Winston-Salem Chronicle
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Established in 1974
Ernest H Pitt + Ndubisi Egamonya
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Hunting For Justice
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Lawyers tor Darrvl Hunt claim the Winston-Salem
Police Department and the l orsyth County District Attor
ney's Office conducted a shahb\ investigation into the
murder nine years ago of Deborah Sykes. They told the
state's highest court last week that two of mightiest arms
of the law in the county withheld evidence, "coerced" two
witnesses from testifying and kept a third from testifying
by withholding his address. These are very serious accusa
tions, and if true, represent a wanton disregard for justice.
Also, at the hearing last week, a Supreme Court judge
c hided prosecutors in the^case for introducing in the 1990
retrial Hunt's testimony from I9K4. The prosecutor wanted
to illustrate to the court, he told the judge, that Hunt had
lied under oath in I9K4. since the story he told his
lawyers in 1990 was different. But because Hunt did not
testify in 1990, the judge said, he could not have given
conflicting testimony. It was very underhanded for the
prosecutor's office to present a case this way. This, plus
the fact that the three witnesses did not testify, constitutes
grounds for yet a third trial for Hunt. In the interests of
justice, these three witnesses deserve to be heard.
Whether they are credible witnesses is not for police
detectives to determine. Hunt was convicted of murder in
1985, and following a retrial was convicted again in 1990.
And after a third trial is complete." Gov. Hunt vshould
appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether the
local District Attorney's Office and the Winston-Salem
Police Department abused their office by wantonly
impcdcing the flow of information that might have been
key in a murder investigation.
Sending The Correct Message
The six members of t he Winston Lake Family YMCA
Board of Directors who do not have a membership at the
facility should join immediately. For two reasons.
The first reason is that prior to last December the Y's
enrollment had constantly decreased since 1986, a year
after it opened. And six ne\v members would help. Not
much, but some. Their joining, however, will not make up
for the lack of support from the rest of the community,
much of whom have memberships at health clubs through
out the city anil ignore the beaui i fill facility on Waier
works Road. Those, of course, would-4+kcly be first in line
to complain should the facility close down.
Secondly, and more importantly, why the board mem
bers should join, is that when thc\ work toward their goal
of improving membership at the Y. it would send the right
message if they belonged. That the)' re leading by exam
ple. Marcellette Orange, director of t he Y. told the Chroni
cle last week, that board members can contribute in ways
other than financial. That it's not imperative for a board
member to join the Y Well it should be.
We think the director would agree that it is important
to send the right message to the black community and to
the hundreds of black youths who use the Y daily. And for
four of those six board members to belong to the Central
YMCA is insulting to the East Winston community. And it
trumpets a misconception about the Y's location that could
be responsible for the membership erosion. And if the six
non-member board members arc too blind to see this, they
should immediately resign.
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Understanding The Situation At WSSU
To the Editor:
This letter may help those at
Winston-Salem State Lniversit\ and
Others in the luiinntmity -to-bewr
understand the situation at the uni
versity and the part the> should play
in it.
On January 19. 1983. my s*\th
da\ in the North Carolina General
Assembly. Bill Number 14 was
introduced in the Senate, "to elimi
nate compulsory retirement at age
70 of all state employees except
those covered by General Statute
1265." The next day an identical bill
was introduced in the house and
assigned to the Aging Committee,
of which I was a member.
After much discussion where
"age discrimination, opportunities
for promising young people, termi
nating the unproductive, etc." were
heard, the bill was amended,
reported favorably to the house
where it passed second reading 64
30. amended again and passed a
third reading 80-22. sent to the Sen
ate for concurrence, and ratified on
June 28. 1984.
The bill as amended provided
that thore not covered by GS 126
"shall retire on July 1st coincident
with ot next following his 70th
birthday^unless c ontinuedm^ervice
on a year-to-year basis in accor
dance with regulations adopted by
the Board of Governors."
