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(Caroona Page2A Rocky Mount Telegram Saturday August 12, 1995 Baptist convention marked by presidential politics government to lift its economic embargo of Cuba. "We have done the right thing with Vietnam, let us do the Christ-like thing in Cuba," the group said in a statement. In an emotional and wide-ranging address, Jackson criticized Republican Gingrich for preaching family values and a halt to illegitimate births. "His daddy's not named Gingrich," Jackson' shouted to the delegates. "He doesn't live with his first wife.

He can't talk down nomination has about 2.7 million members, among them civil rights leaders Ralph Abemathy and Benjamin Hooks. The Rev. Martin Luther King was a member. On Thursday, delegates called for an economic boycott of California after university officials repealed affirmative action programs. "We will not reward those people who repress us with our money," said Smith.

Meanwhile, the convention passed a resolution urging the scheduled to appear Friday night as the convention, which began Monday, wound to a close. "We've never had a session like this before," said convention president Bennett W. Smith. "We addressed some very vital issues." Foster, whose nomination was derailed in the Senate after disclosure that he had performed abortions, was scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. Convention organizers planned to present him with a Distinguished Service Award for his work to discourage teen-age pregnancy "I'm sure he'll mention something about the fact that his rejection by the U.S.

Senate was a partisan political act," Smith said Friday. "It had nothing to do with his qualifications." On Thursday, Jesse Jackson took. the podium. He attacked Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich and left the door open for another White House run of his own in 1996. The predominantly black de r-in UbUQ mQ Chairman makes taxpayers priority A look at who's; running for office Jn The following is a list of candidates who had filed for office by the close of the filing period Aug.

4 denotes incumbent). Edgecombe County Tarboro City Council Rotand Clark, Wart Thomas Allgood Ward i "Fred A. Williams. Ward 8 'Bobby A. Long, Ward 4 Phil V.Holland, Ward 4 -Sammy Lee Hopkins, Ward 6 7 Dewey V.

Hudson, Ward 2 Mayor Raeford Johnson Whltakers Commissioners (two seats amiable) 'Charles Snellgrove 'Jerry W. Brantley Walter Eugene Craft William Edgar Hagwood Annie Lee Perry Gilbert Sutton Macclesfield Mayor "William C. Oilda Macclesfield Commission 'Charles Lewis 'James W. Poltard Pinetops Mayor, 'Earl Coker Pinetops Commissioners Marshall Harrell 'Florence Pender Dennis Hussey Roger Stalling David Brooks Drake Leggett Mayor Jim L. Wood Conetoe Mayor No candidates filed.

Current mayor is Johnny Whitfield. Conetoe Commissioners (four seats available) Wilson Jones Johnny Ray Respass 'Edna Johnson 'Milton Goff Jr. CHARLOTTE (AP) The Progressive National Baptist convention has never shied away from controversy but this year's meeting may have set a new standard. President Clinton delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday, followed by a fiery oration Thursday by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a onetime presidential contender who hinted he might enter the race again.

Defeated surgeon general nominee Dr. Henry Foster was State briefs The Associated Press Jurv acauits man of setting house fire DURHAM A Durham County jury has acquitted a man accused of setting a rooming house fire that killed three people. Leroy Michael Lyons 35, smiled when the jury declared him innocent on all counts Thursday, but he had no com- ment later. a little overwhelmed," said JMark Edwards, one of Lyons' lawyers. "His heart is in his throat He just wants to go and be with his family." Police make arrest in two-year-old case WILMINGTON Wilmington police say they've cracked a murder case after more than two years.

Allison Shane Holden, 22, of Supply, was arrested Thursday and charged with killing Carlos "Chucky" Harrison. Holden was jailed without bond. Harrison, a 21-year-old father of two, was gunned down March 15, 1993, while walking with his stepsister on Carolina Beach Road. He died after being hit with eight shotgun pellets. Police say1 Holden 'shot the man after a fight at a bar.

Convicted murderer awaits sentencing WILMINGTON A jury will decide if a man who stabbed his wife's sister 31 times should be sentenced to life in prison or death. Milton Kay Jones, ai, was convicted Thursday of murdering Sherry Koonce, 28. An Onslow County jury rejected his argument that he acted in self-defense. The same jury will decide his sentence. A sentencing hearing begins Monday.

Jones testified that he defended himself from Ms. Koonce, who first scratched him, then attacked him with a knife. He said he had been drinking whiskey and was under die influence of crack OTflWll lib 1,1 11 US 1IU1 UAUUb home. Man gets life sentence for killing his wife WTLKESBORO A man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his estranged wife in a Wilkesboro store parking lot Elwyn Aneurin "Ben" Jones, 49, a native of Wales, admitted shooting Lisa Jane Jones, 33, five times in the head on the morning of July 23, 1994. Four witnesses testified during the trial that they saw Ben Jones drag his wife from her car and shoot her just after she arrived for work at the Super Kmart Center.

CHAPEL HDX (AP) The new chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors said Friday that his top priority will be communicating with people who pay Hendersonville attorney Sam Neill won an 18-13 vote by other board members over former state budget director and Charlotte banker C. Clifford Cameron. Neill took over the remaining year in the term of former chairman Travis Porter, who wasn't re-elected to die board by the Legislature. "It's very clear that we have to be accountable for the resources that we spend," Neill said after his election. "It's critical we be good stewards of die money and let the people know that" Neill had been board secretary.

