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Thursday, June 15, 1989
Winston-Salem Chronicle
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"The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly '
VOL. XV, No. 42
No decision on Hunt,
DA has 'til November
By ROOSEVELT WILSON
Chronicle Staff Writer
What is happening with the Darryl Hunt case?
Will District Attorney Warren Sparrow dismiss the charge or retry
the case? .
Mr. Sparrow said he does not know.
Mr. Hunt, 24, was convicted in June 1985 of murdering Deborah B.
Sykes. Early last month the N.C. Supreme Court, by a 5-2 vote, over
7 also get calls and letters from mothers worried,
about the safety of their children and from people
with other concerns . The Hunt case is big, hjit it is
only one of many big ones that I have."
" District Attorney Warren Sparrow
turned the conviction and said Mr. Hunt wasentitledto a new trial
because prosecutors improperly used hearsay evidence^ particularly that
~of Mr Hunt's then 1,4-year-old girlfriend, in Mr. Hunt's trial.
Under the speedy trial law, MrrSparrow hasl80 days from May 4
to make a decision as to whether to retry the case or dismiss the
charges.
There have been reports recently that Mr. Sparrow is proceeding
with the case to retry Mr. Hunt, but Mr. Sparrow told the Chronicle that
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Goodbye For The Summer
Kenya Bitting, 14, gets a farewell hug from seventh-grade teacher Mrs. Turner of Wiley Middle School.
Company set
to build units
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
The City Board of Aldermen's
Finance Committee agreed Mon
day to sell 4.4 acres of land to
M.B. Corporation for the compa
ny to build two apartment com
plexes for low-income families,
but the full board must approve
the project before it becomes
, final.
The projects, totalling $1.5
million, include a 17 unit multi
. family apartment complex to be
constructed on the south side of
14th Street at Chestnut Street, and
a multi-family dwelling contain
ing 27 units off Kennerly Street,
M.B. Corporation, a Raleigh firm,
has offered $29,750 and $31,951,
respectively for the sites, said Dr.
? Monica? R__ Lett, director of the
city's Housing/Neighborhood
Development Office.
In addition, the committee
adopted a resolution approving a
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Will one of these people be the Twin City's next mayor?
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chloride Staff Writer
Wanted: One mayor. Political experience pre
ferred but not necessary. Position available Novem
ber 8. Responsibilities include overseeing Board of
Aldermen meetings, breaking tie votes usually
caused by highly controversial community issues,
presenting keys to the city to visiting celebrities such
as "Otis," the drunkard from Mayberry, and Mickey
Mouse. Salary: $11,000 a year. For more informa
. tion, contact the Forsyth County Board of Elec
tions between July 7 and August 4. Persons
of all races, religions and creeds
encouraged to apply.
As the date for filing fast
approaches, the every-popular
question, "Who's running for
mayor?" becomes evermore
popular.
Among those considered
as possible contenders for
the illustrious public office
are Mayor Wayne A. Cor
pening, who has held the
office for nearly 12 years.
Northwest Aldernuji Martha S.
Wood and Virginia K. Newell,
alderman of the East Ward.
The possibility of having an Afro
American run and possibly win the may
oral seat has spawned much speculation as to
which members of the community would be best
suited for the task.
Mrs. Newell's name has been mentioned most fre
quently, and she is considered a very viable candi
date by many Afro-American and white community
members. However, she is still undecided about run
ning.
"I'm still up in the air," said the East Ward alder
man. "My husband is ill and you know that makes it
pretty difficult to move out . . . realizing that he does
have needs. I guess maybe I just have not decided
absolutely positively."
Mrs. Newell will only run if she thinks she has a
good chance of winning, she said. The mayor's job is
one that requires many long hours with little com
pensation, she added.
"The mayorship now has become a full-time job
with really pennies for com
pensation,"
Alder
and analyze her chances of becoming mayor of Win
ston* Salem.
"I would noi want to run with a lot of divisive
ness," Mrs. Newell said. "I would have to talk to
Martha and I believe we could sit down and talk and
believe we are intelligent enough to decide what
man
Newell said.
"I don't think that that
would be in the way because I am retired. My
business would suffer but I think I have some associ
ates who are capable of taking care of it."
