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To Sava Tradition
Quincy Jones Wants To Save A
F lee ting Musical Tradition.
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Forrakhan Urges Students To
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THIS WEUK!
Jim Nathaniel Brown was
born in St. Simons, Georgia
in 1936. At Syracuse
University he was All
American in football, track
and lacrosse, and even
played basketball. In 1957
(See THIS WEEK. P.2)
RALEIGH, N.C.
VOL. 49, NO. 103
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Clear Margin Of Victory
Rep. Blue Leads For House Speaker Post
BY CASH MICHAELS
Contributing Writer
A significant shift in support last
week enables State House Represen
tative Dan Blue (D-Wake), to be the
likely successor to current N.C.
House Speaker Joe Mavretic when
the General Assembly reconvenes in
January. If this does happen, Rep.
Blue would make history by becom
ing the first African-American since
reconstruction to serve in that
capacity
A group of House Democrats who
helped to create the controversial
coalition with House Republicans in
order to oust former Speaker Liston
Ramsey (D-Madison) and elect Mr.
Mavretic to the post in 1989, aimed
their support last Wednesday at Rep.
Blue’s candidacy. Maveretic, realiz
ing that he did not have the votes this
time around for a second term, sug
gested the move.
At. a news conference, Mavretic
told reporters that he was supporting
blue for Speaker because he wanted
to make sure the “new direction con
tinued”, referring to the many
changes in approach and rank and
file committee assignments that
Mavretic instituted two years ago.
Before that, former Speaker Liston
Ramsey had been accused of
favoritism while delegating authori
ty
“We think we provided a clear
margin of victory for Dan Blue,”
Mavretic told reporters.” We certain
ly hope that if Dan is elected speaker,
he will stay the course!”
Blue was advised of Mavretic’s
support last week after conferring
earlier with Speaker Pro Tempore
Don Beard (D-Cumberland).
Another Democrat who was con
sidered in contention for the
Speaker’s post, Rep. David Diamont
(D-Surry), has also thrown his sup
port to Blue. Reportedly, of the six
candidates for the post, Blue is now
seen as being a shoe-in when the
Democrats meet next month to select
a candidate.
While The CAROLINIAN was not
able to reach Mr. Blue for comment,
in previous interviews about the
speaker’s job Blue had indicated that
various key issues affecting the
average working citizen of North
Carolina were not being addressed by
the current House leadership or
Republican Governor Jim Martin.
Governor Martin on the other hand,
who had helped to put together the bi
partisan coalition that elected
Speaker Mavretic to power, express
ed concern about a successor that
Republicans may not support. “I
hope we will not return to the old way
of the previous regime under Speaker
Ramsey...,” Martin told reporters
Thursday. He accused the
Democratic House majority under
Ramsey’s leadership, of centralizing
the power, thus shutting out the
Republican minority.
Many staunch Democrats were
shocked two years ago when
Mavretic gave many key committee
assignments to Republicans as well
as Democrats, thus sharing the
power base, and many hard feelings
between Mavertic and the
Democratic Party leadership came
about as a result.
While insisting that “no deals or
commitments” were cut, Mavretic
expressed hope that if elected, Pen.
(See DAN BLUE, P. 2)
REP. DAN BLUE
Illegal Drug Activity
Agents Seize Wake Residence
Forfeiture
Asset Laws
Violated
United States Attorney Margaret
Person Curtin announced that 3.19
acres of land in Morrisville, including
a residence located on the property,
was seized by the United States Mar
shals Service for a violation of the
federal asset forfeiture laws regar
ding the use of property for illegal
drug activity. The seizure was ac
complished pursuant to a Verified
Complaint for Forfeiture filed on July
20,1990, and a resulting Order direc
ting the seizure of the property which
was issued by Senior U.S. District
Judge F.T. Dupree, Jr. on August 30,
1990.
