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WILKESBORO -- A local Ku Klux Klan group filed a
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publisher, Carter-Hubbard Publishing Co. Inc. The suit
accuses the paper and publisher of refusing to-run an ad
for a Klan rally on June 4, 1983.
Joe Grady of Winston-Salem, head of the White
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, said that failing to run the
ad was a breach of contract.
The suit contends that the rally's small turnout -- 50
"people -- was because the ad was not run?nd that Grady
lost $2,000 on concessions. It also said Grady had hoped
to raise $1,150 for Klan operations, but raised only 5
cents.
The complaint says Grady and two Wilkes County
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CHICAGO -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson returned home
XO_Chicago last week to a hero's welcome after his suc.
cessful to trip, to Syria to gain the release of Lt. Robert
Goodman. He was presented with the city's highest
honor,, the Chicago Medal of Merit, a bronze medallion.
Reporters were barred from the ceremony, but camera
crews and photographers were allowed to record the
presentation.
Republican Gov. James Thompson and Jackson's
family were also present at the ceremony, which was
followed by a priv ate reception of City Hall leaders and
Jewish Leader Takes Iss
NEW YORK -- The national director of the AntiDefamation
League of B'nai B'rith labeled as racist the
statement by a top aide of the Rev. Jesse Jackson that the
U.S. government would have done more to free Lt.
Robert O. Goodman Jr. had the Navy flier been "white
or Jewish."
In a column prepared for the agency's monthly
publication, the "ADL Bulletin," Nathan Perlmutter
rebuked the Rev. Walter Walker for his remark made just
before Jackson's successful trip to free to pilot.
Describing it as "the first and to date only intrusion of
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"It's my understanding that the shopping center means
growth for the community.
"The white man eomine into the hlark cnmrrmnitv taW
ing the money is always the case," he said, "but we
(blacks) won't develop on our own."
Washington said the city is soliciting community input
because federal money may be used to help build the
shopping center. Gary Brown, director of the city's Community
Development Department, said, "We're open to
that possibility, but we can't say at this time because we
don't know what the development will be."
"They may kill the shopping center," said
Washington, "but it won't kill the business development
? of the area. The city has that land set aside for business
development."
Fannie Williams, who also lives in the community, said
that because blacks are not willing to invest in business,
ventures does not mean "we have to stand by and see it
(white-owned businesses coming into the black community)
happen."
Furthermore, she said, "I would not be in favor, and
98 percent of the the people at the meeting would not like
o see black or white businesses come into that particular
area." ^
"The Boston Cottage area (which the community is
commonly called) is one of the oldest communities in the
city," she said. "... The city should be looking into noncommercial
projects which would improve one of the
oldest residential areas."
Williams also said that she and the Rev. S.E. Tyndall,
pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, made a presentation
to the Planning Board last week in which they outljn
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Klan members went to the wJournal-Patriot in North
Wilkesboro on May 27 and paid $12 for an ad to run May
30 and June 2. When the ad didn't run, Grady and four
Wilkes County companions went to the newspaper office
again May 30 and asked why the ad didn't appear in the
paper.
Julius C. Hubbard Jr., a co-publisher of the paper,
told Grady and his companions that the Journal-Patriot
wouldn't run such ads and offered to return the $12. Clay
Baldwin" who was with Grady, insisted tHat the ad be
run, but Hubbard refused. ^
The suit says the small turnout embarrassed Grady and
caused him to lose both state and national prestige. The
group is asking for $500,000 in punitive damages.
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other dignitaries. The ceremony came amid what a
Washington aide termed an "awkward" competition between
Jackson and Washington over the selection of
presidential delegates. Washington is expected to field his
own slate in several city districts.
Jackson declined to comment on reports that he and
the mayor have reached a compromise in the Democratic
National Convention slates in the March 20 Illinois
presidential primary, in which Jackson supporters woi'l
be on slates fielded by Washington.
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racism into the the Goodman case," Perlmutter said:
44Alas, there are mind-frames among minority as well as
in dominant groups which more readily don the fabrications
of prejudice than they wear comfortably the reality
of our nation's race relations progress."
Perlmutter said that Walker's statement set up
hypothetical Jewish and white prisoners as 4'unfairly advantaged"
and raised the questions, "Would a white or a
Jewish Lt. Goodman have been released by (Syrian President)
Assad? And would the Rev. Walker have flown to
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ed the community's opposition to the center. In addition
to concerns brought out at the community meeting, the
presentation cited increased traffic as another problem
the shopping center would bring.
P.S. Pickens, a resident of the community since 1928,
said the center would probably close down and become
an eyesore in a few years. "I'm looking at it from a point
of five or six years," he said. 4<A new broom sweeps
clean. It (the shopping center) will do good business for a
few vears. But what v> 11 become of it*>"
The East Winston Shopping Center was needed, said
Pickens, because no large chains, such as Revco and
Food Lion, were located there. But the area the new
shopping center would be in is surrounded by shopping
centers, he said.
At Friendship Baptist's board of directors'meeting
Sunday, the tfoard, with the permission of the congregation,
decided to explore the possibility of buying the tract
of land and use it as part of the site for its new church
building. The church's plans calls for more parking
space. And the site the church has chosen, near where the
present church is located on the corner of old Cherry and
13th streets, would back up to the proposed shopping
center, said Tyndall.
"If the shopping center is put there," he said, "we
won't have adequate parking facilities. We would like to
buy three to five acres of the lancT. If reasonably priced,
we would like to buy it all."
John Cockerham, the city's real estate supervisor,
estimates that the 9.3 acres of land is worth almost $1
million if zoned for business use, but would be worth
about $250,000 if zoned for residential dwellings.
Crime Pevention ^
Woman Robbed Wh
The following "Crime Box Score" is designed to keep
you abreast of criminal activity in your community dur- lai
ing the past week and to help you protect your family and
property from crime. . . i
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Strong-Armed Robbery
1100 block, Northwest Boulevard
The complainant walked to the corner of Northwest
Boulevard and Reynolda Road to use the phone. Two"
black males approached her and one of them grabbed her sh<
pocketbook. A struggle ensued, and she was struck in the
face and knocked to the ground. The suspects, described i
as 5-feet-3 to 5-feet-5, were last seen running east on Northwest
Boulevard.
Common-Law Robbery
1100 block, Fairchild Drive
The complainant was beaten inside his vehicle by
unknown individuals ahd robbed of a large sum of tal
money. He was thrown from his CMC white-over-red
van (license number CLH-822) and the suspects drove
off.
Storebreaking ? 100
block, North Cherry Street we
The complainant rented rooms in a hotel to sell leather
coats. An unknown person entered the rooms after closing
hours and stole a large number of coats. The investigating
officer recovered several coats in a nearby
stairway.
4800 block, Old Rural Hall Road
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1400 block. East Fourth Street
Classrooms were ransacked and keys were stolen at a
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3500 block, Patterson Avenue
A store was ransacked; nothing was taken.
100 block, West Fourth Street
Money was taken. The suspect was apprehended a
Drt distance away and identified by a witness.
2300 block, North Patterson Avenue
Costume jewelry was taken.
Housebreaking
1300 block, Patterson Avenue
A .32-caliber pistol and a Polaroid camera were taken.
1700 block, East 29th Street
A 13-inch G.E. portable television and clothes were
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2600 block, Pendleton Drive
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2100 block, East 24th Street
A house was ransacked; nothing was taken.
Autobreaking
900 block, East 11th Street
A G.E. AM/FM cassette player was taken.
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