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Vol. Vll No. 4 U.S.P.S. No. 06
BlackLaw
Republica
The National Bar
Association, the nation's
oldest and largest organiza- USM:
tion of black lawyers, has ?*,
joined its affiliate chapter, wjjmthe
California Association M
of Black Lawyers (CABL) J
in sharply criticizing the ?
Republican members of the
Senate Judiciary Committee
for "political
the nomination
of black female Los
Angeles County Superior
Court?Judge,?Consuelo
Marshall, to the Central
District of California. Ervvin
Two other blacks under white woman, one Hispanic
consideration, Richard Er- and one white male liberal
win of North Carolina to be judge from New York. The
U.S. District Judge for remaining seven nominees,
Middle North Carolina and whom the Republicans had
sas to be U.S. District white males.
Judge for Eastern and Noting that until recent
Western Arkansas, were efforts on the part of the
also blocked by the NBA, there were only a
Republicans. handful of black federal
This situation arose judges, the lawyers claimed
September 9, when the that thj^ move by the
Republicans on the Senate Republicans stands as conJudiciary
Committee, at the crete proof that they still
insistence of Senator Strom prefer 44to play mainstream.
Thurman, refused to vote politics" and disregard the
on 13 nominees claiming irreparable harm their acthat
six of the nominees lions may cause the entire
. were yet to be investigated nation and its proper adby
the Republican sta"^mfnVS/VSrt'ion of justice4
These six nominees in- under the law.
eluded the .three blacks Calling this incident
previously named, one "another of the nation's
First Female Police
- :Sia^,iuV' -"V s
Lt.Named in Dept.
Winston-Salem Police
Chief Lu Powell promoted
12 additional public
safety officers, bringing the W**
total to 15 officers that were ^ ^B
promoted under the new
$23,000 evaluation system
that ranks candidates accor
umg 10 incir poienuai ior
announced by Powell
earlier this week. Last Petree
month, three lieutenants
were promoted to the rank reporting to her.
of captain. The other six sergeants
Among those promoted promoted to lieutenant
last week was the first were James C. Hassel!,
female lieutenant in the Gayle W. Teal, Jeff GTHip?
police department's history, pert, Jerry M. Taylor,
Linda G. Petree, a Frank A. Holman and.
veteran of the department, Tommy D. Martin,
had been a sergeant for the The five men promoted
past five years, most recent- to the rank of sergeant are
ly in District 1. As part of Cpl. Paul O. O'Neal, ofher
duties, Petree was in ficer Sam L. Harmon anH
charge of a squad-of pairol public safety officers Bailey
officers. In her new posi- E. Howard, Jim E. Snyder
tioti, she will have scigeants and Jim E. Gilmore.
Fireman-Deputy
Appeal Firings
An assistant fire marshal BeaJ had five days from the
that was suspended last time of his suspension to
week has asked City appeal his case to either ErManager
Bryce "Bill" v'n or Stuart, which he did
Stuart for a hearing on the Monday,
mallet. Ervin, when contacted at
Oscar Bcal, 32, a five- his office Tuesday, said that
year veteran of the Bcal's suspension involved
Winston-Salem Fire a disciplinary action but adDepartment
was suspended ded that he couldn't reveal
with the recommendation anything else,
that he be fired Sept. 9, by City assistant manager
l ire Chief Fester Ervin. See Pane 16
"Serving the Winston-Salem C
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tragedies", Association conventions. 1
representatives "pointed to "It is no wonder many i
the disgrace caused by blacks havedost faith in the f
America's elected represen- American judicial system," I
tatives who chose to con- asserted NBA President f
tinue the unlawful segrega- William A. Borders, Jr., 1
tion of our federal benches "with this kind of insen- 1
for what appears to be both sitivity being displayed by f
political and racial motives, the Republican Senators 1
The nominations of the who participated in the I
three blacks for judgeships selection of judges."
have been pending Senate Because of this 1
Confirmation for several disgraceful and repugnant |
monfhs, with all of them situation, especially true ir !
- having been?nominated ^ Presidential election year,?!
long before either the the,National Bar Associa- |
Republican or Democratic See Page 16
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Smiling for the Moment r
This WSSt/ majorette had plenty to smile about
during half-time of the game between the Rams and the t
Aggies last Saturday because her team had come from r
behind to tie the score. Alas, her smile didn't last too
long, as the Rams went down to defeat 28-21. *
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4-// Team
Or. Carlton Blalock, ./or /?//, presents plaque to Bethlehet
Simmons, Concilia Coleman, Audra Rice, Francine Roseb
?fc
Community Since 19 74"
x Saturday, September 20, 1980
Z?c?C Survey Reveals
Race Relatio
I
By Robert Brown
and
Hal Siebert
B & C Associates
Black living conditions, white attitudes, black-white
| relations are worsening.
