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VOL. XVI, HO. 29
,The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly'
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By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
Developers are staking claims in
East Winston like the gold fever-bitten
settlers in California did more than 100
years ago, since a recently released study
revealed the blighted area's potential.
During a meeting Tuesday night of
the East Winston Development Task
Force, two developers approached the
city-appointed group - seeking members'
approval of their respective projects.
Mary Sheppard and Jose Isasi, devel
opers and partners in Sheppard Inc., told
task force members of a near $1 million
housing development it hopes to erect off
Wallingford Road and Dilworth Street,
east of Winston Lake Park. The team pro
poses to develop 38 single-family homes
for middle and upper income residents.
Sheppard Inc.'s project is nearly
identical to one recommended by consul
tant Clifton W. Henry in his "Hast Win=_
ston Economic Development Strategy
Technical Report." Mr. Henry, of Ham
mer, Siler, George Associates in Silver
NAACPto push
Hanes Mall ?
for agreement
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
Winston-Salem NAACP leaders say a fair
share agreement negotiated with a major South
Carolina shopping mall has renewed interest in
pushing for a similar agreement with Hanes Mall
and other malls in the city.
The owners of the Columbia, S.C., malt;
Jacobs.Visconi, Jacobs law firm, negotiated with
NAACP leaders for six weeks to reach the first
agreement ever made with a shopping mail based
on the principles of the civil rights organization's
Fair Share Agreement program. The program pro
motes economic opportunities for blacks in the
areas of employment and upward mobility, busi
ness development, and community outreach.
Walter Marshall, President of the Winston
Salem Chapter of the NAACP, said Wednesday
that the March 2 agreement in-South^ Carolina will
really boost his organization's efforts to forge an
agreement with Winston-Salem malls. "That's
especially true of places like Hanes Mall and
Thruway Shopping center," he said. "There is a
high rate of low or no employment with merchants
Spring, Md., recommended Carver Glen,
a single-family development, and sug
gested that homes range in price from
$85,000 to $130,000. The main differ
ence between the two projects is that Mr.
Henry recommended that Carver Glen be
located at the eastern end of Cumberland
- Street. -
Homes in Sheppard Inc/s project
will sell for $110,000 to $140,000. The
developers have done other projects in
the Twin Qity - Warwickshire Estates, off
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Task Force to ask aldermen to
reconsider E.Winston Parkway
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronicle Staff Writer
Plans to build a parkway through Easi
area, members of the East Winston Develop
ment Task Force said Tuesday.
The group called on the city Board of
Winston, or some other comparable structure to
improve the flow of traffic and make the area
more accessible, must be resurrected in order to
facilitate economic development in the blighted
Aldermen, which tabled the parkway per con
sultants J lecummendation in April i989,~ to re
open the issue for discussion. Said task force
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AP Laserphoto
Coretta Scott King walks arm-in-arm with SCLC President Joseph Lowery on final leg of a trek
to the Alabama capitol during recreation of 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rights march.
Judge relieved
weekend bust
CHARLOTTE (AP) - The arrest of one of North
Carolina's most promis
ing young judges on drug
charges has shocked and
saddened the legal com
munity in a state where it
may be the first incident
of its kind.
Mecklenburg County
Terry Sherriti has b<
relieved of bis court
duties pending the out
come of the charges but will continue to reeeive his
$71,000-a-year salary, Supreme Court Chief Justice
Jim Exum said.
Everv if the charges do not stand, up, an investiga
tion by the Judicial Standards Commission could
result in SherriH's being stripped of his judgeship.
The^entire tegat community is shocked and sadw
dened by what we Jiear,"-said Parks Helms, a Char
lotte lawyer, former state legislator and former
Mecklenburg County democratic chairman.
Sherriti
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Minorities want
action at summit
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
Substance and action is what
? black business leaders say they
want to come out of a proposed
economic development summit
scheduled for May 3-5 in Blowing
Rock,N.C.
The summit is the brain child
of John Holleman, chairman of the
Forsyth County Board of Commis
sioners, and vice-chairman Gerald
Long. Holleman said the purpose of
the summit is to bring together a
wide range of
diverse views
and adopt a
long range Trollinger
com munity
agenda for economic development.
To get those diverse views more
than 100 government, business and
community leaders have been invit
ed to attend.
Several black business officials
invited to the summit remain skep
tical about what will come out of
that meeting. Marie Roseboro,
regional cashier for Golden State
Evans Roseboro
Insurance Company, said she was
all for economic development but
not at the expense of the East Win
ston community. 'I'm not for brain
storming for nothing. We have met
and met and met for 20 years and
nothing has happened," she said.
Ms. Rosesboro said the idea is fine
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? photo by David Amund^on
mmm* vk* P??W?oi of corporate
?fWrs: "lw?nt to do moc? In lh? community."
Jones accused of
conflict of interest
By TONYA V. SMITH
Chronide Staff Writer
Naomi Jones should resign her position as presi
dent of the Black Political Action League, according
to Issac "Zach" Wall, a potential opponent in the State
House race for the 67th district. Mr. Wall said Ms.
Jones' presidency over the grassroots political organi
zation could sway voters and alienate them from other
Afro-American candidates and until the race is over
she should vacate that office.
Although he won't face Mrs. Jones until Nov. 6, if
she beats the three other Democrats vying for the scat,
Mr. Wall, a Republican, said her position with BPAL
gives her an unfair advantage over other candidates.
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Haitian president promises free elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) President Ertha
Pascal -Troui Hot pledged at her inauguration Tuesday
"to clean the face of Haiti" with a provisional civilian
government that will lead the country to its first free
elections.