VOTEFORD.D. GarrettONa ; HE ~MT y OOctober IthICEFREEWhat You See Is, Is What You Get, What You Read Is What You Know & Save " Eastern North CarolinaTs Minority VoiceGREENVILLE.NORTH CAROLINA 27834THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988-THE ~MT VOICEGroup Pushes Black VoteBy Jalyne StrongPost EditorAs the November electionsdraw near, rallies for NorthCarolina's black voters are being designed to inform the blackelectorate about the presence ofthe state's black candidates, theneed for black community untty. and the practice of ticketsplitting | elect he bestqualified candidatesNorth Carolinas black votersshould not vote for undidateJust because that candidate ts aDemocrat or Just because thatcandidate {s black. Any candidate who gets the black voteought to be required to earn ttbased on his or her contnibutionto the well being of the blackcommunityIn this statement, Peter Grear,chairman of the North CarolinaBlack Leadership Caucus(NCBI), lays the foundation of anew black agenda he will propose to the black North Carolinaclllizens who attend either of twoNCBL Family Unity rallies thtsfallThe first rally, for the westernpart of the state, will be heldSaturday, September 24, tnWinston-Salem, N.C... } p.m., atWinston Salem State [ nivers]ty's Athlette Field. The sec ondraily js teniat vely scheduied iv1aSborobe held October 99° in GxWE SERVE THE VERY BESTIN FINE FOODS " SHAMROCKCHARLIETS HOT LUNCH MOBILEGrear, of Wilmington, NC, isadamant about the focus of theserallies. oIt ts to bring togetherPETER GREAR & DANWORTHINGTONthe black community of thisstate, to showcase the black candidates who are running forstatewide, district and localelections, to develop support forblack candidates and supportra black agenda.?Hughes of Charlotte,Western Vice Chairman,gathering will alsoserve as a opep rally? of sorts toCathyVCBLCsays theTHE DREAM STILL LIVES ON!! PEARSEHOT OR COLD LUNCH. .who left Greenville mtiy 1 Wea) ,encourage blacks to vote in No-vember. "Even without Jesse, weneed to vote," she says.oThere will be voter registration, voter education and get outto vote reminders during the rally," says Grear. But, he promises,underlining the political peptalks will be the hard-driventheme of building a black support base in the state"The rally will be specificallygeared to our support base,? saysGrear. oBlack people need tocome together to reaffirm ourcommittment to black candidates."Grear, who has said thatblacks should not vote for a candidate Just because that candidate is black, pushes the idea ofhaving a rally to showcase onlyblack candidates. But he deniesthe assumption that this is acontradictionThe parading of the black candidates before the participantsof the rallies,Says Grear, isthe means of"black peoplebecomingaware. thatthere are blackcandidates outthere.?According toGrear, theNCBLC 1s anon-partisanBed ey. ThereTs an old friend back in town. Brother Shamrock Charlie,many years ago has returned home and has his own business. If you needfood for your family reunion - church affair - or whatever, check him out on West 5th Streeteach day for hot lunch on wheels.GREENVILLETS ED CARTER WELCOMES ... The United Insurance Company Office to the Green-ville Evans Street Mall. Pictured above, left to right, City Councilman Rufus Huggins, Mayor Ed Carter,nited States Manager Michael William, United Representative Kenneth Battle, and United Represen-ative Michael Styron.organization,and the rallywill not be a forum for endors-Ing candidates. It will, however,be a means through which theN.C. black electorate will learnhow many black candidates arerunning for office, what they arerunning for, and who they are.The spotlight will only be onN.C.Ts black candidates. "Thiswill not be the appropriate timefor other candidates to maketheir pitch to black voters,? saysGrear.In keeping with {ts non-partisan stance, the rally willnot support either party's candi-dates. On the contrary, Grearhopes to get across to the blackparticipants the idea of usinglicket-splitting for the benefit ofthe black community.If the rally accomplishes thispurpose, says Grear, "ticket-splitting will not only be comingfrom the white community comeNovember. We're strongly urg-Ing the practice among the blackvoters.oThe black agenda has totranscend party. We must be pre-pared to support candidates re-gardless of who's pocket they'rein?Blacks And The Split-TicketBoth Grear and Hughes areprofessed staunchT DemocratsCorrectionThe September 21, 1988edition of The ~o~M?T Voicecontained a front page ar-ticle entitled Is SheriffTyson Senile? This articlecontained several falsestatements which should becorrectedThe article indicated thatthe female involved wasemployed atthe time oftheincident by the Pitt CountySheriff's Department, thatSheriff Tyson witnessed theevent, and that the femalevictim was fired from thesheriff's department fortrying to obtain a warrantagainst the personrespon- |sibleforthedamage.These_ |allegations against SheriffTyson and the Pitt CountySheriffTs Department areabsolutely false and with-out basis.The facts are that (1) thefemale involved was notemployed by the sheriffTsdepartment at the time ofthe incident, (2) SheriffTyson did not witness orhave any knowledge