I w I I i voi. ?'" 'iV"li1Ti 1 * * Ms. Sharon Perry, secretai Forsyth Memorial Hospitc hospital president. Ms. P< "name the new restaurai facility, to be named The Death Penalty S 2 Blacks Smith field, N.C. [CCNS] -- The death penalty may be exercisedin North Carolina again. Possible victims are two Rlarl^ rr>Pn Hpnry SrPjth. 29, and David Stewart, 25, both of Benson, N.C. The two men were charged on June 10 with the fatal shooting of Dennis WilReynolds Suppoi County by Sharyn Bratcher Staff Reporter County Manage^ Nicholas Meiszer announced his resignation, effective July 31st, and opponents of the Reynolds Health Center/Health Department Merger breathed a sigh of relief. Meiszer has been conSrTA'^iBVm. % A Nicholas Meiszer sidered the chief advocate of the merger, which is opposed by the black community who views it as a plot to close the health center and deprive black employees of their jobs. When asked at his press conference if there were any issues he'd like to see resolved before he leaves his post, Meiszer immediately named the Health Center issue. A member of the Reynolds Health Center board responded with "Good!" when told about the county manager's resignation, but the general reaction is tempered ? f MB??? ,T-J.-.lgT? - ?.- .-I:.- ;; ? _ _ UatSaBBMMSa**' * I jpl I v^A v JJfl mMrjk ^ijft , r m?& ^ UBIH y for the Chaplain and Patten d, receives a $100 savings I ?rry was awarded the bond a it contest." The hospital's Coffee Pot, is scheduled for ought ? $ Held F o bert Allen, 23, a Four Oaks policeman and Linwoftrt ' Ri? R/m'1 ' -Johnson, 49, a truck driver. Both of the dead Qn . Saturday, June 4, and on Thursday, June 10, Smith and Stewart maintained their innocence to reporters. rters Relieved Manager with caution and an , appreciation of Meiszer's executive ability. "We could do -a lot worse," says Tracy SinAtk ISrfl T iiia a in i| K*. vS K.tW? ;) V H HHfe *.*'?! - ?'Y?i mc 192 Th( ^ ^nr.-.rr ?x v. V"*- ' r- -?- v I "" ll'li nwmlliw^ ? roiv Saturday June mggmmm I A V 1 11 photo by Bill Mueller ? a it Services Departments at j >ond from Harold Koach, ^ s winner of the hospital's ~s new and enlarged eating ( opening in late summer. t t r Double Smith and Stewart are 1 the^first men to be chargec " with a capital offense since the North Carolina i n i A LI ucncrw /\ssemDiy rein- 1 stated the death penalty in < North Carolina, in effect i as of June 1, 1977. 1 Both men cooperated with law enforcement 1 officers and freely gave , i ~ I i i Resigns gletary, one of the Health t Center's advocates. "He I was a very .professional t manager. At least he a See County, Page 2 ins Reun, GH ?_J / *" nj ? JHn b?|^ V* ^x ' S\ . ?xi; A ' ' imbers of Atkins High School ita4 ln?i ... *-.1 >? f^uir H/gctuci icaov wcCRei ey're planning to do it agar SALE 18, 1977 Suite 6 Black j nreven The North?Carolina^ s Association of Black c Lawyers has filed a brief 1 in the U.S. Supreme Court ( opposing the argument t that special minority \ admissions programs are . ( unconstitutional. By ? agreement 6f counsel in t the case, the Black Lawyers Association, has E been permitted to file with s the Court an Amicus { Curiae Brief ("friend of S the Court"). v The Brief opposes the * position advanced by Alan 8 Blake, a white applicant to. * i California medical c school, who claims he was E ienied admission because c he school had a special 8 ninority admissions pro- c ^ram under which sixteen v ion^Ja ir? on ?!??? C uua vimviuig ClOOO )f 100 are filled by ^ i t ipplying special admisr c i Murder; I statements of their where- i abouts on the evening of ] Jime" 2 and the early morning hours of June 3 , when Allen was found ^ lead of multiple^ bullet j wounds