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V RALEIGH, N.C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21.1991 VOL. 80, NO. 26 DEDICAT Vo % lit OF JESUS CHRISr SINGLE COPY OE . IN RALEIGH ELSEWHERE 30C - CIAA «*>DATE Raleigh Winners & Losers The Shaw University Bean won 77-66 over Bowie State, while St. Paul's defeated Saint Augustine's College 84-81. Awareness Center of Raleigh Marks First Anniversary SeePage 13 1 N. C. Shows Upswing In Hate Crime Activity North Carolinian* Against Racist and Religious Violence this wssk laid that hats activity was showing the •harpsst upsurge of incidents since tbs organisation began monitoring it in INS. "Thi* increase can be accounted tor only in part by Increased sensitivity to hate activity and improved monitoring networks,” eonunented Christina Davis-McCoy, executive director of the organisation. “It also comes from racist response to the Harvey Gantl candidacy, the tensions in th< Persian Gulf, continuing tension between black and white youth,a ml police violence in African-American communities. And Tm afraid it may get worse in 1901, given the economic crisis and the war in the Persian Gulf. Polks in North Carolina are going to be under a lot of stress." The report also shows that for the i first year of the organization's data, : violent incidents significantly i outpaced reporta of organised hate i group activity. There were 78 I violent/illegal incidents and 57 i inarches or rallies in 1W0. The increase over previous years ! comes In the categories of assaults, vandalism, and croas-bumings, with assault and vandalism at an all-time high. The upsurge in assault came partly from Improved gay data, which reported a disturbing pattern of attack on g*y men in the vicinity of gay bars. Vandalism was targeted at school property. Harvey Gantt supporters, and Arabs and Jews in response to U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf also reported vandalism to property. In 1990, cross-burnings were spread across seven counties, with only Guilford County experiencing more than one. The single killing in 1990 came from Macclesfield, where a white convenience-store owner was charged with manslaughter in the death of a black man. Urban areas, as usual, reported the highest levels of activity. Guilford and Orange counties had the highest reported levels of activity. Buncombe had seven illegal incidents, Mecklenburg 4, Forsyth 4, New Hanover 3, Wake 3, Durham 2 and Cumberland 2. Among rural counties, Caldwell showed a high level of recorded activity with six violent/illegal incidents. Gaston, Surry, Rowan, and Rockingham had two violent incidents as well as some legal Klan activity. Targets for attacks were predominantly African-American and gay. Twenty-seven of the attacks (See HATE ACTIVITY, P. 2) Congress Urged To Maintain Credit Unions' independent System Some 75 credit union supporters are eapocted to participate in a rally at Rep. David Price’s office at 229 Hillsborough St., Suite SOO, in Raleigh an Thursday, Feb. 28, beginning at lla.m. They’ll be among some 600 people taking part in IS rallies throughout the state and more than 15,000 people in some SOO rallies throughout the country, including a national rally on the Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C. “Credit union supporters are holding these rallies to tell the American people and Congress about credit unions and to ask Congress to maintain credit unions’ unique, independent, consumer-oriented system,” says rally spokesperson Ralph Reardon, senior vice president of administration at IBM Coastal Jeffrey P. Ceitleberry has feeea prometed to vice president fer Wachovia Baak aad Trust Co.'s eastern division ••wpitrclal mortgage DOCTORS TAKE TO ARWAVES On Feb. II the phonos will light up l» the WRAL-TVI Madias (or lit third anneal “Doctors on CaU." This live broadcast will air Am I to M a.m. and Is co kasto4 by WRAL-TV public affairs director WaKye Raaulata ato Hsiteal beat reporter Deaece Beyer* Om handml forty physicians from to eoamioa will be available tonring the broadcast and until I p.m. to answer medical gneetlons freni viewers. Diseusstou ef topics eevaring Infant asartaUty, diabetes and pregnancy, menopause, Norplant, living wills, ulcers, and kidney dlaeaae will alee take place daring the MOOERMZATNM FUNDS The nenalng Authority of the CMy ef Raleigh was recently awarded II7M1T by the Department ef Housing and Urban Development for fending ef the IMS Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program. Fuads will he need to complete madiratiattaa work at Halifax Court apartments and for (See NRWS BRIEFS, P.») Employees Federal Credit Union. During the rallies, credit union representatives will be presenting some four million petition signatures to legislators throughout the country, Reardon says. Congress and the administration are considering proposals to restructure the financial industry to make sure a disaster such as the SAL debacle never happens again. “We support these efforts, but at the same