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WEEK OF AUGUST 4-11, 1995

115 years later, black
cadet wins West Point
commission

By Kim I. Mills

President Clinton awarded a
posthumous commission Monday
to one of the first Blacks ever to
attend West Point, more than a
century after the former South
Carolina man was expelled follow-
ing a racist attack.

oJohnson Whittaker was a rare
individual, a pathfinder, a man
who through courage, example and
perseverance paved the way for
future generations of African
American military leaders, ?
Clinton said at a White House cer-
emony attended by Whittaker Ts
descendants, the Secretary of the
Army and both South Carolina
senators.

oWe cannot undo history. But
today, finally, we can pay tribute
to a great American and we can
acknowledge a great injustice, ?
Clinton said.

Johnson Chestnut Whittaker
was born a slave in 1858 in
Camden, S.C. In 1880, he was in
his fourth year at the U.S. Mili-
tary Academy at West Point, N.Y.,
when three cadets burst into his
room and attacked him.

He was the only Black at the
school at that time.

The masked intruders slashed
his face, hands and ears with a
razor, smashed a mirror over his
head and left him unconscious and
bleeding.

When no one confessed to the
attack, school officials concluded

that Whittaker attacked himself
to discredit the military.
Secretary of War Robert Lincoln
discharged Whittaker from the
academy, saying he had failed a

philosophy class. President

Chester Arthur overturned
Whittaker Ts court-martial, but
Whittaker never got his commis-
sion.

oLife at West Point was harsh
for all cadets, but for the few Afri-
can Americans like Johnson
Whittaker, it was doubly difficult, ?
Clinton said at the ceremony. oHe
was ostracized by his white peers.
Few spoke to him except to issue
orders and commands. ?

Clinton also presented the fam-
ily with Whittaker Ts Bible, which
had been confiscated as part of his
court-martial and had been kept
in the National Archives.

oToday, fading words on the in-
side cover of that fragile volume
reveal a yougn man whose essen-
tial goodness still offers a lesson to
all of us, ? Clinton said. oTry never
to injure another by word, by act,
or by look, even, T he wrote in his
second year at the academy. ~For-
give as soon as you are injured,
and forget as soon as you forgive. ?

Whittaker Ts granddaughter,
Cecil Whittaker Pequiette of Los
Angeles, calledit oa happy day and
a proud day. ?

oIt keeps our faith in America
strong, and America will be strong

(Continued on page 2)

MS. KIMBERLY MOORE (L), assistant district attorney,
Greenville attorney Earl Brown, (C), and Ms. Michelle Scott
(R), child abuse coordinator, paused for our camera recently.

REV. PAUL THOMAS Joined in with many other worshippers, well-wishers, and fans to
hear the illustrious gospel recording artist-The Rev. John P. Kee and his oNew Life ? Choir.
They enjoyed all of his gospel hits including his new release oShow Up. ? Photo by Jim Rouse

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Photo by Jim Rouse

oTete-a-tete. ? What a power coup!!!

Black Men Ts oLong
March to Freedom ?

By Askia Muhammad

When on million Black men de-
scend on Washington Monday,
October 16 there will doubtless be
amany proud tears shed that day.

Notin that otouchy-feely ? corny-
kind-of-way, but in that apprecia-
tive, humbling way many of us feel
when we've been blessed to over-
come staggering odds to accom-
plish the impossible, and to achieve
spiritual growth in the process.
Getting one million Black men to-
gether peacefully in one place at
one time qualifies for adjectives
like miraculous.

We allknow the drill. Black
males " oBrothers, ?
oHomeboyz, ? oO.G.s, ? oStuds, ?
oZoot-Suiters, ? from the Scottsboro
Boys, to Willie Horton, to your
worst nightmare "mean trouble.

Three or more Black men to-
gether on the street constitute a
omob. ? The sight of one in a store
automatically triggers a surveil-
lance camera, a detective, and a
phony: oMay I help you? ? from a
sales supervisor.

And while the negative stereo-
types are all too fitting, they are
still false, in the cases of MOST
Black men. But the ideas of sober,
responsible behavior is easier to
associate with Black women, moth-
ers, heads-of-households, than it
is with our men.

So, the idea of Black men doing
anythin constructive, organized,
and on a large scale, without the
guidance of our women is hard to
fathom. Enter, Min. Louis
Farrakhan, leader of Nation of Is-
lam.

Min. Farrakhan and the Rev.
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., lead-
ers of the National African-Ameni-

obucks, ?

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can Leadership Summit are well
on their way toward organizing a
oMillion Man March ? on Washing-
ton, the most startling demonstra-
tion of Black Power in America
since Douglas Turner Ward
authored the play: oA Day of Ab-

DR. TOMMY HARRIS, ROCKY MOUNT GYNECOLOGIST, Mr. Richard Washington,
Brooklyn, Ny, and Deacon Roscoe Norfleet join Greenville Attorney, Robert White for a brief

Photo by Jim Rouse

sence. ?

oWe hope to declare the first
~Holy Day T since our fathers were
brought to this country in chains,
a day of atonement ? Min.
Farrakhan told a group of report-

(Continued on page 2)

OTUs
"Whatever we
believe about
ourselves and

our ability
comes true for

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Page 4

DR. MADGE BARNES, (far left) is shown outside of Cornerstone Baptist Church with other

church members. Photo by Jim Rouse

March " a way to get black men in
step with family obligations

By Lisa Weathers

When I first heard about Nation
of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan Ts
plans for a fall march of 1 million
black men, it struck me as a good
idea. And while I don Tt agree with
his theology or politics,
Farrakhan Ts rhetoric in the radio
mini-soundbite was stirring, as
usual. oBlack men need to
straighten their backs and lead
their families, ? he said.

