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Prank Puts
Sports Career
In Jeopardy
By Donna Oldham
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ziajj writer
J A male studenrs romp through an all-women's dormitory
on the campus of Winston-Salem State University
resulted in a freak acident that could sideline a member *
of the Lady Rams basketball team next season and cause '
her to lose her basketball scholarship. 1
Cheryl Burke, a member of WSSU women's basketball
team filed charges against Johnnie Morrison, another '
WSSU student on charges of assault on a female and 1
trespassing, after an incident that resulted in Ms. Burke's
finger being severely broken. (
In lengthy testimony in Forsyth District Court Thurs- 1
day Ms. Burke told Judge WHliam H. Freeman that Mor- *
rison and a companion had come into Moore Hall, an all
women's dormitory uninvited and without an escsortr on
May 2.
She testified that she had been visiting a friend that lived
in the dorm, when we heard 44a commotion in the
hallway."
441 looked out the door and saw these two guys standing
in the hall yelling at girls as they went by. I told, them
they weren't supposed to be there,"she said.
Assistant district attorney Paul Weinman then asked
Ms. Burke if she could identify one of the men aqd^she
nodded yes, and pointed to Morrison.
Ms. Burke then testified that Morrison had asked her
to come to him and she had told him no. ?:
"As 1 was coming out of the room, he grabbed me. I
tried to brace myself against the wall. I grabbed the door
and tried to pull away from him. Five girls tried to grab
me away from him and one of the girls panicked and j
slammed the door,"she said.
Burke told Freeman that her finger had been severely,
broken in the incident and that she had endured a lot of
pain. "He had no business in the dorm, men aren't allow- j
ed in .the halls unless they were carrying something
heavy."
She also testified that she could smell a strong odor of
alcohol on Morrison's breath and that his eyes were
"glassy".
In cross examination, Morrison, a former WSSU
basketball player, who served as his own attorney asked
Ms. Burke if they had been friends in high school in their
native Moore County.
"I had never seen you until I came to State," she j
replied.
Morrison then asked her if in fact their high schools
hadn't been rivals in basketball. Ms. Burke replied by ]
telling him that their high schools had nothing to do with
his presence in the dorm on May 2.
# Morrison, a senior, told the court that he went to the j
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"Serving the Winston-Salem
'VIO WINSTON-SALEM. N.C.
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New Chi
By David Puryear as assistant p
Staff Writer N.M. since 1<
The city's new police chief said this During 19"
week he^ would change rhe^department's brutality wer
policy on releasing information about Salem departi
complaints of police brutality. sion (IAD),
Lucius A. (Lu) Powell, 43, took the * coordinator,;
reins of Winston-Salem's 414-person the former c
police force, Tuesday after having served questions abc
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Cfiarlett^ left, and Carlo Furche*, 3801 Lomond e
organizing efforts of their mother; Ruth Furches? these yo\
Furches g0( ^er Southcrest neighbors together for a block j
love big gatherings," said Mrs. Furchess
Picnic Unite
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By David Puryear
Staff Writer
While many Americans spent much of their Memorial
Day weekend battling highway traffic, residents of the
Southcrest area in Winston-Salem closed off traffic on
their streets and enjoyed the spring weather with a
neighborhood block party.
The first annual Memorial Day block party in
Southcrest was the brainchild of Ruth Furches, 2801 Lomond
St.
Most of the residents of the area, located three blocks
?ast of Main St., south of Corporation Parkway, have
moved into the neighborhood within the last five years,
iccording to Mrs. Furches. The Southcrest section, once
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Burkins Browder
[Runoff Set June 3
The runoff election from the May 6 primary will be
I held this Tuesday, June 3 in the 79 polling places
| throughout Forsyth County.
Irons win open at b:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m., M
said Kathie Chastain, elections supervisor.
Up for grabs in the runoff will be on Democratic |
nomination for District Court Judge, two 1
Republican nominations to the Board of County I
Commissioners and the Democratic nomination for 1
! state auditor.
I I Assistant district attorney V. Jean Burkins, leader
in the May 6 primary, faces the challenge of attorney
B.R. Browder for the district court seat. Burkins is
seeking to become the first black judge in Forsyth
County. Browder is making his second campaign for
the District Court bench.
Also on the Democratic ballot, Ed Renfrow, the
first primary leader, faces Bill Chestnut for state
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Community Since 1974"
Saturday, May 31, 1980
71 ice Brutality^ /
el Change
olice chief in Albuquerque, plaints or how they were res<
But Powell told the Chrc
'9, 81 complaints of police sonally, 1 favor public repcw
e handled by the Winston- (police brutality) complaints
ment's Internal Affairs Divi- without identifying the partic
according to public safety think it is important that int
Allen Jones. Neither IAD or regularly report the numbers
hief's office would answer complaints. I anticipate that
>ut the nature of those com- done."
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njoy the perfect weather on Memorial Day. Thanks to the
dng ladies had a yard full of playmates for the holiday. Mrs.
party, complete with all the traditional picnic trimmings. '7
s Southcrest
an all white area, is now a predominantly black, middleclass
neighborhood, characterized by one-storv brick
homes with neatly manicured lawns.
