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RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1990 VOL. 49, NO. 1* V.C.'s Semi-Wee; EDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST, SINGLE COPY AP IN RALEIGH CmDQ ELSEWHERE 300 I Ministers On Religious Freedom Denounce Deprogramming Methods See Page 21 Only Surviving Founder Of Wake Robin Golf Club Speaks On Golf Pioneers. See Page 23 V,. Accusations Fly As Controversy CorftinuesOverNov.6th Election BY DANIEL A. YOUNG Aa Analysis In the wake of allegations of im propriety, excessively long lines, fail ing to display and demonstrate models of voting machines to voters and failing to permit handicapped voters he opportunity to vote “curb side,” there seems to be adequate grounds for a statewide investiga tion—if not an investigation by the at torney general of the United States—of North Carolina’s election of Tuesday, Nov. 6. Jo Overman, chairman of the Durham County Board of Elections, states that she and the three-member board “accept the responsibility for the machine malfunction.” During the meeting of about 75-100 persons with the news media in atten Jesse Jackson To Shaw U. As Speaker Frmn CAROLINIAN 8UH Reporto The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, presi dent of the National Rainbow Coali tion and 1988 presidential candidate, will be in Raleigh on Friday, Nov. 16. Jackson will deliver the keynote ad dress at Shaw University's USth Founder’s Day homecoming celebra tion at the Raleigh Memorial Audttprium at ll a.m. Shaw, founded in 1865, also served to spearhead the formation of North Carolina Central University in Durham and N.C. AAT state University in Greensboro, Fayetteville State University and Elisabeth City State University. On Friday afternoon, Jackson will visit the Martin Luther King Memorial Gardens in Southeast Raleigh. He beeomss the second na tionally known African-American leader to visit the gardens this month. Ms. Rosa Parks, the mother of the civil rights movement, toured the memorial on Nov. 3. She told a crowd of 400 gathered to-greet her, “I am truly inspired. This statue of Dr. King is the most hfeiike and expertly crafted that I’ve seen anywhere. The initiative this community has taken to preserve the memory of the civil rights movement will become a model for the entire nation." Rev. Jackson, who was one of Dr. King’s dose associates and who was with King in Memphis when he was (See JESSE JACKSON, P. 2) NEWS BRIEFS CHRISTMAS KETTLE The belie will he ringing again when the 8alvattee Army heUs Me anneal kettle kicked Nev. U at Hade— Balk — the Fayet teville Street Mall. Everyeaeis eacearaged te help ehare the Jay of Christmas with aeighbere la MTHWATWHAL GUEST Oh—de Sean, profceier of Preach at the Village da Beaia Centre Interaational de Recher che et D’Btade de Laagnee in Toga, Weet AM—, visited N.C. Mate University te disease the eeleal— and scope of the NC8U Pereiga Langeage Department. The Nev. M visit faceted — the abjective te ceattaee te solidify NC8V. MULTICULTURAL MVERSTTY “America le the meet caltaral ly and ethnically diver— aatl— hi the hietary of civiUaattea hat ear leaden are aet prepared te gaMe the latha that we have heceoM,” nidAiaT. Spaaldiag, Jr., chairmaa of the Nattoaal Aasadattaa of Minority Traetaes la Hlghar Edacati— and a member cf the Uaiverolty of North rareMaa Board of Gever •peaMiag epahe to the Natlaaal O—grass of Mjadt^Facalty at Uaaal leetitatia— m—t be train lag-new leaden." he said. <S— NEWS BRIEF8, P. 1) ■lance, Overman demonstrated to the audience how an attempt to vote for six rather than five out of the nine candidates made the machine malfunction, saying “The machines worked fine for the spring election and for the 10 percent of the machines tested for this election.” Only 10 per cent of the machines on hand to be us ed are required to be tested before an election, according to Overman. Overman claims the commis sioner’s race was the only race af fected, and said, “If you voted pro perly on the machines, it functioned prspe Many in the audience felt this was a shifting of the responsibili ty for the machines malfunctioning to the voters. “The main complaint," said Over man, “was that the machines would not let you vote the straight Democratic ticket.” When the cur tain closed, the machine would automatically cast a vote, even though the voter had not yet made their choice. In explaining the possible cause for the machine malfunction, Overman stated that some of the machines were purchased in 1950, making them more than 40 years old. When asked why newer machines had not been purchased, members of the board ex plained that it was due to the very low priority placed on this request by the Durham County Board of Commis sioners. Voting machines have been in use in the United States since 1892 when they were first