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Page A2-The Chronicle, Thursdi tlimilllMIHIHMIHWMMIHtUMHWIHMMM?I?? Naming dels lUttMOIMMMMMMMMMNMItMMMMMtttfNIMIMMMMn split equally on the issue along racial lines.. The four black aldermen said they were ready to vote for the resolution, while the four white aldermen appeared to want more time. Then Northwest Ward Alderman Martha S. Wood, who is white, said she had made up her mind and was ready to vote. When Mayor Wayne A. Corpening prepared to call for a vote on the matter, Northington moved for no consideration. The motion means that no vote *? win oe taken on the matter until the next board meeting, which is scheduled for Feb. 17. At that time, the board may decide to continue the public discussion or to go ahead with the vote. A no consideration motion on an item can only be used one time, after which the board must vote. Mrs. Wood said Tuesday that she was indeed ready to support the motion. "1 did intend to vote for it," Mrs. Wood saidr"While I was prepared to listen and consider the viewpoint of all my constituents, when it comes time to vote, 1 must vote in the public in terest. This is my overriding concern. This is the critical test for me. "This coliseum is for our children, it's for the future -- it's not for the past," she continued. "For our children we must lift up as an example of self-sacrifice and brotherhood the kind of life that Lawrence Joel's Story tells. 4if we were to ask young people, they wouldn't take three hours to decide," Mrs. Wood said. 44Talk about taxpayers they are the ones that will have to pay for it." A steady stream of speakers, both black and white, many mnnwiniiHiiiwiiiiiwiWHwuwuiimnwiwimwHiwwi i ( iiiiaaiuiiiiifiaititiilillllfllllltllllilltllllllMMM I MUM Mill IIIII llll Mill I III! INI llllllll II lllll IIII III I IlllllwUfll South Africa protesting its injustices and, after her husband's death, retired to her native Winston-Salem. Bryan said author and poet Maya Angelou, who now lives in Winston-Salem, also provides a positive connection to South Africa as she was once married to another leader of the African National Congress, Vusumzi Maki. Miss Angelou, who lived with her husband in Cairo after he was banned from South Africa, became acquainted with many of the black South African leaders. On the other side nf th* rnin Bryan said there are some people in Winston-Salem who have a vested interest in apartheid. "There are elements in Winston-Salem that have a stake in apartheid," Bryan said. "For * instance, there are all those people here who have stacked away Krugerrands. It's a investment and some brokers are advising people to invest in them." Bryan also pointed to the national headquarters of companies that are located in WinstonSalem as further examples of the city's involvement with South African politics. "Here in Winston-Salem we have several company headquarters," he said. "Thev're oart | of the multinational structure of Winston-Salem. It's the little things that become so big because what it means is that WinstonSalem has a direct stake in the South African crisis, in its future and in its viable economy." Bryan, who says he "makes no apologies for his comments," said it Is time that Winston-Salem realized the "evil of silence and the evil of consent." " I get sort of fed up with the local media and with local people who say, 'Let's have a debate and talk'about this,* 99 said Bryan. "It's appalling to me that we don't understand the crisis over there. Let's don't think of South Africa as distant.,. We must somehow be involved, and be ly, February 6, 1986 iyed From Page A1 representing veterans* groups, made impassioned speeches both for and against the motion to the aldermen and a packed audience. They were responding to East Ward Alderman Virginia K. NewelTs resolution to name the facility the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, a . change from a resolution drafted last Thursday to name the facility the Lawrence Joel Coliseum. Mrs. Newell said she made the change to better represent the position of some veterans' groups. Joel is the onlv Win?tnn.Ral*m native to win the nation's highest military honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was decorated in 1967 for saving the lives of 13 of his fellow soldiers in Vietnam, although wounded himself, during a 1965 attack by the Viet Cong. Joel, who served as a medic, was honored by the city in 1967 with a parade and has had a street named for him at his home base ^ of Fort Campbell, Ky._Joel was black. The Triad Vietnam Veterans Association has led the effort to name the coliseum in honor of Joel. A petition the organization circulated last November included the support of 11 area VFW post commanders. At a meeting Sunday, however, 