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tional Bank of Chicago to cash
Negro College Fund. A basketl
shall B. Bass, right, vice presld
at Winston-Salem State Univer
fleer of UNCF. Related stories
NAACP <
to elect net
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
The question of how to fill the
unexpired term of local NAACP
nrociHont Dntn?l?
pi voiuvlit i aii lv.pi nan Mun seems
to have been resolved. But who
that successor will be is still
undecided.
Hairston, newly elected alderman
for the North Ward, is
resigning in the middle of his
fifth two-year term from the
helm of the 76-year-old civil
rights organization's local
branch.
His resignation will mark the
end of an era and, without doubt,
the beginning of a new one.
Over the past 10 years,
Hairston has steered a course of
Golden Si
'We still p
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Ivan J. Houston literally toe
Wednesday morning.
Houston, chairman and chief
of Golden State Mutual Life Insu
recently merged with Winston
town for his yearly visit to all th
Instead of the usual stuffy meeti
othcials, Houston, son of or
founders of the company, spent
with one of the company's agents
rounds.
"It's hard to believe it, but we
monthly premiums," said Houstc
the people want. I believe that
?a_ready a
policies, and we always-get tola
whom we serve.
"Second, our agents are mon
people. There are a lot of lonely*
and the insurance agents get the <
them. It's a social kind of thing.'
In fact, on Wednesday mornin
the agent sold a new policy
policyholder's sister, who just ha
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committee
v president
aggressiveness and action that
has seen the NAACP come to the
front in most issues affecting the
black community.
Largely as a result of his untiring
efforts, the local NAACP has
achieved a level of effectiveness
unmatched in the state. During
this period, the name Pat
Hairston has become
synonymous with results.
Whoever succeeds him has a
tough act to follow.
According to Hairston, his official
letter of resignation was
received by the NAACP on
Saturday. The resignation
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1986, NAACP Freedom Fund
Dinner.
\ate's Ivan.
ick up the i
when the agent
Houston sail
>k to the streets flc^' ^ut that ^
ing to Winston
executive officer *oing on for soi
ranee Co., which Winston Mutut
Mutual, was in office the i
e branch offices. Mutual.
ings with branch irner,gcr
le of the three largest black-ov
most of the day tl0n tcrms 0
i as she made her terms of inconv
But the merg<
i still pick up the thought of ha
>n. "That's what town. People v
our purpose is Mutual and felt
udience for new of the black co
tHrirrthr -peopte? been Ukew-Awa
thing from the
: than insurance "We want th<
seople out there, of something b
:hance to talk to "Golden State
District of Coli
ig, Houston said big future. We
to a present tegral part of th<
ippened to be in Pie
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The Twin City's AW
Winston-Salem, N.C. I
ly came together at the First Naolds
Industries Inc. to the United
is presented at the bank by Mar'
Gaines, center, athletic director
resident and chief executive of?
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Walter Marshall
Section 2 (Duties of the Executive
Committee) of the
NAACP's constitution says all
vacancies are filled by the Executive
Board. This means that
neither an open election nor a
natural succession of the first vice
president to the post will take
place.
Instead, the 24-member local
Please see page A2
Houston:
iremiumsy
came by to call.
d he enjoys getting out into the
vas not his major reason for comi-Salem.
Although talks had been
me time, Golden State merged with
il in January, renaming the local
nston Region of Golden State
makes Golden State the thirdvned
insurance company in the naf
assets and the second-lara^ct in
e and insurance in force.
;r removes from local residents the
ving a local-owned company in
/ho knew the owners of Winston
that the company was a vital pari
mmunity feel that something has
aro ttnro rTt^r^ttie fm thcsr ~
truth, said Houston.
5 people to feel that they are a part
igger and better,'' said Houston,
is located in 23 states and the
imoia. we are a company with a
know Winston Mutual was an ine
community, and we want to keep
tase see page A11
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Thursday, November 14, 1985
Black comi
as the key t
By ROBIN ADAMS Jud e j
Chronicle Staff Writer n.
?????????* Uatto, a Re
The winner of the upcoming dicated that hi
district attorney's race could be scat*
determined by the black com- ^ additi
munity, said local attorney R. Mickey F. Ar
Lewis Ray. candidate for
"Joe (Gatto) is a candidate ran against Tis
that can pull a lot of support Democratic \
from other parts of the city," changed his i
said Ray. "That, combined with ycar;
support from the black com- Tisdale has i
munity, should make him a win- he is a car
ner. (District Attorney) Don a '?cent inten
(Tisdale) isn't counting on the pccting a fight
black community." Tisdale also
Although the race fpr the not been viewe
county's district attorney is of the black co
almost a year away, an anti- his election in
Tisdale fund-raising committee support,
has been formed. The committee Tisdale has
of 15, headed by lawyer and the black co
. former judge Gary B. Tash, was handling of 1
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uvv (uuucu spctmcaiiy 10 sup- case, for his
I Hardy says he'
i in selling propei
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Board of Aldermen's Public Finance Committee
was unable for the second time on Tuesday
to quiet the protests of an angry property owner
who is not interested in giving up his property to
make way for improvements in the area of the new
coliseum.
The city is interested in purchasing Francisco
Hardy's property, along with four other pieces of
property on the Deacon Boulevard corridor, as part
of an effort to improve the appearance of the streets
surrounding the site of the new coliseum.
Hardy says no.
"I'm not interested in selling whatsoever," Hardy
said before appearing at the meeting. "If I can
go on with my usual business and not have to worry
about coming down here to defend what's already
mine, I can get on with what I want to do with it."
The city staff says it wants to acquire the proper
Ivan J. Houston, center, chairman and chief exec
hands with a well-wisher as George Hill, vice
Mutual, looks on.
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Joseph Gatto, but I
is interested in the
on, Republican ^^Bpl^. ^^JBI
idrews said he is a I Bjk* *5mVB
the seat. Andrews
sdale in 1982 in the ^^BBKmSpB
)rimary. Andrews Jt
political party last |^PL
not made it official Bb^^^BPP^. ^
ididate, but said in BRdew
that he is ex- yi
WKk> %\i
said that he has ? . , ^
d as the "darling" Lewis Ray
immunity and won black assistant district attorney
1982 without their and for his prosecuting the case
against Darryl Hunt, although
been criticized by many feel there was not enough
mmunity for his evidence to warrant an arrest,
the Jean Berkins Throughout that time, Tisdale
refusal to hire a Please see page A3
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s not interested
rty to the city
ties for five reasons: to protect against development
that might not be compatible with the coliseum, to
increase flexibility in the positioning of the
building, to tie in landscaping for the new coliseum
with Deacon Boulevard, to improve access to the
coliseum, and because it is more economical to purchase
the property now than at a future date.
Resolution D-22840 authorizes the city staff to
pursue acquisition of the property by deed or condemnation.
City appraisers estimate that purchase
of the entire five properties will cost approximately
$750,000.
City staff members were instructed to contact
owners of the properties and let them know that
purchase of the land was to be considered at an October
Finance Committee meeting. Three of the
owners agreed to sell.
The city staff, much to its surprise, did not find
out until the night of the meeting that Hardy owned
Please see page A15
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