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Black Men Urged To Get
Checked For Prostate Cancer.
See Page 12
First Baptist To Hold
Annual Homecoming Call.
SeePage 19
NEWS 81
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
Miss America 1991 Marjorie
Judith Vincent, a 25-year-old
Miss Illinois from Oak park who
was crowned recently, says she
will put her boyfriend on hold for
a year while she travels the coun
try making appearances as Miss
America and flaunting “Black is
Beautiful.”
The third-year law student at
Duke University has chosen the
plight of battered women as the
platform to emphasize during her
reign. This is the second con
secutive year a black woman has
won the title. Debbye Turner won
the title last year.
IN THE PULPIT
Renowned gospel singer
Shirley Caesar of Durham is
gaining a following in Raleigh as
she delivers a soul-stirring
message in word and song to con
gregations at Mount Calvary Ho
ly Church, 1014 Smithfield St. She
ministered to a capacity con
gregation last Sunday and was
preparing for a program Wednes
day night at the church.
BLACK NFL FRANCHISE
A five-person ownership group
headed by William R. Harvey,
president of predominantly black
Hampton University in Hampton,
Va., will be the likely owners of a
Triangle football team of the Na
tional Football League franchise
proposed. The NFL has stated a
desire for a large share of one of
its teams to be owned by blacks.
INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
The Biney and Laryea Africa
Promotions is in the process of
organizing an educational trip to
Ghana to learn more about the
culture, education and invest
ment opportunities in the coun
try. Dr. Doris Laryea, an English
professor at N.C. State Universi
ty, is research consultant with
Dr. Frank Godfrey, St.
Augustine’s College; Dr. Agatha
Carroo, N.C. Central University;
and Dr. Kamau Kambon, St.
Augustine's College. For infor
mation call 266-9919 or 231-6944.
BLACK ADOPTION
Miriam Thomas, WTVD-TV 11
anchorwoman, will be the guest
speaker during a presentation
about adoption and foster care
for black families at 7:30 p.m. on
Sept. 27 at the Fine Arts Building,
St. Augustine’s College. The pro
gram is sponsored by the Wake
County Chapter of the Friends of
Black Children Council and the
Wake Department of Social Ser
vices to emphasise the county’s
need for families to adopt black
children.
(See NEWS BRIEFS, P. 2)
Worldwide Com.')V-'
Gas f races, Hit Community
From CAROLINIAN Staff Report*
The North Carolina Petroleum
Marketers Association representing
petroleum wholesales and
distributors throughout the state says
it is concerned over developments in
the Middle East and in the recent rise
in petroleum prices.
For the first eight months of this
year, prices rose at a seasonally ad
justed rate of 6.2 percent, up sharply
from the 4.6 percent rise for 1969.
These rising prices are blaqjed
largely on higher oil costs stemming
from Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on
Aug. 2. Many fear a recession in the
state, and on the national level,
leaders are urging Congress to take a
long, hard look at the perilous state of
our economy, now teetering on the
brink of a recession. A massive oil
hike could push us over the edge.
Don M. Ward, executive vice presi
dent of the petroleum association
headquartered in Raleigh, says,
“Marketers are dedicated to serving
the public with products at
reasonable prices. Members of our
organization are not guilty of price
gouging. In fact, it is extremely dif
ficult for them to pass along all the in
creases when they are more than a
few tenths or a few cents per gallon at
a time.”
Ward said competition in many
cases comes into play and marketers’
suppliers react and increase their
prices in different stages and in dif
ferent methods from other suppliers.
This has the same type of effect on
petroleum wholesalers who must try
to pass on the increase to their
customers, he said.
James Bannister, who was ques
tioned while getting gas from
Hunter’s Exxon on New Bern
Avenue, said, “You can’t blame
Hunter’s Exxon for price increases.
We are paying for Exxon’s spill in the
ocean, also blame the United States.”
A community survey showed:
Gas prices at Big John’s Gulf on
MAN ARRESTED FOR HOUSE FIRE
Closet,
Hallways
Are Burned
George Lee Cole, 39, of 220 E.
Cabarrus St., was charged with one
count of first-degree arson and four
counts of attempted murder earlier
this week, according to warrants in
the Wake County Magistrate’s Office.
