CARNIVAL R®ES-During the Great Raleigh Festival there were many exciting acNvMee. Pictured are cHliens enjoying the popular ride Music Fest. Friday night between the Civic Center and Memorial Auditorium. Other entertainment included Music on the Mai, Natural Light Funfest, Roundball Challenge and the Brawl On the Mai I. (Photo by James Giles) Raleigh Plice Arrest Six In Cocaine Conspiracy Case As a result ofa joint investigation t by the Raleigh Police Department i and the State Bureau of Investiga- i tfa», with aaoistance from the fed- ( eral Drug Enforcement Agency and ] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and ' Firearms, iix persons have been | arrested in Raleigh and charged with conspiracy to distribute co caine. All of the persons arrested are from New Jersey but have been staying in the Raleigh area, City of Ralsigh police said. Police said they believe this group has been dealing multiple kilos of cocaine in the Raleigh area for some time. This intensive investigation re sulted in the seizure of 450 grams of eocaine on March 31 and another 1,700 grams on April 24. Approxi mately 800 grams of seized cocaine already had been made into crack cocaine. These seizures amounted to about two kilos of cocaine with a street value estimated by police at $600,000. Three semi-automatic weapons and ammunition also were seized during the investigation. The following persons were charged with conspiracy to distrib ute cocaine and are being held in federal custody awaiting trial: Kevin Demetrius Walker, 21, New Results Told By Mechanics & farmers DURHAM—Mechanics and Farmers Bank released its 1991 opera ting results to its shareholders at its annual meeting on April 14. The reported after-tax earnings of $757,930represented an increase of 7.6 percent over 1990 earnings. The return on equity was 7.6 percent with .76 percent return on average assets. The bank’s assets on Dec. 31, 1991 were $101.47 million, repre senting a 3.66 percent increase over the same period in 1990. The bank’s operating results con tinue to show strong and consistent growth- Deposits increased by 3.76 percent and loans increased by 9.61 percent. Bauer Financial Reports, Inc., awarded Mechanics and Fanners Bank five-star ratings throughout 1991. That rating identifies the in stitution as one of the safest, most credit-worthy commercial banks in tbe United States. The shareholders approved the re-election of Jesse Anglin, Jr., Wil liam J. Kennedy, Lem Long, Jr., Benjamin S. Ruffin, Joseph M. Sansom, John C. Scarborough III, Macao K. Slrin Nigel Carrk, 21, Newark, N J.; Dexter Fitzgerald Myhand, 23, failsberg, N.J.; and James Peter Sullivan, 31, East Westfield, N.J. Exhibit On Blacks & Jews Opens “Bridges and Boundaries: Afri- 1 can-Americans and the American < Jews,” an exhibit of more than 350 ‘ photographs and works of art docu- • ■ menting the relationship between 1 African-Americans and American 1 Jews during the 20th century, < opened last month at the New York Historical Society, Central Park 1 West and 77th Street, New York 1 City. 1 Hie exhibition is presesented by 1 the Jewish Museum, New York, in i collaboration with the NAACP and 1 it will be on display through July 19. following this, it will begin a na tional tour. The exhibition took more than four years of intensive research to compile and provides a look at the ! complex story of the cooperation and conflict between African-Americans and American Jews. “Bridges and Boundaries” ex plores themes such as ethnic iden tity, shared cultural beliefs and vi sions of social justice as seen by both groups. Included in the exhibit is photographic documentation of ! both groups’ participation in union activities and progressive political organizations from the 1930s to the 1950s as well as African-American and AmericanJewish leaders marching in demonstrations during the years of the civil rights move ment. The exhibit was organized by a I Mother's Day Special l & h bp service #^U A Mon - Sat 7 am-8 pm UIL VnAllUB (919) 250-9089 Donwittc Can 2010 pooie Rd 0 Raleigh. NC 27610 porngncan M7M WWiTMtMJ Major & Minor Repairs on Most DANNY LUCAS Makes & Models HENRY HARRIS John Masseyl^irThinHouse 15th Dbtrkt-East/Soutbeaat Wake County W»K* County tpsnilkU wRwukfcr •conomlc develop ment and Job opportuni ties by mak ing our «eiN munlty at toacttou-TMa recreation*! program* and * environment.** ’John Htmjf EXPERIENCE Wota County PohSc School* Dm* Awomnw* Commktoo Knfchbhlo Chunter of Commerce KnVitdrioUowCh* Who Co—ty PTA Yolltetr Mnoihtr. Slat* Employ*** A*»ocl»tt*i** Yoon VWmMNNnf hree-person curatorial team in ludingGretchen Sullivan Sorin, an African-American scholar and the how’s guest curator; Julie Reiss, isaistant curator at the Jewish iluseum; and Adina Back, the proj ct director. The exhibition is sponsored by ’hilip Morris Companies, Inc., with bundation leadership provided by he Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest ''und. A number of other sources ncluding the National Endowment or the Humanities, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, Time Warner, Inc., the Charles Revson Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, New York Community Trust, OFFITBANK, the Equitable Foun dation, the Heckscher Foundation for Children, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Miriam and Arnold Frankel, have also provided support. Celebrated African-American and Jewish artists’ work including thoM of IsacFriedlander, Romare Bearden, Melvin Edwards, Phillip Guston, Jacob Lawrence, Adrian Piper, Larry