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Page 2-The Chronicle, Satur Mb Cancfidat for re-election made remarks just loud enough to be heard by the candidates and titillate the audience, who had become aware of each party's attempts to outdo one another. Pegg, then proceeded to correct Tennille, who continued to explain. As the two legislator's voices got louder and louder, the moderator again called for r??i:?i w- -k wiuti. rvcpncu rvis. i ennille, who is seeking a fourth term, "Just ask hei to let me finish what I wa< saying without interruption." Pegg did not apologize. The forum, which all 14 candidates attended, saw all express a profound interest in the black community and all promised if they were elected or re-elected some distinct changes in minority-oriented legisla?rton.? Totherow, said that he would like to see minority owned construction firms get adequate bonding and receive better training so that they will not be tampered by limited licenses. "Once a company has proven itself, they should be able to go ahead and pay a bond like everyone else," he said. Rep. Dick Barnes, also a Democrat, said that he would like to see the state study the feasibility of setting aside a percentageDntscontracts for minority firms only. Rep. Ned R. Smith, a Democrat who is seeking another term said that he would like to see relaxed bonding requirements, a? did former realtor Frank E Rhodes, a Republican candidate. Sen. Marvin Ward, i Democrat, who is tht retired superintendent ol schools said that he would like to see the community colleges and technical schools in the state upgraded so that they would have more to offer students who wanted to go into construction and technical fields. Tennille echoed by saying' that she~would like to see _ vocational counseling upgraded and begun sooner in the schools. John F. Moss, A Republican for the House, said that he would like to see more work-study programs in the schools so that students could become part of the world of work sooner. All of the candidates agreed that unemployment of minorities was a major problem. Democratic Rep. Ted Kaplan said that the unemployment was "like a domino complex." Kaplan said that the staggering statistics "were the end result of a long chain of things, from education to health care to training-.-We naod? t.n fiajapark itae we have in place with appropriations," he said. Kaplan also said that tf members of the audience had fact sheets with data pertaining to the high rate of unemployment and other problems to bring the information to him. Atty. Donald R. Billings, a Republican looking for a first term in the House told the audience "you'd have to be blind not to know there's not a problem. He continued, "if qualified blacks are being turned down for iohs and iinahU to get jobs, then maybe something is wrong with the present system." Billings and several other Republicans including L. Hackett French and C. David Kepple, urged the audience not to vote a straight Democratic ticket. "You might be surprised, but the minority party really understands a minority peo day, October 25, 1980 From page 1 pie's needs better than the majority," Bilfings said. II Other candidates on hand were Robert F. Joyce, Gov. W Jim Hunt's representative, ? ??-7 who said that Hunt had hired more minorities to l work in state government V than any other governor in im the state's history. Rep. Annie Brown Ken-i v i * neay, wno was appointed SMP by Hunt to fill the unex- SI pired term of Jusdon ^ H DeRamus after he was appointed to a judgeship, emphasized that all seven; m H| Democratic candidates support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. 9^j She also noted that all seven KSBR ^ Republican candidates opsc it ^ l^r a Republican gubernatorial Miss WSSU candidate I. Beverly Lake Blount) posi Jr., did not attend the ceremonies la forum and did not send a major from R representative. from New Yo Prisoners f, the Rational Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Tennessee Branch warned "prison inmates may stage some kind of protest which could even lead to a riot." Denver McMath, an inmate at Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville and President of the Lifers Club of Tennessee, Inc., predicted that more than 60^o of the prison population will exercise their voting rights even >hOMgh fina| rppi&t**? tion figures have not been compiled. _McMath confessed that inmates have suffered as a result of not being able to vote and have been deprived of that right for too long. "Voting affords us the only opportunity to express ourselves on a broader level." Attorney Harmon Wray, Tennessee Director for the Southern Prison Ministry agreed, explaining that "voting gives prisoners a sense of dignity, pride and ~ responsibility, further increasing their ... chances for a successful transition into the free society/' Thfc Southern Prisoner Ministry, and advocacy organization for local and state prisoners, in Tennessee, pubiically supported the Memphis Legal Services' lawsuits filed on behalf of the state prison inmates. The initial class-action lawsuit, filed back in July was against State Election Coordinator David Collins, members of the Shelby County Election Commission and Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris.-lt? charged, according to Wray, that state laws prohibiting prisoners from voting, were out-dated, arbitrary, and inconsisShertzer S Jim Shertzer, the Winston-Salem Journal's arts reporter pleaded guilty Republican c; last week in Forsyth District District Court Court to a charge of driving was charged v under the influence. The state voluntarily dismissed a charge of driving 55 mph in a 45 mph zone. Baker was Shertzer, who was charg- writing a chec ed Oct. 6, was given a six- to Central Cor month sentence, suspended Corp., an ar for three years and fined vices he uses, $150 plus court costs by mg sufficient Chief District Judge Abner bank to cover Alexander. He called t Charles C. BakeF, a mistake, sayi _i _ . t Exam From page 1 North Carolina. The group of plaintiffs, graduated from various law schools across the country including Duke, North Carolina, . Central University; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Texas Southern University; the University of South Carolina; Howard and Georgetown University. Each has taken the bar ex am at least once. ' The Winston-Salem Chroni- ^ cle is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chroni- ?S?rv?