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75 CENTS ? MAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR B ? PAGES THIS WEEK Rallying Support There's work to be done before CIAA comes to town. ?? -v ? > ,r> True Believer Doctor says in new book that prayer is the ultimate healer. Winston-Salem Chronicle rHURSOAY, MARCH 4, 1993 "Power concedes nothing without a struggle ? Frederick Douglas VOL. XIX, No. 27 N*a*t*i*o*n*a*l NEWS and argued WHERE TO FIND IT Business B7 Classifieds B15 Community News : A5 Deaths BIO Eoitohiau A 1 3 Entehtaivmevt .a Bft Reugion B9 Sports B1 This Want In Black Huron On MarchS, 1770, Crisp** Attacks was the first of five persons killed 4ft the Boston Massacre, Some historians have called him first martyr of the American Revolution. ? HRC Probes Racial Complaint By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Managing Editor A black, southeastern North Carolina businessman has contacted the state Human Relations Commission in Raleigh in the initial step to filing a discrimination law suit against Household Finance Corp. Kermit W. Newman, 65, of Clinton, claims that he was denied in his attempt to purchase a house last year in Kenansville because he is black. The house was sold to a white man: Newman owns a barbershop, beauty salon and a restaurant in Fayetteville and a barbershop in Clinton. He said he also owns rental properties in Clinton. . Daniel Addison, assistant director of the commis sion, said commission officials are gathering informa tion from Newman in order to lodge a formal com plaint. "He has contacted us and right now we're in the process of interviewing him and getting the information down on paper so that it can formally be filed as a com plaint," Addison said by telephone this week from Raleigh. "We then will conduct an investigation to deter mine whether a violation has occurred and we'll try to resolve it in some way that's satisfactory to both parties." New man said he was contacted by George and Mae Ammons of Kenansville after they had lost their home to foreclosure. "They told me that they had lost their house and that I could buy it." he said. He said the house sold for S79.900 and that he sent a S500 check to Blue Ribbon Realty of Jacksonville. He said fhe house has been appraised at $164,000. That was all they required to be put down" he said. "I went and looked at it and a few days later, I went to bid on it. It wasn't (the, case of) the highest bidder, because they had a set price on it. So I went for it." Newman said the cfoeck he used for a down payment was- returned in the mail about two weeks later. "When they sent the check back , they just said they sold it," he said. "They didn't say why." Please see page A3 Kermit W. Newman Thriller: VU Wins CIAA A Central Fails tQ Bring Title South By Langslon Wertz Jr. Special to the Chronicle RICHMOND , VA~ History really looks to be repeating itself. It was four years ago that N.C. Central last began its season 17-0 and it was four years years ago that the Eagles were denied the C1AA championship game by Virginia Union. And yes, it was four years ago, that N.C. Central won itself a NCAA Division II championship. This season, the Eagles (24-3) were unbeaten until their 17th game against Johnson C. Smith, and after Saturday's 67-61 CIA A championship loss here to Virginia Union ? this does sound really familiar now, huh? ? North Carolina Central will now turn its attention to NCAA South Atlantic Regionals March 12-13 in Fayetteville. But after losing for the second time this season to Virginia Union, now ranked No. 1 in The Sheridan Poll of Black Colleges and No. 3 in all of Division II, Eagles Coach Greg Jackson, teary-eyed, expressed little concern about upcoming playoff bids or potcn All he could think of was the chance his team had lost. Nortti Carolina Central has won two of these CIAA championships, but they were in 1946 and 1950. North Carolina Central wasn't even called N.C. Central then. It was just called N.C. College. And last Sat urday, Jackson, a former CIAA player of the year at St. Paul's who never played at this tournament - had a chance to win it. Though, his team had to abandon its slowdown tactics after going into halftime trailing 33-22, the Eagles played furiously in the second half, Please see page A1S Virginia Union's Reggie Jones (33) shoots over outstretched hands of NCCV players. WSSU Coach Clarence "Bighouse" Gaines (center) and his wife , Clara , accept acco lades from St. Augustine Athletic Director , Harvey Heartley during CIAA Tourney. Speas ? Loses Out On Job By MARK R MOSS Chronicle Staff Writer Diane Campbell, whose appointment in December as acting chief of Forsyth County Juvenile Services created a controversy, has been named to the position on a permanent basis. Campbell was named to the position- last week, beating out David Speas, a 17-year veteran in the department, for the title. She will make $46,327 a year. "Naturally, I'm frustrated, because 1 thought 1 was qualified," Speas said. "You to school and work hard and try to elevate your self and then you come up short. I still helievc 1 deserve the job." Speas, a senior staff member with a master's degree in guidance counseling from North C arolina A&T State University, earns $32,195 a year. Speas is black; Campbell is white. Besides serving as the depart ment's chief administrator, Camp bell's responsibilities include hiring and evaluating juvenile court coun selors and ensuring that the pro gram meets the standards set by state statutes. ^Thomas A. Uanek, state administrator of Jflv e nilc SemcesT informed workers in the* depart ment last week via a memorandum of Campbell's appointment. Campbell, who was supervisor of Juvenile Services in High Point before Danek transferred her to Winston-Salem, could not be F lease see page A3 '.jrnm B ' Chamber Embraces Gala; j Helps Accommodate Fans 1 By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Managing Editor The Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce said the response to its hotel-registration booth at the Richmond (Va.) Civic Center during last week's CIAA Tournament was fantastic. "The response was tremendous," said Sandy Harjes, director of con vention services at the chan.ber. "We didn't really know going up there what we would expect. But the peo ple were so appreciative of us being there. They were able to learn some thing about hotels we have here, and I think we relieved some of their appre hension about whether there would be any place for them to stay." Some 9(X) rooms were processed at the booth during the four-day tour nament. That number represents over 3,400 room nights and 2,500 fans. The number does not include 14 hotels that have been set aside for the 14 member institutions of the confer ence and the three hotels that will be headquarters of the Central Intercolle giate Athletic Association. Those rep resent 1,500 rooms and nearly 4,000 fans or participants. Please see page A3 Emma Manner of Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce (left) helps fnns secure hotel rooms for next year's game at Ixiwrence Joel Coliseum. TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 919-722-8624 ? I
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