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Risks And Uncertainties
Air Cargo Complex Requires Market Decision
BY ROBERT W. POOLE, JR.
An Analysis
Booster* of a $700 million air
cargo and industrial complex for
North Carolina appear to be jump
ing the gun in their state-backed
enthusiasm for the prcyect. Even
before the taxpayer-ftinded feasibil
ity study is complete, the state has
wllocatsd millions of dollars for fur
ther work and site acquisition. The
implicit message to the consultants
is that they’d better conclude that
the project is feasible.
This haste is unfortunate, because
the United States’definitely needs
additional airport capacity over the
next two decades. Seventeen of our
mqjor airports are already seriously
congested, and the Fe deral Aviation
Administration projects that as
many as 50 will reach that status by
the year 2000. But only one major
new airport—Denver—is under
development today. And expansions
of others—Dallas/Ft. Worth, St.
Louis, Chicago O’Hare—are being
held up by costly, drawn-out legal
battles. *
But to be useful, new airport ca
parity must meet real needs and be
located where the market dictates—
not simply where a planner would
like it to be. And this is where hard
questions need to be raised about the
proposed complex as presently con
ceived.
The FAA’s August 1991 “Feasibil
ity Study of Regional Air-Cargo Air
ports” found that 60 percent of all air
cargo is carried as belly cargo space
on scheduled passenger airliners.
Moreover, nearly half of the existing
cargo space on these planes goes un
used (as does about half of the cargo
space on all-cargo jet freighters).
Consequently, the study was skepti
cal of the viability of all-cargo air
ports. Since there’s plenty of capac
ity available on passenger planes,
why would shippers want to switch
in large numbers to all-cargo planes
and airports?
As proposed by University of
North Carolina Professor John Ka
sarda, the N.C. cargo/industrial
complex would not be serving con
ventional markets. Its key idea is to
(See AIR CARGO, P. 21
l ube On Thm Ice,
But Hear Him Out
First Amendment
Rights Expressed
BY DAVID HINCKLEY
Special la The CAROLINIAN
Billboard has staged an
unprecedented attack on the content
of an artist’s work and ultimately
argues for the censorship of
controversial Ice Cube. It found in his
lyrics an unabashed violence against
Koreans, Jews and other whites that
crossed the line that divides art from
advocacy of crime.
Ice Cube’s “Death Certificate” was
the No. 2 seller in the country for the
first week and has received strong
protest concerning its sentiments and
a decision whether the album is fit to
sell.
Now sure, he criticizes George
Bush and Jesse Jackson. He mocks
R&B and Robin Leach. He sideswipes
gays. The police get hit real bad. He
warns that if the Koreans
greengrocers don’t treat the black
customers with respect, their
markets may get burned down. He
refers to his former group NWA’s
manager as a Jew in a context clearly
not designed to make the term sound
complimentary.
On the other hand, he says nothing
about rude waiters, or lifeguards, or
bike messengers. Everybody
complains about bike messengers.
Not Cube!
For starters, Death Certificate in
many ways matches Cube’s last
record, the landmark AmeriKKKa’s
Most Wanted. No just because the
rapping is powerful, the music is
superb and it’s got some great song,
like The Wrong Nigga to—Wit, but for
its sheer ambition. From pop culture
to politics, Ice Cube absorbs it all and
tries to make the pieces fit. He forces
From pop culture to
politics, Ice Cube absorbs
it all and tries to make the
pieces fit. Billboard, a
voice within the industry,
has decided Ice Cube
should not be heard in an
attempt at censorship.
you to check him out.
What also should be remembered
about Ice Cube is he’s never been
afraid to say he’s learning. In person
and by following his records, you get
the impression he keeps his mind
open.
Maybe someday then he won’t be so
uneasy about gays. Maybe he won’t
make Korean or Jew references he
knows some people will hear as
insulting more than one specific
(See CUBE ON ICE, P.2)
UNCF Challenges Studen ts
BY OSCAR S. SMITH, JR.
Special To The CAROLINIAN
“A second revolution is taking
place in America,’’ according to for
mer U.S. Majority Whip William H.
Gray. He likened the revolution to
the end of the Civil War when his
torically black colleges and univer
sities were established, first in the
South, to educate newly-freed
slaves.
Speaking to students, faculty,
staff, administration, alumni and
friends of the second-oldest of those
institutions of higher education,
Shaw University in Raleigh, during
Shaw’«126th Founder's Day convo
cation, the newly appointed chair
man of the United Negro College
Fund challenged students of the
university to give themselves to that
revolution in order that they can be
prepared to help make America a
leader again in world politics, busi
ness and industry.
