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UiU. OP KC-3SRIALS DPP'.'. P.co:,; £06 WILSCP library G. CHAPEL HILL, NG 27514 SPPT. 1979 Pn ftl Winston-Salem Chr^onicle “Serving the Winston-Salem Community Since 1974" ^0 VI NO. 36 U.S.P.S. NO. 067910 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C, Saturday, May 3, 1980 *20' 34 pages this week Nets Arrests, 100,000 By Donna Oldham Staff Writer (Winston-Salem Police Department starred in its Rision of “The Sting,” when officers recovered ap- Liely $200,000 in .stolen property, seized drugs, rated automobiles and motorcycles and cleared 157 fcriminal cases. fcjgthe past six months, the Organized Crime Sec- iflhe WSPD’s Criminal Investigation Division has Inducting an under-cover, anti-fencing operation g on career criminals. It undercover officers including officers from Burl- i High Point Police Departments and the For- fcunty District Attorney’s Office all participated in Ignment, according to Capt. John R. Turner of j “Operation Leaky Bucket,” the operation wa nOgburn Station under the name of Ed’s Repaii Irding to CPL. J.A. Hammonds of the WSPD, “It long before word got around and people started ghot items into the store!’He said that the anti- ^ operation was a first for Winston-Salem’s Police Iment. I result at 2 a.m. Tuesday, arrest teams composed bonned police officers, vice and narcotics officers ) detectives, headed by Sgt. G.G. Myers of the ed Crime Section began a round-up of charged lants. [defendants had been charged on April 28, by the )i County Grand Jury who returned 102 bills of in- lit, charging 31 defendants with 202 felony of- Imond said Tuesday, that 22 warrants have actual- ] served and the police department is stili working libly 100 more charges which could still be pending I the 31 defendants. e charges include, sale and delivery of marijuana Jcaine, breaking and entering, larceny, larceny of Ibiles and motorcycles, possession of stolen pro- Ibreaking into an automobile, and possession of Jcs. trding to Turner, following arrests. District and [zed Crime detectives began follow-up investiga te indicted in “Operation Leaky Bucket,” are Jk Binkley, 23, of 3019 Craft Drive; Albert Douglas iJr., 21, of 2312 Fanning Road; Aaron Tyrone i,27,of 2927 N. Patterson Ave.; Roger Nettles, 19, See Page 2 Black Voters Are Not Fools A News Analysis By John W. Templeton Staff Writer “How many of you know who John Wood is?” Beaufort Bailey asked a black audience not too long ago. None in the relatively well-edueated crowd knew. “Well, you ought to know who he is, because the black community gave him 4,000 votes for the school board last election and I lost by 200 votes,” Bailey continued. That brief moment eaptured the central conflict in local black politics since the early races of Rev. William R. Crawford for the state House of Representatives in the 19S0s. The question has been: How to get a black elected in a county-wide election in which the black vote is a minority of the total electorate? On one extreme has, been the “vote-black” philosophy as epitomized by Rev. Howard Wiley, the master of ceremonies Sunday, whem white, candi dates were snubbed during the black political revival, and the ‘don’t scare the white, folks’ philosophy as epitomized by Dr. Jerry Drayton. Both viewpoints, in their, own way, take the attitude that black voters are too ignorant to make of their own minds about who to vote for. Both would have black voters blindly following a designated list pre-selected like robots. Both attitudes stand in the way of real political progress for blacks in Forsyth County. Obscured in the rhetorical debate as to which approach is, best have been several fundamental lessons of politics. First, when one is in the minority, one builds coalitions. For example, when, black state Senate candidate Rev. Moses Small planned to invite Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green as the speaker for his roast, he was almost ostracized because Green defeated Howard Lee in the 1976 runoff. However, it would have been a perfect example of a white, minority group, in this , case Green supporters, having every reason in the world to seek out the support of blacks, and possibly being able to deliver the kind of white, support Small might fneed to win countywide. Second, one does not vote for candidates one does not want. In four different races, there are multiple seats open: the state Senate, the state House, county commissioners and the school board. Interestingly enough, if the black candidates were See Page 11 White Candidates Snubbed At Black Political Rally Photo By Sutu* The Iron Horse Reuben Jacobs, 4, of 1205 E. 12th St. uses a handy fire hydrant at the corner of 12th and Cleveland A venue as his vantage point to watch traffic and dream about horseback riding. By Donna Oldham Staff Writer The apparent snubbing of white candidates brought a turbulent end to a black political rally, Sunday at the Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. Angry white and black candidates predicted that the event could mean loss of support for black can didates among white voters md for WSSU. State Rep. Dick Barnes said, “My phone’s been ringing off the hook. There’s going to be some repercussions. The progam lasted four hours with speeches by civil rights leaders, NAACP President Patrick Hairston, Evelyn Terry, Charles McLean and Lee Faye Mack and two sermons by the Revs. J.D. Ballard and William S. Epps. Interpretive dance and gospel singing were in- terpersed through the speeches. The next to the last scheduled event, the in troduction of the can didates gave rise to the tur moil. 500 Could Lose Food Stamps By Donna Oldham Staff Writer it 7,614 households in Winston- Isnd Forsyth County could face the of June and July without any Mps if the U.S. Congress does not ftiste emergency funds for food