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14 * 0 ^ ' J m N ^ \i . J " *. "-? y? ^ i ,. ^ w vol. XIII, No. 5 I V IH I ' ji^M ~ M I I ' VI I II I I neighborhoods, contends S< I James Parker). Mariorie Gi A costly an By CHERYL WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer MARJORIE L. GREGORY HAS an MBA degree and managerial experience in both the public and private sectors. She also has no job. After her position with the United Way of Forsyth County was phased out in 1984, Mrs. Gregory filed a lawsuit charging race and age discrimination. She hasn't been employed since. Mrs. Gregory had sought $1 million in punitive damages, reinstatement with back pay and compensatory damages. But the court ruled against her, ending Mixed revie from black < By JOHN HINTON Chronica Staff Writer This article it the first in a series on Forsyth County's Comprehensive Plan and its implications In the black community. Next week: A look at the thoroughfare plan. Forsyth County's Comprehensive Plan neglects the develop ment of light industry and housing in the black community, several black leaders said Monday. ; "I don't see a lot in this plan that has taken into account the past neglect of the black community said East Ward Alderman Virginia K. Newell. "Bast Winston has not gotten much out of this plan." .: The plan represents a blueprint for the county in the year 2009. It makes recommendations in 13 categories. : r f % t 9 > * KTTsmr yi^jtlrii _ mh *mmmm - i Plan: CSU beol kOI A4. V nstni J.S.P.S. No. 067910 . \ __r " . - ;c L fl *w^^^K?p- _ 9 k ^RP^'Vr l^isC'-: ?'/ V ^W^P^ ' ^ I JH I jtfHr ' fl ^ ^ i;, ^5j.^ V V^H r ?^i regory d painful battle what $he terms a painful and expensive two years. Her battle with the United Way has cost her more than $100y000 in lost wages and legal fees, she says. And she says the court's rulNEWSMAKER A I I - I A XI m iuok Dexween ine lines ' ing was unfair and disheartening. "I wasn't satisfied with the outcome of the trial," Mrs. Gregory said. "I don't think justice was done. I didn't ap* peal. I should have." She partly blames a lack of Please see page A2 ws on plan officeholders The plan is only a draft that every government in the county would have to adopt before it is implemented, officials say. Meanwhile, public meetings are being held to address concerns and questions about the plan. Mrs. Newell believes the plan should address land use in the black communty in more detail. *'There is no adequate land-use plan for the black community/' Mrs. Newell said. "A land-use plan Js needed so black entrepreneurs can jump in and be SWCCHIU1. ' Planners expect the development of at least 1,200 acres of industrial land* 1.6 million square feet of retail space and 1.2 million square feet of office space in Forsyth County by 2005. They recommend more office development in underserved areas such as Bast Winston, hut there is no recommendation for PImm ih page A16 \ a-Salem C 77ie 7*w/#i City's Award-Winning Weekly . /. % . Winston-Salem, N.C. Thursday, September 25, c^^jjz^jzzjz^jjzzzjz^^izjzjj^jzzr'i ??i thel I something I lofWI I Chronicle Exacuth I E| 1 I names of the tru I ^i ?M^m I reveal pocketbooks," s of the three me I and killed 57-y 1983. Ford also sai views Monday i Winston-Salem 1983, but the p< Ford would i publication but when he next tei Qiad he can - . , V .* *?, VS .... , . . v .. - " As for his te mmsmz -I :> R'A wkfck *z::? j ?. fl rWnW^tFV pj ^ ^'Trtrfc RHsv^fl r-M Still Looking ; Mrs. Gregory, the former United Way of Forsyth County's associate executive director, volunteering at NAACP headquarters: She was "hired to be fired" by the agency, she says, and she wants others to know her story (photo by James Parker). H I ? I SM?1I J "I I j ^ |^l if i "fl *J ^ I Zl&'jtr: ', ,- : r - .' 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'v ' " 7- ~ r~ ~~ (A_ , * '.V '*? < 4, V, > 4ttjpy^)gl - ftpMfcfli vifjOn seen 111 Country* old uvvv mmii. r . hroni *? ** 1986 SOconts community to know that terrible Is happening In this \ Ford Jr. : He knows ? , 1 ' : L ? ilson's 3 m ... *v IOHNSON - last wc m Editor came fo WHO testified last week . imy Mitchell, Darryl Hunt u ayton committed a 1983 mon lesday that he Jt&ows the ?n e assailants and is ready to mg in 1 matter c Dwn in the community for rly women and taking their aid James Robert Ford Jr. * *?