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? J *1 W 4 f *?r f M J H J t ^ f ^ 1 \ Vol. XIII, No. 25 < The church .By CHERYL WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer This article is the second in a series on the East III! ? _ m ? Winston Area Plan. East Winston's many churches can be both the spiritual and economic . savior of that development-starved community, say local clergy. 'if we don't, this community will become eaten up by the larger community," said the Rev. William S. Fails, pastor of Hanes Memorial CME Church on ' - ?Mt j| 1*r|r/?e c * 11111 Im ? < 'JH Bk Talk show host t By ROBERT BYRD Associated Press Writer CUMMING, Ga. - Black talk : host Oprah Winfrey brought her gram to Forsyth County on Mond hear out its white residents, son whom argued they'should be afc keep blacks from moving into communities. Outside, civil rights activist V Williams was among eight peopl rested for picketing over theexcl of blacks from the show. Miss Winfrey mentioned the a during her broadcast but said hei pose was to find out-^hy this munify has not allowed black peo * -gyT?- : ^ Id i tm* HflMfS* *-<i^ ~-^P*fiMBMI? #JRFi 6fe^ m A''"' V ;,v jfe<<3j|lW'-''1 \' s^" > '?gl Hi ** W'.s-. fl*Q?tO^iMl I)i>3n w*> n.Q.lCUIIiOt**! ' "**:' :y:y>. -AVMMMMMIH Winfrey: Li 8^ CI'l Vinsto J.S.P.S. No. 067910 i: E.Winstoi Highland Avenue. East Winston, which contain roughly 10 percent of the city's population, almost all of it black, also contains many of the city's approximately 300 black churches, some of them with large congregations and budgets. The area is a patchwork of substandard housing and i >> . kt: 'w f ' 5Ky-- * * .' y-S^-t andidates > " :4> x ? ~i?*- : A v4;v. s| - ?jl Clockwise from |"^B Assistant Police Jf ceed Joseph Ms t James Parker). . H ive from For akes her act to sc< live here since 1912." Asked later whether she f , ? table in Forsyth County, chA\v "Not very comfortable at al pr O" 11 H ing. oV to - Dozens of people in the 2 IT to ^ Sa^ suPPortec* ^ 1 black people to live and u county, but some said tl violence from white neighb 4 ncpa publicly welcomed blacks, le ar- A . ... <4 And one woman said, usion . . _ . . . right to have a white comm * rrests Another said she particip ' pur- month's civil rights demons com- brought the spotlight to Foi pie to ty "because 1 felt it was im A * . t\ . ?v n-Sale The Twin City's Aware Winston-Salem, N.C. i's econom AA AAA 1 ! ? 1 -- --1 1 spui-ievci nuinci gleaming church sanctuaries and low-income apartment. Ydung blacks looking for housing often have to search elsewhere because of the lack of decent, affordable housing there, and members of the community complain that they must go to the western side of town to shop. A 1 imm I ^\M f B Tb^^I * -3 BS.?. V. '^*m the top, Columbia, Mo., Police Ct i Chiefs Oliver Redd and Morris R isten (Dye photo courtesy The Col syth Count; 3ne of racial confr< Forsyth Countians to elt comfor- m^ike it clear that we 1 . she said, abiding people in our 1. I'm leav- Williams, an Atla cilman, had asked to ludience of Oprah Winfrey Show, e rights of frey and her prodi 'ork in the wanted only county re hey feared Sheriff Wesley >ors if they Williams and the othi with unlawful ass< We have a picketed outside the i iunity." the show was broadca . . . was charged with b >ated in last ... . . highway. T^il r 3 t4Rev. Williams wa rsyth Couniportant for Please see p '1 m Ch i 1-Winning Weekly Thursday, February 12, T ic savior? ugh crime rate is also a problem. The expertise is there The draft of an area plan for he community recommends a lumber of economic develop- nent strategies, including a development corporation. But it does not specifically deal with what black churches can do. The church has no choice but ro nlav a nart in the prnnnmir r*-; ? r? development of the black community, Fails said. 4'Being that about 90 percent Please see page A3 t lief Bill Dye and Winston-Salerr obertson, all candidates to sue lumbia Tribune; other photos