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Page A2 Winston-Salem Chronicle Thursday, i ...., fm - / ~ . % - Jw Kit (fet^r-v. .. ^ ^ r'-> > w?3'v"-'J ; sf. If you are single, at least 18 years old, doings and interested in appearing In this column, or i ?*-= please send your name atifcdayttme telephone === ston-Salem Chronic^, P.ogSfP|>4, Winston Black family leaves home CLEVELAND (AP) ? A black family says it was forced to flee its east side home because of what it characterized as racially-motivated vandalism. Cleveland Police Lt. A1 Jezior said the police were sent to the home of Fred Smith last Thursday, but the police report indicated that the incident didn't appear to be racially motivated. Police discounted the possibility of a racial incider because there was no apparent motive, no racial slogan:, were written and there was-no namecalling or threats against the family. * The incident is being investigated by the city's Community Relations Board, the NAACP and the Education of black children 1 \ ' * . . . k WASHINGTON (AP) ? Some black leaders in the District of Columbia are hoping that a newly developed program will help improve the quality of education for black children in the district, who they say have been victims of a poor learning system for too long. The education program was first developed by black educators at the National Conference on Educating Black Children last September and revised in April. The plan, called "Blueprint for Action," suggests steps school administrators, teachers, students and parents can take to improve the quality of their local schools. "Our children are falling between the cracks and they're not being properly trained for the 21st century," said Faustine Jones-Wilson of Howard university's School of Education. Jones-Wilson has Black youths "arethe foe MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - The case of three black teens convicted of assaulting a white lawman has become a focal point for members of the local NAACP branch and of the area Ku Klux Klan. The president of the North Brevard chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said the April 16 assault on Brevard County Sheriffs deputy James Russell was provoked Jury in Charlotte convicts 11 CHARLOTTE (AP) ? A federal jury in Charlotte has convicted 11 persons of involvement in a drug ring the prosecutor contended distributed about 60 pounds of cocaine worth $9 million to $11 million on Charlotte area streets from May 1985 to late April 1986. Originally, there were 16 defendants, all from Charlotte, but,Eve pleaded guilty before trial. The five, and four unindicted coconspirators, testified against the 11 remaining defendants and provided the heart of the government's case. Their testimony was bolstered by drug ledgers, telephone records and testimony from car salesmen. The car salesmen testified that defendant Michael Aaron Little, 26, bought a Camaro sports car with a Crown t> O r 1, < - - - i\uy<u wuisi^y satK iuii oi casn and that William Bryan Cook, 40, brought in two suitcases of cash while shopping for a car. The jurors returned their verdicts last Wednesday after about five hours' deliberation. Another blow has been struck at the organized drug problems in Charlotte," said Max Cogbum, the assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted the case. "Taking this many drug defendants out at one time not only gets the cocaine they were distributing off the street for some period of time, but even more importantly serves as a warning to other drug organizations that the government can prosecute them and can get convictions." The 11 defendants and several who haApleaded guilt} are scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 3 in U.S. District Court. 0 t August 27, 1987 | Name: Octavia D. Lewis v Job Title: Mechanical Board Artist Hometown: Winston-Salem ' ; Describe Yourself in One Word: Ambi tiouir - *? '-awf* :-r' <.v Hobbies: Singing gospel, braiding hair, swimming Favorite Book: "Flowers in the Attic" M: tyVlC. Andrews Favorite Movie:"The Untouchables" ' " - >>' " s-fc <?:i ? -y.^S&3?. i? ff? V v $$$? Favorite TV Show: 'The Cosby Show" . Persons Admires Most: My minister,Dr. HI,. Moore, and my mother, Doris Cuthrell ' Career God: To have my own successful hair shop ! (Photo by James Parker) Mil*' ' "V ' '* " V*'. - ' ' ' * something positive in the community, employed if you know someone who meets these criteria, e number to: Someone You Should Meet, Win- _ i-Salem, N.C. 27102. in Cleveland after attack Professional Housing Services Inc., a fair-housing agency. * Fred Smith said he and his wife, Darlene, were awakened by what sounded like gunshots at about 4 a.m. When they looked out of an upstairs bedroom window, 20 white people, mostly adult men, were gathered in the yard, Smith said. P-y ;hc Hme Smith ran downstairs, the crowd had left, he said, bmith discovered that the winuow* of his car ~~ were broken with what appeared to be a hammer or tire iron. The windows on a vacant house on the same lot were also smashed, Smith said. :o be focus of new program been involved in developing the program. "It's time we stop passing the buck and see what can be done to facilitate learning." "Black people are greatly concerned that we are los?ng our children," she continued. "... Historically, education has been the major means of our inclusion in , society and our upward mobility." lr\nr>o_ W i I cr\n a rs . rl ?U/? ?L ' - L junvj- ?! noun oaiu lilt UlUtpillll, Wllltil Was developed from the research of the late Ron Edmonds, a Harvard University educator, contains five characteristics for an effective school environment: The Eliot Junior High School in northeast Washington is the only school in the district that is planning on implementing the program. But JonesWilson said other schools in Washington may be recruited as well. us of KKK and NAACP NTt is my belief if the young men did it, they were provoked and did not initially attack him," Bill Gary said. Gary said Russell's testimony that he had called blacks niggers" suggests the incident was racially motivated. "1 don't believe if thev were white males that he (Russell) would have carried out the same actions," Gary said. 1 of involvement in drug ring NAACP files suit over Albemarle elections GREENSBORO (AP) - The NAACP has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Greensboro seeking to stop * upcoming Albemarle City Council elections, an attorney for the group said recently. