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Worker Told Matics About Racism in '92 from page 1
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Maiics being the mhin culprit.
The workers provided hundreds
of pages of legal documents. inter
nal mejnorandums and numerous
letters stemming from congressional
'inquiries over the past' two years
*they say justify their claims. Some
of those documents state that
African -Americans are passed over
for promotions, constantly verbally
harassed and have been unfairly tar
geted in missing money probes over
the past two years.
An African-American letter
carrier last week compared Matics'
management style to that of a slave
master.
A woman who described her
self as a. white, female supervisor
called Matics "dominating" and said
he disliked African- Americans and
women. She said Matics tends to
not like anyone who won't conform
to what he wants them to be.
Matics defended, his record of
promoting ^fricah-Americans and
women, but the Postal Service
would not release a racial break
down of managers and supervisors. '
' t Matics, 43, came to Winston
Salem as postmaster from Beckley,
W. Va., in 1986, and at 35 was one
of the youngest ever postmasters at
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Matics said he has contacted
\ -Anient of human resources
i ^reensboro district office to
1 ^ set up focus group meetings to
uiscuss some of the employees' con
cerns. He said the Postal Service has
prided itself on being one of the
most sensitive organizations when it
comes to equal treatment
? - The Winston-Salem postal
office has about 480 employees
sprinkled throughout 1 1 stations and
an operating budget of over $23
million a year. Targeted revenues
for this year exceed $60 million.
Mark Matics
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Carlos Stoner Killer Doby Continues a Life of Crime
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The men severed Stotver'spenis and
snick it his mouth and sliced a gap
hole in the left .side of his chest.
During the week -long trial,
J ,'ohy lesf tied that Ricky Knight
and Janies Gilbert were responsible
i??r Sioncr's death. He said Knight
severed Sioher's penis and cut his
chest.' Dob> test in ed that he stayed
I nr. a pickup during the killing and
?I'd not participate.
, Kp ght and Gilbert were con
" it- ted (?n first -degree murder
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charges and were given life sen
tences. In exchange for his testi
mony. Doby was t^ied on a charge
of second-degree murder. He was
given a 10-year suspended sen
tenced and placed on fives years of
supervised probation. For a year
prior; to the trial, however, Doby
was held in safekeeping at Central
Prison in Raleigh until he testified..
However, following the convic
tion he was rejeased from prison
after serving ;only two weeks
because there wis a contract on his
life at the prison, according to Vin
cent F. Rabil, the assistant district
attorney who prosecuted the case.
Judge James William Z. Wood
promptly suspended the 10-year
sentence and placied Doby on proba
tion. ' .
Rabil said he was interested in
keeping Doby alive to testify against
Knight and Gilbert should their
cases be heard on appeal. He now
says he has given up on Doby.
"I'm very disappointed that he's
gotten into this trouble," Rabil'said.
"He's on his own now.
"I thought 1 could have a little
control over him by having, him on
probation in case we needed his tes
timony again. But I think the case
can be tried without his testimony,"
Rabil said. "I feel it's a strong case
and that we'll win the appeal with
out him."
After winning his freedom in
September, Doby moved to Mont
gomery County and wasted little
time running afoul of the law.
He was found guilty of driving
while intoxicated on March 24; on
April 7, he was charged with break
ing and entering and larceny; and a
week later, on April 14, he was
charged with
possession of marijuana, pos
session of drug paraphernalia and
manufacturing or creating mari
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He was convicted Oct. 2Q of
DWI and has appealed to Superior
Court. He was indicted on Oct. 31
and arraigned on the next day on the
breaking and entering and larceny
charges and growing marijuana.
' If convicted on the felony
charges, Doby's probation could be
revoked and he could begin serving
the 10-year sentence.
