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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.
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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
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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
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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
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opening in late summer. t
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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 ,
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gletary, one of the Health t
Center's advocates. "He I
was a very .professional t
manager. At least he a
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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
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uua vimviuig ClOOO
)f 100 are filled by ^
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ipplying special admisr
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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the night for greetings
and introductions.
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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
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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
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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 ?<
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2-33 Tog*
followed. I
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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