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WINSTON-8AI UalT. of if. C* AttOi Ms, j^idgo Ssrlals S&GtXm. Chapel Bill, HC Z7%\k Vol. n, No. 47 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ’SATURDAY JULY 24. 1976 Single Copy 20"" „„To Be A Child Again Kids cooling off at Blum Park Pool find one swimmer in completely over his head. Fate of Ambulance Undecided by Marcelius Casey Staff Writer The fate of the Joseph' W addelHPeoples ’ ^Ambulance service will likely be decided Thursday in a closed meeting between Nelson Maloy, head of the Black Panther Party here, attorney Don House and members of the Forsyth County Board of Commission ers. The closed meeting comes as a result of the commission ers tabling the second reading of an ordinance that would allow the Panthers to operate the ambulance service on a fee basis. Dr. Julian Keith, board chairman, expressed concern over granting the Panthers permission to operate on a fee basis because he said it would set a bad precedence. “This may open up the way for any public group to come in and set up and skim milk off the top of the county’s revenue,” he charged. Keith feels that the service would be in direct competition with the county ambulance service. Maloy, however, disagreed. “The service was not competing with the county in 1974 and 1975,” Maloy said. “Arid I fail to see how it will compete with them in 1976.” David L. Drummond, board member, objected to granting a ffanchise to the ambulance service saying that 65-70% of the people served are medicaid and medicare pat ients and that money would be going to the ambulance service instead of the county. Fate of ambulance service wlD be decided at a meetfaig Thursday. Tbe Board of Commissioners will meet in two weeks to discuss tbe service. Mazie Woodruff, democra tic candidate for the board of County Commissioners, spoke out presenting her case for approval of the franchise agreeing with Maloy that the ambulance service would not be in competition with county rescue and emergency servic es. Non-debatable tabling of the ordinance came as a result of the absence of board member John H. Tandy who had expressed concern to board chairman Julian Keith. A meeting to discuss the franchise will be held at Thursday, however, the meet ing is not open to the public. WeVe Moved The Winston-Salem Chronicle is now located in Suite 603 of the Pepper Building in downtown Winston-Salem. We invite all of our readers to stop by our offices for a visit. Our new location will enable us to serye the community more efficiently. If you have announcements and other news items for the Chronicle please bring them by our downtown office not later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday of the week the article is to be published. We are looking forward to serving the community from our new location and we encourage you to stop by and take a look at us. Board Members Resign Position by Marcelius Casey Staff Writer In a news conference held on the front steps of her home, Mrs. Estelle Fries and other members of the board of directors of the Joseph Waddell People’s Ambulance Service Inc. protested the Black Panther Party’s treat ment of Larry Little, the former party leader here. Mrs. Estelle Fries said she scheduled the conference to discuss her resignation from the board of directors of the ambulance service, which was started by the local Chapter of the Black Panther Party in January 1974. “I think they’ve done Larry dirty,” Mrs. Fries said. “I’m not going to stop working for the ambulance but I’m resigning because they treat ed Larry wrong. Mrs. Fries continued to heap praise upon Larry Little who refers to her as “Granny Fries” by saying that “he has done too much work for the community, he has fed the hungry and put shoes on the feet of the poor and Charles Zollicofer, head of Panthers now, or no one else will tie my tongue from speaking the truth.” Mrs. Lee Faye Mack, board member, read a letter drafted and signed by several members of Winston-Salem’s black community. The letter was a public confirmation of support and confidence in the work of Larry Little and said that he was “an individual who had often times stood alone because other leaders hadn’t the guts or the insight to address ■ issues “ that are important to our destiny.” Mrs. Mack also disclosed to a select group of reporters at the conference that she has received a letter from Charles Zollicoper, presiding local party leader, requesting the transfer of the Party’s house lease from her name to the Black Panther Party. She reportedly refused the request and stated “I will die before I turn the lease over to the party, in attacking Larry (Little) the party is attacking the very ones who made the house possible.” Mrs. Mack also read an official announcement of See Board, Page 14 Athletic Director Selected For Honor Dr. William M. Bell, former Director of Athletics at Fayetteville State University, has been enshrined in the National Association of Colle giate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place recently in Hollywood, Florida. “It is a great honor,” Bell said of the selection, “to be honored by your peers and to cap off an active career like this.” A native of Polk County, ■ Georgia, Dr. Bell received the B.A., M.A. and the Ph.D. degree at Ohio State Univer sity. The 67-yearrold Georgian is somewhat responsible for opening the doors for black athletics at major colleges in the United States and was the >4 .Dr. WmbuB first black player to play football at Ohio State. Still active, and *in good shape, the 6-1 Bell still weighs about 200 pounds, hi^ playing weight when he was named All-Big Ten tackle and selected to several honorable See Athletic Director, Page 2.
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