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SEPTEMBER 26,1991
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Charlotte Mayor Speaks Out
People’s United Voice Must To Win‘Drug War’
BY SUE MYRICK
Mavor of Charlotte
Mayor at Charlotte
Special To The CAROLINIAN
v This is an appeal for Tar Heel
N citizens to take matters into their own
rK. hands to stop the current epidemic of
« crime, drugs, and violence that is
sweeping our state and all of
^ America. I began trying to convince
Charlotte citizens that it was coming
nearly four years ago. Unfortunately,
-vthe threat was not taken seriously.
tJow, Charlotte is No. 8 in serious
fv crime of cities over 100,000 population
( in America. Important to you is North
Carolina’s fast rise toward the top ten
Vll
most dangerous states in which to
live. Why? Because crime pays in
North Carolina. Criminals know that
punishment is minimal. They
currently serve from three days to 28
days for each year sentenced. Some
even serve only one day I My source
for that information is Secretary of
N.C. Corrections, Mr. Aaron Johnson.
It is far past time for laws to
protect the innocent rather than
coddling criminals. Money has been
approved for prisons through a state
wide bond vote. It would be a simple
matter for the legislature to allocate
some of those funds for building boo
camps--many more boot camps foi
much, much less money than building
prisons. North Carolina has one boo
camp; it rehabilitates-turns live!
around. It works phenomenally well
Cost to rehabilitate a young offendei
is $1,700 versus $20,000 annually fo
prison! The recidivism (return) rati
for prison is 39 percent -- for boo
bamps it is less than 5 percent. Somi
“experts” say that boot camp:
haven’t been tracked long enough
Prisons have. They are not working
Why not try something that costs ;
traction of what prisons cost to build
' and maintain?
Rehabilitating first (even some
second and third) time offenders
would have a dramatic affect on
crime as well as free up prison space
needed for hardened criminals. It
• makes no sense to send young
i offenders to crime school (prison) to
learn to be more efficient and
■ dangerous criminals. Another needed
; change is for judges, rather than
convicted criminals, to decide
whether offeners get probation or go
i to prison. Currently, North Carolina
law gives the convicted criminal that
choice.
Remember that 85 percent of all
crime is drug-related. That activity
costs our nation hundreds of billions
of dollars every year. That’s right
"hundreds of Billions!" That’s
money spent on illegal drugs (on
which no taxes are paid); police,,
emergency, fire personnel and
equipment; court costs; prisons;
insurance of all kinds; losses due to
poor worker productivity, etc That’s
money THAT COULD ease your tax
burden.
Because of soft laws, criminals are
frequently released before officers
can complete paper work. Our state,
our neighborhoods, our very homes
aren’t safe anymore. Local
governments ahve no power to do
anything more than the policing and
jailing already being done. The power
lies in Raleigh with the State
legislature. They have not fully
addressed the need to stop this
scourge of crime. You can change
that, by appealing to your local
legislators to pass tougher laws and
(See DRUG WAR, P.2)
Breaks From Mother's Grasp
Auto Kills 5-Year-Old
Driver Of
Vehicle Not
Charged
Terry Smith, 5, of 1 Lincoln
Terrace, was killed this week when
he ran into the path of a car while
crossing the street with his mother,
police records show.
Smith was dead on arrival at the
Wake Medical Center shortly after
the accident, according to records of
the Raleigh Police Department.
He had stepped off a city bus on
Rock Quarry Road at Southgate
Drive and was about to cross the
street with his mother, Mary Ann
Smith, records show. Smith darted
away from his mother and into the
path of a 1966 Pontiac Sunbird.
The driver of the car was Adrian
Louis Johnson of 3116 Chelmshire ..
Court.
No charges were filed in this case.
In other news:
A Raleigh security guard was
stabbed and seriously wounded
Tuesday after confronting two men
fleeing a store with a money bag,
police records show.
James Lawson Hawkins, 30, was in
critical condition late Tuesday night
after undergoing hours of emergency
surgery at the Wake Medical Center.
Hawkins was stabbed in the chest and
stomach with a long-bladed hunting
knife, records show.
Hawkins suffered a collapsed lung
and severe abdominal damage,
according to the hospital.
The incident occurred at the Rose’s
store in the Beacon Plaza Shopping
(SeeTRAGEDY,P.2) r
NEWS BRIEFS
HUNGRY THIEF
Police are searching for a
hungry thief who broke into a
restaurant and took about 1766
worth of ham, roast hoof, and
pork chops. The Incident happen*
ed at Porky's Palace on
Hillsborough Road. Fay Raines,
an employee, discovered the food
missing on Monday. Police
records show the thief cut a hole
In the roof to get Into the building
and then ransaeked tke
restaurant. The thief got away
with eight hams, some roast beef
and pork chops. A microwave
and ISO in cash were also miss
ing.
