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Monday April 14 the <
Joanne Little defense won a 1
sm/11 victory when the
prosecution agreed that the ]
trial should be held in another
county because of *4deliberate
and excessive publicity."
The defense, however, was
not satisfied. Jerry Paul, one
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by Robert Eller
Staff Reporter
The opening of WinstonSalem
State University's new
auditorium was marred Tuesday
night (April 8) when the
performance of "Gods Trombone",
a play by James
Weldon Johnson, was disrupted.
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According to Michael
Wright, who was present at
the performance, three young
men passed through the
audience spraying a substance
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satisfied unless the trial were
held in an urban area.
Miss Little, 20, is accused of
killing Clarence Alligood, 62,
the Beaufort County night
jailer last August 27. She
contends she stabbe4<Alligood
with an icepick as he tried to
rape her.
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YTnglll tuiiiciiua was siiiiuai
to mace. The substance
caused a chain reaction of
coughing and gasping for
breath that disrupted the
stage performance and caused
many of the spectators to
leave their seats in search of
fresh air.
The new 1,900 seat complex
was formally christened Kenneth
R. Williams Auditorium
in a Sunday April 16
dedication ceremony. The new
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Hies Of The Year
by GVen Dixon.
Staff Reporter
The Winston-Salem Urban i
.eague Guild will hold its
leventh Annual Families .of
he Year and Brotherhood
Awards dinner April 18 at the
iilton Inn here.
The awards are given to |
hose persons who have j
jerformed a 'service to the
:ommunity beyond-the call of?1
iuty. The families receiving -J
the awards this year are Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Roseboro, and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Munk.
Brotherhood award winners are
Dr. H. Rembert Malloy,
and Charles Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. Roseboro are
members of Friendship Bap-,
tist Church and have been for
more than 50 years. They have
11 children: five daughters, .
Mrs. Mildred Griffin, Miss
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Alice Mae Koseooro, Mrs.
Bertha Hardin, Mrs. Azalee
Vinson, and Mrs. Robbie
Allen - of ~ Winston-Salem;
seven sons, Ardeal, Eugene,
Samuel and Curtis ^Roseboro
of Winston-Saldhn; Harold
Roseboro of Langhorn, Pa.,
and Sgt. Audrey Roseboro
who is stationed at Ft. Dix,
New Jersey. In addition, the
Roseboro's have 30 grandchildren,
five great grandSee
AWARD Page 2
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facility was constructed to
replace WSSU's old auditorium
which collapsed in 1970.
Some students hinted that
Tuesday night's events may
have been in protest of the
auditorium being named for
Williams, WSSU's Chancellor.
Wright contends that Tuesday
night's episode was
serious in that it endangered
the health of senior citizens
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A 66-year old city man died
Tuesday morning as the result
of a fire at his residence. The
man was identified as Shep
Gregg of 219 West 14th
Street.
Gregg's sister, Mrs. Mary
Moore, 73, who lives with her
brother in the two bedroom
apartment, discovered the fire
at annroximatelv 5 a.m.
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Tuesday April 1. Assistant
Fire Chief Langham stated
that Mrs. Moore awoke and
smelled smoke, then discovered
the fire in her brother's
-bedroom. She then found her
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brother passed out near the
Stairwell of the apartment.
She then went next door and
called the fire department.
Firemen responded to the
scene and extinguished the
fire. Gregg was removed from
the apartment but was
pronounced dead at the scene
from smoke inhalation.
Langham reported that the
fire probably started from a
lighted cigarette. He said
Gregg was reportedly a cronic
smoker and that Mrs. Moore
had put out a fire that Gregg
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the Family of the Year Award.
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started in a trash can earlier in
the year.
An autopsy done on Gregg's
body revealed that he had a
nervous disorder caused by
earlier brain damage. Gregg
was the sixth elderly person to
die in a fire ? this year. in
Forsyth Countyrlt is one more
than the total for all of last
year.
Environmental
Award Honors
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Forsyth County has been
honored by the National
Association of Counties
(NACoj for its Environment
Affairs Department's New
Approach to Environmental
Management and its Animal
Control Department NACo
President Stan Smoot announced
today.
Achievement Awards are
presented to counties for
outstanding service to citizens
and significant contributions
to the cause of efficient,
modern county government.
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