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Critical Debate Ending
Voters May DecxdeOn Lottery
BY DAVID SAWYER
Mad Writer
The lottery: ethics, morals,
gambling and money.
Some North Carolinians say the
lottery is gambling and oppose it.
Proponents say “so what,” and cite
a successful history of raising funds.
There are challenging points on
both sides of the debate, even for the
General Assembly which may
eventually allow voters to decide the
fate of the lottery in North Carolina.
A proposal to allow voters to decide
whether the state should establish a
lottery advanced this week out of a
Senate Finance Committee by a vote
of 10-7. The committee approved
putting the question to voters in a
November referendum and sent the
measure to the full Senate.
A more critical debate is expected
in the House which has been reluctant
to consider the issue. A previous
lottery bill died in a House committee
in 1969 after passing the Senate.
There are other factors this year.
First, in these times of fiscal
shortfalls, recession, and economic
uncertainty, North Carolina needs a
new source of revenue that is favored
by a majority of people, to help
provide for the continuing need of its
citizens.
And “the lottery is an issue whose
time has come,” said Sen. Kenneth C.
Royall Jr., a Durham Democrat and
principal sponsor of the Senate
lottery proposal. “People in North
Carolina want a lottery.”
Just how much revenue could be
generated by a state lottery? The best
estimate offered during the 1988
lottery bill was based on the average,
gross ticket sales for all the operating
state-run lotteries, which was $96 per
person in 1988. Multiplying that figure
by an estimated state population of
eight million yields a gross sales
prediction of $576 million for the first
full year of operation.
Rpyall said polls indicated that
more than 70 percent of North
Carolina residents favor a lottery,
that demographic data gathered in
Florida indicated a majority of those
who play in the state lottery games
are from middle-income families,
and that a lottery would provide
about $200 million a year.
The proposal from the Senate
committee this week would earmark
(See LOTTERY, P.2)
Bullet Wound
To Forehead
Proves Fatal
So far this year, eight murders
have occurred in Raleigh with the
latest victim found sprawled over a
fence at his residence in Southeast
Raleigh with a bullet in his forehead
and a butcher knife in his side.
Hie incident happened at an apart
ment complex Tuesday when
Christopher Shelton Clyburn, 18, was
shat with a .22-caliber rifle in the
forehead.
Charged with murder is Rufus
Floyd Horton, Jr., 40, a neighbor at
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Road, just outside the Raleigh city
limits.
Horton was arrested at the scene in
what sheriff’s deputies describe as a
dispute over a privacy fence. The
deputies had been to Apt. C earlier to
mediate a dispute between the two
residents.
Deputies reported that the first
time they arrived, Clyburn was bran
dishing a large knife and Horton was
holding a gun and each accused the
other of assaulting him with the
weapons by pointing them.
Deputies say they warned both men
and advised them that they could
swear out a warrant against the other
for pointing a weapon. The deputies
left after the situation appeared to be
under control.
It was after rescue workers arrived
for the second call of a disturbance
that Clyburn was found sprawled
over what was left of the fence and
(See MAN KILLED, P.2)
BLOCK PARTY
The Raleigh Parks ana
Recreation Departmeat is
sponsoring a “block party" at
Walnut Terrace on June S from 1
5 p.m. There will be
entertainment, a band, craft
yard sale, bake sale, slam dunk
competition, free throw
competition, and watermelon
cutting.
FREE TRADE
Fourth District Congressman
David Price voted this week to
continue “fast track" authority
for the U. S.-Mexlco free trade
and other trade agreements.
With a vote of m-ltt. the House
of Representatives agreed to
extend the authority for another
two years. “Fast Track"
continues the current negotiating
authority for trade, while
reserving final action by
Congress.
aqgiefest
The Ralelgb-Waue Alumni
Chapter held its annual Aggiefest
recently at the state capital in
Raleigh. The celebration was
historic because it represented
the centennial year for the
university, formerly known as
the ARM College, established by
an act of the General Assembly
on N. C. ratified March •, INI.
Speakers Included Ken Free,
(See NEWS BRIEFS, P-2>
APPRECIATION DMNER—Was given recently te Rev. 6.
and Mrs. M. Edmond members of the Saint Paul African
Methodist Episcopal Church along with dignataries, friends
and family, who acknowledged Rev. Edmond for 6-years of
devoted service to the church family and community. John
P. Greene, representing the Trustee Board state* “we
have accempRshed a great deal with your leadership,
including the handicapped ramp and the church steeple.
Rev. Edmond, we tape for your continued service. We are
an aging congregation and now it is a pleasure hearing
babies crying in the congregation.