time, we are concerned that credit unions, which were never a part of the problem, could be damaged by the legislative solutions,” Reardon says. The nation’s credit unions appear to have cause for concern. With the convening of the 102nd Congress in January came a bill sponsored by the chairman of the House Banking Committee that could, among other things, abolish the credit union’s national regulatory agency, the NCUA, and their deposit insurance fund, the NCUSIF, The bill, known as H.R. 6, seeks to place all financial. institutions, including crafRltonions, under one regulatory ageiicy and to have all institutions’ deposits insured by theFDIC. According to Reardon, however, credit unions should be left alone since they remain the bright spot in the nation’s troubled financial picture. "Credit unions have weathered good times and bad and come out in good shape because we’ve stuck to our basic job of serving our member-owners. "We’re asking that Congress continue to support the existence of a separate, safe, and consumer oriented credit union system and not permit it to be moved into the banking system," Reardon says. “Bank regulators don’t appear to understand credit unions’ not-for profit, member-driven structure. They would force credit unions to behave like banks with a bottom line, profit motivation, In short, credit unions would soon no longer be able to operate as an alternative source of low-cost financial services for customers." Demonstrations Continue — SBI, FBI Investigate Police Shooting Questions Still Linger InCase Vnm CAROLINIAN Stair Report. Following the shooting of a black man by a white plainclothes detective, two meetings of the city council’s police affairs committee have been held since Jan. 24. The meetings have drawn crowds of residents who say the incident shows racism thriving in Rlaeigh and a newly-formed group demanding a thorough investigation and the removal of the detective involved from duty which requires him carrying a weapon. The Raleigh Citixens for Jutice held a demonstration Tuesday in front of the Municipal Building while the city council grappled with the issue. “We’re concerned with the continuing pattern of pushing these kinds of things under the carpet,” saM Rev. David Foy, one of the organisers of the protest. v The council agreed Tuesday to seek independent reviews of the shooting of Farrell, a WRAL-TV employee, by the detective who said he mistook him for a robbery suspect. Besides reviews from the State Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the council agreed to consider a variety of measures aimed at preventing similar incidents. Some of the proposals include setitng up a civilian review board to study complaints of police misbehavior. Foy said, “The newly formed organization (Raleigh Citizens for Justice) will accomplish four objectives in the shooting of Tony Farrell,” and that “The city council still has not acted fairly in handling this matter on behalf of all citizens of this city, black and white. We will demonstrate again at City Hall on March Sat noon.” The Raleigh Citizens for Justice, in (See SHOOTING. P.2) MARKETW6 SUPFORT-Tho rvlatlonship between (WWW ■■YWOpniwfll IN INIRIIR| WSS auuiBlIN Of Robert N. MoroM, Director of Marketing, Bristol Myers. Loft to Right: Dr. DoMhis Brown, Chairman, Communications Dtparfentnt; Mi. Uu Lagan, a Jiutlar CamaiHMcaMu malar ham MainllaM Haw Jaraav* Urt Joan Madakiza IIIWJWI IIWill riWIIIIIWIWf nVn WWIM|| RlIVi WVWII l*VWWWV%Wa>W| manni Kaaa ImuIm A ■» g, an-m mS AmrnaaaMmlmAllmma ■no noon irwin i aiiiiumi mRwIIwi of vOiFiioiinicoiioiu* Tribute To Malcolm X Rising In Popularity Among African-Americans From CAROLINIAN Stall Report* Malcolm X continues to shine as a symbol with substance to many African-Americans, especially youth who stand in appreciation of the slain leader’s steadfastness and uncompromising nature in a struggle for human rights. Shaw University and St. Augustine’s College will offer programs recognizing the contributions and struggles of Malcolm X who was assassinated Feb. 21,1965, in Manhattan, N. Y. "The times are demanding the kind Pending Persian Gulf Ground War Now Awaits Presidential Orders In assessing 34 days of warfare aimed at getting Iraqi force* out of oil-rich Kuwait, the U.S. commander in the gulf war, Gen. Norman Schwartskopf, in, said that Iraq’s military capabilities were probably overrated in the first place and the military machine on the verge of mllapaa In his latest diplomatic moves, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has given the dearest signal to date that -he fears that full-scale ground battles against U.S.