I ., r V Vol, VH No, 9 Russell To Be By Art Blue c*~rr ims~:?? kjiujj rrrner Carl Russell, former Winston-Salem Mayor protern and alderman for 16 years, returned home after serving four months of a six-month prison sentence for tax evasion. Russell was released on when he became seriously ill at the Federal Correction Center in Lexington, Ky. In an exclusive interview with the Chronicle, Russell revealed his thoughts on the four months he served in prison, his feelings about his conviction, and his plans for the future. "I had envisioned prison as some dark, dreary, cold N.C. Bar I ?Black By Donna Oldham' Staff Writer A group of 11 black law school graduates have filed a law suit against the Summit < Black En Black Entertainment Television (BET), the nation's first and only specialized cable television satellite network that distributes black -oriented program ming is coming to WinstonSalem, according to BET President Robert L. Johnson and officials of Summit Communications, the local cable company that will carry the BET programming. The announcement was made last Friday during a press conference held at the Hyatt House. BET began on Jan. 25 of this year and now reaches an estimated 5.1 million, households in 499 markets pnHHiiim CCS y . ^ 1^^ WSSU alumni and friends weekend in the homecoming * U.S.P.S. No. 067 ' Happy Home place with bars and machine guns all around," Russell saict, 4 4 But due to my health I was sent to a medical facility. The center where 1 was assigned was rtfc^ike that at all. It was still in prison and you were confined, - but it was a modern facility, clean, and there were no bars or guns to be seen.The guards-were courteous but strict," he said. Because of his illness, a cardio-pulmonary obesity syndrome called. Pick ~ Willian Syndrome \Russell was not assigned a detail at the center.441 was medically ll nn pri J * uii??i{iivu anu >pcill mOSI of my time writing and working on my memoirs. Since I served 16 years in * fnder A ttack :s Cha. JNorth Carolina Board of Law Examiners, challenging the state's bar exam and saying that the process needs to be changed or "opened up." Cable Ada 'tertainmei I m ?at HginMWr ^JMh'' ' |N>|' 1 v Bob Johnson in 47 ctatAG inn1n/ v' * ^vi ^,jfl ^^EfF' 'M^k HP: ' 1 A f ^ Hioto tt/ut Carl Russell public office, 1 wanted to writing while they were put my experiences down in See Page 18 B ?, llenge Exam The plaintiffs filed their partner in the firm of suit in Wake County Malone, Johnson, DeSuperior Court in Raleigh Jamon and Spaulding in Wednesday. They are Durham, N.C. represented by Attorney The complaint alleges Clarence C. Malone, tf that the operations and procedures of the Board of fc* Law Examiners violate both the North Carolina State Constitution and the United States Constituit TV tion. The plaintiffs charge ~ r that the board unlawfully ; / v" and illegally denied them Johnson said?-The fact that their rights by not problack ^entertainment televi- yj^jng them with a consion today has access to 5 stitutionally adequate million cable homes is^clear jevei 0f review after they and convincing evidence were notified that they that black oriented pro- were unsuccessful on thegramming is attractive to North Carolina Bar Ex. both cable operators and aminationi cable subscribers. As cable xhe group also charges television expands into the that board was created major urban markets we in an unconstitutional expect BET to continue its manner and as such did outstanding growth." not have the power to Johnson said that another ejther grant or deny them reason that BET is so their licenses to practice successful is the diversity law in North Carolina. The that only cable television board administers the bar can offer. exam and a oerson must in introaucing jonnson ana the three-day exam ' BET to the area. Winston- before bein licensed to Salem Chronicle editor/ prac,ice law in the state of See Page 3 See Page 2 \ *u|^HB H^B| \*?/// f*fttnn H\ (Mhvin >osters iutions to the university during ha/ftime activities last ? University. The Rams trounced FSU 21-0. ttunu aircrcatiurr why he was running again was between Rep. Margaret after vowing to quit Tennille, a Democrat seekpolitics. Totherow jumped ing re-election and to his feet and told Republican Rep. Mary N. Cavanaugh that he thought Pegg. While Tennille was the purpose of the forum explaining about juvenile was to let the audience ask codes, which she helped to questions not opposing can- sponsor while in the house, didates. -When the Pegg, who is also running moderator of the evening See Page 2 r 9 'gnoted to hand in the sports complex named in his honor. rker, Vice Chancellor Emeritus of IVSSU, was painted by ottingham. Pay Lenas wssu governor are ''giving of jobs that provide a de:hildren an education se- cent income and degree of :ond to none, and helping dignity." * he mothers and fathers of Hunt, who was the hose children get the kinds keynote speaker for the university's anniversary told the audience that in the | 2/f tNvo years that WSSU I. J*if f / f Chancellor H. Douglas Covington has been in of^ fice, thai "Covington has ^ ^ ^ shown that he is an educa- ^ fSL ?. ? ^ V rw /\i #| 1) SM tionai leader of uncommon * -L 1/ r I ability. With the help of Trustee Chairman Joseph Battle and the excellent [ four bills to curtail faculty and staff you have ng rights. That legislation here, Chancellor Covington 1 come before the state has put this institution on tbly when it convenes in the threshold of an un! paralleled era of growth iese opposition groups are and diversification." nv/prtiiminn tUir -.. t: '' -Hunt ^AntinnoH 1 'TSa ...... I 1UIII ^UIUIIIUV.U, lilt wt?I IUI 111115 IIIIS I U 1 I 1 I K , jruder, Youth adviser for challenges facing this university are great, but, Seepage 2 lhe potential is virtually limitless. You are located in npi tq a growing, dynamic urban L A O Dv center. Therefore, the inT stitution must constantly ^ In ()Ct 3 1 accommodate itself to the changing and expanding r ,, ,l needs of the urban com:rwin, former judge, North nau_ ; of Appeals, will be sworn munit>. , f , . , . nnrt nt rhanoino lmcic* icuerai juage since ' ",v ^ for U.S. Middle District of ldeas' Hun" 1 the aua on Friday, October 31. dlence lhal s>,aS ?nx,ous' .u t- .u r- . lv awaiting a studv conm., in the F-orsyth Countv - * , . vv, c i . ' ducted to determine the n Winston-Salem. Im- r Lr u ,, feasibility of establishing a wing the swearing in, there , #u * ' graduate center on the c reception at the Benton * nter'from 2:45-4:30 p.m. $ee Pa8e ^