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tssmnsammm m . mmmmammm??| | ed and get signs put up," said Norman Joyner, executive director of the Winston Lake Family^YMCA and a fraternity member. _ y But whenever the ceremony is held, "we're gonraK have something big," Joyner said. The aldermen will address the renaming at their Wednesday, Jan. 21, meeting, two days after the national Martin Luther King holiday. . :<Thfe cildftrmenV Public Works Comminee Mon_ :flay nifhtvoted in favor of the renajfcing, as well as extending the strip of road to bear King's name from Patterson Avenue to Thomasville Road. The original proposal called only for the portion of Claremont Avenue that stretches from File Str^jf to Stadium Drive to be renamed. "We were quite pleased with the extension that they wanted to make with our proposal,'-' said Jesse Hymes, another member of the fraternity. Hymes added that thj fraternity hopes to invite : Martin King III here, but nothing is firm yet. One of the fraternity's members went to school with King 111 and has mentioned the possibility to him informally, Hymes said^ -?? :? "There was no invitation or real commitment expended," he said. ' ^ If he is unable to attend, the fraternity will "try to get someone from the family or close to the fami ly," Hymes said. . The fraternity has considered April 4 as a possible date for the ceremony because King was assassinated on that day. King's son, 28, was elected in November to the Fulton County Commission in Georgia. City police charged * Two people have charged Winston-Salem police officers with assault and battery in connection with what the NAACP called a racially motivated exchange. Officers P.L. Kearns and R.L. Nelson, who are white, were charged Friday in summonses with assault and battery. Two of the summonses say that, on Dec. 22, Ms. Kearns joshed Dorothy Green Davis of Winston-Salem and Antoine D. Johnson of King. Both are blackrAnbther summons says Nelson grabbed Johnson by the collar. On the day of the incident, Ms. Davis was charg cd with driving while impaired and disorderly conPlease see page A16 Living in squalor Did the city's housing code By CHERYL WILLIAMS peeling painfSnsi " Chronicle Staff Writer ancj out< cobwe .... . . . . # . that came solely I When a local minister visited * J . , * . . oil stove and a st ^an elderly nw? recently, he was .. . 1 jL t j . u.u r ^ He lives alon< ?knocked at what he found. , ,, _ stoves, Green s; Frank Jacobs, 73; was living as Jacobs rented at no human should, said the Rev. St. 'The fumes i Charles Green of the Baptist atrocious. The r Min isters Conference And His clothing was Associates. ' fuel oil. It's sicl Green saw dirt-covered floors, lhat-someone wo cracked, dirty windows, smoke- l^at 'n l^,s c stained drapes and walls, holes in ^5 a month tor the floors and w21ls, cracked, Jacobs was t 4??7 1?* ~~ , a * II Dr. King were , to vtatt the Twin Ctt* c J r FAOE A4. Wins Vol. XIII, No. 21 U.S.P.S. No. 0671 ' ? ... * . _ ... __ * . ^ Alphas mav invite I MLK III to W-S > K . * From Staff And Wire Reports King III to Winstorf-Salem, possibly during Black History Month in February or' on April 4, to celebrate a street's renaming in his father's honor. Although plans are incomplete, and the renaming is not yet official, the Alpha Phi Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity intends to sponsor the observance marking the rechristening of Claremont Avenue as "Martin Luther King Drive.'' The late civil rights leader was a member of the tfraternity. ^ When the observance occurs depends on whether the full Board of Aldermen approves the change, as it is expected to do, and how long it takes the city to make new street signs. "We've been doing this project for a while, but we can't do the ceremony until we can get it approv t * * special king \ jffis: i ^"ptayer of T?mf S? paoeb1. l'^j j k, . m ton-Sal ** * The Twin City's A vi J10 Winston-Salem, N.C. THE DREAM LIVES ~ I ^K. - IHk ^k * r Former Georgia State Sen. Julian Bond sa speech that blacks need wider participation ; tor civil rights, a% th^ was during Martial era "We move forward faster when we . together," Bond said. Bond will be the ho television series, "Eyes on the Prize," which Civil Rights Movement and premieres Jan. 21 Special Section (photo by James Parker). Testimony begins in bank fraud case By ROBIN BARKSDALE ' " Chronicle Staff Writer Testimony in a federal case involving charges of embezzlement against a local minister began Tuesday morning in U.S. Middle District Court in Winston-Salem. The case stems from a ^wo-count indictment handed down against Bishop Lawrence S. Tate of New Faith Chapel Holiness Church by a federal grand jury in June. One count of the indictment charges that Tate, Rutfi Diane Cassaberry and Darryl Eugene McConnell conspired to embezzle money from the Lexington Road branch of First Please see page A14 Bad connection: W Bv CHERYL WIL I IAMS Chroniclft Staff Writer If you flip through tb4 green pages of the Winston-Salem phone book, you'll see many items of community interest, including a full page on Wake Forest University and on the Winston-Salem Spirits, but only a brief mention of Winston-Salem State University. .... At least one local man has noticed this fact, and he is concerned about the omission. work for Frank Jacobs? iH#? r\f