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.fttq p URSDAY, JU ONE MILLION IN ONE YEAR 34 PAGES THIS WEEK Headed for Texas ? ? II toumey. ~<u Baptists flood city! Convention draws nearly 3,000 dignitaries for week's activities. Winston-Salem Chronicle 75 cents ' The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly" VOL. XVIII, No. 49 N*A*~M?0*N?A?L NEWS 1 ? ? ? ? Wedding bells for Whl MENDHAM TOWNSHIP. N. stars Whitney Houston and BoMiyl their way down the aisle after exl ding vows daring a private coma Jersey community of Mendham 1 Saturday. It is the first marriage who is 28. and Brown, who* 23. ? ?' ?? vH: . .. :: ? ; ' . ^4* Wilder bans Confedei RICHMOND, Vs. ? OoveiTO Wilder issued an execodve onier 1 called for the 149th Fightar Squ! Fighter Group of the Virginia^ Air | 1^^. _? #L^ 4A - 1 }_ ,!?_ aJnwsttalf of the 30 planeginthe Governor Wilder's order calls ttri replacement of these emblems on aQ< and uniforms of the unit The Virginia Air National Gi planned to put die symbol on all new Colin Powell'; FORTLEAVENV Ctdin Powell, one of men in the United Sftil to the legions of Wad dice while they were f During a dedica Powell called himself the black units once (tiers. stand before yoii'l||S|i^MKH| chairman of the Joint Qlie& bank fraud trial of BtouwrKtfljr ? ? ? ? ? National News i Compiled from, ?*&!W Minister to AKRON, Ohio A black minister his time between ! and a Washington agency nas oeen appointed ft top adviser to the Republican Party and President Bush's re-election campaign. Thaddeos Garrett lt9 43* nas accepted a post as senior adviser to the Republican National Garrett, who wu an adviaer to campaign in 1988, say* he will be i drawing minority voters lo tfie GOP. SHREVEPORT, La. (AT) ? A indictment accuses the head ot the iatgesi religious denomination in $! million to squelch ionnc? ncavywcizni viMUiiirKrii The Rev. TJ. JemlsOB Of ident of the 8-millioo member Convention U.S.A., was indkaed for federal grand jury on Hmmkgr. M The indictment said tenant testified as a Woman dies in police custody McKeilar handcuffed, gagged and arrested By SHERIDAN HILL .. Chronicle Managing Editor Sheila Epps McKeilar, a 33-year-old black female, died July 20 in Baptist Hospital after being held two days in the Forsyth -County Jail. According to a release prepared by the Winston-Salem Police Department, she was arrested July 18 when officers were dispatched to 2911 Apt C, New Walker iown Road and found her "struggling with an elderly, partially blind man in the doorway to his home." His apartment was across the hall. Police say she Please see page A3 SMIa Ann McKallar Neighbors' accounts, police report differ By TRAVIS MITCHELL The relationship between the black community and law enforcement agencies has been strained during the past few mdnths, and now another life is lost, another family is suffering and no one has any answers. Police said that in order to take Sheila Epps McKellar into custody they had to handcuff and gag her. Officials said that dur ing a periodic check of the jail cells, they found that she had Please see page A3 ANC strike will proceed as planned ? Mandella demands inquiry on prisoner deaths By OREO MYRE Associated Press Writer JOHANNESBURG, So. Africa (AP) ? In a sharp attack on police, Nelson Mandela today demanded an inquiry into the deaths of prisoners and said government security forces may try to disrupt ANC demonstra tions next week. Mandela, addressing a news conference, said the African National Congress would press ahead with its national protest cam paign, which seeks the resignation of Presi dent F.W. de Klerk's government Many recent ANC protests have been poorly attended and the group has virtually no hope of bringing down the white govern ment But the strikes and demonstrations are a barometer of the continuing hostility between the government and the ANC, the leading black movement. The latest controversy erupted over the weekend, when Dr. Jonathan Gluckman, one of the country's top pathologists, said police routinely killed prisoners. Please see page A3 Try my cooking 1 Selena Ingram proudly displays a trash batch of chocolata chip bars sha mada for the Kid's Cooking Contest, at the Main Library. Author says students sterilized ? Claims operations per formed at Bowman Qray By SHERIDAN HILL Chronide Managing Editor Anton Chahkin, co-author of the newly released George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography , (Executive Intelligence Review) says he has documented a 1940 sterilization project here and has called upon lawmakers to investigate the surgical sterilization of N.C. students. "Pupils throughout the Winston-Salem school district were given so-called 'intelli gence tests,'" said Chaitkin. "Those who scored below a certain arbitrary level were cut open and sterilized." Chaitkin's book claims that a steriliza tion project "was invited in and hosted by the Gray family, Boyden Grey's father Gordon, and great-aunt Alice, and run through the Bowman Gray Medical School." Gordon Gray founded the Bowman Gray Medical School. Clayland Boyden Gray has been chief legal counsel to George Bush since the 1980 election. According to the book, Winston-Salem Please seepage A11 Angelou play to benefit Nat'l Black Festival A And Still I Rise musical world premiere in September By BETH GLENN Special to the Chronicle Dr. Maya Angelou and Larry Leon Hamlin announced last Thursday that Angelou's world pre miere musical And Still I Rise will open September 3 as a fundraiser for next year's Black Theatre Festival. Hamlin, who directs the festival* introduced the effort with "an abundance of joy" about the support of acclaimed author and Wake Forest professor Angelou. The opening night gala will begin with a dinner at 5:30 in the Stouffer Hotel, followed by the musical at 8:30 in the Arts Council Theater. Tickets for the entire evening sell for $125, and only 300 lucky patrons can reserve these tickets by contacting the N.C. Black Repertory Theatre office at 723-7907. An additional 241 tickets for $50 and $75 are available to those who wish to view the performance^ but prefer to eat else where. The production will run from September 3-17 before it goes on the road. Angelou is the author and director of the musical, which will star Clifton Davis of Amen , Janet DuBois of aiK* 11 Kicturta (L-R) are Larry Laon Hamlin, N.C. Black Repertory Theatre artistic director; Dr. Maya others rom e nad. Angelou describes the produc- Angelou, author/professor; and Ban Ruffln, RJR corporate affairs director. They announced the Please see page A3 upcoming fund raissr last Thursday. TO SUBSCRIBE, CALL 722-8624, JUST DO IT!
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