tecipients. though the fiscal year for the iW doesn’t end until September, Jlloted for food stamps will run out this month, unless Congress takes some emergency measures. “It’s a scary situation that we’re facing,” said Mary Johnson, food stamp program supervisor for the Forsyth Coun ty Department of Social Services. “The last report we received stated that as of March 31, of this year, 7,614 active households participated in the foodstamp program. Of those, 1500 are getting the full allottment, this means that they art getting little or no income,” she said. Mrs. Johnson said that the situatioi: could be resolved if Congress acts quick ly, but there is no guarantee. “We have no way of knowing on a local level if they will get us the money. If we don’t know by May 15, then we must put the emergency alternatives that we’ve though up to use,” she said. She said that her office has three alter natives in the situation. • If the money is appropriated in time, then thefood stampswill be distributed as. usual. • If the money is allotted, then recipients could get their food stamp? but the June stamps would be late. • If Congress doesn’t act in time, then food stamps for the months of June and July could be suspended. • Mrs. Johnson pointed out that while the money for fiscal 1980 has already been spent, that the money for fiscal 1981 has The Rev. Howard Wiley introduced the black can didates present and called them up on the stage. After the candidates ar rived on stage, Wiley asked Atty. James A. Beaty, a representative for Gov. James Hunt’s re-election committee, to get off the stage. Beaty and Wiley argued which ended with Beaty leaving. Wiley then asked other candidates to stand. That request brought shouts from the audience that the white candidates shouid go on the stage. After the white can didates had come up on the stage and begun introduc ing themselves, Wiley walk ed off, saying his part of the program was over. State Rep. Annie Brown Kennedy, running for a full term called Wiley’s actions, “distasteful and humiliating.” “What happened Sunday will set us back years in race relations. He wasn’t just disrespectful to candidates, but the our current legislators and senators and other elected officials,” she said. Rep. Kennedy pointed out that Wiley’s aetions were a slap in the face to Winston-Salem State. “The legislators that were in sulted Sunday are the same ones who vote on WSSU’s budget in June so this could be detrimental to them,” she said. State Rep. Margaret Ten- nille echoed Mrs. Kennedy. “I have never felt so in sulted as I did Sunday. I have never been treated in such a way. I was totally stunned,” she said. Rep. Tennille continued, “I think that anytime peo- S!c Page 2 Ministers Make Ho Endorsements issell Sentence ilayed A Month F' alderman an(i * pro tem Carl H. has been given ptasion to May 29 to !!*a the Federal Cor- f al Facility in Lex- I’ Ky., to begin an ac- r “tenths term for in i'® invasion, by the ■"tise who sentenced pially. P*" was originally Troport to prison 7but according to 1“' Marshall’s office Jnsboro, Russell had ^a7i000 fine and I “t the extension to I® ttte transaction of ■ ““siness, including F'tofhis business, ttaeral Home to members of his family. On Feb. 28, Chief Judge Eugene A. Gordon of the U.S. Middle District Court, found Russell guilty of fail ing to file income tax returns since 1976, on an approximate income of $370,000. He pleaded guilty to one of four counts after a plea-bargaining agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s of fice, provided that the government would allow dismissal of the other three charges. However, testimony from agents of the Internal Revenue Service indicated that Russell had not filed income tax returns since 1961. Staff Photo By Oldham Firemen and Emergency Medical Technicians gather around John Frederick Marley, who was struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Highway 311 near East End Blvd, Sunday. Marley, of 701 Mock St., was riding on the wrong side of the highway according to city police, when he was struck by George McClendon of3041 Colgate Drive. Marley was taken to Forsyth Memorial where he was treated and released for a dislocated shoulder. By John W. Templeton Staff Writer The Baptist Ministers Conference and Associates has voted to condemn the snubbing of white can didates during a rally last Sunday, and decided not to make any endorsements for the May 6 primary. The minister’s action took place Tuesday follow ing the presentation of a report by the political ac tion committee of the con ference to endorse a slate of Democratic, national and statewide, candidates, but no candidates on the local level. Several ministers, among them Revs. C.M. Savoy and G.G. Campbell, opposed the endorsement of Presi dent Carter on the grounds that national black leaders had advised blacks not to choose any presidential can didates yet. Discussion then turned to the Black Political Revival ’80 Sunday, over which a dispute occurred about the recognition of white can- diates. Rev. A.H. McDaniel made a substitute motion that the conferenee thank the committee, headed by Dr. Jerry Drayton, and sub mitted a statement register ing disapproval of the Sun day incident. The effect of the move was that the conference wound up making no en dorsements for the primary. Dr. J. Ray Butler, con ference president, expressed the sentiments of the group. “The Baptist Ministers Conference and Associates does not condone any discriminatory acts where candidates are involved. Every person should be treated with courtesy and given due respect.” Revs. Butler and Drayton said local candidates had not been endorsed to avoid divisiveness if certain black candidates had not been picked. “We can not afford to play one black candidate off against the other.”
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