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Held Here
The North Carolina Council
of the International
Reading Association began
its ninth , annual conference
at Benton Convention Center,
Thursday, March 17
with an address by Dr. Hugh
Schoe phoerster. ?keynotespeaker
of the convention.
Dr. Schoephoerster, Dir~~ector
of the Rjght to Read
program for the Minnesota
Department of Public In
struction, is the founder of
the national Right to Read
program, which has chapters
in every state.
The Right to Read is a
-coflsciousne?s-faising organ-~
ization designed to interest
the public in reading
adults. Its goal is 100%
literacy for the United
States. The federally funded
program establishes reading
co-ordinators in local schools
to supervise reading programs
and to train volunteers
to teach non-readers.
The Right to Read encompasses
adults-education,
special tutoring in schools,
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Mrs. Shirley Brown Spen?cor,
wife of Technical Sgt.?
Victor Spencer, now stationed
at Hahn Germany was
^recently honored as a
participant in the Miss Black
contest being presented in
Germany by the U.S. Air
Force. They have one
daughter Cheryl Renee who
is 12-years old.
Mrs. Spencer is a native of
Winston-Salem where srhe
attended Carver Elementary
and High School. Later
matriculating at W.S.S.U.
where she " received her
degree in Elementary and
Junior High Education. She
taught at Kennedy Jr. High
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Drugs Readily Ava
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by Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Reporter
The drug problem seems
to pervade Winston-Salem at
a fairly constant rate,
according to Narcotics Division
Lieutenant S.A. Monks.
The drug habit encompasses
all ages and social status,
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particular drug used by each
group.
Young people seem to be
involved in the use of
marijuana or barbiturates.^
These substances are cheaper
and easier to obtain than
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by Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Reporter
Community Development
Project Three met with
approval from the WinstonSalem
Board of Aldermen,
after a marathon five-hour
session Monday night with
spokesmen for all facets of
the issue airing their views.
?Heights?rcsi
dents addressed the meeting
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expressing a wide range ol
opinions, from The Reverend
Henry Wilson who favored?
the project to Jack Atkins ?
who urged the preservation
of the neighborhood.
The WSSU case was
presented by Chancellor
Kenneth R. Williams, who
cited a number of deeds
proving that the 7 land in
question did originally belong
to Winston-Salem
State, * and provided the
Aldermen with figures
showing the University's
growth and need for
expansion.
Henry Lewis, who identified
himself as the owner of
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one-nan interest in the tsruce
Street Apartments, stated
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hard drugs. Heroin addicts
are generally over 21.
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The image of the drug
baron as a Mafia Don or a
master criminal is a movie
stereotype. 4'The drug
distributor is just a businessman,"
says Lt. Monk,
4 4 and^ he's selling drugs
because the tremendous
profit is worth the risk." The
focal point of a drug
enforcement program should
be the user because as long
"as there is a demand for
dfugs, someone will supply
them. People sell drugs
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Lpansion
that the c owners had
attempted to repair the
structures, hut termed it a
hopeless venture. "I am
embarrassed to stand up.
here and admit I own them,"
said the Absentee Landlord.'
I'm embarrassed for
you/1 retorted AldermaTir
Ross.
The league of?Women
Voters, who have been active
in organizing the Columbia
Heights resisters to C.D.3,
ramp nnHpr firp frnm snvorftl?
spokesmen including Walter
Marshall, who stated the
need for WSSU expansion,
and asked why the League
was "playing. WinstonSalem
State against the
Columbia Heights people."
Chancellor Williams pointed
out that the School of the
Arts was in a similar
expansion program, but had
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League of Women Voters; he
also wanted to know their?
motivation.
Several spokesmen, including
Alderman Davis,
expressed distaste for the
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because it is profitable. If
people stopped making it
profitable, the drug traffic
would cease/1
How does one stop the
public demand? Drug education
for the young is
important, but not foolproof.
It seems to be human nature
tu igiiuie warnings. 1 Tie
surgeon general's warning
has been on cigarette
packages for ten years/'
says Lt. Monk. "How many
people have stopped smoking?"
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Dy snaryn Bratcher
Staff Writer
Nobody wants to call it a
conspiracy in the formal
sense, but the. coincidences
in each case seem to point to
one conclusion: politicallyinvolved
blacks are being
discredited in a series of
petty criminal cases.
In the past year three
prominent black men have
all been accused and ?
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Four Pnrt Svriox
convicted of shoplifting; two ;
of the cases are now in
aDDeal. Each man savs he is
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innocent, and each thinks he i
. was singled out for harassment_for
political reasons.
Walter Marshall believes
the original accusation in his
case might have been the
security guard's honest
mistake, but as the case
progressed the frame took
shape,?and?he thinks?he knows
why.
A . few days . before
Christmas, Marshall, killing
time while his wife shoppedr
began trying on sunglasses
at the J.C. Penney Store in
Hanes Mall. He removed his
own sunglasses, tried on a
few other pairs, then put his
own back on and walked
away. The security guard,
seeing Marshall leave with
the sunglasses, promptly
arrested him for shoplifting.
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wife, Marshall was detained
in a small office until two
policement arrived to take
him downtown. They said
they would handcuff him and
lead him out through the
store, explaining that they
might not be able to handle
him. <
"It was like a nightmare,''
Marshall recalls. "T wnn in
such a state of shock that
when they ordered me to put
my hands together for
handcuffing I didn't react."
Suddenly, he said, he felt a
burning sensation In his
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