Whites
Thomas P. Polke, Johnson
Products' chief financial officer,
disagreed with the ponton that the
consolidation and demise of black
owned cosmetic-care companies
hadbegun.
This u something that i^
going lo benefit our customers, 01
community," Polke said. This is
really viewed as a milestone."
M1 think to try to resurrect
some black-white issue is unfair,"
Polke mid.
J. Lance Clarice, senior vice
president and general manager of
Fashion Fair Cosmetics, calkd the
Johnson Products sale Msad because
you've got black businesses out
there and you want them to suc
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Fashion Fair was created by
John H. Johnson, owner of Johnson
Publishing Co., parent of Ebony
and Jet magazines, who had tried to
get mtiak cosmetic companies to
advertise in his magazines 20 years
ago.
"Mr. f oh*? wanted ?Mtn
Lander and Revlon to advertise in
Ebony. They said they didn't need
lo,' ' Clarke said. Fashion Fair is
now a nugor player with shelf space
in Macy's, DiQsrds, May Co. stores
snd Dayton Hndapn stores.
But Earl Graves, owner of
Black Bmeipriso magazine, said the
Johnson Products sale is positive
for Mack business.
"That means we're going to
acquire as well as be acquired," he
said.
"it's a healthy part of being in
' mainstream America."
t Jones found another negative
' aspect to black firms being acquired
by white owners. Top black talent,
reaching concrete and glass ceilings
in coiporate America, had a chance
to flourish within black-owned
companies. They may lose that
opportunity, he said.
Moreover, black companies
tend to use black suppliers, who
generally will lose out in consolida
tions ? if not specifically ai John
son Products, he said. r - -
Jones pointed to himself as
an example of someone who bene
fited from black ownership of busi
nesses: He was a vice president at
Johnson Products and also at John
son Publishing and used that entre
preneurial experience to form his
own company.
"It's a lost opportunity,"
Jones said.
Ivax chairman Phillip Frost
said Johnson Products will continue
to be run by its co-founder and
chairwoman, Joan Johnson, and its
employees will stay on.
"We've made a specific com
mitment to continue" the company
as is, he said.
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Dudley Products Inc. in Kernenvill t
Johnson Products and Flori Roberts
acquisitions for "greater profitabil
ity."
"We just think that's a good
area for growth both domestically
and internationally," he said.
Already, Frost said, Flori
Roberts is sold in South Africa, and
"we think almost all of the African
consent is ? for our prod?
Dudley Products Inc. of Kein
ersville is one of the country's
largest black hair-care companies,
with a sprawling cosmetology
school off lnterstate-40. Owner Joe
Dudley Sr. could not be reached for
comment
Rescue
home. It has eyes on a dwelling
much larger than the cunent build
ing. If the mission is fruitful, the
structure will be sble to house the
squad's three rescue vehicles and
will allow memben to iiold meet
ings without having to borrow
space elsewhere.
Crawford explained that "Air 4
King" refers to the hobby that wasf
the reason for the group's forma- .
? tion: they were citizens band
(CBers) operators. Eventually, the
group realized that with its access
to the airwaves they could help peo
, ftp. Jhew were ti(r?ej,wlK.n
used weir own vehicles apd their
'? Wft gfcfc money* Ib^rfitiwer'clrtW;*
Crawford said.
Crawford, whose tenure with
the squad is as long as Glenn's, said
there was also a time when they
made emergency calls in a used
hearse.
The North Carolina Office of
Emergency Medical Services
granted the squad its charter in
1970, and in 1981 the squad
adopted its cdritnt name. In 1982,
it began receiving funding from thdj
United Way of Forsyth County^
Last year's operating budget was
$36,000, Qawford said.
Last year, the squad responded
to 2,500emergency calls dis
patched through 911. It hopes to
respond to even more this year, if it
grants.
Although the squad can
respond to any call anywhere, its
main territory is Bast Winston,
southeast Winston-Salem and the
Happy Hill Gardens community.
"Our members have seen as
much action as members in the
Forsyth squad," said Glenn, refer
ring, to the Forsyth County Emer
gency Medical Sendee.,..
' members in. the South
east squad have been trained as
emergency medical technicians.
