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VOL. XVIII, NO. 35
Winston
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Farrakhan to
speak out on
Winston Four
A National spokesman for the
_ Nation of Islam will be at Benton ?
Convention Center Tuesday night
By SAMANTHA McKENZIE
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, spokesperson for
the Nation of Islam, is scheduled to speak at the M.C. Benton
Convention Center Tuesday evening to address the attack on
black leaders nationwide. The event
will begin at 7 p.m. Doors will open
at 5 p.m.
It is being sponsored by the Win
ston-Salem Four committee and The
Nation of Islam and is free to the
public.
Publicity spokesman for the
Winston-Salem Four committee,
Rasheed Bey, said the event is
expected to attract more than 3,000
Farrakhan people.
*? "He's coming to speak out and
addiess the community on the attack of our black leaders. His
speech will follow on the heels of (former Congressman Walter)
Fauntroy who spoke at the NAACP banquet on the same issue,"
said Bey. "The government has conspired to attack black leader*
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Minority subs
win victory
? Aldermen vote eliminates bidding
loop-hole that worked against
minority subcontractors
By SAMANTHA McKENZIE
Chronicle Staff Writer - ? ? _
Minority contractors told the Winston-Salem Board of
Aldermen that the city's subcontracting bidding process has
actually worked against them by allowing gerioal contractors to
conduct "bid shopping" and other unethical practices.
In a 5-3 vote Monday night the board voted to shorten the
time allotted for general contractors to submit their list of
minority subcontractors, from five days to the "same-day," in
hopes of eliminating alleged discrimination activities.
Minority subcontractors complained that general contrac
tors were submitting a list of minority subcontracting bids to
obtain the project and then using the five-day period to obtain
lower bids.
"What happens is that the general contractor will submit a
list of minority subcontractors and say that he is going to use
them, but then within those five days hell go talk to some of his
buddies who come up with a lower price. We are eliminated
altogether. We,*?_cjH-*out of the whole process," said James
Moore, president of Metropolitan Drywall & Ceiling Systems,
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Moore said the general contractor can make a claim that
~ "good faith efforts" were made to secure minority subcontrac
tors, but a lower bid to a non-minority was accepted.
? Gail Withers, president of Withers Construction Company,
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Chamber says all-white
club only place available
By SAMANTHA McKENZIE
Chronicle Staff Writer
Despite the fact that Forsyth Coun
try Club has no black membership, the
Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of
Commerce is planning to hold its Corpo
rate Recognition Award black-tie dinner
and reception there next Thursday.
Ironically, the banquet is being held
to recognize Wachovia Corporation for
its ""dedication to the communities where
the company is located, in particular,
Winston-Salem ... in support of eco
nomic development in the Winston
Salem area." Wachovia Corporation will
receive Corporate Recognition Award
from the chamber.
Attending the event will be Alder
man Virginia Newell who said: "I feel
like when I attend these things I'm let
ting my people down but at the same
time I would like to go to show my sup
port and appreciation to Wachovia."
"But 1 do really feel that they
(Chamber need to stop holding these
kinds of^events at places like this/
Newell added.
Fred Nordenholz, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, said the cham
ber originally elected to hold the event at
the Winston-Salem Stouffer Plaza Hotel,
but was unable to secure it
"We have key people coming to this
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Bridge tournament turnout exceeds expectations
? Two thousand players from across the country
fill up the tables at the Bention Convention Center
By YVETTE N. FREEMAN
Community Newt Editor
Coordinators of the 29th Annual
Spring Nationals Tournament of the
American Bridge Association (ABA),
which is currently underway in Winston
Salem, say their expectations of the
event's success have been exceeded.
At least 2,000 people from around
the country have come to the Twin City
this week to gain master points, win
prizes and just have some plain old fun
in the tournament, being held at the MC.
Benton Convention Center.
"It's going very smoothly thus far,
possibly greater than expectations," Ruth
Washington, president of the Triad
Bridge Unit, said Monday, the second
day of the tournament
Will Richardson, chairman of the
National Tournament Authority (NTA),
agreed and stated that the turnout for the
event is "slightly higher" than what was
anticipated. "The tournament has been
very successful. Our table count is up.
People are turning out real good,* he
said.
The Tournament began Sunday,
April 19 and will continue through this
Saturday, April 25. The players are sepa
rated by experience ? newer players in
one room and the more experienced
players in another. So far, everyone
involved is enjoying the hospitality of
the city's residents and the members of
the Triad Bridge Unit, which is hosting
the event locally.
This is the third year that Ethel Cart,
a retired school teacher from Dayton,
Ohio, has attended the ABA's tourna
ment, and she said Monday that it was
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most about the event. " I get along well
with the partners," she said.
New Player Director Dorothy Cum
berbatch of New York also thought the
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ona of thalr gsmaa. Plcturad (from I aft to right) ara Lula Johnson, East
Oranga, N.J.; Edna Nalaon, Dayton, Ohio; Chlorlca Parsons, East Orsnga,
N.J.; Dorothy Cumbartoatch, Naw York, N.Y.; and Joel Nalaon, Dayton, Ohio.
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