That job went to Benjamin Ruffin of Winston-Salem. The board approved a $1.3 billion operating budget appropriated by the Legislature for 1993-96 that includes a $75 tuition increase for in-state students. With the addition of funds the campuses raise through tuition arid fees, the entire UNC system budget for the period totals $1.9 billion. Spending by the UNC system came under sharp attack during the 1995 session of the Legislature, and university officials scrambled to shore up their support Several legislators attacked the university system as arrogant and aloof from common citizens. "I don't believe we're arrogant and aloof, but we will make every attempt at good communication with both chambers (of the Legislature) and the leadership of both parties," Neill said.

Cameron said Republican leaders in the House, who spearheaded a drive to get more GOP members on the board, might be disappointed that traditional Democrats dominated the board. Keeping head to us. Where is his moral authority?" Jackson said, "Newt Gingrich comes from, grew up in, an unwed household. So did I. He cannot be insensitive to the crisis of broken families.

Hei came out of one. He lives in one." Press secretary Tony Blankley said Gingrich was "conceived in wedlock." "They were separated at the time of his birth and subsequently divorced," he said. Sam Neill Chairman of UNC Board Each house in the Legislature' appoints members to the board, of governors. In the past, both-houses have been controlled by-Democrats, but after die 1994 elections, GOP members took over the House. Cameron received votes from several new GOP board members, as well as three veteran Democratic members, plus his own.

Although he worked for: Republican Gov. Jim Martin as budget director, Cameron said he is a Democrat "Some of the old line Democrats (on the board) are scared of what's happening," he said. "All of a sudden, you get eight brand new Republicans at one time." Cameron said the leadership of the board hasn't been aggressive in getting the message out about the importance of the university system. "We need to sell ourselves to the people of the state," he said. "One of the things I was hoping to do was develop a plan for better communication with die General Assembly, die media and the people of North Carolina." above water Keith Abbott Production director Paula Johnson Classified manager OS dDDD Speed Mayor Bobby E.

Wheeler Sr. Speed Commissioners (unseats available) 'Mary Manning 'James Lee III Wilbert Harrison 'James Melvin Howell Rocky Mount Mayor Frederick E. Tumage Robert A. Bynum Rocky Mount City Council 'Helen Gay, Ward 1 Hyman Dixon Ward 1 Nash County Rocky Mount City Council William E.Broughton, Ward 4 Waller D. Wiggins, Ward 4 'JimmieG.

Armstrong, Ward 5 Mary P. Wells, Ward 5 Sharpsburg Mayor Annie Beasley Sharpsburg Commissioners Faye Beddingfield Charles Dickerson Mervin T.Gibson Albert Holmes Peggy Joyner Bruce W. Murray Alphonso R. Vick WWm Bailey Mayor Johnny Earl Temple Bradley Scott Carroll Bailey Commissioners (three seats available) JohnH. Archie Bullard Shelley B.

Carroll Richard R. Collura Joseph R. Dement Jr. C. Doug Ray Johnson said.

-Johnson, who is originally from Georgia, lives with his wife Betty in Rocky Mount He works with the Tar River Orchestra and Chorus. Johnson has arranged pieces for the San Francisco Kronos Quartet This group will perform Johnson's arrangements or translations of original pieces written by Harry Partch. Partch was an American composer who gave unusual names to his music works and also invented new instruments. He died in 1976. Johnson had the the Twin Counties 'Frank Q.

Taylor Battleboro Mayor-Curtis Andrews Battleboro Commissioners (two seats available) Nellie B. Carmichael John W. Fisher King Bessie B. Hankerson Castalia Commissioners (three seats available) 'Wayne Boulden W. Larry Fisher Ellene Leonard Margaret Patterson Tammy Strum Pittman Middlesex Mayor Bobby RBissette 'Harvey Lewis Sr.

Middlesex Commissioners (two seals available) Larry R. Daniels Sr. W.Fred Hough Jr. David E. Jordan Basco Lewis Mike Jones Naomi R.

Powell Bobby C. Radford Momeyer Mayor Nelson Puckett Momeyer Commissioners (four seats available) Eloise Bass George Alma Edwards Edward Jackson Ronald H. Pace Nashville Mayor Warren Evans Nashville Commissioners (two seats available) PlummerL Leonard W. Frank Wright Red Oak Commissioners (two seals available) Myrtle K. Bass Stanley Moore Spring Hope Commission (three seals available) Johnnie L.

Richardson Sylvia B. Sutter Hattie Jones Toney Willi pleasure of working with him for six months. "He was influential to me," Johnson said. i The pieces that the Kronos Quartet may perform on television are titled, "Eight Hitch Hikers' Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barsto California," and "Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales." "The on going interest in the Kronos Quartet is very gratifying to me," he said. "I'm sure that it has to do with that music is an art of time." Local composer to appear on CBS AP photo Cadet Scout Allison Doerfler, 13, paddles her swamped canoe Wednesday back to the shore of Lake Cammack in Burlington.

Doerfler was practicing paddle, pole and roll techniques necessary to earn a canoeing merit badge while attending a week-long scouting camp. By Kelly Gollobin Staff writer Ben Johnson is about to have his IS minutes of fame. "I've been on local TV many times but nothing like Johnson said. CBS Sunday Morning will feature Johnson and other composers from a May seminar that was held in Iowa. The Society of Composers met for four days to exchange ideas and stories.

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