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Thursday, June 14, 1990 \ VOL. XVI, No. 42
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CIA tip may have aided
S. African capture of
ANC leader Mandela
ATLANTA (AP) - A CIA
tip to South African intelli
gence agents led to the 1962
arrest of anti-apartheid lead
er Nelson Mandela, who
remained imprisoned until
this year, accdfrding to a
report published Sunday.
The CIA had a "deep
cover" agent in the Durban,
South Africa, branch of
Mandela's African National
Congress, Cox News Service
reported. Mandela, who had
gone underground, was
_arrested on -Aug_. 5, 1962
while trying to leave Durban
arrest have been rumored for
years.
"That's an old, old story.
I'm sure the press must have
dug it up from newspaper
cuttings from about five
years ago," Ndlovo said.
The report quoted~an ?
unidentified former U.S.
official as saying <hit Paul
Eckel, then a senior CIA
~ operative; had told him with
in hours of Mandela's arrest
that the capture was "one of
our greatest coups."
The former official said
Eckel told himT^We have
Mandela
after secretly attending a dinner party there.
Mark Mansfield, a CIA spokesman in Wash
ington, said Sunday that agency policy ruled out
any official comment on the allegations.
Edward Ndlovo, a member of the ANC dele
gation in Geneva, Switzerland, dismissed the
report, noting that CIA ties to the Mandela
turned Mandela over to the South African secu
rity branch. We gave them every detail, what he
would be wearing, the time of day, just where he
would be. They have picked him up."
Eckel, who retired about 10 years ago, died in
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Local arts group
organizes to stop
conservative assault
By TEZRA O. ELLIS
Chronicle Staff Writer
"Our organization is just
defending artists4 rights to express
themselves," said Andrew McMur
ray, owner and curator of the Clear
Ring House Art Gallery. "The show
will be dedicated to the freedom of
expression."
The possibility of the abroga
tion of funding for the National
Endowment of the Arts, a nation
wide organization established to
provide financial support to artists,
has spurred local artists into action.
In an effort to heighten community
awareness and to garner support for
"their cause; ther Winston-Salem^
Chapter of the National Campaign
for Freedom of Expression will
sponsor an on-going invitational
exhibit of works by local artists
beginning June 22 and continuing
through July 4.
For 25 years, the National
Endowment for the Arts has sup
U.S. Senate challenger
used to doing the impossible
By MILTON C. JORDAN ?
Chronic*? Legislative Correspondent
RALEIGH - In 1979, after narrowly
losing his first campaign for the Charlotte
mayor's office, Harvey Gantt said: "I
haven't decided what the future holds for
me politically."
But today, 11 years later, Gantt, 47,
stands at the fulcrum of North Carolina's
political history.
What brings this particular Afro
American to this particular confluence of
history?
Luck?
Circumstances?
Being in the right place at the right
time?
The answer is none of the above.
Gantt, shaped by a loving family, with
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adventure, has lived most of his life at a
confluence of history.
Thus today's challenge is neither now
nor, in the context of Gantt's life, unusual.
He has spent most of his life finding rela
tively easy ways to do the difficult
Gantt, a quiet but effective Charlotte
politician, wrote a new chapter in the
state's political story recently. He convinc
ingly won a runoff primary election against
Brunswick County District Attorney
Michael Easley. Gantt carried 59 percent
of the vote, while Easley garnered 41 per
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Concerned About Family At Home
W-S Liberians wait for news
By TATIA M. DAVIS
Chronicle Staff Writer
For some people, the conflict taking place in
Liberia between the government and the rebels might -
seem a world away. But for James Hunder Sr. and
other Liberians living in Winston-Salem, talk about the
civil war is a constant reminder of those they left
behind.
"My parents and children are there, but I can't even
find out how they are doing," said Mr. Hunter, president
of the Liberian Organization of the Piedmont. The orga
nization is a non-political , non-profit organization com
posed of over 30 Liberians in the area
"When 1 call relatives and friends, they say that
everything is fine out of fear that their phones might be
tapped. I still can not understand why it took so long,
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Photo by T.L. Prosser
Sandra Randleman leads WSSU alumni In fighting to keep the
nursing program open to generic undergraduates.
Nursing program in jeopardy
By TRACY L PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
Piedmont nursing undergraduate
students may not be able to attend
nursing school at Winston-Salem
State University after next year, and
the local community will likely bear
the brunt.
The board of governors of the
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Andrew Mc Murray
ported the cultural life of America.
In that time, the organization has
awarded 85,000 grants to artists
nationwide. Out of all those grants,
over 3,000 per year, less than one
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Principal's lecture
is misunderstood
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
Comments of a middle school principal to an assem
bly of eighth grade students last Wednesday during an
awards presentation have angered Afro-American stu
dents at the school, their parents, and a few teachers.
The comments came during a program honoring;
eighth grade students at Northwest Middle School. The
program had two parts. The first part consisted of a talent
show and the second was an awards ceremony honoring
students for academic achievement.
A videotape of the event shot by students at the
school shows principal J. Michael Shrader urging Afro
American students in the assembly to be more concerned
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Democratic Senate candidate Harvey Gantt hugs hie wife, Cindy,
after speaking to supporters the night of his victory In the run-off.
Murder victim's wife
not told of sentencing -
shooting death of Barry Bethea, received such a speedy
trial that Betty Bethea, wife of the victim, was not even
aware the trial had happened until the next day.
Lemon pled guilty to second degree murder in his
trial Monday, June 11, only eight days after the killing.
He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Mrs. Bethea said, "It's not right My family and his
family should have been there.... With so little of the
family there, it looked like we didn't care."
Mrs. Bethea said she returned from work on Mon
day, June l l at around 7 p.m. Her son had left her a
message saying a police officer called and said that
Lemon had been sentenced that day. "I thought my son
took the message wrong,*1 she said.
Mrs. Bethea said she^did not get i* touch with the
officer, but read about Lemon's sentencing in a newspa
per account the next day.
Pamela Y. Davis, coordinator of victim assistance
at the Winston-Salem police department, said the dis
trict attorney's office is responsible for notifying victims
oftrialdates.
Barbara Fox, coordinatorof victim assistanceat the
district attorney's office, said "We have so many cases
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By TRACY L PROSSER
Chronide Staff Writer
Bryant ueWitt Lemon, the
Wilder visits inmates in Richmond
RICHMOND, Va. (A P) - Gov. L. Douglas Wilder mada a
surprisa visit to tha Richmond City Jail. Ha talkad first hand
with inmatas and listanad to thair complaints of ovarcrowding.
Hearts of black males beat faster
CHARLOTTE - A Univarsity of North Carolina study has found
thai tha haarts of black mates baa! tastar than thoaa of whita man.
Tha study said that during axarrisa black man avaraQad aight
haartbaats par minuta mora than whita man. Howevar, tha highar
rata may maka black malas mora prona to high blood prasaura.
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