THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1990
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Surrealistic!"
One More Chance
Glenda Wharton-Little's works
dazzle at gallery premiere.
Winston gets another crack
at Union in CIAA title game.
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VOI . XVII, No. 11
NATIONAL
NEWS
Elections at a glance
GOVERNORS' RACES
Three. Republican incumbents lost as voters
in 36 states clected governors.
Democrat Ann Richards was the victor of the
hotly contested Texas race, defeating Republican
Clayton Williams, ?
Former U.S. Sen. Lowell Wcickcr, running as
an independent, won in Connecticut.
- Jn Florida, Democrat Lawton Chiles unseated
Republican Gov. Bob Martinez and Rhode Island
Gov. Edward' DiPrcte was defeated by Democral
Bruce Sundlun. Democrat Joan Finney, an abortion
opponent, ousted Republican Gov. ~TVI ike ~Haydcn in
Kansas.
But Democrat Dianne Feinstein lost the Cali
fornia gubernatorial race to Republican Sen. Pete
Wilson, and in Michigan, State Senate Republican
Leader John Engler narrowly upset two-term Dcmo
cratics Gov. James J. Blanchard.
Also in Minnesota, Republican Arne Carlson,
who wasn't even on the ballot 10 days ago, defeated
Democratic Gov. Rudy Perpich by a tiny margin.
in Massachusetts, Republican William Weld
won his race agamst Democrat John Silber. Illinois
In Georgia, Democrat Zell Miller grabbed the
scat given up by a retiring Democrat.
SENATE RACES
? ? Democrats retained control of ahe Senate a*
incumbcnts showed their strength.
In the most closely watched contest, conserva
tive Republican Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina
defeated Democrat Harvey Gantt, a liberal who was
the first black mayor of Charlotte.
In a surprisingly close race, Democratic Sen.
Bill Bradley of New Jersey defeated Republican
challenger Christine Todd Whitman, a virtual
unknown in her first statewide bid.
Democratic Sens. Paul Simon of Illinois and
Carl Levin of Michigan fought off their Republican
challcngcrs.
The GOP retained all three seats where its sen
ators were retiring. Rep. Robert Smith defeated
Democrat John Durkin in New Hampshire,, Rep.
Hank Brown beat Democrat Josie Heath in Colorado
and Rep. Larry Craig of Idaho won over Democrat
Ron Twilegar.
But in Minnesota, incumbent GOP Sen. Rudy
Boschwitz lost to college professor Paul Wellstone, a
political neophyte.
HOUSE RACES
Democrats grabbed nine scats from the Repub
licans and GOP candidates captured three previously
Democratic scats.
Voters elected the first socialist to the House
since 1929 and the first black Republican since 1935.
In Vermont, socialist Bernard Sanders defeated
GOP Rep. Peter Smith and Connecticut Republican
Gary Franks, who is black, dashed the comeback
hoges of former Democratic Rep. Toby Moffctt.
An upset in Wisconsin cost 32-year veteran
Democrat Robert Kastcnmeier his scat. It went to a
former Madison newscaster, Scott Klug.
Five -term Rep. Denny Smith of Oregon was
defeated in his second round with Democrat Mike
Kopetski, who had narrowly lost to Smith two years
ago.
Virginia GOP Rep. Stan Parris lost to Demo
crat James Moran, and in Florida, Dcmocrat-turncd
Republican Bill Grant was soundly defeated by
Democrat Pete Peterson.
Maryland Democratic Rep. Roy Dyson, trou
bled by character questions, was ousted by
Republican Wayne Gilchrcst.
In Minnesota, six-term GOP Rep. Arlan Stan
gcland was defeated by Coll in Peterson in a heavily
agricultural district.
Rep. Newt Gingrich, the combative No. 2
House Republican leader, barely survived his
rematch against Democrat David Worlcy in a subur
ban Atlanta district.
Compiled from the Associated Press wire
I Na blacks elected to board seats
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
Although 37 percent of the students in the Win
ston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools are African
American, there will be no African-Americans on the
Board of Education for at least the next two years; all
three African-American candidates on the ballot were
defeated on Nov. 6.
Long-time school board member Beaufort Bailey
and challengers Vernon Robinson and Annette Wilson
Xelms wins
Senate race
by RUDY ANDERSON
. Chronicle Managing Editor
The hopes for an historic political change for the
state of North Carolina were dashed for former Char
lotte mayor Harvey Gaott who lost his bid for the
senate scat held by incumbent Senator Jesse Helms
during the Nov. 6 election.
Problems at the polls in Guilford and Durham
counties had members of the Ganit campaign fuming
and wondering what effect those problems might
have had on the race.
