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VOL XX No 10
Winston-Salem Chronicle
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Man Stabbed to Death; Girlfriend Charged
L Thirty -third homocide this year ties city record
By MARK R. MOSS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Frederick Melvin Green and Darlene Jamilah
Elhaija had a tumultous relationship during the
few months they lived together at Lakeside
Apartments.
Over the weekend that tumult turned deadly.
Green, 31, became the city's thirty-third
homicide victim this year when he was stabbed to
death, allegedly by Elhaija, 40, about 2 a.m. Sat
urday.
Police Capt. Linda P. Davis said Green was
found lying in the 200 block of East Drive with a
stab wound in his chest. He was taken to Baptist
Hospital where he was dead on arrival. Green and
his girlfriend had been arguing and the argument
turned violent, Davis said. Elhaija allegedly
stabbed him with a kitchen knife, which has been
recovered, Davis said.
Elhaija of 1 16 Kellum Place in Lakeside was
arrested and charged with murder after she was
found walking along Harrington Circle shortly
after the incident, Davis said. Harrington Circle is
about a block south of where Green was found.
Elhaija is being held without bail at the Forsyth
County Jail.
Neighbors who lived near Elhaija and who
said that she and Green were living together said
they had shared an apartment several months. But
that was long enough for the couple to establish a
reputation for serious squabbling.
"They were all right, but they fought a lot,"
said Marie Braddy, who lived around the comer
on Kellum Place.
Braddy said that Elhaija had a "pleasant atti
tude" and was a "real nice person." Green, she
said, "kept to hisself' and "was a regular guy."
She never heard of him getting in trouble, she
said.
Both she and Miranda Fleming, who lives
across the street from the couple's apartment, said
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Larry Womble, the ousted alderman of the Soutneast ward, remained
upbeat after his loss to political newcomer Robert Wayne Nordlander this week
and said he still looks forward to a strong political future.
"I have always tried to articulate the issues facing the community and noth
ing else," said Womble, who had won three straight seats to the board of alder
man. "We're going to continue to stand up and tell the truth."
Womble, a Democrat, was the only incumbent to lose in Tuesday's election.
His loss leaves only three African Americans on the city's board of aldennen.
Also, the Democrats have lost majority status; the makeup now is four Democ
rats and four Republicans. Mayor Martha S. Wood, who won re-electioti, is a
Democrat
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Nelson L. M alloy Jr. ( seated ) who won re-election to second term in North Ward casts
ballot Tuesday at MLK Recreation Center. Jeff Morris , a poll worker , assists.
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This Week In Black History
On November 3, 1979 Klansmen fired on an anU Klan rally m
Greensboro. N.C. and killed five persons.
USAir Tells Workers Jobs Have Been Gut
? Airline begins notifying 500 employees that their jobs will be eliminated
CHARLOTTE (AP) ? USAir has begun notifying
495 of its customer-service employees in Charlotte that
their full-time jobs are being eliminated.
That represents about 6.6 percent of the airline's
total work force in Charlotte. It also represents almost
40 percent of the customer-service workers USAir is
laying off nationwide as part of it latest effort to over
come years of financial losses.
Some employees will be able to stay with USAir
by bidcfing for openings in other cities, or accepting
part-time work in Charlotte. Just who ends up staying
or going will not be settled until February, spokesman
David Shipley said Monday.
All of the affected employees are baggage han
dlers, ticket and passenger service agents and catering
workers.
(In Winston-Salem, where a large number of
US Air employees are located, 21 full-time customer
service representatvies will lose their jobs between now
and February, Shipley said. He dispelled rumors that
In Winston-Salem, some cus
tomer-service representatives will
lose their jobs.
employees will face a 15 percent paycut.)
The airline announced in September that it would
eliminate 1,800 of those jobs throughout its system,
starting in November. About 525 people elected to take
early-retirement incentives, lowering the number of lay
offs to 1,275.
USAir will nearly quadruple its complement of
part-time workers by adding 332 positions at Charlotte -
Douglas International Airport. Displaced full-time
employees will be able to bid for those new jobs, on the
basis of seniority. Employees who lose their jobs alto
gether will get one week of severance pay for each year
of service, up to 15 weeks. They will retain recall
rights, even if they accept severance pay, Shipley said.
USAir has said it needs to shift to part-time work
at its hubs to cut costs and better match its staffing to
the peaks and valleys of hub scheduling.
Chronicle staff writer David L. Dillard con
tributed to this report.
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