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Reverend Douglas W.
Gilbert, chairman of the
Northwest Child* Development
Corporation executive
board, addressed Tuesday's
meeting of the Baptist
' Ministers' Conferf?nr? nt.
their invitation to present
, Northwest's. side of the
y recent controversy concern7
inglhat organization.
: ?Mrs.?Lee Fay Mack,
whose Concerned Citizens
? group has been picketing
Northwest, was present at
the meeting which she
called a "snow job". "They
are just reacting to statistics,"
she declared. Mrs.
Mack feels that the ministers -did
not receive adequateinformation
on which to base
I
their judgment.'
At the
previous meeting of the
Baptist Ministers' Conference,
according to minutes
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Leonard "Lennie" Foy,
eleventh grade student at
Reynolds Senior High Srhnnl
was one of four local
students to qualify for?
membership in the North
Carolina All-State Honors
Band . This selected group
aims at drawing thecreaif
from the cfop of stud^iSts
who have previously auditioned
and performed in
their respective All-District
Bands.
The 44-piece honors band
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by Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Reporter
"A sizeable number of
rape cases come from the
black* community, and we
want to get the message
across to black women that
there is help available,"
. says Karen Pennington,
monitor of the rape-line for
Winston Women Against
Rape.
This organization answers
calls 24 hours a day,
providing free assistance for
women who have been
attacked. Volunteers tell
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women now 10 report, me
crime, or assist them in
getting medical treatment.
They will accompany the
victim to the police or to a ,
hospital if she wishes, or just
listen, depending on the
needs of the individual.
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by Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Reporter
Northwest Child Develop_
ment Council board chairman
Douglas W. Gilbert
refuted charges of discrimination
and abuse of
employees on the basis of
race and charges of fiscal
improprieties in a press
?conference?Tuesday?moriF
ing.
Uuncerning racial discrimination,
Gilbert stated
that 54% of Northwest's 160
employees are black, inclu~
ding halt ot thevupper level
administrators, and that of
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the fifteen promotions made
in. the past two years, eleven
jwent. to-blacks.
Of ?the ?charge- that
Northwest employees are
afraid to express grievances
through normal channels,
Rev. Gilbert stated that in
two years twelve employees
had entered into the
grievance, procedure, and
*et Help
"Whether or not you
report the rape to the police
is your decision to make,"
stresses Ms. Pennington.
The services of Winston
Women Against Rape is
confidential, and covers
many forms of aid, including
providing rape victims with
clothing, a place to stay,
someone to listen
whatever she needs.
Besides handling crisis
calls, Karen Pennington also
does public speaking to any
interested organization on
the problems of rape, and
conducts training sessions
with the professional people
who may be involved with
rape victims, such as
doctors, nurses, hospitals,
police, etc.
One problem that she is
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that ten of the cases were
resolved in the employee's
favor. He was unable to state
the nature of any of these
grievances, but said that he
believed most of them had
T>een^ handled at the
supervisory level, and not by
director Susan Law. So far,
said Gilbert. Northwest has
been notified by the Equal
Employment ODDortunitv
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No Deterren
Winston-Salem - Joe
-Felmet?a Democratic candi^?
date for the U.S. ~ Senate, ~~
said recently that he would
give criminals convicted of
capital crimes an option of
volunteering their bodies for
scientific research.
"In affirming my opposition
to capital punishment,"
Felmet said, "I say that
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Winston-Salem ? John McK
Hanes Corporation, signs an ins
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group insurance with Aetna for J
president of Winston Mutual, ant
of B&C Associates, Inc., and a Hi
signing of the agreement.
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Commission of only four
complaints.
Anonymous letters signed
"Some Employees of the
Northwest Staff" made
certain chargef^3?ainst the
corporation 1 which were ?
subsequently invesigated by
the Uffice for Children of the
State Department of Hwmm
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neither the adamant _supporters
norithe humanitarian
opponents of capital punishment
have an adequate
solution to the problem of
the so-called cold-blooded
killer.
"The supporter wants the
state to take the criminal's
life? which does not deter
See Felmet. Page 2
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