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'The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly" VOL. XV, No. 40
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Versell Fuller
files Chapter 7
From Chronide Staff Report!
Faced with civil lawsuits
totalling $170,000, attorneys for
Versell McDaniel Fuller filed a
Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition Tues
day.
Mrs. Fuller, of 6635 El Rancho
Road in Rural Hall, was charged
last year with four counts each of
larceny and forgery. She had been
accused by four former employers
of stealing more than $200,000
worth of personal property from
them.
Mrs. Fuller's trial on the
charges in April 1988 resulted in a
hung jury and was declared a mis
trial by presiding Judge Thomas
Seay.
In August 1988 Mrs. Fuller's
| ? attorney, DouglarMilleiv and Dis
trict Attorney Warren Sparrow
agreed to a plea bargain. Mrs. Fuller
was allowed to plead "no contest" to
four misdemeanor charges.
Mrs. Fuller was ordered to pay
restitution to her accusers, Mrs.
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Helms wants Jackson to repay Fayetteville businessman
RALEIGH (AP) - A Fayet
teville businessman who chaired
Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential
campaign in North Carolina has
turned to Sen. Jesse Helms for help
in getting Jackson to repay a
$25,000 debt
Marion Rex Harris, a black
businessman, said his main com
plaint is with Jackson's staff.
"Jesse has given directions to
his staff many times to pay me,"
Harris said, but the loan never has
been repaid.
Helms, R-N.C., a critic of
Jackson, urged him in a letter last
week to "work out this situation"
with Harris.
"I am exploring whether a
private relief bill is appropriate,"
Helms told Jackson in his letter.
The senator's staff released
the letter to The News and Observer
on Tuesday.
Harris said in an interview
Tuesday that he and his wifiThad
loaned $25,000 to a Jackson-related
group in 1984, when Jackson
returned from Syria, where he had
secured the release of Navy Lt.
Robert O. Goodman Jr.
Goodman's jet was hit during
a bombing attack on Syrian anti-air
craft positions in Lebanon's central
mountains. He was captured by could not be reached for comment
Syria and held as a prisoner of war Tuesday.
for a month. In a 1987 letter to Jackson,
Harris said that Jackson aides marked "personal and confidential,"
had sought the funds to pay hotel Harris again asked for repayment
expenses in Syria. The Syrian gov- and said, "I am writing this letter
ernment had covered the hotel with a great deal of hurt and feel a
costs, but Jackson insisted on reim great deahtrf disrespeci from you
bursing the Syrians. and your staff."
Harris said he wanted to help Harris sent a copy of the let
Jackson and the Goodman rescue ter to Helms May 8.
effort, and was told by Jackson Two months ago, Harris
aides that he would be repaid within wrote to Navy Secretary William
10 days. The loan, which he and his Ball, asking the Navy to hold a
wife made from their savings fund-raiser to repay his $25,000. A
account, "was stupidity," he said. Navy official wrote back, suggest
Jackson and his spokesman ing that Harris ask his senator or
representative to offer na private
relief bill" in Congress. That's when
Harris wrote to Helms.
Harris has switched his voter
registration hack-anri.fnrth hetwftftn
the Democratic and Republican par
ties. A former Democrat, he became
a Republican and was named to the
N.C. Board of Transportation under
GOP Gov. James Hofshouser. He
said Tuesday that he now is a
Democrat
Harris said he is not a major
supporter of Helms, but added, "I
have a deep respect for Senator
Helms."
Ohio Congressman Lukens convicted of sex charge
Associated Press Laser Photo
Rosle Coffman, 17, says that
she is pleased with the verdict
but that she does not hate
. Rep. Donald Lukens.
By BETH GRACE
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio - U.S. Rep.
Donald Lukens was convicted Fri
day of having sex with a 16-year
old girl whose mother accused the
congressman of offering a govern
ment job to buy her silence.
Hours after the verdict, one
Ohio congressman called for
Lukens' resignation, but an aide
predicted he would seek re-elec
tion next year.
'1 think he should do the gentle
manly thing and resign," said Rep.
Chalmers Wylie, the senior
Republican among Ohio's con
gressional delegation. Lukens also
is a Republican.
A jury deliberated for 1 1/2
hours before finding Lukens
guilty of contributing to the delin
quency and unruliness of a minor,
stemming from an incident last
Nov. 6. The misdemeanor carries
a maximum sentence of 180 days
in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Lukens stood still, his hands
pressed on the defense table and
his mouth slightly open, as
Franklin County Domestic Rela
tions Judge Ronald Solove read
the verdict.
The 58-year-old divorced con
gressman from Middletown was
indicted Feb. 23, about three
weeks after Columbus television
station WSYX broadcast a secret
ly recorded videotape that
2nd plaza planned for E. Winston
Charlotte businessman to aid local effort
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
A proposed two-story, $3.1 million facility slat
ed for East Winston would feature the community's
first sit-down cafeteria, a meeting center, profes
sional office and retail space according to William
T. Brandon, developer of the Eastway Plaza.
In addition, Mr. Brandon said, the facility would
increase the city's tax base by some $2 million annu
ally and provide about 140 new jobs.
Mr. Brandon has solicited the help of Charlotte
entrepreneur John William McDonald to lend his
business expertise to the project and to open a
McDonald's Cafeteria in the plaza. The Afro- Ameri
can-owned cafeteria is known throughout Charlotte
and surrounding areas as one of the best places to
eat in the state, Mr. Brandon said.
Eastway Plaza will be located on approximately
9.27 acres of land behind Wachovia Bank & Trust's
East Winston branch and is bounded by Ml Zion
Place, Graham Avenue and New Walkertown Road.
It will be similar, in concept, to Coliseum Park Plaza
located at the corner of Pilgrim Court and Coliseum
Drive. That plaza features a K&W Cafeteria, a video
rental store and several specialty boutiques.
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appeared to show Lukens offering
to find the girl's mother, Anna
Coffman, a job. She had gone to
the station to get help and agreed
to the secret taping.
On the tape, the woman asked
Lukens why he was "messing
around" with her daughter, Rosie.
Lukens replied, "Well, first of all,
I didn't really know she was a
teen-ager."
Toward the end of the tape,
Lukens said, "Let me go back (to
Washington) and see what there is
part-time and ... (inaudible). ... I
don't know what, uh, the govern
ment has, but I can check and find
out."
Mrs. Coffman testified that the
offer was to try to buy her silence.
while Lukens called it an extor
tion attempt.
Rosie Coffman told reporters
she was pleased with the verdict.
"I'm happy to see Justice is
done," she said. Asked if she
hated Lukens, said said, "No, I
don't hate him. I don't hate any
body."
A misdemeanor conviction does
not automatically trigger an Ethics
Committee investigation or bar a
member from sitting in Congress.
The committee does have the
option of investigating such cases *
and recommending action such as
censure.
Solove delayed sentencing
pending the completion of a pre
sentence investigation.
Lukens declined to comment on
the verdict before he left the
courthouse through a private hall
way and elevator. His chief of
staff, William Jarrell, said he
planned to make a statement next
week about his personaljrid polit
ical future.
"The congressman will be
spending some quiet time, speak
ing to family and friends to get a
lot of opinion and advice," Jarrell
said. "But I'll say this, we will be
running."
Lukens was first elected to the
House in 1966, serving two terms
before dropping out to make an
unsuccessful bid for the Ohio gov
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Marlon Rex Harris