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VOL. VIII NO.
U.S.P.S. No, 067910
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
Thursday, December 31, 1981-
*25 cents
22 Pages This Week
:^(ist Winston Center
Building Plans
.f
Moving Rapidly
OBf Yvonne Anderson
Li ' Skiff Writer
plaii.s tits’ moving rapidly
lo'begiii construction on the
East Win.ston Shopping
Center one week after the
city recieved approval of
the $340,000 Urban
Development Action Grant
(UDACy from the Depart
lit of Housing and Ur-
1 Development (HUD),
veral meetings between
officals and the
tineapolis-based
elopers, RWSH Inc.,
k place last Tties'day in
an effort to work out the re
maining details with the len
ding institutions to clear the
way for grading.
“We’ve been meeting with
the banks and the
developers to wrap up the
loose ends,” said Assistant
City Manager for Special
Projects, Allen .loines.
.loines said that the grading
plans, scheduled to begin in
the latter part of February,
are currently tinder discus
sion, as well as plans to
begin putting out bids on
the project and choosing
the primary contractor.
While the city prepares for
construction, private at
torney R. Lewis Ray is con
tinuing his efforts to secure
the $425,000 equity invest
ment from the developers
and make the center totally
black-owned. Ray is stick
ing to the same plan of
soliciting citizens to invest
in slock in East Win.ston
Ventures, a for-profit sub
sidiary of the non-profit
East Winston l.ocal
Development Co.
According to Ray, East
Winston Ventures is cur-
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Aldermen Considering
Relocation Aid Requests
By Beverly McCarthy
Staff Writer
North Ward .\lderman
Little, all adetiCaiC
for l.ibcrty-Patterson
residents forced to relocate,
.says he is pleased that the
city is acting to meet three
requests by the residents to
ease their relocation.
“One of iny main con
cerns was that people aren’t
just up and thrown in
another area,” Little said
last week.
|0Bnit)iittecs of the Board
of Alderiiieti approved
Motiday tiight:
j-A contract with the Es-
perinictit in Self-Reliance
forlongrange counseling
for displaced residents.
-An increase in the reloca
tion allowance for displaced
residents from $200 per
i’aiiiii> to J7C0.
In addition, relocation
benefits retroactively arc
being paid to some
ticighborhood residents
w ho moved out of the area
prior to Reynolds’ an-
noitncement the it would
provide funds to help
residents relocate.
Residents are being
relocated to allow -for
Reynolds parking, and
manitfacluring facilities.
“The requests call for
some very badly tiecded
c 0 ti n s e I i tt g and It o tn e
mattagemetii,” l ittle said.
Little added that he believ
ed the requests wottld be ap
proved by the city.
The one-year contract with
‘BSn .vwuld total $24,864 in
Reynolds funds and include
tieighborhood office space
and home tnatiagenient
cotttiseling.
Louise Wilson, director of
Experiment In Self
Reliance, said that ESR had
already been working in the
area. “The needs are dire,”
she said.
Under the contract, two
ESR staff persons will work
out of offices located at the
Patterson Avenue YMCA,
assisting residents with
relocation.
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Wtm s-,i "
Award Winners
Coming to the Chronicle this spring will be “The Rainbow in Black,” a photography contest co-sponsored with
the Univesity of North. Carolina African/Afro-American Studies Curriculum, and the Chronicle’s own local com
petition. Past “Rainbow in Black” winners include (clockwise from top) Tim Bass’ study of childhood courtship,
Keith Worrell’s portrait of “Amy” and Elizabeth Otwell’s portrait of Roz. Watch for details of both competitions in
future issues of the Chronicle.
Chronicle Poll
Shoppers Ponder Resolutions
By Beverly McCarthy
Staff Writer
In a poll by Chronicle
reporters, post-Christmas
shoppers at Hanes Mall
made these New "Vear’s
resolutions:
Waddell Bankhead-“l
really don’t make New Year
resolutions because I know
I’ll break them.
Randy Sinkler-"! don’t
really have a New Year’s
resolution. A lot of people
say they’re going to make
this big change in their lives
when the New Year comes
in, and end up not doing
anything. I try to imporve
the way 1 live day by day.”
George Moore-“My
New Year’s resolution is to
try to get closer to God and
.serve him better.”
George Moore Sr.-“I’m
going to try to stop smoking
and get closer to God.”
Beverly Monroe-’M’m
going to stop smoking.”
Carol Poindexter-’T’m
going to start going to
church more.”
