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Winston-Salem Chronicle
"The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly"
VOL. XIX, No. 11
East Winston Shopping Center Under Attack
NAACP Launches
Food Lion Boycott
By Travis Mitchcll
Chronicle Staff Writer
Shocked by last week's ABC
news report alleging that Food Lion
Grocery stores may be selling old
meat and fish laced with bleach to
its customers, the NAACP is urging
the African-American community to
shop eleswhere.
"A price break at the expense
of consumer exposure to infection is
no break," said Kelly M. Alexander,
Jr., NAACP national vice-president.
Kelly said the NAACP has
asked the state and public health
authorities to conduct increased
inspections of Food Lion stores in
North Carolina; and requested the
N.C. Department of Labor to inves
tigate ,the working practices of Food
Lion Stores.
"I call upon all African -Ameri
can consumers in North Carolina to
join with me in defending the health
of our community," Kelly said.
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Fish Merchant Sues
East Winston Center
By TRAVIS MITCHELL
Chronicle Staff Writer
A local black businessman is
suing East Winston Shopping Plaza
owners claiming that mismanage
ment and neglect has led to fewer
customers ? And less money !
John Sledge, owner 47th Pier
Inc., filed suit against East Winston
Shopping Plaza. According to the
suit he is about ready to close-up
shop because his customers are
deterred by drunks, muggers and
bums.
The law suit lists BCK Proper
ties, Inc., based in Minnesota, and
limited partners East Winston Asso
ciates, as defendants.
Ail-American Associates, a
Winston-Salem realty firm, man
ages the center on behalf of the
owners.
"People complain about a lot of
things," said Will Jenkins, All
American Associates manager.
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Food Lion Shoppers not discouraged by ABC's report.
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baby boy who came
home one day and declared himself to be a Clin
ton-Deftiocrat ? and proud of it! Two days later,
his 9-year-old sister and 12-year-old brother had
fallen victim to the same disease.
What a horrible thing indeed to see one's chil
dren smitten by the left-winged liberal flu of the
democratic mosquito. A sight almost too much for
this father to bear.
Liberals, every one of them. My children, lib
erals!?
From the instant they were bom, I made it a
point to vaccinate diem against the infection of the
democratic socialist flu ? knowing its effects
could be devastating if not fatal.
For all of their young lives, I challenged them
to go against the flow, to learn to think for them
selves, to be comfortable with evaluating issues,
no matter how tough.
1 insisted that they bring something to the
table from their own life's experiences, using it to
evaluate the other guy's position; to not be swayed
by emotions and pity. To think about the effect,
and not just the intent. To question the role of
money ? what it could do, and what it couldn't
do. To constantly question the role between the
individual and the government. I even read
excerpts from Huxely's Brave New World for
their bedtime stories.
They were taught to be independent ?
whether they voted for a Democrat, Republican, or
third party candidate. Above all else, be indepen
dent. Never, never, never let anyone think that
they can take your vote for granted!
But alas, all is now lost, for they too like so
many others succumbed to the lure of the silver
haired fox from Arkansas and the smile of the
baby-faced koala bear from Tennessee.
Since They've Won!
Now that the little buggers have won the elec
tion, things have gotten even worse.
When I wake up in the morning, instead of
my 5-year-old baby boy running in to give me a
hug, he now runs in to tell me the latest Democra
tic party line, and what they plan to do for the
_ country. ? ?
"The first thing is the economy. Daddy.
We've got to get people back to work. People need
jobs," he says as I hide under the covers.
When I go to the bathroom, there is my oldest
son sitting on the potty, reading A1 Gore's book on
the environment, asking me about he depletion of
the ozone layer and when am I going to get rid of
our old van? Democrats everywhere.
When I sit down for breakfast ? grits or
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Court Date Set For
Black Policemen
A Community Questions DA's Slow
Response To Stoner, McKellar, Bowman
By TRAVIS MITCHELL
Chronicle Suff Writer
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Trial dates were set Monday
for two Black Winston-Salem
police officers. One was charged
with sexual assault and the other
with drug trafficking.
Some members of the black
community are questioning the
expedition of these cases when the
Bowman; Stoner and McKellar
cases have yet to be settled. ?
Leroy Blair, Jr. and Joy M.
Barber, former Winston-Salem
police officers, were arraigned
Monday. Nov. 30 trial dates were
set for both.
Their cases were not related.
Blair was charged with sec
ond-degree rape and sexual assault
in October, but prosecutors said
that his Forsyth County Superior
Court appearance in November
could be suspended until March.
