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Raped
In City
by James Smith
,Staff Writer
Two young women, one of
whom was a juvenile, were
raped this past weekend in
two separate-incidentsr according
to police reports.
One of the young women,
who police officials would not
identify, said the girl, who
resided at 1630 N. Dunleith
Avenue, stated to officers that
she was forced into a vacant
house where she was raped.
Officers said the girl
identified the man as being
black, height about 6*1", iiT
his 30's, dark complexion. The
man was identified as wearing
a brown short sleeve shirt with
dark trousers.
In another incident, Ms.
Polly Ann Young of 2509
Urban Street, told officer J.M.
Gilmore that she had been
to the emergency room at
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the hospital about 11 p.m.
Saturday night.
The officer said Ms. Young
said that as she walked up
Waughtown Street past
Spoon's Bar, she observed
several black males standing
out front.
After she nassed the bar.
she stated she heard someone
running toward her from
behind.
As she turned toward him,
he grabbed her around the
neck and advised her that he
would kill her if she yelled, the
officer stated.
She then said the suspect
dragged" her into some nearby
' bushes and tore off her
clothes.
At this point, she was again
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would kill her if she moved.
She said the suspect then had
sexual relations with her.
After Ms. Young called
officers, she was shown
several pictures where she
identified the rapist as Melvin
Eugene Crosby.
He was later arrested in the
100 block of Waughtown
Street.
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Miss Angela Bassett, formerly
of Winston-Salem and
daughter of Mrs. Betty
Bassett, recently received
many honors of high caliber in
graduation exercises at Boco
Ceiga High School in St.
Petersburg, Fla. At the
predominately white school of
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received many honors for
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Life GeU
by Azzie Wagner
Staff Writer
Captain Bernard Cockerham,
an astronautical engineer
with the United States
Air . Force, was recently cited
for having saved the life of a
young man who was pinned
between the rocks and nearly
submerged in waters of a
Rocky beach at Vandenberg
AFB, Calif.
According to Captain Cockerham,
he and his family were
prepared to go on a picnic on
the beach and as they drovefarther
down the rocky beach
in search of a suitable spot he
noticed that the windf4was
quite high which prompted
him to continually check via
walkie-talkie for weather
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tt of the city has accepted a foil
'Diversity.
rl Gets
olarship
Outstanding Academic and
social achievement from her
peers, faculty and administra
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Angela is an Upward Bound
student at Eckerd College and
has been accepted and
awarded full financial assistance
to attend Yale University
in New Haven, Conn, next
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Capt. Bernard Cockerham
conditions.
Cockerham recalls, "As I
walked away from the car
toward the rocky beach I heard
a faint cry for help. About 25
feet from me on the rocky
beach was a young man nearly
submerged in water. All that
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1NE19,1976 Vote
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by Marcelius Casey
Staff Writer
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Board of
Education in a meeting
Monday night voted to
approve a solution that would
prohibit city and county
kindergarten programs from
becoming what many members
considered "neighborhood
schools", thusly preventing
in the words of
Beafort O. Bailey, board
member, "a return to all black
and all white schools and the
segregation of yester year."
The need for the Board's
decision and the relocation of
some of the five-year-olds
comes as a direct result of
overcrowding caused by a full
expansion of the state's
kindergarten program.
The board voted 7-0 to
approve the staff-recommended
relocation plan entitled,
Solution I, which calls for the
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First Fema
by Robert Eller
Sports Editor
Winston Salem State University
recently announced the
signing of Florene Parker to a
grant with the institution.
Miss Parker becomes the first
female in the school's history
to do so.
The 6'-l" Winston Salem
native was signed by Ms.
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Women's Athletics at^WSSU.
The 18-year-old Miss Parker
was a three sport star at
Reynolds High School here,
winning honors in basketball,
volleyball and Softball. She
earned two letters in each
sport at both Mt. Tabor Junior
High School and at Reynolds.
Born in Yonkers, N.Y., Miss
Parker moved to Winston
Salem at an early age. She is
the youngest of seven children
and says she has always been
interested in sports.
She has been active in
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transfer of two kindergarten ->
"classes from Brunson to
Whitaker, the transfer of eight
kindergarten classes from
Kernsville to Sedge Garden
and the relocation of one
Central Office mobile unit.
The board also voted in
favor of an Alternate Plan to
relieve overcrowding at Walkertown
Elementary which
^ school board attorney Doug
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acceptable". It allows for the
optional transfer of 52 third
graders from Walkertown
Elementary to Prince Ibraham
Intermediate and the all
voluntary transfer of 78 third
graders from Walkertown
Elementary to the Petree
School. . Also, all rising K-4
children in the proposed
new Cash Elementary School
attendance area, to open in
1977, can apply for assign
ment with transportation from
Walkertown Elementary to
See School, Page 2
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le Athlete
Florence Parker
organized sports since her
second year in school and says
her brother had a big
influence on her
career. 4 4 He played basketball
and was sort of my idol," she
said. 44he was team captain at
Mitchell College and went on
to play for Norfolk State."
She says basketball is her
favorite sport but also says she
enjoys volleyball immensely.
4 4 At one time 1 thought I liked
volleyball better but I've only
been playing that for about
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