I HURSDAY JANUARY 17, 1991
? NEWS HOTLINE 723-8448
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. "The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly"
VOL. XVII. No. 21
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N EWS
Racism deepening
WASHINGTON (AP) _ in an effort to "sound a
national alarm" and reinvigorate the civil rights
movement, a major church group is issuing an
unusual pastoral letter warning.that racism is a
deepening problem in America.
More than three decades after the start of the
modem civil rights movement, poverty is worse for
non-white Americans and racially motivated vio
lence has increased, the United Church of Christ
contends.
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FRANKFURT (AP)_Specialist Patrick Peaks
(left) of Durham, North Carolina, tries out his
binoculars while another serviceman, right (not
identified) reads the latest copy of Stars and
Stripes with the headline saying that Iraq accepts
U.S. proposal for peace talks just before leaving for
Saudi Arabia in the recreation area of the U.S.
Rhein-Main Airforce base in Frankfurt, Germany
Saturday. More than 100 men of the 5th Corps 3rd
Armored Division departed for the Gulf that day.
(AP Wire Photo).
Race not a factor
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) _ Race should not
have been included among the factors used to
grade North Carolina's 134 school systems, some
educators say. , . .
"Just to put race down with the other variables,
and the message you have is that black is a barrier,"
Prezell Robinson, a member of the state Board of
Education, told the Greensboro News & Record.
Third Sentence?
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A North Carolina man,
who already has been sentenced to death twice,
from serving
on the jury, defense attorneys told the Virginia
Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Karen Meyer, a lawyer for Dennis Stockton, said
it made no difference that her client is white.
"He has a constitutional right to have a racially
balanced jury," she said.
Bail ilonfarl
NEW YORK (AP) _ A judge denied bail to a
man with a long criminal record who was arraigned
on charges of stabbing
the Rev. Al-Sharpton.
Michael Riccardi, 27,
was arraigned Sunday
before Judge Barry
Hurowitz in Brooklyn
Criminal Court on
charges of attempted
murder, criminal posses
sion of a weapon and- vio
lation of civil rights.
A grand jury was
scheduled to get the case
today. It will dccide
whether Riccardi should
be indicted on the charges in the arraignment. (AP
Wire Photo).
Rev. Al Sharpton
'Desert Storm' Underway
By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING
Community News Editor
1 True to his word, President George Bush ordered the
launch of the first military action in the liberation of
Kuwait. Calling Saddam Hussein's hand, at approxi
mately 5:30 p.m. EST, the skies of Baghdad were bright
1 ?with the light generated from Iraqi ground anti-aircraft
fire, an indication the attack was on.
There was initial conFusion in the early media
reports when missiles were fired in an "attempt to get ?
[ better view of Iraqi targets. Then at 7 p.m. EST, the\
sound of bombs being dropped on Baghdad could be
heard as newscasters on all networks broadcast the first
sounds of yet another war.
M/WBE
Director
Suspended
^WMUDY ANDbHSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
Winston-Salem's coordinator of the
Minority and Women's Business Enter
prise program has been suspended pend
ing a recommendation about her employ-*
ment status from assistant city manager,
A I Bcaty. *
Problems for Betty Hanes, the
'MAVBE coordina
tor, began after
she was charged
with driving while
impaired by city
police Dcc.29 .
Neither Beaty
nor city manager
Bill Stuart would
confirm that
Hanes had been
suspended, or why,
saying they were
prohibited by state law from discussing
personnel matters. "**"
The only answer provided by the
MAVBE officc is that Ms. Hanes is out of
the office.
But Hanes, when reached at home,
confirmed that she was considering
resigning. She said she was informed of
her status Monday, Jan. 7V in a memo
from Beaty. "I have the option to appeal,
hnl pmfo wfou w-ill
happen bccausc thai will be determined by
what the city manager decides," Hanes
said.
Hanes has been the M/WBE's coordi
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Betty J. Hanes
' ' Marlin Fitzwalter, White House press secretary,
announced to the world that as of 7 p.m. EST Jan. 16,
1990, "Operation Desert Storm" had begun. "Bombing
has begun on selected targets in Kuwait and Iraq," were
the ominous words that let the families of the American
men and women who had been deployed as part of the
United Nation's military operation, know that their loved
ones are now in a war. - . ?
In Winston-Salem where many in the city have been
keeping vigil, hoping for a peaceful solution, reaction
was swift with a mixture of sorrow and anger.
The Reverend John Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel
Baptist Church and an outspoken member of Voices
Against Middle East Intervention, blasted the action say
ing, "I think it's insane. Iohink it's absolutely insane." At
times so angry that he found it difficult to put his exact
feelings into words, he said, "Problems as complex as
those that have existed in the Middle East for over a
thousand years cannot be resolved in six hours of talk." ,
Mendez and other member? of VAMEI had been
preparing to make a pilgrimage to Washington Saturday
to rally with about 100 other organizations from across
the nation in an effort to convince President Bush that the
country did not want war, that the massive sanctions
already employed should be allowed to work. Those
plans are unchanged. "A military solution will not solve
anything," Mendez continued. "When the last bomb is
dropped and the last life is taken, they will still have to
sit down and negotiate. All that life taken will have been
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Photo by L B. Speas, Jr.
Sen. Ralph Hunt, Rep. Annie Brown Kennedy, and Denise Adams, former can
didate, enjoy the reception for the Legislative Black Caucus, (see page A6)
King Holiday a reality!
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
The Forsyth County Board of Commis
sioners wasted little time Monday, Jan. 14,
approving a paid holiday for county employ
ees in honor of slain civil rights leader Dr.
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Before a packed meeting room, the com
missioners again voted 5-2 in favor of estab
lishing the holiday just as it did Pec. 17. The
second vote became necessary because the
board's first vote was not unanimous.
Commissioner Earlinc Parmon made the
motion for the holiday, and was seconded by
Commissioner Mazic Woodruff. Both were
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elected to office in the first district elections
ever held for the Board of County Commis
sioncnv Both had made-establishing the King
holiday part of their campaign platforms. In
commissioners voting in favor of the holiday
were board chair John ffollcman; vice-chair
Wayne Willard: and Gerald Long? -
Commissioners Richard Linville and For
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Chronicle Staff Report
County employees and other
Forsyth County residents will have
a wide array of activities to pick
and choose from to honor Martin
Luther King, Jan. 21. A listing 0f
those activities can be found in the
Chronicle's spccial Martin Luther
King section.
One of the major events is- the
11th annual noon-day observance
of Dr. King's birth, sponsored by -
WAAA radio station. The Winston
Salem Human Relations Commis
sion and the Winston-Salem
NAACP are co-sponsors of the
event.
This year's observance will
focus on the theme. Living the
Dream: Let Freedom Ring for Eco
nomic Justice, Peace, and Non- Vio
lence.
Highlights of the program
include a speech arguing the case
for "A Martin Luther King Holi- .
day" by attorney Gregory Davis.
There will also be a message
delivered by Joseph Dudley,
founder and president of Dudley's
Products and Dudley Cosmetology
University, on "Self-Help and
Ent^ep^eneu^ship.,,
MUtter Evans, owner of Evans
WAAA, initiated the commemora
tive celebration. "I keep doing this
because l believe it is Important
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