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Report's resul
may not be to
to general put
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Police Chief Joseph E. Masten sai
that his department's internal investigat
handling of the Deborah B. Sykes mur
due on Feb. 20, may be finished f
schedule. .
But whether or not the public will knc
dings remains to be seen.
The internal investigation, ordered
Manager Bill Stuart as part of his Nov.
of police behavior during the Sykes
tion, centers on possible misconduc
dividual department employees.
Mrs. Sykes, a local newspaper cot
was raped, sodomized and stabbed to
August 1984. The police investigate
I murder led to ^he-September 1984 a
eventual conviction last summer o
Eugene Hunt, a black man whose supp
he was railroaded. Hunt, 20, is serv
sentence.
Masten said he would discuss the fi
the" internal investigation with Stu
because the investigation concerns
matters, "it shouldn't be availabl
public."
Assistant City Manager Alexander
- jftp pu?iied the review of
a)ong with Stuart, said that how much
terhal investigation's findings will be i
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'Joel Coliseum
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Both opponents and proponents of a
resolution to name the new coliseum
for a black war hero are standing firm
as the Board of Aldermen prepares to
consider the matter for a second time
Monday night.
The board's vote on Alderman
Virginia K. Newell's resolution to
name the $24 million, yet-to-be-built
facility the Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum was delayed during
the aldermen's Feb. 3 meeting
when Alderman Robert S. Northington
Jr. moved for no consideration.
Three hoping
By L.A.A. WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
The seat in the State House
representing the 67th District is I
of particular concern to black ?
voters.
The 67th and the 66th districts ete<
are two predominantly black dist
single-member districts formed in I
1984, when the then five-member wh<
39th House District was reappor- def
tioned. Black candidates were Mi]
Black History
Professor:
By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Chronica Staff Writer
If blacks are to move ahead, the:
Winston-Salem State University pro
gram on black genealbgy Feb. 13 at
Dr. William J. Rice will host the <
Henry S. Lewis and Joseph Bradsha
teacher, has compiled volumes of i
black Winston-Salem and will preset
Lewis is the pastoral counselor at R
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orters say the public will depend on wl
ing a life involves.
Beaty said that certain p
iidings of deemed confidential by stat
art, but, mWc rcvicwcci the ovei
personnel department during the inves
e to the Tuesday ^'Individual empl
covered in the internal inve
R. Beaty, matters dealing with emplc
be toubllt, because thafrlhfi
of the in- ugmir state law. We
-eleased to disciplinary action. The on
i' to be discuss<
w. Bradshaw, a retired history they als
information on the history of + Whili
it a special exhibit on the topic. mits thi
.J. Reynolds Industries. families
Northington made his motion after
two hours of heated debate between
forces for and against the resolution..
Alderman Martha S. Wood had appeared
to break a deadlock between the
city's eight aldermen by indicating she
was ready to vote in favor of the Joel
name.
Since the meeting, Mrs. Wood has
given no indication that her position
has changed, though she has informed
city officials that she will introduce a
resolution to build a special memorial
* inside the coliseum to honor all of Forsyth
County's war dead.
Joel was the only city native to win
to succeed Han
Election 22S2SE2
mi
Tear oo
.ted in 1984 to represent both A Three
tricts.
Jlack Democrat C.B. Hauser, Two De
0 won the seat in 1984 by one whi
eating Republican Briggs D. Republica
les, is not seeking re-election. seat.
We need to ex
Rice
Americj
1 must first look back, says a they wil
fessor who will present a pro- 'The
the Main Public Library. / white p<
discussion along with the Rev. will disc
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lat it says and who it the public is if
the press."
ersonnel matters are Beaty said h
e law. ready in "a wc
rail conduct of the Under a stat
tigation," Beaty said employee rec
oyee conduct will be Employee Pen
stigation. (But) those ters of publi<
>yee matters will not name, ate, dai
wmation is protected position/title,
can't comment on of most recent
ly way for it to get to P
id Monday
the nation's highest military honor, the
Congressional Medal of Honor. He
was decorated at the White House in
1967 for saving the lives of at least 13
soldiers in Vietnam while wounded
himself.