In my mind Ts eye, I could picture
black men of all shapes, colors and
sizes, thousands strong, marching
with their heads held high, united
in purpose and in the determina-
tion to save our children. I imag-
ined seeing a sea of bodies march-
ing, marching down the streets of
Washington. I wanted to be able to
share that picture with my sons,
who happened to be riding in the
car with me. I also wanted to know
what their perceptions were of the
reasons for such a march.

Jonathan was in the back seat,
stereo cassette headphones in
place, Jason, in the front passen-
ger seat, had just reiterated his
need for a moped and seemed to be

lost in thoughts of what it would

be like to actually have one. Jus-
tin, our youngest, was dozing in
the back seat. Justin always sleeps
in the car.

oDid you hear that? ? I said loudly
enough for Jonathan to hear over
his music. oWhat did you say? ? he
asked, removing the headphones.

oThey just said on the radio that
Louis Farrakhan is trying to orga-
nize a march of 1 million black
men, ? | said, glancing at Jonathan
in my rear view mirror.

Silence.

oHe says black men need to
straighten their backs and lead
their families, ? I continued. oWhat
do you think? ?

Jason looked at mee with a smirk
and twinkle in his eye. oMom,
you're trying to start one of those
deep conversations again. ?

I chuckled. I had been caught.
But I was undaunted.

oI really want to know what you
think, ? I said. oBefore long you'll
be the black men people refer to. A
lot of people say the problems in
the black community come from
what black meh are doing, or not
doing. ?

Silence.

I pressed on. oTell me what you
think, ? I said, turning off the ra-
dio. oWhat do black men need to
do? ? I asked, hoping somebody was
listening.

oBlack men need to be there, ? he
said.

oWhat do you mean? ? I was
thrilled to get some feedback.

oJust be there, ? Jonathan said.
oBe there for their kids. It Ts about
doing what's best for them. ?

I nodded, somewhat amazed at
his words. oThat Ts right, Jay, ? I
said softly oYou Tre absolutely
right. ?

Jonathan must have sensed that
he had given me something to think
about. Or maybe he Td just finished
what he had to say. Anyway, he
put his headphones back on and
reentered the musical realm leav-
ing me to wonder where the seed of
his thoughts had been planted.

Several days later I listened to a
television magazine show profile
ofthe son ofjazz legend Theolonius
Monk. Theolonius Mon Jr., now
an accomplished jazz musician in
his own right, shared that his
mother had recently visited his

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ng as families contin
families, ? shesaid at the ceremony.

Afterward, she said she would
present her grandfather's Bible to
the archives at South Carolina
State University in Orangeburg,
where he had been a professor. He
died in 1931.

Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C.,
heard Whittaker Ts story in 1993
and asked the Army to open an
inquiry. Three months later, he
introduced a bill urging Clinton to
grant the commission.

oThey should have done this long
ago, ? Hollings said Monday.

US. Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C.,
said the White House also should

ant a commission to James

In addition to bringing a million
men to the Nation Ts Capital for a
spine-stiffening show of family

leadership, moral rejuvenation, "

and a redress of Black political
grievances in the face of a White
conservative backlash, owe are

115 years later

Webster Smith, another South
Caroliniari, who was the first Black
cadet at West Point, but who also
was expelled.

Smith, the subject of racial
taunts and harassment, was court-
martialedin 1870 for fighting back,
but later Army officials ordered
him reinstated, Spratt said.

In order to complete his fresh-
man year, however, Smith had to
take exams, and he was failed by a
professor who had said Blacks were
inferior, the congressman said.
Smith died two years later of tu-
berculosis.

A measure is pending in Con-
gress to grant Smith his commis-
sion.

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asking on this Holy Day, thatnone
of us.go to work, none of our chil-
dren go to school. We hope that

day, we will not be seen in any

stores, bars or sporting events. We
are asking our athletes and enter-
tainment figures not to entertain
White folks on that day, ? Min.
Farrakhan said.

oSince America seems to be say-
ing they don Tt want us, we want
White America to see how taste-
less, colorless this country would
be without us. If you want us in
society, you must open your doors

and take us in with justice. ? Black

men, he said are ready to take

their place as full and equal lead-

ers, as better fathers, husbands

and brothers, closer to God, pro-

= othe long march to free-
om. ?

In ~his play, Mr. Ward wrote
about a scenario in which Black
protesters organized a dayin which
African-Americans were oabsent ?
from theirjobs, schools, and places
of business, and the entire nation
was brought to its knees, because
Blacks are an indispensable part

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BEATRICE MAYE
To the editor,

Isn Tt it sad that Susan Smith
repudiated her nine days T lie that
acarjacker had abducted the boys?

Isn Tt it sad that no one was con-
cerned about the carjacker Ts inno-
cence? Is it because he was black
and most false accusations are
pinned on blacks? This too often is
the black man Ts curse. How much
of a chance does a black man have
in America today?

