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noon 205 WILSO:’ LIB?!ARY 024 A CHAPEL HILL, KC 27514 SFJPT. 1979 80 81 Winston-Salem Chr^onicle "Serving the Winston Community Since 1974" C# , VI NO. 10 20 PAGES TfflS WEEK WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 20 cents U.S.P.S. NO. 067910 Satwday, November 3,1979 ►olice Seek )eath Motive Lady, 64, Shot in Head By Patrice E. Lee Staff Writer lygston-Salem police are investiga- the shooting death of a 64-year-old ide'Streef woman but have declined a possible motive for the Ijeveal rder. Although the department is actively ^gating the case, Det. Sgt. Frank bry declined to comment Tuesday on assible motive for the murder of Mrs. sie'Wilmore Chandler, of 1807 N. de*St., who was shot in the head with !2faliber pistol and found dead : Thursday. let. Robert Russell, who has been ;stigating the case said that he has I little success in unearthing the ills surrounding the death of Mrs. indler. I Went there today to talk to people Idon’t know anything yet,” Russell 1 Monday. The State Bureau of Ugat ion is providing technical stance to help solve the murder. Russell said. Russell said that Mrs. Chandler was last seen alive on Monday, Oct. 22, by a neighbor who grew suspicious when she did not see her again for the next three days. Mrs. Amy Folson of 1809 N. Trade St. said she had missed her friend, Mrs. Chandler, when she hadn’t seen her for several days. “When she died I hadn’t seen her since that Monday...! don’t even know anything...! didn’t know she was dead,” Mrs. Folson said. When Jessie Wilmore decided to marry Oscar Chandler in 1975, Amy Folson was one of two ministers that married the couple. Oscar Chandler’s death two years ago left Mrs. Chandler a widow, but she wasn’t alone. “She read my mail for me,” said Mrs. Folson, 80. “We were good friends. I loved her and she loved me. ” We sat on the porch and talked...we’d sing and I’d pray.” Official: Low Bond Turnout Seen Nov. 6 Stall Photo by McCullough Twice As Nice Two Fashion Fair model reveal the latest In swimwear at the Ebony Fashion last Friday night at Kenneth R. Williams Andltorlnm. For more fashions and stoiy see page 6. By John W. Templeton Staff Writer Elections director Ka thy , Chastain has. pre dicted a turnout of about 25 per cent for Nov. 6 bond referendum on the $33 million Winston-Sa lem Arena. If the voters hold to that pattern, it would mean a turnout of less than,20 per cent in many of the 17 predominately black pre cincts in the city. Chastain noted that ,in the March referendum on the liquor hy the drink, there was a 32 per cent turnout of the lapproxi- mately 70,000 registered voters in the city. In the Kimberly Park precinct, there was a 14 per cent turnout, at North IJR Job Data Closed to Public By John W. Templeton Staff Writer X-Reynolds Industries Inc. has ased an optimistic assessment of its ority employment record, but firm ;lals have declined to show, how orities are distributed in the giant 1 by job levels. JR chairman J. Paul Sticht has ounced that the firm has, a 22 per : mi nority employment figure, com- ;d to an average of 17.9 per cent in srican firms with 100 employees or e. owever, in response to a Chronicle liry, firm officials said they, only e pgures of job distribution of arities available to federal agencies I as the Equal Employment Oppor- ties Commission. Sticht was /ailable for comment. iVe have not found it advantageous to release to the ipublic at length information on the distribution of our workforce,” said Marshall B. Bass, RJR corporate director of personnel develop ment. A spokesman for the EEOC in Charlotte said the EO-1 reports filed by the company are kept confidential by the government. These reports break down minority employment figures by administrative, professional and techni-, cal, clerical, skilled, laborers and ser vice workers. Bass, who manages the equal oppor tunity programs for the 47th ranked company in the Fortune 500 list of the nation’s top firms, said the firm does have a representative number of minori ties at every job level. “Our objective is to insure that our workforce at least attain and maintain the national availability (of minorities) throughout the work force,” said Bass. “In many instances, we exceed the national averages.” During a two-hour interview in his corner office at the RJR World Head quarters, Bass said Reynolds is showing its corporate responsibility through employment of minorities, grants and scholarships for the education of blacks, and procurement with minority owned firms. Those efforts have been described in a new publication by the company called “R.J. Reynolds Industries Corporate Responsibility.” Bass noted the recently-announced $160,000 grant to N.C. A&T State University for business and engineering scholarships and $1 million grant to Winston-Salem State University for attracting outstanding students. The latter provided scholarships to 101 students, most of whom have now graduated. “Out of that group, seven or eight are either M.D.’s or in medical school, several are pursuing terminal degrees and many attained master’s,” said Bass. Although that, program has, ended, the ,RJR executive said he ,expects “some type of program to be in place prior to the 1980-81 school year” at Winston-Salem State. In the area of procurement, Bass said minorities are supplying part of the coal which runs the firm’s plants here, and such items as computers, tires, architec tural and construction services and insurance. “I find it very gratifying that so many firms