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RALEIGH, N.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 12,1991
VOL. 61, NO. 6
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African Kwanzaa Celebration
To Air Christmas Day
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City Police Chief
Receives Citation
Amid Controversy
BY CASH MICHAELS
Contributing Writer
What started out as a
community's expression of gratitude
and commitment ended in contro
versy Saturday when Raleigh Police
Chief Frederick K. Heineman was
given an award by a black neighbor
hood watch organization.
The award, recognizing the
group’s close relationship with the
Raleigh Police Department in ita
war against drugs, was given by
members of the community watch
program of College Park, the same
neighborhood where 35-year-old
Ivan Ingram was shot to death un
armed by a Raleigh police officer last
month.
Because an investigation into the
shooting is still in progress, several
of those attending the ceremony at
the Tarboro Road Community Cen
ter expressed both anger and con
cern that the award sent the wrong
message to the African-American
«See POLICfe AWARD. P. 21
10th Annual O.A. Dupree
Banquet To Stress
"Economic Vision"
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For the 1 Oth time in as many years
this week, the friends, colleagues,
students and admirers of legendary
educator Dr. OA Dupree will come
together to honor his work, and
continue his legacy. The 10th an
nual banquet for the OA Dupree
Scholarship Fund’s living Legacy
Celebration is scheduled to be held
this Sunday, Dec. 16, at Martin
Street Baptist Church, 3 p.m. in the
Johnson Fellowship Hall.
According to Ms. Margaret Rose
Murray, community activist and
chairperson of the OA Dupree
Scholarship Fund, the theme for
this year’s program is "Economic
Vision for the 21st Century,” and
three outstanding African-Ameri
can businesspersons will be hon
ored.
"Ms. Vivian Irving of Irving
8wain Press, Edward Maxwell,
owner of several McDonald’s restau
rant franchises, and Dolphus Pear
son, owner of Pearson’s Insurance
Agency. They have indeed given
back to the community over the
years," Ms. Murray told The CARO
LINIAN. Past "Living Legend” hon
orees have included Ms. Vivian
Edmunds, publisher of the Carolina
Times; Rev. John Fleming noted
historian and educator, and former
heavyweight champion and now
spiritual leader, Muhammad Ali.
The primary goal of the Living
Legacy celebration is to continue to
raise monies for the OA Dupree
Scholarship Fund, based at Shaw
University in Raleigh. According to
NEWS BRIEFS
CITY TO DISTRIBUTE
ANNUAL CALENDARS
The City of Raleigh ia
spending a special Bicenten
nial gift to its oitiaens—the
1988 annual calendar. The
new calendar fbousee on the
city's growth and changes
over its 800>year history
through old photographs and
a timeline.
GOV. PROCLAIMS
“DRUNK, DRUGGED
DRIVING” WEEK
Gov. Jim Martin has pro
claimed Deo. 7-13 as “Drunk
and Drugged Driving Aware
nees Week” in North Caro
lina.
The govenor launched the
week-long activities Dec. 5 by
, tying a red ribbon on his state
ear and encouraging others
to do the same. The ribbons
remind motorists that they
have chosen to be responsible
and sober drivers during the
holiday season and through
out the year.
CITY COUNCIL RAISES
PARKING PENALTIES
The Raleigh City Council
Tuaesday approved an in
crease in penalties for some
parking violations end a de
linquent foe of 870 for late
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Ms. Murray, the fund was tne brain
child of the banquet testimonial
steering committee when it first
came together several years ago to
pay tribute to Dr. Dupree.
“Thiais a unique scholarship plan,
a showcase for small colleges,” said
Ms. Murray, “but the plan is unique
in its structure, too.”
The program structure is more
than just amere traditional scholar
ship plan. The fund searches for
high school graduates who exhibit a
strong potential for leadership. The
students admitted to the program
will pledge to adopt a double-track
program at Shaw University. One
track is a strong academic pre
scribed program of the student’s
choice. The other is an organized,
extracurricular enrichment leader
ship training track, designed to pre
pare students for outstanding lead
ership roles in community life. This
track is composed of seminars,
workshops, internships, mentor re
lationships, prison fellowship and
more.
