I * Stacy Lcrtttsaw: All grown up PA \ t t Wi Vol. XIII, No. 9 : US Police chiefs | retirement: Views mixed - By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Staff Writer Black leaders say they have mixed feelings about the retire- j ment of Police Chief Joseph E. Masten, who will leave his post-- J on Jan. 1, 1987. "I felt all along that (Masten's retirement) woiild just be a matter of time," said Walter Marshall, president of the city's NAACP chapter. 4'He made the right decision," Masten, 61, announced his retirement last week after serving 39 years on the police force. He said he is retiring so he could take advantage of improved pension, benefits. "My spendable income will increase about 42 percent," said Masten, who has an annual salary of about $48,000. "This is my decision/' Masten ,sai4 Tuesday. 4'If pressure had been the reason for me leaving, I would have left a long time ago." Masten began working with the police in 1947 as a patrolman. He rose through the ranks and was promoted to lieutenant in 1967. Masten was promoted to captain in 1972 and became head of the Criminal Investigation Division in 1973. He was promoted to chief in 1984. Many black, leaders criticized Masten and the police department for their handling of the Deborah Sykes murder investigation. " Mrs. Sykes, a white newspaper copy editor, was raped and murdered in August 1984. Darryl E. Hunt, 22, was convicted of the murder in a highly publicized trial in June 1985. Hunt was sentenced to life in prison. Masten and three other officers received renrimanHc fitv w ? W?i ?!# ????W? %iw WA fcV? Please see page A12 Private schools: By CHERYL WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer More black parents should consider sending their children to private or independent schools, a group of parents and school officials said during a recent panel discussion at the Urban League. The group, which calls itself Advocates for Minority Education in Independent Schools, or AMEIS, consists of representatives from five private schools in the area and five black parents. Its purpose, say its members, is to Numbins nu Black males: Are By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Staff Writer This article is the second ir three-part series. BLACK MEN arc losing numbers game in Winston-Salem. Disproportionate numbers of bl males have criminal records and unemployed. Black men have shortest average life expectancy am< black and white males and females disproportionate number of black r join the military and serve time beh bars. 'Red Lad in 'Colon 01B7. instoi >.P.S< No. 067910 I '* ' ?1 J ><* i" * WM*(M'Wm y/ f \ . i'f?&?$?% ft* m I fl V-" * ****** JSr Darryl Eugene Hunt, picture separate trials for allegedly I ia/si??*%?? />^u^u... r> ITviiouii \|jiivjiu uy oames rw ___ Viable option? increase minority interest and enrollment and to educate the public about independent schools. "Diversity is important to us," said Dr. Sandra P. Adams, coordinator of counseling at Summit School. 44We think we can give students educational opportunities as well as rich backgrounds." Salem Academy, Summit School, Oak Ridge Military Academy, Forsyth Country Day Please see page A11 mbers they fast becoming _ I A HII :\2fl arc Xw/f W 11 Jim ong Those realities do not b< . a black women. ind Similar statistics The statistics regarding b y* stem |KI|Si ?d GUrls1 FW PAOE A6. A i-SaL The Twin City's Aw Winston-Salem, N.C. UbMHP*'* wE&^&u^ma& i ^r ^T* ' &? RiI . ,*#*r i ' j^il - ^jJRjvj^l A A j above in a file photo, and Merrii helping Sammy Mitchell rob ar ker). % * wtHm Tisdale: He wanted the death \ * an endangered species Wins ton-Salem are numbers in other Am Dr. William Turner, social sciences depart rif MCI Salem State Uni kit! [ " unemployment rate o f of the biggest reasoi SPPTt~1 shortage of black m r\lll I Turner said. The unemploymt >de well for blacks in Forsyth C 7.3 percent in 1985, - tionally, more than black men ages ilack men in Please see o m 'Fashion to rock T C\' i >ard- Winning Weekly Thursday, October 23,1 eligible for paro prison. "Sheriff troom." Mitchell, of 7 moved to Centr day night. Wilson, 57, c was found robt death on Sept. Mitchell's fir: in a mistrial wit three blacks dea tion. A lone bla< acquittal. Darryl E. H Drayton are c murder and wi year. Hunt, Mitchel life sentence aft murder of Debc for the nownewspaper. Mar that Hunt and \ flimsy evidence. t Drayton face His attorneys id beat Arthur Mitchell's convi< Drayton testifiec . District Attori >enalty (photo by James Parker). 1 HH similar to the crican cities, said chairman of the I mcnt at Winstonversity. "The f black men is one is why there is a len in this city/' | ;nt rate among ounty was about officials say. Na15 percent of all 25 to 35 are i page A2 <ed of $110 and beaten to >t trial in September ended I h a jury of nine whites and MH d locked at 11-1 for convic- I :k female juror held out for D unt and Merritt William mm o-defendants in Wilson's H 11 be tried sometime this m ITs best friend, is serving a er being convicted of the . o ? i Mitcnc >rah Sykes, a copy editor . defunct Sentinel daily ly black leaders have said jjscl; litchell were railroaded on trj, Deceml said they would appeal been se :tion. Neither Mitchell nor Matt ! in Mitchell's defense. mother ley Donald K. Tisdale said Seating of all-w is criticized by By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Staff Writer Several black leaders said this week that Sammy Lee Mitchell did not receive a fair trial because an all-white jury decided his fate. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated three days before it found Mitchell guilty of second-degree murder Monday in the September 1983 beating death of Arthur Wilson. 99 l.. Ivy pnu By JOHN HIN' Chronicle Staff W Rep. Charles election campaij spoke last Frid; campaign rally i 4'Steve Neal struggle during Rangel, who i Carolina need tc work in Congre Neal is locke< Stuart Eppersov PI v:.' ti's Genesis: ticdr1 to stay PAGE B5. nl** \ 48 Pages This Wssk guilty e murder er three days Id have preferred a first-degree con/as my job to prosecute the case, not i verdict," he said to reporters after I. "I would have preferred the death , *? BKi-v t' V 41 \ v I , : *' ?' '< *'.*V";>^r^|Bft-