used at Lockport, N. Y. In 1896 they were used in Rochester, N.Y. and soon thereafter were in widespread use throughout the United States. The need for voting machines grew out of a need to eliminate fraud, error and carelessness on the part of voters and election officials. Tlie machines are supposed to be inspected and set at 000 sometime before the polls open and add the votes as they are cast. The machines are required to allow each elector to vote in secrecy either a straight party ticket (as the law re quires) or a split ticket; and to pre vent the elector for voting for more candidates seeking office than they are entitled to vote and to be able to forestall “any fraudulent manipula tion.” Where machines are used, challenged voters can be accom modated' as well. Some machines even have keyboards for permitting a “Challenged Ballot.” Ms. Overman says, “We’re not making excuses. No system’s perfect. All system fail. This is exact ly what happened in Durham.” Sherri Rosenthal of Durham said, “There should have been a backup system,” and felt investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation was necessary. Overman stated, “Two of eight computerized voting machines broke Questions Loom in PENDER ST. SHOOTING Local Nan Die»Of Wounds A Raleigh man is dead and another has been arrested in a fatal attack earlier this week. According to police reports, Officer J. Scott filed the investigation report following the shooting at the 1800 block of Pender Street which left Philmore Alfred Williams, 34, of 1602-A Pender St., dead. He was taken to Wake Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Police arrested Percy Eaton, 38, of 118 Nassau St., and charged him with iuur del'. Police recovered a Taurus .38-caliber revolver belonging to Williams, a .38-caliber revolver belonging to the suspect, a black Jacket and tee-shirt Eaton was wear ing. Eaton was being held in Wake County Jail at press time. In other news: Samuel Van Williams, 26, was killed earlier this week when an Amtrak train ran over him as be lay on the tracks. He was struck by the passenger train shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday near Old Garner Road and Eby Drive. Police at the scene said Williams appeared to have been asleep on the track and apparently tried to get off the tracks after the engineer Mew the train’s whistle and hit the brakes. The train, Amtrak’s Silver Star, was en route from New York to Miami. Police have said that they do not suspect foul play in Williams’ death. His body was severed and an autopsy showed he died of “massive trauma.” Calling Card Gives Phone More Punch The evolution of the calling card has created a powerful communica tions tool—small enough to fit in your wallet—that offers added conve nience and value to long-distance calling when away from home. Calls made on the AT&T Calling Card—which is available free of charge—are billed to the caller’s home telephone number, so the card eliminates the need for coins, calling collect and billing calls to third par ties. In fact, using the card for tag distance calk costs even less than us ing coins at a piddle phone. For an additional monthly fee, the card also lets you take advantage of a special rate available through the Reach Out America* calling plan as part of long-distance service. The ATAT Calling Card allows users to make long-distance calls on AT&T’s Worldwide Intelligent Net work from almost any phone to anywhere in the United States and some X70 foreign countries and areas; callers can also call the United States from more than 150 countries with the card. Local calls within the United States can be made using the card as well. Here’s how the card works: Ushga touch-tone ohone. the ciOer 0 andtheareacodeand|‘ ‘ * of the person being called. After a tone is heard, the caller enters the 10-digit calling-card I ad by a f (SeeCALLING CARD, P. 2) MINISTER OF THE YEAR—Rev. H.B. Pickett, president of the Raleigh-Apex Branch NAACP, Is shewn abevo receiving the Minister efthe Year award tram Rev. L.O. Saunders, ce-chairman of the ReNgieus Affairs committM of the North NAACP. The presentation ws made In Hickory. N.C. on Oct. 25th. during the N. C. NAACP Conference of Branches 47th Annual Session. e Three Local Churchee Team For Succeaeiul Youth Forum In OHtV i ue iirsi ui it series oi youm iorums on “Educational Strategies for Suc cess,” sponsored by three local Raleigh churches along with Teens Against AIDS, was held on Saturday, Nov. 3, at LaocHcea United Church of Christ on Rocfc .Quarry Road. In addition to Laodicea, churches co-sponsoring the forum were Saiht Ambrose Episcopal Church and Mar tin Street Baptist Church. [Si M M - ine iocus w me''wrum incor porated phases of hurtian relations, self-esteem and pee* pressure a»4hey relate to the youth of today, ages 10-18, in a society