TUESDAY
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Former Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson
faces disciplinary hearing May 13 in Indiana
Youth Center for allegedly threatening a staff
member.
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This Week
JAMBALAYA JAM
Fats Domino, one of the forefathers of today’s
pop music is still on the scene with his honeyed
twang and driving piano for a Jambalaya
Jam.
Paged
In 1862, a slave named Robert Smalls,
leading eight black men and two women,
captured the Confederate transport
Planter in Charleston Harbor and
steamed her out to the Northern fleet to
freedom. Smalls was later made the pi
lot, then captain, of the vessel, and was
honored by Congress.
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VOL. 51, NO. 49
TUESDAY, MAY 12,1992
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BY CASH MICHAELS
•toff Writer
At least two African-American
citizens have complained that they
have been the target of alleged
Raleigh Police Department harass
ment in the wake of a report issued
about the status of community/po
lice relations
The City of Raleigh’s Human
Resources/Human Relations Advi
sory Commission issued the report
in January at the request of the City
Council. It criticized the depart
ment’s human and race relations
training, and revealed low opinions
from some African-American citi
zens on how the police conduct
themselves. The report was re
quested in the aftermath of the Tony
Farrell police shooting in January
1991.
One example ofalleged bad police/
community relations cited in the
report was when community activ
ist Johnny Blaylock was given a
ticket last Christmas Day for alleg
edly driving without fastening his
seatbelt.
Blaylock, in an interview pub
lished in The CAROLINIAN several
weeks ago, said that when he asked
the white officer to give him a break
and write a warning ticket like
many ofhisfriendsin North Raleigh
said was done for the same offense,
the officer responded curtly, “That’s
right, we do write warning tickets in
North Raleigh," and proceeded to
write Blaylock the $25 ticket. Blay
lock said he became so upset, he’s
not sure if the officer said anything
else that implied that breaks on
tickets were not given in black
Southeast Raleigh, but he’s sure
that’s what the officer meant.
Several weeks later, Blaylock told
hi 9 story to a commission member in
passing. Without using Blaylock’s
name, the commission member
submitted the story for use in the
report. After the ronort was given to
(See POLICE, P. 2)
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Inmates Prepare For Jobs
Re-Entry
Program
Reviewed
More than 900 inmates in the
North Carolina Department of Cor
rection report daily to work release
Jobe. Each of their paychecks is ear
marked for victim restitution, fam
ily support and the cost of imprison
ment.
“The work release program
teaches the work ethic and how to
relate to people,” says Hariy Bal
lard, chief of program services for
the Division of Prisons. There are
motivational factors. For example,
offenders like the money they earn
and would rather work than sit idle
all day. They also like to help sup
port their families while incarcer
ated. This makes the inmate and
other family members feel good
about each other.”
While inmates assigned to work
in the state’s prison industries by
law must be paid up to $1 a day,
inmates in work release jobs earn a
competitive wage. From their work
release earnings, inmates have paid
more than $2 million to the Depart
ment of Correction for fiscal year
1991-92. The money ($12.50 a day
for every day an inmate works)
comes from inmate earnings and
partially reimburses the depart
ment for the inmate’s food, clothing
and housing.
For those inmates with depend
ent families, the department takes
a portion of the inmate’s earnings
and sends it to social services for the
inmate’s dependents. Social serv
ices suggests a certain amount
based on the inmate’s income and
number of dependents.
“Supporting dependents and
(See INMATES. P. 2)
THE BOYS CLUB-Area youths And a well-balanced Robert Jackson, Keith Ray, Freddie Lutz, Taj Peppers,
agenda of challenge and fun as they participate In Kevin McFadden and Barshan Parker at the Boys Club,
academic programs as well as play under professional (Photo by Carta Monroe)
leadership and tutors at the Boys Club. Shown In photo are
RHA Signs Contract With Police,
Drug Action To Combat Problems
The Raleigh Housing Authority
was among the few public housing
agencies across the nation to receive
funding from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
competitive grant to combat the
proliferation of drugs. The Public
Housing Drug Elimination grant is
the most comprehensive and inno
vative program RHA has ever im
plemented to address the drug prob
lem. The program is envisioned to
serve as a national model.
As part of the program, RHA has
entered into contracts with Drug
Action, Inc. and the Raleigh Police
Community Calendar
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR YOUNG MOMS’GROUP
Wm» you a taan parent? Would you like to help teen moms grow and
develop as responsible, loving parents? MELD Young Moms, a teen parent
ing and support program for young mothers sponsored by Wake Medical
Center, needs you. If you are at least 22 years old, have experience as a teen
mother, and are committed to helping other young women through the
transitions of parenthood, you could become a group facilitator for the
MELD Young Moms program.
Teen moms meet weekly in groups headed by trained facilitators.
Training begins June 12. If you would like more information, contact
MELD Young Moms at 250-8710.
