_ * VOL VI. NO. 4V L S I' S. NO. 06 __ ** l|rJH|^HH if*' '^jB' ^^H|HyCkPSp TjLii.^H^^Kk^ _ ? ?-g? ...y^^towp . ?,:^rmaft>jk" HUfe v **^6^ *~?*&s2SK* v' *^** >**^'f itTiBJStL^BK^M^wWipSBfc''* '"~ v" *iWy^**r^r/ ' i ""fcM1! t** T?*: <\' * M.J'^yjjifc^ffit''"''fr-.ni Ai* ? '.' ' .:^f".; ^-^. . y-Afc. jSEflBttM* ->V +.\ ^MKS'. \ i v^-v^ 111 * y? y'-^f^. *?"'x -$i&sL'.'* ^VywpHBj^HH^^^v..* vfisi vv n^^RS'. " * <*-*$?1^ '^t** vv -*._ -WEnKKbmaL^ ^^^ **???**> Staff Photo by Oldham We've Struck... ...water. Workmen removing the last remnants of the Trade Street Mall struck a water main, bringing forth a gusher Monday. The former pedestrian walkway is set to become a street for traffic again after The Board of Aldermen voted to close the mall. lMMMMUMNinilMIIMINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinitlllMIIIIIIHItMIIIIMIIMIIIItMMIMIIINIIIIMHIIIIIHI Klan 1? prrn i tc wx W4i. I/U ^ 3y Dunn a OLMicrr. * Writer A national officer of the New Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has saicf that his organization has been actively seeking members in the Winston-Salem Police Department since last year and will do so in the future. Vernon Logan, national director of the New Empire Knights, said that in March, 1979, a membership drive to attract both law enforcement officers and youth in ?schools was started and has been iff full swing since. "We started back then and have been since then and now people are realizing it." he said. Logan's comments came in response to those made by Police Chief Lu Powell pertaining to the possibility of a goon squad and KKK members on the police force ov^r the past two weeks.__ Powell said last week that although he couldn't definitely say that there were no KKK members on the - force, that he hadn't seen any evidence of it. Logan said he doesn't see what all the fuss is about. "People knew we had members on the police force 'Vet Gets $4 By John W. Ternpleton Staff Writer ? A local veteran who was wrongfully discharged from the U.S. Army after being spt-up on a drug charge has received a $44,000 settlement of back pay from the U.S.* government. An out of court settlement entered in the U.S. Court of Claims this week entitles Belvin Smith of 1413 Gray Ave. to $44,066.99 for back pay, housing and clothing allowances, bonuses he would have received had he remained in the Army from Nov. 3, 1976, until June 30, 1980. Smith thf?n A Snf*rialitt V YJL/ith ninp vo-arc r\C c , ...... w. T mill IIIIIV I VUI J U1 JW I y IV,t, was given a dishonorable discharge in lieu of a court martial on charges of heroin possession. The soldier then spent two years getting his discharge upgraded to honorable by the U.S. Military Board of Discharge Review. "I'm pleased, elated, proud," said Smith, brandishing letters exchanged between his lawyers and the U.S. t HRC Takes Loc By John W. Temp/eton police department. Staff Writer Newly named member Rev. Warner Dumell re I nc city Human Rela- quested that the commistions Commission began its sion look into complaints second year of operations made by the NAACP about by deciding to seek infor- a "double-standard" in city * mation on city affirmative government; however action progress and reports several commission of Klan activity within the members shied away from "Serving the Winston-Salem C WINSTON-SAl.EM. N.C. Baptists Ri Bv Jvhn W. Templeton million dollar budget, with Staff Writer a month yet to go in its ?i 1 13W4M ycai. The General Baptist State Dr. O.L. Sherrill, 30-year Convention has healed the veteran executive secretary j wounds from an internal of the convention before strugglewhich threatened to retiring in 1978, said the tear the convention apart, uproar had led to reforms says leaders of the 350,000 in convention rules to limit member statewide organiza- officers to one four -year tion. term,- giving more oppor- \ 1 'There's a beautiful tunities for leaders to offer spirit of cooperation and themselves, togetherness," said conven- The result was that when tion president Dr. John R. the Baptists and four auxManley of Chapel Hill as he iliaries met here in Winstonlooked out upon the 3,000 Salem for a gathering only delegates to the All-Baptist held once every four years, Assembly here in Winston- lire delegates could concenSalem this week. ? trate on worship and study. Out of the dispute which Allthornton Canada of arose over his election as Charlotte, president of the president in 1978, Dr. Sunday School Convention, Manley noted that the con- noted that he had attended vention has become more 10 such assemblies. "1 go to i united. As an example, he get more understanding of said that 95 per cent of the the teachings of the Bible funds collected by the con- and to share ideas and meet vention for its missions now new people." come to the Baptist head- "I like the worship part quarters in Raleigh, rather of the assembly and the that individual churches fellowship with the whole sending their donations to convention," said RichShaw University or Central mond Turner, president of Orphanage. Also, the con- the B.T.U. Convention. -vention has raised its first? See Page 13 Among Police when we laid thai wreath on the steps of City Hall for the officers who had lost their lives in action several months ago. There are members up there (oil the police force) that belong to the NAACP and organizations that exempt both black and white people," he said. Logan said that his organization of the Klan is concerned mostly with white people's rights. "Affirmative action is what we're fighting against," he 1 said. He added that the Klan's membership is not confined to the police department but-is present in the sheriff's department as well and the Highway Patrol. Officers that do belong to the Klan are affiliated with "Law Enforcement Den 11," made up of sheriffs, police officers and highway patrolmen and could cover the counties of Stokes, Surry and Forsyth," Logan gave