The property is titled in the names
of Cecil Ray Fields, Jr. and his wife,
Debra L. Fields. Cecil Fields was the
subject of a joint investigation by the
Wake County Sheriffs Department
and the N.C. Highway Patrol which
established that the real property and
residence were being used for the
manufacture of illegal drugs (mari
juana). As a result of a search con
ducted by the Wake County Sheriffs
Department on July 5, 1990, mari
juana plants were located on the pro
perty, and various drug parapher
nalia was found in the residence. Hie
supporting affidavit of Detective J.
E. Lebeuf indicates that the property
owner, Cecil Ray Fields, Jr., has
multinle prior felonv drus convic
CAPITOL VISITORS-Congrosswoman NHa M. Lowey (D
NY), center, wetoomes Rev. Vernon Shennon, left end Dr.
H. Naylor Rtzhugh to Capitol M recently with a delegation
of 25 additional mombors of Si Catherine AME Zion
Church of New Rochele, N.Y. Dr. Rtzhugh, a retired Pepsi
Cola vice president, was in Washington to accept the
Executive Leadership Counctfs Achievement Award for his
promotion of othnic marketing for mere than haN a century.
The delegation from St. Cathorfnos, Including Paul Radd.
Publisher of the Westchester County Press, traveled to
Washington by chartered bus for the event. Pepsi-Cola
sponsored ten members of the delegation. Congresswoman
Loway Invited this group of constituents to the House
dining room for breakfast and a report on issues before the
Congress. The congresswoman is completing her first term
as reprasentative of the 20th District and Rev. Shannon is
the pastor ef St. Catherine’s.
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lalelgh are among 34 that will share
nore than $1.24 million in federal tax
ncentives for affordable rental houa
ng, it was announced by James T.
Jroyhill, secretary of the State
lepartment of Economic and Com
qunity Development.
unve.
“In all, the $1.24 million in tax
credits will help build new rental
housing worth more than $16.3
million,” Secretary Broyhill said.
me siu new apartments wui oe
located in 13 counties, from Avery
and Madison counties in the moun
(See HOUSING, P. 2)
Workplace Crisis Looms
Largest Black Bank
in Country Closes;
Liquidating Assets
Depositors Will Share
With The FDIC Proceeds
NEW YORK, N Y. (AP)-The
government declared the Freedom
National Bank of New York insolvent
accounts exceeded the 1100,000 limit,
totaling 111 million. Those uninsured
depositors will share with the FDIC
Freedom National Bank over the years has
been faced with its problems and its board
and bank’s administration has seen trouble
coming for some time and this is a signal to
other institutions that there need to be a
community effort to survive.
Nov. #, closing what local officials
called the largest minority-owned
bank in the country.
The bank had assets of $101.9
million. Its main branch was in
Harlem and two others were in
Brooklyn.
The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp., the federal agency that closed
the bank, by law must reimburse
depositors with holdings up to
$100,000 each.
However, about 100 of the bank’s
the proceeds of liquidating the failed
bank’s assets.
The FDIC said there were no bids
by other banks to take over the
Freedom National Bank.
The bank has a total of 22,000 ac
counts in which $80.8 million had been
deputed
Debts and liabilities owed by the
bank but secured by various types of
collateral total about 88.1 million.
(See BANK CLOSING, P. 2,
tions dating back to 1985.
The seizure of the property was ac
complished by the United States Mar
shals Service, with assistance by the
Wake County Sheriff’s Department.
The federal asset forfeiture action is
being handled by Assistant U.S. At
torney Thomas P. Swaim.
(bee CRIME, P. 2)
DR. WILMOTH C. CARTER
HY I IK. AI.HKKT JAMS
ConlrlbuUuWHIflr
-History came alive at the Shaw
University Chapel when living
witnesses to the sit-in movement
which began in February lttO, at
North Carolina AAT (Greensboro)
and subsequently at North Carolina
Central (Durham) and Shaw Univer
sity (Raleigh) met last week. These
eyewitnesses to history answer to the
names of Dr. David Forbes, Dr.