John Amos, star of TV Ts ~Good
Times T said, ?Hollywood still does
not give black actors the same re-
spect and opportunities that white
actors are given ?, stated the NEWS
AND OESERVER, Thursday, Au-
gust 3, 1995. Is this not true of
blacks in whatever or wherever
they are involved? Too many blacks
are sentenced or doomed before
birth. It is hard to not believe had
ablack committed this crime, she Td
been given the electricchair. Color/
race is a deciding factor in most if
not all cases. There is only one
race, the human race. In what di-
rection are we headed? Susan Ts
first thought after committing this
hideous, asisine crime was to
falsely blame a black man. Is this

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Mumia Abu-Jamal Update
While the leadership of the Na-
tional Association of Black Jour-
nalists is being blasted forits weak
support of former Philadelphia
Association President Mumia-
Abu-Jamal, who is currently on
Pennsylvania death row and,
scheduled for execution on the sec-
ond day of the organization Ts 20th
anniversary conference in Phila-
delphia, August 17; Mr. Abu-

the way most whites think?
In contrast and additionally, too
often the verdict is we cannot find
black qualified educators/teachers.
oWe know the percentage is not
what it should be, but we Tre work-
ing to increase that percentage ?,
we hear state and nationwide.
Let Ts give blacks their equal op-
portunities and respect. Until we
do, expect to deal with crime and
violence, guns and weapons. Even

otoo many of our young people/chil-

dren are filled with anger and ha-
tred. Where do they first see it?
The answer is in the home. oAnger
closes doors; love keeps them open ?.
It is necessary for Christians to
promote justice in our communi-
ties.

(Mrs.) Beatrice Maye
1225 Davenport Street
Greenville, NC 27834

A large dinner napkin is opened
in half with the fold on top. The
open bottom half may be used to
blot our mouth.

A small luncheon napkin may
be opened all the way. Remember,
a napkin isn Tt meant to be a bib,
towel, or handkerchief. We never
blow our nose in a napkin. We use
napkins to blot or wipe the mouth.

TOOTHPICKS are acceptable at
home, but not in public.

oEating slowly helps to keep one
slim; in other words, haste makes
waist ?. A.H. Hallock

Never feel embarrassed to bow
your head in a restaurant and
thank God for your food.

The standard tip is 15%. Some
people tip 18% or 20% if they feel
the service has been very special.

Speak clearly if you speak at
all...

Carve every word berore you let
it fall. Oliver Wendell Holmes

COMPLIMENT: A compliment
really says we're not self-centered.
We Tre interested in others and find
things about them to admire.

How do we honor our parents?

e...

Ask for their advice

Look at things from their per-
spective

Try to please them

Have a good attitude

Show respect

Thank them

Compliment them

Obey them.

Sisters and Brothers:

Many problems can be avoided
if we...

Don Tt tease

Don Tt be sarcastic

Showed love

Helped one another

Picked up for one another

Didn Tt worry about ofavorites ?

Didn Tt count chores

Didn Tt say things like, oWhy
make me? He didn Tt have to ?

Don Tt mock

Stick up for one another

ing judge ? Albert (who has sen-
tenced more convicts to death than
any judge in America) Sabo Ts rul-
ing thata hearing for a new trial in
the case of a slain police officer
begin immediately, was over-
turned by the Pennsylvania Su-
preme Court, allowing Mr. Abu-
Jamail Ts lawyers one week to pre-
pare. His lawyers are hopeful that
once Judge Sabo rules on the
tainted evidence in the 1982 trial,
he will be granted a stay of execu-
tion, either in Judge Sabo Ts court,
or on appeal.

Carefully avoidin yourself those
things which annoy youin others. ?
Thomas A. Kempis

Church Manners:

There are several ways to make
our visits to church more mean-
ingful:

Attend with a worshipful atti-
tude

Remember God ordained the
church

Thank God for the freedom to
worship

Remember, the church belongs
to God, not man

Look for the ways the sermon
can be relevant in your life

Apply the sermon to your own
life, not your neighbors

Be involved in Sunday school
and other rewarding activities

Ask the Lord what you can doin
your church.

Our Behavior in
the Sanctuary:
Sit quietly in reverence
Be on our best behavior
Don Tt rattle paper during the
service
Keep our feet off pews
Don Tt play with guest cards, en-
velopes, etc.
Keep crayons, pens off pew cush-
ions
Refrain from giggling and talk-
ing
Bow our heads in prayer
Sing the hymns and digest the
words
Above all else, worship God.
oGoing to church doesn Tt make
us a Christian any more than go-
ing to a garage makes us a car. ?
A Church Garden....
Three Rows of Squash
1. Squash indifference
2. Squash criticism
3. Squash gossip
Four Rows of Turnips
1. Turn up for meetings
2. Turn up with a smile
3. Turn up with a visitor
4. Turn up with a Bible
Five Rows of Lettuce
1. Let us love one another
2. Let us welcome strangers
3. Let us be faithful to duty
4. Let us truly worship God
5. Let us give liberally
A Leader has been defined as
one who knows the way, shows the
way and goes the way. In other
words, good leaders inspire and
set an example as well as organize
and direct.
From: An apple a day "1991
Great Quotations, Inc.
SUCCESS is a journey, not a
destination. Ben Sweetland
FAILURE is not the worst thing
in the world. The very worst is not
to try.
FAILURE is success if you learn
from it, Malcolm S. Forbes
The price of Success is persever-
ance, The price of failure comes
cheaper.
Failure is only the opportunity
to begin again more intelligently.
Henry Ford

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Dr. Barnes opens

Dr. Madge L. Barnes of
Greenville is owner of Grifton
Medical Care-A Family Medicine
and Baratric Medicine office lo-
cated on Highway 11N. inGrifton.

