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75 CENTS ? FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH ? 28 PAGES THIS WEEK Y * ^ > 0 ? Winston Lake Family YMCa aim ~ school junior varsity highlights inside. PAGE B2 Days Numbered Is WSSU Coach Clarence "Bighouse" Gaines getting the support he deserves? PAGE A4 Winston-Salem Chronicle THURSDAY, FEBRUARyvl, 1993 ^ "Pow er concedes nothing without a struggle ? Frederick Douglas VOL. XIX, No. 24 Ford Motor Company Investigates Jennings Crash A Widow asks ' Why car exploded9 ?? By MARK R. MOSS Chronicle Staff Writer The manufacturer of the car that burned and killed Winston-Salem Police Officer Michael R. Jennings two weeks ago has sent investigators to probe the crash. Officials from the Ford Motor Company in Dear born, Mich., were in town this week to examine the 1992 Ford Taurus, in which Jennings, a seven-year vet eran of the police department, died in a fiery crash on Jan. 29. John Spellich, manager of corporate news for Ford Motors, would not comment on what he thought caused the car to bum. However, he said, the company rou tinely investigates accidents involving its automobiles. "There's nothing unusa) about us participating," he said. "We are always interested in the performance of our vehicles in a particular crash mode." . Spellich said the two investigators are from the legal department at the company's home office in Dear Please see page A12 Sonya Jennings % Remains of the 1992 Ford Taurus police cruiser. ON THE AVANTGARDE BY TANG NIVRI Anybody Going To Hell? When I was a little boy, the man who stood in the pulpit always told me whar was right and what was wrong* The preacher was God's representative on earth, and hence was responsible for leading and teaching the people the righteous ways of living. , V JL Back in those days, the preacher fttMHiir mind telling folks that they were going straight didn't repent! Many a summer's night ' ' father destruction indiscretions! i When I was a child, it was expected that u preachers would speak out on moral issues. the Bible. proclaiming bravely, "Thus saith the Lord." Preachers wen: quick to talk about the sin of shacking up, the sin of fornication and pre marital sex. The church and the preacher were the moral authority on personal conduct. But such is not the case today. These days, most preachers don't bother too much With telling folks that they are going to Hell. Preachers who bellow hell-fire and brimstone arc considered out of touch with the times. Folks just don't want to hear it Besides, it creates bad public relations. You can hardly recruit people to join if the preacher is going to spend his time talking about God's judgment instead of His love. Not that people don't believe in Hell any more. It's just that they don't think they are the ones who are going; ? ? Just a Hired Hand Por many churches, the preacher has become no more than another hired hand to be -fired when the congregation gets good and ready. He is the same as d mere accountant, plumber, carpenter, technician, hired to per form a service. He or she is hired to baptize us . when we confess our sins. Counsel and pray with us when things go wrong in our lives. Marry us when we fall in love and bury us when we die. This is how many of us view our pastors, priests, bishops and preachers. No longer do we look to them for moral guidance. No longer to -we turn to them as the moral compass. While moral issues burn . The church has run aground on the unholy - shore of neutrality and evasion, instead of addressing the burning moral issues of our day, the church has faded from view, out of sight, silent, its once-proud virulent voice stilled by hypocrisy, indifference and fear. This silence is particularly ev.dent on questions of homosexuality and other alterna tive lifestyles. Many people are having a great deal of difficulty coming to grips with the f Thorny Issue of homosexuality and-same?<ex Please see page A3 Author Defends Neglect Of Black Community A "Living-in Winston-Salem" Is the book for whites only? By MARK R. MOSS Chronicle Staff Writer A lawyer and former state legislator who has authored a book about the city of Winston-Salem defends his omission of East Winston. \ \\V,V ?\?*v knew there were things that I left out." The book, "Living in Winston-Salem: A Guide to the Heritage, Traditions, and Daily Life of a South em Community," has sold nearly 4,000 copies. Win ston-Salem Magazine pub lished the 97-page volume, ' Black professionals tend to live in the Carver Road\ area ... and have created handsome, elegantly maintained neighbor hoods ? Excerpt You're entirely right." the book's author Hamilton C. Horton Jr. said when told that his book neglects discussion of the black community. "1 was con scious of that, but I had to write about what I knew. I which contains pho tos of scenes and sights and cultural happen ings that were taken mostly on the west side of U.S. 52. Such institutions as the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, the Delta Fine Arts Center and The Diggs Gallery were not mentioned in this best Please see page A 12 Principal Dan figgott says most people don 7 know how will behaved his students are. M People think stu dents are throwing bricks out here,'* he said. _ Students Get One Last Chance At Independence By SHERIDAN HILL Chronicle Assistant Editor For som^students, Independence High is the last stop beforp dropping out of school altogether. For others, it's tKe~t>est deal they were ever offeree!: A chance to get the academic and emotional support they have long needed. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10 to J Students who come to Independence have not succeeded in regular school for a variety of reasons. Some have already dropped out, some are on the verge of dropping out. Some of the girls are pregnant or parenting. Many students arc learning disabled. There are varying degrees of behavior problems: one Please see page A3 Howard Joins WSSU, * Coliseum Reorganizes By SHERIDAN HILL Chronicle Assistant Editor Callers to the Albert H. Anderson Conference Center might be surprised to find Ike Howard's voice on the end of the line. After 23 years with the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum and M.C. Benton Convention Center, Isaac L. Howard left the cits* payroll Jan. 11 to direct the Anderson Center at Winston Salem Sate University. Howard wouldn't say how long he had been looking for another job. When coliseum and convention center opera tions were reorganized late in January, Rex Bowman and Ivy Steward were named to Howard's position. "I wasn't fired." Howard said. "It was time to move on. I've seen a lot of growth at the coliseum and convention center. 1 needed to make a career move." Fannie Williams, the former director of the Anderson Center, is now director of institutional projects for Winston Salem State University. Blanche Carter, public affairs direc tor for the university, said she did not know Howard toad been hired until he called her and told her so. During his 23 years with the city, Howard's responsibilities included over seeing all operations for the coliseum, directing operations for the Ernie Shore baseball field, and ice operations at the coliseum. Howard was fired from his position as assistant director of operations for the coliseum in October 1991. Several weeks later, he was rehired as events coordina tor for the convention center. "I like what I'm doing here for the university," Howard said. "Aside from administration. I'm working on promo tions, bookings, community coordination of the center and university coordination of the center." Former Coliseum Employee Ike Howard He is excited about_the current expansions at WSSU, including comple tion of an ultra-modern student residen tial hall complex that will house 400 stu dents. The new building is next to the Anderson Center and is part of the uni versity's master plan to expand westward. "The university is one of the greatest things happening." he said. uThere's real growth here. Our teleconference center can connect you w ith anyone in the world." Leaders Protest Firing Of Black Exec A chorus of protests expressing resentment, bitterness and possible threats of boycott have been flooding the execu tive offices of the Phillip Morris Compa nies Inc., Park Avenue in New York City recently because of the company's firing of one of its most visible employees, Allene S. Roberts, after more than 25 years of service. The National Black Causus of State Legislators wi a strongly-worded resolu tion adopted W its 16th annual convention in New Orleans last weekend and sent to Phillip Moms corporate executives, stated that it "joins with other organizations and individuals in strongly .supporting Roberts, an individual of recognized hon esty, integrity and commitment, who has consistently worked in the best interest of American and all Americans, to fight against the unwise, unthouchtful, unjust and racist actions that confront African Americans in all arenas." Please see page A3 ? TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 919-722-8624 ?
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