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Say Justice H
By ROBIN ADAMS
Staff Writer
After nearly two years and two trials,
Caswell County jury has found Willis
W. McGee, former director of the Bent
Convention Center and Memorial C
iseum, not guilty of conspiracy to traf
in cocaine.
The jury reached its decision Tuesd
after four hours of deliberation. McG
44, wept as the verdict was read.
. Many of McGee's friends attended i
seven-day trial and expressed joy at i
verdict.
441 am very happy for McGee," s
George Hill, president of Winston Mut
Life Insurance Co. and a charac
Our Children, Our i
Black Pa
By ROBIN ADAMS
Staff Writer
This article is the seventh in an
eight-part series.
Education is defined as "the process
of training and developing the
* knowledge, skill, mind and
character," according to Webster's
New World Dictionary.
Contrary to what some believe,
learning is not limited to formal set*
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witness for McGec. 4'I think justii
served .^Given a little time, and wit
? pie sticking behind him, he should 1
a to put his life back together."
im Attorney David Wagner, who als
on ed as a character witness for McGe<
ol- "I feel very good about the deci;
fic think the entire matter was seven
fair. It was evident from the beg
lay that McGee was only involved ti
ee, the actions of Ann Toms and the
Department.' *
the Mrs. Toms was used by the W
the Salem Police Department as an
cover agent.
aid The jury, under the instructs
ual Judge James M. Long, found
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Schools
rental Invoh
tinas such as schools. Some of the
learning, if not most of it, must be
conducted in the home through the
teachings of parents, many local
teachers say. Students, teachers and
parents must play a major role in a
child's education, they contend.
But often the black parent is missing
in his or her child's education.
Black parents are missing when it
comes time to appear at PTA
meetings or parent-teacher con
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ssing Parents
reasons not totally clear, black
nts elect not to participate in
' children's education.. Robin
ms investigates the problem.
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WINSTON-SALEM. N.C.
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"Many think that school is a pla
during the day, someplace where
with a babysitter."
ferences. Black parents don't par- !
ticipate in the decision-making pro- <
cesses by coming to school board
meetings and expressing their concerns
and views.
And where black parents aren't
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By ROBIN A
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tion commii
Vice Presidei
MRKRHn I Marshall s
I names last ^
Elections mei
Armentrout,
3 member Bo
some of the
Armentroi
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jjMM&Mj special
I I ties get the
names. So f
people, leavi
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nominating
I names.
But acb<
Executive
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Womble
HI aldermen i
HHH Monday's
had an iten
posed bone
bottom of
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Education
night took
businessmj
representii
board that
BHHHHr little busir
Igwi during a ttadtnt that 1 'the i
udlng segment of our sive to
Idren, Our Schools" communit
Followii
tal Missing
\ce you send your children to
kids go and spend six hours
showing visible support for their
children, they are also failing to provide
encouragement and support
when the child comes home, says a
former local NAACP president.
"We were victorious in setting the
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\DAMS *Awarer
the stat
with vo
h County Board of Elections to the n
ie NAACP's request to have missioi
deputized as special registra- appoint
>sioners, says organization Any
it Walter Marshall. precinc
ays he turned in a list of 51 commi:
eek to lone black Board of County
mber Joan Caldwell. But Jim
chairman of the threeard
of Elections, rejected "We
names on the list. w/// n
it said the board has decided ftn
& people will be sworn in as thp
ration commissioners. Of the
nocratic and Republican parfirst
opportunity to submit ?
ar, they have nominated 226 Am
ng 90 vacancies. commi
> give all three of the board of "open
embers a fair - chance at ? the F
persons, Armentrout says, (multi|
>er could . submit only 30 four) I
office
>rdihg to the "Citizen's
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ditor *- The
unans^
;r War<r^Ald<rman Larry during
as visibly irritated. midnif
wondered &loud to his fellow For
ind an overflow audience at recpm
Board of Aldermen meeting, econo
l as important as the city's pro- taken
1 package been relegated to the 8 refei
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a crowaeu agcnua: ??v
believe that this is 14th on the
rd Committee
lority Business
rADAMS Ford
?r bidd<
ice cr
who will supply the school the 1<
i milk products and groceries is tage
airly routine procedure for the and i
alem/Forsyth County Board of term:
, But the decision Monday W1
a little longer after a minority and i
in voiced his objections. of tY
:y Harold Kennedy III, and
lg James F. Ford, told the his \
small minority firms have done maki
less with the school system and busii
school board should be respon- K<
the needs of the entire he v
y.M with
rig normal bidding procedures,
Link In Sch
foul lines,0 says the Rev. J.T.
McMillian. "And now that the
game has proceeded, we have not
put the vigor and attention in
scholastics as we have put into
athletics. And the cause of this is
parentless homes.
"Oh, I'm not necessarily talking
about homes where the father or
mother is missing. I'm also talking
about homes where both parents are
there but they aren't providing any
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olicy
ACP
less Yearbook 1982," published by
e to familiarize Noi;th Carolinians
ting procedures, "There is no limit
lumber of special registration comners
that each j:ounty may
t."
county having more than 15
ts may appoint special registration
ssioners, the book says. Forsyth
r has 70 precincts.
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will fight it all the way. We
ot let Jim Armentrout stand
way of getting those folks on
oaks." ?
- Walter Marshall
lentrout said that the number of
issioners permissible locally is
-ended," but that he arbitrarily set
orsyth County number at 316
plying the number of precincts by
because that is a number he and his
can effectively manage .
Please see page A 2
Womblesaid. ^ , v,
L ?tf ' ?! a
ugn wumoi^ s qucsuun wcm
*ered, many others were answered
r^r meeting that lasted until after ?
jht.
one thing, the board unanimously
mended that the $23 million
mic development bond issue be
to the voters for approval in a Nov.
rendum.
1 majority of the money would be
Please see page A3
To Consider
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, a dairy products distributor, had
?d on 20 percent of the schools' milk,
earn and fruit drink needs. Ford was
3w bidder on two of the items, cot
cheese and vanilla milkshake base,
.vas the second lowest bidder on butilk
and low-fat milk.
hen the school system contacted Ford
inquired about his serving 20 percent
le schools' needs for cottage cheese
vanilla milkshake base, he withdrew
)id because he feared he could not
e money on such a small amount of
less.
:nnedy said school officials told Ford
/ould have to service all the schools
20 percent of their cottage cheese and
Please see page A3
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encouragement, push or discipline
for the children," McMillian says.
"The biggest fault of black
education has been the lack of attention
of parents and the lack of interest
from the black institution
like the church, clubs and b\<K-.
leaders," he says.
According to McMillian, bla<k
parents have lost sight of their
goals. After black people won the
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