She obtained a Bachelor's De-
gree in Biology-Pre-Med at East
Carolina University in 1981. In
1987, she graduated from East
Carolina University School of
Medicine with a Doctor of Medi-
cine Degree. She then specialized
in Family Medicine at Riverside
Regional Medical Center in New-
port News, Va, completed her
training and became board-certi-
fied in 1990.

Having a strong desire to return
to Eastern N.C. after residency,

Dr. Barnes moved back to
Greenville to work at Snow Hill
Medical Center. She worked there
for two years. Realizing a need to
become more knowledgeable of the
business side of medicine, she en-
rolled in the Kron-Scholars Pro-
gram for Physician Executives at
the University of N.C. at Chapel
Hill School of Business. The expe-
rience afforded Dr. Barnes the
opportunity to work in various
medical setting from a rural prac-
tice in LaGrange, to an HMO-Kai-
ser Permonente in Charlotte.
The idea of starting a practice in

a rural Eastern N.C. remained,

and on January 9, 1995, Grifton
Medical Care opened for business.

office i in Grifton

Dr. Barnes provided medical care
to all ages of patients. This in-
cluded employee physicals, gyne-
cologic physicals, hypertension,
diabetes, and minor surgery. In
May 1995, another need became
apparent to Dr. Barnes. As high
blood pressure, diabetes, and high
cholesterol are often linked to obe-
sity, she decided to put prevention
into her practice and develop a
comprehensive lifestyle changing
weight loss program. Bariatrics is
the specialty that deals with obe-
sity or being overweightd. She
recenly spent time with one of the
leading doctors in the country, Dr.
Robert Johnson, on weight loss
programs.

Weight loss is 90% mental and
10% physical. A motto Dr. Barnes
likes to quote is oYou can Tt change
your weight until you change your
mind. ?

Dr. Barnes is a member of Cor-
nerstone Missionary Baptist
Church where she is co-chairman
of the Singles Ministry, Medical
Coordinator for the Emergency
Medical Team, Mass Choir mem-
ber, and a consultant for the
Wellness Program. She is alos on
the Board of Directors for the Cor-
nerstone Christian Child Devel-
opment Center. *

To sum up Dr. Barnes,

Phillippians 4:19 comes to mind oI ;

can do all things through Chnist
that strengthens me. ?

Dr. Andrew A. Best honored by National
Medical Association

DR. ANDREW A. BEST

In 1994, the Executive Commit-
tee of the Family Practice Section
of the National Medical Associa-
tion (NMA) made the decision to
name the Annual Family Practice
Luncheon in honor of Doctor An-
drew A. Best for his long-time dedi-
cated and loyal service to the Sec-

tion. The luncheon, established in
1971, will now be called the An-
drew A. Best Annual Family Prac-
tice Luncheon. It is only fitting
and proper that this honor be be-
stowed upon Dr. Best, who con-
ceived the program and has been
its moderator since its inception.

Dr. Best has been a member of
the NMA since 1955 and holds the
distinction of having attended ev-
ery Annual Scientific Assembly
and Interim meeting of the Asso-
ciation ever since. In addition to
his activities with the Family Prac-
tice Section, Dr. Best has served
on the nominating committee for
three years and on the constitu-
tion and by-laws committee for
the past eleven years (serving as
its chair for five of these eleven
years) and has been a member of
the House of Delegates for forty
years. In 1991, Dr. Best was the
recipient of the NMA Ts Distin-
guished Service Award, the
Association Ts highest award pre-
sented annually to a member who,
among other things, has done ex-
ceptional work in one or more of

the three areas wherein the medi-
cal profession expresses its con-
cern for mankind, namely; service,
research and teaching.

Dr. Best is a 1947 Summa Cum
Laude graduate of A&T College,
his graduation being delayed by
service in the Army during WWII.
He received his M.D. degree from
Meharry Medical College in 1951
and did an internship and two
years of Post Graduate service in
the military, attaining the rank of
Captain by the time of discharge.

Dr. Best, a native of the Kinston,
North Carolina area, began his
medical practice in neighboring
Greenville in 1954 because of the
availability of practice opportunity
and privileges at Pitt County Hos-
pital in that city. Dr. Best was
instrumental in the establishment
of anopen admission policy at that
facility. A beloved practitioner by
the community, his busy practice
included obstetrics until 1985,
when malpractice insurance pre-
miums became too costly.

Dr. Best played a crucial role in
the establishment of the East Caro-

lina University School of Medi-
cine, which is believed to be the
only medical school in the country
that has Enabling Legislation
mandating the recruitment and
retention of minorities and fe-
males. He participates in the

~ preceptorship activities in coop-

eration iwth the school and is part
of a voluntary mentor program for
the minority students there.

Dr. Best is a loyal and dedicated
member of Jericho AME Zion
Church. Among his many services
to the church, he has been presi-
dent of the lay Council of the Cape
Fear Conference since 1973.

