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mmzz Hide ? i 1 | | T0S8 5 ????" >s!fl.?Ps^3iHBpHPij A ? -i- - \ In Its 75th year, th* continues to help irill * OR nin7 OX?A Winston-Salem Chrc. ( TM")Y ,.tU ct ^ ^ ^ FM Nf UlNSTON-f^1 c>7icn 75 cents "77i? Twin Ci/y's Award-Winning Weekly' VOL. XVIII, NO. 30 Racketeering trial begins ? Winston-Salem Four finally have their day in court Monday. By SHERIDAN HILL Chronide Assistant Editor Opening arguments and jury selection will begin on Monday for the racketeering and conspiracy trial of community activist the Rev. Lee Faye Mack, Alderman Larry Womble, former alderman Patrick Hairston, and consultant Rodney Sumler. The trial has been postponed twice since October to allow defense attorneys more time to pre pare for the trial. The trial is the result of a lour-yeai investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and the FBI into allegations of political corruption. ? Rev. Mack said she is glad the #ial will begin soon. "I have no fear of the trial being here. I have no reason to feel uncomfortable or down-and-out. I am glad now that the truth will be told, and I will have a chance to give my side of the case,** she said. "I never did anything but to work wiui peopie and try to heip them. I don't even understand why this came about, but I know God does. I will continue to organize people and help them. If anybody's gonna bring us out of this, it's God." Alderman Womble declined to comment Womble's attorney, David Freedman, said his client will enter a plea of not guilty. Patrick Hairs ton and Rodney Sumler could 1 " ? ? - r , 1 | ^ , :r Hairston not be reached for comment. The indictment against the "Winston-Salem Four" charges Hairston and Womble with extort ing money from local businessmen Mack Sumlw in exchange for their votes on issues before the board. Sumler and Mack were charged with setting up not for-profit organizations for the pur pose of depositing the money. Wombla Controversy erupted following the June 19 release of the 81-page indictment, when community t Please see page A3 UNC directors squelch Little, Robinson bids A The UNC Board of Governors says Little and Robinson can't run for statewide offices and teach too. By SHERIDAN HILL ... Chronido Assistant Editor The UNC Board of Governors has denied the request of Winston-Salem Suite professors Larry Little and Vernon Robin son to keep their full-time jobs while campaigning for public office ? but they are leaving the door open for the two to try again. Joe Thomas, chairman of the committee that denied the two candidates' request, said they did not adequately specify how they would conduct state-wide campaigns and still meet their responsibilities to the university. "They can come back to us to try to convince us that they can run a statewide campaign," said Thomas. They can tell us how many hours they spend teaching, the number of hours in classroom, and the number of hours they will spend campaign ing." Please see page A11 Threat to Brown raises issues of extortion, privacy A Attorney General says no actual crimes were committed in either case. V ? By SHERIDAN HILL I Chronicle Assistant Edftor Larry Snow describe hit call to Geneva Brown in these words: "I called her on Wednesday and asked her kr let me know by Friday what her decision was. I told her, if you persist on running, I may go to the press with this." Brown's supporters wonder if Snow committed bribery or extor tion, but Andrew Vanore Sr., chief deputy for the Attorney General, says Snow committed no crime. "Illegal? No. It's just like cer tain presidential candidates talking about other candidates. It's a mat ter for the press, and whether the press feels there's something the public ought to bibwubuLtt he said, Tin going to come dirt with the facts as I understand them.' % . _ . . ? ? . . * ? h there's nothing criminal about that As far as his motivations, that's not a legal matter as long as that's all he did/ _ District Attorney Tom Keith explained that extortion occurs if the person making the threat was attempting to receive benefit for himself. Please seepage A3 ? Paddling accounts differ - see page 3 AVANT-GARDE By IANG NIVRI ?? 5SS^!5S 25' * Newt Gingrich tailing any and everybody who'd - lltWff. "the sky is falling in and the Democrats are \ . Y&hm* OO auuy Mk | tne cause, ror ? years acy nave ntiea tne roost v fifKl uofpie cruacens n avo -come to roast. .'*-i ?*? ? jS fn^Ap A nt gl* ft . . . . .,-, ni ^ ' vwy to find out amrpttt tne young buzzard 1 f. himself, JwSfc and a flock at Ida right-winged teatnereo men as nave aiso oeen pec tang trom tne dough of congressional privilege and mismanage* ;'; meat' ??; ;?* C What a spectacle indeed to see Secretary of | Defense Dick Cheney standing More ail the airii aa lekiUm iifniilin m/Siittfo mmOfU^ pointing ? not to cnaits ana grapns ana enemy but rather to a couple ?Ti?li%raP^ of his pUllj<^|Bl'piiiiin checks. 4 , ' ** ? ' If ^ From the physical size alone* yon knew must have been mighty wrong. My fir* ^Bpfc was that Cheney must have overdrawn his feppount by a billion dollars, him heading the U.S. '$0km Department and all. But the shame of it all is that none of this ? noeonebit! II Let me put it bluntly: If I wera your dfgpit Mft,rd bounce checks too ? in fact I'd probably p|iince as many as I could get away with. Most of ||f^ ' : . Pleese see page A 12 7. ? President Bush to honor local teen ? Very few teenagers see the importance of volunteer work. One young man will soon receive a medal from the President for his insight. By YVETTE N. FREEMAN Community Newt Editor A local 15-year-old has the distinct honor of being one of only two young people in the country who will receive an award for his volunteer service in the community from President Bush. Dennis "DJ" Chisholm Jr. of Win slon-Salcm will reccivc the 1990 Young American Medal for Service for his volun teer work with children at the Children's Center for the Physically Handicapped. Chisholm began volunteering five days a week at the Center during the sum mer of 1990. Then during the school year, mm* a he volunteered three hours each afternoon, Monday through Friday. The children at the center ace con fined to wheel chairs, walk with braces, or may never walk or speak again. Some are even terminally ill. Chisholm's activities as a volunteer at the Center include pro Please see page A 12 D?nnJs Chlshotm Maurlca Hardy (far (aft) and othar Taan Mala Forum facilltatora and raaourca par aona dlacuaa tha format for tha Forum, which was hald Saturday, March 7 TO SUBSCRIBE, CALL 722-8624, JUST DO IT! Black teen males address issues ? Seventy-five young men identify problems they face, offer solutions to overcome them. By YVETTEN. FREEMAN Community Newt Editor "If your teacher overlooks you, you show her that you know the answers. And if she sends you up for discipline, the solution to that is show her how a black person should act and not what she thinks a black person should act And basically just behave and try to go with the flow." That was one of the comments made by 13-year-old Aaron Richanl son at the Ifeen Male Forum held at the Marque Hotel Saturday afternoon, March 7. Richardson was among approximately 75 African- American male teenagers who offered their solu tions to problems that they face daily in the community. Six topics were addressed at the forum, which drew a crowd of about 100 community leaden and residents. Those topics were racism, sexuality, education, violence, AIDS, and drugs, which the young men discussed in small group sessions earlier that morn ing with adult facilitators and resource persons. Some other suggestions that the Please see page A11
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