Amos 'n' Andy 1982
Columnist Tony Brown continues his
examination of black television images
with a look at what he feels are
'modern-day versions of Stepin Fetchit
and Buckwheat: Jimmy Walker, Flip
^ Wilson and Garv Coleman.
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Pre-Election End(
By Ruthell Howard loyal enough.
Staff Writer The Black Leadership
Roundtable Coalition, a
Three days before the group that was formed this
Nov. 2 elections, tension year just before the June 29
mounted as both published primaries to give the black
and oral endorsements community political
revealed that support from guidance, endorsed Rep.
the black community Stephen R. Neal for Conwasn't
quite as predictable gress, Richard Barnes for
as anticipated: The the state Senate, Beaufort
Republicans complained Bailey, John S. Holleman
that the black leadership is and Mary Margaret Lohr
too loyal to the Democratic for school board: Dr. C. B.
Party while the Democrats Hauser, Annie Brown Kensaid
that blacks may not be nedy, R. J. Childress and
Chronicle Camera
Most Said Thej
By Edward Hill Jr.
Staff Writer
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Seventeen years after the passage of the Voting Rights
Act, large numbers of black Americans still neglect to go
to the polls, statistics indicate, prompting the NAACP
recently to launch a massive voter participation program
in the Southeast.
An analysis by the NAACP's Atlanta office revealed
that voter registration and turnout levels among blacks
uuiiiiK me summer s primary ariu run-uii eiciuuns ru
Surprise: F
By Bryan Gupton
Special To The Chronicle
CHAPEL HILL ? Ronald Reagan's approval
rating by North Carolinians, as reported in the most
recent Carolina Poll, has held steady since last spring,
when a similar statewide survey found a sharp
drop in support for the president and a particular
lack of confidence in his perhw^ance by black
respondents.
Forty-six percent of the 584 adults polled in early
October said Reagan was doing either an excellent
job or a pretty good job in office. Another 32 percent
rated the president's performance as fair, and 20 per
cent called it poor.
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The Results
An in-depth look at Tuesday's
election results ? how Forsyth
County voted and why, how the
winners and losers have reacted, and
what it all means for the black
community.
Front Page. Page 4. Second Front.
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Tom C\ Womble for the opted to support the
state House; Mazie S. straight Democratic ticket.
Woodruff for the Board of And the Chronicle backCounty
Commissioners, ed a portion of the
Sidney S. Eagles, Clifton E. Democratic slate very
Johnson, Eugene H. similar to the Roundtable's
Phillips and Charles Becton endorsements which includfor
the judicial races and ed Neal for Congress,
William H. Tatum for soil Woodruff for Board of
and water conservation County Commissioners,
district supervisor. Bailey and Holleman for
The Baptist Ministers the school board, Barnes
Conference and Associates, for the state Senate and
a predominantly black Hauser, Kennedy and
group of ministers from Margaret Tennille for the
various denominations, state House.
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Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Tennessee were far below the
numbers of eligible voters.
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Winston-Salem planned to use its electoral franchise in
the Nov. 2 general election.
Annette Jones, unemployed resident of East
Winston:"V 11 definitely be voting in the election. This
will be only my second time voting. At one time, I didn't
think it was that important. But things change and now I
feel that my vote might make a difference."
See Page 2
Perceptions Of Rea
The number giving Reagan high ratings ? excellent
or pretty good ? was down only 2 percent
from a March Carolina Poll, a change not considered
significant.
But the president's current approval rating is 20
percentage points below what was found in a poll
taken in October 1981.
The Carolina Poll was conducted by the School of
Journalism at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and the UNC Center for Public Television.
Persons contacted in the random telephone
-^survey were asked: "How would you rate the job
Ronald Reagan has done as president ? excellent,
pretty good, fair or poor?"
The margin of error for the results is 4 percent,
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Thursday, November 4, 1982
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By Ruthell Howard
and Allen Johnson
? ^^Rl9Si Four of five black cai
didates rode a crest of sol
L black and Democratic su]
A nH^98 P?rt to victory in Nov. 2
M L Y general election, a bo
political statement,
ft'i'mMM observers, that the bla<
1SU vote in Forsyth County is
SMBB force to be reckoned wi
and that voters in gener
are not enamored wi
President Reagan's perfc
mance.
