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Library
Lacks Co
by Yvette McCullough
Staff Reporter
The building sits empty
most of the time. Few
people come in and many
pass it by to "go to the
other one downtown. No
f?n<* knnws that it'? r*rn?r?
until someone mentions
closing it. However due to
the lack of interest East
Winston Library may be
?stamped CJ^OSED.
Stan Bustetter, coordinator
of the library sy~
stents extension division^
says there are no definite
plans tq close the branch,
and that there's as much
pressure to keep it open as
. there is to close it. The
success of a library is
usually judged by the
circulation, and East Winston's
circulation of 250300
a week is no comparison
to the Fifth = Street
20,000 to 25,000 a month.
The East Winston
Branch is located at Seventh
Street and Cleveland
Avenue^ ancLjvas built in
1954 as a separate but
_ l 1:1 r? li--i?
c;i4uai iiurnry lur uiacKS
who weren't allowed to
use the Fifth street
Logema
Energy (
Ernest Logemann, a
Democratic candidate for
the N.C. House, urges
immediate action on the
enersrv crisis. "If we do
not, in our panic in reaching
to energy shortages
when they occur, we may
be forced to seek relief in
whatever direction the
energy industry points us.
citizens," he stated.
He proposed that the
N.C. General Assembly
and the citizens of the
state begin to act on the
Wester I
Utility R
George Wester,
Democrat candidate for
N.C. House, is asking
publicly for answers to
questions the electric utility
has failed to provide in
private contact with that
utility. Wester says the
public, while having larger
and larger percent
7INS1
. Saturday
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jr of the library system's e>
hat goes unused at the Eas
Endange
^mmunift
branch. When blacks were
welcomed down at Fifth
Street they passed the
East Winston Branch by.
In recent years Urban
Renewal has added to the
problem.
??We killed the neighJaorhood
with redevelopment,"
Cecil Butler, a
Democrj
Affirmai
Preliminary to the 1978
Naitonal Democratic Party
Conference, the North Caroline
Democratic Party
has adopted a Delegate
Selection/Affirmative Action
Plan. .
The State Democratic
Executive Council met
Wednesday, March 15, at
State Party Headquarters
in open session to finally
adopt the Affirmative Action/Delegate
Selection
Plan. This public meeting
came after a fourteen da\
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challenge period during
which time the public had
?Can
nn Calls i
Conserva
energy problem now.
He outlined ways in
which the problem should
Black Mayoi
For Smith C
Robert Drakeford is the
first black mayor of Carrboro,
a small town next to
Chapel Hill. He is also the
assistant campaign manager
for U.S. Senate candi^n.vinrs
eform
ages of their income spent
on electricity, is unaware
of many factors about the
electric monopoly.
"Some homeowners of
all-electric homes are paying
sums up to 100% .of
their monthly home payments
in their monthly
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t Winston Branch Library.
ired;
fSupport
candidate for county commissioner
and-an unsuco
cessful candidate for mayor
said.??? ^ --?w""it's
the fa\ilt of the"
planning "people who^
didn't give one iota of
thought to the_concept of
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atic fart1
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tive Actio
opportunity to present
suggestions for changes
or challenges to the Plans.
According to the Plans
adopted by the Party Executive
Council, twentytwo
delegates and twentytwo
alternates for the
National Party Conference
will be ^elected at the
Congressional District *
Conventions, with two delegates
and two alternates
being chosen at each District
Convention. Equal
numbers of men and women
must be chosen at the
Congressional -District leipaign
u i uv. rv LUUHHUIIIV/ICO ill llic
state. He is not only
working to help set up
local organizations, he is
also working with field
coordinator Jim Warlick of
Morganton to coordinate
the local organizations all
across North Carolina.
"It is important for a
number of reasons that a '
half million minority voters
should be a part of the
electoral process and help
decide who gets elected.
Through this type of participation,
minority groups {
can have a voice in how
they they are to be ,
governed," * Drakeford
said.
For I
tion
be met: "(1). Conserve- j
tion - Conservation offers
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* Manager
ampaign
date McNeill Smith.
Laurinburg native
Drakeford, 32, is concentrating
his efforts on the
K1 ool/ nAwmnnif IAO iw U/x
"More than
HEW
Because the guidelines t
have not been issued, no ]
Baiem State University (
will be affected by the 1
proposed cutoff of federal <
funds to the University of <
North Carolina System.
