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with Sykes on the rm
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Descriptions by witnesses of
the man who killed Deborah B.
Sykes last summer did not mesh
during testimony this week in the
murder trial of Darryl Eugene
Hunt.
Roger Weaver, an auditor for s
the Hyatt House, testified that \
Hunt came into the hotel on the
morning of Aug. 10, 1984, the
day Sykes, a copy editor for The
Sentinel, was found stabbed to
death, and used the hotel
bathroom. Weaver said he noticed
a 4'reddish-pink" substance in
the sink and blood-stained towels
in the wastebasket after the man
left.
But Weaver's identification of
the man he saw differed from the
testimony of two other key pro,
secution witnesses, Thomas Pat/
(to* Irfurphy and Johnny Gray,
who both testified that.the man
they saw that friomfng had braids
in his hair. The man Weaver said
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Closing argu
in Klan-Nazi
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Closing arguments in the $48
million Klan-Nazi civil suit were
heard in U.S. Middle District
Court earlier this week. As has
been characteristic of the case, attorneys
for both sides painted
their clients as innocent
bystanders.
Lewis Pitts, attorney for the
plaintiffs, cautioned the jurors
not to be fooled by the "doofus
defense" of the Greensboro
Police Department. Pitts
represents the 16 .widows and
demonstrators who survived the
Nov. 3, 1979, "Death to the
Klan" rally held at a
predominantly black housing
Summer e
By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
Local youths can face long,
mers when they search for jobs ai
training and experience.
But there's hope. The Winston-S;
vices Department has about $<
summer work for teen-agers ai
who qualify.
The department received the f?
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they saw Hunt
orning of the attack
he saw-had a curly,?'Michael
Jackson-type hairstyle."
The testimony of another
witness, Dennis Speaks, was not
heard by the jury.
Judge Preston Cornelius decided,
with the jury oih of the courtroom,
that Speaks* testimony
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netvi iiiMiuug iu uu wan ine case.
Speaks had been expected to
testify that he overheard Hunt
tell Hunt's best friend, Sammy
Lee Mitchell, that he had killed
Sykes. But Speaks said instead
that he heard Hunt tell Mitchell
Sept. 8 that the police wquld try
to pin the Sykes murder on him
because he had a 4 * white girl selling*
for him.
Speaks said he was scared to
testify because he has been intimidated
by people he does not
know.
"It's getting pretty thick," said
Speaks, when the judge asked
him if h* was scared. "I (ton't
feet tocrgoodTlt's tough to see
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son Avenue YMCA (photo by
ments heard
civil suit
proiect in Greensboro. The case
the jurors will be considering,
said Pitts, involves "the most
basic rights we have in the country
- equal protection under the
law."
Flint Taylor, another plaintiffs'
attorney, told the jurors
that the evidence heard in this
case has been "the most powerful"
ever heard in a court of law.
This case, cautioned Taylor, does
not involve proving beyond a
reasonable doubt. The evidence
in favor of a guilty verdict must
only be 51 percent, he said.
The attorneys for the Klan and
Nazis portrayed their clients as
innocent. Gerard Chapman, who
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Bidding farewell to
By DAVID R. RANKIN ~~ 6:3
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Local residents, young and old, said good- . grc
bye to an aged friend and hello to its im- fac
pressive, new successor as YMCA officials sta
closed the old Patterson Avenue YMCA and Ma
opened the new Winston Lake building dur- up
ing two programs last weekend. I
They bade farewell to the 34-year-old Pat- vio
terson Avenue YMfA hnilHino Inet PriHou at
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Mrs. Betty Lyons, left, recently celebrated her
120th birthday with her housemate, Ann
Rogers, who cares for her and whom Mrs. Lyons
calls "Momma" (photo by James Parker).
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Training Partnership Act (JTPA). have the opporti
11 create about 550 summer jobs for academic c
1 working 225 hours this summer at employment anc
r, according to Walter Farabee, ,<Thc youth
local Human Services Department. .
classroom settm
as existed for 15 years under such areas," Wherry
Neighborhood Youth Corps and experience."
e says. She says the d
Ann Wherry, who is in charge of ferent jobs base<
A program, the participants will views and each
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Thursday, June 6, 1985
lied Deborah;
jestidns Bryan Aug. 1(a Watt6 test if i
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a friend, hello t<
10 p.m. The next day, the new Winston
ke opened its doors to the public.
lames Ford, a member of the Patterson
ICA's board of management, told a
tup of about 30 who gathered to mark the
ility's closing that the building and its
ff had served the black community well,
iny local children have played and grown
in its shadow, he said.
Jut the Patterson Avenue Y bears the obus
marks of wind, rain, heat and wear
:r the years. It looks very much the part of
'Hedon't give a
wants to pollute
By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Board of Aldermen denied the request
Monday night of a local company to
build a concrete mixing plant near Patterson
Avenue. Said Northeast Ward Alderman
Vivian H. Burke of the firm, which
had contended it would be a good neighbor
to the mostly black neighborhood: "He
don't give a hoot; he just, wants to
pollute."
The aldermen voted 8-0 to deny Hoots
Concrete Co., owned by Sidney F. Hoots,
the Zoning to build his proposed concrete
plant on nine acres of land between U.S.
Highway 52 and Patterson Avenue. The
landiis currently zoned for business use.
About 60 Patterson Avenue
neighborhood residents stood in opposition
to the zoning change during the regular
or local youth
inity to receive classroom training and edu
redit, career counseling, actual * 'It's
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will be exposed in an actual tfle SUTT
g and will explore different career aPP^car
says. "They will have hands-on ^ou
process,
epartment places the youth in dif- She s
i on the results of placement inter- family i
youth's hobbies, skills, interests
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an old soldier -- with graffiti-marked,
crumbling walls, a broken window, missing
floor and ceiling tiles, dim lights and long,
damp hallways. The building, which stands
in the shadow of R.J. RevnnlHc ?Aha^A
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tories and other industrial development, has ??
served its term.
"We had some good times in this
building/' a long-time Y employee said.
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Those who used the old building, which
will be torn down to make way for Reynolds
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hoot; he just
says Burke
meeting of the board.
They said they opposed the excessive
noise which would be created by a plant as
i well as concrete dust in the air and the
possibility of being exposed to dangerous
chemicals used in the concrete-making process.
Dr. Bhransing Sidu, a natural science
professor at Winston-Salem State University,
told the aldermen that a concrete plant
would create tons of aerial dust which
neighbors would be constantly exposed to
and said "a concrete plant is a highpollutant
industry.
"Leave these old people alone," he asked
the board. "They will suffer from lung
diseases if you don't."
D. Barrett Burge, an attorney for Hoots,
said the company has looked all over ForPlease
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icational background.
a fast-paced program," she says.
i, ages 16 to 21 years old, are eligible for
imer work program. The income of each
it's family and how many people live in
sehold will be considered in the selection
, Wiierry says.
ays youth must bring documents showing
ncome - such as a recent check stub - and
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