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ebfonlcle Staff Writer
Two female inmates at the Forsyth Coui
sgy they were offered drugs by a guard in J
* Wanda K. Newmon and Savannah Dodd,
Winston-Salem, say that a female guard
them marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Ji
Neither woman took the drugs from the guai
say.
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ihe inmates were offered drugs by the same
in a letter she wrote to the Chronicle in June
dressed to the residents of Forsyth County.
. The female guard had offered the inmate
to entice them to do special cleaning in the ji
Hailes wrote in a letter that was hand-delivc
Chronicle reporter. v.
"She enticed them by offering them c
heroin, marijuana, beer and mood-altering
said Ms. Haifa, 33, a native of West Palm
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No Complaints Filed
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Sheriff E, Preston Oldham said Tuesday
will ask the SBI to conduct an independ
vestigation of the allegations made by the ii
who SflV thev met while in iail
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vestigation will be up-front and straight an
by an independent source outside the c<
Oldham said.
None of the inmates has filed a complai
the Sheriffs Department about the alleged c
fer, Oldham said.
"This has been brought to my attention
media," he said. "This matter will be fi
vestigated."
. Oldham said he will keep the media infon
die status of the investigation.
? The inmates identified the guard only by 1
name. Ms. Newmon, 20, who was given
month suspended sentence for trespassii
sentenced to time served for assault and d
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Womble: Gty-fu
need to improve i
Science Center, Chamber,
Py JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Staff Writer
Three local agencies receiving $282,000
in city funds for fiscal year 1986-87 should
hire and promote more blacks and women,
Southeast Ward Alderman Larry W.
Womble said recently, v
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"I want to put these grantee agencies on
notice," Womble said at the June 26 Board
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Chronicle Staff Writer school
1986-87
If A naws analyala. balance
criticize
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change, the more they stay the taining
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bably will be major issues again balance,
this year. Boar
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expect to hear more about this like to s
fall is district lines. . ed.
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of Aldermen's meeting.4They need to hire
more blacks and women and put them in
meaningful jobs."
The aldermen unanimously approved the
city's $145.5 million budget two weeks ago.
"We have been very generous to these
agencies," Womble said during . the .
meeting. "Many of these agencies didn't
have any blacks or females on their staffs."
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enrollments during the WSBSSEff^r^:
school year. Racial im- ENTERPRISE
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d last year by some white
who felt that classes con- r
too many black students flBBSSSS^w
ir children's education. ItKHffgweii
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; schools didn't meet the WOTAMIi
guideUnca for racial -MS a group UK
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W " wStti Chronicle Staff Writer
Although the city's newest private
jp V an open-door membership policy, 1
iHrtnii'.iimfflnrni actly flocking to get in.
M Blreka The Piedmont Club, which is scl
latnot bo * ncxt ycar' ^ ** locatcd on the 1
One Triad Park tower.
lUtig irtagn* The club so far has a membershi]
hip ly approximately 30 are black, acc
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By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Staff Writer ,
THE CITY'S NAACP
chapter plans to file a lawsuit
against Forsyth County contending
that at-large elections
discriminate against black candidates
for countywide offices.
"At-iarge elections
discriminate against blacks,"
said NAACP President "Walter
Marshall Tuesday. "We will do
whatever we have to do to get the
county to redraw the lines and
create single-member districts for
the county commissioner and
school board races.
Marshall told the Chronicle in
May that NAACP would delay
any legal action challenging the
at-large voting system until after
^November el&tfons.
However, the city's NAACP
was given permission recently to
file the suit by Kelly Alexander
Jr. of Charlotte, state president
of the NAACP, Carolyn Coleman,
the state field director of
the civil rights group, and Joyce
Knox, the NAACP's associate
counsel.
Marshall said he spoke with
Alexander, Mrs. Coleman and
Ms. Knox about a possible
lawsuit recently at the NAACP's
national convention In Baltimore.
The loctd chapter's
executive board will meet next
week to discuss the suit.
The chapter has hired Lumber
ton attorney Angus B. Thompson
to work on the lawsuit. "As soon
as everything is worked out, we
are going to file the lawsuit,"
uish a Avenue. The tanker hai
Maple and overturned, but, an
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He sirid he subi
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slacks aren't ex- Branch said a r
about the amoun
heduled to open mft?Ber. They ha
lop floor of the overall budgets, 1
Branch said tha
p of 665, but on- clusively for Win
ording to a club ing up to include
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te blacks on the from other areas
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mts at-large elections
ommissioner races
Marshall said.
The city's NAACP chapter
must raise $2,000 to pay the initial
attorney's fees, Marshall
said.
The NAACPdedded to ffle the
suit after the defeht of incumbent
Mazie S. Woodruff, the lone
black county commissioner, in
the May 6 Democratic primary*
The at-large system ??>cd to ded
county commissioners was partly
blamed for Mrs. Woodruff's
defeat.
"Her defeat was
embarrassing," Marshall said.
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elections that dilute the black
vote and discriminate against
black candidates,'9
Mrs. Woodruff, the second
woman and the only black ever to
serve as a county cooinMoA**
declined to comment on the pending
lawsuit. Mrs. Woodruff had
said earlier that she favors a ward
voting system.
Although they have that option,
Marshall. said the county
commissioners will not voluntarily
replace at-large elections with a
district system. "They are opposed
to that,99 he said, "and they
don't vote for us in elections."
Mrs. Woodruff finished third
in the Democratic primary with
10J968 votes behind John S.
Holleman, who led the ticket
with 12,397 votes, and runner-up
Wayne O. Willard, who totaled
12,321 votes.
The city's NAACP chapter
considered legal action against.
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rushing to join
ibers were invited to submit a list
em invitations to Join the club,
nitted a list of 100 names, most of
lumber of blacks may be cautious
t of money required to become a
ve to look at how it fits into their
le said.
it the club's membership is not exston-Salem
residents but is openthe
Triad.
ns more visibility, he said, blacks
may
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