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The Battle For East Winston Xhe leader: black-owned radio, station WAAA. The challenger: white-owned radio station WAIR. The prize: the East Winston listening audience. Second Front. Rolling In Dough Last week, we tempted your taste buds with ribs and sauce. This week, it’s pastry at its delectable best, baked right here by a gentle giant affectionately known as “Rev.” Profile, Page 7. Cast Your Ballots Nomination forms are included again this week for your Chronicle “Man and Woman of the Year” choices. Take a minute or two from holiday festivities to fill them in and submit by our Tuesday, Dec. 28 deadline. We ’preciate it. Page 11. Wt ix-dalem Chponicle Serving the Wirivton-^nlem ioia” VOL. IX NO. 17 U.S.P.S. No. 067910 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Thursday, December 23, 1982 "25 cents 30 Pages This Week Alternatives Crime Task Force Seeks Options To Fund Neighborhood Justice Center By Edward Hill Jr. Staff Writer In an effort to gain more stability and achieve non profit status, the Neighborhood Justice Center met last Monday to expand its board to 15 members. The center, a proposed mediation panel set up to settle cases out of court for local residents, was recently award ed a $10,000 grant by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in its effort to help abate crime in the East Winston com munity and ease the burden on the court system. But because the requested amount in the proposal fell $35,000 short of the center’s needs. East Ward Alderman Virginia Newell says the sponsoring East Winston Crime Task Force sought other options. “Initially, we were an ad hoc committee,” says Newell. “In order for us to be viable, we decided to apply for non-profit status. We hope to get it soon. That will give us much more to work with in terms of fundraising.” Newell says the board is comprised of representatives from law enforcement, the clergy and educational, civic and community organizations in Winston-Salem, “who have clout.” “We wanted members who are very influential and familiar with the problem of crime in our community,” she says. Newell says that the board will begin its training on Jan. 12 at the City Hall chambers. Meanwhile, the search begins for a director of the center “who has experience and is committed; we don’t have a lot of money.” Newell adds that the board is presently looking at two foundations that might grant the remaining $35,000 to be used as operating funds for a year. Trained staffers will also be hired as funds become available. Once the paid staffers are trained, says Newell, the board will solicit volunteers from the community. Aldermen Pass Freeze Resolution Pointing To Success Linda R.A. Hunt, who says she never considered being black and female as a hindrance in a white male-dominated field, displays the logo that she designed for her advertising and marketing firm. Creative and Marketing Group. Although her agency is locally based, Ms. Hunt says it will ultimately become national and international in scope. Her story appears on Page 17 (photo by James Parker). By Ruthell Howard Staff Writer The Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen voted Monday night to adopt a resolution urging President Reagan to consider a United States/Soviet Union nuclear weapons freeze. Mayor Wayne Corpening broke a four-four tie by voting in favor of the proposal, a decision that elicited a standing ovation from the audience and some aldermen. Corpening, who broke a split vote by voting against one of the three resolutions presented to the board, said the first resolution ‘ ‘didn’t say anything about the securi ty of our nation.” But Corpening said that because it is important that the city go on record as being concerned about the nuclear arms race, he is in favor of adopting a resolution. “Congress and the president have to make the decision (on a nuclear weapons freeze),” Corpening said. “We don’t know the facts. We have to have these people to make the decision. We just want them to know our con cern.” Members of the Citizens Alliance for Nuclear Disarma ment (CAN Disarm), an anti-nuclear weapons organiza tion, made a presentation to the board Dec. 9, asking it to approve such a resolution, but the aldermen voted to delay making a decision until this week’s meeting. Chronicle Camera The Economy And The Holidays i By Edward Hill Jr. Staff Writer ; For many Americans, this Christmas will be celebrated juuch in the manner of holidays past, with toys and James for the children and gifts for friends, relatives and Jo-workers. But for many others, there may be less giving and ttteiving during Christmas 1982 because of high tnemployment and the continuing economic squeeze. The Chronicle recently polled Winston-Salem residents at the East Winston Shopping Center to find out what impact the economy will have on their holiday seasons. Mary Spruill, resident of Stonewall: “The economic situation has some effect on my plans for this Christmas, but not that much because 1 usually just buy what I need.” Janey McDonald, East Winston resident: “I am definitely putting out less than I have in past years. I just don’t have the money. The way things are, you don’t know what’s going to happen from day to day, so I’m cutting back and saving for what’s ahead.” See Page 3 Kathyrn Patterson Kimberly Griffin Mary Spruill (photo* W June* Parker) Thomas Winnlngham Customer’s Charges Lead To Employee’s Firing (photo by Janies Parker) $ out-of-court legal agreement, naniel Johnson hopes to regain the furniture * purchased from the Huff Furniture Co. By Ruthell Howard Staff Writer Charges by a local man that a company repossesed more than $1,500 worth of furniture from his apart ment, even though he was only a few days behind in his payments, have resulted in the dismissal of one of the company’s employees for alleged harassment of customers. Nathaniel Johnson claims that Huff Furniture Co. took the merchandise without giving him fair notice and that Robert C. Jenkins, a company employee, used pressure as a means of getting the fur niture from his mother and brother. As a result of the allega tions, Jenkins was dismiss ed from the company for using unauthorized tactics to collect payments from clients, according to W. J. Huff, owner of the com pany. Huff also says Johnson was almost two months behind in his payments and that the merchandise was voluntarily returned by Johnson’s mother, who co signed for the furniture. Johnson said that members of his family were called several times at home and on their jobs by Jenkins, who threatened to call the sheriff. Jenkins was fired from the company after media in quiries were made into the matter and Huff says he discovered that several clients had problems with Jenkins! tactics. But he declined to discuss those problems. Huff also says he wants settle the dispute with Johnson and that he is will ing to negotiate with Oct. 31, with a $425.00 down payment and his mother’s co-signature. He made four additional payments on the furniture. “He (Jenkins) was looking for Nathaniel and for the money. He called me and told me he was going to send the sheriff for the money. ” — Ella Ree Johnson Johnson about returning the merchandise. But Johnson maintains that the furniture was taken from his apartment and resold, according to one Huff employee. Huff disputes that claim and says that all but one item of the furniture is still in the store. Johnson purchased the furniture from the company one in December, two in February and one March 3. Another payment was due on March 31, which Johnson says he intended to pay when he returned from his trip to Texas as a driver for the Mayflower Transfer Co. “I got in about 2 p.m. on the 9th of April from a road trip to the West Coast. I went in and everything was gone,” Johnson says. He says he is angry because his payment was due on March 31 and the furniture was taken April 4, according to his brother Michael, who let Huff employees into the apart ment to collect the proper ty. Mrs. Ella Ree Johnson says she did not voluntarily return the furniture, but rather directed Jenkins to Michael Johnson to get into the apartment. “He (Jenkins) was look ing for Nathaniel and for the money,” she says. “He called me and told me he was going to send the sheriff for the money.” Mrs. Johnson also says Jenkins told her that her son was behind in his payments on the furniture and she had no way of pro ving otherwise. “I didn’t know anything about how Nathaniel was paying his bills, but when he got the furniture, he said he would pay for it,” she says. Michael Johnson also says he was informed by Jenkins that his brother’s payments were past due. “He told me he was two to three months due,” he says. “He said he hadn’t paid since December and tried to get me to take over the payments.” But Michael Johnson adds that once he tallied the receipts, he found that Nathaniel was only three days late on his March 31 payment. See Page 3
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