THURSDAY. MARCH 28. 1991 NEWS HOTLINE 723-8448 ? v ; ? * V.x f*. ' 30 PAGES THIS WEEK r.~ ? %. /* ' * . *?- -#? . *? ? . * . Robinson resigns bf RUDV Anderson and a life sustaining member of the organiza Cfrronlde Managing Editor , tion the last six years, made his views clear last week when he went before the school - ; The chairman of the local NAACP's board as it deliberated whether it would political action committee resigned Tuesday change the method of electing school board in protest over what he considers the NAAGP members. Board letting itself be used to promote racial The school board voted 6-3 to maintain conflict to hide a disastrous political strategy the current at-large partisan method of elect that. resulted in the election of an all-white ing board members. The NAACP has filed school board. suit against the school board to force district Vernon Robinson, a member of the board Please see page A1 3 ITW 7t '?? '? ??< " rjfr Ju^Jpetopped by FBI MM l^SibS BATON ROUGE. La. (AP) :v U.S. District Judge Robot Coltins likens his treatment by FBI * agents to something out of Hitler's Germany. Collins, indicted on federal bribery charges and scheduled to gel on trial in May, said Satur day that he believes Ms case is an example of a -K ftftAtfifll ftwaniraey tt> rffggfwtif hlfltk ^ Twas swpped on the street by the FBI because they had obtained a search warrant They took ? my -car away from me and brought me back to * ? 'nfflna ??? -'. ? ? v'i Mayor redraws districts ^BALTIMORE (AP) _ Mayor Kurt Schmoke on Saturdav sinned legislation that redraws bound aries for the six council districts, giving five of majorities. ?& a week of emotional rhetoric and intense negotiations. ? ' Schmoke had supported a plan that largely left -M* qoo to *c X* MllMkW ' ?? ?' ? ?- . ? v Former Laker files suit . LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Former Los Angeles fttfienr star iamaal Wilkes flled a $250,000 datot against the city, alleging he was stopped : by poUcc and handcuffed because he is black. The claim, if rejected, would set the stage (or a lawsuit against the Police Department, which f -A* ? WTlWwwpf^W ing of blade motorist; wwm face bleak years ahead WASHINGTON (AP> Rapid population growth and the explosion of AIDS cast a bleak shadow over the health of black African children, a government report said Thursday. As many as 10 million sub-Saha ran children under age 10 are expected to see one or both of their parents die during this decade, an*J infant and child death rates may rise by 50 percent in some countries, the report said. Malnutrition is the most impoitant contributor to early African child* hood deaths. Some 30 percent of children between 12 months and 23 months old are malnourished, said the report by Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan and Ronald Roskens, administrator of the Agency for International Development. Sullivan" and Roskens, at the request of President Bush, led a U.S. delegation on a trip to seven African countries in January. They visited Please seepage A11 Vernon Robinson says 'Thanks!' eaders outraged over assertions By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING the African-American community. Community News Editor ? HIf we're being used and we've been suc cessful in being used,.. .in advancing the News of the resignation of controversial cause of equality for the African- American figure Vernon Robinson from his chairman- community, then keep on using us,M said ship of the local NAACP's political action Southeast Ward Alderman Larry Womble committee March 26 because he feels the when he heard of Robinson's allegations, organization is being used "to promote racial Wombleu a lifetime member of the NAACP, conflict" drew almost unanimous support for the civil rights organization from leaders in Please see page A10 <-* ? -***? ... .? . ??? ' ? . v * * ' \ , " Thomas Winstead, mall manager, told me himself that engineers have told him that the buses are too heavy... Now, does that make any sense ?" "? ?? ? Arthur Kenner f- Photo by L B Speas Jr. The Winston-Salem Transit Authority has been trying for months to have a second stop on Route 18 at Hanes Mall but to no avail. Hanes Mall's refusal to allow second bus stop questioned By RUDY ANDERSON Chronicle Managing Editor Negotiations for a second bus stop at the new addition to Hanes Mall are at a stalemate because management at the mall refuses to allow the city TYansit Authority to put that stop at the new section at the mall. ^ Arthur Kejiner, assistant manager for operations with the Winston-Salem Transit Authority, said Friday that WSTA has had discussions with mall otticials about another bus stop. But Ken ncr said the answer he has received from those officials about why they won't allow another stop makes no sense to him. "Thomas Winstead, the manager of the mall, told me himself that engineers have told htm that the WSTA buses are too heavy for the new parking lot," Kenner said during a telephone inter view last week. "Now does that make any sense?" he asked. Winstead refused to elaborate on the subject during a phone interview Friday. He would only confirm that the matter has been discussed. "Other than that, I just don't have anything else to say about it," Winstead said. The Chronicle has learned that the owners of Hanes Mall, Jacobs, Visconsi and Visconsi, own a mall in Columbia, S.C. where similar problems occurred last year. Additionally, blacks boycotted Crabtr6e Valley Mall in Raleigh for the same problem of eliminating bus service. The black community speculated that the real reason was to cut down on the black traffic at Crabtree. Kenner said WSTA has been taking passengers to Hanes Mall since it opened 15 years ago. He said the bulk of the pas sengers riding the bus from the downtown area to the mall are African- American. And he said that passengers and employees at the mall have requested that a second stop be added at the Dil lard's entrance to the mall. Two bus routes serve riders bound for the mall. The routes Please see paae A 1 1 concerns at hearing equitable representation for African Americans in the community. **$0 By PATRICIA SMfTH-DEERtNG Community News Editor Getting public input on the task of redrawing North Carolina's con gressional and legislative districts was the focus of the Thursday, March 26, meeting with members of the State House Committees on Redis tricting. Nine residents of the approx imately 20 people in attendance in the Board of Aldermen's Room at City Hall expressed concerns that centered on establishing five districts in Forsyth County to allow "one air districting The requirement for redistricting came as a result of the 1990 U. S. Census which increased state dis tricts from 11 to 12. The 1991 North Carolina General Assembly is required by law to redraw the dis tricts from which all members of the State House of Representatives, the State Senate and North Carolina's members of the U. S. House of Rep resentatives are elected. If the Gener al Assembly finds that the State House, State Semite, or U, S, House districts contain inequalities that are legally permissible, then it must shift adjust the inequalities. Please see page A7 Rep. Warren "Pete" Oldham Rep. Annie B. Kennedy Rep. Michael Decker