. .gag:,. f f The Carounia .. ..:. RALEIGH, N.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,1991 VOL. 50, NO. 88 N.C. ’s Semi-Weekly DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST SINGLE COPY O IN RALEIGH £30 ELSEWHERE 300 Top Teens Hold Back-T t*t t i I c AF [ P , H m •1P I S 0 ’ . IBRaP •f: W 6 E. K i .A V r ALE I GE- NX' 2 * p ’ J ^ Celebrate Homecoming. See Page 9 School To 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.

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