tV-i& Wahco hnncp lacf anrl mnicH to hie IVftV VI U I V I IKJ U .1V I vv r\ mum iiiv * VM VW I IIJ bs and heating granddaughter's home at 1126 E. from a damaged < 17th St. Since then, he also has 3ace heater. been hospitalized. ? and has two oil Green said that he became aid of the house aware of Jacobs and his condi1221 East 19th tion after a fellow member of the in the house are Ministers Conference brought it nan was filthy. ,to his attention. Green, chairman i saturated with of. the conference's Current kening to think Events Committee, said he found >uld have to live Jacobs living in squalor and bareity. He's paying ly able to get around. that." Green said that he notified aken from the r>. * ? ^ riease see page ' a jg * \ SECTION INSIDE ^ 0 ASlTsCh L^II Mora tha em CI tard- Winning Weekly Thursday, January 15,198 * COVER S every valley t I hill and m< 1 low, the made | 911viii the glc ? revealed, a By CHERYL WIL Chronicle Staff Write Twin city r pick of celebration tional holiday hon< Luther King Jr. One of the larg planned by the 1 ference and As celebrate King's ! King's holiday, Jar lid in a recent The service will be in th^strug?le Vine Pentecostal V Uher King Jc/s at 500 Kiww<U*? mova fnrvuarri tu- d-.. ? r\ n ? T*""" I IK l\tv, J.VJ. O St of a public Metropolitan Bapt chronicles the "The Stuff Drean . For more, see Dr. SerenuS T. C /Ministers Con fere / comrhittee. |,S& - ' | ' ARTS til ' tOTOR.AU iS OBITUARIES >7 a PEOPLE A6 RELIGION M c SPECIAL SECTION CI J isomm v * \ QUOTABLE: "... Say ) that I was a drum major f for Juliet. Say that I was a drum major for paaea..." , PAGEC5. [ ???????i_ c SSU's omissioi Sam Smith, president of Smith prises, said that the omission is like face. Smith said that although the ph been out for a while now, he notic6 about two months ago, I ,4I think it should be brought to < tk>n," he said. "It's unfair that it w also noticed that there was a s for all the ACC teams but not for \ State," he said. ; IEEE risUcm: Petal xi stylWkt time PA69BI. I flip y 1 1 lroni 7 50 cents * TORY t a dream that one day hall be exalted, every Mmtain shall be" made rough places shall be >laln, and the crooked. be made straight, and . try Of the Lord shall be together/' ate of hapi ing Dr. Kii LIAMS Music Macedor esidents can take their c^es? as N is during the second na- Winston>ring the late Dr. Martin Churn - faiths wi est local observances is vice' Baptist Ministers Con- s*x isociates, ^ which will schools, life and work on Dr. Pr 1. 19, at a 7 p.m. service. at Shiloh held at Macedonia True- ^arr3 loliness Church, located W this ] mjss^v;. \w.yw1 alJard, pastor of United exPect a ist Church, will discuss Last is Ar^ Made Of,"-said Church i hum, chairman of the streets? ' nce's special programs Maced King's widov by pursuing >y JILL LAWRENCE ssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON -- The widow >f the Rev. Martin Luther King r., predicting that 44the inbelievers will in time become relievers," s^id recently that she 5 determined to start a new American tradition on the federal loliday honoring her husband. Coretta Scott King said Americans should observe King )ay -- commemorating the birthlot; /% f a rloiri \ \ * i 1 rinhtc Inorlor iay t-M inw aiani v*ivii 115111^ n in directorj -Miller Enter- A notice writt a slap in the tion of the phor and the publishii one book has ing and Publishi i the omission any errors or om ?* t Kirrgr Trtptexr ^tizfcns' atten- customer servici as left out. >WSSU was not t chedule listing tion not featured Vinston-Salem *the N.C. School < u conditions such as the broken lome of Frank Jacobs on East 1! ibout the home's, fitness for ame^Parker). i 4 % ? r ' fciHSisters want r": *#V? \ \ ? ?k J.\ * :". </ < VSSfti?SiS I ? JL?_ ._ ror inemseives _S! cle 42 Pages This Week TK lenings no h?mnc will be provided by the choirs of lia and United NJetropolitan churvell as a guest instrumentalist from :Salem State University. said Ihat clergy of other races and 11 participate in parts of the ser>se proceeds will benefit the state's ;d Negro College Fund member oceeds from fast year's event, held Baptist Church, were donated to /I Hunt Defense Fund. year's service is as well-attended a$ s, Churn saia, Jbfe confer encc can massive turnout. year, they flooded Shiloh Baptist n the annex, the balcony and the he said. onia*s^/6hurch auditorium' can Please see page A3 v celebrates his goals ? by renewing their commitment to the goals her husband pursued: peace, justice, human rights and economic and social progress. . ' "We expect this new American tradition will become a moral force, a model for *he world," she said at a news conference announcing events to mark the King ^ holiday Jan. 19. "No other holiday in American history has ever been so demanding." Atlanta, Philadelphia- and Please see page A3 ' miffs some en in the community interest sec- - ? le book states that Southern Bell ig company, BellSouth Adverstisng Corp., are not responsible for issions in the material. , manager of Southern Bell's s in Winston-Salem, said that he only major educational msTiTuon a full page. Salem College and Df the Arts also were not given fullease see page A2 1 i railing, shown at left, at the 9th Street have raised concerns human habitation (photos by I . '
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