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Storey Fires Moody As Court Clerk
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?your leave of absence," Store) wrote
u> Moody in ir letter. , Tf
Stores, who ha*? worked in the
' .?IcTk'v office for 4? years, said she
!?; plans to retire afterv her last day on
?he job next Wednesday. .Jhat may
not be true, however. Storey and
Thomas, a longtime deputy with the
Sheriff s department, could construct
an agreement wherein Storey would
serve as a consultant to thp new
clerk of court.
That would help make
smoother the transition of Thomas, a
political neophyte who will be
sworn in as the new clerk of court
on Dec. 5. Storey was non-commit
tal about whether a deal is in the
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works.
"It's been something said about
it. out it's nothing that's been agreed
upon," she said.
Moody, 49, will sbon begin
working as a jailer, said Robert
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Joyce of the Sheriffs department.
"The sheriff is a good fellow.
When he found out that she had
been fired, he called her and offered
her a job,'- Joyce said.
There has been some other fall
out following the election. Sharon
Knight, another deputy clerk of '
court who had supported Moody's
candidacy, was also fired by Storey.
Storey declined to discuss the firing.
Wijl Southeast Gateway By-Pass Happy Hill?
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litiht no\< i rcallv don't knov\."
Simmonds said the committee
>- '.curremh putting- together h status
report to further outline its plans.
?I I.f\\is. chairman of the*
. committee, said
the council lias more than 1(H) rec
ommendations and will halve to pri
oritize them. He said Happy Hill
residents should organize, voice
their concerns and they won't feel
isolated. . 4
The problem is netting citizens
to pull together to make things hap
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pen," he said. "Not everything will
be done but when they come out and
express what they want to be done
they won't be isolated. Happy Hill
hasn't bee forgotten, they just hasn't
been anything happening lately."
The Southeast Gateway plan
purports to link Old Salem, Win
ston-Salem State University and
Salem College together and create
its own district, hopefully, to attract*
businesses in the area. Happy Hill
Gardens sits in the middle of the
plan and residents are expected to be
hired for the jobs as well as receive
job training through partnerships
with the area colleges.
"It was going great, but we've
been wondering what happened
because fnr a while we just haven't
heard anything from them," Jeffer
son said. "Anything they do would
mean a lot to the kids in this com
munity. We've been stereotyped and
neglected so much, but we don't
want that to happen again. We want
our p^npifr to he given a rhanrr. ttn>
All they need is a chance." -
Residents Say Foot Patrols Are Making a Difference
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'hink it\ a lot valv,v out here now,"
>hc said.
W mston-Salcm Mayor Martha
Wood praised the loot patrol unit at
t cvrcmom hororm^ them Irklas.
Shd v.'i'i! t!u* nei's;hl'vrh(>od luts seen
Memrndous -brides 1 11 the commu
nis diif'mj lu i i enure as mayor.
C api C.l\. Nance heads up the
i'u.i.uiau unit. He..said their pres
? iivv help*. d I" rui drug dealers and
rjvi ioniv ^ i w their concern
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?I; 1 ? :7 ? pr -air drug mar
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u;UK?li\. hul 1 think we .have
.dc' <i hH: ditYerence just<4n being
. . - the <. >mrnunit\ has pitched
in a lot and gotten behind us."
Melanie Tatum. director of the
resource center^ satd they wanj peo
ple to stop referring to the area by its
streeuname of Piedmont Circle and
to revert back to reflecting its true
name of Piedmont Park.
"When you think of a park, you
think of a nice place to go outside
and play." she said. "The .foot
patrols have really worked hard to
restore that feeling of a park and
creatine a family atmosphere."
Black said they have started a
Golden Girls Club for senior citi
zens and the \oung kids are not
afraid to playing outside anymore.
1 couldn't get (seniors) to come
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out at one time," she said. "Now we
have an active club and they are get
ting out again. I think they have
made a difference in this commu
nity."
Vance said the unit is expecting
to get two more officers in Decem
ber.
i Queen Black , Piedmont Parks resident council president , congratulates
? Capt. Mike McCoy and other foot patrol officers. SgL L. T. Vance, who
' heads the unit , is seen wearing the suit.
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