The Register, 1987-10-30

              candidates address standard of living in community a car in the holland bowl wrecked by a drunken driver is the main display in a week long drunk driving and drug awareness program photo by george hunter a&t professor suffers severe burns sister-in-law is charged in the burn center at n.c shermonica scott associate news editor dr jonathan massaquoi an adjunct professor in the a&t agriculture economics department was listed in critical condition wednesday after suffering burns on 80 to 90 percent of his body during a fire at his home some type of flammable liquid ~ lighter fluid gas or kerosene ~ was used to start the fire poole said poole said police were told that massoquoi's sister-in law mansaray and two children a 20-month-old and greensboro police sgt h.w poole he is a very nice per son to work with thompson said i was very surprised to hear what happened massaquoi's sister-in-law aminata ndaldo mansaray was being held in the guilford county jail wednesday night in connec tion with the fire she is charged with miscellaneous use of an explosive device oct 20 according to massaquoi of 2610 pinelake drive was asleep when the fire occurred on massaquoi is being treated a three-month-old also lived in the house nussbaum who finished first in the primary for mayor the best way to solve the problems are a lot of in dividual smaller homes built on individual lots done in great numbers so the people instead of renting houses the rest of their life can start buying houses candidates for the at-large council seats cited crime drugs housing and inequality in city government among the top problems in the black community chuck forrester 52 bid ding for a second term as an at-large councilmember said he has tried to eliminate drugs and crime on julian and best streets in southeast greensboro for a year-and-a half just recently i made a mo tion to the city council that was seconded by my col league earl jones to con sider these places as can didates for redevelopment money forrester said jones who is black is unopposed in district one which is in southeast greensboro joanne bowie 51 an in cumbent who has served 10 years on city council said fairness and equity in all areas of greensboro's govern ment is her main concern i want to see all par ticipate in the development of the ideas that we're going to cont on p.11 dr alton thompson an associate professor in agricultural economics said he has known massaquoi since january 1986 he is a very nice person to work with thompson said i was very surprised to hear what happened he had completed two full years and was into his third robbins said he was teaching up until the acci dent massaquoi has been a member of the agricultural economics staff since 1985 according to richard rob bins chairperson memorial hospital in chapel hill the forum was held in mcnair hall on oct 14 didate elections will be held tues day a&t students living on campus may vote for one mayoral candidate three at large city council candidates and one district two can on-campus students vote in memorial student union ballroom i have found that crime jobs and housing in that order are the primary things in the southeast that you're concerned about said mayoral candidate david brown with southeast greensboro is the largest predominantly black community in the city them said vic i've never felt comfortable with big housing developments and all the social problems that came j.r williams news editor mayoral and city council candidates say that improving the standard of living in greensboro's black communi ty is one of their primary con cerns the candidates comments came as they answered the question what have you done and what do you pro pose to do to enhance the quality of life in the black community during a forum sponsored by the office of the dean of student develop ment aggies cast your votes the light of the university jjml — volume lix number 6 north carolina agricultural and technical state university greensboro friday october 30 1987 mmmm