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r V Page A2-The Chronicle, Thurs Sleeping Ba other. But I am very glad that 1 won." Bailey said he felt he didn'i show as strongly among white voters because of negative reac tion to Mazie S. Woodruff's write-in campaign for count) commissioner/ "It might have been a little backlash with Mazie/' he said 441 anticipated that/' Bailey also said the controvers) at West Forsyth High School, which some black parents anc students have said ignores th< needs of blacks, might also hav< hurt him. But while Bailey slept, h< roared from the rear of the pack to second, with 32,607 votes, on fy 326 behind front-runner Nancj Woo ten. Meanwhile, Mrs. Woodruff whose write-in campaigr garnered 4,211 votes, last amonj five candidates seeking two seat and 16,000 short of what she ha< hoped for, was nowhere to t? found Tuesday. Campaign Manager Tracj Singletary first said she*d have her campaign headquarters ai Davis Management Services or Patterson Avenue. No one show Bailey, Bur, tained his lead-over Sparrow. "Joe made a strong effort in the black community," Sparrow said. Gatto's campaign manager, Kim I. Heath, said that Gattc received more votes? than -expected from the black community but faltered in other areas. "Gatto probably has had the best showing of any white Republican in the black community in modern history," said Walter Marshall, president of the . local NAACP. Gatto visited the largest precinct in the black community, Carver High School, Tuesday afternoon. In other races, former Democratic Gov. Terry Sanford defeated Republican Sen. James T. Broyhill for the U.S. Senate with 51 percent of the statewide vote. Using exit polls, all three television networks declared Sanford the winner at about 8:30 p.m. Sanford topped Broyhill in Forsyth County as well, 34,54(3 votes to 34,137.__ The former Duke University president trailed Broyhill in the county by more than 2,000 vote! College GO who do know are shocked." Clark said he doesn't want anyone to think he hates the idea of a College Republicans Club or campus. "It's just unheard-of at s historically black university," he said. Plarlr caiH hie Invattv rmnaini V/1CU 1% IlltJ 1V/MAVJ A VU1MUK with the Democratic Party. I'm satisfied with the Democratic Party," he said. ] think the black leaders in the Democratic Party are more con cerned with the betterment ol black people. Role models like Jesse Jackson inspire me to sta> in the party I'm in." Reneea Lathers, a sophomore English major, said z Republicans Club on campus would not be a good move. "A Republican Club - I don'i see it," she said. "There are some conservative blacks here, but 1 \ don't think they would feel com \ fortable taking a stand like that." \ Ms. Lathers said it would sur prise her if the interest for a club on campus is strong. "We're students and we're struggling," she said. "We've already had our financial aid cut That was done by who? Republicans." However, Donald Sadler, director of public relations foi WSSU's student government, said he admires Ms. Evans foi I \ . r i day, November 6, 1986 iley From Page A' [ ed. Then word came that she would hold a victory celebration t at Reynolds Health ' Center i Cafeteria. All was quiet there, too. i Finally, Mrs. Woodruff was to r appear at the county Board of Elections. She didn't, i Reporters* finally reached her by phone at her home. Meanwhile, Republican Joseph r J. Gatto might be slightly miffed , at WXII-TV Channel 12, which 1 declared him the winner in the ? district attorney's race at 7:25 ? Wednesday morning, then said never mind at 8:25. On the strength of late returns from three black city precincts, ^ Democrat W. Warren Sparrow surged ahead for the victory at 3:41 a.m. by 892 votes. Both men , campaigned heavily in the black i community, but Gatto had the I toughest row to hoe, trying to ens tice fiercely loyal black i Democrats to cross party lines e and vote for him. With the help of former Alderf man Larry D. Little, former 5 Black Leadership Roundtable t member William H. "Bill" i Tatum and Alderman Patrick T. Hairston - all Democrats ? Gatke and Spam but closed the gap and took the i lead as the city's black precincts r reported. "The black vote did help," , said a Sanford supporter who > asked not to be named. "He had ?strong?Democratic? supportr statewide and some Republican crossover votes." ; Elsewhere, incumbent i Democrat Stephen L. Neal beat Republican challenger Stuart W. i Epperson to retain his 5th i District congressional seat. Neal t received 54.1 percent of the vote, T7 nnarr r??