and Johnson was ( ,ast seen alive. Rounded-up from their j seds on Friday morning, } June 3, at the dangerous j end of more than 50 j gunpoints, the two -saidzzj they answered law offi- ^ :ers' questions nearly all a 4QV PVirlnv ovf'onf fr\r a au r a i 1VAUJ 1 1W1 a g few hours in mid-day. q The two said they were a questioned as to whether t] hey had been at the 8 Day c nn Motel in Benson on a he morning of June 3 g iround 12:30 a.m. That 0 See Death, Page 2 ion Brin HBPTSHIHHHHBHHIBi flflfli iMMMI Hj^Hj \ H I i^jj 1 % I I classes of 1932 and [id and had a ball. n in 1979. . .,?? ?-"- ? ^' ^-.' 3agy*na M C A ^ P% mm ? * uj repper Uldg. Lawye MM 1 TT|^T| ? W Disi (ions criteria to uittck mid rhe Supreme Court of California ruled in Sepember 1976 that the urogram violated the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court has acceped the case for review; The Black Lawyer^ s irief, prepared by Profesor Broderick of the North 2 arolimt?Central?Law Jchool faculty and renewed by a committee of he Lawyers Association irgues three main points, 'irst, it argues that >ecause the special adnissions program was not Lesigned 4'for the purpose ind with the intent" to liscriminate against vhites, the program is not liscriminatory under the Constitution as interpreed by the Court in several ecent cases. In recent ases the court has said hat "discriminatory motvat ion" is required to . 1 ? ? * ? sstaDiisn illegal dlscrinination, and has indicaed that~action which does lot cast a "racial slur or stigma'' on whites may The black lawyer's second argument is thai the special admissions programs are badly needed to allow blacks an opportunity to overcome :he continued- effects of acism blacks have suf:ered in America. The 3rief argues that without ipocial - admissions programs, few blacks will be dmitted to white law chools although they are [ualified, because there re far more applicants han spaces in entering lasses, and most of the pplicants are whites who enerally outscore blacks n standardized entrance igs Class t gifi S3; mm i if1 tT' * ' ''^wHp 4 ^K jfc Vv m Jm(^M ^Hi ? v-.v -j^H s - ft-Tr.tt * i HRO Winston-Salem. N.C. *rs Gro urmnm examinations^ The Brief does not concede that the examinations fairly test blacks, because several educators contend that standardized examinations are cultural_ly? biased against blacks Attorr Law Firm by Sharyn Bratcher Staff Reporter Mike Lewis, an attorney with the Winston-Salem law firm of White and Crumpler, has his work cut out for him. He has to defend a case the North Carolina Attorney Gene~ral^s Office wouldn't ~~ touch. Several weeks ago, local magistrates J.C. Lewter and Harold Thomerson __ refused to marry an interracial couple because of "deep, personal convictions" The couple, Thomas Pearson and See Law, Page 2 > (*210111011 Ta ^WASHINGTON - A t works programs in Win Steve NMeal, D-N.C.~ The funds, administer have been allocated for The localities will be ask not cover all application! current applications are I Neal said the funds ar< and numbersl)F unemplc or the national average The allocation include ?i rorsytn uounty. Surry Count and Mou eligible for $626,000 an< Both Ashe and Stokes than the required level, qualify for funding; The unemployment re \^were substantially belov es Of '31 by George Booie Chronicle Columnist On June 10-11? the graduating classes of 1932 and 1933 held a reunion at the Downtowner Motor Inn. Enumerating the accomplishments and progress of the former classmates emphasized the theme of the reunion; "You Then and You flow.'' The program on Friday night, was opened with the invocation by Rev. Louis R. Sloan. Otis B. Hooper, Chairman of the Reunion Committee, was