As an alumnus, a retired profes
sor. a professor emeritus, and a
member of the Board of Visitors of
Winston Salem State University, I
am distressed at what is happening
and what is not hap^ning at the
university as the first of its profes
sors approaches 70 under these new
regulations. ( A challenge of action
taken under these regulations else
where has, failed.)
In addition to my association
with the university. I am a good
friend of and hope to remain
friendly w ith those who are lined up
on both sides of this controversy. I
would say to all the university who
may be diverting their abilities^wd
energy to push for their personal
position on this matter, to devote
these resources to their primary
function, and to allow this matter to
be settled in accordance with the
intent of the General Assembly and
regulations adopted by the Board of
Governors.
^ C.B. Hauser
Senn Truly Thanks You
To the Editor:
For all of your prayers, your
hugs and your kisses. For strong
arms to lean on and all your beslt
wishes, for food, drinks, flowers,
cards, telephone calls. For helping
us to remember that the lord. God, is
able to lift every burden. To share
CHRONICLE MAILBAG
Our Readers Speak Out
our sorrows, and on him we can
depend. We thank you for standing
with us when you bend your knees
when talking to Jesus, remember the
Senn and Sligh families.
Janie Senn
Tragic Death Of Ashe
To the Editor:
I am concerned that the tragic
and untimely death of Arthur Ashe
has received little 'response from
your editors and readers. Arthur
Ashe was an intelligent, immensely
talented young man who was a true
leader. A .man who was respected
by both men and women, blacks anil
whites. Democrats and Republicans.
A rare person that no one could find
anything negative to say about, in
life or in death He was, a champion
athlete and tic was a champion in
life. 'He was truly a hero of our
times. I do not play tennis. I am not
black. 1 mount his passing.
* 4
Robert Hrandqusit
Neglect Of Community
Tolhe Editor:
Your reporter Mark Moss did
an entirely creditable, job in review
ston-Salem. The choice of head
lines, "Author Defends Neglect of
Black Community", was, however.
unfortunate indeed. -
We in Winston-Salem are one
community - not a "black commu
nity" and a separate "white commu
nity". Our school system, our gov
ernment. our economy is one. And
what happens to them concerns us
all. irrespective of the pigment of
our skin. The School of the Arts, the
Arts and Crafts Association, our
vigorous church life, our mutual his
tory , Old Salem, belong to all of us.
Headlines such as you used can
only divide us, and encourage the
cancer of racism - a cancer which
several self-anointed "leaders"
uould seek to encourage for their
own self, vicious, and often political
purposes. These "leaders", black
and white, teed resentment, spite,
racial animosity and fear; none of
which we need if we are to grow
and prosper together.
1 do hope the Winston-Salem
Chronicle will not fall prey to the
lemptation of driving a wedge
between our people by continuing to
use headlines that exploit our mean
est prejudices.
As to the book itself, many
aspect of our community were left
out because of lack of space, but
none because of a desire to empha
size any one segment of our com
munity at the expense of another.
Hamilton C. Horton, Jr.
To the Editor: .
The retirement of Clarence
"Bighouse" Gaines saddens the bas
ketball world. As Dr. Lester Gaither
(WSSU Hall of Fame Athlete) said
"this leaves a void at this school and
in this town." Former players and
students express shock at what may
consider a forced retirment. Thus,
there may be a tendency to point a
finger at Chancellor Thompson for
not recommending an extension for
Coach Gaines. Should that happen,
he would be the wrong person to
blamc- Nor the many students and ?
athletes of Coach Gaines rteed~only
looking the mirror to see who is
responsible for the demise of the
WSSU basketball program and the
resulting "retirement" of Coach
Gaines. According to news reports,
the WSSU basketball program was
one of the most under-funded pro
grams in the CIAA.
Apparantly the many alumni,
friends and former athletes of Win
ston Salem gave (give) little money t
to support basketball at their
beloved alma mater. A lot of the
problems with African-American
college fans is that despite earning
six figure incomes, we think a $100
contribution i? sufficient. Even then,
we want ti free ticket to the game.
Ram fans talk a good game but few
have been willing to support Coach
Gaines in the manner needed to
ensure that he kept on winning.
