RALEIGH, N.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 27.
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Citizens Show Concern...
City Urged ‘Be Honest’About S.E.
Developm’t
Frm CAROLINIAN SUH Reparta
Raleigh, like many cities around
the nation, is undergoing change
Change means growth, change
means replacing old with new, or
complementing the old with the new.
In the past the tool tor change was
urban renewal. This tool meant
massive relocation, clearance or
demolition of homes and businesses.
Now, however, we have a tool
known as community
development/redevelopment and
neighborhood conservation.
Recently, a broad spectrum of
dtlxena met at the Hargett Street
YWCA with representatives of the ci
ty’s pUnning department to list their
concerns and priorities relative td the
feasibility of disigrtatlng the New
Bera/Edenton Street corridor as a
redevelopment area.
Approximately 80 citisens wer
edivided into four groups of 12-15 peo
pie to give serious thought about im
proving and beautifying this
Southeast Raleigh area.
City Council members Ralph
Campbell, Jr. and Mary Watson Nooe
participated in small group discus
sions following a slide presentation.
People who own property in the
I»®pos«d redevelopment area say
they favor the plan to clean up tigs
neighborhood and encourage com
patible new development but want ci
ty officials to be honest about plans
and provide assurances that longtime
residents will not be forced out of
their homes.
Hiis message emerged from the
forum with members of the task force
charged with formulating pi«"« for
thp approximate 16 city blocks.
Linda Dahl, a land planner and ar
chitect who cochairs the task force,
led group discussions with Reggie
Havnes, Seanne Winters and Mayola
New Housing Council
Set To Assist in
Drug Prevention
in response to U.S. Departmentm
HUD Secretary Jack Kemp’s request
to organise a task force to rid HUD
and conventional housing of illegal
NEWS BRIEFS
HO TO CHY HALL
Ike City ef Raleigh Is planning
to pm a 2S.S0S seat amphitheater
close to the earner of Sunnybrook
and Rock Quarry Reads.'Seme
members ef the community
bolieve that the large volume of
traffic, excessive noise and inter
esting beverages sold during the
perfermaaces will have a
negative Impact on property
value and have taken the City of
Raleigh^ toSoperlor Court over
HOUSING BONO
IMPLEMENTATION
The public is invited to make ■
comments and suggestions for
the implementation of the
tSS-milUon housing bond which
was passed In November. The
pubUe hearing will be held eu
Jaa. 2 at 7 p.m. In the CKy Council
Chamber of the Raleigh
Municipal Building. 222 W.
Hargett St.
PARTNERSHIPS
OPENS DOOR
New Job hortsons for blind
ctliieM are emerging a reeolt
el a public-private partaenhtp
between foe N.C. Divfolea of Ser
vieea for tbe Blind (ORB), Good
will Indue trie* of Bait Central
North Carolina and Holiday Inn.
nuroogh training offered by
with tbe lateat in_
technology pwrchaaod by
visually fol
ding Job* wife Holiday Inn-. Cen
tral Reservation* Offieo in
Raleigh. Holiday Inn’s reserva
tfon center In Raleigh serves one
thfardMtheaatlon and employee*
local canter ia expected*^*
receive in the neighborhood of
call* this year.
UMMNTEREST
MORTGAGES
First-time homo boyars in
|M miUtaa In
as the rouM *f a tax
by the N.C.
or , , :
beeane* mortgage
survived the congressional
iMimt law Inal aanaoanBh
ms ■■■• SUVUHB
extended for
Bring the
all IS of Norfjii Carolina’s
program, which has helped
M,H* North CaroNalaa
(See NEWS BRIEFS. P.l)
drags, the N.C. Housing Council for
Drag Prevention has been formed.
With the cooperation and coordina
tion of numerous organizations
throughout the state, the council will
•arve to “provide support, education
and assistance to managers and
. residents of multifamily housing in
their quest to recognize and eliminate
drug use and activity in North
! Carolina.”
The organizations supporting this
effort are the Department of Housing
and Urban Development; Farmer’s
Home Administration; N.C. Housing
Finance Agency; State Bureau of In
c’M.isna
Resistance Education Program; N.C.
Department of Public Instruction;
Drug and Alcohol Defense Program;
Department of Crime Control and
Public Safety; Division of Crime
Prevention; Legal Services of North
Carolina; N.C. Association of
Realtors; Institute of Real Estate
Management; the Triad, Triangle
and Charlotte Apartment Associa
tions; Southeastern Association of
HUD Management Agents; and a
number of individuals involved in
multifamily housing manag<»m»nt ;n
North Carolina.
Three seminars are tentatively
scheduled to take place in February
in Raleigh, Charlotte and
Greensboro. The seminars will cover
toe purpose and goals of the council,
drug and drug abuse identification,
lew enforcement assistance, and the !
legal aspects of drugs and drag abuse
problems.
Winston. Ms. Dahl said rite hoped the
interest would continue and noted
that it was Just the beginning of the
The forum gave citizens their first
opportunity to say how they would
like to see the target area rhnng«H
Their comments will be used to
develop detailed recommendations
for development.
