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I Encyclopedia Bradshaw Joe Bradshaw is Winston-Salem's authority on everything from light humor to the serious days of the civil rights movement. People, A7. Wins VOL. XI NO. 1 U S P S. No. 067910 tj iji> ii?hiwii i iirqemwmbi1 11 . -?? i ?aacbftma ? H v> <^| K& ' * *& 3^^Httii?& si A ^Bf ..' \j*' >^B Mflf Recc Ki^Hr K BHIHHHHHIHHM^ *. flHHHBMH HHHBHV County\ first black Havps annni By ROBIN ADAMS Chronicle Staff Writer In an expected move, local attorney Roland H. Hayes was appointed Forsyth County's first black District Court judge by Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. Hayes, who had been recommended for the position by the Forsyth County Bar Association, ? _ ? ? * t a. am a?%miia1 Decomes me county 5 MAUI juugc ai an annua* salary of more than $41,000. At a hurriedly-called press conference on the v ct&uefc qL Fifth, and Church streets last Thursday, Mayn? timid tha witiwi ami jaU do everything he can to be a fair judge. "I will try to do the best I can," Hayes said. "1 don't foresee any immediate changes." Hayes is expected to be sworn in about a month from now. He said he needs the time to close out his private practice. Although Hayes said he was surprised by the governor's appointment, some other local people Black alderme By ALBERT NICKERSON Chronicle Staff Writer ... Less than two weeks after the unexpected resi Chief Lucius Powell, a few black community an< are pondering the possibility of the city's first bl "A black police chief would demonstrat that Winston-Salem practices what it pre tell people that this city is fair to everyb "I think it's past time for a black police chief Ward Alderman Vivian Burke. Burke, who also s of the aldermen's Public Safety Committee, said a t LIVINGSTONE OVER ton-Sale The Twin City's A wan Winston-Salem, N.C. - - f I ^ fW^^i ^ i top* wvW < ,jw *i^V,,? > ^ Mlgv1. ,;".?<^^,f^^^?^B Be? :>?^1$&w^EGk ? 'v. Br1 ^^Hi -ft / y > jfrPft1 r*> > v jpV^^I|^^^|gr9UBH|^9W|PP^^^3L^^|V7 ji^H i?&g?fry **; ^r 4vP|^^^^BMHlMw^3ij^^fi9MtiBP^S |1 ppBB^^\ ? ' !HI K HJ 1 w PT? my w - :t? 'Tif^w ? ?^F??*"? lltical Notes )rding artist Roberta Flack joins a long list of perfc ics. Flack, a native of Black Mountain, will donate t :ert to the Jim Hunt Committee, the group handli Senate. The concert will follow the Aggie-Ram Cias Sports Center at 8 p.m. * nted District Con weren't. "He has the support of the establishment," said A 1 J - ? T V n r 1/ n/^ tttUtf U oirar ?iror /"VIUCI mail LrOl I y Iridic, WIICII aaivtu WIIJ najw "cm selected from among eight candidates considered. "He is'perceived as a safe black." Hayes wis^recommended by the county's two bar associations 4 the Forsyth County Bar Association and the predominantly black Winston-Salem Bar Association - but was not recommended to Hunt by the Black Leadership Roufidtable Coalition. The governor usually accepts the recommendation of ? the Ftwiyfefc At Mwiiiiiiriui, an- ' bar association to seek other recommendations for the newly-created judgeship. The North Carolina General Assembly voted during this year's short session to increase the number of District Court judges in Forsyth County from five to six. Hayes will serve as a governor's Please see page A12 n ask: Will Powe manager will consider a black fo __ black officers already in the de r _ consideration, gna ion 0 ? c But with less than a month to g< *l? 1 r m Stuart appoints a new chief, Stu; ack police chief. procedures he win use for selectin define the guidelines by this weeki e to the people Powell, 48, resigned Aug. 20, er iches. It would he would leave the department. So ody. " Powell resigned to spend more ti Larry Womble which he orten has oeen criticized Powell had applied for the polic said Northeast flailed to finish among the top fiv erves as chairman week. she hopes the city After his resignation, the city's 4~ * MCCII BY TJh Mysterious WSSU's starting lineup against Vi remains a mystery until Coach Bil unveils the players at game time. tportsWeek. m CI i-Winning Weekly Thursday, August C /.a. I A " . ^ . rmers integrating music and he proceeds from her Sept. 8 ing Hunt's campaign for the isic in Greensboro at the Cor irt judge m He .. Roland Hayes 11 be replac r the position and hopes those partment will be given