Wilmoth C. Carter, Cornwell Adams,
Rev. Albert Sampson, William Peace
and Ms. Ajuba Joy and Dr. John
Fleming.
The foregoing witnesses were part
of a Civil Rights Forum, moderated
by Dr. Gladys Graves, which attemp
ted to assess the Impact of Shaw
University on the Civil Rights
(SeePANKL.P.2)
r ox rioiiow Apartments at 2711 and
2713 Big Oak St. received a reserva
tion of $43,200 in federal low-income
housing tax credits to build 10 affor
dable rental units. The apartments
are being developed by Bragg and
Stockett.
JEDAHOLA Enterprises received
a reservation of $13,486 to build six af
fordable rental units at 600 Dorothea
students Unprepared ror Jobs
Hie director of occupational educa
tion instruction for tbe state of Nev
York said that American young peo
pie and American businesses are ap
preaching a crisis in the 1900s am
tlpt the future workplace is shocking
Today’s students are not going to h
prepared for the Jobs in tomorrow’]
workplace. That’s the messagi
Willard Daggett delivered to Nortl
Carolina’s school superintendent
recently.
“Look at all tbe things we did in tbi
1900s. This is what we say ai
educators,’’ Daggett said. “We pain
out that in the 1900s we had all kindi
of ‘actions.’ Actions in our elemen
tary schools, our secondary schools
our vocational schools, our communi
ty colleges and our universities. L
people keep track of what educator
did by ‘actions,’ then they should giv<
us an A.
“However, I would prefer to keej
track of what happened by th<
results. And if we measure the result
of our collective education refora
movements in the 19S0s, I believe w<
failed,” Daggett said.
“I believe we have done very Uttk
to.truly Impact tbe future lives of dui
young people and this nation')
people,” he added. “Ify purpose is t<
help you collectively understand thai
American young people and
American hnalmaeas had onormoui
problems in 1969 and we are ap
proaching a crisis in the 1990s.”
Daggett says the skills that people
need today and will need in the future
are dramatically different than they
were 30 years ago. He adds that
educational institutions haven’t
changed to keep up with the changes
in the technological world.
As the workplace changes some
businesses are playing a bigger role
in educating students. Bandag, Inc.,
located in Oxford, has “adopted”
West Oxford Elementary School.
School/business partnerships and
what makes them work is featured in
the current issue of North OumHm
Education, a magazine for 50,000
educators across the state.
“Our company feels very strongly
about education,” said Phil Huber,
personnel manager for Bandag, Inc.
“We’ve seen our industry change
with microcomputers and other high
tech devices and one way we want to'
stay competitive is to promote conti
nuing education.”
After Bandag was bonded to West
Oxford Elementary School, the ex
citement In the community generated
by school faculty and Bandag
(See WORKFORCE, P. 2)
’ Ministry, Singing
: Make Contribution
“Behind The Walls”
A singing member el the arts council offered her first program in
the prlaou system el North Carolina through a ministry that is hav
ing a tremendous impact “behind the waits.’*
Seventeen women Inmates sang with great enthusiasm as lyrico
spinto soprano Willie Jordan conducted her first “Project Hymn
Sing” recently at the Raleigh Correctional Center for Women at 1X01
S. State St. Ms. Jordan was sponsored by the correctional center’s
area of chaplaincy services. Chaplain Bonnie Pettijohn, director.
Ms. Jordan wns accompanied nt the piano by Harry L. Taylor,
director el musk, Cokesbury United Methodist Church of Raleigh.
Inmatea present represened a creos-eectlon el Protestant,
Catholic and Quaker constituents, and as Ms. Jordan states, "They
seek mere awareness and Cleanness to God and for HU will in their
lives, and I believe the hymns made an impact.”
(See PRISON WALLS, P. |)