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u:iiv. OP '■c-oppi.'LS D?:?T. eog;j r.Go, v,iL,':o:; li3:-.e;y 024 GHAPPL HILL. r,C 27514 SLPT. 1979 80 81 Winston-Salem Chnonicle "Serving the Winston Community Since 1974" Ubr Uj 36 PAGES THIS WEEK WINSTON-SAIEM, N.C. 20 cents U.S.P.S. NO. 067910 Satuday, SSU Coeds Killed in Auto Crash By John W. Templeton Staff Writer -0 freshmen coeds at Winston-Salem State Universi- ire killed, and two others seriously injured last ind while driving to the WSSU-Fayetteville State game. tragedy sent the university into a state of ling early this week, with busloads of students ing the two funerals Monday and Tuesday and a sity-wide memorial service on Wednesday, d are Miss Marguerite Campbell of Fayetteville, liss Sonya McNeill of Dunn. Hospitalized in apel Hill’s N.C. Memorial Hospital are Miss Sarah Hit Head-on On Way to Game McDonald and Miss Mary Lou Lewis, both of Fayetteville. All of the freshmen are 18 years old. The accident occurred Friday, Oct. 12 at approximate ly 12:25 p.m., according to the report of Trooper R.E. Mann of the State Highway Patrol. A van driven by John Olin Nehls,,26, 2200 Wingate Rd. in Fayetteville crossed the center line and struck at 1975 Ford driven by Campbell 3.6 miles south of Siler City on U.S. 421. Trooper J.R. Stevens of the patrol’s Siler City office said in a telephone interview, Nehls was charged with driving under the influence and driving left of center, with other charges pending. ‘ ‘This is a shocking and sad occasion for the University,” said Dr. H. Douglas Covington, WSSU chancellor in a letter to faculty. Covington attended fuheral services for Campbell on Monday and McNeill on Tuesday and scheduled a two-hour memorial service on Wednesday, with alt classes suspended. I^rug Traffic decreases in last Winston f j By John W. Templeton Staff Writer His name was “Caveman” and it was ivious he had seen better days than isjarticular night on Liberty Street. Along, wide, white bandage covered s t^ht eye, the result of a shovel blow )m":a female. Although the tempera- refras moving towards the 40 degree rel, “Caveman” wore no shoes on his !t. One young man in the knot of Liberty ret regulars which “Caveman” had stained, took the opportunity to point tScaveman used to be able to knock t fcverybody; now, he can’t do ith|ig.” l“Caveman” somberly agreed. Asked latjihad happened, the mid-twentish iin'l'eplied, “Sex and alcohol.” Sad as his story might sound, it :ludes a ray of hope for the Liberty teet strip from 12th through 18th reets. A couple of years ago, Caveman” might have included eag ’ or heroin among his list of bl^tators. ever, today there’s a consensus observers of the area that the ipen drug traffic the area had ined a reputation for in past years is If^ger as evident. fit’s a whole lot different around te,!’ said one of the men who stood ,3ms under a tree on the west side of Liberty. “The drugs have really declined. People are going elsewhere.” Lt. E.C. Yokely, head of the police narcotics squad, agreed with that assessment. “You don’t have quite the congregation that you once did in that area. ’ ’ The declining presence drugs in the Liberty Street area is due to two factors: a series of big “drug busts” by police and changes in late night habits. In the opinion of Donald K. Tisdale, Forsyth district attorney, the busts have “removed the more prevalent drug dealers and kept them off the street.” An almost-perfect conviction record and the willingness of some defendants to turn state’s evidence has extended the impact to people who have not acutally been arrested. “It leads to a feeling of paranoia,” he said. “Folks don’t want to deal with anybody unless they , absolutely know them.” That attitude has been evident among addicts seeking drug therapy, reported Willis Smith, a counselor with the Council on Drug Abuse. “A lot are getting afraid of the law,” he said. Accordingly, there has been a doub ling of his clientele in the six months since the last big bust, accounting to Smith. See Page 2 5- ingested corner of 17th and Liberty streets sidents Battle t Traffic Signal ^tte McCullough IStaff Writer Bland Avenue resi- P® still fighting a ■old battle with the lave a traffic signal T* intersection jyand 17th Street, lonts in the hous ing complex told the Chroi nicle Monday night lat their resident council meeting that they , have tried to get a traffic signal placed at the intersection because the comer pre sents a dangerous situa tion. They said they have had, to wait as long as 30 minutes to get out or just turn around and go anot her route. The problem is caused by low visibility because of Gilmore’s Fu neral Home on the left See Page 18 Winning Pull staff Photo by Templeton Charies Bennett leads the polling for a victorious Reynolds Park team in the tag of war competition daring the “Battle of the Centers’’ competition Elijah Pulls Staffer From Association The impact of the accident was sorely felt at Atkins Hall, the dormitory for freshmen women where all four of the victims lived. Dormitory matron Mrs. Ethelnell Barton said of the residents, “They,were very emotional about it.” She estimated that approximately 50 students attended each funeral. “They .