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Page A2-The Chronicle, Thursday, November 29, fciiliH I U9| i | NEWS DIGEST?; National, state and I T^U aii^MCU iui Mi-J WASHINGTON ~ The District of Columbia's delegate to Congress, Walter Fauntroy, and two other national black leaders were arrested last week after staging a sit-in in the South African Embassy to protest that government's detention of 13 black labor leaders. Fauntroy was arrested with Mary Frances Berry, a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, and Randall Robinson, director of the black lobbying group, Transafrica. They were taken from the embassy in handcuffs. Fauntroy declined to invoke congressional immunity and the three demonstrators were released on personal recognizance after spending a night in jail. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Georgetown University law professor and fbrmer hdad of the U.S. Equal'' Employment Opportunity Commission, entered the ? vsfc.. -m ivnV* \ i Vfi Officers were ordered 1 GREENSBORO - A former policewoman who was in the Morningside Homes area the day five communist demonstrators were Jcilled by Klansmen and Nazis has told attorneys for the Greensboro Civil Rights Fund that she was ordered to "clear the area as soon as possible" minutes before the Klan Nazi caravan arrived. The statement, in a deposition by former policewoman April Wise, appears toj:ontradict the Greensboro Police Department's assertion that it was unaware of the approachirtg Klansmen and Nazis, accounting for the absence of police officers at the scene of the "Death to the Klan" rally. Wise said that she and another officer were answering a domestic disturbance call in the Morningside Homes housing project on Nov. 3, 1979, when the police communications center instructed Court hears racial desi NEW ORLEANS ? Lawyers for a woman who found out six years ago that her birth certificate classified her as 4'colored" have asked a state appeals court to allow her to change the designation to "white." The Nov. 14 hearing before the Louisiana Court of Appeals was the second such hearing since 50-year-oid Susie Guiliory -Rhipps Tound out she was not-tegatty- white when she-was gelling a passport to fly to South America. Phipps, the greatgreat-great-great-granddaughter of a black slave and a white plantation owner, has white skin. She failed in an attempt to have declared unconstitutional ^tate law classifying as "colored" anyone with spittle as one thirty-second black ancestry. The state legislature changed the 13-yeariiimiiiininMiiiitimiiiiimniimmimiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiMitiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiHiiHiiiiniiti m uiativ pi csciice mp males, one black female and two mission specific black males, has a black "This commii representation of 42.7 percent. millions of dollai And on the 11-member city- run the utilities, county Utilities Commission, to sewer. So on tha which the city makes five ap- best brains you pointments, the city appointed think we have tl four white males and one black North Carolina.* male. Total black representation He cites John on the commission is 18 percent, commission chaii "I try to appoint people suited chairman of to the particular commission for Wachovia Bank a particular job,** Corpening and chief executi says. Wachovia Corpo Pointing to the Utilities Com- appointee) and 1984 mHjtiflUf* a__ *'vj' H ? If 9? *J5 '> , > B ^.T \ &8H?j??"' '* ' (If 19 old d r ocal news briefs compiled by Greg Brown n at embassy embassy with Fauntroy, Berry and Robinson last Wednesday afternoon for an appointment with the South African ambassador. After an hour, Norton said her companions intended to remain inside the embassy until the black labor leaders were released. The labor leaders were detained earlier this month after a two-day strike by hundreds of thousands of black laborers protesting South Africa's policy of racial separation. "Olir< wac an art r>f nnncri*r%r* ? ? - ? .. .w ??w? w a vvamviviiw All 1 vapUIIJV VKJ II1W repressive action of the South African government with respect to the noble, nonviolent protests of black South Africans over the last few months," Fauntroy said after his release from jail. He and the others pleaded not guiltyJio unlawful entry at the " dthbassy and "are to Yiave a hearing on the charge nexv week, v ; * * i f d b iu A ?-i * * -- ? from Nov. 3 rally area * i them to leave the area at 10:50 a.m. Wise said the call was unusual because domestic investigations generally take 20 to 30 minutes, much moreuime than she and her partner were given. Police officials deny they gave such an order. Although a 10:56 a.m. transmission from Wise appears on tapes of police communications indicating the officers were leaving the area, the police department does not list the Wise transmission on its "administrative report" of the killings. Attorneys for the Greensboro Civil Rights Fund are representing the families of the five slain demonstrators in a $48 million civil suit against the firwnshnrn Pr\lir><? cm 1 * * ? W.tvv lyvpm IIIICIII, llic r Ol <1110 UlC federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The suit is to be heard in March. ignation appeal old law last year. Until the law was passed to redefine what constitutes white and black for challenges to racial designation on birth certificates, "any traceable amount" of black ancestry was enough to be designated black. An opinion was written after the appellate court held its first hearing on the issue, but the proceeding was rendered invalid when one of the three judges orT the panel resigned before the ruling became final. * JJrian Begue, Phipps* lawyer, said the state already has the authority to change the racial designation on a birth certificate, but