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r q _ Jl SjBM W? r r ? VOL. XII NO. 7 \u ' ''V>> HT A New Breed O A woman solemnly ushe PhiFatfeIphia^feacfiers in 198 have occurred when he was g Student may By ROBIN ADAMS Chronicle Assistant Editor Cheerleader Diane Robinson m< Stadium sidelines Sept. 14, smil yelling loudly as Winston-Salem behind to beat rival North Carolii Forty-eight hours later, Robinso dead in her Brownsboro Road ap* Robinson died of a gunshot wc from a .22-caliber pistol. But wl herself or was killed by someone been determined. Robinson was found lying in roommate. Although early reports by the p indicated that Robinson com Because ofS. Africat SCLC call of Winn D By ROBIN ADAMS Chronicle Assistant Editor The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has called for a boycott of Winn Dixie grocery stores because they continue to sell products made in South Africa. "We asked them repeatedly to stop selling the products, but they never responded to us," said the Rev. Randel Osburn, SCLC communications director. "We have to do what we have to do." The products in question are Thrifty Maid and Price Breaker brand canned barlett pears and sliced peaches. The canned fruit's labels say they are products "of * ? ROBINSON'! Determination I ^ Being an engineer takes I K more than brains. I ^ Page B6 I 'nston-Sal Twin City's A i U.S.P.S. No. 067910 Winston-Salem, N.C. fl mm I 1 A f Teacher? rs a student past striking black teachers lovingly t, IT: Such a scene would never Philadelphia resident"an<J CT irowing up in Rocky Mount and Hyman on Page A4 (United P not have committed suicide C> Winston-Salem Police Detective T.D. Chandlei said the case is still pending. inned the Groves "' am waiting for the final autopsy report before ing broadly and 1 make a final decision," said Chandler. "I've beer State came from *n this business 12 years, and I have conditioned ia A&T. myself where I don't try to make decisions until 1 in, 20, was found 8et l^e ^nai medical report. If you do, you ma> irtment. miss something." >und to the chest Chandler said the preliminary autopsy report onfiether she killed ly listed the cause of death -- a gunshot wound to else still has not the chest. The final autopsy report, said Chandler, will be more detailed. By determining the angle at her bed by her which the bullet entered the chest, he will be able to determine if the wound was self-inflicted or not. olice department Chandler said. He said the report is not due for mitted suicide, Please see page A15 i products Is for boycott ixie stores jy "At a time when the president of the United States and Congress are seeking to impose sanctions on the brutal and racist govern- Jifffcart If o/ South Africa ... \ W'/rtrt Da7e stores are bring- ; V I />7g products from South Africa to sell to American consumers." I ? Joseph Lowery { the Republic of South Africa'* Ir^SSl ' v9HHIHHHHl and "The Monterey Canning Co., San Mateo, Calif." Diana Williams-Henry: This fir The Monterey Canning Co., (photo by James Parker). Please see page A3 <v shrouds student's ams serve notice sic: Filthy or not? look at past edito n I 5 GLORY: AS Mystery i Potent R< Rock mu Another I em C vard- Winning Weekly Thursday, October 10, V W Jk III " ^ W BBBBf * ?*W aught black children, says ironicle guest columnist Mark ress International). Diane Robinson in a yearbook photo: Friends say she couldn't have taken her own life. H ^ < ^ ? " * f \ 4 ' / ? * -V ^ K^Bf * ?ny4yifl ^Pi^V /' ^pMI ate^sr; t campaign won't be her last J1IUI1 985 35 cents "There can be some and equality before and I want to work f< one way of getting s - Roosevelt Broadnc Faceoff in ] Union vers By ROBIN ADAMS Chronic!* Assistant Editor kaninafolIS - Joan Carter has put her personal life on hold for six months. Carter left her 2-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter, her job at I Fieldcrest Mills in Eden and her home in Cascade, Va., to come to Kannapolis ^M and help the Cannon j Mills workers organize a union. H "sacrifice, but it's worth it," said Carter as she headed for Cannon Mills Plant 1, Gate 19. for the afternoon I distribution of leaflets. "But I'm helping these people ^E make life better for themselves." Two and one-half hours away from home, Carter, in her road-weary Grand I Prix with the faded I vinyl top and dull HiHHI black finish, rattles through the streets ACTWU U of Kannapolis as if with a C< she's in the old Plant 1, G< neighborhood. Carter refers to the union as "we." She doesn't like a comment in the local newspaper about the union, so she heads to the newspaper's office to complain. Like Carter, Roosevelt Broadnax, from Columbus, Ga., is working for the same goal. "The union has helped me and my family, and I want the people here to know that," said Broadnax, a deacon in his church back Republican r may seek Ha By DAVID R. RANKIN Chronicle Staff Writar Diana Williams-Henry won't giv or electoral politics just yet. Despite a disappointing loss primaries, Ms. Williams-Henry, i native who was once a Democrat, si the 67th District's state House seat "I'm considering running for seat," she said. Ms. Williams-Henry, who is blac white, 31 votes to 21 during the Se primary in the North Ward. She ca the Democratic Party* * and said it Party is still "racist and sexist.'* The only advantage Knox had ov< he is white. "He didn't get the endorsement ( or the ChronicleMs. Williams-H Please se t death: A1 I In CIAA: B1 I : B9 I rials: A5 I icle _ 32 Pages This Week justice I get to heaven, or it. A union is ome justice." IX Kannapolis: us 'family?' home. 4This fight is not just about more money. Money is important, but this is about peace of mind, having the ability to resolve problems and things E ' S* ^^r > <**;* 111 %?d*'i*n &*? -49,*w.#^i ^Sifc^W ^HPp&' '* nlon member Joan Carter talks annon Mills employee outside ate 19 (photo by Robin Adams). money can't buy. "There can be some justice and equality before I get to heaven, and 1 want to work for it. A union is one way of getting some justice." Carter and Broadnax are only two of the dozens of other black people involved in union organizing at Cannon Mills. For 15 months, representatives from the Amalgamated Clothing and TexPlease see page A11 xewcomer r user's seat e up on the Republican Party in last month's aldermanic i 35-year-old Winston-Salem lid last week that she may seek in 1986. (incumbent) C.B. Hauser's k, lost to James Knox, who is pi. Kepuoiican aldermanic lied her defeat then "a gift to showed that the Republican ;r her, she said, is the fact that )f the Winston-Salem Journal [enry said. 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