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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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School, Oak Ridge Military
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chairman of the I
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is why there is a
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officials say. Na15
percent of all
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in prison for the 1983
tir Wilson outside a Claredrink
house. Mitchell, a
k man, rested his head on
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vlitchell said to Rousseau.
late to. say that now,"
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le after serving 25 years in
, take him out of the cour$0
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3045 N. Patterson Ave.,
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defunct Sentinel daily
ly black leaders have said jjscl;
litchell were railroaded on trj,
Deceml
said they would appeal been se
:tion. Neither Mitchell nor Matt
! in Mitchell's defense. mother
ley Donald K. Tisdale said
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By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Staff Writer
Several black leaders said this
week that Sammy Lee Mitchell
did not receive a fair trial because
an all-white jury decided his fate.
The jury of seven women and
five men deliberated three days
before it found Mitchell guilty of
second-degree murder Monday in
the September 1983 beating death
of Arthur Wilson.
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Chronicle Staff W
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my job to prosecute the case, not
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court (photo by James Parker).
lie said that Hunt and Drayton will
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, turned and glared at the court as
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hite jury in trial
black leaders
Mitchell, a 31-year-old black
man, was given a 50-year prison
sentence. Wilson was found dead
in the 1800 block of Claremont
Avenue near an illegal drink
house on Sept. 17, 1983.
"Sammy was denied the opportunity
of having a fair trial
because there were no blacks on
the jury," said Khalid Fattah
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Rangel,* D-N.Y., endorsed the re$n
of Rep. Stephen L. Neal when he
ay via telephone to a Democratic
n Winston-Salem.
understands how blacks had to
the civil rights movement/' said
s black. "The people in North
) re-elect Neal so he can continue his
ss."
J in a bitter campaign struggle with
i, the Republican candidate who is
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