b} -if Dntation y"mn, hiditoria welcome all lawcommunity." I OWTIfJUl inta city coun- I PEOPLE .on "The fj.mtuom but Miss Win- L 1' [*T. icers said they 5E25Z3S! Wal raven said dUOTA :rs were charged Md #Vff\ ;mbly as they Of tht 9 restaurant where the work est. Williams also >locking a state Of prlto doneo, i s screaming, 'Ar- i OfO Wldot M' . - -1- -*M iage A5 ^^ >otbaU I Glorili ronicle 987 50 cents i *5jBp * The Rev. John Mendez: There si among black churches to upgrade Winston (file photo by James Park COVER STORY At least 2 among ap for police By CHERYL WILLIAMS i Chronicle Staff Writer t \ AT LEAST two blacks are t among the applicants for \ Winston-Salem police chief. Assistant Police Chief Oliver 5 D. Redd and Police Chief i, William H. Dye of Columbia, Mo., confirmed Tuesday that ( they have been interviewed and are awaiting the city's decision. Another assistant police chief, Morris A. Robertson, also said last week that he has applied tot t the job; ? : City officials, however, are 1 saying little about the search for j someone to replace former Chief ( / Joseph E. Masten, who retired last fall. ^ Alexander R. Beaty, the assis- ^ tant city manager for administratis, would only say that the interviewing process is continuing. also declined to give the number of candidates, but the Winston-Salem Journal reported last week that between 50 and 60 have applied. IHe said that no deadline has i- a .. i .i r;ii 1 occn sci 10 nave ine position 11111 ed. According to the employment notice describing the position, the salary ranges from $39,974 to 1 $58,406. The notice says that the ^ position "requires extensive, progressive management experience raali2an Ed?in rac IB I II I B I g Am Am By The Associa ' ' - JMp !1? MO NEW YORK A6 day 12 youths in< I tlO attack that left a m sa^ some t^cr iSE5 H "1 understand Fahey, a police s 11: "Today in the Dec. 2C I day, OM-Wrt "Upstairs they'n ownmowu Of charees." I practice lor* The attack tot I aft thousand* black men whose nora of con* I ly white Howan ltd oxoeultom Chased from a p piMd.." dishing a bat ant! PAQEA4. p * TTPHRMHHH jtagOod mm no. ' .1 i I 32 Pages This Week BK i" r %'y. Jhk.s Segt% -\w. Wjjm - #' > dfl VM.iMMtMttiioMiNiNMRMRiMHi hould be a collective effort economic conditions in East ;er). ! blacks iplicants chief job n public service.*' It also says hat applicants should possess "a ligh level of personal and profes;ional integrity" and a 'demonstrated ability to develop ind maintain effective relation;hips with departmental personal and the community at large." The city's acting police chief, 3eorge L. Sweat, said that he did lot apply for the job because he s not interested in it at this time, hie said that when a chief is found, he will return to his posiion as assistant chief in chargeTbT~ he Field Services Bureau. While Dye, Columbia's first ilack police chief, would not comment on his being considered ror the job, the two local men, vho have worked their way . t . I r . i :nrougn me ranKs 01 tne ponce department here, say that applying for the job of chief was merely a natural progression in their :areers. 44It was incumbent upon us to apply," said Redd, a WinstonSalem native. 44We have been here and come up through the ranks and been successful in what we've done." Redd, who is in charge of the department's Investigative Services Bureau, said that his applying also opens possibilities for others looking for advancement. Please see page A3 b indicted :ial attack ited Press Police took into custody on Tuesdicted in connection with a racial black man dead, and news reports n have been charged with murder. they're all in," said Lt. Thomas pokesman, as the youths charged i attack were being processed. *. working on a list of names and 3k place on Dec. 20, when three car had broken down in the mosti Beach section of Queens were izza parlor by white youths branl a tree limb. One of the men died Mease see page A3 1 y,
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