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Vol. n, No. 41
Victim'
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Mrs; Wilson
. . Murder Victim
Russell Raps
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by James Smith
Staff Writer
"The court system puts
more value on the lives of
whites than they do blacks,
and therefore I say there; is no
justice for black people."
Carl H. Russell, Sr., ?
alderman of the Northeast
Ward made those comments
during a recent Chronicle
interview.
"A life is a life, regardless
of color/' he stated.
Russell cited that recently
he was reading several stories
in a newspaper which clearly
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i i great importance to democr
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y delegates chosen from the
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|| delegates to July's Demo<
The angry reaction general
11 North Carolina delegation
women approved for at-la
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8 Life T
Grandmoth
Recounts '
by James Smith
Staff Writer
4 4My granddaughter
thought the man she married
was a beautiful sunflower, but
he turned out to be a strongs
cactus."
Mrs. Lucille Gentry of 314
W. 14th Street, said recently
in an intervir *r that her
Court System^
justice r c
showed what he was trying to
. say.
*'There was an incident
where a black woman was
killed and she was the mother
of three children. Her killer
only received two years. Then,
there was an incident where
three men robbed a white
bank and they received 15
years.
"A more recent incident
was where a black person
killed a white person and they
(court) were asking to give him
life imprisonment," he said.
He charged that criminal
justice now needs a thorough
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oman for the Women for g:
Tie inequities to women on jlj:
ssible to rectify at this late jj|
inues, "it is important to jji
voted on the floor and are of jjj
atic women to ensure thenm i|i
ty affairs." i|;
locratic Women's Caucus jjj
e small number of women jji
11 district conventions held
i were selected out of 46 j|j
:ratic National Convention.
ted by the imbalance in the ?!j
produced an additional 10
irge positions by the N.C. j i
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)N-SALEM, N.C. SATURDAY JU:
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Wilson, was killed for no
reason at all.
Mrs. Wilson, 23, of 535
Lunar Court was killed last
Friday with a high-powered
rifle while working at Gallos
Plastics Corp. on Vargrave
Street.
Charged with murder in her
>r Blacks9
review. 4tThe law needs to
become more rigid and it
should put more value on the
lives of a black person than it
now does/' he charged.
He also felt very strongly
ahnilt VirHpnpH rriminolc u;Ka
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are allowed after a few years
to come back out into society.
"For what-to commit another
?
murder?"
In an effort to get the court
system re-evaluated, he feels
the time has come for all
-blacks to get behind those
See No Justice, Page 24
WSSU Chj
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rians iuj
by James Smith
Staff Writer
Dr. Kenneth R. Williams,
chancellor of Winston-Salem
State University, announced
Wednesday during a meeting
of the Board of Trustees at the
university that he would retire
at the end of June, 1977.
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Dr. Williams explained tnat
he was making an early
announcement to allow for
ample time to set up and
execute the search procedure
for a new chancellor.
Dr. William Friday, president
of the University of North
Carolina, asked C. C. Ross,
chairman of the board at
WSSU to chair the search
committee.
The committee, which has
NE 12,1976
'Living
Voman
rried Life
death is her husband. Jimmie
Lee Wilson, 30, of the same
address. >
A spokesman for the
Winston-Salem Police Department
said Wilson entered the
front door of the printing and
decorating shop where she
worked and fired a shotgun
blast.
Cpl. S.H. Alridge of
Internal Affairs said the
31iuui 111^ uiwiuwiii was icjjuiied
to his office about 10:30
a.m., and shortly thereafter,
Wilson went to the police
department and turned himself
in.
Mrs. Wilson's grandmother
stated that Mrs. Wilson
married at a very early age
because she thought Wilson
was good. 14He turned her life
into a living hell," she said
remorsefully.
"She was molested by
Wilson's mother and him..
Sometimes she would run to
her mother's house to find
peace, however, he would
come there with a gun," she
said.
4'On May 3, he fired four
ancellor An
Retire in Ju
Dr. Kenneth R. Williams
not been appointed, will
consist of five members from
the board of trustees, four
faculty members, one student
body representative and the
president of the WinstonSalem
Alumni Association.
During an interview, Wil
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'Hell'
Mrs. Gentry
. . . 'Living Hell'
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i/Miivid iiiiv iivi iiiuiiivi a
house, three of the bullets
went outside and the other
struck her," she continued.
Cpl. Alridge said in an
interview that the couple had
been having domestic trouble.,
since September of last year.
Alridge said the first "time
the Police Department was
called in about their domestic
troubles was last September
19.
At the time of the call, Mrs.
Ella Mae Gentry, mother of
the deceased, called the
authorities and reported a
disturbance at her home. She
told officers that she and her
son-in-law had gotten into an
See Murder, Page 2
iterances
ne '77
liams explained that he has
been on the job for 15 years,
and that was long enough.
"And, I will be retirement age
by that time," he stated.
"No one should stay on a
job for too long," he
continued.
During his administration,
there has been much
improvement.
There have been at least
two new dormitories built, a
new college library, auditorium,
classroom buddings and
presently, there is some new
additions being made to the
gymnasium. Also, all of the
buildings which were there
when he came have been
renovated.
See Williams, Page 2