^ A C Q m pprbl JUII TJ.7 pCIWCIIl. In Forsyth County, Ncal polled 40,986 votes to Epperson's 27,425. Neal led the race in the county throughout Tuesday night and pulled away with the city vote. In a surprise move, Epperson conceded the election to Neal at 11:30 p.m. with Neal leading i 23,891 to 18,545 among county voters. i 441 wonder what he (Epperson) ) will shovel next," the NAACP's Marshall said after news of Ep- _ r person's concession reached the i Board of Elections office, s In the county commissioners' ?P Club From what she's trying to do. t "But I don't think it has a i serious opportunity to work," he t said. "I don't envision the club getting enough support from i black students or the black com; munity." Edward Raynard, a junior i biology major, said he is opposed to a College Republicans Club at ; WSSU. I The Republican Party, he said, s is concerned more with richer, more fortunate people than with F black people. i Pete Cates, a sophomore r business administration major, said he thinks a GOP club would i work on campus, i "We need more clubs around i here," he said. However, Cates said he plans t to remain a Democrat. i Reginald Swinsoti, a junior ac[ counting maior. has ioined Ms. Evans in her efforts to organize the club on the campus. Swinson said it is just a matter ) of time before the club gets off the ground. ; "The interest is here," he said, s "It's just a matter of getting the word out." Having a College Republicans Club on campus would allow , students access to both parties, Swinson said. , , "I think everybody's excited about it," he said. "I think it's IMMMMHMMMMMMMMMMMMM 1 to reaped the most black i for a Republican here in mo history, said NAACP Presi Walter Marshall. But weren't enough. Gatto sensed his problem 1 day night. Though he hoped to reasonably well in the t precincts, he wished he had < better in the white ones, C said at his headquarters at Omni Sports Club. "1 would*ve liked to have stronger in the county and West," he said, wearing a and a loosened tie. "I was ho for better, but I was kinda e> ting it would come down to It depends on how big numbers (from the b precincts) are." Meanwhile, Sparrow supp< Donald K. T is dale, whom S row ousted in the orimarv a ? 0 black votes, appeared at Board of Elections early Wee day morning, just in time tc off a Chronicle reporter. "I have no comment to r because you couldn't ge right," Tisdale said. 44 haven't gotten a damn thing i in your newspaper at anything." Tisdale said the Chronicle < ^m*r mom )W From P race, Democrats Wayne Wi and John S. Holleman Jr.' the two available seats ; beating Republicans Davk Drummond and Roger Swi and fellow Democrat Mazi ?Woodruff, a write-in candid Willard led the eltetion 34,488 votes, while Holle placed second with 32,128 v< Both candidates mainta 1,000-vote leads througl Tuesday night. Drummond finished third 28,187 votes, Swisher fourth 26,998. Mrs. Woodruff, the black cpunty commissio received 4,211 write-in ballot Holleman said he finishec cond to the front-runner bee "everybody has heard of Wi Willard." He also said sti support from the black c munity helped him win his si "We should have worked ? tie harder," said Ti Singletary, organizer of 1 Woodruff's write-in camps 4 4We should have marshaled forces a little sooner." Mrs. Woodruff officially nounced that she would Page A1 going to be something new citing and promising." Swinson said that he plai change his party affiliation Democratic to Republican the elections. "I've been thinking about ching the last couple of ye; he said. "My education mad realize that more of the ide the Republican Party are in with today." Swinson and the small g of WSSU students aren't the ones excited about the pos$il of a Republican club on can "I think it's fantastic," Mike Smith, chairman of Wake Forest University Cc Republicans. Smith said that Renuhlicanc hav*? K^n ct*r up efforts to start clubs at leges that previously didn't them. He said that the WFU Cc Republicans are not only woi with WSSU but with Salem lege as well to help start clul the campuses. Smith said that at W! mainly seniors have been gc involved. "We have to make we get some underclassme they can carry on/' he said. Dr. Manderline Scales, chancellor for student fairs/student developmen WSSU, is also pleased that a > /otes dern I ident they ruesdo iatto I run the a shirt ping tpec this. the BPH^^i lack Drter with Gatto and his wife Tuesday ni< ' the by James Parker). *nes" ) tell P001" ?* coverin8 the twc trials of Sammy Lee Mitchell, nake which he prosecuted. * Mitchell, who is black, is serv You ing a 50-year sentence after beinj right convicted in October by an all >out white jury of second-degrei murder. Jid a ?*if you can get that ' ' 'sfSf age A1 Hard ticipate in the write-in effort 2 won week before the election. after R. Michael Wells, chairman ol I L. the county's Democratic Party isher said her campaign did noi e S. adversely affect othei ate. Democrats. with But it did affect the vote man counting process, said Kathie C otes. Cooper, the county's supervisoi ined of elections. Some voters at the lout nine predominantly black precincts put Mrs. Woodruffs with name on regular ballots instead with of separate, write-in ballots, she lone said. "V-"ner, Mrs. Cooper said the regulai 5. ballots were replaced, and 1 se- registrars instructed the voters tc ause fill out the write-in ballots pro ayne perly for Mrs. Woodruff. rong In other races, Democrai :om- Beaufort O. Bailey, the onl> sat. black school board member, was Ut re-elected to serve a third terir after finishing a close second tc Nancy L. Wooten. . ' But Evelyn A. Terry, the othei ? j black Democratic candidate, failed for the second straight election to win a school board seat, placan ing sixth. par- Bailey started slowly Tuesday NNiiniiiiiinnanNinmammiHiNuniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii ? ex- lege Republican Club is forminj on campus. ns to UI am concerned about havinj from bipartisan politics on campus,' after she said. "Students need to hav< the experience of working wit! swit- the parties