In addition to the NMA Ts Distin-
guished Service Award, Dr. Best
has received numerous awards and
honors for distinguished service to
his community, State, Church, or-
ganized medicine and formal edu-
cation arena. The measure of his
numerous achievements is told
best by Dr. Samuel Proctor, former
president of A&T State Univer-
sity, who said, oif A&T produced
just one Andrew A. Best per cen-
tury, it would have justified its
existence. ?

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Last month the Supreme Court struck down the congressional term
_ ruled, by a narrow 5-4 vote, that limit laws that Americans have
Americans maynotlimittheterms enacted in 23 states "through the

use of voter initiatives, or in the
state legislatures "since 1990. The
decision does not affect term limits

of members of Congress, except
by amending the US Constitu-
tion. U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton -

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on state and local officials, and
indeed, twenty state legislatures,
40 governors, and over 15,000 lo-
cal officials around the country
are still subject to term limits. The
decision indicates to many Ameri-
cans that the time has come to
impose term limits on the Supreme
Court, too. At issue in U.S. Term
Limits v. Thornton was the Con-
stitutional question of whether
individual states "and the people
of those states "are permitted to
make additions or changes to the
qualifications for Senator or Rep-
resentative that are already listed
in the Constitution. Article I of the
Constitution provides for only
three qualifications: a minimum
age, U.S. citizenship, and residence
in the state represented. The term
limit law that was challenged and
brought to the Supreme Court was
an initiative passed in 1992 in
Arkansas, that stated oThe people
of Arkansas find and declare that
elected officials who remain in of-
fice too long become preoccupied
with reelections and ignore their
duties as representatives of the
people. ? The law imposed two
terms on senators, and three terms
representatives. According to the
Supreme Court Ts decision, this
amounted to an additional, uncon-
stitutional, qualification being
imposed on candidates for Senate
and House of Representatives.
Justice John Paul Stevens ruled
that imposing additional qualifi-
cation would violate that funda-

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people should choose who they
want to govern them. Of course,
this conveniently ignores the fact
that it was the people of Arkansas
who decided to limit the terms of
their Senators and Representa-
tives, because, as they spelled out
in the initiative, oEntrenched in-
cumbency has reduced voter par-
ticipation and has led to an elec-
toral system that is less free, less
competitive and less representa-
tive than the system established
by the Founding Fathers.

In his dissent, Justice Clarence
Thomas pointed out the irony of
using the voters T oright to choose
whom they please ? argument to
overturn a term limit initiative
that won nearly 60% of the vote
and carried every congressional
district in the state. According to
Justice Thomas, othe Constitution
is simply silent ? on the question of
whether the voters may limit the
terms of their elected officials, and
owhere the Constitution is silent,
it raises no bar to action by the
states or the people. ?

With this Supreme Court deci-
sion, the battle for term limits
moves to Congress, where a Con-
stitutional Amendment must re-
ceive two-thirds of the vote. Thanks
to opposition by virtually all Demo-
crats, and two-faced parliamen-
tary maneuvering by the Republi-
can leadership (allowing four dif-
ferent versions of a term limit
amendment to be brought to the
floor at once), a term limit amend-

ment has already failed to pass in
the House this year. With profes-
sional politicians of both ~major
parties clearly reluctant to shorten
their careers, pro-term limit vot-
ers will have to look elsewhere for
allies in the 1996 elections. Pro-
term limit independent parties,
like the Patriot Party, will be of-
fering voters a choice on this issue
in 1996, including an independent
pro-term limits choice for presi-
dent. A poll currently being con-

rm limits will reign supreme

ducted by the Committee for a
Unified Independent Party shows
that 58% of Americans "no mat-
ter what their political affiliation "
would support an independent
presidential candidate who made
support for term limits the center-
piece issue of their campaign. The
decision in U.S. Term Limits v.
Thornton may turn out to be yet
another catalyst for the dramatic
growth of the independent move-
ment in 1996.

Female inmates learn
what work is

Fountain Correctional Center for
Women has become the state Ts first
female prison to put inmates to
work inthe Community Work Pro-
gram which started in January.

By 7:30 each morning, more than
two dozen inmates are taken by
two correctional officers to Rocky
Mount Senior High and Northern
Nash High schools. This is where
they'll spend the rest of the day
doing yard work and painting un-
der intense heat. Across the state,
inmates have worked on more than
700 projects similar to the one at
Rocky Mount.

oGovernor Hunt wants to see
every able-bodied inmate working
and this department plans to make
that happen, ? said Correction Sec-
retary Franklin Freeman. oIt Ts a

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ing inmates help themselves as
well as taxpayers. ?

Upon arriving at Rocky Mount
Senior High, the first group of in-
mates quickly unload all their
maintenance equipment and get
to work, hoping to get a lot done
before the sun becomes. unbear-
able. By mid-morning, the mer-
cury in the thermometer on this
July day has pushed beyond the
90-degree mark. In spite of the
sticky, humid weather, inmates
continue their fast-paced work
schedule. .

Threeinmates are pushing noisy
lawn mowers back and forth across
the front yard of the campus, four
are raking and piling the stacks of
weeds and grass into trash bags.
Two others are trimming around
trees and corners with weed-eat-
ers. Inmates T faces are covered with
beads of sweat and their shirts are

~drenched with perspiration.