North Carolina To Go Back
To Old Welfare Guidelines
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Budget-cutting proposals by Gov.
Jim Martin could make North
Carolina’s welfare eligibility
requirements more stringent than
ever and force people to seek aid, a
lawyer says.
“A lot of very poor working
families are going to be cut off from
the small amount of AFDC payments
they get, will lose their Medicaid
benefits, and will end up having to
quit their jobs to go back on AFDC to
get health benefits,” said Pam
Silberman, a lawyer for the N. C.
Legal Services. ‘‘If your goal is to
help people become self-sufficient,
this is the most counterproductive
proposal you could come up with."
Three years ago, North Carolina
was taking steps to encourage
welfare recipients to get jobs and to
work their way off the welfare foils.
The state raised income eligibility
limits, thus making it possible for
some people to work, to receive
reduced welfare benefits and to still
qualify for health coverage under
Medicaid.
Under Martin’s proposed cuts, the
state would impose stricter income
limits for eligibility for the principal
welfare program, known as Aid to
Families with Dependent Children
Ms. Silberman said last Friday that
the change would remove 18,000
people from welfare eligibility and
■educe the benefits of another 36,000.
Most of the 18,000 people who would
oet their AFDC eligibility also would
ost Medicaid coverage, she said.
The governor’s proposal, pkrt of a
rackage of $276 million in budget cuts
ind increased fees, would reduce
itate spending on AFDC bjl $3.4
nillion and on Medicaid by $5.6
nillion.
The Martin package calls for an
iddMional $32 million reduction in
itedicaid by limiting coverage and
eimbursement to hospitals and
loctora.
Meanwhile, the Office of State
iudget and Management released
nore details last Friday on the
pvernor’s nackage. The proposal to
reduce state grants to non-state
entities by $11 million would cut
funding for cultural programs, for
area mental health programs and for
tuition grants to North Carolina
students who attend private colleges.
On Thursday, Martin defended his
proposed welfare and Medicaid
reductions by pointing out that the
state would have to spend an
additional $66 million next year on
Medicaid to meet new federal
mandates.
“Part of the philosophy behind this,
of course, is every year Congress is
shifting more and more of the
Medicaid over to the state,” Martin
said. “I felt it was important if we
were going to be mandated to pick up
more costs than we had not elected to
pick up, then we ought to go back to
those things we do have some
discretion over and see if we can
offset those costs. ’ ’
In the fiscal year beginning July 1,
the state is expected to spend $603.5
million on its share of Medicaid
expenses and another $58 million on
its share of welfare costs.
Currently a family of three can
qualify for AFDC and Medicaid
benefits if their monthly income,
< See WELFARE, P.2)
L. A. Judge Wants To Know Wl
"Leaked” Secret Police Rep -*’ *
lus ANGELES (AP) - Lawyers in
the case of four police officers
charged in the videotaped beating of
a black motorist swore under oath
that they didn’t leak a secret police
report on the case to the Los Angeles
Times.
Superior Court Judge Bernard
Kamins said he wanted to know who
released the 314-page document, but
declared that the matter wouldn’t
interfere with the scheduled June 19
trial for the officers.
“Somebody violated the public’s
trust and broke the law,” Kamins
said Of the leak, which went against
his order that the mr‘erial remain
secret.
"This is not a leak to the press," he
said. “This is a tidal wave. I cannot
call this story a leak. ”
The reporter who wrote the story,
Richard Serrano, didn't appear at the
hearing and Times lawyers said he
was on assignment in Orange County.
The judge ordered him to appear for
a May 30 hearing to be questioned
about who gave him the material.
The case could become a showdown
over the California shield law
allowing journalists to protect
confidentiality of sources.
"This case is of enormous
importance to Los Angeles, and the
citizens of this city are served by
publication of all relevant
information,” Shelby Coffey III,
editor and executive vice president of
the Times said.
The article did “absolutely nothing
to prevent the choosing of an
Koon, considered shooting King when
the motorist failed to respond to
repeated blows, kicks and darts from
an electric stun gun.
Videotape of King's arrest taken by
a bystander was repeatedly shown to
a national television audience,
prompting an examination of police
brutality nationwide.
The internal affairs report said Sgt. Stacey
Koon considered shooting King when the
motorist failed to respond to repeated blows,
kicks and darts from an electric stun gun. The
internal report said officers feared for their
lives.
impartial jury among the millions of
residents of this area," Coffey said in
a statement.
