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Special pros By L.A.A. WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer A special prosecutor and a judge from outside Forsyth County will hear the drunkdriving case of District Attorney Donald K. Tisdale's friend Thursday in traffic court. cmet District Court Judge Claude W. Allen, of the Ninth Judicial District, will hear the case of Vicki Matthews Oakley, the driver of Tisdale's car in a Dec. 19 accident. Miss Oakley was charged with driving while impaired during the accident. "^Tisdale was a passenger in the car, and may be a witness at the trial. Chief Justice Joseph Branch, of the North Carolina Supreme Court, chose Allen after Forsyth County judges refused to hear the case because of their relationship with Tisdale. Tisdale made known his request for the special prosecutor a little over a week ago, asking police to issue him a citation for , aiding and abetting DWI, after finding out they had tried unsuccessfully to obtain a warrant for the charge. District Attorney Michael D. Johnson, of the First Prosecutorial District in the extreme mWllllllllllllllllllHlfllHMIMIMMMtllMiillHHIIIHIPI Black daily IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIININIUIIIMIHINMIMIMMINmiaM Harold Washington." 'A Bit Of Stir* The newspaper said the previou ed quite a bit of stir" and th organizations - including the N/ PUSH and the local Urban Leagu ed to boycott the Defender, "We have had several me organizations/' said last Wednes< "We have decided that we are we will work together for the b< and help Harold Washington do i ?out to do." ? Martin had said he did not dei right to criticize the mayor, but I print news of the Washington ad complishments. Shuttle Diplomacy Local NAACP Executive Direct said he had spent much-of-tosH messages from Martin's post outsi Sengstacke inside. As an agreement began to tak still wearing the 200-pound loggii the building to meet with Sengsta IgRec J!, ej A W' _ !STA\1HB1HQP knee deep in the hoopla ? ?'P. * WlimTTWWOTV Watch Out... Aretha's Zoomin' BachToTbaTop! [ A?U THA F HANKLIN ^ WOj.'UiM*. *r??UPhil Collins Whitney Houstoi "YES' -S \ 1254 N. Liber 748-1963 e\ ecutor, judge eastern part of the state, will be the special prosecutor for the case. He was appointed by Franklin Freeman, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts in Raleigh. Freeman has the authority, based on Tisdale's request, to transfer a district attorney from OM district to many Washingti pointed with hi tor Mel F. Jordan unimpeachable Fuesday^shuttling The Washing' de the building to fire with recent i to the awarding e shape, Martin, The Saturday ng chain, entered 18,000, accordi eke, Jordan said. Editor and Pub^ :ord Bo itly Sp ake-Up pmri vm tnj rw?A*oi mJ * i?n huh mwiks >?w.jdi g98 Era Album or Cassette Plus Grammy Award Winners Album Of The Year "We Are The World" (2 LP Set) S898 Reg. J1298 . $798 W L HAVfc LUMPAL I L ALE Good Through March UIHY ty PAW F WORE? i i ii wasBsaaaBBBmsssssBm another. Johnson and Judge Allen will also hear the case of the driver of the other vehicle involved in the accident, Todd Apperson Mercy. N^rcy is charged with failure to iriiM rijkl <1 hmqpi Clerks in the warrant office at the Hall of Justice^ twice refused to issue warrants for Tisdale for aiding and abetting a drunk driver, called 1 'allowing*' in police terminology, because the police officer seeking the warrant did not show probable cause. Officer Brenda S. Setzer, the officer at the scene of the accident, reportedly sought a warrant against Tisdale on the night of the accident. Miss Setzer issued a ticket to Miss Oakley for driving while impaired. Miss Setzer went to the clerk's office, but did not ask for a warrant, said A.D. Lambert, who, as assistant clerk of court, oversees the 10 clerks assigned to the war mMMmilHIHIIIHItlltlllllltllttlllllllltllllltllltllllttllllll rrom rage A1 "He wore th< prepared to go matter was resc the gods we got is editorial "caus- Martin, past tat a number of Church attende IACP, Operation his protest was te ? had threaten- provide "an ho gressive reform etings with the "I've been ou lay's editorial. hunger strike tl a family and that last Tuesday. ;nefit of Chicago Bundled in a the job he has set small portable with about 30 s ly the Defender's fices. Felt it also shpuld -y , e v K j ministration's ac- Under Flr6" The editorial ! to try case rant officc. She merely "felt out" the clerk, he said. When the clerk indicated that there was no probable cause because Miss Oakley was not confirmed as being impaired, Miss Setzer did not ask for the warrant, Lambert added. Miss Oakley submitted to a blood alcohol chemical test after being taken to the hospital following the accident. Her results arrived from Raleigh SB1 labs in late January, revealing that her hloori alrnhol crtn^nfro. lion wau* 0.18 during the accident, above the legal limit of 0.10. After receiving those results, Miss Setzer tried again to obtain a warrant for Tisdale for "allowing. M This time she did seek the warrant but was turned down. The clerk on duty at the time, Scott Reece, has been unavailable for comment. Tisdale subsequently asked Police Chief Joseph E. Masten to issue him a ticket for the charge, so that he could, prove his innocence. Masten last week said he would not issue a citation when clerks have found no probable cause on two occasions. Masten also said Please see page A11 IHIIIIIIHMUIHIIIIHHIIIIIINtMlllllltlHIIItlMtmiimillllll IIHIIIIinilflllllNHNMIIUIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMItlllllllllllllll ; chains on his body because he was back outside and continue until the >lved,M said Jordan. "Thanks be to t this resolved today." or of the Progressive Community d by Washington, said earlier that intended to persuade Sengstacke to nest and fair assessment of the pro-it here 24 hours, but I've been on the iree days," Martin said at midday heavy overcoat and equipped with a heater, he sipped coffee and met upporters outside the Defenderof* Martin had protested said that on supporters "are extremely disaps apparent lack of ability to make decisions in sensitive matters." reports of a federal investigation inof city contracts. 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