-led forces will lead to the deatruction of Iraq’s army and of his regime. Saddam’s actions suggest that he no longer sees a ground war as an opportunity to bloody U.8. troops, but as a serious threat to his own survival. Iraq’s Revolutionary Command Council in recent days has reversed its policies for no obvious reason except fear of eventual defeat, the sources say. Iraq offored to withdraw from Kuwait and sent Foreign Minister Tariq H. Axis to Moscow to discuss a Soviet peace proposal. Military and diplomatic analysts any that those activities were prompted by the fbalition’e ground offensive appearing 1tr**1"*—♦ Soviet officials may have offered Asia information about the site ' deployment of <f“lwT> forces. But U.S. military officers said that they were confidant that the main affect would be to persuade Axis that Iraq had little no chance to withstand an allied attack. Saddam, analysts say, has little choice but to try to delay a land battle. If he allows elite army units In Kuwait to be decimated, he risks losing not only men and equipment but the military’s loyalty to his regime. Iraq has already suffered what a U.S. officer called “horrendous casualties.'' The losses also are certain to Increase If ground battles take place. Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander A. Bessmertnykh told reporters in Moscow that a ground attack “would tremendously complicate this process before we have received a response from Baghdad.” “The plan was addressed to the Iraqi leadership, so he rejected the plan which did not belong to him,” Bessmertnykh said. Administration officials said that it was just that sort of pressure that Bush had hoped to mitigate by offering his critical public response to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s actions suggest that he no longer sees a ground war as an opportunity to bloody U.S. troops, but as a serious threat to his own survivals Without disclosing the contents of the KremUn’s formula for & Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, Piittdent Bush said Tuesday that the “falls well short of what wouljftbe required" to stop the war with Iraq. But he did not flatly reject the offer and sent President Mikhail S. Gorbachev a detailed response. While it was not clear whether Gorbachev’s proposal, even if accepted by Iraq, would end the fighting without a bloody allied ground offensive it Immediately Increased the pressure on Bush not to begin the much-discussed land attack on Iraq and Kuwait. the Soviet overture. The allied aerial bombardment of Iraqi military positions continued unabated, and the White House said it was presiing ahead with preparations tov leuch the much anticipated invasion. Administration officials said privately that Bush deliberately stopped short of framing his response as a final, specific rejection of the Soviet proposal. Despite Intensive discussion around the world of Gorbachev’s proposal, the exact terms of ihe Soviet plan—and Bush’s own reply—remained unknown. of leadeship that Malcolm X represented, particularly among young people,” said Gordon Dillahunt of Freedom Books. “They look for symbols first and then substance. At first there were the tee shirts and medallions. Now they are grappling with the substance—his steadfastness and uncompromising nature.” Memorial services for Malcolm X were scheduled for 11 a.m. at St. Augustine’s College in the Seby Jones Fine Arts Auditorium followed by a video presentation, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” at • p.m. in Boyer Hall. Rukiya Dillahunt and Bro. Kenneth Muhammad were scheduled speakers at Shaw University at 7 p.m. in the student union in “A Tribute to Malcolm X: Learn the Myth vs. the Facts.” A video follows the program During a speech on Feb. 11, 1965, Malcolm X described international izing the struggle for human rights: "Today the black man in the Western Hemisphere, especially in the United States, is beginning to see where his problem is not one of civil rights, but is rather one of human rights. And that in the human rights context it becomes an international issue. It ceases to be a Negro problem, it ceases to be an American problem. It becomes a human problem, a problem of human rights, a problem of humanity, a problem for the world,” he stated. (See MALCOLM X, P.2) Judge Challenges Students’ Understanding Of Drug Use Impact On Community The criminal Justice system and education need to be in partnership in order to effectively incorporate anti drug efforts in our country. Changing attitudes about drugs is the most difficult task to perform. “Visibility is the key and I will do all I can to keep this issue before the American people," espoused the Hon. Reggie B. Walton during his assembly address at St. Augustine’s College. Judge Walton, associate director of state fend local affairs, Office of the National Drug Control Policy, Washington, D.C., was the assembly speaker in the Pine Arts Auditorium of the college recently. He said, “Drug abuse is one of the many problems affecting Americans today. This drug crisis which has reached epidemic proportions is one of many problems confronting our society. A disproportionate number of black men and women are serving in the Persian Gulf and there is a distinct possibility that lives will be lost due to war; however, more (See JUDGE SPEAKS, P. 2) JUDGE KEUUIE B. WALTON
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