Page A2-The Chronicle, Thursday, December 27,
BBS *
I '''^
M
I NEWS DIGEST ?
National, state and
Black prison writer recc
BATON ROUGE. La. - The Louisiana Pardon
Board voted unanimously last week to recommend
freedom for a black murderer who became an
award-winding prison journalist.
Wilbur ftideau was convicted of a 1961 Lake
Charles ban\c robbery and murder, sentenced to die
and spent 11 years on death row. His sentence was
commuted to life in prison in 1972, when the U.S.
Supreme Court declared the state's death penalty
law unconstitutional. Since then, Rideau has
become editor of the prison magazine, The <
Argolite, and has won numerous national awards
for his writings.
The Pardon Board recommended 4-0 that
Rideau's sentence b? cotpmutej^KUime served. The
recommendation will be for.ward?& to Gov. Edwin
f (
*
Racial quotas used in h
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The Charlottesville
Housing Authority's use of racial quotas to i
limit blacks to 65 percent of the city's 671 housing
units has been challenged by the NAACP and "obviously"
violates the law, according to a federal
housing official.
About 18 percent of Charlottesville's 40,000
residents are black, the 1980 census reports. But on
waiting lists for public housing, blacks outnumber
whites by almost two to one. The city housing
authority required in August 1983 that blacks occupy
no more than 65 percent, and not less than 35
percent,, of the available public housing units. 1
As a result, some black families remain nn the
waiting list for four or five years, while white
families often receive housing in a few months, says
Black woman forced tc
MIAMI ? A 64-year-old black woman has filed a
$13 million suit against the Greyhound Corporation,
charging she was forced to move to the back ;
of a bus to make room for a white passenger.
Ethel Lewis of Nevada also is suing three
Greyhound employees, including a black woman,
for more than $1 million.
Lewis says she bought a Greyhound bus ticket
Sept. 30 at a senior citizens rate in Miami fora irip
?U> -Vegas,-She says ^hc took an empty-seat near
the front of the bus, which was driven by a white
man. Two white women were sitting together about
three rows behind her. When the bus arrived in Ft.
I QllHprHola I Am.><c ' * *
uuuwviuoiv, ucma sap a wiuie man leu me seal immediately
next to her and that one of the women
moved into it. After the bus left Ft. Lauderdale,
Lewis says the woman 4'began to exhibit behavior
which clearly indicated a distaste for sitting next to
(Lewis)."
Local skating club schedu
The Triad Ice Skating Club will The show will
sponsor "Reflections of 1984" at talent of all ages. A
8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, at the feature of the sh
Beneath the Elms Ice Skating "New Year's Baby
Rink. Glenn Scott, Dav
Shopping spree f,
'"Instead of giving so many children of her o*
gifts, we need to be giving proud grandmoth<
children programs and teaching pictures of many ol
them of the birth of Christ. We living room walls,
need to be helping the children to dozens of neighbor
learn what it's all about." who call her mom <
Mrs. McDuffie, who has seven "I'm the oldes
1984
f> ,-"' v;Y ' Yap* x ?'!^- :^Cv ' 4i'v i'^ -> -I
Haley ly:-'".. |p fell
A ;'M ^ * 4C% vS ' " S ^
local news briefs compiled by Greg Brown
>mmended for parole
Edwards, who has final say on Rideau's release.
The Pardon* Board meeting last Wednesday was
filled with both supporters and opponents of the
release. "We need to send a message that a person
can be rehabilitated,*' said Rupert Richardson, one
of Rideau's teachers in elementary school and now
vice president ot tne NAACP. "He can make a contribution
to the same society he offended."
But opponents asked the board not to forget
Rideau's crime. He was 19 years old when he robbed
the Lake Charles bank, took three witnesses as
hostages and attempted to kill them all. Two of the
witnesses survived and testified against him.
"I'm overwhelmed," Rideau said when informed
of the.board's.decision. "This is what America l\as
always been about. It's a land of second chance,"
r-.n ** - jfi i. ..ic. r m \
lousing allocations
Cynthia Stratton, head of the city's NAACP
chapter. "Our concern has to be that those people
most in need receive housing," she said. "And it
just so happens in this area, many of those are
minorities."