Gray was considered one of the
strongest leaders in the U.S. House
of Representatives, and an un
equaled African-American achiever
on Capitol Hill, when he resigned to
assume his new role as the leader of
one of the strongest educational
fundraising organizations in the
country, in September of this year,
to the chagrin of many black and
white Democrats, all of whom felt
(See GRAY, P. 2)
Inside Africa
De Klerk Betrays Mandela
BY DANIEL MAROLEN
An Analysis
Who still says that Nelson Man
dela, ANC president and the world’s
leading political freedom fighter,
hero and martyr, was not betrayed
to leave his prison by wily President
F. de Klerk? It goes without saying
that Mandela was betrayed. He had
sworn to remain behind bars until
his fellow African people in the
clutches of apartheid were free. And,
because of his determination and
integrity, the world community of
nations declared him its hero and
martyr. He had sacrificed every
thing, himself, his beautifiil family,
his flourishing law practice, his own
bright fiiture as his people’s leader
in their struggle against white
domination and extreme racism,
and everything else all men aspire
to.
Because of his quality and attrib
utes, Nelson Mandela became the
world’s idol, hero and martyr. They
all venerated him because his love
for his fellow African victims of
apartheid surpassed any sacrifice
imaginable. As a national Africanist
hero, he has few equals in the annal s
of his country. Thus, for more than
27 years of his imprisonment, the
entire world prayed, day after day,
for his release to join in the final
battle against the vicious and geno
cidal scourge of apartheid.
We all prayed with the world lead
ers. We all fasted. We all cried for his
release by the stubborn apartheid
regime headed by President de
Klerk. Finally, the world’s plea tri
umphed, and unbridled jubilation
and euphoria held sway every
where. The euphoria raised deafen-*
ing applauses and accolades around
the globe. “Mandela is free! Mandela
is free!” resounded the worlds jubi
lation in Africa', Amenta. Europe
and Asia. We all thought that was
the death of apartheid Are you kid
(See INSIDE AFR1< A, 1‘ '<
A NEW LOOK - Tin 500 Mack of Chavis Way, formerly
Patterson Lana, has boon revltsRzed with Caorniaaity
Development Funds administered by the City of Raleigh in
conjunction with NCNB. R is a new leak and the whole
Mock has changed, said Docenia Hammond, a new
resident at 516 Chavis Way, a former resident of 531 E.
Cabarrus Street. (Photo by J. Giles)
N.C. Genealogical Society Plans
Histories On Black High Schools
North Carolina African-Ameri
can Historical and Genealogical So
ciety has been awarded an $8,000
grant by the N.C. Humanities Coun
cil to conduct a hi storical study of the
black high schools in Durham, Wake
and Franklin counties. The study
will entail short written histories of
each of the schools that existed be
tween 1930 and 1970. Additionally,
the society will interview former
principals, teachers, and students of
these institutions in an attempt to
capture the changing atmosphere in
black high schools during the 40
year period.
During February, Black History
Month, the society will present three
programs on black high schools in
Durham, Wake, and Franklin coun
ties. The programs will feature pres
entations by local historians who
will discuss unique aspects of the
black high school as an institution
and i ts contributions to black Ameri -
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have, an opportunity to ask ques
tions and offer comments.
As a further celebration of Black
As a further celebration of Black History
Month, the N.C. Afro-American Historical &
Genealogical Society, Inc., will gather
artifacts which will be displayed in each
county to honor educators who have worked
diligently under trying circumstances to
educate black children.
cans and the heritage of North Caro
lina. The historians will be joined by
a panel made up of alumni and for
mer teachers and principals who
will offer details on the black high
school experience. The audience will
History Month, the society will
gather artifacts which will be dis
played at a public site in each county
to honor the educators who >mve
(See SOCIETY PLANS, P.2)
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By day, he ia a prominent physician practic
ing general surgery at Saint Anthony Medical
Center in Columbus, Ohio, but by night, on
weekends, or during his very rare free time, Dr.
Wilton Smith can be seen and heard singing.
Dr. Smith, long known in central Ohio circles
for his incredible singing voice and acting tal
ent, recently took top honors at the National
Franciscan Gamas Talent Contest. He received
his first-place recognition for his breathtaking
rendition of “Ordinary People.” The competi
tion, held annually in New York City, is spon
sored by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor and
features talent from each of the system's 19
health care facilities across the country.
The show was judged by noted personalities
Dix Fox, talent coordinator of the “Oprah Win
frey Show,” regular judge for “Star Search” and
talent discoverer of Eddie Murphy and Billy
Crystal; Nels Van Patten, actor and son of Dick
Van Patten; Greta Blackburn, television ac
i rose and graduate of the American college of
(SeeSINGING SURGEON. P. v
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