THURSDAY JANUARY 24, 1991 NEWS HOTLINE 723-8448 26 PAGES THIS WEEK Winston-Salem Chronicle 50 cents ^ "The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly" VOL. XVII, No. 22* N.A'T'hON^A'L NEWS _ ? . . ? ? i King memorial timely RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ A memorial lo ihc Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. couldn't have come at a better time than now, with war erupting in the Persian Gulf, Gov. Jim Martin said. Martin, at a celebration Friday honoring the civil rights leader, said it was appropriate in a war to rememto^King^ vijUonA of peace. "There is no peacc in Iraq today, no," Martin said. "Nor has there been peace in Kuwait since August." End "Racist" war DURHAM, N.?.'(AP) _ Peace activists demanded an end to what they called the "racist"- war in the Gulf during a rally Friday sponsored by black students at Duke University. The rally, sponsored by the university's Black Student Alliance, was called to promote a peaceful end to the fighting and to show sup port for U.S. troops and their families. Several sbeakprs prompted enthusiastic applause from the crowd of about 200 wneiT they said the war was taking an unfair toll oh the nation's black community. Klan jeered BLACKSBURG, Va, (AP) _ Like many Vir ginia communities in recent years, this college town grappled with the question of how to respond to a Ku Klux Klan march. Although town, Virginia Tech and NAACP officials urged residents for weeks to boycott Sunday's march, about 500 spectators came. Most just watched or held up flyers printed with ^End Racism," but scores of protestors vocifer ously demonstrated their hatred of the hate group. Pacifists celebrate King SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. (AP) _ A rally to eel -ebratc pacifist Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday was marred by the death of a young man who was shot while thousands of people gathered inside a civic center. "It's a sad thing when something like this hap pens when we're gathered here in the spirit of Martin Luther King for peace," San Francisco Supervisor Doris Ward said of Monday's shoot ing at Civic Center Auditorium, David Lee Mi Her, 24, of East ?imaw pronounced dead upon arrival at Mission Emer gency Hospital. Historian: King would back war GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) _ If the Rev. Mar tin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would support the U.S. -led war against Iraq, according to a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of the famous civil rights leader. Historian David G arrow, whose book, " Bear ing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference," won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987, said King preached non-violence as the best way to win social justice. But he said King was not a rigid pacifist and believed some wars were worth fighting. |vy Leaguer busted NEW YORK (AP) _ An Ivy League business student accused of throwing thousands of crack vials into an East Harlem alley before fleeing has been convicted on drug charges. Christopher Clemente, a student at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, was convicted Wednesday Of illegal possession of drugs and illegal possession of weapons and drug paraphernalia. '? Photo by Elizabeth Martin Hundreds of people joined in the annual march through Winston-Salem to honor Dr. Martin Luther King. The posters posed questions most of us are thinking about. , f By RUDY ANDERSON Chronicle Managing Editor Thousands of people in Winston-Salem were drawn to a host of activities Monday Jan. 21, to honor the Jan. 15, birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But in light of this country's declared war on Iraq in the Persian Gulf, many of those participating also used the occasion to call for peace.. Hundreds of children and their parent s packed the Winston Lake YMCA to learn not only about Dr. King and what he accomplished but also to leam information about their heritage. A Cash Elementary School student, Bianca -Alexander, who participated in it dance perfor mancc at the YMCA by Dancer's Unlimited, put her learning experience about Dr. King this way. "He was very important to the black race. With out him, we'd still be eating in the back of restau rants and being treated unfairly," she said. For a student in the fifth grade that's a lot to know. Younger students learned among things about African Hello songs, slavery and what it Please see page AQ :::: : i-v-v- . . 1 7 ^7 tt: Eastway partners gets $2.35 million loan A two-year old dream of a major development .pro ject in Hast Winston is about to tccome a reality for a 1&SG*tktr ? ' 'wfcawt&irib <*h?* Bv RUDY ANDEttSON * . *.v . ^ .-- . -w? ..- -???.??. *-**__ ?' . * .'? By RUDY ANDERSON Chronicle Managing Editor *5?j? JS- *?; ?. ? y ., ? - Winston-Salem businessman who has received the commiimeni of a Missouri mortgage firm to finance his project. . William Brandon, a partner in Eastway Partners along with Charlotte entrepreneur, John McDonald, said Tuesday that Morgan Crowe & Associates of Columbia, Missouri had agreed to finance the $2.35 million dollar bal ance of the $3. 1 mil lion dollar project. . In addition to Morgan Crowe's package, the city has contributed more than $536, 000 to the development along with more than $400,000 from East way Partners. The property was purchased from the city moire than a year ago for $297, 000. Brandon said that pending clos ing details on the loan construction could begin within 60 days. Joyner accepts Atlanta 'Y' Job IP' ^1 ? I HI J* aiwm m > "B W By RUDY ANDERSON * Chronicle Managing Editor The man who has guided the Winston Lake YMCA pro gram the last six years will soon be leaving to assumn so that conccrn?il.xiU>cn> Irouv Winston-Salem andNurrtjiindmg areas could participate in the symbolic event. jf "I was very proud of VAMEI for taking this bold step," Womblc said. "The march reinforccd what VAMEI and many people in Winston-Salem Have been saying. The speakers (at the march) were all on one accord that we need to be-about the business of saving !ivcs*and bringing our trwp^ome," The program featured inierrjationally recognized sneakers including Rev. Jesse Jackson ami activist/come dian frielTGrcgory, as well as prominent national figures Please see page A8