WSSu Chancellor H. 1
F>ouglas Covington issued t
a statement saying that he <
could not presume to <
speak for the whole uni- t
versity system regarding i
the decision-of Health, J
Education, and Welfare *
secretary Joseph Califano J
to withhold federal funds 1
because the University's t
desegregation plans are
not-acceptable -to-HEW.-^?t
The Chancellor stated i
e>
Security 1
Masier To
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Ernest Logemann
Schoonmake r
Names Manager
?
Meyeressa Schoon- r
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maKer, a uemocratic candidate
for the North Caro- t
lina Senate from Forsyth s
County, has named two of
her former classmates at f
Wake Forest University as [
coordinators of her campaign.
r
They are, Nancy Long t
Lehto? graduate of Wake. r
Forest, presently salesperson
with Lambe-Younb r
Real Estate and active in f
community affairs; and t
C.E. "Gene" McElroy, s
who received his bache- \
lor's degree from Wake ,
Forest
By Sharyn Bratcher i
Most landlords require i
y Adopts
n Plans
\
vel. All Congressional
District Conventions will
be held on May 20, 1978 at
1:00 p.m. Additionally, six
delegates and six alternates
will be elected at the
State Democratic Convention.
An equal division of
men and women is not i
required in this selection. 1
The State Convention will 1
be. held June 24 at the .
i
Dorton Arena, State Fair- ^
grounds in Raleigh.
;m~C
25,000 weekly readei
Rulh
;hat UNC president Wil- F
liam Friday was the ap- t.
lar-TT1"fr ~-jnrrrrf"i?rrnrm ?for??
he UNO system. As for P
WSSU, he went one. "Wp
ion't know how the deci- j
sion will affect WSSU.M
Winston-S?1 em State
University officials note
"hat last year, WSSU rereived
$3.6 million in feieral
funds, one-third of
;he total revenue for the
nstitution. Of this sum,
&2.3 million was student
lid money. Califano has
stated that student aid
:unds would not be affeced.
U
President Friday conends
that North Carolina ^
s being penalized for its
deposit r
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a~ tenant to make a secu- p
rity deposit against da- tl
mages before allowing ii
him to move in. Getting a
the deposit back when the c
tenant is ready to move
used to be an exercise in
futility. The landlord ^
could say: 4 Tm keeping n
your deposit to have the-8
rug cleaned,'' case closed. P
Thanks to a recently- a
enacted law, this situation a
will change. v
The Tenant Security a
Deposit Act, passed in n
1977 by the N.C. General M
Assembly, limits the ^
amount of deposit that^k
must be p?iid, and outlines
specific rules for its use. ^
The law states that the
landlord may not withhold 0
as damages part of the j?(
security deposit for condi- g
:ions that are due to
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Ingram ?
th
Blasts "
ne
Califano?
ye
~ John Ingram, a can dilate
for U.S. Senate
charges that HEW Secreary
Califano has made a
>ad mistake in attacking
he tobacco farmers. "His A
ittack is misguided for
hree (3) reasons; "says
ngram, "*America's baance
of payments would
lave been in far worse w
ihape without tobacco ex>orts.
m
*Tax revenues, without fc
obacco, would be substantially
reduced. re
*600,000 American th
arm families derive their
ncome from tobacco." le
"Secretary Califano ?
nust r>e stopped from m
rying to legislate mo- s3
als," warns Ingram.
"Our balance of pay- I0
nents would have been in ei
ar worse shape without fo
obacco exports. Tobacco hi
ihould be promoted a)road
just like all other le
\merican farm products.
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ig \s 1
ds. -fTn
>?*, ~~u: ? * - '- -
?ciai, aciutrveinents in esablishing
black schools.
forth Carolina has five
ireHn^Tnpr^fTy - "THack "
Urban Leagi
Black
At Dej
Yvette McCuilough
Staff Reporter
"Although white i
workers showed some
igns of recovering in 1977
rom -the?1-974-75 recesion,
the economic crisis
n the black community
emained at depression
? ?? k. J Ll!
cvcia, reporveu a puoii- j
National Urban League.
'"While official unem loyment
among whites
ell from 7.0 percent to 6.5
ercent between -1976-77
be jobless rate for blacks
i 1977 stayed at the ,
1 arming rate of 13 perentj'
Because of this excee- ,
ingly?high?unomploy?
lent rate, the Urban Leslie
(UL) has developed a
trogram of employment-3
ssistance for the socially
nd economically disadantaged.