**.. n whom he said attacked ear-old Arthur Wilson in ^on uaremo d during telephone inter- !|our J? ind Tuesday that he save ?.r?u*m poUce the men's names in su tlon >lice took no action. u" ' not reveal the names for ccn * * said he will mention them agc!'s rifles. rocjc-lv and thrc ( forward ""Zw itimony in Mitchell's trial Man gets 12 other trial st By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Staff Writer A Winston-Salem man was sentenced to 12 months in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon by a motor vehicle in District Court. Cecil Wayne Bost, 31, who is white and reportedly a member of the American Nazi Party, was accused in 1984 of striking the car TV?I. - I < 1- ? ? vi ucick ncius, a oiacK winsionSalem man. Fields could not be reached for comment. Bost also is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill in an incident Womble criti of public mee By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Staff Writer The format of a public meeting on the county's Comprehensive Plan fueled an argument Monday night between an alderman and a city/county planner. Southeast Ward Alderman Larry W. Womble said he expected the planners to have a group meeting about the plan. "I didn't expect residents to look at information at different stations," he said to A.M. "Toni" Tupponce, a senior planner. Womble made his comments at Emmanuel Baptist Church on Shaiimar Drive as about 20 people looked at maps and a slide show on the plan. Womble said the plan should have been presented to the residents in a group meeting so the planners could explain different aspects of it to everyone at one time. "We as a group could have / 9 i. If ??? agU? t: Taking ccra od's business r PAOIM. cle 34 Pages This Weak 'fT i names urderers | * " ft. . \ * . k, Ford said he is happy that he rward. sn't scared," said Ford, a 3 3-yeariston-Salem native who has six to serve in a South Carolina prison ole violation. "I wasn't used to belis jype of situation, but it was a >i uie ana aeatn. i had to tell the was a lot of pressure, but I felt I lo this." < took the stand during the trial of v who is accused of helping to beat to death and rob him outside a ?nt Avenue liquor house. His 11thstimony occurred after he was from Goodman Correctional Inin Columbia to Winston-Salem. Mitchell and Drayton are inilotold the court; he saw three teen- I udgeon Wilson to death with a vo days later, a jury of nine whites * blacks could not reach a verdict I hours of dBUtieratkm, and * was declared. Please see page A3 months; 111 pending involving Donny Ray Murray of Walkertown. Bost is accused of striking Murray with his car after he haa chased the 27-year-old black motorcyclist onto the campus of Winston-Salem State University. Murray's case is pending in District Court. Assistant District Attorney Walter C. Holten said Bost's sentence in the Fields case was appropriate. "I don't think his sentence was too lenient," he said. The incident between Bost and Murray occurred about 8:45 a.m. Please see page A14 cizes format ting in ward made a better decision based on what we heard at the same time," Womble said. Ms. Tupponce said the meeting was a community drop-in where planners could field questions h from individual residents about the plan. "We have gotten good response in the past with this concept," she said to Womble. Community drop-in meetings have been held previously at Winston-Salem State University and the Winston Lake YMCA to discuss the plan, Ms. Tupponce said. (IT. aI * u is uic same iormai we nave used everywhere else," she said. Ms. Tupponce said she sent a letter to Womble notifying him of the meeting. Womble said he received Tupponce's letter and sent copies of it to many of his constituents. Other residents were concerned about the proposed 311 Connector that would cross the Salem Pleas* see page A16 ? I
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