“As the U. S. Supreme Court has
repeatedly ruled, justice is best
served by complete and unfettered
reporting on criminal trials," the
Times editor concluded.
In the internal report, officers said
they feared for their lives and the
supervisor at the scene, Sgt. Stacey
Police Cmdr. Rick Dinse, heading
the King investigation for the
department, was subpoenaed by the
judge and he swore he didn’t give the
document to the reporter.
Police Chief Daryl F. Gates said
the report wasn’t leaked by his
department.
“I have a good idea how it’s
(See POLICE REPORT, P .2)
GEORGE WILLIAMS
St. Aug’s Williams Guides
Trackmen To 3rd Straight
NCAA, Division il Victory
BY JAMES GILES
Start Writer
Saint Augustine’s College, or the
Falcons if you go for the mascot, is a
national power. Should you question
this, look at the head of the men’s
track and field dynasty, George
Williams.
After being named to the CIAA All
Conference teams in basketball and
track in 1965, Williams’ name re
mains among the superlatives in
every field of his choice. Some of his
aceompljstwpueots include a certifies,
tion as a Level 1 instructor with the
Athletic Cohgress, the governing
body of track and field in the United
States, and jobs as a director of
clinics for the U.S. Olympic track
team and U.S. Information Agency,
which conducts track clinics around
the world.
He began proving that in 1976, when
he was moved from a position as
basketball assistant to head track
coach at St. Augustine’s.
When Williams took over, the track
program at the coeducational
Episcopalian college of 1,900 students
was one of voluntary participation
that didn’t compete for champion
ships. Immediately, Williams saw the
need to recruit. Often on weekends
and early summer, Williams was
seen loading his red Corvette bound
to Florida, his home state, to recruit
student athletes. This act was the
springboard to future ac
complishments.
Sixteen years later, the Falcons,
under Williams’ guidance, have pro
duced 63 CIAA championships, 10
NCAA championships and 52 NAIA
District II championships. In addi
tion, 230 All-Americans and 46 in
dividual national champions have
seen produced at the college.
Going into this year’s champion
ihip at Angelo State, Texas, the
falcons were overwhelming
avorites to win their third con
lecutive NCAA Division II men’s out
door track and field championship.
St. Augustine’s has replaced
Abilene Christian as the dominant
men’s track and field power in Divi
sion II. ACU won seven straight na
tional outdoor titles from 1962-88
before having the streak snapped by
the Falcons.
Testimonies to St. Augustine’s pro
wess are impressive.
“They’re unbeatable,’’ says
Johnny White, the coach of C1AA
rival Hampton (Va.) University.
- “They're very, very good,’’ admits
Gene Cherry, the St. Augustine’s beat
(See WILLIAMS, P. 2)
Workers In
South Seek
“Anti-scab Bill”
BY ANGAZA LAUGHINGHOUSK
Special To The CAROLINIAN
An Analysis
Many Southern workers say the
Striker Replacement Bill must be
broadened to include the right of
every worker to have a job with a
liveable income and the right of
Southern workers to have unions.
The Striker Replacement
Legislation, sometimes called the
“anti-scab bill,” is labor’s number
one legislative priority this year
(HR5 and SB55). And if passed, the
bill would strengthen workers’ right
to strike by outlawing companies
from permanently replacing strikers.
Without this legislation the right to
strike will be meaningless. If an
employer can permanently place
strikebreakers in jobs, the strike
weapon will be lost as the most
important and effective option in
dealing with employers.
With this bill in place, organizing
efforts would be strengthened, since
the threat of job loss during strikes is
a major weapon companies use
against union organizing, especially
in the South and North Carolina.
“With reservations, labor and
community groups must see to it that
the bill is passed,” said members of
Black Workers For Justice, a state
wide labor group focusing on justice
in the workplace. "Organized labor is
spending much time and money on
this effort. We hope to do it together.
As Southern labor and community
activists we need to broaden the
debate around the legislation.
Some of the factors urged to be
considered by the group include:
Only 15 percent of the workforce
even has the right to strike. What
about the other 85 percent; Without
unions, they cannot exercise this
basic democratic right.
Most public employees in the South
don’t have the right to strike-state
laws prohibit such strikes. In many
states, like North Carolina, they don’t
have the right to collective
bargaining at all. This means that
about 25-30 percent of the Southern
workforce is automaticaliy excluded
from having contract and job
protection. This alone seriously
weakens labor in the South. When we
address the "right to strike" issue,
we need to expand it to the Southern
public sector too.
Who are the so-called “scabs?”
Some workers, unfortunately,
(See WORKERS, P.2)
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