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Breaking Bread Crisis Control Ministries celebrates 20 years of volunteer services In the city. 9 9 \ PAGE A8 Hot Hoop Action Men's senior league basketball champi onship aan*A i?* ? F I Ml ,.NT> >1IK ' tK Winston-Salem ,1 )AI U .Y1H N i I W v- -'71111 *( K"0'1 11 J THURSDAY. JULY 1. 1993 t (itK \ nothing u /(honf </ struggle." ? Frederick Douglass VOL XIX No n Newell Won't Seek Re-Election A "/'ve /ia<i a wonderful ride. It's been challenging and I've enjoyed it." By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS if i f. * " ? ? ? L/f tWK II JBOilOf Virginia K. Newell, an East Ward alderman for 16 years, will not seek re-election in the city's fall elections, the Chronicle has learned. * "I've had a wonderful ride," Newell said yesterday in an inter view. "It's been challenging and I've enjoyed it. I still have a lot of energy. I'm going to do what I've been doing ? hopefully doing it a little better since 111 have a little move time." Newell told the Chronicle of her decision two days before the fil ing period for the fall elections, which begins Friday. Newell, who is the retired chairperson of the Department of Mathematics at Winston-Salem State University and is currently a private real estate agent, did not cite any particular reason for not seeking her fifth consecutive term. "I thought about it, and Use thing that would cause me to make Pleas* set page A3 Virginia NtwfB NEWS WEEK mannas C7 Classifieds B12 Community News A4 Editorials A12 Ectbstamment CI Ohiva?jbs BIO Rbjoon V?9 SfORTS B1 L W^ v17 Pictured are the contestants for the 1993 Miss America beauty pageant One of these young ladies will bo selected the 1993 Jib* Black America in Indianapolis on Sunday . The finalists posed tm Brijjd***, Barbados, during a baithing suit rehearsqL They toured several VS. cities ' and spent about a week on the tropical Carrtbean island. Girl Hurt in Wreck; Rental Owner Cited in Complaint ? Complaint filed against Doby's Auto Rental By MARK R. MOSS Chronicle Stoff Writer This is a story about adding insult to injury ? literally. A woman was clinging to life in the intensive-care unit at Baptist Hospital after wrecking a rental car last week. The owner of the rental agency ? according to the wom an's relatives ? angry that his car had been damaged, used inflammatory language and told her sister "I don't give a damn if she dies." The incident has prompted the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to look into the matter. The victim is black; the person allegedly making the state ments is white. William Tatum, local chapter president, said he would lodge a complaint with the city's Human Relations Commission and at City Hall against Doby's Auto Rental at 141 N. Broad St "I'm not going to let anything like this go/ said Tatum, without something being done. Please see page A1S % Court Ruling Called Setback ? Blacks say Voting Rights Act threatened . By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS ChromcU Managing BdjMf Several local mrf ?**t? potitjdans ? but cautious about this week's Supreme Court ruling that in effect has thrown into confusion the for applying the Voting Rights Act In a 5-4 ruling Monday, the high court said a North Carolina redisricting pU? "bean sn uncomfort able resemblance to political apartheid" The Justices ordered a tower couit to hear an appeal by white voters who said the state's congressional districts amounted ID "racial gerrymandering.0 Area politicians and civil rights groups were quick to criticize the ruling, saying the court appeared Pkas* mi paft A3 Perks Raise Ethics Query A Most police officers widely accept gratuities By MARK R. MOSS Chromic U Staff Writer They place their lives in danger everyday. Their social lives suffer because of rotating work shifts. And it's widely believed that due to stress and tension asso ciated with being a police officer, they have perhaps the highest divorce rate of any other profession. There are perks, however, that come with being a police officer. But what has come under scrutiny is whether these gratuities are a violation of departmental policy. Mike Sarsour, who runs Minit Mark on North lib erty Street, said that when Winston-Salem police offi* Pleas* i## pagt A9 Jasper Brown (lift) was one of dozens of chefs who. prepared their favorite dishes at the 100 Men Who Cook benefit for UNCF Saturday, ? TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 919-722-8624
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