-Blair's attorney, Carl Parrish, has
indicated that he needs more time
to prepare.
Barber, 26, was charged Sept.
vJ7 with assisting her boyfriend to
sell cocaine.
No court date has been set for
Richard Reynolds Bowman, 28,
v who was charged on Aug. 20, with
second -degree rape and first -degree
burglary. Bowman, who is white,
was charged with the offense two
months before Barber and Blair.
Sources indicate that Bow
man's lawyers are negotiating with
prosecutors for a possible plea-bar
gain arrangement.
Speculation has grown unabat
edly in the black community that
the Blair and Barber cases were
expedited as a smoke screen to
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First Ever!
New Sheriff in Town. Jackie Barrett smiles as she claims victory in her race for sheriff
of Fulton County Ga Tuesday in Atlanta . Barrett becomes the first black woman to be
elected sheriff in the U.S.
Democrats Predict Clinton Honeymoon, Black Agenda
By M.C. Davis
Chronicle Staff Writer
Piedmont black leaders said President-elect Bill
Clinton's cabinet will reflect the more inclusive
promise that attracted black voters to the polls on Elec
tion Day.
If inclusive appointments don't occur with regard
to some 8,000 key posts that Clinton must fill, then
those same black voters can emerge from the victory
only to face a short honeymoon, said the Rev. Douglas
Summers of the Winston-Salem Urban League.
"If Clinton sticks to what he promises by making
sure he addresses the concerns and issues of our com
munity, then the honeymoon might last quite awhile.
Otherwise, the honeymoon would end very quickly."
"The honeymoon continues," said Earline Par
mon, co-chairman of the Clinton-Gore Campaign in
Forsyth County.
Parmon said she has not received resumes from
hopefuls seeking jdbs in the Clinton Administration, "I
suspect Rep. Dan Blue, who was Democratic co-chair
man for the state, has gotten quite a few resumes."
Judgeships are included in the upcoming appoint
ments.
"There are things that we expect and they are
forthcoming," Parmon said. "We want jobs, a national
health care plan and those things that people all over
America want. And we want it pretty fast I know that
in the first 1 00 days, Clinton will have to get his people
in place."
Clinton's promise of including more minorities
was substantiated last Friday when he named Vernon
Jordan, a Washington lawyer and former National
Urban League president, as transitional team chairman.
"I think Vernon Jordan is a man who has a lot of
intellect and he knows the economy," Alderwoman
Virginia Newell said. "Mr. Jordan will make sure that
black people's needs are, at ldtet, discussed."
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Family Feud Is No Factor In Children's Death
By TRAVIS MITCHELL
Chronicle Staff Writer
The mother of three children who were killed in an
early morning blaze ijj Happy Hill Gardens last month
was picked up f6r questioning by Winston-Salem Fire
Investigators, last Friday. Vickie Westmoreland, 36,
was questioned by fire officials and ordered to take a lie
detector test Officials said that Westmoreland passed
the test and was released.
According to David Brooks, a Winstorf-Salem Fire
Department investigator, Westmoreland became a sus
pect in the fire because two of her previous residences
have burned. In 1989 her home on Short St. and in
1990, a Manly St home, burned.
Shedrika Jamell Byers, 15; Sheconda Denise
Byers, 1 3; and Delmar Greg Byers, 1 1 , died in the fire
on Monday Oct. 26.
"I want my name cleared," said Westmoreland. "1
passed a polygraph test on Friday. The fire on Manly
St. was started because I left a heater on top of a chair."
Sorces indicate that officials are looking for the
boyfriend of Hazel Brown, the woman who was ques
tioned by fire investigators two weeks ago. Brown
allegedly conffesed to neighbors that she set the blaze.
Brown later plead innocent, passed a polygraph
test, and was released by fire investigators.
According to Westmoreland. Brown' s, 45 -year-old
boyfriend pulled a knife on her daughters Sunday, Oct.
25 ? the day prior to the Alder St. fire. She said that
her daughters and Brown' s children had been involved
fighting for months.
Neighbors said that the feud intensified during the
weeks prior to the fire, but fire officials maintained that
no link has been established between the fire and the
feuding.
"It is still undetermined," said Brooks. "I am still
actively working on the case, but it is just one of those
things. I've done everything."
Brooks said that he has talked to some 40 residents
since the fire occurred. Brooks received word that SBI
laboratory test results, which analyzed materials from
the scene of the fire, were negative. ?
"I don't want to write this one off as undeter
mined," said Brooks. "But I might have to."
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