Stop crying Rams and get use
to 6 and 20 seasons. You have not
been willing to support the program
What do you expect?
Michael E. Simmons
Start Your Own Economic Recovery
Higher taxes for the middle
class, the loss of blue-collar working
class jobs and corporate layoffs have
created a new socioeconomic class
"too nch to be supported by the gov
ernment and too poor to make ends
meet.
Therefore, because of the struc
tural pressures in the economy,
more and more people need a reli
able source of extra money and new
career choices. Both can be
achieved by a home-based network
marketing business distributing
quality high-tech products at reason
able prices:
And for those who are under
funded for the business of their
dreams, cannot qualify for a loan or
don't want to go further into debt,
the best news is the minimal invest
ment needed to start your own net
working marketing distribution busi
ness: Under SI 00!
That's right - under $100 - is
the minimum investment of capital
you need. The amount of time
required is also minimal - about
eight hours a week and, perhaps,
one weekend a month. Of course,
the more hours you invest, the more
money, you're likely to make. Fur
thermore, all of these businesses
will be listed free on the Buy Free
dom 900 (telephone) Network to
receive sales leads nationwide.
The Buy Freedom Network
kicks off a nationwide drive at the
Black Expo in Atlanta on February
28th in Room 202 at the Georgia
World Congress Center at 4 p.m. to
start 50,000 new businesses using
this plan (information: 212/575
0876).
The traditional criteria used in
"selecting arfd evaluating any busi
ness opportunity is: (1) Everyone
wants or needs your product (2) The
product is reliable and of high qual
ity (3) The product provides good
value and (4) The business is poten
tially profitable. The home-based
business opportunity and the prod
ucts I have in mind qualify on all
counts. ^
In fact, technology is- now
available for the first time that pro
vides the average Jane and Joe with
the opportunity to utilize network
marketing in a unique way. Ironi
cally. where technology taketh
away, it also giveth. In this case, it
giveth us the opportunity as entre
preneurs to become high-tech secu
rity equipment distributors.
While many, many workers
will be left behind by our new tech
nology age. many, many others will
make a giant leap forward in a new
career that has a big potential for
profit.
A multi-billion dollar market
for "security" is there. Everyone is a
potential customer because every
one is concerned about their home
being broken into, their car being
stolen and/or being personally
robbed or attacked. And. although
concerned. 99 pcrcent of vehicles
have no alarm 93 percent of homes
have no security >ystem; and
although every 33 seconds an aggra
\
;
vated assault takes place, 99 percent
of people have no personal protec
tion.
Your home-based business, in
add i tionTo creating extra i ncome for
your friends and neighbors, can also
solve these problems and make your
community a safer placeT"
cent of the gross national product
and 80 percent of the new jobs.
Jobs, as is very evident, come from
the businesses in your community.
Since small businesses create
80 percent of the new jobs, it makes
abundant sense to involve the total
community in a small business ere
TONY BROWN
Syndicated Columnist
/
And because this is network
marketing, the people above you try
to do everything they can to make
sure that you succeed because their
success depends on yours. And
those that your recruit will, in turn,
receive your assistance because they
will create income for you as well as
themselves.
The absence of an economic
base among some groups is reduc
ing the quality of their lives. Over
half of the jail population is Black
males, most of whom are incarcer
ated for economic crimes; fewer
than 25 percent of Black women can
ever expect to be married because of
the economic instability of the Black
community.
"Community " is where the
business foundation of America
rests. The nation's seven million
small business account for 40 per
ation effort. In fact, people can
immetlT&ely become self-employed
and later, with training, experience
and community support, grow into
more substantial enterprises.
This community development
plan also keeps children from grow
ing up in poverty, in effect, breaking
the poverty cycle. The best way to
fight poverty is to keep people out
of poverty.
And the best way to do that is
to provide self-employment in the
community that is affordable. We
must also provide these self-help
businesses with state-of-the-arl
high-tech products that are ir
demand. -
Network marketing designed ir
this manner is community develop
ment. That's my self-help logic foi
starting this campaign to put 50, OCX
people in business.