Rivers and Ben Shahn are included in the show along with a variety of historical documenta tion and other media :n;*terials. The exhibit tells a yofimpor tance to all Americans,* said guest curator Sorin, “not simply to blacks and Jews, because it challenges us to contemplate society’s most en during dilemmas about how and to what extent ethnic groups can suc cessfully interact and share power and prosperity in a multicultural nation* 1 Help Elect STEVE BEKNHOLZ Democrat N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Tuesday, May 5,1992 Endorsed By The Following Professional and Grassroots Organizations * The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers PAC * The Raleigh Wake Citizens Association * The Durham Voter's Alliance * The Durham People's Alliance Paid for by Steve Bemholz for fudge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals foe Cheshire V, Chair, Raleigh N.C. - Robert S. Kadis, Goldsboro, N.C., Treasurer P.O. Box 1082, Raleigh, N.C. 27602 An Open Letter To The African-American Community From Dr. Dudley Flood I voluntarily left the Department of Public Instruction on December 31, 1990 after having served there for twenty-one yean. I had served as a division director, an assistant state superin tendent, and for five years as associate state superintendent, the highest non-elected position that existed within the department at the time. As a division director, I had been instrumental in leading the successful move to desegregate North Carolina public schools. As assistant and associate state superintendent. I participated In the development and implementation of policy designed to Improve public education. As we worked to efleet change in our public schools, we also worked to change the Department We actively sought talented minority members to serve in responsible positions, to be in positions where they could make important contributions to public education. I worked in a Department, for a state superintendent who was committed to racial equality. In 1989. when the current state superin tendent took office, I was 'reorganized.* 1 became an ombudsman, which I soon learned was an empty title, with few real responsibilities and even less authority. It was for more show than substance. My first awareness of uneven treatment occurred with the well published reorganization in which the state superintendent announced to the public that aU the retained administrators would experience major salary reductions. .1 worked for more than a year believing that such salary reductions had been Initiated. Then, on September 16, 1990, the Greensboro News and Record published the findings of staff writer. Taft Wlreback, who had Investigated the salaries of the “demoted" administrators. For the eight top positions, the results were: (1) white male $7,711 increase; (2) black male, $15,541 decrease; (3) white male, $8,553 Increase (4) white female. $2,043 increase; (5) white male, $7,057 increase; (6) black male. $1,881 decrease; (7) white male, $7,057 increase; and (8) white male, $3,385 increase. After these and other actions of this administration created a work environment Insulting to black professionals. It came as no surprise when the General Assembly ordered staff cuts In the Department, that these cuts fell disproportionately on black employees at all levels In the Department. The Department met Its mandated budget cuts. In part, by releasing black secretaries, black program assistants, and at least two black division directors. It soon became apparent to me that the state superintendent's plan for leading our state toward school Improvement, lacked substance. Progress in that direction appeared to be hampered by Indecision, questionable management practices, and politics. Public education became a political prop to provide occasions for press releases and political sound bites. The Department became an en vironment in which professional competence was Irrelevant. Hiring decisions, policy direction, and program design all were political decisions, not educational decisions OWEN PHILLIPS CANDIDATE FOR NORTH CAROLINA SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION omnuna»«n Many highly competent people left the Department, out of frustration. We left because we who have spent our careen working to Improve our schools were not able to conclude that educational Improvement was or Is the highest priority of the current superintendent. Now as the first term of the current state superintendent comes to a close, there Is a single black female at the cabinet level Hie Department has lost the talents of several black professionals who have moved on. Including a nationally recognized expert on children with special needs. All this indicates the cynical, hyper politicized atmosphere Installed by the current superintendent, an atmosphere more designed for his own political survival than to solve critical education problems in North Carolina. It Is Ironic that at a time when racial tensions are resurfacing In our public schools, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Is virtually devoid of black professionals to help address this growing problem. My decision to support Owen Phillips for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Is based on his expressed willingness to tackle the difficult problems of Improving education for ALL our children. Having worked closely with Owen for nearly twenty years, I have confidence In his ability to provide the educational leadership which North Carolina needs, wants and deserves.