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Man freed where polic
STATESVILLE ? An Iredell County Superior
Court judge last week dropped armed robbery
charges against a 25-year-old black man who's at.
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which would have aided in his defense.
Ted Alexander of Statesville was convicted of
robbing a man of $18 and a radio by an all-white
jury last October and was sentenced to 14 years in
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But Alexander won a new trial in January after
his lawyer proved that crucial witnesses who could
have helped with his defense weren't called to
testify. When a grand jury indicted Alexander on
the same charges again last week, the attorney filed
a motion asking for the dismissal of the charges and
a halt to further prosecution for*th**obbery.
White policeman guilt)
WADESBORO -- A white Wadesboro policeman
was sentenced to four years in prison last week after
he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in
the death of a black man by an Anson Superior
Court jury.
It was the first time in 24 years that a white had
been convicted of killing a black person in the county.
The policeman, 56-year-old Kenneth Hamilton,
originally had been charged with first-degree
murder in the death of Roswell Smith, 52, of
Morven on May 4. Smith was killed as he and
Hamilton struggled over the officer's revolver at the
__ intersection of U.S. 52 and N.C..J45, according to
police.
An agent of the State Bureau of Investigation
I^iQketing stops in SCL
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ? The Southern Christian
Leadership Conference has ended a seven-week
picket of Shoney's Restaurant after the restaurant
chain's management agreed to a four-point plan
which includes possibly upgrading the status of
I black employees.
The picketing was sparked by the June 15 firing
of Gloria Fisher, the only black assistant manager
at the Birmingham restaurant. Management said
?Fisher-faded to carry out her-managerial respon- ?
sibilities and was "incompetent."
After a five-hour negotiating session two weeks
! Open Line
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Open Line is presented to readers as a weekly
feature in the Chronicle. It is designed to answer
consumer questions and help citizens cut through
government red tape. If you have questions about
your local government or any general question concerning
local black people, community or social
events, write to Open Line, P.O. Box 3154,
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 or call 723-8428.
Q: There is an abandoned house on the corner of
Dunleith, between First and Third streets,,which
has been standing there for over a year. Neighbors
have attempted to get the city to bulldoze the house
without sucess. How can we get the house torn
down before someone gets hurt ?
E.M.
A: Gary Brown, director of the city's Community
Development Department, said a contractor has
been hired to raze the house and-it will be demolished.
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The motion said a state-administered polygraph
test found that Alexander was telling the truth when
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ne denied involvement in the robbery. The motion,
which also included Statesville police reports, said_
police did not investigate the case adequately and
did not reveal discrepancies they found to the grand
jury or during the trial in which Alexander was convicted.
Last Monday^- a-Superior Court- judge
denied a motion to compel disclosure of all evidence
favorable to Alexander.
Danny Ikard, a codefendant, was convicted of
the robbery, but said Alexander wasn't involved.
None of the three other men Ikard named as accomplices
have been prosecuted. The victim of the
robbery had identified Ikard and Alexander as twoof
the four men who committed the robbery.
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testified during the trial that Hamilton said while he
was being fingerprinted that it wasn't "against the
law to kill a nigger in Anson County."
"The jury's decision shows Anson County is not
as bad as we thought it was," said Ada Ford
Singleton, president of the Anson County chapter
of the NAACP.
During the weeklong trial, the judge ordered
everyone entering the courtroom to be frisked after
the defense attorney reported receiving threatening
telephone calls. The defense attorney filed notice of
appeal.
The judge found mitigating circumstances
outweighed aggravating circumstances in the case. Hamilton
could have received a 10-year sentence
for the voluntarv manslauchter rharop
.C-Shoney's dispute
ago, Shoney's vice president of operation, Frank
Givens, said he would not tolerate any form of
racial discrimination within the Shoney's organization.
Under the agreement with the SCLC, Shoney's
rehired Fisher and granted her backpay for the
period of her Firing, agreed to consider upgrading
the status of blacks within the chain, agreed to
begin advertising with black newspapers and Givens
raid he would recommend that the chain's board ofdirectors
make contributions to black colleges and
universities.
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Tom Elijah, president of the Urban League, said
the organization is updating the business directory
of minority entrepreneurs which it published in
1981. The directory will list more than 200
businesses in Winston-Salem.
If you need more up-to-date information about
the directory, contact the Retail Merchants Association
or the Chamber of Commerce.
Q: How many people in the United States of voting
age are unregistered to vote ?
C.D.
A: According to the Federal Research Center in
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w asniugiuii, l/.v,. , mere are approximately
169,339,000 people who are 18 years or older who
are able to vote. Of that number, approximately
114 million are registered, leaving roughly 55
million unregistered, potential voters.
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Human Relai
meeting, but he declined to be
more specific.
At the conclusion of the full
board's meeting, black aldermen
Vivian Burke, Larry Womble and
Larry Little met behind closed
doors with Masten to discuss the
ongoing investigation into the
Aug. 10 murder and sexual
assault of newspaper copy editor
Deborah Sykes. A black man,
Darrell Hunt, has been charged
in connection with the murder.
"I'm concerned the police are
going for a quick fix in the case,"
Little said after he spent another
15 minutes alone with Masten.
(Sec related story below.)
The aldermen appointed five
black members to the Human
Relations Commission to replace
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live DiacK members who were ineligible
for another term.
Another black member was reappointed.
The black appointees include:
Rachael Jackson of 726 W.
25th St. Jackson is employed by
the main branch of the Forsyth
County Library.
Marilyn Baldwin of 1505-208
Woods Road. Baldwin is the program
director of CONTACT in
Winston-Salem.
Ann Simmons ot Z536 Ansonia
St. Simmons is employed by the
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Clarence G. Watson of 3519
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Ann Ryder of 748 London
Lane. Ryder is employed by the
state Department of Human
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The Rev. Henry J. Keating of
2813 Wesleyan Lane, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church.
Donald A. Donadio of 422
Horace Mann Ave., a technical
writer for AT&T Consumer Products.
The board also reappointed
Marie Hill Roseboro of 1021
Shea Court. Hill, who is black, is
an officer of the Winston Mutual
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With the exception of
Roseboro, all of the appointees
will be eligible for reappointment
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1986.
In other action, the board:
unanimously approved providing
up to $8,000 each to four
households forced to relocate
from substandard housing which
landlords said they would not
repair. The residences are located
at 733, 737, 741 and 743 N.
Chestnut St.;
unanimously approved the
purchase of 11 parcels of land in
the East Winston community for
the widening of 13and Locust
streets and the realignment of
Claremont Avenue.
The street improvements will
result in the demolition of structures
along Claremont Avenue,
and Locust and 14th streets and
the relocation of families living in
the affected buildings. The city
will spend an estimated $453,730
for acquisition, relocation and
demolition and another $44$,730
for the improvements. Total
costs for the project are estimated
to be $901,730.
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