The 11-member task force will pre
ant a draft proposal for public
revliW at the next forum in April
mi. A public hearing is planned for
July 1991, before the Raleigh City
Council and in September 1991, the
council wants to adopt a final
redevelopment plan.
The following recommendations
were presented by the group leaders:
(1) Build new homes to complement
old homes; (2) Older citizens kept in
distance to churches, bus lines and
downtown/security measures in
housing complexes; (3) a crosswalk
over Edenton Street near the residen
tial area; (4) a traffic entrance to St.
Augustine’s College; (S) planting of
trees to buffer the sound of transpor
tation.
Haynes said, “It is important that
the community net a feel for this pro
posed plan before this community is
declared a redevelopment area.”
Dolphus Pearson emphasized the im
portance of someone talking with pro
perty owners to update their property
similar to the improvements made on
New Bern Avenue. Mayor Pro Tem
Ralph Campbell stated the need for
on-site management of rooming hous
ing in the area.
It was stated that the view ap
proaching the Capitol from the east
could be as nice as Atlanta, Ga. and
other capital cities with the involve
ment of state government and local
lending initiatives to make this a
beautiful gateway. Community
development funds and bonds should
be used to assist in redevelopment of
this area, it was said.
Some speakers voiced concern
about rundown properties, par
ticularly rooming houses, that they
said brought vandalism, filth and
drug use, and most said they favored
redevelopment if it would clean up
the area.
Freddie Curtis, who lives on New
Bern Avenue, said, “Be truthful with
us. Don’t meet with us and be putting
(See DEVELOPMENT, P. 2)
“We may have to
march...and picket again... ”
Action Limits
Minority Scholarships
Williams’
Position
Questioned
BY LARRY A. STILL
N\PA New* Service '
WASHINGTON, D.C.-White
House supporters of black
Republican appointee Michael
Williams are still attempting to
clarify his original, controversial rul
ing limiting “equal opportunity’’
scholarships based solely on race
during a hectic week of confusing
policy decisions, congressional
debate and the replacement of his
cabinet secretary by the “Education
President.”
The shocking directive by
Williams, the assistant secretary of
education for civil rights, was finally
held q > to review by chief executive
George Bush following an uproar
from all sections of the nation, in
cluding members of his GOP less
than M hours after several historical
ly black college presidents met with
Bush, Secretary of Education Lauro
Cavazos and congressional leaders
who scheduled more hearings on the
scholarship issue by Rep. Augustus
Hawkins (D-Calif.), retiring chair
man of the House Education and
Labor Committee.
When Williams refused to appear at
the congressional hearing, the usual
ly mild-mannered Hawkins angrily
called the decision “an affront to the
committee, to the Congress and to the
American people.” Hawkins called
the new policy “a hoax... such a
distinction has no basis in law or fact.
Moreover, it is contrary to the ex
press letter of the veto of the [1968]
Civil Rights Restoration
(See SCHOLARSHIPS, P. 2)
■H *a Vep<,d
Hunger and homelessness con
tinued to grow this year as In
previous years in major U.S. cities
while the public tolerance of, interest
in, the homeless is waning. Although
there is evidence of change in the
public sentiment toward the
homeless, the U.S. Department opf
Agriculture is increasing help for
mothers and children.
*n economic slowdown in recent
months has placed added pressure on
many agencies providing emergency
food and shelter as unemployment
and HftniniiiiiM resources further
project conditions will produce
greater demand for emergency food
and shelter in the year ahead.
The liSDA recently announced
U percent Increase in caseload, .
allocations for the Commodity Sup
plemental Food Program for fiscal
year UN.in North Carolina and u
other states and the District of Col
umbia that will provide'nourishing
packages for thousands of needy poo
ph not previously served.
The CSPP is a food assistance pro
gram that provides supplemental
packages to low-income woman, in
fants and oklldrsn up to age S, and to
elderly persons. The INI national
caseload is Mf.N0 compared to last
year's totalof Ml,NS participants.
The program is administered by
USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service.
The authorised caseload level for
North Carolina is I,ON during fiscal
year 1N1.
“I am pleased that we can accom
modate a significant incrM»M in the
number of CSFP participants," said
FNS Administrator Betty Jo Nelson
at Washington, D.C. “This means
ctrMl, nonfat dry and evaporated
milk, Juice, cereal, farina, rice,
pMta, egg mix, dehydrated potatoes,
peanut butter, dry beans and peas,
canned meat and poultry, and canned
fruits and vegetables.
Recent findings in major cities
reveal that requests for emergency
food assistance increased overall by
an average of 23 percent this
year-rtbe largest percentage in
crease in years—and requests from
faHlfliee with children increased.