Veterans groups on both sides of the
issue restated their positions this week
and responded to the outcome of the
Feb. 3 meeting.
Worth Kepley, commander of
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 55, said
his post and the county's other VFW
and American Legion poets still oppose
the Joel name. Both groups voted
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iser in 67th Di
mm .
^ Hauscr says
i key approach
seat, only sayii
I see a Democn
says the votei
their owp best
"I'd like to!
>-Way Contest that's not elec
race,*' Hause
mocrats, one black and "He should hi
te, and one black American mi
n have filed for the values such a
Please s
amine our pas
says he feels that it is especially imp
ms know who they are and where they c
1 be better equipped to face the future,
re are many black Americans who can t
sople," he says. "When we really get bac
?ver that, not only do our ancestors com
0 come from areas of Europe."
e tracing one's roots can be exciting and i
it the process is not always easy. He sa]
1 have disregarded their bat links to their
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*k or so."
e law governing the release of city w?r
ords, titled the "Privacy of sa*c
ionnel Records (160A-168)," mat:
record include an employee's S?l
& of original employm?$t, current 1
current salary, data and amount gre
increase or decrease in salary, date spc
lease see page A2 >Vi
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LSHHBEBHSS
Medal of Honor winner qu
Lawrence Joel.
rs should "follow
judgment."
see a Democrat win 4H
ted because of his a
r said
ive sound values ? ]
ddle-class values,
is the work ethic,
ee page A14 Burke
t before plottin\
Drtant that black "Somewhere alot
ome from so that older people were t
that can give us som
race their roots to to trace vnnr rrmtc
k to our roots, we difficult to deal wit!
! from Africa, but Genealogy, says
Americans because i
revealing, Rice ad- ditions in Black A
f% too many black observing the black
past - the elderly.
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'olicy will end,
ays lobby head
jbinson: Apartheid's days
e definitely numbered \
=IOBIN ADAMS
nicle Staff Writer
HAPEL HILL - It makes no sense to
ember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday
tout continuing the work he started, Randall
inson told a University of North Carolina au- 1
vc icvuiuy.
It is of no value to honor him (King) unless we
;e our lives count," said Robinson, executive
ctor of Trans Africa, a Washington-based lobig
group that spearheaded anti-apartheid proi
in America. "It is of no consequence to talk
ut Martin ... unless we understand the broader
lications of his life. Martin Luther King was a
>al leader. We live in times now which are inisingly
dangerous. We need a renewed commitlt
to make our lives count."
>ne way of^emtintiing King's work, Robinson,
told the largely student audience is to support
Free South Africa Movement. On Thanksgiving
f 1984, Robinson and several others were ared
for protesting in front of the South African
3assy. As the year progressed, thousands more
* jailed for staging similar protests. But now,
1 Robinson, the protest is expanding into the
ird rooms of U.S. companies that do business in
ith Africa.
"he day bejpre Robinson's, speech* be. Cm- ,
man Walter Fauntroy and Dr. Mary Berry h*d
lit the night on the floor of Shell Oil CO. ih
ishington protesting the company's involvement
Please see page A2
>WI case continued
L.A.A. WILLIAMS
ronlcte Staff Writer
Forsyth County District Court judges disalified
themselves from hearing a drunk-driving
te last Friday because District Attorney Donald
Tisdale is involved and may be a possible witness
the case.
rhe case against Tisdale's friend, Vicki Matthews .
ikley, who was charged with driving Tisdale's
56 Volkswagen while impaired during a Dec. 19
rident, was continued until March 6, while
other judge could be found to hear the case.
District Court Judge Lynn P. Burleson disalified
himself from the case, saying that he knew
Ploase see page A2
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Williams-Henry
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g our future
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ig the line we stopped listening to what our
alking about," Rice says. "They are the ones
e idea about where we come from. It is not easy
It can be a painstaking task and often it is more
h the present than the past."
Rice, is a very important topic for black
it can reveal many things about the present conmerica.
This is most evident, he says, when
family.
Please see paQe A3 '
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