serious o before City Manager Bryce A. art still hasn t announced what g a replacement. He said he will end. iding months of speculation that me public officials have said that ime doing consulting work, for :e chief job in Austin, Texas, but e candidates, he said earlier this black aldermen and community rginia State KJMM F II Hayes lronii JO, 1984 - 35 cents With bjrA.firm Winefnn ponders By ROBIN ADAMS Chronicle Staff Writer Winston Mutual Life Insurance Co. plans to merge with a Los Angeles-based minority-owned insurance firm the first of the year, according to state insurance officials. Winston Mutual has tentatively planned to merge with Golden State Mutual of California, said Oscar Smith, director of public affairs and ombudsman services for the state Department of Insurance. Smith said it was "unusual" to discuss the specifics of a merger until the merger is complete, but added that, as far as his office could determine, the merger was not sought because Winston Mutual iJ Knnnriinl a 1-1is in rtnanciai Trouote." "We are now conducting audits of both companies and w ill be able to tell more about their finances when the audits arepver," Smith said. When asked about merger plans, George Hill, president of Winston Mutual, said, "That's always a possibility." Hill said he could not say anything further about the possibility of a merger until the audit was complete and denied that the company is in financial trnnhlp "We are above the minimum required (surplus funds needed to stay in business)/' Hill said. "In fact, we are more than above the minimum required. "It's nothing concrete, but we Black Dollar By GREG BROWN Chronicle Staff Writer The NAACP's nationwide boycott of the Food Lion Inc. grocery chain is one way to demonstrate the economic power black consumers wield, but it organization is planning a broader demonstration of that power next week to bring the message home to merchants unaffected by the boycott. The Winston-Salem NAACP chapter is urging area black :ed by a bla< leaders generally praised Powell a* also said Powell was very responsiv population. But Powell's tenure hasn't been After the Board of Aldermen ins "I just don't want them unqualified and then people city employees in July, Powell wj the aldermen and his supervisir evaluations were "unusually hig Please se ?le 30 Pages This Week Mutual merger are looking to increase our size and offer more services to the people we serve." Despite Smith's and Hill's statements that Winston Mutual is solvent, W. J. Kennedy, president of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co. in Durham, the state's largest minority-owned insurance firm, said Winston Mutual is considering the move because it is in financial trouble. "We (North Carolina Mutual) talked with them on several occasions (about merging with North Carolina Mutual)/* Kennedy said in a telephone '' We still would (merge) ... Their whole company is not as large as one of our divisions. So, you see, it's not that important to us." * ? W.J. Kennedy, president of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co. interview. "We couldn't meet their needs. They are trying to get as much out of it as possible." Kennedy said that Winston Mutual recently accepted a loan from Golden State Mutual and that some of the officials from Golden State have been placed on the board of directors at Winston Mutual. Hill would not answer questions about Kennedy's statements. "We are having no Please see page A3 Days set people to support its second annual Black Dollar Days demonstration by paying for purchases with $2 bills and Susan B. Anthony dollar coins from Saturday, Sept. 1 through Saturday, Sept. 8. The chapter has arranged for And tfce Wscftovte tr?i1r^-and; : Trust Co. branches on Claremont Avenue and the Wachovia at Glenn and Patterson avenues to stock plenty of the coins and dollars for the project. Pat Hairston, president of the Please see page A3 ck chief? > a strong, decisive leader. They e to the needs of the city's black a iuui-ycui nuiicyiiiuuii. tituted new merit pay criteria for to pick a black who is will say 7 told you so\" ? Virginia Newel! is caught in the middle between lg officers. Powell said police h in comparison to other city ie page A3
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