Irown'a Journal alao Xhc results also indicate
ory that has been left that black communi
ory 6h Brown's fiery shunned the straigl
n>*? Parker). Democratic ticket in fav
jt. jii in i ii ill of more selective voti
,/ ' tact, and followed vc
fi didates endorsed by t
K9 Black Leadership Roun
table Coalition. For i
None of the Republican stance, the black precin<
candidates received en- not only voted heavily f
dorsements from the black the black candidates, b
community.' also for the whi
While all the candidates Democrats endorsed by t
agreed that endorsements Roundtable.
are not the only determin- "The Roundtable serv
ing factor in how residents notice that we are
will vote, all said their cam- factor," said Vict
paigns were affected by Johnson, a member of t
them. organization that preced
The Roundtable was its endorsements with
criticized for not supporting registration drive join
the full Democratic slate by coordinated with t
county party chairman NAACP.
See Page 2 "I think that until
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Chris Thompson Alexander Martin
igan Among Blac
which means that 95 percent of the time the results
should differ by no more than four percentage points
from what would have been obtained if every
telephone number in the state had been dialed.
Reagan's approval rating in the Carolina Poll was
consisieni wnn a louis Harris poll conducted in
September that showed 47 percent of a national sample
rating the president's performance as "pretty
good" or better. That was irp slightly from a Harris
poll conducted in February, which found a 44 percent
approval rating.
In North Carolina, Reagan got high ratings from
Republicans, college graduates, professionals and
those who make more than $20,000 a year. His performance
was viewed less positively by blacks,
Searching For A Score
Winston-Salem State's Rams haven't
scored a touchdown in two games,
dropping baseballish 2-0 and 6-3
games to Lenoir-Rhyne and Johnson
C. Smith, respectively. They look to
break the spell Saturday against a
tough Elizabeth City defense.
Sports. Page 15.
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Candidates
ig Winners
neral Election
begin to work together as a nedy and C. B. Hauser,
Democratic Party, there who placed second and
will continue to be a fifth, respectively, in the
Roundtable and they'll con- 39th District State House
n- tinue to have a ballot race. ~
id (listing their endorsements) Kennedy challenged fronp
and they'll continue to do trunner Margaret Tennille
*s well," added Mazie S. for first place and trailed
Id Woodruff, a county com- Tennille in the final tally by
ly missioner winner who only 1,302 votes, while
:k finished a strong second to Hauser amassed 29,380 to
a incumbent Fred D. Hauser. win the final Senate seat,
th
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?r- "This election is kind of a test. We've proven
we can get blacks elected countywide and we've
proven that we can stick together. "
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ry Hauser led the race with more than 6,000 votes
he was not far behind, captur- Frank E. Rhodes.
d- ing a total of 31,071 votes A fourth winner, R. J.
n- to assure herself a spot on Childress, * gained 10,529
:ts the board. votes in the race. Childress
or Leading the race for the ran strongly in black
iut school board, as he had in precincts, partially a result
te the Democratic primary, of the coalition's endorsehe
was Beaufort O. Bailey, ment, said the
whose 28,164 votes led run- organization's chairman
ed nerup Mary Margaret Lohr Larry Little.
a (25,122) by more than A fifth black hopeful,
or 3,000. William H. Tatum Sr.,
he Winning the third and barely lost a bid for soil and
ed fourth seats on the board water conservation supera
were John S. Holleman visor. Tatum was also ently
(24,861) and Margaret F. dorsed by the coalition and
he Plemmons (24,288). Little said that backing
Other black winners in- almost propelled him to vicwe
eluded Annie Brown Ken- See Page 22
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Marcelin Howell Willie Crawford
:ks StUl Low ,
women, low-income families, older or retired persons
and those from the mountains.
He is strongest among Republicans, 72 percent of
whom approved of the job Reagan is doing. Only 31
percent of the Democrats agreed.
Reagan also is strong among college graduates, 58
percent of whom gave him high marks. Only 40 perf
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tcm ui 11iu>c wmt icnn man a mgii nciiuui cuuiauun
did so.
Fifty-six percent of those in professional or
technical occupations said they approved of the job
the president is doing, as did 57 percent of those
whose total family incomes top S20,(XX) a year. Onl\
35 percent of those v\ho make less than $10,000 a
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