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People attorney Romallus Murphy of Greensboro told The Charlotte Observer the suit seeks a preliminary injunction on the Sept. 22 and Nov. 3 elections until the court rules on a suit forcing city council district representation. The mayor and five city council members now are elected at-large in partisan races. Murphy said Wednesday he expected a hearing to be held on the request for the injunction within 10 days to two weeks. "We pointed out in the motion the Sept. 22 primary election date and hope to have a hearing well before that time," he said. Despite the threat of the suit, filing has proceeded as usual with two candidates for mayor and eight candidates for the five council seats. The filing deadline was Aug. 21. "To allow the elections to be held would delay the right of black residents to representation on the board," Murphy said. Affidavits filed with the suit say Albemarle school board member Douglas Waddell is the only black elected to office in the City of Albemarle. Waddell was elected in 1981 after losing in 1975 and 1979 elections. ri<? V \ Anti-apartheid group it By GREG MYRE Associated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The largest legal movement against apartheid marked its fourth anniversary last Thursday with most of its leaders jailed or hiding, and acknowledged being "in retreat." A statement from the United Democratic Front coalition of 600 civic, youth, educational and church groups said it had been savaged in the "severest and most methodical assault ever" by South Africa's white authorities. Only a few hundred students attended an anniversary rally at the predominantly white University of the W/? f c ttf a rl n T aK amm VI ~ ? C ? if usnai^idiaiiu in juiiaiiii&suui^. 1>UUC U1 II1C speakers in the half-empty auditorium was part of the UDF leadership. Students read statements from the group accusing the government of conducting a "reign of terror (to) curb any political campaigns which gives direction and content to the anti-apartheid struggle." ^National treasurer Azhar Cachalia attended, but said he chose not to speak because he was exhausted from a legal case he had been handling. "With so many of our leaders in detention or hiding, it is virtually impossible to organize a gathering," Cachalia told ^reporters afterward. In an interview published in the Johannesburg newspaper Business Day, he said: "The UDF is in retreat. We are engaged in a holding action to protect and defend our organizations." More than 30,000 people have been detained under a nationwide state of emergency imposed June 12, 1986, and the UDF claims 75 percent were related to Sen. Jesse Helms makes ( JOHANNESBURG, South Airica (AP) -- Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., has arrived in South Africa on a week-long private visit as a guest of agriculture officials, it was announced Monday. Helms plans to meet with President P.W. Botha, Minister of Agriculture Greyling Wentzel, and aWJ/*?**lo f?v\m iKa C/Mi?h A A w '1 T T?. univia? iiuiii uiv juuui nuiuui n^litUUUIill UIUUIl, The Winston-Salem Chronicle is published e Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty St.. Mailing ad< 27102. Phone: 722-8624. Second-class postage p The Winston-Salem Chronicle is a charter m Press and a member of the Audit Bureau of Circuit Association, the North Carolina Press Association Subscription: $18.52 per year, payable in adv add $5.00 for out-of-town delivery. PUBLICATION Uw Parkview Location /fSf LAST DAY SAT. AUGUST 29\ All yA ^Vv Salas Layaways Final y y Shop Mon.-Sat. 10 to 7 Sunday 1 to 7 Visa-Mastercard-Discover-Ch % ? 4 ^ larks fourth anniversary it in some way. Last Thursday, the organization formally adopted the Freedom Charter, which calls for a non-racial, socialist democracy. The charter also has been endorsed by the outlawed African National Congress guerrilla group and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the largest black labor federation. Anti-apartheid groups formed the UDF to oppose the the xreation in 1983 of Parliament chambers Tor people of mixed-race and those of Indian descent, IrnAum Uava an A Tka.. ma.... a iviiunii licit as riMaus. 111cy uavc uiuc jwwcr <111U South Africa's 25 million blacks, who outnumber whites 5-1, still have no voice in national affairs. Since then, the UDF has been involved in many campaigns. It worked unions seeking the right to strike, called for the legalization of outlawed organizations, sought an end to evictions of rent boycotters in black townships and fought for the release of those detained under the emergency regulations. Authorities have charged some UDF officials with treason, claiming they instigated the racial turmoil that began September 19&4. More than 2,400 people, nearly all of them black, have died in violence related to the unrest. ^ r?- - . The government also has said the anti-apartheid group is a front for the outlawed African National Congress, which is based in Lusaka, Zambia, and is fighting to end white domination. By law and custom, apartheid establishes a racially segregated society in which blacks have no vote in national affairs. Whites control the economy and maintain separate residential districts, schools and health services. * ? >rivate visit to South Africa The Star newspaper reported. A spokesman for the Agricultural Union said Helms' visit was private and that the senator intended to keep a low profile. Helms was a leading congressional opponent of a bill that imposed economic sanctions against South Africa last year. 1 very Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle I Jress: Post Office Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.C. >aid at Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102. ember of the Newsfinder sen/ice of the Associated ations, the National Newspaper Publishers and the North Carolina Black Publishers Association. 'ance (North Carolina sales tax included). Please USPS NO. 067910. S^HI Shop Our B Locations at: > Rneridge i King 11 Hanes Mall ^^B B Statesville ^^B B For Great B B Fall Fashion A Parkview ^B ^B oice > ?
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