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Louis Farrakhi
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By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
IT'S ALMOST as if Louis Farrakhan
On the one hand, there's Louis Farrakh
band and father, with nine children, 13
fairskinned, handsome man with wavy ha
an omnipresent bow tie and fiery eyes
dresses immaculately. He has the grace of
eloquently, though deliberately, possibly t
ter.
"He's a better orator than the late D
Jr.," said a 1975 Sepia magazine article.
Marvin Gaye. He's a better writer tha
dresses better than Walt Frazier. He's m
Henry Kissinger and he's prettier than M
Then there's Farrakhan the mil
10,000-member Nation of Islam.
Until last year, when Farrakhan suf
Jackson's presidential bid, many had n<
man or the minister* They know him r
Farrakhan urged Muslims who had i
politics before to register to vote and to si
provided Jackson with financial assistanc
release of Navy flyer Lt. Robert Goodim
loaned Jackson Muslim bodyguards. Bui
more involved in Jackson's campaign, hi
in many eyes, an albatross around Jacks<
In just one short political campaign,
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Probe of Hunt fu
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
District Attorney Donald K. Tisdale will
not request a further accounting of the
Darryl Hunt Defense Fund's expenditures.
During a Monday morning hearing,
Assistant District Attorney Richard Lyle
told Judge F. Fetzer Mills that the state
^.now is satisfied with a previous accounting
of the $4,965 the group raised and wants no
further explanations.
Attorneys for the Defense Fund said they
haven't given the district attorney's office
anything it didn't have a month ago when
the Sept. 9 hearing was requested.
At an Aug. 2 hearing, Judge Preston
Cornelius ruled that Hunt, sentenced to life
in prison for the murder of Winston-Salem
W arren: W AIR
in black format n
By ROBIN ADAMS have a jo
Chronicle Assistant Editor j^is fnenc
If black people in Winston- wec^? sa
Salem want a 24-hour black- arran?err
music radio station, they need to strumci^
put up the money to buy one, 1 * stat,<said
Jim Warren, the former n mi
general manager of WAIR-AM. t0 ^
over WA
"The future of black radio has During
to be through black ownership," listeners
said Warren, 37, who resigned froi
from WAIR two weeks ago ??If j ^
because of a "shift m station companj
policy and an extremely heavy (simulcaj
workload." "The money is compan>
t*lere- it's not j
Nick Patella, the owner of munity.
both WAIR and WSEZ-FM, said losing iu
Warren surprised him with a let- tion. Mc
ter of resignation two weeks ago. one or i
Patella said Warren was under no tions."
pressure to leave. Unless
Warren, who said he does not Pl(
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afraid of what
III say and try
how can you
didn't start?"
uis Farrakhan
incomes
11a mater
is two different people.
an the man. He's a husgrandchildren.
He is a
ir, wire-rimmed glasses,
. He is debonaire. He
a dancer and he speaks H
o hide a childhood stut>r.
Martin Luther King
4 4 He sings better than jmfflPjM
n Norman Mailer. He
ore of a diplomat than
uhammad Ali."
lister, head of the
>ported the Rev. Jesse
;ver heard of either the
low.
never been involved in
jpport Jackson. He also
e, helped him secure the
in from the Syrians and
t, as Farrakhan bccamc
s fiery rhetoric became, BQCK A
on's neck. . .
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3 tion (photo b
ind is dropped
Sentinel copy editor Deborah Sykes, was
indigent and reappointed S. Mark Rabil
and Gordon Jenkins, Hunt's trial attorneys,
to represent him on appeal.
Cornelius also said that the state had no
right to request an accounting of how the
defense committee spent the money it raised,
saying that such a request may violate
the First Amendment.
During that same hearing, Cornelius
continued the case, at the request of the
district attorney, until Sept. 9, puzzling the
attornevs for the defense fund whn caiH
they wondered what was left to discuss.
During the Aug. 2 hearing, Jenkins
presented the court with a document
prepared by an accounting firm saying that
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's days !
umbered
ib in Atlanta, as some of
Is told the Chronicle last
id WAIR's "simulcast" ST
lent with WSEZ was inal
in his decision to leave
>n. ^3r
l-March, Patella decided \ W
op 40 music from WSEZ ^ j ?
IR one-third of the time. Jfc, J , a
the simulcasts, WAIR
hear music and commcrvere
the president of the ^
U I would think it *
jting) was good for the JKi
said Warren. "But
;ood for the black com- mM
The black community is WM
; only 24-hour black sta- kW&
>st cities of this size have
nore black 24-hour sta- Jim Warren: T
munity has
i the community puts WAIR (phot'
aase see page A14 Parker).
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^9 By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
An aldermanic candidate said he v
I W^>r endorsement by the Black Leaders!