20 VFW posts voted unanimously to oppose the measure, votino in. stead in support of naming the facility the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Both groups expressed their positions at the aldermen's meeti]]^. MenJWs of several American * Legion posts joined their VFW brothers in opposing Mrs. Newell's resolution, saying the facility should be named for all veterans. ff*lCtt FrontPage A1 ^ * positively involved. We must bring moral and economic pressure to bear so that it will bring about some measure of South African freedom. Bryan challenged his audience not to repeat the pattern of complacency that he says was prominent during the early '60s. i "We can't afford to have nice, moderate attitudes and wait for things to get better,'* Bryan said. "In the 1960s we thought we could be moderate and wait but we couldn't. People never an- , ticjpated the sit-ins, or the Martin Luther Kings or the Jesse, Jacksons. Again in 1986 we're in a contemporary situation and we trying to have a nice, moderate attitude, but the crisis in South Africa is not going to wait on us. We must allow our voices to be heard and identified if, for nothing else, than to let black Our future integrity depends on our immediate response." The Winston-Salem Chronicle is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. i 11 ? ? ?i J li Deny 01. mailing aoarvu: Post Office Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. Phone: 722-8624. Secondclass postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. The Winston-Salem Chronicle is a charter member of the Newsfinder service of the Associated Press and a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the National Newspaper Publishers ?Association, the ttorttr ? r.arnlino Prooa Aoonriotlnn W^II VIII IM ? ? WWW r-tWWVWI?l%VVV I and the North Carolina Black Publishers Association. Subscription: $13.52 per year, payable In advance (North Carolina sales tax included). Please add $5.00 for out-of-town delivery. . PUBLICATION USPS NO. 067910. ?> . 9 ... ; { Vietnam veterans, some of Joel's Atkins High classmates, black American Legion post members and Joel's nephew spoke in favor of the measure. Among other things, they cited the value to the youth of the community in having an example like Joel's to emulate. Several of the supporters told tfle aldermen that opposition to the Joel name was based on racism. Chronicle Publisher Ernest H. Pitt, speaking as a Vietnam veteran, charged the Legion and VFW members with racism and htDAtru i n T ~ ?I VI0WM/ >u vpyusuig lUC JUC1 name. "Let's face it - only a racist and bigot could deny this recognition to such a gallant and^ noble man," Pitt said. "I'm deeply saddened and angered that this racism is clearly aimed at Mr. Lawrence Joel both because he is a Vietnam veteran and black. 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American Exprsaa, MattaK i IBB *?PAYi 1606 S. S acroi HOURS: AM-t&O PM: WtO. 6 SAT. % debating the issue." In opposing substitute motions by aldermen Frank L. Frye and Lynne Harpe to send Mrs. Newell fs motion to committee for study, Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian H. Burke said there was nothing to wait for. "Mrs. Newell brought an innocent resolution here tonight,'* Mrs. Burke said. "I'm looking at a hero of this community, not at Ma/^L- ...u:.- t i?? viavft auu WUilC. 1 OCUCVC II11S matter has racial overtones. "I've struggled hard and prayed hard for this community," she added" "This evening we had a chance to show the people how we feel about this community - to do what's right and fair. But it seems that any time the majority wants something, it's done very quickly. But if the minority wants something, it must be delayed ? it's always, 'Wait.' I'm for fairness and justice in this city, and I felt we had people on this board who could look beyond race.'r Joel's 79-year-old mother, Mary Joel, and his widow, Dorothy, of Fayetteville, along with many relatives, were present for the meeting. Joel's widow, in tears after es customers Jour products ti >mfctoyou. m Ir^E / EXCLl M ;. ? MJM st # LJMn / M/X0Oi ... ^ 1 . : V';!:-* .,?s' <v X x'.tr < V 3d Warranty 'el ?ars should the picture tube fail. a r Warranty *E ou for nothing. C a and let us pro eattve Marketing Enterprises. October 1984. Ask tc JEHHZE ruu ve goi ft Yourc Jit! s r- $ 1 r? 9mmnNp by making 78 ir a fottl rental charga of f1170 00 >f tbs following cards: Curtis /?rd, Visa * to qutttfltd buyers. -HOUM FINANCING i SAME AS CASH W APPROVED CW1DIT TRATFORDR M FROM HA NEB MALL TILL 6 PM 760-22 - A? % . ? . - _ *" *v *?> > ?? " v * wmmmBmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmmm ward, said she had hoped for more. "I thought Joel did a good deed," she said. 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