where the three areas of concentration have a tremendous impact on their lives as they make decisions for future growth and development. Workshop leaders-and consultants were Ms. Shirley Donaldson-Hinton, WK*& BUSY POSTAL WORKER* cuuiONUui^iicauici at i-ugvu nuuuic School’; Daniel T. Blue, attorney and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives; and Ms. Barbara Taylor, health educator at the Wake County Health Department. Approx imately 100 youth and their parents participated in this youth forum. Ms. Shirley Hinton’s workshop ses sion, relating to the self-esteem com ponent and shared through a video presentation titled “I Can,” traced the life of a young girl in a small, eastern North Carolina town, from high school through college gradua tion. The presentation conveyed to the youth that the “I Can” concept can be achieved and met successfully with a willingness to work hard in spite of limitations. Belief in self, decision-making, reaching for and holding onto a dream are important facets of growth and development in self-esteem. The “I Can” model is the inspiration needed for setting priorftiei for this growth for self esteem. Much discussion and sharing of ex periences took place in the session on human relation# with Blue as workshop leader. Using an advertise ment from the sports section of the newspaper, with pictorial and written communication that conveyed a '‘signal,” the biblical reference of “love thy neighbor as thyself,” and the analogy of the level of thinking that is necessary in driving a stan dard shift car to one’s ability to think in being able to adjust to many different situations, Blue challenged the participants to access the logic of hunup relations—getting along with other people and overcoming the preconception of a stigma that may be associated with themsetvhs. Youth, be said, must recognise the climate that they are operating in, be able tp adjust to a variety of climates and believe that one has the ability and right to be whatever they are. The importance of understanding the (See Y OUTH FORUM, P. 2) down at 7:30 a.m., an hour after the polls pened.” The amount of time necessary to vote was often mentioned by several members of the audience. Margaret Glennon stated that she had to wait three hours to vote and it wasn’t until after midnight that she cast her ballot. Polls in Durham closed at 10 p.m.; around the state polls were scheduled to close at 7:30 p.m. (See ELECTIONS, P. NAACP Names Rev. Pickett Year’s Minister BY ALUE M. PEEBLES fftiHrating Writer Rev. H.B. Pickett, Jr. was the reci pient of the coveted Minister of the Year Award during the 47th annual session of the North Carolina Con ference of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The setting was the Religious Affairs Luncheon, held on Oct. 25 at noon at Morning Star First Baptist Church, Hickory. Rev. L.O. Saunders, co-chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee of the N.C. NAACP, presented the trophy to Rev. Pickett. Rev. Pickett is well known in the area for Ms leadership in Its civic, religious and educational affairs over a period of years. Pickett established his civil rights agenda during his time spent in his hometown NAACP branch in Morehead City. He has held membership in the Rakdgb-Apex Branch tor many years. Prior to his being elected president in December of 1968, he served as vice president for 10 years. During that period, he served as chairman of various Com mittees. During his tenure, Rev. Pickett has led the Raleigh-Apex Branch In new directions. He has appointed a legal redress committee, which is actively working on charges of discrimination in employment. He has likewise revised the branch’s education com mittee, which the community will soon see or hear about. Rev. Pickett led the branch in seek ing a satisfactory solution to the pro blem with youth at Crabtree Mall. His ward was the first to request and ISm H R PirKRTT P ■>! Shirley Caesar Performs For Hospice Cause BY MARVA CRAIG Contributing Writer Since the hospice program’s incep tion 14 years ago, there has been an evolution in the medical servic e delivery systems of American com muni ties. A major federal legislative bill was passed in IMS placing hospice services under the umbrelH of the Medicare benefits program. In addition to Medicare, some major in sura nee companies offer hospice benefits. November has been designated as National Hospice Month. During the past decade, Hospice of Wake Count. has been offering physical, emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families. By the end of 1990, Hospice of Wake County will have provided 1MS0 days of care to 1,990 people. The nonprofit organization is operated by SO staff members and more than 200 trained volunteers (See HOSPICE, P.2)
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