Glenn, who is a machine oper
ator in Thomas ville, said his most
memorable emergency call came
the fitst time he resuscitated some
one. To see the person's eyes open
and to stan breathing again, he stud,
"really freaked me out"
" ,
He recalled one woman who
had had a heart attack while playing
bingo. Glenn performed CPR on the
woman, and later at the hospital she
Gops Threaten Hunt Witness
Reynolds testified in Forsyth
Soperiour Court on Tuesday that in
the fall of 1989 he was visited by
two police officers who threatened
: lo revoke his probation if he testi
fied for Hunt
1 was afraid of what the police
might do to me,* Reynolds said.
"They said if \ testified for Hunt, I
would gel my probation revoked."
The offices came to his home,
Reynolds testified, and one said:
"You ain't going downtown to tes
- tify are you? Yon know the damn
nigger is guilty anyway."
Reynolds' testimony on Tues
day was opposite what he said Mon
day, when he testified that he had
no information regarding the case
and made up the sworn statements
that are in an affidavit
He told state Judge Metzer
Morgan Jr. that his life and the well
being of his family would be in dan
ger if he testified on Hunt's behalf.
Hunt, 28, is seeking a third trial
in the 1984 death of Deborah B.
Sykes, a 25-year-old journalist with
the now-defunct Winston-Salem
Sentinel. His 1985 conviction was
overturned, and he was again con
victed in 1990. Hunt could be
granted yet a third trial based on tes
timony by key witnesses, including
Reynolds, who were not allowed to
testify at his second trial Those wit
nesses, they argue, would have said
thai it was Johnny Gray, not Hunt,
who killed Sykes.
(Ami's supporters have said that
prosecutuis withheld evidence that
would have cleared Hunt ? that he
was "railroaded" because he is black
and the victim was white.
After moments of denial and
refusal to answer questions pertain
ing to his testimony, Morgan
ordered Reynolds to say what made
him refute his previous statements
at the last moment
"I had a phone call, and he told
me not to testify for Darryl Hunt,"
Reynolds said. "He said, 'SOB if
you testify for Darryl Hunt, 111 kill
you and your whole family.' "
Reynolds said he didn't know
who called Mm, but said the tall
came during Monday's lunch break
immediately before he took the wit
ness stand that afternoon.
Reynolds, a former cellmate
and confidant of Gray in 1985, sur
prised the defense attorneys on
Monday when he testified that his
statements given to a private inves
tigator were "mostly fabricated."
After learning about the death
threat, Morgan allowed the defense
to re-question Reynolds, who then
admitted that the statements were
true.
Reynold's affidavit, dated Jan.
7, 1993, said Gray had "big blood
stains on his clothes.41 He said he
criticized Gray for allowing Hunt to
be charged with the morder and
Gray told him "better him than me."
Reynolds on Tuesday admitted
that he had discussed the Sykes
murder with Gray.
"He came to my house and
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there was a lot of blood on him. I
asked him about the blood, and he
said he got in to a fight on West End
Boulevard. I said there was a girl
killed on West End Boulevard/
Reynolds said. "I asked him if he
had anything to do with the murder
of Sykes. He said 'Donrt worry
about it' and laughed."
Reynolds said Gray showed
him a pin knife while talking about
the murder, but he never admitted to
killing Sykes. Sykes was raped and
stabbed to death.
"He never confessed the mur
der to me," he said. "He might have
hinted around to it, but he never
came out and said he killed her."
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Rescue squad volunteers share a light moment
asked him if could he take her back -I know we don't save lives,"
to the game. Glenn said, "God just gives us the
"She told me she was win- ability to give a person another
ning," he said, laughing. . chance." w /\ *
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Ex-Worker from page A1
to carry out her job responsibilities, Robinson said she backed up the
woman.
"I was on the side of right," said Robinson.
It turned out to be the wrong side of Maloney, she said. Robin
son, who was once president of the Winston-Salem Association of
Insurance Women, said her responsibilities were taken away and
given to a "younger white woman" ? a friend of Maloney's.
She said she was given "back-up jobs" to fill when workers
went on vacation.
"It was demeaning, stressful. ... I went from doing 160 hours of
work a month to 25 hours," she said.
Integon didn't cut her salary, she said.
Last June, she filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employ
ment Opportunity Commission, which found no evidence that her
civil rights statutes had been violated.
She then found an attorney, she said, but days before the 90-day
timeframe established by the EEOC to file suit, he reneged. Robin
son hurried 10 Greensboro and filed hei handwritten brief with the
U.S. District Court on the last day of the deadline.
The case is in "discovery" now - a process, she explained,
where both parties reveal their witnesses and the information that
will be used in court when the case comes to trial on August 14.
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