(Campbell and McNeill) both had,very pleasant personalities,” said Barton. “They were very coopera tive and got along with the other students. That’s waht made it such a sad thing to happen.” According to the patient information office at N.C. See Page 3 K-Five Plan Eliminates Five Schools By Yvette McColloogh Staff Writer Five historically black schools would be closed, five black principals would be reassigned and black students would have to be bused an additional year out of their neighborhoods if a pupil assignment plan devised by education board member, Nancy Wooten, is approved. Her plan is a 6-3-4 plan and is being offered as an alternative to Superintendent James Adams’ 7-2-4 plan. The 6-3-4 plan would convert all k-4 and k-6 elementary schools to k-5 schools. The middle grades would be 6-8 and there would be a four year high school. Wooten’s plan calls for eight schools to be closed five of which are 5-6 schools located in the black community. These five schools are Brown, Cook, Diggs, Kimberly Park and Skyland. Four of these schools have black principals which would have to be reassigned. Young black students who presently have to be bused out of their neighborhoods under the present k-4 plan, would be bused out an additional year under th k-5 plan. This would result in young black students except those in the Carver district being bused out of their neighborhood for 10 out of the 13 school years. However^in some areas it is some question whether those three years that are considered in years for blacks are really in-years. Students in the Parkland High School district would attend Philo and Easton for their middle grades, but See Page 15 By John W. l empleton Staff Writer Urban League execu tive director Thomas D. Elijah, Jr. has, asked a staff member to re sign her posts as an officer of a group oppos ing the city’s arena bond proposal. Elijah told the Chroni cle he asked Mrs. Lee FayeMack to leave the job of vice president because he didn’t feel that league staff should take leader ship roles in community organizations. “We have to play an impartial role and let peo ple make their own de cision,” said Elijah. “I don’t want myself or my staff leading community groups.” Mrs. Mack said she had, agreed to leave the post. She declined to comment on the action. The improvement asso ciation attacked the bond proposal over the lack of adequate housing in the city in a separate state ment, the NAACP charg ed that,there had, been “unkept promises during past bond cam paigns. NAACP branch president Patrick Hair ston said blacks were promised a new, Reynolds Elijah Hospital and instead got the Reynolds Health Cen ter, which has a majority of whites in top jobs. He also said there are three whites to every one blac working in facilities creat ed by the last recreation bond. Mayor Wayne A. Cor- pening has responded with a list of 1,324 new units of housing initiated since he took office and said the past bonds were not relevent to the refer endum. Elijah said he had,spok en with Mayor Corpening after the improvement as sociation held a press conference in front of a condemned house in Li berty Patterson last Thursday tc announce its stand. According to Elijah, the mayor asked whether, the Mack league was opposed to the referendum because of their involvement of - its staff with the association. Elijah said he responded that, league had not yet taken a position on the issue. Elijah said he plans to meet with members of the improvement association to discuss the bond issue. “I want to make sure all the parts have been con sidered.” Association chairman Spurgeon Griggs, Jr. said he planned to meet with Elijah, but Griggs said he felt that the ,association had, reviewed sufficient information on the propo sal. During the press con ference, Griggs called the feasibilitv study for the arena “ a mixture of much See Page 2 I went to a disco the other night. Beforehand, 1 was filled with a bit of apprehension for fear that the few dance steps 1 knew would be out of touch with the “in-thing.” The impression that one gets from the media blitz accompanying the disco craze is of nattily attired, superbly coordinated dancers lithely moving from wall to wall, always keeping in perfect step, always in harmony with the partner. Although 1 might have gone to the wrong place, I found that image to be an illusion. Most of the folks I saw were doing variations of the same steps they did five or six years ago. That didn’t apply to everyone. There were obvious disco experts who spent a lot of time and practice getting their act together. The way to pick them out, aside from ther dancing skills, was to look up at the stage area. They were the only folks with the courage to dance in full view of everyone with a strobe light acting as a giant slow-motion machine freezing every move for scrutiny. Before long, I stopped watching what .others were doing. 1 was too much into my own thing.- The same went for the other, folks who I rated at my level. They, like I, were getting to the essense of the experience, not the intricacy of the steps, but just having a good time. That’s something anyone can do- John Templeton Coming Next Week: A Behind the Scenes Look at Ebony Fashion Fair
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