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Merritt W. Drayton has ^
recanted his May testimony in w
which he said that he and two .
other black men killed a f110
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Winston-Salem man, members of '
the Darryl Hunt Defense Com- ..
mittee said Wednesday.
The Rev. Carlton A.G. ,
Eversley and the Rev. John ^ ^
Mendez said at a news conference
that Drayton has spoken to them ^
and has written several letters to
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them saying that he, Sammy Lee M
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not kill Arthur Lee Wilson.
All three men were charged in ? G ,
April with beating Wilson, 57, to . ri
death with an ax handle on Sept.
17, 1983. F
Disgruntled
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By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Black students are physically and
mentally mistreated at West Forsyth
High School, several parents and
students told the school board Monday
night.
"On Oct. 3, my son related to me
how one of his teachers actually grabbed
him by the arm and slammed him
against the wall," said John E. Moore
of 1305 Highland Ave., who said he
has three chidren enrolled at the
school.
In September, Moore added, hit
daughter came home from school and
told him how her economics teacher
spent almost an entire period making
degrading remarks about blacks. The v
teacher said that blacks are unfit and
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parents, students air grie\
lack education to get decent jobs,
Moore said.
Two parents and six students spoke
at the meeting.
"I know that they got the
school board's attention.
Any time you get a group
of people coming down like
that* something has to be
wrong. I'm anxious to see
what (Superintendent Zane
E.) Eargle Is going to do."
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school, said that 15 of the 26 athletic COMICS
teams have all-white members. EDITORIAL)
Moore said black students don't feel ENTERPRIS
they are being judged fairly for the coo
school's cheering and flag teams. ruHI/wl
He said that there are no black OBITUARIB
junior varsity cheerleaders among the PEOPLE
15 members of the team. Only three of RHKHQN*
the varsity cheerleaders are black, he
said. 3PORTSWE
Latrice White, another student at the
school and a member of the flag team, dUOTABL
said that the Titanides, a dance/drill WovM Wer II
team, have only three black members. *M Reagan I
Miss White passed around a picture of Culver CHy
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Another student, Melissa A. Smith, telligence
agreed. I JapeneM."
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Some want Lawrern
By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Staff Writer
A PETITION TO rename the
Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum has been circulated
among at least two
veterans groups in WinstonSalem,
the Chronicle has learned.
The petition was circulated
among the Triad Vietnam
Veterans Association and
American Legion Post 55, officials
of both groups said.
Some didn't, some didThe
petition was delivered
three weeks ago to a local
restaurant where the Vietnam
veterans group meets, said
Timothy F. Murray, president of
the association. No one signed
the petition, he said.
MWhen the owner of the
restaurant saw the petition, he
threw it in the garbage," Murray
said.
But several veterans at the alliMH
rtTT":? Legion Post
signed ib petition, sifS'^.TSert
Turlington, commander of the
post. "I don't know what the
status of that petition is," he
said.
NAACP file
By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Staff Writer
The NAACP filed a lawsuit
Wednesday against the Forsyth
County Board of Commissioners,
alleging that at-large
elections violate the Voting
Rights Act and the 14th and 15th
amendments and dilute black
voting strengths
The lawsuit was filed in U.S.
District Court in Winston-Salem
by Angus B. Thompson II and
Romallus O. Murphy, attorneys
for the North Carolina Conference
of the NAACP.
The NAACP wants the court
to require single-member districts
for countywide elections, the
lawsuit says.
Walter Marshall, president of
the city's NAACP chapter, said
the organization would not seek
an injunction to stop the Nov. 4
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Board of Aldermen's decision in
February to name the yet-to-be.
built new arena after Joel.
The only one
Joel, a black Army sergeant
who died in 1984, received the
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congressional Meaai or Honor
from President Lyndon B.
Johnson in 1967.
Joel was decorated for saving
the lives of at least 13 fellow
soldiers while wounded himself
during a Viet Cong attack in
1965. He is the only WinstonSalem
native who has received
the nation's highest military
award.
The aldermen voted 5-2 to
name the $24 million facility after
Joel while Joel's widow looked
on. The aldermen's decision temporarily
ended an often-bitter
controversy among veterans
groups over the naming of the
facility.
Charges of racism
Older, predominantly white
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general election in the county.
However, the NAACP is asking
the federal court to order the
county Board of Elections to stop
"conducting, supervising or certifying"
any further at-large elections
for county commissioners.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are
the city's NAACP chapter, H.B.
Goodson, a retired chairman of
the county's Board of Elections,
North Ward Alderman Patrick
T. Hairston, former president of
the local NAACP, and R. Lewis
Ray, a local black attorney.
Among the defendants are
Richard V. Linville, chairman of
the county commissioners; Forest
E. Conrad, vice chairman of the
commissioners; all other current
county commissioners; Thomas
J. Keith, chairman of the county
Board of Elections; Kathie
Cooper, supervisor of elections
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excited about my new job," Mrs.
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who is black, replaces Larry V. Upned
in June. Upshaw also is black.
30, was one of four applicants in?at.
W. Swann. the anictint
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and I am pleased that she would
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