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Newell, Womble say no to mayor's race, yes to reelection
Newell
Volunteers
needed for
kidney study
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
Bowman Gray School of
Medicine is looking for a few good
volunteers to participate in kidney
the country are participating in the
Modification of Diet in Renal
Disease (MDRD) study which is
designed to determine whether a
person's diet can slow down or stop
the progression of kidney disease,
said Vardaman M. Buckalew Jr.,
principal investigator in the study
and head of the school's Kidney
Disease Center.
"We're looking for patients with
kidney disease but the problem is
some people don't know they have
it," said Dr. Buckalew, who also is a
medical professor. "Kidney disease
in its early stages doesn't have any
symptoms - people could have it
but don't know they have it because
they don't have any symptoms."
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By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
Two Afro-American incum
bents on the city Board of Alder
men who had considered tossing
their hats into the mayor's race have
decided to run for reelection in their
respective wards.
Virginia K. Newell plans to
announce today her intentions to
run for a fourth term as alderman of
the East Ward. Southeast Ward
Alderman Larry W. Womble will be
seeking his third term in that major
ity-white section of the city and will
make his plans official during a
press conference at his home this
morning.
Some members of the Afro
American community had hoped
Mrs. Newell would run for mayor.
But she has opted, instead, to con
tinue her fight to make East Win
ston a part of Winston-Salem.
"I've made some promises that
I think I've kept, but we've still got
to bring East Winston in line with
the other wards," said the lady who
recently rallied together members of
her ward in organized opposition to
a proposed jail off North Patterson
Avenue. "That last effort that we put
forth has a lot of implications and
that needs attention. We've got to
give credit to East Winston and
honor those blacks who have '
labored in that area since the begin
ning."
Jimmie Lee Bonham will chal
lenge Mrs. Newell for the East
Ward seat. He has said he is
"uncomfortable with the way East
Winston is at present."
Mrs. Newell said she, too, is
uncomfortable with present condi
tions in East Winston and another
term in office will give her an
opportunity to make things better.
In 1985, Mrs. Newell posted a
landmark victory over Republican
candidate Richard L. Rowell,
defeating him 842 votes to 33.
"You always anticipate the
competition but I'm not afraid of the
competition because I've always
had it in every election," she said.
Tm not going to demean any can
didate or talk about any candidate
and there's not going to be any
knock-down, drag-out fights. That's
not my styled
Volunteers in the southeast
alderman's camp said the time isn't
quite right for a Mayor Womble. In
addition, his position as assistant
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Photo by Mike Cunningham
The old dilapidated house that William Conrad calls home is a point of contention between his nephew and the county. Conrad's nephew,
Eugene Byers, wants to replace the house with a mobile home before Winter, but county law prohibits location of mobile homes on the site.
NEWS ANALYSIS
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Learning
centers
fill gaps
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronide Staff Writer
In the wake of the recent report
revealing yet another poor perfor
mance by Afro-American youthen
the Califbrnia Achievement Test,
Bessie Allen, coordinator of the
NAACP Learning Centers, said the
help her program offers is only sup
plemental, and that more sensitivity
is needed from today's educators.
"It's too early to tell how the
learning centers are doing in that
area, but the only way we're going
to get a breakthrough in the CAT is
for teachers to be more sensitive to
help children do better," said Mrs.
Allen, a retired educator. "When we
help the children with their home
work in the centers, what good does
it do when the teacher doesn't look
at it, or if she doesn't return until the
end of the grading period?
"Our children need to see the
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NEWS DIGEST
Compiled From A P Wire
Gregory Savage
Gregory uses fast to protest drug use
Social activist Dick Gregog^ has gone nearly six weeks without food to draw
attention to illegal drug use. He says it is just the beginning.
Savage accused of sexual assault
U.S. Rep. Gus Savage, D-Dl.t has been accused of sexual assault by a
Peace Corps volunteer who was stationed in the capital erf Zaire while Mr
Savage was on an official visit to that capital, according to a Washington
Post report
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Moore uses music to stress family values
Singer Melba Moore entertained more than 10,000 people in Philadelphia at a
recent conference stressing the need to reinforce black family values.
The Hunt case: Is justice on trial?
By ROOSEVELT WILSON
Chronide Staff Writer
This is the second of a series of articles examin
ing the investigation , conviction and possible retrial
of Ddrry I E. Hunt for the 1984 murder of Deborah
B. Sykes.
Female operator: OK, is it in front of the sta
tion? ,w,
Caller: No. It's in that field right there. It's right
there . . .
Female operator : Right there at Davis Garage?
August 10, 1984, 6:53:10 a.m.
The telephone rings at the Winston
Salem Police Department
Voice: Police Department ,
Cope.
Caller : My name is Sammie
Mitchell.
Cope: Yes, sir :
Caller : And, I'm calling. I just
want to report an incident I just
saw. *
Cope: OK, where was it?
Caller: OK. I just seen a lady
which some guy was jumping on
her down here, you know, where
the fire station is downtown.
Cope: There's several.
Caller: Across the field right in
front of that fire station is a big
field there and they was out there
fighting pretty bad, so / think }
somebody ought to go see because
she was hollering pretty hard.
Female operator: OK.
Caller : OK. Thank you. (End of
call. 6:53:58 a.m.)
That 48 -second telephone call
(recorded by the WSPD) led to the
eventual discovery of the body of
Deborah B. Sykes that afternoon.
The 26-year-old copy editor at a
local newspaper had been raped
and stabbed.
Darryl E. Hunt
Unidentified female operator: Are you talking
about Engine 1 that's near the Hyatt House?
Caller : No, Ma'am. Down in there, Crystal
Towers way.
Female operatot: On Claremont and 40, near
, 40?
Caller: Yeah , I guess that is 40. 1 seen some
dude jumping on a lady. I just thought I would call
the Police Department.
The call also set in motion an
investigation that led to the arrest and 1985 convic
tion of Darryl Eugene Hunt, who was sentenced to
life in prison for the murder.
The caller identified himself as Sammy (spelled
incorrectly in the police transcript) Mitchell, but on
Aug. 22, 1984, he admitted to Winston~Satom polic*
that his name is Johnny Gray, who, poUce lfttet
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Would Sykes
be satisfied?
By ROOSEVELT WILSON
Chronica Staff Writer
MMy name is Sammy
Mitchell."
that was a lie.
Unfortunately for Winston
Salens justice and Darryl Eugene
Hunt, everything went downhill
from there.
COMMENTARY
This is no comment on the
gmh or innocence of Darryl Hunt ;
in the Deborah B. Sykes murder.
Only he and perhaps Johnny Gray, :
the person who told the lie, really ;
know.
This addresses our system;
which at its best is a bad system,
but still the best in the world.
But when the system is delib
erately abused it is worthless. It
i; beconnea no more than a tool for
?;?t!l$iMttce^ an instrument of
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