Ronald Tweel, a housing authority attorney, said
the quotas are "a temporary measure until the
waiting list reflects the needs of Charlottesville."
Barry Anderson, Title XI compliance director
1 T O rk - . - - - -
wan me u.o. i^epariment 01 Housing and Urban
Affairs, says the quotas are illegal. HUD's regional
office in Philadelphia rejected quotas as
discriminatory last spring and Philadelphia appealed
the decision to HUD's national office in
Washington, where a settlement is being sought.
) sit at back of bus
Lewis says the woman continued the behavior until
Lewis said, "It's okay; my color won't rub off."
She says the white driver heard the remark and told
her "shut up." She says she told him she was properly
in her seat, but that the driver told her to shut
up again. She remained silent, she says, while the
white woman and the driver conversed in Spanish.
Lewis says the driver then ordered her to take a seat
at the hack r?f hw
friend oe?id*tt-together. Lewis refused.
A black, female station manager in Palm Beach
took her off the bus, she says, because the driver
would take her no further. Lewis says the station
manager suggested she take a Trailways/bus to Las
Vegas, but she refused. The station manager then
gave her $5 in cabfare and put her on a bus to
Hollywood, Fla., where friends drove her to Miami
and she was able to take another Greyhound bus to
Las Vegas.
les winter ice show
feature local Harold Pollard, Todd Yohn,
ji extra special Judge DeRamus Jr., Lyons Gray,
ow will be a BUI Hottinger, Keith Dovel, and
Contest" with Roclcy Bertinj .. an
in costume.
e Plyler, Dr.
om Page A1
fn, is also the around here," said Mrs. McDufrr
of 10, and fie. "Anytime I see anything gof
them line her ing wrong, I reach out and try to
But there are straighten it out. These are little
hood children people and working with them is
3r grandmom. ? job. You have to teach and
t one living wor^ with them."
r
IttiMMMMMtMMIMiMliniMIMatMjmMNiaamaMMMMMNI
Coliseum exp;
?mmmmmmmmmmmmrnmSmBSBSSBBmmmmm
allow the city to compete for the
CIAA basketball tournament,
which attracts about 45,000 persons
annually.
"The CIAA Tournament has
two more years in Virginia,"
Gaines said. "With an enlarged
coliseum, I'm sure we could attract
it here. It's the biggest black
sports event in the area."
Gaines' enthusiasm for a larger
facility may have been one reason
Corpening appointed him to the
highly visible post ? that and a
desire to garner support from all
segments of the population for
U/hfltAI/Or rlIc i/-? ? ic
>vi wvwuivii tawiivUi
Two previous attempts to float
bonds for coliseum expansion
were soundly defeated by city
voters in 1976 and 1979. Expansion
supporters hope that a better
study of possible uses and
benefits of such a facility ? and
greater efforts to broaden participation
in the planning and
selling of the idea to voters next
time ? will lead to different
results.
The existing 8,200-seat
Memorial Coliseum cost $1.25
million when it was completed
with private funds in 1955. The
city took it over in 1969.
Renovating it, or building a second
arena and using both, could
cost more than $12 million and
probably would have to be
financed through another bond
referendum. ? "
The Winston-Salem Chronicle
is published every Thursday by
the Winston-Salem Chronicle <
Publishing Company, Inc.,
617 N. Liberty Street. Mailing
Address: Post . Office Box
3154, Winston-Salem, NC
27102. Phone: 722-8624. Second
Class postage paid at i
Winston-Salem, NC 27102. i
Subscription: $13.52 per
year payable in advance
(NoTth, Carolina sales tax included).
Please add $1.00 for
out-of -tovyn' (delivery.
PUBLICATION USPS NO.
067910.
Hill T I1
H III 1T1 I i
LAi Ik riflfflfflftr
ilLwj i|>
!n
I NO DO
Brand New ..
1984 CA
*5995.
COMPARABLE**'
41 MTH, CLOSED END LEASE. 1st PAY
NO DOWN PAH
Brand New..
