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Top Ladles of Distinction award scholar ships to 1993 Top Teen king and queen. PAGE A12 Men's League More Winston Lake Family YMCA Men's League action Inside. PAQE B3 Winston-Salem Chronicle THURSDAY, J! 1993 'Power concedes nothing, without a struggle " ? Frederick Douglass VOL XIXf No. 40 Police Officer Kills Man During Scuffle A Witness: "He didn't have to kill him. " By MARK R. MOSS CVwiicfrStoffWifcf A 26-year-old Winston-Salem man shot dead by a city police officer Tuesday afternoon was trying to ' break up a fight between the officer and another man at Cleveland Avenue Homes, witnesses said. During a scuffle with the victim, the officer shot himself m the thigh and shot Daron Lamont Bines in the right Side, authorities said. Bines, of 2700 Raleigh Ave., was dead on arrival at Baptist Hospital, a hospital spokesman said. Officer &F. Piscitelli Jr., 28, a four-year veteran, was listed in guarded but alert condition yesterday at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Piscitelli was in the area to investigate a report of shots being fired when he saw another man throw a bicycle through the window of a police car. Piscitelli and the roan began fighting, and Bines tried to break it up, witnesses said. The man escaped and Piscitelli ran alter him with Bines joining the chase. Witnesses said they thought Piscitelli became frightened when surrounded by several on-lookers who had gathered in the 1100 block of East 18th Street. "He didn't have to shoot him," said Ronald Scales, of 1104 E.I8U1 St, who witnessed the incident. "The cop was just scared. "It was a matter of a friend trying to help a friend and the friend ends up getting hurt" Scales, whose home overlooks the street where the incident unfolded, said that he watched from his bed room window as a man took a child's bike and shattered the window of an unattended police car. Piscitelli, dri ving east on 18th Street around 4:45 p.m., spotted the incident and jumped out of his car, Scales said. . Scales said the officer and the man began fighting. The officer started spraying pepper gas, and the man? tried to get inside the home of Bines* sister, Scales said. Bines, who was outside, tried to break up the fight, he said, but the man ran next door and tried to get into the Scales' home. Scales said his mother locked the door, and the man then took off for the backyard, with the officer and Bines in pursuit Scales said he went to the back door of his home and from that vantage-point watched what followed. About 25 to 30 people had gathered to watch the melee, Scales said, and the officer swung his billy club wildly to keep the spectators away. The officer continued spraying the chemical, Scales said. "He was just skitting everybody in sight," Scales said. By now, the man had eluded the officer, leaving behind the officer and Bines, who were still fighting, Scales said. According to a police statement. Bines struck Piscitelli several times on the head and tried to take his ? service revolver. The officer drew his weapon. Scales said, then he heard a shot and the officer hollered. Three seconds later, the gun went off again and Bines went down, Scales said. After the shots were fired, the officer fell on top of Bines, exhausted, Scales said. the scene. % "It wasn't no accident," said Bines' mother, Doris Bines, who stood in the front yard of her daughter's home at 1 106 E. 18th St. The man who threw the bike through the patrol car's window was still at large as of yesterday after noon. N*a*t*i*o*n*a*l NEWS f. WHERE TO FIND JT I Business Classifieds Community News Editorials Entertainment ... Obttuaixbs Relkbon Sporrs .BIO .B14 ..A4 .A12 .BU .B13 .B12 ...Bl Lee breaks racial barrier at previously all-white Forsyth County Club. Forsyth Country Club Gets 1st Black Member ? Chandler Lee joined Forsyth last week By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Managing Editor Chandler Lee, owner of Classic Cadil lac-GMC Truck Inc. on North Point Boule vard, has become the first African Ameri can to join the Forsyth Country Club. ? ? bee confirmed on Monday that he offi cially became a member of the country club last week. Lee, however, refused to be interviewed for this article. Earlier this year, another African American had been asked to join the club, but has yet to do so. A1 Spain, national fleet manager of Flow automotive companies, said he was asked about three months ago to consider joining. He said it is significant that Forsyth Country Club has accepted its first black member. "I hate to say it, but it's something that should have been done years ago," Spain said. "I think it's a great move not only for the club, but for the city, to say that Forsyth Country Gub has black members. - "I think the statement it makes is that we as citizens are trying to open all avenues; that we will not have any doors closed to African-American people; (that) any avenue you look into in Winston Salem, you'll see that African Americans are being included in the mainstream," he said. The Forsyth Country Club was one of those avenues." Spain said he is still pondering whether to join. "I'm still considering it. I haven't made my mind up on whether it's something 1 want to get involved with," he said. "I was flattered that they were even considering Please see page A3 Two Area Businesses Among BE's Top 100 A Classic Cadillac, Dudley Products continue to thrive By DAVID L DILLARD Chronic U Stiff Writer Two black-owned area businesses have been cited by Black Enterprise magazine as companies that flourished in 1992, despite an overall slow economy nationwide. Classic Cadillac-GMC Truck Inc. of Winston-Salem and Dudley Products Inc. of Kernersville were among the Black Enterprise 100s, which lists the 100 top black-owned businesses in the nation. Classic Cadillac, located on North Point Boulevard, ranked No. 91 among auto dealers, marking the third time in six years the company has ranked among the top black-owned businesses in the country. Dudley Products, manufac turer of beauty products since 1968, ranked 48th among indus trial and service companies, grossing $30 million in sales. Classic Cadillac's owner, Chandler Lee, previously made the Black Enterprise Top 100s Joseph Dudley list in 1988 and 1989 with his I former dealership, Chandler Lee Motors. When Lee took over Classic Cadillac-GMC Truck 19 months ago, it was completely bankrupt with no employees and no cars. He now has 38 employees and sales of $14.7 million annually. "I take care of my cus tomers, hire the right employ ees, and get actively involved in Please see page A3 Poitier to be Honored at Black Theater Festival A Other notable celebrities to be at annual theatre event By MARK R. MOSS ChronicU Staff Writer Sidney Poitier, an Oscar winning actor and one of the most recognized faces in televi sion during the 1960s and 1970s, will receive the Living Legend Award at the National Black Theatre Festival in August Poitier, who is honorary chairman of the festival, will receive the award from enter Sidney Poitier taincrs Delia Reese and Harry Belafonte, who are co-chairman. Organizers of the event made the announcement yester day to kick off the 1993 festival, which runs from Aug. 2-7. The festival, which was held here in 1989 and 1991, includes a Who's Who of black television and screen actors. Dick Anthony Williams and Hattie Winston, both of ABC-TV's "Home front, " attended the Tuesday afternoon kick-off at Winston Square Park. Other notables who are expected to be at the festival include: Gregory Hines Phylicia Rashad, Richarc Roundtree, John Amos, A1 Free man Jr., Ella Joyce, Broct Peters, Robert Guillaume an< Please see page A3 ? TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 91 9-722-8624 m M
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