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Pmge -Afc-Ttre Cti rootate, TftwBday, Decsmfee*^ 1Q ^ . ']flj| I - H_ Hjjtt I V Ei^8 ?F3 ? IPa^H I Ex J9Ba l Kiilf . l ' 5 '^1 I ji I * 1 "" H ^ B B|M w. V >, I | NEWS DIGEST National, state and loc First person sentenced i GREENSBORO ? Mark J. Sherer, the man ac- h cused of firing the first shot in the Nov. 3, 1979, c< Klan-Nazi shootout in Greensboro, last Wednesday w became the only person sentenced on charges aris- E ing from the confrontation which left five Com- S munists, including a black woman, dead. U.S. District Court Judge Hiram Ward sentenced 1! the former Ku Klux Klansman to six-months in a ri community treatment center, suspended the re- ac mainder of a five-year term and placed him on five years probation. v< The 24-year-old Cramerton man pleaded guilty to fr a conspiracy charge on March 24, 1983. He later gi tried to withdraw the plea and cftinged his mind tc about cooperating with prosecutors in the trial of te nine Klansmen and Nazis charged with civil rights sc violations stemming from the shootout. ci Sherer tried tn retract u-f .Vuh?? iiiv 5U111; i^iwa a^ain uciurc Restaurant owner refus< MARSHALL, Va. ? A restaurant owner in this w small, rural community less than an hour's drive w from Washington is refusing to serve blacks, a^ despite a permanent federal order directing him to w comply with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Roy E. McKoy has been jailed twice for his m refusal to desegregate the Belvoir Restaurant, a re small cafe he runs from his home. se Four black women tried to eat lunch at the la restaurant last Thursday, but were not served. cr McKoy closed the cafe, saying he was not going to serve anyone, and ordered the women, state police re officers and deputies from his property. They left. 441 am old enough to have marched with Martin fo Luther King and to think that I'd never have to do fe this again," said Laurie Jackson of Dale City, Va., so a longtime civil rights activist and one of the women refused service. at Jackson expressed frustration that McKoy, who Jobs increase for minor RALEIGH ~ The amount of work going to th North Carolina's minority highway contractors in- 15 creased 663 percenylXQJDl.51 & hillinn $29.1 million in the federal fiscal year which ended Sept. 30, the state Department of Transportation pe reports. le; The reason appears to be the 1982 Surface bl Transportation Assistance Act, which increased es federal gasoline taxes by five cents per gallon and se provided billions more dollars in federal highway funds to the states. pt Currently, 146 minority or disadvantaged firms sa are certified by the U.S. Department of Transporta- D tion, compared with 92 in January 1983, when the si< law went into effect. About one-third of the companies are seeking highway work in North Carolina. R The companies were awarded 10.78 percent of gr federally assisted highway work in the state during d< YMCA banquet service to the community," says banquet, Glover say Richard F. Glover, the Y's ex- Board of Managemi ecutive director. "It will also give to three-year terms the Y a chance to advise the two distinguished public what has happened during h.E. Staplefoot< the year, because this is when we Thomas R. Neeley a will make our report to the "We will also hav membership." tunity to publicly a The primary purpose of the move to our new loc I &4 vJjM&fjj*:*, '^'tf^'.':' -"v A jfcaffiBi&t ? v&LiS?'*. V^:**.E" /. & ~i> T^4fc? -AS^jK^ ' -j^l ^' ^1?p s ncjl in Klan-Nazi case e was sentenced last Wednesday, but the judge acepted the plea bargain agreement worked out between Sherer's first attorney and U.S. Justice department prosecutors. His current attorney said herer was considering whether to appeal. At the time of the shootout in 1979, Sherer was ?. Hw was charged in state court that year with oting, but the charge was dismissed after the jury :quiited the defendants charged with murder. A federal grand jury began an 18-month instigation into posible civil rights violations arising om the shootings in 1982. A month before the and jury issued indictments, Sherer pleaded guilty ) a conspiracy charge and in return for his ?stimony was granted immunity from further prorcution. He is one of 60 defendants in a pending vil suit filed by the Greensboro Civil Rights Fund. ss service to blacks t ent to jail in 1967 and 1974 for failing to comply ith court orders to serve blacks, appeared to have voided a legal confrontation during the last few eeks. A Washington television station sent a threeember crew, including two blacks, to the staurant on Oct. 30, but the three were refused rvice. One of the crew members back at the scene st Thursday said McKoy said he would sell the TV ew coffee, but that it would cost "$500 a cup." <<TKif ic ?? ?:j *--? * no 10 nuiwuiuud, saiu jacKson, wno ran voter gistration projects for the Southern Christian jadership Conference in northern Alabama for >ur years in the mid-1960s. "We came because we el like it's our