CHARGED
Two N.C. Central University
basketball players have been ar
rested and charged with breaking
into a home. Nathaniel Bren
Lindsey, IS, and Jason Edward
Beatty, M, were arrested Sunday
after a witness reported seeing
someone enter a house. Both
players are sophomores. Officers
said nothing was missing from
the house. Beatty was released on
his own recognisance, and Lind
sey was released on 91,666 bond.
COUNCIL OKAYS
EXPANSION
The Raleigh CRy Council Tues
day approved an 6S.966-square
foot addition to Tower Merchants
See NEWS BRIEFS. P.2)
M THE ClAtSROOM-African-Aimrijn students are
returning te historically Heck colleges and universities in
remarkable numers Indicating a shift or renaissance on
Mack campuses. In photo: students at Shaw University
enjoy the climate of excellence in the classroom. The
current enrollment of over 2,100 surpasses a goal of
2,000 by 1995.
Students Choosing Historically Black
College Increase—New Status Is Seen
Black colleges, which saw tneir
class sites dwindle during the period
following integrator are now
enjoying steady enrollment increases
as they gain respect and
acceptability among minority
students.
Patrick Elliott, director of public
relations at Shaw University and
church liaison said "there has been
some recent studies on the
unexpectedly large increase in the
numbers of African-American
students going to or attending
historically black colleges and
universities. It is unexpected because
severe recent cutbacks in grants and
available scholarship funds and the
number of African-American high
school graduates.
"The current enrollment of 2,100
at the 15-acre campus sitting on the
growing southern edge of a
revitalized downtown Raleigh, there
is ample evidence he has placed the
institution in a position of prominence
among historically black colleges.
“It is part of a national trend at
both public and private black
colleges," said David Merkowitz,
spokesman for the American Council
on Education. "I think there is
increased awareness that these
schools are fairly successful in
meeting the needs of black students "
The trend has led to steady
enrollment increases and major
expansion at Dillard, Southern und
Xavier Universities in New Orleans
"Black colleges have achieved a
new status of acceptability and
respectability,” Dillard University
Dr. Talbert O. Shaw has placed
the university In a position of
prominence. In spite of seemingly
impossible odds, he has lead the
126-year-old Institution to
acceptability with high standards
and lofty goals.
students represents a remarkable but
nt't surprising vhlevement," Elliott
said. “Surpas g its own goal of 2,000
students by 10M it is clear dtat many
African-American st- nts have
come to bask in the sunStyite of Sh >w
weather, and they are obviousl> i<
this climate of excellence in and out of
the classrooms.”
Charisma has characterized the
leadership of Dr. Talbert 0. Shaw
since his inauguration as the 12th
president four ago. Since his arrival
HH Till illMh
President Samuel Dubois Cook said.
“We’re not in the defensive posture
we were in a few years ago, and we’re
doing a better job of telling our
story.”
Overall, the schools have hither
graduation rates tor dUick studems
that do the predominantly white
schools, place many of those
graduates in professional jobs and
.raduate schools, and offer students
a ch oice to talk with many positive
rolk . (dels The small, private
universities also boarst a low student
teacher ratio that allows more
personal attention.
Christopher Lemelle was offered
scholarships at Tulane University
and the University of Southern
Mississippi, but chose Xavier
University.
“1 saw 1 would be more than a
number here," said Lemelle, a 17
year-old freshman at the historically
block Catholic school. “They wanted
me not just for what I am. but for
(See STUDENTS, P. 2)
$10 Million Su
By JVC Commi
The North Carolina Communities
Empowerment Socio-Economic
Corp. seeks >5 million for compen
satory damages and $5 million for
punitive damages from North
Carolina National Bank for racial
discrimination in economic oppor
tunities. The civil rights suit was filed
Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of North
Carolina, Raleigh Division.
Dr. Ralph Scales, a socio-economic
consultant and business developer, it
president of North Carolina Com
munities Empowerment Socio
Economic Corp. and James E
Dawson, a businessman and rea
estate developer, Is secretary of th<
corporation. They stated, “NCNI
segregated investment in a whiU
private organization and their refuse
to invest in a minority organizatioi
on the same terms is racia
discrimination that reduces an<
maintains the minority U.S. citizen
and the citizens of North Carolina t(
the conditions of a subject race whid
denies equal opportunity to economii
JVC Keeps Authority
On Job Safety As Fed.