All the inmates are trained in
how to safely operate the mainte-
nance equipment.

oThis work is a good experience, ?
said Susan Taylor, an inmate. oI Tm
learning the importance of pa-
tience and working together. This
campus looks a lot better than it

. did when we first got here. ? Taylor

likes yard work and said she hopes
to get a job in the landscaping

business once she gets out of
prison.

oI Tm learning how to do some-
thing useful rather than a crime, ?
said Aprilyn Ellerby, an inmate
from Wilmington who has been at
Fountain for five months.

A few miles down the road at
Northern Nash High School, other
inmates are busy painting hall-
ways throughout the school. They
also have been trained on proper
painting techniques.

oThis wall was in bad shape and
had a lot of peeling, ? explains in-
mate Marie Downey from Win-
ston-Salem. oI hadtoscrapeita lot
before putting on a fresh coat of
paint. ? Another inmate, Monique
Cheek said, oIt Ts not easy and you
figure that this hard work is worth
more than the dollar a day we Tre
paid. But I keep working because
I know that in the long run, I will
benefit from the work. I want to do
a good job and keep the Commu-
nity Work Program going. It Ts a
good opportunity for me. ?

oThese female inmates are do-
ing an excellent job in what was
previously a maledominated pro-
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Bonnie Boyette. oThey're learning
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March

new home for the first time. He
said she gazed in silence at the
beautiful spacious home. When he
asked her what she thought about
the place, she said, oYou know,
when your daddy and I were living
on 68rd Street with the piano in
the kitchen, we dreamed of this for
you and your sister. And now! am
so happy to be here and to see
this. ?

It Ts hard to tell when we as a
people began to slide off the edge.
When did we forget that our
children Ts future will only be as
good as our determination to sac-
rifice to make it so? When did we
begin buyingintothe me-first, buy-
now, forget the future mentality?
When did we stop dreaming for
our children?

Jonathan Ts words were true.
Once you have a child, it Ts not
about you anymore. It Ts about your
child. I don Tt know that a march of
1 million black men will get that

_ point across. But maybe we need

to put our differences aside for a
while and agree on this one thing:
If we don Tt save our families, they
won't be saved, If a march gets us
thinking in that direction, so be it.

Perkins selected for promotion

Army Maj. Nathaniel oNat ? W.
Perkins, son of Lula M. Perkins of
Greenville, was selected for pro-
motion to the rank of Lt. Col.

Perkins, the chief of communi-

cations electronic analysis at the
Joint Command and Control War-
fare Center, was selected in the
Army Ts competitive category and
will pin on his new rank Nov. 1,

1995.

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graduate began his army career in
1979 after graduation from Win-
ston-Salem State University, Win-

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C.. Utilities is proud to - celebrating its 90th anniversary
this year! In 1905, GUC (which was then called: the Water & Light
Commission) began providing a small number of customers with
electric and water service. A few years later, in 1931, we also "

began providing natural gas.

Our natural gas system has grown dramatically in recent years. In
~the past five years alone, the number of GUC gas customers has
increased by nearly 50%. It Ts clear that clean, efficient. natural gas
has become the energy of choice for many people.

If you are interested in becoming a natural gas customer, now
would be a great time to apply. If you wait until heating season, you'll
be oone of the crowd, ? and may have to wait up to six weeks to get
your service installed.

Many new customers have questions about the application

process, etc. The most-often-asked questions are addressed below:

Q. How Do I Apply For Natural Gas Service?

A. If you're a residential customer and you're interested in having natural gas service, your first
step is to call 551-1488 io find out if natural gas is available in your area. If it is, and you'd
like to receive service, your next step is to fill out an application with Customer Service located
in our Main Office, 200 West Fifth Street.

Once the application is complete, a Customer Service Representative will assist you in
setting up an appointment at your house with a Gas Serviceworker. Normally, the
appointment will be scheduled within two days of the time you filled out your application.

Q. When I Apply For Natural Gas, Do I Have To Pay A Fee?

A. Yes. ASummary of fees is as follows:

¢ To install a residential service with 100 feet of gas line (beginning at the property line), the
fee will be *75.00. For any lines over 100 feet, there will be an additional fee of *2.00 per foot for
gas lines less than 1" in diameter, and *3.00 per foot for gas lines 1.25" or greater.

¢ In addition to the installation fee, there is a °30.00 fee to set the meter and turn on the
gas. If the °30.00 fee is paid at the time you apply for service, the meter will be installed at the
same time your service lines are being installed.

¢ If, at your request, GUC Ts Gas Serviceworker lights your pilot when he/she is in the
process of turning on the gas, there is a *5.00 charge for that service. [GUC does not relight
pilots unless there is a meter changeout, or if routine maintenance has been performed on
meter equipment or gas lines.]

Q. If I want gas logs, a gas furnace, gas water heater, etc., who should I contact
to install the appliances? Does GUC do that type of work?

A. No, GUC does not install gas appliances. We do recommend that you contact a licensed
contractor who is qualified to work on gas equipment. Check your Yellow Pages for listings.
Your contractor can help you determine whether you need a two-pound or ounce metering
system. GUC will need that information when you apply for service.