<jtv! cle Publishing Company. Inc.. R?pres?ntat 516^. Trade St. Mailing Ad- ?S?rv?<jin dress: P.O. Box 3154, Winston- orof?s?ion? Salem, N.C. 27102. Phone: 722-9624 Second Class postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C 27102. 4 Subscription: $9.60 per year flkl payable in advance (N.C. sales tax included.) NOF PUBLICATION USPS NO. 067910 II < " * *\ 4 i i..T * ? (Lauretta Battle) and Mr. Ram (Robert l_for photographers after Coronation st Friday night. Miss Battle is a sociology \ocky Mount, and Blount is a music major rk City. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wmmmmmum 'om page 1 r tent, thus denying some prisoners equal protection under the law. That suit was filed, however, only on behalf of all prisoners convicted of "infamous" crimes. The original "infamous" crime statute, enacted in 1829, covered crimes ranging from horse thievery and rape, or destroying a person's last testament and will, while other serious offenses including murder, kidnapping or selling hard drugs were omitted. U.S. District Judge Robert S. Brandtconcurred in a decision last month, ruling that prisoners convicted of "infamous" crimes are not prohibited from voting by any state law. That action, coupled with an earlier decision by U.S. District Judge Robert McRae in Memphis which . granted prisoners convicted of "non-infamous" crimeT the right to vote, led to the stunning yLptoix .nojfc jshafed by alLinraaies. . jaJlUlJiCr .*!SBJPNF - WOlCfft' iprODIDIICu).. prisoners from voting by absentee ballot. atP PUr>t?rtn - --? Miwiivii vi uviais, in kumpiymg with Judge McRae's decision, have now developed a plan allowing inmates to mail requests for absentee ballots directly to their county registrar before October 14th. The actual voting for inmates receiving absentee ballots will take place on October 28th according to Assistant State -Elections Coordinator,-Bert Chrispmon Each prison facility will designate a specific area of the institution for voting, presided over by an election official. Suspended andidate for worthless check last week, judge who said that he has paid the vith giving a check off. xdidate Cleared charged with check in the wrong one of :k for $115.36 his four accounts at nmunications Wachovia Bank and Trust iswering ser- Co. Baker said that he did without hav- not receive notice that he funds in the was overdrawn because he the check. had recently moved his of:he charge a fice and had had problems * ng that he_ -receiving hlf? mailal th*,kie.w noney-To^he address. , PUNCH #142 :-;#f9Kwl?0 iMajgawaagfwM^M*;; s*i?&3& N?d Smith nas ma da a habit >f public sarvica. year# as a taachar and administrator in local schooia. 0 tarms m tha North Carolina Houaa of ivaa. mora than 30 community, civic, church, and 1 organization# Elect DEMOCRAT IED SMITH tTH CAROLINA HOUSE 4 ^ ^ 3Mil VV. N WSSU campus. The governor appealed to the audience, however, that while progress was eagerly ' sought, that the school should not lose site of its original goals. "I've talked a lot here about growth and change, but, I don't want that taken to mean that WinstonSalem State should abandon its historical mission of training teachers for our public schools. It is that mission that has made this institution the great university it is#^ He continued, 44It must be our goal now to see to it that every child not only learns to read, but has the opportunity to graduate. Every child?rich or poor, black or white-must have the chance to burgeon out all that is within him or her, to achieve excellence." "That is where those of you who are preparing for a career in-teaehing come in. You must prepare yourselves now to be the best teachers you can be, because when you leave herej-yoq will have a direct and ~daily impact on the kind of future North Carolina's children are going to have." The governor said that he could think of no better example of one? person's impact on so many as that of Clarence E. ."Bighouse " Gaines, the WSSU head basketball coach and athletic director. Gaines, who is the nation's winningest active basketball coach, was being honored with the dedication of the C.E. Gaines Sports Complex, during the same Founder's Day ceremony* .s ... Besides: the dedication o|k the Gaines Complex, and the unveiling of a portrait painiea or Gaines, Hunt was presented the honorarty Doctor of Laws Degree. This year's Founder's d K ENTER THE CI 1st ANP COOKING < gentries 1 i due iw i nov. 7 m980 I1 7 % > 1*^ - From *m . nsifcil.., i<iuniiiiigi?mwiwwiiiiiiwyniii? j Day activities were integrated with homecoming festivities because as WSSU spokesperson said, "out of town alumni and friends could corner to both ac- ; tivities rather than having to make a choice, since both homecoming and Founder's Day are so close together." wmmmmmmmmmmmmm Hn \1 \ hfifi 6> n L THl & IS GETTINC TH WQNWIJE^S PRIZES WILL BE THE TOP THE 1st Prize-7 pc. 2nd Prize-Elec I 3rd Prize-Toas T f L J rftDliiooi!! m THE AST COMPANY ? LOCKSMITHS I SHARPEN ING--LUQQAQE REPAIR DEADBOLT LOCKS INSTALLED I 744-0119 J i? PUNCH SLOT #174 FOR I JEAN BURKINS I DISTRICT JUDGE She Can Do The JOB gQKo tUlll ilJi- tlluu v ?J_I_ I . . ? W?? ww umm WW IBM Willi IUUT nCip j|j| She Must Be Elected I Now, As Never Before, VOTE On Nov. 4 I (Authorized dhd Paid For By the Syrians Committee d UMPIN* 1340 . ,> ' ' / BIGGER EVER Y DA Y! ANKS TO YOU ^ ?*>WMWMNi '*i^fe^ikV* tEE ENTRIES ^ Cook ware Set ^."" I triV Dlan/4 " II IW UIVIIUCI m TO EVERY M ter RECIPE fl
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