of thedamage as he was in hisoffice when the damageoccurred, and (3) the fe-male was not terminatedfor seeking a warrant asshe was not employed bythe Department.Sheriff Tyson has the re-sponsibility and duty toinvestigate alleged im-proper activities involvingcounty-owned vehicles andon-duty sheriff's employ-ees. He would certainlytake proper action to ar-rest any person committinga crime in his presence.Sheriff Tyson would notterminate an employee forseeking warrants againstcriminals who had dam-aged personal property.PublisherFunding requests approvedfor forty-two NC airportsForty-two North Carolina air-ports will receive grants thatwere recommended by the NorthCarolina Aeronautics Council ata recent meeting.Funding requests totaling$4,386,534 were approved byJames E. Harrington, Secretaryof the NC Department ofTransportation.~Air transportation is thefastest-growing area of transpor-tation in this state and funding ofthese projects is vital for con-tinued economic growth,TT Harr-ington said, noting that airtransportation is an important(Continued on page 8)THE JOY 1340 AM TEAM .. Did you know that WOOW Radio Sta-tion is back on the air? Shown is Joy 1340 AM Program DirectorCalvin Jones, DJ Delinda Thompson, and the Mix Master DJ 315; bet-ter known as Darryle Joyner. Check them out each day on your radio,R & B and Gospel.(Photo by Jim Rouse)NC Board of Elections: Runoffprimaries may discriminateCHARLOTTE (AP) -- In a mul-ing that paves the way for thepresident of the state NAACP toChallenge primary runoffs in court,The N.C. Board of Elections hasruled that the runoffs may discrim-inate against blacks, while stop-ping short of declaring themunconstitutional."We agree that operation of thesecond primary has some adverseeffects," state elections boardChairman Robert Hunter saidThursday at a hearing in Charlotte.oAlthough we may disagree witha particular law or like a particularlaw ... we don't have the authorityto declare a statute unconstitution-al," Hunter said.State NAACP President KellyAlexander is the first person toformally challenge the 73-year-oldsecond primary law in North Car-Olina, long criticized as hurting thecuances Of black candidates.oEither politically or judicially,this is going to be settled in thenext few years," said electionssupervisor Bill Culp. "The runoffprimary is seen more and more asan anachronism, (part of) theReconstruction South."Under the law, if no candidatewins a majority in a primary, thetop two finishers proceed to arunoff. Nine other Southern stateshave similar laws.Alexander, who is black, led theMay 3 Democratic primary forMecklenburg County register ofdeeds, but lost a runoff to JudyGibson, who is white.The board also handed a partialvictory to Ms. Gibson, declaringher the Democratic nominee in theNov. 8 race for register of deeds.Alexander had asked that Ms. Gib-son's Certification be withheld."She's certified and can mun, andthat's what we wanted,? said Gib-son's attomey, Ray Farris.Alexander wouldn't say whetherhe would appeal the state board'sruling Or file a lawsuit in the case.He said he would wait to see theState board's written opinion,expected as early as next week.oWe're going to wait and readwhat the actual order says," saidAlexander, who worried that boardmembers may back down fromtheir stance Thursday.(Continued on page 4)730-Lb. Man Trying Dick Gregory's FormulaTo Ald in Weight LossFor Sylvanus (Billy) Smith ofTifton, Ga., who now tips thescales at 731 ounds, DickGregory and his Slim- Safe Baha.mian Diet are heaven sent.Smith, who has already lost 154pounds with the help of theweight loss formula, toldhad almost given up on thisweight cmlMr. Gregory. Now, it seems like adream come true.?Jet, oIthing until I metSmith, at 46, had gone the tradi-Sylvanus Smith is optimistic he canlose weight and keep it off with thehelp of Dick Gregorytional diet route and also turnedto surgery to help him shed theexcess weight. oItTs been an uphilstruggle for me all the way,said in an interview from hshome outside of Albany, Ga. OnMarch 5, 1975, weighing in at 602pounds, he had an intestinal by-pass operation. It was successful"for a while. By 1979, he wasdown to a lean 149 pounds. oBut inless than a yearTs time, I was backup to 502 pounds,? he recalled.Determined to shed the girthfrom his 6/2? frame, Smithchecked into a Pensacola, Fla.,hospital in 1981 and had his stom-ach stapled. From 1981-to-1982,he dropped from 502 to 325pounds. The weight loss wassteady until the staples cameloose in 1988 and from then until1987, he ballooned to 885 pounds,an all-time high.After reading about GregoryTssuecessful diet formula in JET,Smith said he asked his brotherBobb, who knows Gregory, tocontact the self-taught nutritionexpert on his behalfoY ~ already lost 154 pounds onMr. Gregory's formula,? he saidwith a sense of accomplishment.Gregory, too, is optimistic. oIhave no doubt I'll be able to helphim. The secret is that he'll behelping himself? Gregory told Jetin an Interview. Gregory said heis ready to spend 13 months and$300,000 to help Smith get back inshape. Once Smith is on a strictdiet regimen and becomes ac-customed to moderate exercise,Gregory promised, oHe'll get better and better. I know this systemworks.?