Firefighters were called to the
rooming house where Cole lives at
6:45 a.m. Tuesday, and lud the blaze
under control in 35 to 40 minutes, said
J.B. Sandy, Raleigh district fire
chief. He estimated damate to the
brick-and-frame building at more
than $10,000.
The fire started inside a second
floor closet under a stairwell in the in
terior of the house. Chief Sandy said
fire damage was limited to the closet,
stairwell, the hallway and the attic,
but there was some smoke and water
damage to other parts of the house.
The building is owned by Schuyler
Allen.
Cole was jailed in lieu of $5,000
bond.
In another fire incident, a five
year-old girl playing with a cigarette
lighter ignited a blaze in the bedroom
of an apartment on Rock Quarry
Road.
The child and her mother, Judy
Montague, were able to get out of
their apartment at Southgate Apart
ments before flames engulfed the
back room, said Capt. Robert A.
Stanley. No one was injured.
He estimated that the fire had caus
ed more than $10,000 in damage.
Firefighters were called to the
scene at 12:01 p.m. Tuesday, Stanley
said. They cut a hole in the roof of the
bedroom, one of two in the apart
ment, to contain the blaze to that unit,
he said. The apartment is on the end
of a one-story complex.
Ms. Montague and her daughter,
along with an unidentified man who
also lived in the apartment, were
seeking overnight shelter through the
American Red Cross, Stanley said.
KEYS TO SUCCESS-M Naaquaya, a itudant at Atkaas Oriva Wgh Sckaal says
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and atrang auppart. Ska ratatas ta AMcaa aai Amarkaa aattaraa. Ska la tka
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and kar tatkar It tram 8Hana, Alhca. (Pkak ky Appk 1 Haarfkak)
FOR GANTT—Dmlng a rally here this week at the Raleigh
Civic Center supporters arrived In numbers to hear
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Harvey B. Gantt speak on
education, the environment, health insurance and infant
mortality. In photo with Gantt are supporters including
Angelique Camp and Albeda Everette, students. (Photo by
Apple 1-Hour Photo)
Gantt Charges Helms With New
Tactlc:DlstortIng Own Record
From CAROLINIAN Staff Reports
U.S. Senate nominee Harvey B.
Gantt and Republican U.S. Sen. Jesse
A. Helms continue to counter each
other on emotion-laden issues like
abortion for sex selection or in cases
of rape or incest.
Gantt has also charged Helms with
a new tactic: distortion of his own
record in an effort to overcome his
rating as the “worst” senator on
education. “Jesse Helms has made a
career out of distorting his opponents’
records. Already, he has spent <8
million trying to distort my record,”
Gantt said. “And now, he has even
started distorting his own record.”
Gantt generated excitement during
a rally here Tuesday at the Civic
Center when supporters arrived in
numbers to hear him speak on educa
College, Gantt aimed at volley at
Helms’ record on education. “More
than any other senator, Mr. Helms
With less than six weeks to go before elect
ion day, Harvey Gantt is gearing up activities
in Wake County and across the state that are
generating excitement as he hammers on
emotion-laden issues such as education.
tion, the environment, health in
surance and the high infant mortality
rate.
Earlier, in Pinehurst at Sandhills
has voted against programs to im
prove education. A full analysis of the
(See HARVEY GANTT, P. 2)
Poole Road ranged from $i 59 full
service, $1.63 unleaded to $1.72 sup
unleaded. Self-service was s: >
regular, $1.39 unleaded plus and $> 1
super unleaded.
At Hunter’s Exxon, regular ■
$1.29 full service, $1.61 unleaded r r
and $1.64 super unleaded, at a fon
cents-per-gallon discount. Self
vice: regular, $1.29; unleaded pi
$1.40 and super unleaded, $l.5i
At Dunn’s Texaco: full servu
$1.20, regular; $1.35, unleaded pi-.:
and $1.40 super unleaded at five cent.-,
per gallon discount. Self-service
regular, $1.45; unleaded plus $1 'i
and super unleaded, $1.60.
Many in the community he I’
(See GAS PRICES, P. 2)
Congressman
Focuses On
Black Male;
WASHINGTON, D.C.- ’Th,
dangerment of the African-Ame-:
male places the future of our eni
race in serious jeopardy,” says 1<
Major Owens (D-N.Y.).