I So say a majority of blacks interviewed by B & C.
By most indicators, the facts bear out the opinions, t
| one-sided as thev anoear to hi? Tti#? nrnnnncic
w ----- iV/1
| race relations during coming months and for the j
| forseeable future is poor. |
| The impact on business and industry is uncertain,
(but, from the looks of things, any single factor or
combination of factors could trigger serious disrup|
tion of peace in the marketplace.
| The list of black concerns is long. "Most of the
| complaints sound old and tired," according to one
: black interviewee, a retired military office, "but it is
| precisely because they've been around so long that
1 our patience has worn thin, if not out." Another
| black interviewee an accontant, said: "America's
| economic and political fortunes have fluctuated, but
Fireman Save
It started out as an oriinary
night at a shopping
:enter for Fireman Vincent
[light was over, Cloud
would hear a hospital
emergency-room doctor
say, "Thanks to your good
work, a man's life was savAn
rtff /!>? ?' fi ?
Cloud was waiting in his car ^mM
July 19, about 7 p.m., for a WM I
rdatW*~to?*fciislv ?bap$Mig <-gfl I
when he heard the sound of
glass breaking.
When he looked in the
direction of the noise, he
saw a hand and arm stick- ^^^B^HBBBBHHBBj
ing through the shattered
remains of a large plate- . ;?9pkE^iB
glass grocery-store window. fl
Within moments, Cloud
lad arrived at the store to
rind that Public Safety Of'icer
K.E. P^ele was
>leeding heavily. Peele had Fireman Cloud and his platoi
ittempted to apprehend a received for saving a police i
uspected shoplifter, and as
he officer made a sudden . . _ f .,
urn his momentum caused ecause o e
im to "stiff arm" the win- emergency-med.cal training
ow trying to brace himself. recelvJ;d as a f,reman- 1
knew what to do to reduce
"Someone had just ap- the blood flow. So I applied
>lied a tourniquet," Cloud pressure to the right point,
aid,?-but it -was placed too?and the bleeding stowed to a~
ligh on the arm. I saw that trickle," he said.
he officer had severed a When an ambulance arnajor
artery, and I admit I rived, Cloud went with
/as a little scared at first. Peele to the hospital, conti4e
was losing blood fast. nuing to apnlv the life
' Leaders
?
v Center 4-11 volunteer leadership learn members Karen
Grouch and I vnc'c Martey.
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ns Worsening
Brown Siebert
racism has remained constant. Most whites don't
know and apparently don't want to know how deep -j r
the problem is, so they (whites) come up with
band-aid and snake-oil solutions, give us some
tokenism and hope, and then go about their business
as usual."
Tensions are high among inner city lower-income i
See Page 10
;s Cop's Life
I **' >~A
Lifesaver- - ?-? - -; ?
m supervisor, R. R. Ogle examine the special citation C toud
if fiver's life while off duty.
saving pressure all the way. emergency-medical training
"We were afraid that if I is to firemen."
released my grip, the artery For his efforts, Cloud
might retract, and we received a special commen-;
wouldn't be able to stop the dation from the Board of
bleeding again. Aldermen, Sept. 2.
"1 really appreciate the
441 remember the time recognition," he said, "but
that 1 didn't have the train- the thing that really counts
ing to give that sort of ser- is that 1 was in the right
vice. 1 think the episode place at the right time to
shows how crucial help somebody out."
4H Leadership ?
Team Honored
o
The leadership Team for leader-arts and crafts; Franthe
Bethlehem Center 4-H cine Roseborough, special
Club was honored for their projects leader; and Lynette
unique and creative ap- HarJey, organizational
proach to 4-H club pro- assistant-team leader
gramming recently in
Raleigh. The group was
presented with a plaque and
a citation from Governor
James B. Hunt.
Dr. Carlton Blalock, director
of the North
Carolina Agricultural E;\
itiiMvjii .xi > KV ?Mit ww
keynote speaker for the
event which was held at the
Jane S. Mckimmon Center ? ? y - w*
on the campus of North \\J g\ |f| f 1
Carolina State University.
Officials that were m m m
honored were Karen 1.. l/f 1 | m V11
Simmons, 4-H organi/a
tional leader; Voncilla Coleman,
program activits
leader; Audra Rice, project