GIBBONS PRESENTS CLASSIC PLAY
Cardinal Gibbons High School is presenting the classic play “Arsenic
and Old Lace* on Friday, May 15, and Saturday, May 16, at 8 p.m. A dinner
theater is planned for Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria.
Tickets are $7 to the Italian dinner. For further information, call 834-1624.
FAMILY FUN DAY
May is “Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies* Month. Join the Healthy
Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Wake County as they celebrate with
the second annual “Family Fun Day: Babies are a Treasure” at Pullen Park
on Saturday, May 16, from noon to 5 p.m. Come out and enjoy free rides all
day see Read-a-Roo, “Hello Kitty” and other characters, have your face
painted, play the Treasure Hunt game and enjoy onstage entertainment.
Stop by*the health fair exhibits and play their games. The Wake County
Department of Health will provide free immunizations. It’s a great time for
(See CALENDAR, P. 2)
Department to address and provide
drug counseling, education and law
enforcement of drug sales and its
related criminal activity.
The Drug Action contract agree
ment allows the agency to offer on
site and off-site drug treatment,
education and counseling services
to six targeted communities: Wal
nut Terrace, Chavis Heights, Ken
twood, Dandridge Downs, Heritage
Park and Halifax Court.
The Raleigh Police contract
(See COMBAT DRUGS, P. 21
Campbell Key to
Democrats’ Fall
Campaign Plans
BY CASH MICHAELS
Staff Writer
Seven yean ago, he assumed his first elected office as the
. District C city representative on the Raleigh City Council.
Today, Ralph Campbell, Jr. is one election away from
making North Carolina history: becoming the first African
American to join the Council of State as state auditor, and
the state Democratic Party’s counting on it.
Campbell wastes no time in
setting out to get his name out in
the right places for state
auditor... ^ ■
In the glow of last Tuesday's come-from-behind Demo
cratic Primary win for the party’s n o mi nation to the post in
November, Campbell is now shoring up his support nation
wide, and doing his part for party unity. There is no doubt
that Campbell’s GOP opponent, Vernon Armstrong, is
counting on riding the coattails of Republican President
George Bush during the November elections with former
tiov. Jim Hunt heading up the Democratic ticket for an
unprecedented third term as governor, and U.S. Sen. Terry
Sanford seeking term No. 2. Campbell has wasted no time in
setting cut to meet the power brokers across the state to get
his name out, and hopefully some big bucks in the campaign
war chest.
That was evident when Campbell, along with his main
former rival for the party nomination, Franklin Freeman.
Jr., held several statewide press conferences last Thursday
to announce that Freeman was throwing his support be
hind Campbell’s fall candidacy, and would even do some
campaigning for him. With Freeman’s strong support net
work throughout the state, that can only spell good news for
(See RALPH CAMPBELL, P. 2)
Jamaica Faces Hard Economic Times
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP)—
When Jamaicans on the North
American mainland roll out the
barrels, it’s a sign of bad times at'
home.
Jamaicans in the United States
and Canada are sending freight
drums of clothing and food to rela
tives impoverished by low pay, 80
percent inflation and the removal of
subsidies from basic goods.
The squeeze began when Ja
maica, like the Dominican Republic
and other Caribbean nations, inau
gurated a “structural readjust
ment” program intended to make it
more competitive in world markets.
Every weekday, people line up
outside Kingston port warehouses
long before the gates open, waiting
to collect the barrels addressed to
them.
“These days, we cannot buy food,
so they buy it," Beulah Brown, 32,
said of the overseas relatives. She
was callingfor three barrels shipped
by her father from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Brown has seven children. As she
spread the contents along a counter
for customs inspection, she said her
father’s help kept the family going.
“Some people don’t have anything
at all, and—” she paused, looking at
her sacks of flour, the laundry deter
gent, cans of condensed milk—“and
they don’t have anyone to help
them, either.”
Peter Callen. manager of the
Universal Freight Warehouse, said
the barrels stirred memories of the
1970s, a time of economic chaos and
gang violence when tens of thou
sands of skilled workers left the is
land.
“When times are hard, families
and relatives abroad tend to send
barrels with food and clothes to
their families,” he said. “It hap
pened in the bad 70s and it’s hap
pening again. There’d be even more
barrels here now if there was not a
recession in the United States.”
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Callen said the Christmas traffic
was the busiest he had seen, up by
more than half from the year before.
He said thousands of people had
lined up on some days and the ware
house often stayed open past mid
(See JAMAICA, P. 2)
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HISTORICAL CEREMONY - Raleigh Dallas attend
Blcentennicil Historical Coramony honoring the late
Charlas N. Hunter. Tho memorial sorvico unvoUing the
North Carolina Highway marker was held on New Barn
Avo. at State Street on Sunday, April 26 at 4 p.m.
Pictured loft to right are Deltas Florence I. Francis, Luctte
Webb, Annette Watson, Lugenia Rochelle, Norma
Haywood, Rebecca Weatherford, Doris Holloway and Aide
M. Peebles.