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Left to right, the Revs. Carlton E vers ley, Joseph Jones, Robert Soyer, John Metidez+ William S. Fails and A.T. Griffin answer questions during a press conference last week in which they called for a citywide response to the recent church burnings. Clergy calls for action on fires A Interfaith leaders rally for community sunnnrt H> MAI RICH CKOCKHR Community News Reporter Local clergy arc encouraging a citywide response to the burning of churches and other religious facili ties across the nation. Members of the Interfaith Reli gious Leaders group held a press conference last Friday at Emmanuel Baptist Church to address the issue bers to actively support those con gregations affected by the fires. "For those people who have 1101 been affected, the interest level ha^ not been what it could be." said tht Rev. William S. Fails, pastor of Firsi United Methodist church in High Point. He said some community resi dents are not likely to become active until they are affected. "It's almost as if they say. 'If il doesn't happen in my back yard then I won't worry.'" he saidr~ The Rev. John Mendez, pastor ol ?/ 11 Emmanuel Baptist Church, said local ministers arc doing as much as pos sible to ensure no burnings occur in Winston-Salem or Forsyth County. \lendez said the key is to bring about a community response that is thorough and on-target. "1 don't think there's any way you can prevent the burnings," Vlendez said. But 1 do think we have taken all Please see CLERGY A14 Winston-Salem Chronicle 120596DA01 *C007 forsythMcnty pub lib he Choice for African-American News and Information 660 W 5TH ST mcc tuiidchav a -t one Kmart settles dispute By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer GREENSBORO - Kmart Corp. has reached a settlement with 1 I of its employees and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employ ees. The agreement stipulates that the employees will share $63,000 as part of a settlement of a National Labor Relations Board complaint issued against the company. Also as part of the settle ment, four Kmart distribution centcr workers in Greensboro will return to their jobs. A group of seven workers chose not to return to their former positions at Kmart. "This is a real victory for the workers who were unfairly punished for standing up for their rights," said Bruce Raynor. executive vice president and southern regional director of UNITE. "We hope this settle ment means that the company is prepared to make substantial progress at the bargaining table as well. We believe it would be in the best interest of the com pany, the workers, and the Greensboro community for Kmart to take the steps neces sary to put an end to this strug gle." Kmart Corp. is satisfied with the settlement. "We are pleased that this matter is resolved," said Peter Palmer, Kmart vice president of Please see KMART A10 CLASSIFIEDS B-12 OPINION ..A-12 ENTERTAINMENT..B- 9 OBITUARIES B-11 SPORTS B-1 This Week in Mack History July 4. / 776 Declaration of Independence adopted A section denouncing the slave trade was deleted ? ->A; ' HBB'vi %&??? Left to right, the Rev. John Mendez, Professor David Wonyoke, State Representative Ixirry Womble, Prince Thumhumuzi Dlamini, Doris Drayton, Ernie Pitt and Ren Ruffin were among those who attended a luncheon recently, hosted by the Sara l^ee Corporation and the Winston-Salem Chronicle. African prince comes to city B> L>K WILLIAM Tl RNhR Special to the Chronicle "South Africa is open for busi ness, and there are many opportuni ties for African Americans to get ii, on the ground floors of massive housing developments, health care, technology-based infrastructure, and education." said Prince Thumbumuzi "\1uzi" Dlamini. executive director of Likusasa Trading, a commercial and mercantile enterprise, headquar tered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dlamini stopped in North Car olina last week during a fast-paced jaunt around the United States to make new and secure existing busi ness contacts. "1 am here on a business trip 16 put a financial staple in our country's goals." he said. "1 am here with the aims of strengthening business exchange with America." His itinerary was arranged through High-Point-based manage mcnt consultants B&C Associates, where Boh Broun is chief executive officer. Sara Lee Corporation and the Winston-Salem Chronicle hosted the luncheon, which was held at the Piedmont Club, in the BB&T Build ing 11. Winston-Salem. Twenty Piedmont-area people, including business, civic", political, and religious leaders, were served a main dish of pan-seared ostrich mar inated in lime-tequila, while dis cussing the broad range of economic, political, and social challenges and opportunities that face the new South Africa. "As you know. South Africa h;is achieved the political goals that it thas tried to achieve for years." he said. Tom Trol linger, president of Contract Office Furnishings, began the exchange on opportunities bv telling the prince about his enter prise, which "outfits businesses with complete lines of office furnishings and work stations." The prince, in a soft-spoken voice, informed Trollinger of South Africa's "excel lent furniture business." and pro posed that Trollinger look into opportunities in the export side of the trade. "The transfer of economic power lags behind that of political power, but blacks, including many African Americans, are becoming increas ingly visible and influential players in the world-class economy of South Africa." responded Dlamini to the Rev. John Mendez of Winston - Salem's Emmanuel Baptist Church in a lively exchange on the vestiges of apartheid in South Africa. In diplomatic, though direct language, the prince conceded whites continu ing domination of the complex bank Please see Ah RICA\ A10 NAACP to meet in Charlotte By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer The NAACP will hold its 87th Annual Convention from Saturday, July 6 to Thursday, July 1 1 at the Convention Center in Charlotte. William H. Tatum, presi dent of the Winston-Salem "Branch of the NAACP. said that about 40 local people are William H. Tatum expected to attend the conven tion. The branch will have five delegates at the con vention, where nearly 15,(XK) people are expected to gather for the five-day event. Please see NAACP AI0 City appeals Bethania ruling By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Stall W rucr The city of Winston-Sal em has filed an appeal to the permanent injuction preventing the city from annexing 2,100 acres of land within the town of Bethania. The city was set to annex Bethania officially July 1 .? * The city is seeking a temporary stay to the injunction issued by Forsyth County Superior Court Judge L. Todd Burke three weeks ago. The city filed its action in the North Carolina Court of Appeals in Raleigh. The state law "An Act to Revive the Charter of the Town of Bethania." which reduced Betha nia's boundaries from the 2.500-acre lot to 400* Please sec ( IT) A10 Rousseau: Americans can imvrove life desuite nrnhlews B> JOHN HINTON Chronn U Senior Staff Writer Americans must commit themselves to improving life on Harth. despite a myriad of problems that cause depression and apprehension toward the future, a Forsyth Technical Community College official said recently. "We have a great responsibility, not only to ourselves, but also to all human beings and to generations to come, to com mit our lives to making our world a better place in which to live." said James A. Rousseau 11. vice president of community njations and development at FTCC. Rousseau delivered the keynote address at the city's Construction Training Program graduation ceremony last week in the City Plaza Building. More than 60 peo ple attended the event. Rousseau, a native of Adah. Penn.. earned a bachelor's degree from Knowille College, and master's degrees from North Carolina A* T State I tmersity and Appalachian State l'ni\ersit>. He is preparing his dissertation for a doctorate in education at Virginia Poly technical Institute and State I niversit\ in Blackshurg. Va.. People throughout the world are depending on Americans to find solutions to dilemmas such as AIDS, drug abuse, teen pregnancy and racism. Rousseau said. We must not allow ourselves to feel tired in any way." he said. "We've come too far from where we starred from " Americans are saddened when their sons turn to drugs and their daughters to prostitution. "Too man\ of us have been so bus\ toda\ making sure our children had all the things we didn't have." Rousseau said, "that we have not gi\en them the things we did have that enabled us to sur\i\e and Please see R()l SSh'A I \ 1(1 James \. Rousseau II FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (910) 722-8624 ? MASTERCARD, VISA OR AMERICAN EXPRESS
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