Gantt lost to Helms by approximately 100,000
votes or a little more than ten per cent vote margin.
Before the total votes were tallied both men stood
botorc the national and local media io address and "
soothe their supporters.
In his Raleigh headquarters, Gantt tried to put
the best face on what was a clearly disappointing out
come.
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Election angers
E. Winston voters
By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING
ChfOfHcle Staff Writer1? ? ? ?
"Steve- Ncal, Democratic candidate for the fifth
district U.S. congressional scat, has defeated his
Republican challenger, Ken Bell." When that news
was announced on the wide-screen TV around 10
p.m. at the Sawtooth Center for Visual Design, a rally
point for the Democratic candidates and supporters,
several hundred people erupted into a single,
earpiercing cheer.
?The feeling was that that was great, but all
evening there had been a larger presence in the air.
An event much broader than what was happening in
the local election overshadowed Neal's win. Harvey
Gantt, the former Charlotte mayor who stood the pos
sibility of becoming the first African-American from
the South since reconstruction to be elected to the
U.S. Senate, was doing well against his opponent,
Jesse Helms, but not well enough.
Supporters eagerly watched the election returns
as Helms maintained a several-percentage point lead
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finished sixth, seventh and eighth respectively in a
race where only the top five vote-winners won seats
on the board.
Bailey, who has served on the school board for 12
years, said that his presence on the board has kept sus
picion of school board activities fromJthe African
American community. He said he expects that sipCe
there will be no African-American members on the
board, the African-American community will becomc
suspicious about the board and question whether its
intentions are to resegregate schools.
Bailey said he was startled by the election results,
and he doesn't know why no African- Americans were
elected to the board. "As long as I've been in poli
tics," he said, "I can't figure it out" He speculated
that a large number of Jesse Helms' supporters voted
the straight party Republican ticket, hurting the two
African-American Democratic candidates for the
Board of Education.
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voting kills
candidates
News Analysis
by RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
A record voter turnout in Forsyth County did little
to help elcct African- American candidates for state and
county offices who were facing white opposition.
Part of that condition is attributable to the apparent
African-Amcrican voting strategy to vote the straight
party ticket. In the school board race, in nearly every
African -American precinct where this tactic was uSed,
votes cast for African- Americans were nullified by
votes cast for whites seeking the same number of Tim it -
African-Americans in those precincts. But the same
was not the case for African- Americans in
predominately white precincts. In nearly every precipct,
African-Amcrican candidates came up short. The effect
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Photo by L B Speas
Supporters of Harvey Gantt are visibly shaken at the realization that the candidate they tried
to help make history was unable to achieve his goal.
Local investors, city eye WBL franchise
by RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
An interest group of local potential investors is
considering the possibility of backing a professional
basketball franchise in Winston-Salem. That franchise
would become one of more than a dozen comprising
the World Basketball League.
Robert J. Eglcston, chair of the Winston-Salem
Convention C\ i a; k- Co'ise'in, Commission, con
firmed Monday that officials from the WBL, the city,
and the interest group have met twice to discuss the
idea. The last meeting took place Wednesday, Oct. 31.
"There are potential investors who arc interested
in the concept of owning a professional sports fran
chise. The question is if there is enough enthusiasm in
the area to support a local franchise. 44 said Hglcston.
, Assistant City Manager Thomas Fredericks said
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the city is extremely interested in the potential to have
another professional sports franchise will have on city
revenues.
"It would be a good complement to the coliseum
schedule and the building's needs. If we can provide
steady activity during the summer that would help us
greatly," Fredericks said. But he cautioned that the city
is not in the business of owning franchises and said for
the most part the city is adopting a wait-and-see pos
ture.
?"lis really up to the investors. If they want it, then
we'll do what we (the city) can to help make it happen.
But it's really up to them. We don't want to be in a
position of pushing an investor into a risky venture and
then it not work out," Fredericks said.
But the risk to potential investors may not be as
great as with entering deals in other sports franchises.
According lo Kj! lesion, WRl. officials have quoted a
$500,000 price lag for a franchise in Winston-Salcm.
Investors would be required to pay 40 percent and the
league would put up the other 60 percent.
WBL literature given to the interest group indi
cates among other things that the 40 per cent interest
purchased by investors entitles franchise owners to
control all operations like designating the team name,
selection of players, and coaches. The franchise
owner's name or logo can also displayed on team uni
forms.
During the league's 46 game season, which would
run from late April through September, each team
would play a 27 home-game schedule. Games are tele
vised by the new sports channel, SportsChannel Amer
ica, which would provide coverage of games in other
franchise cities. -X
Currently, there are five U.S. and two Canadian
franchises in the league that compete against each
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