RALEIGH, N.C.,
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 15,1990
VOL. 49, NO. 1*
V.C.'s Semi-Wee;
EDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST,
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IN RALEIGH CmDQ
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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
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MULTICULTURAL
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gaMe the latha that we have
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<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)