duty, because there is no excuse for mething like this being permitted to continue." She said she and her friends will try to be served the restaurant again in a few weeks. ity highway firms e 1983-84 fiscal year, compared to 3.1 percent in >81-82, the last year the federal government allowl states-to -set voluntary 4wnits. ? But some state and industry officials say the 10 ircent "goal" exceeds the performance ability of gitimate minority companies and has created proems, such as higher construction costs and tablishment of "fronts," in which minorities rve only as figureheads. "It's such an ambitious program in such a short ;riod of time that it's created a climate for abuse," tid Berry G. Jenkins Jr., manager of the state epartment of Transportation's construction divion. And, said state highway administrator Billy ose. "I think the mandatorv asnect ot the nrn am is bad. I think the objective of trying to ivelop minority business enterprises is good." >m Page A1 s, is to elect Glover. "It is something a ent members tremendous number of people and present have been working towards for honors, the years. We view this move as a ; and the necessary transition to enable us wards. to better serve the community." e the oppor- The new Winston Lake facility nnounce the on Waterworks Road is 72 per:ation," says Please see page A3 4 Social factors affect < By DR. M.L. CLARK Wake Forest University Juvenile delinquency is a term used to describe those minors who have committed some type of criminal offense. The primary crimes of juvenile delinquents are burglary, robbery, arson and motor vehicle theft. Less serious crimes include vandalism, curfew and loitering violations; buying, receiving and possessing stolen property and running away. Girls account for only seven percent and boys for 32 percent of all serious crimes committed in the United States. Boys are arrested four times more often than girls. However, girls are arrested more often for running away, which is partly because society has stricter standards for unsupervised girls than unsupervised boys. Black youths are more likely to be arrested for murder and manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault than white youths. At first glance, it may appear that black youths are more aggressive and anti-social than white youths, but this interpretation is premature. Factors such as harsher treatment of black youths by the police and the greater number of police in black areas may help explain high black arrest records. In addition, poverty increases the prevalence of delinquency. Thus, black arrests may be a function of poverty, prejudice and frequent contact with police. Parental attachment, school ability, achievement motivation and association with delinquent peers are allTactors that contribute to juvenile delinquency. When children are disciplined with love and concern, and they like and respect their parents, they are less likely to become delinquent. Difficulty in school is the best predictor of delinquency. Children who get poor grades in school, disrespect teachers and other authority figures, and do not endorse the conventional methods of achieving success (e.g., studying hard, getting an educaThe Winston-Salem Chronicle is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle I CJ Publishing Company, Inc., I ^ _ U 617 N. Liberty Street. Mailing I Address: Post Office Box 3154, Winston-Salem, NC I 27102. Phone: 722-8624. 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In 1980, close to 2,000 black youths, age 10 to 19, were murdered, mostly by other black teens, based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports. Violent juvenile acts are being directed toward other black juveniles, and black females and elderly males are targets for less serious crimes committed by black delinquents. Gibbs suggested that black delinquency could be curved by providing more recreational and cultural programs and by coordinating efforts to reduce the school dropout and unemployment rates. She also suggested a need to upgrade services for black delinquents to include the following: Homebased social and rehabilitative services for the delinquent and his family; day treatment programs which include remedial education, counseling and recreation; foster care for abused or neglected children; group homes with treatment services; and residential facilities for the more cerionciv ? ...? ...W.W ?vuuquent and disturbed youths. Gibbs cautioned that these programs could only be effective if black mental health, social welfare and community leaders work* together. There is a knowledge of the cultural values within the black community and the staffs at these centers are sensitive to these values. There is no doubt that black juvenile delinquency Please see page A11 UBSCRIBE ~ to the on-Salem Chronicle TODAY MWWMWBWMWMWWWWWWWWMWMWMMWWWIIIiyilliiliOililllDiMiBiOliiSaaiBIW^pWWWWWWwJt I 0 TALK I .ET.AND ^ I THESE! Andre Joyncr All Backed I 3 I !h
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