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Madeline Scales, presi
dent of the Winston-
Salem Chapter of the Na
tional Council of Negro
ll^omen, addresses
Christmas cards to
"efghborhood kids dur
ing their annual
[Christmas Cheer”. The
lS^member club,
solicited donations from
f'ea businesses to give
to needy families during
the holiday season. Gifts
ofclothing, fruit and toys
we given last Wednes-
“y in the parking lot of
he Masonic Temple on
«h Street. Mrs. Thelma
h™nll was campaign
[hoTman for the
t-hristmas Cheer”
Drive.
Toms Says Investigation
Will Relieve Pressure On Her
By Allen Johsnon
Managing Editor
Ann Toms, former under
cover agent with the
Winston-Salem police
department, says she has re
quested an inquiry into the
drug investigation of
William McGee and
Michael Smith to relieve
public pressure on her and
her family.
“My family and 1 are
under a lot of pressure from
the black community and
some whites,” Mrs. Toms
said Tuesday nighl. “If the
police would come up with
informalion, il would lake
the heat off of me.”
Mrs. Toms added tfial she
felt the invesligation would
uncover no wrongdoing on
the part of the police, but
simply clear the air of ques
tions concerning the opera
tion, which ended with the
conviction of McGee and
Smith on charges of con
spiracy to traffic in cocaine.
Mrs. Toms, who played a
major role in the McGee
ca.se, last week sent
telegrams to the state At
torney General’s office,
Winston-Salem Public
Safety Committee Chair
man Vivian.Burke and City
Manager Bill Stuart, re
questing that they look into
the original purpose and
timing of the invesligation.
“As the special employee
on the William Magee (sic)
and Michael Smith case,”
the Dec. 22 telegram to city
offieials reads, “I am ask
ing the city to request the
Attorney General’s office
to invcsligale this ease. I
would like to have several
quest ions answered.. .How
(did) the investigation start
and why did it end so quick
ly?”
ir the answers to tho.se
question.s “come from
somebody other than the
police,” Mrs. Toms said,
“it will take the heat olT of
me. I’m tired of it. I’m tired
of being blamed. I'm tired
of being hurl.”
Alderman and Public
Safety Committee Chair
man Vivian Burke said
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Businessman, After 11 Years, Faces Extradition
I Yvonne A nderson
I ^taff Writer
Charles Moore
'Evicted of aiding and
""g a forgery in North
"'ima for which he was
on a
chain gang,
only four
.n ^ before he
^Ped to Trenton, N. J.
® Ito built a respec-
Aam
spent
"ths there
table life as a church going
businessman.
Eleven years later, when
Moore was returning from
a Bahamas vacation with
his wife, a routine customs
cheek at Philadelphia Inter
national Airport revealed
his status as a fugitive and
now he faces extradition to
North Carolina, a fate that
Mopre does not want to
meet.
Since his escape from
Durham, Moore, 41, main
tained a carpet installation
and sales business for six
years and is vice president
of the usher board at the
Wayner Avenue Baptist
church. He has also raised
a family.
Moore and his lawyer,
Ronald White, said that
they will write letters to
Gov. Thornburgh of Penn
sylvania as well as the
governors of North Carolina
and New Jersey.
Special Assistant to the
Gov. Hunt, Ben Ruffin,
said that writing a letter
requesting commutation of
the Sentence would be e-
nough to stop the extradi
tion proceedings, which
were scheduled to begin on
Dec. 22.
“It’s our understanding
that what he needs to do is
write and ask for a par
don,” Ruffin said. “Then
that stops the extradition
proceedings.”
Ruffin also said that he
believed Moore had a good
chance if he followed the
procedure. According to
Ruffin, the Governo.’-
has received no correspon
dence from either Charles
Moore or his lawyer.
“Restitution is better in
my opinion than putting a
man back in jail,” said
Ruffin.
For Charles Moore, how
ever, things are not that
simple. When arrested in
Philadelphia he was jailed
in lieu of $100,000 bond.
He spent a week in jail,
including Thanksgiving
Day as his lawyer worked
and finally was granted a
bond reduction to $15,000.
Moore is now attempting to
raise his lawyers fees and
worries about his personal
finances and has already
received some help form
friends and relatives to
defray those costs. Addi
tionally, Moore also face
indictment from the city of
Trenton if he should win hi
fight against extradiiton
from Pennsylvania.
INDEX
Arts and
Leisure
..8
Business
.18
Church News . .
Editorials
.4
Social Whirl. . .
.6
Lifestyle
20
Sports
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