are in a position to compete in a timely fashion at a competitive price,” said Bass. Water Benefits Unclear To Piney Grove Families By Yvette McCnllough Staff Writer Staff Photo by McCullough Trick or Treat children at the Greater St. Matthews Baptist lelebrated Halloween with a visit from the ' The children then paraded around the block (hi their Halloween costumes. Two Piney Grove families who believed that they could not receive water from the city, dug and redug their own wells, but have now been told that they can receive city water. Ms. Syvilla Walker of 1450 Grove Garden Rd. is still getting her water from a well and the Wade O’Neals of 4500 Grove Garden Rd. has spent $800 in order to have their well redug. Either will have to pay at least $400 to get city water. Ms. Walker along with other Piney Grove residents were annexed into the city about eight years ago. The majority of Piney Grove residents received city water about six years ago. The O’Neals and Ms. Walker, not knowing that they had to request water, did not actively seek to have city water until about two years ago. “These two families had, never gone down and requested water until about two years ago,” said Mrs. Sophia Brown, coordinator of the Piney Grove Communi ty Council. “We went before the Board of Aldermen last year and they, said there was nothing they, could do because the right of way was not signed over.” Mrs. Brown said that after the property owners signed the right of way the city said they could not provide water because of the location of the two families homes. City officials did come out to talk to the residents at their last council meeting about two weeks ago. The residents were told that iwater was presently available. Stan Harris, superintendent of the city’s utilities division, told the Chronicle that \two residents had, not requested water and sewage until four or five months ago. “Once a family is annexed into the city it is up to that family to request city water and sewage,” Harris said. “Water and sewage is not automatically provided unless it is requested and from my knowledge the tevo families had,never requested any service until about four or five months ago.” The problem Mrs. Walker and the O’Neals have hadiis that they are the only two families on the bottom of Grove Garden Road. Harris said that ,the problem is that ithe city would have to run water lines to them in order to supply them with water. He said the water would have tocome from North Point, south of where these two families live. Mrs. Walker said that now that she is eligible to get water she cannot afford it. “1 live on a fixed income and it may cost me almost $2,000 to get water by the time I get plumbing hooked up in my house,” she said. “I’ve been in the city eight years and I’ve tried to get it (water) out here.” The O’Neal’s well ran dry a couple of months ago and they had, to spend $800 to get a new well. A spokesperson for the family said they,would have to pay an additional $7-800 to have city water. Harris said that each new subscriber is required to pay an initial fee See Page 19 Elementary School, an eight per cent turnout. Five other (predominately black precincts had turn outs under 15 per cent. As the ,election drew near, opponents and sup porters of the referendum got in their, last licks. The tax limitation group STOP (Stabilize Taxes on Pro perty) released a state ment Monday noting a current bond interest rate exceeding 7.5 per cent and challenging the as sumption that the bonds would be sold at 6 per cent. Banker Glenn Orr, a member of a group called the .Committee of Con cerned Citizens for the coliseum which unveiled itself Monday, acknow- A second pro-arena group, the Citizens Advi sory Committee for the Coliseum held a Tuesday press conference at Win ston-Salem State Univer sity to express its support for the arena. Dr. H. Douglas Covington, vice chairman of the .group, said the arena is impor tant “to the .long-term future of the community.” Other members of the group include : former Mayor pro tern Carl H. Russell, Dr. J. Ray Butler, Mrs. Cleester Hickerson, Bishop Sylvester D. John son, Diana McNeill, Larry Womble, Roxanna Pitts, and Robert Miller. The three black aider- men have taken varied positions on the arena. ledged that bond rates are high, but said he expected the average figure to be six per cent over the three years the bonds are sold. Orr is president of Forsyth Bank and Trust Co. The North Ward’s Larry Little is opposed, and East Ward representative Dr. Virginia Newell favors the proposal. See Page 3 Staff Photo by Templeton Marking History Mrs. Peggy Littlejohn Is the winner of the 1979 “Miss Bethanla” contest announced dnring 129th anniversary ceremonies at the chnrch Sunday. Man Indicted In Coeds' Deaths A Fayetteville man will face two charges of death by vehicle in Chatham County in connection with the deaths of two Winston-Salem State University coeds in a traffic accident three weeks ago. John Olin Nehls,, 26, 2200 Wingate Road in Fayetteville was charged with two misdeamenor counts, in addition to previous charges of driving left of center and driving under the influence after the Oct. 12 accident near Siler City. A trial date of Nov. 21 has,been set in Chatham District Court, according to the local clerk of court’s office. Killed were 18-year-old freshmen Miss Margue rite Cambell of Fayetteville and Miss Sonya McNeill of Dunn. They and two other freshmen were on their way to the WSSU-Fayetteville See Page 3
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