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- RALEIGH -- A Mate Bureau ot Investigation
agent who lost his job says that last fall he told campaign
aides to Gov. Jim Martin that the campaign's
minority affairs director had been questioned in
connection with a drug case.
James J. Dever, who resigned at the SBI's request
for undisclosed reasons, told The News and
Observer of Raleigh last week that he helped detain
and question 21-year-old Thomas A. Stith III, who
is now the governor's minority affairs adviser. Stith
was never charged in the case.
jwik^nawkeT "Martin's special assistant for
policy, said Dever telephoned him on Oct. 17 and
told him Stith was driving a car in which another
man was found to have heroin. Stith's brother-inlaw,
Hollis Freeman Vines, a passenger in the car,
NAACP to move head
NEW YORK - The National Association 'for the
Advancement of Colored People will move its head
quarters to Baltimore, its spokesmen say, because it
can't find an affordable and suitable site in New
York City, where it was founded 76 years ago.
"We're near the nation's capital and we're not as
expensive," said mrs. Enolia P. McMillan, president
of the national organization and its Baltimore
f chapter.
The NAACP board of directors approved the
move on Feb. 16, McMillan said. The organization
moved its headquarters to Brooklyn 2 1 /2 years ago
when rent for its Manhattan offices quadrupled. Its
officials had hoped to stay in New York, but could
not find an affordable site amons 100 Dossible loca
tions.
The NAACP also has been under severe financial
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The following "Crime Box Score" is designed to
keep you abreast of criminal activity in your
neighborhood during the past week and to help you
protect your family and property from crime.
Bank robbery
2200 block, Old Lexington Road
A man entered a bank carrying a sawed-off
shotgun and told the bank employees, "Don't
anyone move." The robber then took money from
the bank and ran from the building. He was
described as a black male, 5 feet 3 inches tall. At the
time of the robbery, he was wearing jeans, a navy
blue coat, a toboggan and a black mask over his
face.
Armed robbery
2100 block, Stadium Drive
A man walked into a store, grabbed the store
clerk by her neck, held a knife to her head and
ordered her to open the cash register. The robber
took money from the cash register and ran out of
the store. He was described as a black male about 5
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pounds. At time of the robbery, he wore a brown
scarf over his face.
4200 block, Cherry Street
A man entered a store and told the store clerk,
"Give me all the money." The robber then pushed
the store clerk out of his way and opened the cash
register. The robber then removed money from the
register and struck the clerk before he left the store.
The clerk was slightly injured, but needed no
medical attention. The robber was described as a
black male, 35 years-old, about 5 feet 11 inches tall.
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was charged with possession of heroin with intent to
distribute.
Hawke said he learned of the incident through an
anonymous phone call the day after Vines was
charged, but that Dever identified himself as the
caller after the election in which Martin defeated
Attorney General Rufus Edmisten.
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nawKc saiu oiiin was an innocent oysiander" in
the case and Stith said he had known nothing about
the heroin. "It was a situation of being in the wrong
place at the wrong time," he told reporters. "I had
no idea what was being transacted."
Dever was assigned to a security guard detail to
protect Martin and his family, but was removed
from the post two weeks later. He apparently was
asked to resign from the SBI because he tipped off
the campaign about the incident.
Iquarters to Baltimore
strain, according to Executive Director Benjamin
Hooks.
The move probably will take place in August,
when its present lease expires. The NAACP's national
organization has rented property since its
founding in 1909 and never has owned its own
headquarters, McMillan said.
"We don't need a real large building, but it
should be larger than what we have," she said.
"We're a little crowded in New York. We need a
space large enough to accomodate us and allow a
little expansion."
The national organization had considered
relocating to Atlanta, but the organization in
Georgia was unable to provide needed funding to
finance the move.
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He was last seen wearing a brown scarf over his
face.
2100 block, Old Lexington Road
A man entered a store and man placed a pistol
against the back of the clerk's neck, saying, "Give
me all your money." The robber took the money
and ran from the store. The robber was described as
a black male about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing
about 160 pounds and in his early 20s.
Strong armed robbery
1100 block,tast 19th Street
A man was standing on the sidewalk waiting for
the bus when someone grabbed him from the rear
and held his arms. A second person reached into his
pockets and took his money. The two robbers are
described as black males about 5 feet 5 inches tall.
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i ney were wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes at
the time of the robbery.
Storebreaking
2000 block, East End Boulevard
Someone saw a man break into a school and
reported the break-in to the police. The police chased
a suspect and caught him not far from the
school. He was charged with storebreaking and
larceny.
900 block, Patterson Avenue
Police responded to a reported break-in at Crisis
Control. After searching the building, police found
two men hiding in the basement. Both men were
charged with storebreaking and larceny. One man
was carrying a concealed weapon.
What does it take to;
By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
Q: I recently donated money to the United Negro
College Fund during its December telethon. I used
my credit card for the donation. The phone number
I was told to call was a Winston-Salem number. I
donated $25 dollars, a sufficient amount to receive
a tote bag the UNCF said I would get for my
pledge. But what bothers me most is that I have yet
to receive a receipt for my pledge. I need a receipt so
I can use the donation when I file my income taxes.
Furthermore, the credit company has not sent me a
credit sliD addinc the mu
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What can I do to get both the receipt I need for income
tax purposes and the tote bag the UNCF promised
for my donation?
A: Dianne Autry, special liaison and administrative
assistant for the local chapter of the
UNCF, said that the UNCFs national office in
New York is receiving all credit card payments. She
said that due to the number of payments, there may
be a delay in receiving credit for a pledge. She said
that the tote bag promised during the telethon will
come from Trans World Airlines (TWA). "UNCF
and TWA have an agreement where if a person
made a $25 donation, they would receive a tote bag
for their pledge," Autry said. "The person making
the donation will receive a receipt for their pledge,"
she said.
Q: I'm concerned about someone breaking into my
house. What can I do to make my home less likely
to be broken into? Also, what should I do if I am at
home and think someone is trying to break in?
A: Officer Frank Green of the Winston-Salem
Police Department's crime prevention unit said
there is no simple answer to preventing crime in
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your neighborhood. "Security is everyone's job and
crime is everyone's problem," he said.
Green said there are three basic steps to preventing
a break-in at your home.
First, he said, you should work with your
neighbors to form a neighborhood crime watch. "If
you see something happen, call the police," Green
said. He said the criminal's greatest ally is invisibility.
4if the neighbors don't help us by telling what
they saw - if anything - the criminal will usually
get away free," he said. Neighbors should call and
report strange happenings in their neighborhoods.
Second, homeowners should make their homes
seem occupied, even when no one is there. "Have 3
your neighbor check on the house from time to
time," Green said. "Move the car around and cut
on certain lights in the house. You want the house
to look just like you are home."
The third step homeowners can take is to install
security devices, like door locks and secondary
locks on windows. "A homeowner should have
adequate locks on the doors," Green said. "A
popular one is the double-key, deadbolt lock." But
the right locks also depends on the frame of the
door assembly.
He said window locks range from a price of $1 to
several hundred dollars.
"A homeowner should remember that if a
criminal has enough time and privacy, he can get into
your house," Green said. "These devices simply
make it much harder for him to get in. Of course,
this will allow more time for a neighbor or passerby
to see the criminal and call the police."
Green said the time to be concerned about breakins
is when one happens in your neighborhood. He
equated break-ins with a cancer in the
neighborhood. "If it happens to one home, it can
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