Backs Away From Control
The federal government bacKea
away from its threats to take over
North Carolina’s workplace safety
program after a meeting between top
officials this week.
The threats had been made this
week by federal officials following
the Sept. 3 fire that killed 25 people at
a Hamlet chicken processing plant.
plan so that the federal government
had joint enforcement authority if
safety concerns weren’t resolved at
the meeting.
Scannell’s letter outlined a series of
steps that would be taken if Brooks
failed to address safety concerns.
One would be that the federal
government would start conducting
Gerald Scannell’s letter to N.C. Labor
Commissioner John Brooks outlined a series
of steps that would be taken if Brooks failed to
address safety concerns. One would be the
federal government would start conducting
inspections when a complaint is brought to the
federal agency’s attention, rather than
turning those complaints over to the state.
North Carolina Labor
Commissioner John Brooks and
Gerald Scannell, assistant U.S. labor
secretary for occupational safety and
health, issued a joint statement
saying the federal OSHA would
consider proposals by Brooks and
Gov. Jim Martin to improve the state
run program. Brooks and Scannell
met in Washington.
“This statement could dispel media
speculation that federal OSHA might
take over the N.C. OSHA program,’’
Brooks said in a separate statement
issued by his office in Raleigh.
“This initiative should encourage
state OSHA programs across the
country to seek additional resources
for their state programs.”
Martin's plan includes using more
than II million from a state
legislative emergency fund to hire 27
additional inspectors. The federal
agency said it would consider a
request to match that amount, the
statement said.
The federal agency also will
evaluate proposals by Martin and
Brooks to lend the state additional
federal safety and health compliance
officers while new inspectors are
recruited and trained, the statement
said. The agency also will consider
helping the state find inspectors to
work for the state on a temporary
basis.
In a letter delivered to Brooks on
Thursday, Scannell had warned that
he would change the North Carolina
inspections when a complaint is
brought to the federal agency's
attention, rather than turning those
complaints over to the state as is done
now.
(See JOB SAFETY, P. 2)
Former Panther
Runs For Rep.
Bill Gray’s Seat
BY HENRY DUVALL
SpMial To The CAROLINIAN
In the late 1960s and early '70s, the
name Bobby Seale exploded on the
American scene as he co-founded and
chaired one of the most controversial
activist groups in the nation, the
Black Panther Party.
Today, more than 20 years later,
Bobby Scale’s name will be echoed
again, as he plans to run for Congress
to capture the seat vacated by Rep.
William Gray, who until recently was
the highest-ranking black legislator
on Capitol Hill.
Seale’s presence will also resurface
in bookstores nationwide with his
protest-era classic "Seize the Time,”
just republished by Black Classic
Press.
The book focuses on how Seale and
fellow Black Panther Party co
founder Huey Newton seized the time
(See BOBBY SEALE. P 2)
it Filed Against NCNB
mities Empowerment Corp.
development and the security of their
enjoyment of the rights that others
enjoy.”
North Carolina Communities Em
powerment Socio-Economic Corp. is
an investment organisation that is in
corporated to provide equity financ
ing to businesses that are unable to
obtain sufficient financing from
traditional financial institutions. Dr.
Scales said, “We Incorporated
because an all-white private invest
ment organisation that NCNB has in
vested in, which is incorporated as a
result of special enterprise legislation
by the North Carolina General
Assembly, to provide capital and
credit for investments to businesses
that are unable to obtain sufficient
financing from traditional financial
institutions, denied a minority
business loan request for the type of
‘ undertaking that the state enacted
the white organisation to do.
I “We are not interested in putting
1 the all-white investment organization
» out of business,” continues Scales,
1 “nor any organization that gets
: grants from the government, cor
porate community or religious com
munity, based on their so-called self
help Initiatives In the public Interest
in disadvantaged areas that suffer
from a severe shortage of finance
capital.
"Without a doubt we have benefited
from the Supreme Court’s 1964 school
desegregation decision. Today with
our experiences and professional
education credentials, that are
superior to the persons that oversee
NCNB investment plantations, we
are petitioning the courts to enforce
our constitutional protection of the
law and civil rights for equal
‘economic opportunity.
"In today’s violent drug and baby
sub-culture, it is doubtful that any
normal child may reasonably be ex
pected to succeed in life if he is denied
equal economic opportunity. Such an
opportunity where the laws of govern
ment has undertaken to provide it, is
a right which must be made available
to the North Carolina Communities
Empowerment Socio-Economic Cor
poration on equal terms,” Dr. Scales
concluded.