Before positively deciding to make a mayoral bid,
Mrs. Newell said she will discuss it will Alderman
Martha S. Wood of the Northwest Ward. Mrs. Wood
has hired a political consultant to conduct a survey
the
best inter
this commu
nity at heart. But I would not stand in
the way of any candidate who I think would be a
good mayor for this city.''
Larry W. Womble, alderman of the Southeast
Ward, is one person some Afro-Americans would
like to see become mayor.
"I would not say that I would not accept it," Mr.
Womble said. "But I would have to discuss it with
some people who are very close to me, those who
have served with our campaigns and I would also
havg to talk it over with members of our political
party.
"After all that, I would have to look at the acces
sibility of our chances of getting elected and how
widespread is the support that we would have. If all
those answers would be in the positive, then we cer
tainly would give it (the mayoral election) very seri
ous consideration."
Another name tossed around for possible
consideration is that of Northeast Ward
Alderman Vivian H. Burke.
"I would not accept it and I'm
not interested in it," Mrs. Burke
said. "I'm a realistic person and
from what I see this city
would have a problem with
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having a minority as a
mayor, especially an Afro
American minority.
"T ?u -
Look at the situation of
county government and
state government, we've had
to have laws on the book in
order for people to have Black
representation. If laws are not on
the book I don't see, for me as an
Afro-American, being a candidate for
mayor,"
Vernon Robinson, former Republican candi
date for the N.C. Senate, said some members of the
"majority community" have asked him to consider
running for mayor.
"Certainly Winston-Salem needs a hardworking
mayor with vision, and I think I'd be a hardworking
mayor, but there would have to be some real, real big
demonstrations of support because in a mayoral race
you're more dependent upon the black vote than
ever." Mr. Robinson said. "A mayor's race is not
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Photo by Mike Cunningham
Nelson Malloy says that his
candidacy for alderman will
be an active one.
Malloy declares candidacy; says drugs are priority
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
With the official filing date still
three weeks away, yet another Afro
American has announced his candi
dacy for alderman of the North
Ward.
Nelson Lee Malloy Jr., 42,
announced during a press confer
ence Wednesday morning that he
would be seeking the aldermanic
seat currently held by Patrick
Hairston. Mr. 'Hairston has said he
will not seek re-election.
"My candidacy declares illegal
drugs as . . . public enemy number
one," said Mr. Malloy, a divorcee
and father of four. "Because of
drugs our marriages are being
destroyed, our children are being
abused and exploited, our senior cit
izens are being held hostage in their
homes, and our future as a people
is being seriously jeopardized."
Mr. Malloy joins Diana
Williams-Cotton, who plans to run
as a Republican, in the bid for the
North Ward seat.
Having spent a considerable
portion of his life in Winston
Salem, Mr. Malloy said he has seen
"tremendous" social and economic
growth in the Northern section of
the city. However, he said, drug use
and alcoholism, unemployment and
teenage pregnancy have tended "to
cloud the otherwise positive fore
cast of this ward."
"My candidacy will not stand
idly by and watch the city continue
to turn a deaf ear to the obvious
need for meaningful job training
programs for masses of African
Americans and dispossessed white
citizens who, out of a feeling of
hopelessness, turn to substance
abuse or other criminal behavior,"
Mr. Malloy said.
Youth and the problems con
fronting them will receive a high
priority in his campaign, Mr. Mal
loy said.
He lives at 622 W. 14th Street,
graduated from Atkins High School
and spent a little over two years at
Winston-Salem State University.
Mr. Malloy is a scout master with
Kimberly Park Boy Scout Troop
#927. He is president of Poke-Easy
Club, an organization which allows
social and cultural enrichment for
physically and mentally disabled
individuals. He is also a member of
f
the Board of Directors of the Bill
Kiser Memorial Equipment Fund
and of the Housing Now Commit
tee.
"Once elected to the Board of
Aldermen, I intend to select a Ward
Advisory Council that will maxi
mize input from all ward residents
by advising me on problems and
suggest(ing) solutions," Mr. Malloy
said. "I am intelligent enough to
know that I do not hold all of the
answers confronting us, but I do
know, with the help of this commu
nity, working together we will make
a change."