Q. Will GUC Locate My Gas Meter Where I Want Them To?

A. Your new natural gas meter must be located within three feet of the back corner of your house.
The meter cannot be installed in any of the following locations:
e Inside fenced areas or areas that are not accessible to GUC employees
e Anywhere the meter would be subject to damage
e Adjacent to carports
¢ Within three feet of openings in buildings - including crawl spaces, windows and ~loan
e Within three feet of any ignition source - including electrical connections, electric meters and
furnaces
e Where vehicles may travel or be parked

Q. Is An Inspection Required?

A. Yes. An inspection certificate is required for all new gas house piping BEFORE gas can be
turned on. If you live in the City of Greenville, contact the City Ts Building Inspection Office at
830-4466. If you live in the County, contact the Pitt County Inspection Office at 830-6352.

Q. What Are GUC Ts Natural Gas Rates?

A. For year-round, residential natural gas customers, there is a Basic Facilities Charge of
*3.00/month. Customers who use natural gas only for heating pay a Basic Facilities Charge of
*6.00/month during the winter and °3.00/month during the summer.

In addition, all natural gas customers pay a commodity charge based on how much natural

gas they use. These rates are based on the price per hundred cubic feet (ccf). Complete rate
schedules are available through the Customer Service Office at the Main Office.

We hope we have Daa ared most of your questions about natural gas. If
you would like further SA Ely please call GUC at 551-1587.

Utilities.

Clayton comments on
president Ts affirmative
action speech

~ Congresswoman EvaM. Clayton
(D-N.C.) commends President Bill
Clinton on his thoughtful speech
on Affirmative Action delivered to-
day at the National Archives.

oI want to commend President
Clinton for his eloquent, thought-
ful and perceptive statement on a
very sensitive and difficult subject
" Affirmative Action, ? said
Clayton. oThe president outlined
an approach to this issue which
not only conforms to the state of
the law, but takes into account the
concerns that some have raised
about affirmative action. ?

President Clinton delivered his
speech to a full house of legisla-
tors, business owners, Cabinet
members and other luminaries.

oI agree with the President that
fraud and abuse, fronts and pass-
throughs, in affirmative action
programs should not and will not

be tolerated, ? said Clayton. oI also
agree with the President that re-
verse discrimination, quotas and
promoting unqualified individuals
has no place in society. ?

A recent report by the Glass
Ceiling Commission has shown
that white males hold 97 percent
ofall senior management positions
in Fortune 1000 Industrial and
Fortune 500 service industries,
African-Americans represent 0.6
Percent, Asian 0.3 percent and
Hispanics 0.4 percent.

oDiscrimination is not just mor-
ally wrong....It hurts everyone, ?
said Clayton. oWhile we begin to
debate the issues surrounding af-
firmative action we must not get
caught up in the political rhetoric
and fervor that plays on fears and
insecurities. We must focus on the
realities and the meaningful, pro-
ductive work left to be done. ?

Local Projects share in
federal Grant Funds

Local teachers and administra-
tors in North Carolina had some
good ideas that needed funds and
wrote 66 proposals from across the
state for the money. This month,
15 projects were approved by the
State Board of Education to ben-
efit 30 of those school systems.
They will share $1.5 million to
carry out their ideas for next year.

Projects range from improving
reading to effectively using the
Internet, from improving math in
low-performing elementary
schools to purchasing a bus and
developing a learning program to
allow students in a poor area over-
come isolation and poverty by tak-
ing learning on the road.

The money comes from federal

funds allotted to each state. Known
in this state as the North Carolina
School Improvement Grants, it is
the first year the money has been
available.

The proposals underwent a two-
level review process, with 35 pro-
posals identified in the first re-
view and those 35 being subjected
to a second level review. In the
second level review, factors such
as disadvantagement, urban/ru-
ral status, and geographic distri-
bution were considered, narrow-
ing the grants to 15. Grants range
from $60,000 to $75,000 fora single
school system to $120,000 to
$150,000 for school systems sub-
mitting joint plans with other sys-
tems.

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Waco is a Black Iss

By Dr. Lenora Fulani

On July 19, the House Subcom-
mittees on Crime and on National
Security, International Affairs and
Criminal Justice opened two weeks
of hearings on the 1993 tragedy in
Waco, Texas, in which over 80
people died-most of them women
and children. The ostensible pur-
pose of the hearings is to try to
determine whether the actions
taken by federal law enforcement
agencies against the Branch
Davidian religious group in Waco
produced the tragicoutcome there.

Many Americans, myself in-
cluded, feel that our government
has never sufficiently accounted
for an operation that led to such a
disastrous loss of life. We have
long called for such hearings, both
as an opportunity to finally learn
the truth, and as a basis for avoid-
ing such debacles in the future.
Moreover, our experience in the
government-sponsored bombing of
the headquarters of MOVE in 1985
made clear that any time law en-
forcement disregards constitu-
tional rights, the Black commu-
nity is in serious danger.

It is important to remember that
almost all of those who died at
Waco "like those who died on Os-
age Avenue in Philadelphia "were
men, women andchildren who had
been charged with no crime. An-
other, little-publicized fact about
those who died is that a large num-
ber of the slain church members
were people of color. In my opin-
ion, the Waco situation raises con-
stitutional issues that should be of
serious concern to the Black com-
munity, and to our Black leader-
ship.