1985 CAMARO SPOR
IA/C, AM/FM, tilt wheel,
spoiler, etc*
Stk. #1303
?M80\
Plus Tax and Tags
48 MTM closed end lease. 1st payment .
SECURITY oeposit required. on aPPP
ansion FromMMMNMilMMMMttlMMillMMMMMttitMtillllUltMMtttiMt
44ln its beginning, our facility
in Winston-Salem was one of the
largest and nicest between Atlanta
and Washington/' Corpening
said during a press conference
last Wednesday. 44But now our
facility is small and out-of-date
by comparison to existing
facilities in other major cities in
North Carolina."
Charlotte voters recently approved
a bond referendum to
replace its current 12,900-seat
arena with a newer 25,000-seat
facility. Raleigh, with a
12,000-seat coliseum, is considering
a larger one, as is
Greensboro, whose coliseum can
seat 16,800.
Fourteen of the 57 committee
members, the committee's cochairman
and the co-chairmen of
its fact-finding and finance subcommittees
are black.
The black members include
Gaines, Clark Brown, Mutter
Evans, Patrick Hairston,
Lafayette Jones, Naomi Jones,
Moses Lucas, James Mack,
Ernest Pitt, Ann Simmons, Tracy
Singletary, Norma Smith,
William Tatum and Thomas
Trollinger.
Ed Pleasants* president of
Pleasants Hardware Co., will cochair
the fact-finding subcommittee
with Chronicle Publisher Pitt.
Trollinger, president of Contract
Office Furnishings Co., and
Paul Fulton, president of The
Hanes Group, will lead the
finance subcommittee.
The decision two weeks ago by
Wake Forest University's Board
of Trustees to contribute $1.25
million toward an expanded col
iscuin compicx appears 10 nave
led to action on the issue.
The trustees agreed to give the
city another $1.25 million toward
the project if the city agrees to
share advertising revenue with
the school. Wake Forest now
plays many of its home basketball
games in Greensboro.
North Ward Alderman Larry
Little opposed . the last bond
referendum for coliseum exnan.
sion, but is taking a wait-and-see
WN PAY
LVALIER
Stk. #3593
..*117*
Plus Tax and Tags
IHHM OH >11 M4CAWAU
SO TO ONOOSE FROM.
MENT AND REFUNDABLE SECURITY DEPOSIT Rl
rMENT NODOV
Brand Nev
IT COUPE 19851
nm iooq
c
t $11
?ER MONTH Only I %
pit
!^S.2iFii?iP^8LE *48 MTH CLOSED END I
IOVEO CREDIT. SECURITY OEPOSH
%
V.
Page A1
position now.
"I think it's all right to study
the issues," he said. "I think
there are some good people on
the committee and the committee
is not really stacked. 1 don't think
there are any token blacks on the
committee and I'm looking forward
to what they come up
with."
Black construction workers
and subcontractors could benefit
from the expansion, Little said,
as could increased numbers of *
black coliseum employees and
entertainers who by-pass the city
now.
.. Trollinger, whose finance subcommittee
will estimate operating
and capital costs if an expanded
or new coliseum is recommended,
says black subcontractors could
r;. r .1 ~
eneiit ironi 111c prujcwi. rit
an upgraded facility could also
help black promoters, who could
bring in big-name black performers
who draw large crowds.
Pitt acknowledged that the
committee's sizable black
presence may have resulted
because the coliseum is desired so
strongly in some quarters of the
> city, but said he has no
preconceived notions about the
possible expansion, pro or con.
"It appears to me the mayor is
trying to have a representative
committee composed of all
segments of the city," Pitt said.
"You have our people on the
committee and that, to me, is indicative
of their (the city's) desire
to get feedback from the community.
,
"Whether I support it or not
depends on what I find in the
black community -- whether the
community says they want it and
they're willing to pay for it," Pitt
said.
But Pitt added, "There are a
lot of activities that aren't held in
winston-salem, but you look at
Greensboro and they have them
every weekend. There are any
"number of activities that
Winston-Salem missed out on,
because"'it doesn't have the
facilities."
r I
MbNT I
l-DOOR I
PER MONTH I
lirf t?A^lf ?
111 VTWli*'.' OUIWEO
ON APPROVED CRE01T
VN PAYMENT I
i-10 PICK-lfP I
HI . ii l A A A
IS3** I
? M# Fit MONTH
is Tax and Tags H *
LEASE 1?t PAYMENT ANO REFUNDABLE
' REOUIREO ON APPROVED CREDIT
H