An average of 14 percent of the re
quests for emergency food were
unmet during the year and food
facilities in many cities turned away
Mayor Raymond Flynn of Boston,
Mated in a survey for the United
States Conference of Mayors that
“the problem in America today is
hunger, not the hungry. The problem
"•problem in America is
Mayor Sue Myrick. co
' Conference of Mayor's
ce on Hunger and
■ “W the problem was
rbetad by the economy
FNS can provide nourishing food
packages for thousands of needy peo
ple not previously served."
Nelson said USDA was able to ex
pand 1M1 CSFP caseload levels by
donating the entire amount of nonfat
milk needed for the program.
CSFP food packages are tailored to
different categories of participants
and include, infant formula and
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - WLLE Radio’s Hanry
Monroe, Jr., left *nd Bra. James Thomas, right, gospel
radio personality are pictured giving Christmas Cheer
Bags to community ratWants. Bra. Thomas caardlnated
the Christmas glvaaway with area churches. (Photo by
James 6Hast
Israel Threatend Target
Looms In Gulf
by NNrA New* Service
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
has threatened to make Tel Aviv his
first target if war breaks out in the
Persian Gulf, involving the entire
Middle East, thus bringing the United
States and some European nations to
high level rounds of consultation
within three weeks before the Jan. 15
United Nations deadline for Iraq to
withdraw its armies from Kuwait or
face a possible military strike.
Meanwhile, top defense officials
have told the White House that U.S.
forces will not be ready to attack Iraq
until several weeks after the Jan. 15,
1991 deadline set for complete Iraqi
withdrawal. Secretary of Defense
Richard B. Cheney and Gen. Colin L.
Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, recommended this week at a
meeting with President Bush at
Camp David. Md.
The two officers urged delaying
any strike until the full 490,000-troop
U.S. force was ready which is not un
til sometime after Feb. l, 1991. Many
African-Americans say the buildup in
the Persian Gulf is disproportionately
black and are beginning to stage pro
tests and demonstrations around the
country urging withdrawal of
American troops from the area
\n Vitaly**
War, what is it good for? For ua, ab
solutely nothing! Throughout history
war's only friend has beeothe under
taker. Unless U.S. Prssidsnt George
Bush refrains from his dseiro for war
making in the Persian Gulf, far too
many African-American parents and
families will be making ar
rangements with a friendly under
taker while the rich and mighty con
tinue their feeding off our liEsiabor
and taxes. As wa go ton war sought
and paid for by the wealthy sheiks of
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the
similarly rich Seven Sisters (oil com
panies) of the world, black families
should be asking now, “What is it that
we will get out of the deal?"
The entire Persian Gulf and M«ddle
Bast situation provides graphic il
lustrations of the inequity of the
Anglo mentality, black and white
relationships around the world and
the continual gap between the haves
and have-nots. In uie uuiiea states,
Bush refuses to sign the Civil Rights
Act to allow blacks a better chance of
being, and moving up, in the
workplace while he willingly accepts
our out-of-work youth to die for rich
people's interests in a land 8,000 miles
away. In the super-rich Gulf States
area, there is ample proof that what
African-Americans in the Desert
Sheild operation will be nrotecting is
years of chattel slavery of other
blacks who are being uised in the
palaces of the rulina families of Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and
the United Arab Emirates.
And in the broader Middle East our
ally, the state of Israel, has broken as
many rules as Iraq is accused of, and
has been an occupying force in
r
southern Lebanon, the West Bank and
Gaza Strip with impupUy for years.
While war may be good for everyone
who has a vested economic and real
estate interest, African-Americans
can’t even get a job or fair shake in
their own land and are expected to
put their lives on the line to protect
the lands of the sheiks, oil companies
and military occupations of the
Israelis.
As we go to protect the economic
claims of rulers from here to there,
when will African-Americans de
mand that we get a better aeai troni
oil companies, the administration
and Congress?
Don’t black Americans need a bei
(See PERSIAN GULF, P. 2)
Prelude To The New Year!
It I* a good custom to speak kind words and to say “I
wish you well." It would be good to make this a resolution
•Good," the dictionary says, is “that which is conceiv
ed as fitting in the moral order of the universe." The
human urge to be good and/or kind is fairly universal
Thus, "kind" Is defined a. proceeding from or
characterised by goodness or benevolence. It is a virtue
which our politicians wild profit from if they exercised it
more in their dealing, with each other as they campaign
for public office.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox <185».l»M>, a popular American
writer, long decased, summed it up thusT
"80 many gods, so many moods, so many paths that
SS W.‘,en**th't*rt*“ringkladteaUthU
Doc. 15. we witnessed another celebration of the
■Mae. (Iin-IMI. •bnM|iklkK%S
Me Man’s View of Religion," wrotethoieuewinr if
Chrtatiant were Christians, there would be ib anti
Semitism. Jesus was a Jew. There hi aethfau that the or
dinary Christian dislikes to this
awkward historical fact. But it ‘■nppitas. nrntlhr’T-- to
“Priests are no more necessary to religion than politi
cians are to patriotism.
"The universe Is net hostile. Nor yet is It friendly. Ills
(See NEW YEAR’S. P.3)