Unfortunately, the hearings
have already incited a lot of parti-
san strife in the Congress. The

Democrats, with Rep. Charles
Schumer (D-NY) in the lead, are
condemning the hearings as
merely a Republican attempt to
embarrass the Clinton Adminis-
tration, and curry favor with the
National Rifle Association, which
has funded many Republican cam-
paigns. (The National Rifle Asso-
ciation, however, has been an out-
spoken and consistent critic of the
agencies targeted by the hearings:
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms.)

The hearings may reveal that
Bill Clinton, Janet Reno and other
White House staffers acted im-
properly, but in two years since
the Waco tragedy, the Democrats
in Congress have shown virtually
no concern for those who died in
the spectacularly bungled Federal
police assaults on Waco. They seem
more interested in covering up for
the Attorney General and the
President than in discovering what
really happened in Waco. The con-
duct of the BATF and the FBI in
the initial raid and subsequent
siege violated basic constitutional
rights to due process, religious lib-
erty, and freedom from unreason-
able search and seizure "issues
that the Democratic Party used to
pretend to care about. And yet not
one Democrat "not even the mem-
bers of the Congressional Black
Caucus "heeded the many pleas
by national organizations and
grassroots groups alike to hold a
serious Congressional investiga-
tion.

Now the Republicans have co-
opted this righteous issue. While
they pursue their predictable par-
tisan agenda, they will at least
afford us the opportunity to ask
the questions we have about what
our government did at Waco: Why

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endangered their own agents and
innocent civilians? Why did the
FBI use lethal CS gas against ci-
vilians, including women and chil-
dren, when it has been banned by
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tary use? Who gave Attorney Gen-
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among the Davidians? Why did
the government Ts tanks keep ram-
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the walls and staircases collapsed,
crushing people inside? Why did
the government bulldoze the site
of the fire, destroying evidence of

what happened there?

Rep. Schumer is obviously too
busy slamming the National Rifle
Association (no doubt to appease
his own political patrons and cam-
paign contributors), to make sure
these questions are answered. But
there is no good reason why the
CBC shouldn Tt weigh into the dia-
logue and make sure the hearings
address the constitutional and
human rights concerns shared by
our people.

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ing members of the CBC in the
company of two Black women "
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friends and family in the tragic
fire. Together we will urge these
leaders to make sure that this coun-

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other speakers, including U. S.
Rep. John Conyers (D., Mi.), U. S.
Rep. Louis

Stokes (D.,Oh.) and Detroit
Mayor Dennis Archer.

Evans also took her case to the
Michigan House Judiciary Com-
mittee as it debated a civil rights
resolution to the Michigan Consti-
tution.

Testifying, she queried, oWhat
has gone so egregiously wrong in
Michigan that there is a need to
alter our most fundamental equal
opportunity documents in a way
which will lock out a large share of
Michigan citizens from an oppor-
tunity to be employed and pro-
moted in the workplace, and other
facets of Michigan life?

While Evans called on the com-
mittee to retain measures which
provide access for minorities, she
and the speakers at the conference
said the solution is at the ballot
box.

Resultingly, AKA has taken
steps to defend affirmative action
and back candidates who support
it. oWe are increasing the number
of blacks registered and we will
insure that they vote, ? Evans said.

AKA is also supporting organi-
zations at the forefront of the affir-
mative action battle. It supple-
mented its annual chapter dona-
tions tothe NAACP witha $10,000
check.

The conference agenda also fea-
tured training for AKA Ts math-
science initiative, its partnership
with the American Red Cross, and
its chapter operations, and AKA
presented 250 books on Blacks in
Math and science to students en-
rolled in the Mae Jemison Acad-
emy, Detroit.

Clayton
celebrates
anniversary
of Medicare

Congresswoman EvaM. Clayton
(D-N.C.) will mark Medicare Ts 30th
Anniversary with celebrations in
Rocky Mount and Warrenton July
30 and 31.

Clayton will address constitu-
ents July 30 during the 11 a.m.
worship service at the Ebenezer
Baptist Church at 652 Raleigh
Road followed by a 2:30 p.m. visit
to the Heritage Retirement Cen-
ter at 1650 Cokey Road in Rocky
Mount.

She will also visit the Council
for Senior Citizens of Warren
County on the Hawkins School
Campus July 31 at 10 a.m. in
Warrenton.

oFor more than three decades,
Medicare has been the centerpiece
of our health care delivery system
for many senior citizens, ? said
Clayton. oUnder the Majority Ts
Plan, senior citizens will be forced
to pay thousands more, per couple,
for Medicare, by the year 2002. ?

Some Congressional Democrats
will join House Minority Leader
Richard Gephardt in Indepen-
dence, Mo. July 30 for a national
salute to mark the 30th Anniver-
sary of Medicare. The Democrats
will return to the auditorium where
President Lyndon B. Johnson, with
former President Harry S. Truman
at his side, signed Medicare into
law July 30, 1965.

The event will be linked by sat-
ellite to town hall meetings in Bos-
ton, Massachusetts; Portland, Or-
egon; Tampa, Florida and Cleve-
land, Ohio. These events will be
interactive, and attendees will be
able to ask questions. The event in
Independence, Mo. is open to press
coverage.

oThis Nation was built by ad-
vancing, not retreating and lan-
guishing, ? said Clayton. oLet Ts
properly celebrate this important
birthday and "Keep Medicare. ?