does not want to do it. "It is a lot easier to change your sex on a birth certificate than to change your race," he said.. From Page A1 :ally, he says, Thomas Davis, president of Pied saivsu uauui? muni ruiiiucs, iU CAailipiCSI UI U1C s per year. They high-caliber individuals needed to the water and fill such posts, it, you want the "You can't hire them and you can get and I can't pay them," he says. "When le best setup in you put those kinds of people on ' a commission, they are used to Watlington, the handling millions of dollars and -man and retired you have to have people who can the board of do that. and Trust Co. "If we do that on all commisve officer of the sions as much as possible, we'll ration (a county be better off. You really want city appointee Please see page A3 Most black a From Page A1 For the ^afrt-^ight years, Alderman Vivian Burke has represented that ward. Burke said she isn't sure yet, but more than likely will seek re-election. But unlike 1981, when Burke had no opposition, two black Democratic candidates are ' seriously considering seeking her seat. Both Victor Johnson, assistant principal at Carver High School, and Joe Daniels, a city employee in the tax office, have expressed an interest in running for the Northeast Ward alderman's seat. "I'm out here assessing the situation," said Johnson. "Before you stick your neck out for anything, you have to." Although* Johnson has never run for political office before, he served as Eddie Knox's local campaign co-coordinator in Knox's bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Daniels said he hasn't made any formal announcement and . would make public a decision one way or another in the next couple of weeks, but is leaning toward making a bid for the seat. Like Johnson, Daniels hasn't run for political office before, but he does serve as the Carver precinct chairman. Both men say their decisions to run won't be based on the other's decision. Burke said she feels that as citizens of that ward, they have the right to run if they want to. The Winston-Salem Chronicle is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Company, Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street. Mailing Address: Post Office Box 3154, Winston-Salem, NC 27102. Phone: 722-8624. Second Class postage paid at Winston-Salem, NC 27102. Subscription: $13.52 per y??j payable in advance (North Carolina sales tax included). Please add $1.00 for All . A ? 4 a! 1 ?i a?i?i UUl-WI -IVJW II .. U V. I I V (, I y . -*i PUBLICATION USPS NO. 067910. " - y I THERE'S NO BETi TURKEY THAN PAR NOB * I HAS CLOSE-OUT I [1 ^SV4H il*' vi v'f*'! Ibl^BkAJMl y^on* - pj^P I' .v * - W?- ' < ^ > 1 if iwrniui - iff MI ?Tmn IKR MummiMj $ J iiiiiiiiMMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiHiimiiiiMmMM Jdermen expec MIIHMMtMINNIHIMMNIIIIIIMIIHIIHIUIIIIMIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIII "An elected position is a right that people have," said Burke. "They can run if they want to. There is no lock and key on any elected pos'tion. I have' no problems when people say that they are going to run. "They aren't running against me. They are in the race running for a seat." < Burke, A Democrat, said she thinks her chances of holding on to her seat are as good as they were in 1977, the first time she ran. At that time, black Republican Rodney Sumler and i*tu nunc cauuiuaica vuaucngcu her. "My record is one that I'm proud of," said Burke. "I have represented the needs of the people." If Burke runs for re-election and is elected to another fouryear term, she may not finish that r third term. Burke also is considering a bid for the state House seat now held by Democrat C.B. Hauser. Before being encouraged to run for alderman in 1977, Burke said she was approached by a number of people who encouraged her to run for the state House. "I don't know if Dr. Hauser will seek re-election," said Burke when asked if she would run in 1986, which could be two years into her third term as alderman. "I don't know iT it will be the next two years or four years 1 SUBSC I _ * tot j Winston-Sale TOD 1 122-i TER PLACE TO TALK IKS CHEVROLET. AND lODY 'RICES LIKE THESE! aim ' I vl B?Mf.lfil m I IIIT ? Mf-2111, 711-7114 UT. tSMflKflttM y miMMUMHMIIIIIIIKIIUIIIHMIIMIMIIIHMUIIMMUIMNIt 3 challenge _ llllltlltltlUlllltlMillltlllMMIIMMMtlttttllllMMttlltlllll before I seek the state House." But Burke cautions that her decision won't be* based on whether or not Hauser decides to run for a third term. Little said the one black alderman sure to be opposed is Larry Womble, representing the Southeast Ward. Unlike any other alderman, Womble has a ?. t ward thaHs almost evenly mixed with black and white residents. "1 automatically assume that whites will try to get that seat back and the fact that they have a slight majority makes that more attractive," said Little. "It won't be an indication of whether he has done a good job; racism doesn't look at stuff like that." Little said he also is expecting a serious challenge in the North Ward. "I feel I will be strongly challenged," he said. Rut caiH I iftlp u/hilp all fhp incumbents are expecting opposition, whether it materializes remains to be seen. "A lot of times people see the glitter and prestige, but don't see the hard work," said Little. "But when it comes down to the hard work, they disappear. If somebody inteqds to run, they ought to be at? the alderman meetings gathering facts and figures to use to mount an issueoriented campaign. But I haven't seen anybody down there doing that." :ribe i he I m Chronicle ! >AY A j I S w J^b^H w ^Bt >-.< Nji^v- B ^B& *" ^Bk I iiP ^g^yggI mmk bki IT A^BjSMm K JB^v ; 2ek;i <#>"' % BgBsr ^b ^ IBHPHB'John Robinson Backed I ?32 W&jjsm I BIS5S1I1 I V
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