The students don’t have to be A or
B students. They can be C students
if they are strong in their outreach to
the community, and willing to com
mit themselves to hard work. Train
ingis unique, too, in that the stpdent
is motivated to exhibit strong, schol
arly attributes in his or her achieve
ment in the academic track, while
being encouraged to participate in
the leadership molding extracur
ricular track. Daily one-on-one
counseling and tutoring are pro
vided to prevent overloading, and
guarantee quality achievement.
The O. A. Dupree Scholarship Plan
is unique in its funding. Ideally, it
will have two plans: an endowment
and a general systems. The endow
ment will have a number of $500 to
$1,000 scholarships annually. The
amount of scholarship funding from
the general systems plan is nego
tiable, subject to student need. Con
tributions to the endowment plan
come from special programs, organi
(SeeO.A DUPKKK.P 2'
Republicans Seek African
Americans To Block Duke
BY LARRY A. STILL
Special To The CAROLINIAN
While former Ku Klux Klan leader
David Duke and conservative media
consultant Patrick Buchanan are
seeking to push Republican Presi
dent Pat Buchanan farther to the
right politically, with anti-socinl
welfare proposals, the Grand Old
Party’s national committee has
launched an aggressive effort to
attract more “grassroots black vot
ers” by recruiting “community ap
proved” African-.American candi
dates.
The selection of Clarence H. Car
ter, a national political consultant,
as director of African-American
political affairs at the Republican
National Committee was an
nounced by Clayton Yeutter, RNC
chairman. Carter and Roger Dornbi
erer are partners and directors ol
Campaign Directions of Monmouth,
NJ., a political consulting firm
which plans to work exclusively for
black Republican candidates for
public office.
The firm has already secured
$83,000 in individual contracts and
say they are in negotiations for
additional contracts valued at
$235,000, thus far, according to
Campaigns and Elections, “a maga
zine for political professionals.”
They are working with the RNC on a
strategy to enlist a greater number
of black candidates to run as Repub
licans.
Campaign Directions appears to
be emphasizing community-based
support and media techniques in
i See REPUBLICAN, P.2)
Local Man Victim As
Attempted Food Stamp Swap Kills
Monies For
Stamps Deal
Goes Sour
According to police records, Ber
nard Edward Lee, 28, of 221 South
Bloodworth St.,- is charged with
murder and is being held without
bond in the Wake County Jail, after
authorities arrested him for the
slaying of a Southeast Raleigh man.
Records show John D. Graham,
Jr., 57, of East Cabarrus Street, was
discovered Saturday slumped on the
floor inside his home.
Sgt. John Beasley of the Raleigh
Police Department said the death
grew out of a food-stamp sale be
tween the two acquaintances.
Lee worked atrtabor World, but
was kicked out of a North Blood
worth Street house where he was
staying a couple of weeks ago, rec
ords show.
Beasley stated, “The deal was, the
suspect was selling the victim some
food stamps. He decided he wanted
the food stamps back—and the guy’s
money.”
Authorities believe Graham was
killedon Friday night, but would not
say whether anyone else was at the
house at the time. Graham was
stabbed numerous times.
The murder count stands at 25
thus far this year for the city. Last
year, there were 26 murders.
In other news:
Urging holiday gifts for the needy,
a 10-foot banner chained to the
NCNB bridge over Rosemary Street
was stolen sometime last week. The
banner was hung by Christmas
House, a local charity, and urged the
public to participate in a gifts-for
the-needy program.
Publicity direct >r for Christmas
House, Claudia Frost, said the $165
banner was the main source of pub
licity for the program, which has
provided gifts for impoverished par
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HONORED AT NCSU DINNER—Or. Ben|amin Carton, rtgnt,
director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore was honored Friday night (Dec. 6) at
the NCSU Brotherhood Dinner. With Carson are his mother.
Mrs. Sonya Carton, and NCSU Chancellor Larry K.
Monteith, who hosted tho dinner. (Photo by Herman
Lankford, courtesy of NCSU Information Services) See
story on this page.
Traditional Foes Join Forces To
Fight NC’s Infant Mortality Spiral
The Southern Regional Project on
Infant Mortality will be convening
health experts from every state in
the South in Research Triangle Park
for a two-day workshop to answer
how to stop the exodus of obstetrical
,, providers from the field so every
baby in the South has a chance to be
bom healthy.
