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VOL. XXI No 3
' Alderman Vivian Burke Moid the city needs to make Ike doted US 52 ramp off of Liberty Street
| more presentable. Merchants say the closedramp harts business.
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By VERONICA CLEMONS
Chronicle Staff Writer
D. Pitts, part owner of the Branco
Food Mart at the corner of 25th and
Liberty Streets, would like to leave the
store open 24 hours a day. But because
his potential customers do not have
easy access on and off US 52 he can
not
"1 can't depend on street traffic to
support my store," he said The only
thing I'm getting from the highway
right now is.dusL"
The ramp leading back to US 52
Southbound has been closed for at
least two years now. The city recom
mended to the state that the ramp be
closed because of the number of acci
dents that had occurred there.
Assistant City Manager Pat Swarm
said the ramp does not provide good
acceleration for vehicles to' easily
move back onto US 52. Also, a short J
distance further up Liberty Street these j
is another ramp to access us52 South.
Pitts disagrees with accident ret- :
soning. v ?. '
"Don't tell me noAing about acci
dents," he said. 'They used that aalft
excuse because the ramp is in the black
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School Choice
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Debate on School Vouchers Heating Up
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A 200 children show up A. Some local officials view
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for hearing on bill efforts as problematical
By ROXANNE PERLES
Special IP the Chromci*
More thin 200 vocal African Amer
icans were among more than 300 who
packed the General Assembly audito
rium for a public hearing on school
choice in Raleigh May 4th.
The hearing, before 23 of 31 mem
bers of the House Education committee
entered on two bills which would give
varying levels of tuition assistance to
children attending non-public schools.
The overwhelming majority of the 21
speakers expressed their support for HB
781, the Children First Educational
Opportunity Act
Several of the triangle
area African American inde
pendent schools were repre-j
sented at the public hearing.
Parents, teachers and stu
dents from Mt Zion Christ
ian Schools in Durham and
Graham and Capital City
Christian and Work of God
Christian Schools in Raleigh-1
participated in the hearing.
Margaret Rose Murray,
headmistress of Vital Link,
a 31 year old independent
school with campuses in
Raleigh and Durham; Linda
Bonner, the headmistress of
Bonner Academy in Raleigh
see 200 page 14
By VERONICA CLEMONS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Dr . Marsheena McCoy
School Board member Walter Marshall does
n't think a school voucher program would work
by just allowing private schools to get govern
ment money.
"1 can't see giving public money to a private
source without some strings attached," he said.
House Bill 781, which is still in committee,
recommends giving students vouchers to attend
the school of their parents choosing whether it be
public or private.
School Superintendent Donald Martin doesn't
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Durham's Ml Zion Christian School Choir sang at the General Assembly Hearing.
LaShanda Monique Jacobs viskt her brother Derrick Hairston during
his hospital stay.
Trying to Save Sis
By VERONICA CLEMONS
Chronicle Staff Writer
A 4-year-old boy was hit by
a car Saturday morning trying to
save his 3-year old sister who
had wandered in front of oncom
ing traffic.
Derrick Hairston, his sister
La Shanda Monique Jacobs were
walking up 25th Street with their
baby-sitter sitter Saturday morn
ing to catch the bus to Super Sat
urday. The program is done by
Agape Faith Church in Clem
mons, said La Shanda Hairston
who is the children's mother. She
was at home, a short distance
down the street, when the acci
dent occurred.
"My oldest son came run
ning back down the road to tell
me what happened," she said.
Hairston found her son ciy
ing surrounded by hysteria She
was scared but relieved the child
was not unconscious.
"I was freaked out for a little
while," she said. MI was just glad
he was doing something."
Derrick suffered a fractured
skull from the accident. He was
taken to Baptist Hospital. Hair
ston said it took Derrick a while
to even remember what had hap
pened to him. '
Winston-Salem Police told
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Judge Jails Rep. Linney for Leaving Courtroom
A freshman mistake by state Rep. Larry
Linney, R-Buncombe, left him on the side
lines as the General Assembly began one of
its busiest weeks Monday night.
Linney, an African American attorney
from Asheville, spent the night in jail after
?being arrested in RaJeigh for ignoring fed
eral judge s order to remain in court.
He missed several key votes as a result
of missing Monday's session, including pro
posals to let citizens of the state to bypass
Eie legislature and directly place issues
irectly on statewide ballots and a measure
that would require a two- thirds majority on
any tax increase.
Both measures failed to pass.
Linney left court after telling U.S. dis
trict Court Judge Lacy Thornburg that he
needed to leave for Raleigh to attend a Gen
era! Assembly session.
Thornburg disagreed.
He told Linney that he needed to stay in
Asheville to finish the court's business.
After Linney left, Thornburg issued an
arrest warrant.
When Linney, who is serving his first
term in the House, arrive in Raleigh, he was
arrested at the Raleigh-Durham Interna
tional Airport. He was taken to the Wake
County jail by federal marshals around 6: 1 5
p.m., where he stayed overnight on a federal
hold.
Linney was taken back to Asheville
Tuesday morning for a contempt-of-court
hearing with Thornburg.
Linney was absent from Tuesday's ses
sion and missed a few more votes.
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This Week in Black History
Miy II 1898, Louisiana adopted new
constitution with "grandfather clawe"
designed to dimiMte Mack voters.
Thomas P. TmHinger,
president and CEO
of Contract Office
Fnnuskmfs, Inc.
*ns named East
Area Council's
Business of the Year
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