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. r-r 111?????? . 'Bhf Heaven?5 . . . _ Wir "The object of Fair Ho> Month every April Is t< the time for rededlc and re-acceptance. I time to make the proi a re< Ernest f i?.? ?.? Fair Housing Moi Gains and challens 4 5* *" By ROBtN BARKSDALE Chronicle 8t?H Writer . . \ R#lat#d dltortal oh A4. The Twin City kicked off a month of ft activities Tuesday afternoon with a i ceremony. Mayor Wayne A. Corpening opened th by reading a proclamation officially de< month of April Fair Housing Month in Salem. The proclamation challenged < "rededicate themselves to the freedom < that the Fair Housing Act guarantees. The ceremony's keynote speaker, Erm area director for the Department of He Urban Development, told the lunchtimc Winston Square Park that each Wins resident should make a special effort < month to help fulfill the promises of the 1 ing Act. "The object of Fair Housing Month < is to use the time for rededicatior ' WW -Fgteiw yho^amffki j Oreensboro fWD dlKt. "It is a time tt promises a reality. The law offers all J regardless of race, creed or sex, a free _? a* - cnoosc ineir living places/' Fulton said he is "particularly p Winston-Salem's efforts to fulfill th guarantees that the 18-year-old act m city's Human Relations Commission ai Housing Committee have scheduled a spc ty for each week of this month. Though gains have been made in fai Fulton noted, discrimination is still a co "As a country, we have come a long w; last 18 years," he said. "(But) disc Please see pag* A3 Johnson: Bur] By L.A.A. WILLIAMS Chronic!* SUff Writer Related story below. Victor Johnson Jr., who unsuccessfully challenged Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian H. Brake last fall, is now challenging her husband. "How can anybody that can't get a job for himself expect to get jobs for others?" Johnson said of state House candidate Logn Burke, who currently does not work. "He's been unemployed for two years." Burke will face fellow Democrat John D. Clark in the May 6 primary! "This seat was not made for A black sena By The Associated Press Next week: A look at the earn District HALIFAX - Rep. Frank Bailance i few blacks in the state Senate, but opi says he doesn't believe blacks sho a t t t_ *+ - . _ - predominantly oiacx senate districts. "The United States is not made th white senator who represents the 2n< said this is a black district. But the vol who they want." Not A Guarantee, But An 0| Ball an ce, 44, of War rent on, agr< guarantee. "But there ought to be an opportun to get back at anybody for any past dii a . /V * iston-l 1 -mtmwir?????wtnsten^i using o use often I It a nl*#? ~~ 'nt, \ 9 K '? r^JH HI vv^J lir housing HH^^HpflFV e program the ^ ntizens to )f choice" st Fulton, . I msing and ; crowd at iton-Salem .1 during the 7air Hous ivcry April l and re- I fMit^ the > make the I Americans, M I t choice to roud" of ^ e > BHHHHHHr m akes . The ? M id its Fair REACHING Ft jcial activiVocalist WilJiarn Bess' r housing, him a first-place finish in ncern. competition and a chanc ay over the Search." A story and mc rimination James Parker). fp Hnpc nnf imn %#vrvkJ IIV/I, Ulip somebody to earn his livelihood,'* Johnson added. "A man that doesn't have anything will go for anything. We must be careful when we put peoElection I Year '86 m I pie in politics. I'll have to look at this thing very closely." While Johnson said he is not campaigning to elect Clark, the lone white candidate in both primaries, he said tor or a white t in the pa Imm In the 67th Houm ^2^ percent o is trying to become one of the oppositio >onent J.J. Monk Harrington The so >uld automatically represent ??? "The U at way," said Harrington, a . i District. "The judges have . . ters are the ones who 11 put in BUX IFH ttwy w. pportunity ?? 67th Dist ts that there should be no Democra state Hoi ity," he said. "I'm not trying A blac Kcrimination. What happened winner in T * ' 4 WUimHHI I**. vHHV dflPK?;^ Salem The Twin City's Award-Winning W UnnrftC. TffiflMiy 1 l": WSIk^^ i^k ^iVBK^HVJ lHfvlH^I n >vn K4HJ9I ' j^pP^ Kl OK A STAR performance of "For You1' earned last week's "Showcase '86" talent ;e to audition for television's "Star >re photos appear on A6 (photo by rp&? him I he is likely to support him. The 67th District is a predominantly^ black, single-member district created in 1984 to increase black representation in the state House. Incumbent C.B. Hauser has decided not to seek re-election. "He is a candidate worthy of support," Johnson said of Clark. "He's a'personal friend of mine, and if I L had to vote today, I would vote for I ?him." ??As for Burke, Johnson said he didn't take advantage of a job he held in former Gov. James B. Hunt Jr.'s L administration. Plea** see page A2 \ me? The dilemt st is in the past." o Democrats are vying in the May 6 prima :ounty section of northeastern North Caro f the population is black. The winner faces n in November. mario is similar in Winston-Salem's predoi lftlt*?4 QIAIA* I* MA* M*<IA ?? Hitvw VHIIW >? IIVI llioyv IIMil WW Jges have Mid this Is a black di i voters are the ones who'll put ant." ?J.J. Monk h rict, where a white Democrat, John D. Clar t, Logan Burke, face one another in the pi ise. k Republican, Diana Williams-Henry, wi i November. T. I Ih AJuggMnaut t i Chro % i * eekly , AprfT37T9W ? OM1to Police makin on reopened i Six of the nine ne involve unsolved i By L.A.A. WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer t * r Local police are making progress toward the solution of nine murder cases reopened as a result of a December departmental shake-up, said Sgt. M.V. McCoy, head of the Crimes Against Persons Section, Thursday. "We're following tip on fresh leads in almost all of the cases,*' McCoy said. 4lWe haven't solved one yet, but we've uncovered some things." The reopening of the unsolved murder cases dating back to 1980, six of them involving black victims, coincided with McCoy's appointment by Police Chief Joseph E. Masten, who made the moves following a city manager's report that criticized the manner in which a much-publicized murder was investigated. The report, released by City Manager Bryce A. Stuart in November, cited several deficiencies in the department's handling in the Deborah B. Sykes case. Mrs. Sykes was raped and stabbed to death in August 1984*. Masten reopened the Sykes case, despite mSSmWiWiat June of 21 -year-old Dar ry! E. Hunt for Mrs. Sykes' murder. Hunt, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, is seeking a new trial. The other cases were reopened, Masten said, to assure the public that the department is committed to quality police protection. He also increased from six to eight the number of detectives in the murder investigation unit. Some black leaders have said that the high number of unsolved murders involving black victims shows that the department does not investigate crimes in the black community as vigorously as those involving white victims. .< $k JBEHB^B^^^^^^B^L ^F-m JoHHl^MtoMlliflBElLMMMriMMlMJ 'ictor Johnson Jr.: Logan Burke can't fir Em has split a bl A Matter Of Timing Represent B^here 61 The Rev- Robert Hollor Bmblican from Hertford County, si p~i-?;^u IXUIVI^lI ninantly black "It's fine for mc to tell ?1?? and go to school, you can gy said. atriet "But thcn shc 09X1 loo,c , J everybody there white?* " in who Getting Things Don ARRINGTON ??? The 50-member Senate < k, and a black percent black. But since IS rimary for the has been represented by H from some politically actii II take on the ('l don't believe people Pk * 1 * I i I I' flMli?JBI? K mother 3 to thousands * PAMHi I tiidc 30 Pages This WNk g progress nurder cases 0 w investigations murders of blacks McCoy would not say whether the new leads developed indicate a mismanagement of the office before he got there. He replaced Sgt. F.E. Mason, who resigned his post in December but was disciplined in late February along with Detective J.l. Daulton, Lt. Jerry K. Raker and Masten as a result of an internal investigation of the department's conduct during the Sykes investigation. Daulton, the chief investigator in the case, lost his police certificate and was demoted to a civilian communications job. "I'm optimistic about solving some, and not ao optlmlatlc about othara. It'a a alow process." SOT. M.V. McCOY "I'm trying to improve the oreanization and controls in murder-case management,** McCoy said. "We have increased the supervision, and I take a more active part to the investigations.*' He said cases jtfe now assigned to Mm, whereas before they were assigned to ttie detectives. * "They now report to me, ' he said. "I am responsible for handling the cases.** He said the department has developed a casemanagement handbook and training guide for supervisors and investigators. Four murders have been committed since he took over in December, two involving black victims and two involving white victims, McCoy said. Arrests have been made in three of the cases. He said he has spent much of his time on the recent cases. The murder of Blanch Ragins Bryson, a Please see page A14 K m jMI .-* id a job (photo by James Parker). ack district nan, a 33-year-old black Baptist minister lid it is time the district sent a black to my daughter, 'Look, if you work hard be a state senator one day/ " Holloman at the state Senate and say, 'But why is e :ontains three blacks in a state that is 20 >63, most of what is now the 2nd District arrington, A>7, who also has won support /e black ministers. should be in power just because they're ttse see page A2 tmrnrnammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmami
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