The experts—trial attorneys, phy
sicians, state legislators, insurance
commissioners, and governors’
staff—have been struggling with
the medical malpractice crisis for
NCSU Honors Noted Neurosurgeon
& Six African-American Students Here
six students irom Kaieign coueges
were honored for academic achieve
ments at the 10th annual Univer
sity-Community Brotherhood Din
ner at North Carolina State Univer
sity Dec. 6.
The dinner, held at McKimmon
Center, annually honors important
contributions of African-Americans
to the nation and world. Specially
honored at the event this year was
Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, director of
pediatric neurosurgery at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
The six students honored were:
•Sherri J. Young, a senior major
ing in soology at NCSU, the daugh
ter of Beulah M. Young, 2103
Gresham Lake Road, Raleigh, and
the late Johnny Young. Young is a
Dean’s list student and winner of
the College of Agriculture and life
Sciences’ African-American Aca
demic Achie vemient Award. She is a
member of the Leadership Develop
ment Series, the Campus Friend
Program, the Association for the
Concerns of African-American
Graduate Students and the African
American Pre-profession Health
Society.
•Dain E. Vinee, a senior in pre
medidne and zoology at NCSU, the
son of Helen L. and Donald R. Vines,
2104 Willow Road, Greensboro. He
is a John T. Caldwell Alumni
Scholar and a Merit Awards
a junior in elementary education at
St. Augustine’s College, the eon of
Esmeralda and Patrick Rutherford,
Sr., of Nassau, Bahamas. He is a
Dean’s Last student and received the
Department of Education Award for
Academic Achievement.
Carson gained worldwide recognition in
1987 for the first successful separation of
Siamese twins joined at the back of the
head. In addition to his duties at Johns
Hopkins, he is active in his church and
community and spends considerable time
motivating young people by drawing on his
own experiences.
Scholar. Ha ia a mamber of the N.C.
Fellows Leadership Program, tha
National Society of Profassional
Engineers, tha National Society of
Black Engineers, tha Pear Mentor,
Program and tha Pre-Med/Pre-Den
tal Club.
•Patrick Barnard Rutherford, Jr.,
* Dominique C.R. McKinney, a
junior in elementary education at
St. Auguetirie’e, the daughter of
Valderine R. and Charlee T. McKin
ney of Nasaau, Bahama*. She haa
received^the George I. Alden En
dowed Bcholaflftiip and the Eliza
(See NCSU HONORS. P.2)
decades without agreeing on either
the problem or the solution. To ad
dress this issue, the project is con
vening the meeting, “Medical Liabil
ity and Access to Obstetrical Care:
Can Alternatives to the Tart System
Work?” because 15,000 infants be
low age one die each year in the
South because of inadequate prena
tal care and other problems.
Meeting participants will be
charged w-‘h developing policy rec
ommendations that the project can
present to its parent organizations,
the Southern Governor's Associa
tion and the Southern Legislative
Conference, to consider in the 1992
state legislative sessions.
Shelly Gehsham, deputy director
of the project, said, “TTiere are 242
counties in the South with abso
lutely no source of prenatal care for
pregnant women. Increasingly,
family physicians and obstetricians
don t want to deliver babies, or if
they do, they won’t see Medicaid
patients.”
In the South, nearly 100,000
women who give birth each year re
ceive little or no prenatal care prior
to delivery. Prenatal care is the most
important factor in ensuring a
healthy birth.
Funding for the project’s work on
medical malpractice and access to
obstetrical care comes from the fed
eral Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research and the N.C. Healthy
Start Foundation. The conference is
par t of the project’s three-year effort
to i ncrease access to prenatal care in
the Souti.. The South has the high
est infant mortality and low-birth
weight rates in the nation.
To combat North Carolina’s infant
mortality rate, the highest in the
(See INFANT. P.2)
Alex Haley... Ms.
Denita Adams from
St. Augustine's
College Depart
ment of Communi
cations Media, re
cently received
The Alex Haley
Scholarship of
$2,000.00. This
award, ono of two
is mads possible
by the United
Negro College
Fund Ms. Adams
presently serves
a a Sales
Assistant intern at
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