Coalition in the North Ward race m
Ghuneem Furqan, a past convenei
A j^r ' table and a Democratic candidate f
r alderman, said he thinks the orga-ni;
JbJS A VTA A r\ TV ^
rm pun r*/\/\^r rresiaent rat Mairst
simply because Hairston has more
Roundtable who will vote to suppoi
^ % Both Hairston and Furqan are n
i->.. Roundtable.
"All the people who make the n
same people that are with Mr. Hairs
events and endeavors," said Furqa
community will not look at this end>
ing valid. That endorsement will be
Even if the Roundtable support
'he black com- said, the endorsement would still b<
not supported "In this particular race, they (tl
o by James shouldn't endorse anybody," said I
One problem with the group's end
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the fast s9|j
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cannot impc
Says state attorney get
By DAVID R. RANKIN we
Chronicle Staff Writer or
Related editorial on A4.
bu
The city's new set-aside law for re<
minorities is essentially useless,
said the state attorney general's co
office last week. gr
In a letter delivered by City At- bu
torney Ronald G. Seeber to the gri
mayor and the aldermen last co
week, Special Deputy Attorney _
General T. Buie Costen said the "
board could not refuse awarding
a city contract to a bidder based ^
on his lack of minority participa- nc
tion. ha
"... In my view .... authority de
to award (a city contract) to a ar<
higher bidder if the lowest bidder
did not meet the (minority) participation
requirements was not ?
accomplished," Costen wrote. th<
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general for clarification concern- ar
ing a clause in the law Which says
the "lowest responsible bidder" alt
would be awarded the contract. mi
The set-aside law was passed in an
June after several weeks of
debating and negotiating among legislators.
'
Seeber said the city is right
back where it started from before
introducing the bill. D"We
don't have the authority
Firms complet
By DAVID R. RANKIN em
Chronicle Staff Writer chj
an
A Golden State Mutual Life w
Insurance Co. executive said ^
Monday that the company's recent
merger with Winston Mutual
Life Insurance Co. is finished
and that people who had policies
with Winston Mutual can expect Gc
the same service and dedication yQi
from the new company. ^
He also said a group of local Gc
blacks may purchase the Winston
Mutual Building on Fifth Street.
Charles James, vice president Mi
and agency director of Golden nai
State Mutual, was in Winston- ofi
Salem to talk with company
ndorsement %
nber, candidaU
Election
vornes that any
lip Roundtable Year '85
ight be tainted.
r of the Round- I
or North Ward
zation will sup- Furqan, is that they
on for the seat when endorsements
friends in the take any interest in c<
rt him. "That's a major
nembers of the time the Roundtable
tions get their thing
meetings are the (endorsements) is vis
ton in his other organized.''
n. "I hope the William Tatum, a
orsement as be- table,.said Hairston
partial." friends are concernei
s him, Furqan "They (Furqan an
: biased. and we will give equs
ie Roundtable) candidates," Tatum
-urqan. The Chronicle b
orsements, said Pleas
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32 Pages This Week
lifilaHnn
>se quotas
neral's office
\ were looking for in the
iginal bill," he said. "The
'ard can still go to the lowest
ider regardless of his minority
juirements."
In the meantime, the city will
ntinue with its educational proam
for minority-owned
sinesses, Seeber said. This proam
is designed to help minority
ntractors- understand and use
When you start giving
>ople contracts who are
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n t/ic iiy rr i/iuucr, /l/U Will
we people who don 7
serve /7 driving Cadillacs
\d owning beach houses. "
-- 7. /?ay Sparrow
: bidding process. Seeber also
id the city will try to get the bill ^
tended 44if we can."
Seeber suggested to the
dermen that the Legislature
ay not be able to consider an
lendment to the bill until 1987.
parrow knew
Rep. J. Ray Sparrow,
Wake, added the questionable
Please see page A15
:e merger
iployees, discuss company
anges because of the merger,
nounce the role of former
inston Mutual president
lArOA C Utll
wigv m? . 11111 in 111^ new tuur
ny and discuss the fate of the
inston Mutual Building*
James, 45, has been with
>lden State Mutual for 25
its. The two companies mergon
May 29. Before the merger,
>lden State had done no
siness in North Carolina.
James said the old Winston
jtual location will be one of 14
tionwide Golden State district
'ices. The Winston-Salem ofPlease
see page A11
iased,'
? Furqan
are made haphazardly. Only
are on the agenda do people
jming to Roundtable meetings.
problem/' said Furqan. "It's
and all other black organizatogether.
What they are doing
ible but they need to be better
cting convener of the Roundhas
no advantage, as far as
d, on the Roundtable.
d Hairston) are both members
il weight to them and the other
said....
egan interviewing candidates
e see page A11
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