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WINSTON-SALEM
III, No. 9
WINSTON-SAIEM, N.C.
Salordoy Oclobor 30, 1976 gmele Copy 20’
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mplaints
I by Rudy Anderson
Staff Writer
1st Thursday, the Forsyth
dofCounty Commission-
ian unofficial meeting
pr employee grievances
pally their concern over
Ifnsion plan.
IhiI 175 employees at-
P the meeting held in the
pt house at Fourth and
The employee senti-
P expressed in the
p indicated that they
d the option of whether
to participate in any
f'entplan. Most felt that
[contributions to the
Nplan was cutting into
Taychecks too heavily,
p indicated that they
^ 'he county to join the
Ifetirement plan. The
pioners had previously
pt to join the state plan
of the financial
'• would have
I"''* to the county. They
'o'^^ever, reexamining
fsition.
1' Bennett. County
I 0 ormation Director,
r ecause the meeting
f^al no official vote of
Was taken on
pj^'^^'^niendation.
^^"ager, Nicholas
"Plaints, Page 2
KUin Style Activity
Cited In Charlotte
BEWITCHING BEAUTY - Beautiful Fayetteville State
Universrty [NX.) coeds Renee Wilkins, a junior business
administration major from Rocky Mount, N.C. plans to play
trick or treat this Halloween as she smiles at her Jack
O Lantern. Anyone for Trick or Treats?
-- John B. Henderson)
A new wave of arson and
cross-burning has broken
out over the last three
weeks in eastern Mecklen-
burg County, including
northeast Charlotte.
At least two serious
incidents have occured that
are reminicent of the Klu
Klux Klan-style activities of
six years ago.
Three black teenagers,
ages 11 through 13 were
riding their bicycles in the
Pence Road area near
Northeast Junior High
School in northeastern
Mecklenburg County. A
carload of white men
reportedly passed them
shouting “niggers”, went a
Public Safety Advisor Resigns
by Rudy Anderson
Staff Writer
any
and
As if to clear up
speculation by critics
supporters, Larry Jones,
formerly the Public Safety
Legal Advisor, said he had
resigned last week not
because of pressure, but
because of greater financial
and professional opportuni
ties.
He said, “if it was pressure
making me leave 1 would have
left in 1974 when all
criticism started.”
the
Larry Jones
When Jones took
position with the city, he was
immediately criticized for not
having passed the North
Carolina
said, “Even if I had passed
the bar, it would not have
enhanced my effectiveness in
this job. It’s strictly an
advi.sory job.”
As Public Safety Advisor,
he was counselor for both the
Police and Fire departments.
He said people don’t under
stand that public safety is
dual concept and must
treated as such.
few hundred yards beyond
them and stopped.
The youths said the car
turned around and again
approached the teenagers.
When the car came close, a
passenger reportedly fired
a shotgun, hitting one of
the teenagers in the
shoulder. Several other
shots were reported fired,
but the boys, who had
jumped off their bikes and
run into the woods after the
initial shot, had gotten out
of range of the pellets.
Two weeks later, Mrs.
Elvira Johnson, who had
moved to Charlotte from
the Bronx, N.Y. to
Thurmond Place in Char
lotte’s Midwood section
some ten months earlier,
had some nighttime visitors
at her duplex apartment in
the mostly white Midwood
section of town.
Twof:rosses were burned
on her lawn and the word
“MOVE” was painted in
See Cross, Page 9
Voting
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Steve Neal
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issues.”
The debate was spon
sored by the local chapter
of the League of Women
Analysis
‘‘real
Voters, a non-partisan
political activist group.
League president, Nancy
Lehto was moderator for
the debate. The panelist,
representing the media of
the Fifth District, were
Wayne Ashworth of WXIl
in Winston-Salem, William
March of the Lexington
Dispatch, and Ralph Shaw
of WIFM (radio) in Elkin,
N.C.
Because of item restrict
ions. limiting panel quest
ions and candidate respon
ses, it was not a debate in
the strictest sense of the
word. With all due respect
to the League for
their
Scc Neal-Mizcll, Page 2
He said the people who
have been critical have not
been objective in looking at
both sides of the issue in his
having the job. He said much
of the criticism has come from
people who “accent
negative anyway.”
Machines
Set Up
the
Jones believes that one of
the reasons for the attacks on
him has been because he was
not submissive nor intimidat
ed by anyone. “1 refuse to be
the spook who sat beside the
door, he said. “I have always
been forthright, and any
stfltements 1 mflkc or have
made are in keeping with that
philosophy,” he said.
Jones said he didn’t feel he
had to defend his perfor
mance. He .said, “all anyone
has to do is look at my two
New voting machines will
be used in the November
elections. The Dungeon Club
is sponsoring six days of
community voter education in
the u.sc of the new voting
pnK'edures: Friday. Oct. 22nd
& 29th 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.);
Saturday, Oct. 23rd & 30lh (1
p m. - 8 p.m.); and Sunday,
Oct. 24th & 31st (1 p.m. & 8
p.m.).
See Public Safety, Page 2
You can learn how to use
the new machines, how to vote
a straight ticket, how to vote a
split ticket, how to single shot,
and how to write in a vole.
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