toastmaster. Flower pre- 1 sentations were made by Mrs. Bera M. Hooper and Mrs. Ruth McConnell , Shoaf to Otis B. Hooper and Rober Shoaf respectively. Moments of memorial were held in silence for the former classmates who are de- 1 rpnspH FriHnv nicrht woo j * **OiIV ^ uo the night for greetings and introductions. i On Saturday a bus tour ; stopped at Atkins High i School, their Alma Mater, for pictures; taken on the J steps of the building. A < brief tour of the building * ?wwaa?imrnmmm*. lTf I. - *S .1,? MCL & * 20 Cen up Opi and does not give them a fair chance to make high scores. The third point the Brief makes is that" even if special minority admissions programs are illegal, the Court should limit its iey General Decl Defends M J Stfalfel It s Now I rgeleil For Ph otal fo $2,157,000 ha& been ti ston-Saiem and Forsyth Cou pH hy thp Ernnnmirs DftVftln] projects for which applicatipi ed to set an order of priority i 9. Additional applications ma less than the targeted- amo e being made available only t yed exceed either the state a of 6.5 per cent. s $1,596,000 for Winston-St nt Airy qualified for $1,006, d Surry County $380,000. counties had 12-month unem but lacked the number of u ites in Alleghany, Davidson j the reauired Vo?l ?< 1 ? ? ' UI 2-33 Tog* followed. I I Saturday night's program was opened with y invocation by Rev. Louis S R. Sloan. Frank K. 1 Thomas, co-chairman and g toast-master for the even- s ing brought greetings to p the classmates and is guests. Seated at the p Head Table and intro- Q duced by the toastmaster ^ were: the W. Eugene Spanns, Mrs. Geneva p Puryear, the -Rober c Shoafs^, Clarence Willis, v T A ?J vj. uimuji m. rvnaerson, jthe Frank K. Thomases, v the Otis B. Hoopers, The tj G.F. Newells, the Joe ^ Bradshaws, A.R. Dawson, ^ Thomas Poag and guest; q and Mrs, O.W. Bausman. ^ Mrs. Geneva Puryear, s< widow of Cortez Puryear, C( t\ drove down from Balti- h more, Maryland to repre- r( sent her late husband who C( was a classmate of the p( graduates. E.F. Wilson__j^ and C.G. Winston, who a( sat at the head table on w Friday night, were former rvuvii^i o ui mio f^iaUUabCS. K| Other former teachers were George Newell, A.R. r^vir? ataini.i.v... ..... i. j li.-in ?.?.??< C r \ld ts tose ruling to?predominantly white schools. Unless k does, the fear is that predominantly blacT~ schools (like the Law School at North Carolina Central), which historical?See Black, "Page 2 ines agistrates SBWSSIk' 2r WM - Si^H Legal iblic Works -?, irgeted for locaJ public nty, according to Rep. pment Administratim,-? ns already are on file, for funding if funds do iy be submitted only if unt/ o localties whose rates iverage oT 672 percent ilem and $561,000 for 000, with Mount Airy ployment rates higher nemployed workers to , and Wilkes counties > "d J ether Dawson, and Thomas 'oag. Flower presentations /ere made to the Rober Ihoafs, the Frank K. 'homases, the Joe Bradhaws, the W. Eugene panns, Mrs. Geneva 'uryear, the George T _ 1 I - - lewens, Mr, Thomas "oagTfmd his guest; Mrs. ).W. Bausman, also to \r. A.R. Dawson. The recognition of the Reunion Committee and luest was high-lighted /hen Chairman Otis B. looper recognized Mrs. Vilson, now deceased, he mother of Mrs. Monroe Falls, for sitting 1 for his family at his raduation. Mrs. Birdie r. Robinson and her late ^ usband. Aladine Robin3n, were cited for their Dntributions of gifts to le graduation classes and er support of the ?union. Rober Shoaf was Dmmended for his suport and contributions. Irs. Lillian M. Anderson zided that Mrs. Robinson as her first grade >acher and had folowed er, Lillian, from the first See Atkins, Page 2

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