, is: •To establish a communications network for sharing and disseminating information; •To maximize the human and financial resources of African American communities; •To develop a bramtrust to research, analyze and make recom mendations on the socio-economic concerns affecting the black com munity and develop strategies to ad dress those concerns; • To identify and replicate effec tive »elf-help Initiatives in local com munities; •To develop strategies for (See NAACP, P. 2) af Minority Tatocammunlcatlans Emu'tlvas till Elderly Important Growing Segment Of Our Population Honor Senior Citizens By Respecting Rights BY DENNIS BEDMOND An Analysis In many cultures around the world, the elderly are held in posi tions of respect and honor. Members of these societies draw knowledge and insight from a wealth of life experiences that only their “elders” can offer. However, in our country, the aged are too often looked upon as less useful and in many cases even as a burden. National Nursing Home Residents Rights Week was a fitting time for our nation to focus attention on this very important and growing segment of our population. Working in the long-term care industry, I have met hundreds of our country's elderly on a one-to-one basis. As a result, I am con stantly reminded and awed by one overwhelming event—the power > and agelessness of the human spirit. Our country’s elderly may be retired, but they are not retiring. They aren’t yet ready to just sit idly by and “hand over the reins” to the next generation. This group of Americans, expected to number more than two million during the next 10 years, is demanding more of our country’s attention. And, this demand needs to be recognized as a basic right. More than 25 years ago, the Hillhaven Corp. took the first steps in addressing the issue of resident rights in nursing homes. In 1969, John Hacldey of the Hillhaven Corp. developed and in itiated a document that has since become recognized as law by the federal government—the Resident’s Bill of Rights. The Resident’s BUI of Rights sets out to ensure that residents in nursing homes received the consideration, respect and recognition that they deserve. The first Resident's Bill of Rights included elements that address ed the right to considerate and respectful care, the right to refuse treatment, consideration of the resident’s privacy, continuity of care and immediate response to resident’s requests for patient services. In 1974, the Health Care Finance Administration mandated these patients' rights as a standard for nursing homes across the country. HCFA serves as the federal regulatory body that oversees U.S. nurs ing homes participating in federally funded programs. It Is the responsibility of the nursing home staff to provide residents with an environment that enables the resident to continue (See ELDERS, P. 2)
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