"I found from talking with people that a lot of people
didn't know their next door neighbors," said Mrs. Furchess
as the aroma of grilling hot dogs drifted on the early
afternoon breeze.
Mrs Furchess said she decided about three weeks ago to
do something about the lack of neighborliness in her
neighborhood. She started going door to door, asking
folks if they would like to have a get-together.
44We had a real good response," she started.
4'Everybody thought it was a real good idea."
She soon enlisted the aid of Phyllis Sample, 2819 Lo- i
mond St. They made large posters advertising their picSee
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Schools to F
Luncnes jjui
By David Puryear leader of CNC, notified the 1
Staff Writer school officials three weeks t
ago that she was no longer 1
The city/county school ^interested in managing the i
board Monday night a- program. i
greed to sponsor a summer Of the 31 sites where the
free lunch program at 31 free lunches will be served *
sites in low income areas of this summer, 21 are public s
the county. schools. At those sites, hot
The plan adopted by the lunches will be prepared by a
board provides for free school cafeteria workers. At f
lunches to be available to the remaining ten non- E
anyone under 18 years of school sites, packed lunch- ft
age who shows up at one of es will be brought in from f
the sites Monday through the school kitchens. (
PfiHov K?hi>**n 11 o ?** ? ?
- j ~ inc zi scnoois wnere not (
and noon. The program will mcals will be served are: r
begin on June 16 and end Anderson High, Atkins c
on August 15. No meals will High, Brown Intermediate, \
be served during the week Carver High, Diggs Inter- *
of June 30 through July 4. mediate, Easton IntermedThe
free lunch program, i*te, Fairview Intermedi- a
funded by the U.S. De-^ate, Forest Park Element- i
partment f of Agriculture ary, Hall-Woodward Ele- t
through the state Food mentary, Kernersville Jr. g
Service Division, and had High, Kimberly Pk. Ele- t
been administered by the mentary. Mineral Springs t
Citizen Neighborhood Elementary, Moore School, g
Council since 1974. Northwest Junior High, 6
But Velma B. Hopkins, Lowrance Intermediate, i
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officio
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ilaints
is Policy
Mved. Following his swearing-in, Powell told
rnicle "Per- a Prcss conference that his top priority
Fting of how w?uld be the restructuring of the departare
resolved menl- He said there is confusion within
is involved I l^c department about who has responernal
affairs sibilit> forL what"
and types of "That has to be resolved first,M jaid
that will be Powc^? "so *bat lines of authority are
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Youth Face
Jobless
Summer_
By Donna Oldham
Staff Writer
Almost half of the more than 3000 local high school
and college students on vacation seeking work will not
find jobs, predict local youth employment officials.
"More than 40 percent of the 3000 or so young people
who apply for jobs this summer won't get them because
of the job situation around the country," said Grover
Teeter, of the Employment Security Commission.
Teeter said that youth are at a disadvantage basically
because of the length of time that they are available for
work, and the fact that because of the sagging economy,
more people are "doing it themselves,M rather than pay
VenQetta Wagner of the Salem Youth Centers Inc.,
said that the unemployment problem is not limited to
black youth.
"It's not just a black problem, it's a universal problem.
Young people are having the'same problems that
minorities are having all year around/' she continued,
*4 Kids above the economic level of CETA (Comprehensive
Employment Training Act) are having problems,
black or white."
Ms. Wagner said that Salem Youth Centers will be
sponsoring a summer camp and hopes to hire approximately
20 counselors for the three camping sessions but
plans and funds are still uncerain.
Jackie Hubbard of the City Department of Human
Services said that there are approximately 500 CETA
positions open for young people between the ages of 14 to
21. That figure she said is a decrease in the number of
jobs available last summer.
44Five agencies will administer the program. What we
offer is classroom trainingcoupledwlth work experienpe/'
she said.
Of the five agencies, Experiment in Self-Reliance, the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System, the YMCA
and YWCA will all offer* work experience plus high
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Tovide Free
ring Summer
Parkland High, Petrec In- a total cost of $2,669,568.
ermediate,Rural Hall Dr. Howard Sosne, assisElementary,
Sky land Inter- tant superintendent for innediate,
South Park High, struction, said there is evimd
Walkertown Jr. High, dence that Title I programs
The 10a nonschool sites have improved the overall
vhere free meals will be achievement level of derived
are; mentary students in the
Patterson Ave. school system,
md YMCA Camp, Butter- "Fewer and fewer chilield
Community Centfcr, in the lower grades fit
lelview Recreation Center, the criteria of placement (in
dorningside Community th* program)," said Sosne.
louse, Reynolds Park, "What we are finding is
rherry View-Piney Grove we're pushing the program
Church , North Hills Com- up. We've stopped taking
nunity Center, Piedmont first graders into the procircle
Recreation Center, gram. Next year, we expect
Vinston Lake Park, to take only 50 percent as
Kingston Greens. many second graders into
In other action, the board the program.f'
pproved the Title I remed- Sosne said median test
al reading and mathema- scores of children in the
ics program for the 1980- program consistently
>1 school year. According showed improvement over
o plans of school officials, the course of a school year,
he federaHy-funded pro- Ha said that, in general,
pam will serve more than classroom teachers were
>,500 students in 45 schools able to notice improvement
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