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m-Salem Chronicle
The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly
IXIV, No. 35
U.S.P.S. No. 067910
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Thursday, April 21,1988
30 Pages This Week
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Controversial theft case goes to trial
I Wiliiard Fair, Greater Miami Urban League director, to speak at Fuller rally Saturday
THE NATION'S NEWS
Compiled From AP Wire
^artoon spurs controversy
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - A cartoon with which a
Spus newspaper satirized a University of Wiscon-
renroHment plan for minority students might have
J censored had professors known about it, UW-
EClaire spokesmen say.
^ The characterization showed a student painting
«lf black, drawing paint from a bucket bearing
Hflabel: "Minority In A Minute" and "E-Z 2-ition."
jhe cartoon character remarks: "Who needs to
pso hard to gel a perfect G.P.A. or money for
pn^hen ya' have this stuff!”
k second student has painted himself black and is
iring a T-shirt reading "Cosby Show" while he
s^fREEEEE TU-I-TION here we come."
The cartoon that appeared in an edition of the
actator was a comment on a proposal by UW Pres-
t Kenneth Shaw to subsidize tuition for needy
, white as well as blacks and other minori-
acial slur nets woman $7,000
S, MOINES, Iowa -A Des Moines woman has
1 ^arded $7,000 by a District Court jury for
jlional distress she suffered from a racial slur
jrfngainst her by a Des Moines supermarket
f^ee.
itricia Lewis sued the Beaverdale Super Valu
rilore employee Ralph A. E'lio.'t called her "nig-
^while accusing of stealing two oranges from
|sU)re in January 1987.
lewsrooms short on minorities
[WASHINGTON -A new survey shows the news-
iper industry is falling far short of its goal of mak
ing minority employment in the newsroom equal to
percentage,of minorities in the country by the
le century.
The study by the American Society of Newspaper
s indicates a slow growth in minority newspa-
;mpioyecs in the past decade. The percentage of
jit Hispanics, Asians and American Indians in
newsroom is 7.02 percent this year, the survey
lund, up from 6.56 percent in 1987 and 3.95 percent
978, the first year the survey was done.
flich. blacks die at higher rate
f' LANSING, Mich. -Blacks are dying of many dis-
liBes at dramatically higher rales than whites,
^fccording to a draft report by a state government task
!^e.
"Poor access to early detection and treatment ser
vices for diseases such as cancer appears to be a sig-
aificani factor in the elevation of mortality rates for
ttacks," the draft says.
Cross burned at Md. home
RISING SUN, Md. - An 8 foot by 6 foot cross was
burned early Saturday morning near the home of a
whitdiwoman living with a black man, in what a fire
uflictal said was the third "racially motivated" incident
directed against the couple in the last two months.
Although the Ku Klux Klan has recruited recently in
; fljjg'part of Northeast Maryland, officials do not know
rif4he Klan was involved, said Bob Thomas, state fire
tal's spokesman.
By ANGELA WRIGHT
Chronicle Managing Editor
I
Far left, Fuller confers with the Rev. Leon White, director of the N.C. Commission for Racial Justice. In
foreground, Fuller’s attorney, Doug Miller, talks with Diana Williams-Cotton (photo by Santana).
Jackson 2nd in New York
Judge Thomas W. Seay Jr. began hearing prelimi
nary motions in the case of domestic worker Versell
McDaniel Fuller of 6635 El Rancho Road in Rural
Hall. Fuller is charged with four counts of felonious
larceny.
Four of Fuller's former employers, for whom she
worked interchangeably, contend that she stole several
hundred thousand dollars worth of property from
them over a period of about a year and a half.
On Monday Seay began hearing a motion to sup
press the evidence which Fuller’s attorney, Doug
Miller, alleges was obtained through an illegal search
of Fuller’s house. The Defense also claims that the
items taken from Fuller’s home belong to Fuller.
District Attorney Warren Sparrow maintains that
Fuller consented to the search by signing a consent
warrant.
The hearing on the motion continued throughout
Tuesday when the 32-year-old Fuller took the stand
and testified that she could not read and did not
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By The Associated Press
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's formula for^suc-
cess fell short Tuesday as the Democratic
presidential candidate recorded a strong -
but second place— finish in the New York
primary.
Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis was
the clear winner in New York with 51 per
cent of the vote. Jackson followed with 37
percent while Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore
managed only 11 percent.
Of New York’s 255 available delegates,
Dukakis captured 152, Jack.son 86 and Gore
17. That gives Dukakis 1,046, more than
half of the 2,081 needed for the Democratic
nomination this summer in Atlanta. Jackson
now has 849 delegates.
As expected, there was no contest on the
Republican side. Vice President George
Bush picked up enough New York delegates
to fall just short of the 1,139 he needs for the
Republican nomination.
Jackson was about 90 minutes late in
addressing supporters Tuesday night. But his
rtiessage to the crowd was positive and
upbeat.
want to make America better," he said.
"We •lFf peoph will win." "The message
from urban America must not be lost," he
said. "We have built a bridge and we must
not let that bridge fall down."
Jackson's formula for success was dubbed
”90-60-20.’’ He wanted to get 90 percent of
the black vote, 60 percent of the Hispanic
vote and 20 percent of the white vote.
