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From His Coalitic
By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
On first inspection, one might view the Rev. Donald E.
Wildmon as another white, Southern, conservative,
Methodist preacher and family man.
Seeing the 44-year-old Tupelo, Miss., native approach
the podiunv, peering at the audience over his low-hanging
bifocals, one's first impulse is to get ready for a prepareto-meet-thy-maker
type of sermon.
But Wildmon's message is a little different.
"I was a parish minister, and really, that was all I had
ambitions to be," Wildmon told an audience at a banquet
in the Hilton Inn sponsored by the Women's Conservative
Caucus last week.
But a dissatisfaction with what he calls the *4filth''
presented on television, coupled with what he sees as a
national trend of shunning basic religious values, promp
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By Ruthell Howard
? Staff Writer
A race of particular concern in the black community
is the 39th District of the North Carolina House, in
which black candidates C.B. Hauser and Annie
Brown Kennedy, both Democrats, are among the
field of eight seeking five available seats.
Democrats R. J. Childress, Margaret Tennille and
Tom C. Womble and Republicans Fred S. Hutchins
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"The basic problem is the value system," Wildmor
says, "which is a narcissistic, humanistic, heathenistic
value system."
Wildmon sees the United States on the verge of becom
ing an oppressive nation, religiously, economically anc
racially.
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III, Michael J. Lewis and Frank E. Rhodes round out
the list of contenders, all of whom have expressed
concern over problems that affect the elderly and the
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public schools.
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Thursday, October 28, 1982
Black Coaliti
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By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
After meeting with local candidates to discuss the
issues, the Black Leadership Roundtable Coalition has
determined its endorsements for the Nov. 2 general election.
Coalition chairman and North Ward Alderman Larry
Little said the organization expects "overwhelming support"
from the black community on the slate, which includes
black state House candidates Dr. C.B. Hauser and
Annie Brown Kennedy as well as white hopefuls R.J.
Childress and Tom C. Womble^Womble,
who currently serves on the Winstonr?
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oaicm rorsyin ^ouniy ooara oi Education, was not endorsed
by the coalition in the June 29 primaries.
Margaret Tennille, who was endorsed in June, was dropped
from the slate for the general elections.
In some instances, blacks may want to support the
black candidates only," Little said, but he speculates that
most blacks will support the coalition's recommendations.
For Congress, the coalition endorsed Rep. Stephen L.
Neal and for the state Senate, Richard "Dick" Barnes.
For the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of
j Out of his concern for the moral future of the r
the Coalition for Better Television, spends his t
about TV programming. Wildmon spoke recentl
i the Women's Conservative Caucus (photos by ?
"You divorce the capitalistic system in this country
from Christ, and you will have an economic system that
1 will make communism look like a picnic, and that's
where we're headed," Wildmon said after the banquet.
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to corrections to inflation to crime.
Hauser is a retired professor from Winston-Salem
State University who calls for equal wages and
employment opportunities for women and minorities
and says he will work toward improving the education
system.
Hauser has also expressed concern for the elderly
under the "New Federalism" and says he wants to
make the transfer of fiscal responsibilities from the
federal to the state level more "compassionate, fair
Chronicle Camera
Halloween Trai
^ By Edward Hill Jr.
Staff Writer
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| Although trick-or-treating has been a time-honored
tradition among youngsters during Halloween, parents
have been prompted by the threat of their children receiv|
ing poison or objects such as razor blades or acid embed*
ded in candies and fruits to consider alternatives.
Concern for the safety of trick or treaters has been
underscored by the recent deaths attributed to cyanidelaced
Tylenol capsules, as one town has outlawed trick?
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Halloween Caution
A number of local parents say they
will either consider alternatives to
trick-or-treating for their children or
practice the tradition this year with
extreme caution.
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Education, the coalition endorsed candidate Beaufort
Bailey, the Democratic frontrunner in the primary and
lone black candidate in that race, and John S. Holleman
and Mary Margaret Lohr.
For Board of County Commissioners, the group endorsed
black candidate Mazie S. Woodruff.
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"We made it clear that we feet the worst thing
black people could do is vote on the first page,
wmcn is a straight Democratic vote. "
Coalition Chairman Larry Little
In the judicial races, Little said the coalition is
"basically reaffirming support for the black candidates
running for judge of court of appeals" and support for
judicial candidates it endorsed during the primaries.
Black candidates Clifton E. Johnson, who was not on
the ballot during the primaries, and Charles Becton were
endorsed along with Eugene H. "Gene" Phillips and
Sidney S. Eagles Jr.
And for soil and water conservation district supervisor,
the group endorsed black candidate William H. Tatum
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lation, the Rev. Donald Wlldmon, chairman of
ime urging citizens to become more concerned
ly at a banquet in the Hilton Inn sponaored by
lames Parker).
"You talk about minorities being oppressed? Take away
the Judeo-Christian value system, and blacks have had it.
All minorities have had it."
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State House??,
and efficient."
Tom C. Womble, a pastor and counselor for 25
years, says he, too, is concerned with quality educa
tion and quality services for the elderly, including tax
relief and nursing home inrjvpvements. Womble, in
addition, advocates reforms in both the criminal
justice and penal systems.
Local attorney Kennedy has been practicing law in
Forsyth County for 28 years and has expressed a
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or-treating altogether and Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne has
discouraged trick-or-treating in her city, where the
cyanide deaths occurred.
The Chronicle recently polled Winston-Salem residents
downtown to find out if they will allow their children to
trick-or-treat tomorrow night, and if so, what precautions
they will take.
Felicia Covert, mother of a six- vear old son:"My little
boy will not be going out. I plan to have a party for him
and some of his friends. It's safer that way. After I heard
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