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VOL. XVIII, NO. 14
Agency calls for Gray's resignation
Chronicle Wire Report
A national body of the United Church of Christ has
called for the resignation of President Bush's counsel,
C. Boyden Gray. A native of Winston-Salem, Gray is
the son of'Gordon Gray, who at one time owned the
Winston-Salem Journal, WXII TV 12, and WSJS radio.
Boyden Gray is the former chairman of the board of
Summit Cable, which is still owned by the Gray fami
iy
The call for Gray's resignation came last week in a
resolution passed by the 17-member directorate of the
United Church of Christ's Office for Church in Society,
meeting at the denomination's central offices in Cleve
land.
The resolution cited Gray's attempt "to mount a
new attack on affirmative action" even as Bush pre
pared for his Nov. 21 signing of the Civil Rights Act of
1991. ^
The resolution referred to a presidential directive,
drafted by Gray and made public last week, that would
have ended the use of preferences for minorities and
women in federal hiring. When the directive brought
criticism from members of Congress and civil rights
leaders on Nov. 21, Bush rescinded the directive that
day. ,
"While we celebrate the signing of the Civil Rights
Act of 1991," the resolution said, "we are deeply dis
turbed that the signing ceremony almost became the
occasion for a new ^presidential directive negating the
cornerstone of affirmative action enforcement"
The resolution also blamed Gray "for leading the
charge to label the Civil Rights Act of 1991 a 'quota
bHl,'" for "doing everything in his power to block any
compromise on that bill over the past two years" and
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ON THE
AVANT-GARDE
By 1'ANG NIVHI
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James Walthour chaired the American Legion's Thanksgiving basket committee, which included Martha Jones, Paui Ferguson, Earl Miller, Carrie Richard
son, Favella Whisonant, Clarence Simington, William Wright, Southern Prysock, Melvin Beatty, Lester Witherspoon, Junius Walker, and Lawson B. Nichols.
Continue our blessings
American Legion lends a hand
By SHERIDAN HILL
Chronide Staff Writer
November breezes rippled the stars and stripes fly
ing over American Legion Post #220 on Liberty Street
as veterans carried overflowing Thanksgiving boxes to
their cars. Once all the boxes were carefully loaded,
cars pulled out of the gravel parking lot and headed for
fifty homes across Winston-Salem to assure a whole
some Thanksgiving meal. Each box was filled with the
makings of a sumptuous dinner: chicken, dressing, rice,
col lard greens, candied yams, white potatoes, poaches
and dinner rolls. A stock of staples was also included:
eggs, margarine, flour, corn meal and grits.
"1 really do appreciate it very much," said Mary
Hinson, who received her box Tuesday. "I'm 84 years
old. I've got a heart condition, and arthritis, but with all
the aches and pains, I'm just glad I'm here."
On Thanksgiving, it's good to listen to people like
Ms. Hinson and Mary Frazier, 70. People who take
time to count their blessings. Ms. Frazier has been
receiving American Legion Thanksgiving boxes for 13
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Clayton kicks off
historical campaign
Would be state's first black
since reconstruction period
Chronicle Wire Report
When Eva M. Clayton of War
ren county steps up to the micro
phone to announce her candidacy
for the ncwly-crcated First Congres
sional District on December 3, she
will set into motion events that
could make history. She could
become the first minority since
Reconstruction to represent North
Carolina in the United States
Congress. Ironically, the state's first
black in Congress was also from
Warren County. John Hyman served
from 1875-1877.
In a whirlwind tour that sweeps
the First District from Elizabeth City
to Durham and culminates in Hen
derson, Clayton will set the pace for
what promises to be a htnly-contest
ed race. The Clayton campaign will
meet citizens of Durham on^thc
County Courthouse steps at 5 p.m.,
then take off for a gala celebration at
the civic center on the campus of
Vance-Granville Community Col
lege, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Eva Clayton's campaign will
not be politics as usual. The First
District is one of great diversity and
strengths/ she says. "In addition to
being blessed with great universities
and colleges, small businesses,
manufacturing giants and the finest
family farms, we also face great
challenges in our high rates of
unemployment, substandard hous
ing crime."
Clayton adds, "I jffarTTo build a
broad-based coalition of citizens
who can make a difference, and 1
can do that by being a rcprcscnta
Eva M. Clayton
live who is accessible, and who
offers straight answers to tough
questions."
Clayton, a 57-year-old Warren
County Commissioner and presi
dent of her own small business,
points to her leadership through
almost three dccades of public ser
vice as the primary reason she
believes she can serve residents of
the District well in Washington,
D.C. Her experience covers the
gamut of tocal, regional, state and
national enterprises.
Committee
wrestles with
school discipline
How to involve black men?
By SHERIDAN HILL
Chronicle Staff Writer '
Last week when a sub-group of the Discipline
Alternatives Committee met, much of their time was
spent raising questions. Now that the school board has
banned corporal punishment, this group is charged with
recommending an alternative discipline program for
children with severe discipline problems. They must
decide how to handle children who would have been
paddled.
Principals say hands off
One issue in question is the idea of a system-wide
approach to discipline. At a recent meeting, many
members openly complained that every school uses a
different discipline approach, and different approaches
are used within the same school. But last week's meet
ing began with the news that principals do not want the
central administration to give them a directive on disci
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