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^ Ga. governor
warns Klan
By Jhe Associated Press
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ATLANTA - Gov. Joe Frank
Harris has warned a Ku Klux
Klan group that his state will
tolerate no disruptions of Capitol
ceremonies in honor of the late
civil rights leader, Martin Luther
King j?,
A newly formed Klan group,
called the Southern White
Knights of the KKK, had requested
permission to
demonstrate on the steps, of the
state Capitol on Jan. 20 when the
state and nation observe the first
holiday honoring King.
King, an Atlanta minister who
was assassinated in Memphis in
1968, would have been 57 on Jan.
15. Plans for Atlanta's observance
of the King holiday include
a march and parade in the city
Jan. 20.
"We're looking to inform the
public of Martin Luther King's
communist connections. The
~ public should, be aware of his
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man is hara
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
A 33-year-old white woman
and her 60-year-old black
boyfriend, targets of what they
term racially motivated threats
and harassment over the i&st
^ three . weeks, say the police
department has not adequately
- Editor's update: On
Wednesday afternoon, a
sobbing Miss Davis called
the Chronicle to report
that, around 2:45 p.m., soto
her apartment and
scrawled obscenities on two
walls and a door. She
believes the same man was
involved. Police wete on the
scene.
responded to their complaints.
Marilyn S. Davis of 1621
Woods Road said she has received
12 to 15 threatening and
obscene notes from an unidentified
white male at her Colony
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Associated Press Writer
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
fear in Africa that millions of
be haunted by starvation in
massive relief effort this year.
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at her door, in her mailbox and
on her vin, label her a "niggerlover,"
tell her to leave her
boyfriend, Herman S. Fulton,
and say "your blood will be on
my hands," Miss Davis said.
Miss Davis said Fulton is also
threatened in several of the notes.
In addition, she said her house
, has been ransacked, more than 23
Christmas presents have been
/stolen, and she has chased the
/ person away from the house on
two occasions. Neighbors have
also reported seeing the man in
the vicinity of Miss Davis* house.
Miss Davis said police response
has been lax.
"1 know the cops can't stay 24
hours, but they could at least ride
by," Miss Davis said Monday at
her home. "I asked them to stake
out the area, but they say they
couldn't do it . They say they
don't have enough manpower."
She has given the jsolice a ,
description of the man, and they
have developed a composite
drawing, but she said she has not
canfed the police after receiving
the last few notes. ?
"It doesn't matter whether I i
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the situation is severe.
"Nineteen eighty-six is clearly
critical year again in Ethiopia, on
worse than 1985," said Michael J
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emergency operations in Africa.
During the past year, nearly 7 r
emergency food poured into Afria
stockpiles in areas where a year
people were starving to death evei
The best rains in many years f
Africa this season, according to t
and Agriculture Organization, tl
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By L.A.A. WILLIAMS ^
Chronicle $taff Writer
Related story on A4.
District Attorney Donald K.
Tisdalc has not been charged with
aiding an<T abetting a drunk
driver, despite the fact that his
car, in which he was a passenger
jifrHhe time, was involved in an
. early-morning collision Dec. 19
and its driver charged with drunk
driving.
According to state law, Tisdale
could have been charged with
"allowing" a friend, Vicki Matthews
Oakley, to driW^Kis car
"after drinking. Miss Oakley was
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cnargea witn ariving while impaired
following the accident.
Oakley submitted to a chemical
test, according to the police
report, the results of which had
- not been received frotrt Raleigh
by Monday. She is scheduled to
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are among th
^gri.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Two black incumbents and a
high-ranking NAACP officer
were among those tossing hats in
the ring for public office this
week as the filing period opened
Monday at the county Board of
Elections.
Mazie S. Woodruff, the lone
v black on the Forsyth. County
Board of Commissioners, and
Beaufort O. Bailey, the only
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oiacit on me cny-county school
_ board, _ filed for re-election on
Monday. Both Woodruff and
Bailey are Democrats.
William R. "Bill" Tatum,
recently elected first vice president
of the local NAACP branch,
filed Tuesday for one of the five
available seats on the school
board. Tatum also filed as a
Democrat.
Mrs. Woodruff, a retired
medical supplies salesman, will
be seeking her third four-year
term as a county commissioner.
She was elected in 1976 and lost
in a re-election bid in 1980. She
i cut again iwu years iaier ana
won.
Mrs. Woodruff was
going to be a J
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^tand trial on the DWI charge on
Thursday, Jan. 9.
Officer Brenda Setzer, who
wrote the police report, has not
returned repeated calls.
The "allowing" charge is a ,
common-law violation that refers
to aiding or abetting in the commission
of a crime. According to
police warrants for the charge,
allowing DW1 is "unlawfully and
willfully allowing another person
to operate a vehicle while subject
to an impairing substance/*
Captain E.L. Moreau, commander
of the. police
department's Special Operations
Division, which handles trafficrelated
offenses, would not comment
specifically on the Tisdale
case. But he did say the charge is
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remember one case of allowing
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time.
Two seats on the board will be
available this election. The other
is presently held by David Dr^immond.
Others filing for county commissioner
were Democrats John
S. Holleman, a current member
of the school board, and R.W.
Atkinson Jr.
BaHey, who is director of the
media center at Winston-Salem
State University, is the present
vice chairman of the school
board. He will be seeking his
jhird term.
Bailey won a seat on the board
in 1974, before losing in 1978 and
1980. He was elected in 1982 as
the top vote-getter. 6
Bailey said he has been fair to
all segments of the community
during his tenure on the board ,
and would like to continue his
work.
4'I made~the motion for the
four-year reorganization of the
high schools/' Bailey said, 4'and
I want to carry it through. The 1|
board has learned to work in harmony
- give and take - and I'd
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