in existence. I am ver ars," interested in her (Ms. Evans* le me moving forward in her effort t< as of get the club formed." tune Dr. Scales said that a club ha to have an adviser, and Vernor roup L. Robinson, a business instruc only tor at the university, has agreec bility to serve in that capacity. lpus. Robinson, a Republican, ha said to submit a letter stating that h< the has agreed to be the group's ad liege viser, Dr. Scales said. She sai< that so far she hasn't received th< the letter. >ping Robinson said Tuesday that h< col- had given the letter to Ms. Evan have and that she may not have turne< it in v*t >llege The adviser has to be approve* rking by the Student Organizatioi Col- Committee, the vice chancello >s on for student affairs and th< chancellor, Dr. Scales said. SSU, Another guideline for the for stting mation of a club is that ther i sure must be a list of at least 10 in n so terested students. Dr. Scales said that Ms. Evan vice approached her about six week af- ago with the idea of forming i t at College Republicans Club. Col- "I think the young lady wa i jght: Not a good enough showing i > previous statements) right, you , can print it," Tisdale said. Interestingly, one of the reservations among blacks who supI ported Gatto was that Sparrow was too close to Tisdale and c would retain key members of Tisdale's staff. 5 "We got the vote out by geti night but fihished strong when the city's black precincts f reported. , Bailey received 32,607 votes, t Mrs. Terry 30,720. r "Evelyn is a good candidate, but-she-just-can^t-win-in the coun ty," said William H. "Bill" Tatum, an unsuccessful school board candidate in the May r primary. "I just don't know why : she can't do better in the ? county." I Democrat Wooten finished ; first with 32,933 votes. Republican Jane D. Goins, who led the field most of Tuesday I night, finished third with 32,028 > votes. Democrat Mary P. Wood took fourth with 31,753 votes, fellow t Democrat Mary Margaret Lohr t fifth with 31,546. > Democrat Logan Burke won \ the 67th District's state House > seat after defeating black Republican Diana WilliamsHenry 7,440 to 2,812. "At least it is a respectable i ' showing," said G.R. Breathette, Ms. Williams-Henry's campaign manager. Incumbent Democrat Annie iiiiiiiiiimtiiiniiimiirttiinniitiiiiniiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiii I disappointed she didn't get an immediate following at the offi set. but it takes time," she said. Dr. Scales said she feels the s club may appeal to many of the l older students on campus and to y some of the white students. ) Robinson said that a College :> Republicans Club definitely has a place on historically black cams puses. 1 4<I think black college Republicans would have a chance * to be exposed to black conservative thinking," he said. s Congress cuts funds e for civil rights panel e s WASHINGTON - Before i recessing, congress slashed funds for the U.S. Civil Rights Comi mission by more than one-third. i r The eight-member panel had e become the center of controversy since President Reagan revamped - it with a conservative majority. e Civil rights groups and liberals in Congress had accused the coms mission and its black chairman, s Clarence Pendleton, of simply a being mouthpieces for the administration's conservative s policies. I I i ? t?? Br i Z^lfJ K-^. ^ ^ \ I B1 L* (L^fl *? . n the county and the West (photo' *? ting literature out and telling * voters that Sparrow would put in 7 Tisdale's people," said Tatum. ^ Sparrow remained mum about whom he would and wouldn't replace before the election, say-'; ing he preferred to wait until he's' in office. Now he's in office. ' t ~ i- ?1- - # * Sr. Brown Kennedy ran unopposed for the state House in the 66thDistrict, garnering 7,232 votes. Also unopposed was Democrat Roland H. Hayes, who was re-' elected a District Court judge ?with 41,099 votesr^ ?? In the 20th District state Senate ' race, Democrats Marvin Ward and Ted Kaplan defeated 1 Republicans E.M. McKnight and Roger Rollman. Ward led with 39,055 votes ' j while Kaplan placed second with 33,519. McKnight and Rollman' , totaled 25,063 and 23,365 votes, respectively. v The GOP swept the three state House seats in the 39th District' contest. Republican Ann Q. Duncan led the field with 27,744votes, followed by fellow Republicans Theresa H. Esposito ' (24,691) and Frank E. Rhodes (22,959). Democrat Mabel H. Holton totaled 21,326 votes, while R.J. . Childress received 20,453 and Keith Y. Sharpe 14,680. Sheriff E. Preston Oldham ran unopposed and was re-elected' with 41.80f> maannmimmiiNiiMiiiiiiiimiiiiiHiiitimiiimiiiiiiiiiiii Robinson said that there are' numerous opportunities in the Republican Party for black students. "There are oppor-' tunities for employment and in-' ternships," he said. The Winston-Salem Chronicle is published : every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle . Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty St. Mailing address: Post Office Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. Phone: 722-8624. Secondclass postage paid at { winsion-saiem, N.C. 27102. The Winston-Salem [ Chronicle is a charter member of the Newsfinder service of the Associated Press and a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the National . 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