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"Now is the time to lift our nation
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VOL. XIX, No. 20
Bank Exec Nabs Robber
Would-be robber caught
with money in the bag
By SHKRIDAN HILL
Chronicle Assistant Editor
The talk^about fighting crime in East Winston turned into reality Mon
day when a bank vice president was assisted by neighboring citizens in
catching a robber.
Walter Tucker of Mechanics and Farm?r?i3lJnk on Martin Luther King.
Jr., Blvd. said the man took a bundle of cash from the bank at 10:05 a.m.
after handing a teller a note demanding money. Tucker ran after him.
"I just w antei to see who he was. to identify' him more positively to the
authorities." Tucker said. .?.?
He said he chased the robber to the neighboring McDonald's where
Jake Sudler. the manager, showed Tucker which way the man ran. *
Charles Johnson was in his car leaving the East Winston library when
he saw the robber running south on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd with
Tucke^in hot pursuit. Johnson invited Tucker into his car and they took off
after tpe robber.
"I went the wrong way on 5th St. chasing him,", Johnson said. _
He pulled into the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance parking lot,
where Khalid Griggs was getting into his car? - -
Griggs is executive director of the Citizens Coalition for a Better
Tomorrow, which has offices in the Golden State building.
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"He would have gotten away if we hadn't chased him," Walter Tuektr
said. Khalid Griggs (left) helped him in the chase.
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human being. We would get to know each
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that only women confound all men.
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was understanding. I would spend time with
the little rascal, so she would know ) was not
the enemy, that I was her friend, different from
all the other males she and her room
meet
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take her places. I would byy the things she
needed and sometimes wanted. But iJtne^M?]
ter than to try to buy her off. Besides, her
mother would sense that tHN^was yd another
man's plot and would easily tip her off*
As much as I hated it, I helped tier wiferiit
was her time to wash the dishes, sometimes
even giving the little rasca?|he evening off so
she could play with her btiatfcr 'of w?^
vision. j
If there was something she warned to eat,
her daddy made sure she got a little extra. And
f always fixed Belgian Waffles, her favArite*i
On Sundays, her little pockets were filled with
candy, chewtng gtfitv tnd plenty of sweet
things to eat
What Went Wronp?
Then she started to grow. She had b<|?|
short and chubby, just about a foot tall. S.,e
looked like a little wine bartel^ttt stumpy IB
'tie legs. But she stretcli^dLjout into dadWjy*#;
beautiful, sleek, gazelle ballet dancer She ran
faster than most boys her age and many wfeo
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Culminating the 1963 March orrM ashington, Dr. King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of
the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 250,000 people.
Community- To Celebrate MLK
Chronule Staff Report ' widow, called for a "oryfc-day, world-wide morato
num on violence". She reiterated that King Week is
The annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther~\ not just about celebrating King's legacy. ?
King's birthday will be officially observed Monday
across the country. In Winston-Salem, a number of
rate the great leader.
At the King Center for NpnViolent Social
Change, a ten day ' King Week" of activities is
planned.
Coretta Scott King, the civil rights martyr's
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"It's about educating and training people in his
philosophy so they will be able to apply his teachings
crimination, bigotry, war and all forms of violence,"
she said.
King Week will include an interfaith clergy con*
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Mortgage Loans:
Credit, Race and'
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The Home Loan
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A Single black woman
told to find a husband
By MARK R. MOSS
Chronicle Suff Writer / PART II
After reading Part 1 of the article on mortgage
lending in last week's Chronicle , % black woman
called and said she tad to tell her story. She asked that
her name not be used. The morning of her call, she had
just been told that her mortgage .loan application had
been denied - for the fourth time.
She is a single woman in her early forties making
? $24,000 a year. She has put her daughter through col
lege on that income. She is almost debt free and doesn't
have bad credit. She does, however, admit to having
been late in making payments on a bill. She has pur
chased some property in East Winston and would like
to build a house on it. She needs $80,000 to build her
dream home. She plans to put down about $6,000,
One bank, she said, refused her because she had
been late in payv.g that bill. The other two declined her
application because they said she wasn't makiog
enough money. She didn't say why the fourth bank
declined her loan. On top of those reasons is the fact
that she's black and single, she said.
"I had a couple of those loan people tell me I need
to find a husband. One even told me I need to find one
that works at Reynolds," she said, in a tone of mount
ing frustration. "I think that if I was a single white
woman, they would have taken a chance on me. I'm so
fed up with loan officers.
"Tomorrow, I'm going to another bank. Some
* body's going to give me this money."
The mortgage lender's main concern is the appli
cant's credit history. That history, among other things,
is thoroughly checked when the individual submits hia
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Former WSSU QB Gets Head Coaching Job
A Blount will take over
amid NCAA sanctions
By MARK R MOSS
Chronicle Staff Wnfer
Kormit Blount wofc #1 on his football jcr
sey when he was the quarterback for the Win
ston-Salem State University Rams in the late
70s. 'Saturday, he officially became the num
ber one man of his alma mater's football pro
gram when school officials announced that he
would take over the head coaching responsi
bilities.
"First of all. I would like to thank (iod for
giving me this great opportunity." Blount said
at the news conference on Dec 9 at WSSU. "I
am truly honored to have been offered this
position at my alma mater."
With his wife Ava by his side. Blount said
it felt good to have the support of the alumni
alumni and supporters of the University.
I hope that support will continue, and I
will do my best to make sure that it docs."
WSSU Chancellor Dr., Clcon Thompson,
who introduced Bloutjt. tailed Blount's hiring
"a very exciting aruMiappy time" for the
school. He explained that the search commit
tee made their selections based on the ability
of the coach 40 help the students/athletes do
their best in four areas: academics; discipline; (
financial responsibility; and football.
Al Roscboro. WSSU athletic director, said
Blount's hiring was an historical event"
because Blount started the winning tradition,
along with Coach Bill Haves, wben both were
at the university
"When Blount walked onto the field he
had full control. He was the first to call order
to the huiklle." It he didn't get that respect, the
unruly player would get "tapped upside his
head." added Roseboro.
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Al Roseboro (r) Winston-Salem State University's athletic director , called
hiring Kermit Blount as head football coach an "historical event"
WSSU Clj/mcellor Dr. Cleon Thompson (not pictured; introduced Blount
to the^ommuHity at a news conference on Dec. 9 at the University.