He did manage to get 90 percent of the
black vote - 97 percent, in fact - but the
number of black voters was not as high as he
anticipated. He also only got about 56 per
cent of the Hispanic vole and 16 percent of
the white vote.
Jackson won the city of New York while
Dukakis was strong in the suburbs and in the
upstate precincts. Dukakis won 72 percent of
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Jackson took second in N.Y., but won Vermont in Tuesday's primaries.
NAACP seeks state probe of DA, police practices
The president of the local NAACP
has called upon State Attorney General
Lacy Thornburg to begin an investiga
tion of the Winston-Salem Police
Department and the District Attorney’s
office.
^\^ier Marshall said in a letter to
Thornburg, dated April 18, that the
local branch had "observed for a long
period of time the unjust and racially
biased practices of the Winston-Salem
Police Department and the District
Attorney’s office against the poor and
all people of color."
Marshall asked that the attorney
general investigate ifie arro-'t practices
of the Winston-Salem Police Depart
ment. Specifically, the request men
tioned the case of Thomas Braddy of
4210 Momingside Drive.
Braddy recently received a 15-year
sentence on charges of breaking and
entering and larceny. The case stirred
controversy because some of the items
Braddy was charged with stealing were
allegedly recovered from Wake Forest
University football players who were
never charged with receiving stolen
property.
Marshall asked Thornburg to look
into the Police Department's authority
to grant immunity from prosecution, as
they reportedly did for the football
players. He also asked that Thornburg
investigate the District Attorney’s
authority to selectively prosecute.
District Attorney Warren Sparrow
declined to prosecute the football play
ers involved in the Braddy case. It was
reported that Sparrow said he did not
prosecute because the Police Depart
ment asked him not to. Sparrow has
refused to comment on his decision not
to prosecute those players known to
have received stolen goods.
"How can Sparrow decide to selec
tively prosecute?” asked Marshall dur
ing a telephone interview. "We thought
we had elected a district attorney, but
instead what we've got is someone who
works for the police departmenL
"We need a recall vote or whatever
it takes to get him out of office," Mar
shall said of Sparrow. "We can’t put up
with three more years of Spanow. He's
a wolf in sheep's clothing."
Marshall also questioned police
actions in the case of Versell Fuller, a
domestic worker accused by her
employers of felonious larceny. He
questioned police authority to allow a
private citizen to participate in the
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Reynolds offers reward
.....
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Co. is
iding up to $5,0{X) for infor-
on leading to an arrest and
riction for the murder of a
pany employee.
With the commitment from
x)lds Tobacco, a reward fund
)lished to solve the 1987 slay-
of Brenda C. Howse has
ledSlLOOO.
The body of the woman was
d in her Pleasant Street resi-
e on July 20,1987. Police said
woman had been beaten,
)ed and rap^.
Reynolds Tobacco made the
rd commitment today to offi-
of Crimestoppers, the non
it organization that solicits
■maiion anonymously to aid
police in solving crimes.
Crimestoppers already has
designated $1,000 to the reward
fund. Gov. James B. Martin also
has announced a $5,000 reward for
information in the slaying.
Winston-Salem police have
described the $11,000 reward fund
as one of the largest in recent city
history.
"We certainly appreciate this
commitment by Reynolds and
hope it can produce useful infor
mation to solve this murder," said
Marvin Ferrell, a Winston-Salem
businessman and chairman of
Crimestoppers.
"It's our hope this reward will
lead to an arrest and conviction in
the tragic death of this very valu-
EEOC head assails goals, quotas
Howse
able company employee," said John
Rickard, director of security for
Reynolds Tobacco USA.
By KENNETH RAYMOND
Chronicle Staff Writer
Clarence Thomas, the second
highest ranking Afro-American in
the Reagan Administration, said
Monday night that preferential
treatment for minorities is wrong
and that the administration should
try to curb some of the existing
related programs.
Thomas, chairman of the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, made the comments
during the Tocqucville Forum on
the U.S. Constitution Monday
night at Wake Forest University.
He addressed an audience of about
4(X) in the Brendlc Recital Hall on
"The Modern Civil Rights Move
ment."
Thomas, who attended Yale
Law School, said that affirmative
action programs hindered "true
civil rights,” which he said was "all
people being accepted on the basis
of merit and not race or sex."
'Today civil rights is too often
associated with blacks alone," he
said. "All programs that are racially
based are wrong because they stand
in the way of people of other
races."
Thomas also said he believed
preferential programs promoted the
idea that Afro-Americans cannot
compete. He said that employers
should hire strictly on the basis of
merit.
"The idea of blacks not being
capable of competing is the most
offensive thing I’ve ever heard of,"
he said. "That’s why I don’t like
these programs, which promote it."
While addressing "The Mod
ern Civil Rights Movement,”
Thomas said that equal rights
would never be achieved until
America returned to the basic pin-
ciples founded in the Constitution
and in the Declaration of Indepen
dence.
"America has lost sight of the
true meaning of civil rights," he
said. "Unless everybody's rights
are recognized and protected,
equality is impossible. Our found
ing fathers have guaranteed justice
and equality for all, but everyone’s
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