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Winston-Salem Chronicle
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AT&T Newsletter Shows Ape on Phone in Africa
A Outraged NAACP calls for boycott on long-distance carrier
By DAVID LDILLARD
Chronicle Stiff Writer
In what may appear to be fun and games to
American Telephone & Telegraph's Focus maga
zine editors, African Americans are outraged at
the drawing of an ape in Africa using the tele
phone instead of a human.
Meanwhile, the NAACP has waged an eco
nomic boycott against AT&T for what local offi
cials call "blatant racism-"
The protest was spearheaded by the state
NAACP after receiving numerous telephone calls
from disgruntled AT&T employees. The state
chapter started the boycott Monday by discontin
uing its long-distance carrier service with AT&T
and is urging blacks to du the same.
"NAACP local, state, regional and national
offices have received numerous calls from across
the country from outraged citizens, who likewise
decided to withdraw their economic support of
AT&T, and have also changed to another long
distance carrier," said Mary Peeler, the state
chapter's executive director.
The illustration, wjiich appears in the "Fun
W Games" section of the September issue of the
company's in-house publication, shows an ape
using the telephone on the African continent,
while four other continents ? North America,
South America, Asia and Europe ? show human
beings.
The state NAACP called for an immediate
apology to not only AT&T employees and the
NAACP but also to Africans, African Americans
and the general public. -
The magazine is global," Peeler said. "Our
feeling is it goes beyond apologizing to the
employees."
AT&T said it does not take responsibility for
the illustration. The company has not decided on
whether to make a public apology ^ but AT&T
Senior Vice President Marilyn Laurie released an
apology to the employees last week.
"I am appalled and personally deeply sorry
about the racist illustration that appeared in the
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This illustration appeared in an AT&T magazine, showing an ape using
a telephone in Africa. Users on other continents are depicted as humans.
NEWS WEEK
NEWS AT A GL ANCE
^ Seniors Display Talents
_ The talent show didn't feature young people
dancing and spouting rap. There were no musicians
showcasing their talents. Nor was there a prop
filled stage. In fact, there was no stage. Nonethe
less, a talent show went on - senior citizen style.
Complete story A4
Former Coach Dies
Davie Lewis Sheppard, a former assistant foot
hall coach at Winston-Salem State University, who
came under scrutiny when he applied for the head
coaching job last year, died Sept. 1 1. He was 42.
Complete story A5
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Gospel Singing
'A group of local choirs and soloists will con
vene at the Dixie Classic Fair in October to show
case their talents for down-home gospel lovers.
Complete story A5
Test Scores Inflated
RALEIGH ( AP ) ? National exam results
show that North Carolina's black students are com
petitive with black students nationwide. However,
the state's white students finish well behind other
whites in the nation, the test results show.
Complete story A14
Grants Awarded
The Winston-Salem Foundation recently
granted $231,290 to six local organizations as a
part of its initial round of the Anniversary Initiative
grants program.
Complete story A10
Local Nominated
Togo D. West Jr., a Winston-Salem native and
Northrop Corp. vice president in charge of govern
ment relations for the company's Washington
office, was named as President Clinton's choice for
Secretary of the Army.
Complete story A10
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Entfrtainment B7
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Religion BIO
Sports B1
This Week In Black History
On September 2J, 196 1. Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Johnson, Womble, BurkeVicfors -
East Ward
Not Close
As Predicted
By MARK R. MOSS
Chronicle Staff Writer
In an alderman's race that many
considered a toss up, Joycelyn John
son garnered over half the votes cast
in the East Ward in Tuesday's pri
mary and handily defeating second
place finisher Norma Tanner Smith.
"We're ecstatic," Johnson, 44,
said late Tuesday night, basking in
the afterglow with supporters at Mr.
C s ice cream parlor on New Walk
ertown Road.
The ward^vent upforgrabsln
July when four-term Alderman Vir
ginia Newell announced that she
would not seek re-election. Johnson,
a social worker, and Smith, a com
puter consultant, both of whom had
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Larry Womble, Southeast Ward primary winner , at precinct Tuesday.
Womble Emerges
Despite Attacks
By DAVID L. DILLARD .
Chronicle Staff Writer
At the break of dawn Tuesday morning, a
very confident Larry Womble smiled and
extended his hand to greet voters at St.
Andrews-Grace United Methodist Church
precinct in the Southeast Ward.
In spite of the many controversies surround
ing him, the incumbent alderman won the
approval of most residents and took 65 percent
of the votes. Womble received 830 votes to out-^
distance C.F. "Hoagy" Carmichael, who tallied
374 votes. Ed "B.C." Frazier had 69 votes.
"This man has nrvrr refused me." said Joe
Foster, a Womble supporter who lives off Argon
. Road. "WTien I call him, he always gets the job
done. That's why I voted for him."
Womble said the real winners are the resi
dents in his ward.
"This is not necessarily a victory for me, but
a victory for the citizens of the Southeast Ward,"
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Burke, a Political Machine, to Face Stiff Challenge in Nov.
By DAVID L. DILLARD
Chronicle Staff Writer
Vivian H. Burke moved a step closer to a fifth
consecutive term as Northeast Ward alderman by cap
turing 68 percent of the votes in Tuesday s primary.
And, she said, she is confident that she will be re
elected in November's general election because her
"record speaks for itself."
"I've always been on the grass-roots level," Burke
said. "I've continued the fight to get justice for
blacks." ?
Burke overwhelmingly took the Democratic pri
mary, outdistancing newcomer Jim Conrad, a hair
dresser, 1,190 votes to 546.
While Burke rests comfortably behind her record
of service, it is her record that Republican challenger
Rasheed Bey hopes will give him an advantage over
Burke in November. Bey said he will focus on Burke s
? Wood wins mayoral primary. A 15
1990 votes that stripped black aldermen of committee
chairmanships in order for her to be voted mayor pro
tempore.
Bey, who is black, said he docs not feel his run
ning on the Republican ticket will hurt his chances of
defeating Burke. He said he has fought for the Citizens
Police Review Board and worked to get Tom Keith
elected district attorney.
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Blacks Angered over Release of One of Stoner's Killers
? Doby is released because of death threats, ADA says
By MARK R. MOSS
Chronicle SttfF Writer
The release of Dwayne Gregory Doby, one of the
defendants in the racial, castration murder of Carlos
Colon Stoner, has outraged members of the black com
munity.
The Rev. John Mendez, a member of Citizen
United for Justice and pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church, said that if Doby were black and Stoner white,
Doby would have gotten "heavy time" regardless of
how helpful he had been to the prosecution.
"As far as I'm concerned, he should be serving
time," Mendez said. He said Doby's release highlights
the continuing belief among whites in the city that black
life is cheap.
"The larger picture is that blacks get longer sen
tences," he said.
Bill Tatum, president of the Winston-Salem
NAACP, said that one of the chapter's main concerns
about Doby's release was that no one in the community
knew what was going on.
"If (Doby) made a deal with the DA's office, the
community and (Stoner's) family should have known
what the deal was," Tatum said. "The DA's office owes
the community an apology."
He accused the District Attorney's office of not
being accountable to the people who voted to put the
officials in office. He also said that the public should
know if it was "common practice" to release people who
have been involved in a crime of this nature.
Assistant District Attorney Vince Rabil, the prose
cutor in the case, asked that Doby be released because
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