Rep. Owens, chairman of the Con
gressional Black Caucus Higher
Education Braintrust, will addre
the plight of African-American rr.a
during the Congressional Bi
Caucus Foundation’s 20th are I
Legislative Weekend in Washing);
D.C., Sept. 26-30.
Although the theme of the
Legislative Weekend this yea
“Memories of the Past—Visions i
the Future,” Rep. Owens sta’bs
“The worsening sociological -.rd
demographic trends for African
American males bodes ill for the v.
sion of the Future’ for our people
families and our communities. 1
particularly alarmed at a rep
released this year by the Washing)
D.C.-based Sentencing Projt
which found that approximately « -
out of every four African-Amem
males between 20 and 29 are eithei
prison, on probation, or on parole
contrast, only 436,000 Afrit,
American males in this age group.
enrolled in any form of higher edn
tion.”
In light of these statistics, K
Owens says discussions during .
issue forum on African-Ameri,
males and his braintrust on higl
education will focus on the role
federally funded education resea
and development in devising so
tions to the education problems of
ban, at-risk youth and Afric,
American males.
As chairman of the House Subcon ■
mittee on Select Education, R«v
Owens plans to introduce legislat - \
creating a National Institute for )
Education of At-Risk Students,
multimillion-dollar federal resea. ch
and development entity designed
solve longstanding problems
school failure.
“We know the problem all too w
But how can we direct the federal
(See BLACK MALES, P. 2)
Skills To Succeed
Success On The Streets, In School
BY MARIE FAUBERT
ContribaUaf Writer
All parents want their children to succeed. Parents
make many personal sacrifices to see to it that their
children have as many opportunities to prosper,
achieve, and flourish as they can possibly provide for
them, the struggle for the good of their children h»flins
before birth with the best possible prenatal care and
continues through infancy and childhood to adulthood.
In addition, African American parents provide their
children with the skills to succeed in a society which
will often look upon them with fear and suspicion.
African American children need all the support other
children need and more. African American children re
quire coping skills in the face of personal prejudice and
institutional racism and transforming akiik in order
that they can become instruments of substantive
change in a changing society.
One of the ways that African American parents
prepare their children for success is to make sure that
they can function effectively in two cultures, that of
their heritage and that of the workplace. One of the
demands of the workplace is the command of what has
come to be known as "standard American English."
Knowning what an important issue that of using stan
dard American English has become to the potential
success of African American men and women in the
workplace, DonC. Locke, Ed.D., head of the Counselor
Education Department of North Carolina State Univer
sity, submitted a grant proposal to the Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation.
This grant, “Talking: Success on the Street and in
School”, sought to fund a service/extension project
with 25 African American high school seniors in one
Wake County public school. The grant stipulated that
the proposed language project would be under the
aegis of the Department of Counselor Education in the
College of Education and Psychology of North Carolina
State University.
In the proposal presented to the Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation, Dr. Locke points out that the reasons for
only 37 percent of African American high school
graduates going on to any kind of post secondary
education are many, but one of them is that “the
students feel alienated in the formal education context
because of differences between their own
speech/language/communication patterns and those
of ‘school.’ ”
Dr. Locke summarizes the conflict that a substantial
number of African American students feel: These
discrepancies between communication systems can
result in a variety of negative consequences. First,
teachers often categorize and stereotype students ac
cording to characteristics of their oral language, In one
study, teachers listened to audio recordings of students
considered to have “poorer speech” and judged them
to be less enthusiastic and confident than their “better
speaking” peers. The critical point is that students
tend to achieve up to the level expected by the teacher,
thus the self-fulfilling prophesy. The researchers
stated, “We wonder just haw many boys who...sound
‘unintelligent’ were discouraged from continuing their
education because they did not receive the appropriate
feedback from their teachers.”
A second negative consequence of differences in
communication patterns is that students may shy
away from interactions with teachen and other
authority figures who use the language system of
school. The result is a failure to receive help when
needed and to develop a sense of belonging and par
ticipation in the educational process.
Dr. Locke designed a project with four major objec
(See SUCCESS, P. 2)
DR. DON C. LOCKE