as an example. When asked about the total number of members from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Logan said that if the - total number of officers were divided into the number of See Page 18 4,000 Claim HC * Sf ; V N / ' Br / , *31 ^Bf f f / ^MHK Staff Photo ?y tempietoo I Ex-Gl Belvin Smith holds the letters which announced his $44,000 settlement with the U.S. government over a wrongful discharge. mmiiHmwimimMuimMminnim?mtiwiwmwmniititMMMuiHWMimiMwmm??wi )k at City's Hirir using the word . ,4in- implied that something was r vestigate." wrong. c Members Bernard Durnell declined to c Gregory and Jim Davis first change his motion and he suggested that director Her- was supported by members t man Aldridge would be in Mrs. Doris Robinson, Mrs. a an untenable position in- Rachel Jackson, Mrs. Pat a vestigating his own McNeil and Mrs. Ann I employers; and then said Ryder. that the word investigation Ryder said, "We have to p mCijn ommunity Since 19 74" Saturday, August 2, 1980 eunite Aft ^ . % si!-". IvifuSj ^A * K * # vsSJSBKJIJ A^Qfl^lpflBl A/r$. Margaret Hutto of Charlotte and Rev. Waylon Wa registrant Mrs. Sara White during proceedings of I he Alt WMiii?nmMmiiiiiiRiM?iiiMMiM>inMwimiiMiiiiiiiiinmi? Citizens Den In Multi-Milli By John W. Templeton Staff Writer Neighborhood groups and black restdents^alled on the Board of Aldermen to require the developers of a S20 million downtown hotel to involve minorities in construction and all levels of employment before making a $4 million loan from federal pmnt money. The money would come from a program entitled Urban Development Action Grants, designated for cities with a "pocket of poverty." City staff unveiled Friday a proposal b/the Radisson hotel chain to build a 350-room hotel across the street from the Benton Convention Center and scheduled a rush series of hearings and meetings to get an application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by July 31^ During a double public hearing Monday night, several angry citizens raised a hail of questions about the ownership of the venture and why the city had been in such a hurry. Jonathan Edwards, chairperson of the Citywide Neighborhood Coalition, offered his groups conditional support of the proposal if: affirmative action is required in hiring; low-income*people are trained to fill all levels of jobs; minority businesses and cooperatives have special incentives to locate in the hotel; and that further UDAG applications focus on neighborhood projects. Edwards cited the feasibility of locating a shopping See Page 20 From U.S. Justice Department. 441 feel like I have accomplished jomething constructive with my life. I had an adverse iituation with the weight of the whole U.S. government igainst me but f was able to turn that around and follow t to its conclusion/4 Smith said he hoped his decision would show the Army, 44You just can't kick people out because it's convenient." According to legal records, Smith was an Army medical corpsman disgruntled because he was being used n a motor pool in Aschaffenburg, Germany, back in 976. Just after Smith had returned from an attempt to jet transferred to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., another enlisted man, James Green *as arrested on heroin possession. Green was told that he could avoid prosecution if he mplicated another heroin user. He then gave Smith some marked money Army investigators had planted on him See Page 5 ig rractices s* nakc sure our own house is situations in the city during lean before we go into his report. He noted that a >ther industries." black family in Ardmore is Gregory and Davis cast still living in fear because of he only negative votes a recent cross-burning, igainst the motion, during There have been at least i regular monthly meeting two instances of black ast Thursday. females being the object of Aldridge noted several slurs while on Stratford >otentiall/ inflammatory See Page 20 *20f -V ;er Schism " jk u ?>t*ff Photo By Tempieton (lace of Gastonia's Center Baptist Church greet convention (-Baptist Assembly at the Benton Convention Center. MMNMIIMNIUMIIMMMMMMMItllWIMIIIIIIIMIIIIIHIIItlliMIIIIIIIIMNIIIItllllllllHItllllllllMtni [land a Stake on Hotel Deal || The city is sending an application to the U.S. |j| S Depaitrrvent of Housing and Uroan Development ior ^ 1 a $4 million Urban Development Action Grant. If the grant is approved, the money would then be l| 1 loaned to Hotel Associates of Winston-Salem, a I i group made up of GRI Investments of Rockville, | I Md. and Radisson Hotels Corp. I 1 Hotel Associates is putting up $3.1 million of the i I $20 million construction cost. Another $13.5 million | 1 will be borrowed from private lenders. A Radisson spokesman said Monday the hotel can 1 | not be built without the UDAG money. The hotel | I would not generate enough revenue to service the ft 1 debt on the full $17.5 million to be borrowed. || ~ I However, the chain feels it would take $20 million to ff g| nrrwtnr-** o mnlitu V-?1 f~. ?u_ 1 - m f i wmuvv u v^uaiu J iiwitl I UI IMC ITlclTKCl. ?|j g The terms of the city loan are generous: no repay- p 8 ment of principal for 10 years; repayment of interest | p at six per cent from years six through ten and repay- |? 1 ment of interest and principal at eight per cent in- ff I terest for the last 30 years, ib 8 The city would spend $800,000 of city mone> to ex- || || pand the Benton Convention Center's meeting space i and build a tunnel to the hotel and pedestrian If || walkway to the Cherry-Marshall parking deck. \ i-i mm v< ~U'^>> ^w'^vl' .>* H Staff Photo By Tempteton She Named Alumni Mrs. Olivia Fulp Hairslon correctly named a/I the per sons in the picture of the Atkins Class of 1944 run in the July 5 Chronicle. For her accomplishment, she wins a two-year subscription to the Chronicle. Keep an eve out for other photo contests in the Chronicle, your community newspaper.