Included in this
ssistance are members of
linority groups, youth,
romen, veterans, the elerly
and people affected
y automation and the ,
banging "technology of ~~j
le working field. {
Tyrone Posey, Director
f Employment Services J
)r the W.S. Urban Lea- 1
ue said that even with
le high unemployment
ite, there's still difficulty 1
nding the right appoints
to fill jbb orders that *
)me to the attention of 1
le league.
think we could fill *
ore job orders if the 1
nployer would lower job (
iquirements and allow (
ie people to take a job *
id give them a time 1
ame in which to meet the J
jeds of the company," t
isey said.
Posey said that most ^
nployers attach 3-5 c
sars experience require- *
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City Prom
Employee,
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A ? CVVC iUtVUUUU|(ll
Staff Reporter
Picking up a newspaper
id reading about the '
ame or the energy crisis
lay be a routine matter
>r many people but for 1
lout 35 city employees 1
jading anything is a
trill.
The city of Winston-Sa- <
m has started an Adult
asic Education program <
i conjunction with For- ]
rth Technical Instftute, J
ir city employees who <
,ck the equivalence of an <
ghth grade education or <
>r those employees who <
ave finished the eighth ]
rade but read on a lower t
vel. 1
There are about 100 <
nployees that have not t
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state-supported schools,while
other states have
three at .the most.
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le: .*
Unempit
oression
ment to most job orders
and this makes filling the
order difficult. He also
said ^hat persons with
business, nursing or tech?
_ i i i i '
nicai oacKgrounas are
much easier to place in
jobs. However people with
Political Science, Sociology
and Elementary Education
backgrounds are htffd
AKA'sQ
Job Corf
Bernice I. Sumlin, national
president of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sururity, In?
corporated, has proclaimed
the month of March
as 4 4 Jolx Corps Month''
among the more than 550
chapters of the Sorority
throughout the country.
The chapters will focus
attention upon the Cleveland
Job Corps Center, its
500 Job Corps members,
the comprehensive job
training program, and the
continued growth of the
Center as a residential/
non-residential vocational
training school. Financial
support and gifts will also
be contributed by the
members of Alpha Kappa
Alpha to supplement
those items not provided
for in the contract.
The Sorority has been
the prime contractor for
the Cleveland Job, Corps
Center for thirteen years
luring which time more
;han 10,000 Job Corps
members have received
services through the Cen,er.
Alpha KaDDa Alnha is
he only predominately
31ack oriented group to
continuously and 9uccessully
hold a contract for a
obs corps center with the
totes
Education
finished the eighth grade,
they are employed in the
sanitation department,
the utilities department
and the street division.
Between 30 and 35 of
these employees participate
in the program.
A program was started
in 1974 where the employees
would go to class after
work. However because of
the time scheduling the
participation wasn't too
?ood and the attendance
dwindled off. In January
Df this year A1 Beaty, the
:ity's personnel director,
decided to restart the
program this time on city
cime. Now the employees
participate in the program
3nce a week as part of
cheir job.
JE ~
20 Cents
- On
HEW to do in future years
the things we have al '.JEflady
dcioe.' ' said Friday,
5^ * ?gc i*
ryment
Level
to place unless they have
advanced degrees.
The Urban League also
offers job development,
out reach and recruitment,
interviewing and v
employment counseling,
referrals and placement
on jobs and various other
services in the job related
-field. ? ??
Observe
is Month?
Federal government.
Job placement at the
- Center is high?of those
corpsmembers available
for Dlacem?nt in
year 1977 nearly 93%
found jobs, continued
their education or joined
the Armed Forces. Former
Cleveland Job Corpsmembers
are currently
employed as teachers,
nurses, dental assistants,
keypunch operators, welders,
railroad personnel
and members of the armed
services.
The Cleveland Center
became coeducational and
non-residential in 1976. At
that time young men and
women who live in Cleveland
became corpsmembers
and attend classes at
the Center.
Currently there are a
variety of entry-level vocations
offered at the Center
in such fields as health
services, welding, railroading,
clerical , and selected
industrial trades.
A new program is prov
ing successful for sixteen
corpsmembers enrolled
full-time at Cuyhoga Community
College.
Upon successfully completing
the Job Corps
Program, a corpsmember
may apply for an Alpha
Kappa Alpha Scholarship
for further study. Additional
financial aid packages
may be arranged
through the Center's
Placement Department.
Several former Cleveland
Corpsmembers are matriculating
at colleges
throughout the country on
Alpha Kappa Alpha scholarships.
The Job Corps Centers
were established in 1965
as a national resident
training program for economically
disadvantaged
youths 16-21 years old
who had left school and
needed the program's intensive
services. Job
Corps provided basic education
(including GED),
vocational training, work
experience, ' constructive
leisure activities, counseling,
health care as well
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