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Edmisten
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
*. Democratic gubernatorial candidate
Rufus Edmisten has received an endorsement
from the Black Leadership Roundtable
Coalition, says Clifton Graves, the
organization's spokesman and interim
convener. ?
"(Edmisten) has demonstrated
throughout the campaign a willingness
to come to the black community.
"
- Clifton Graves
Although Edmisten and former
Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox, who will
face one another in a June 5 primary
runoff, are both middle-of-the-road
Democrats, Graves says, Edmisten's
record and his responses to questions, posed
to him last weeTc by Roundtable
members, gave him the edge.
The Roundtable also held an interview
session with Knox.
"(Edmisten) has demonstrated
throughout the campaign a willingness to
come to the black community," Graves
says.
Edmisten's promise to appoint blacks
to his cabinet, to appoint more black
judges, to implement an affirmative action
policy in all phases of state government,
to support the survival of black colleges
and to be committed to minority
business interests, were key issues that
made him the choice, Graves says.
The vote Tuesday night by secret ballot
Condo develops
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By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Alderman Virginia Newell last year com]
two new housing complexes targeted for <
starved East Winston to being touched witf
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The Minneapolis-based developer Tor on
nrnnnsed housinc nroiects in East Winston
on his agreement to buy the land located ber
Street and Mt. Zion Place at Graham Aven
complex called Heritage Hills. Mark Vier
developed the East Winston Shopping Cent
ed last year that he would build 76 condon
two-bedroom units and 16-one bedroom
commons area in the middle - on the site.
Unlike past housing construction in E
Vieno's complex would not be rent-subsidiz
be geared toward middle-class tenants who
seek apartments and condominiums in oi
town.
Vieno was the high bidder ($250,000) for'
of land. But Vieno's company, Heritage Hil
failed to come up with enough investors an<
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decided to readvertise the property.
The news of the complex's demise put
hopes that the condominiums would begin
black professionals back to East Winston.
But Gary Brown, director of the city's
Development Department, says Vieno's se
not be viewed as East Winston's setback.
"He cancelled because of a personal th
says. "His company is relatively small and
spread too thin. He couldn't meet the com
Moreover, Brown says, other developers
ed an interest in the property and may bid oi
bidding period closes at 11 a.m. on July 1<
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was not unanimous, Graves says, but Edmisten
won the Roundtable's support by a
"substantial margin."
Larry Womble, Edmisten's Forsyth
County cb-campaign coordinator and a
Roundtable member, was elated at the endorsement.
"We are very pleased ... over receiving
"the endorsement thtTBlack Leadership
Roundtable for many reasons," says
Womble, a Roundtable member who, like
Knox coordinator Victor Johnson, was
prevented by the organization's bylaws
from voting on the endorsement because
of his position with a campaign organization.
"One, we realize and know that the
Roundtable is a very viable and credible
force in the black community. They are
highly respected and held in high esteem.
"Second, the Roundtable tiakes its endorsements
seriously and the community
follows the advice the Roundtable gives. I
- < ."We are excited .and will do all we can L
to live up to the support and endorsement placed
on us. I hope the black community
will follow the advice of the Roundtable 1
and support Rufus also."
Because the gubernatorial race has been
a campaign based largely on generalities g
rather than specifics, Graves says, the c
Roundtable will prepare a "black ~~
agenda" to present to whomever wins the
Democratic runoff as well as Republican ^
nominee Jim Martin. C
The goal of the agenda, Graves says, is S1
to obtain specific responses from each
nominee on issues that affect the black
community. tc
Both Edmisten and Knox have both VJ
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Sour Notes
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Michael Jackson are the targets of boycotts by th<
the National Promoters' Association. The blac
Vandals hindering
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Acts of vandalism have become so severe at vandals
te construction site of the Winston Lake YM- a const
A that the Y has posted a guard and even con- tools st
dered such security options as guard dogs, constru
rnces and electronic beams. been st<
According to the project's principal contrac>r,
Fowler-Jones Construction Co., the cost of
indalism at Winston Lake has already hit the Becai
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5un, says project manager Dave Walters,
; have struck five times. In one instance,
ruction trailer was broken into, all the
olen and the shed set on fire. In others,
ction tools and heavy equipment have
Men, windows broken out of the earthequipment
and sand put in the
ssion of one of the earth-movers.
ise of the type and severity of the vanWalters
believes the culprits include
Summer job o
being able to <
By JOHN SLADE
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Related story on page A2.
So far, so good, says Nancy Gann,
youth specialist with the local Emplo
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asked about Jthe..pio&pects.. for summ
jobs for youth.
"I feel positive about the (jo
possibilities for the summer/' says Gan
"not that the jobs are available right no'
but because of inquiries from employe
who are asking how fast we could find s
meone if they needed them."
Gann's program, which is not special
funded and targets no specific econon
group, functions primarily as a job bai
for teen-agers and students who are loo
ing for summer work. She then has a f
to work from when a company
business requests summer help.
Last year, Gann estimates that her pr
gram was trie source oi zuu to Z50 jobs f
teen-agers, as compared with about t
same number for the federally-fundi
Jobs Training Partnership Act (JTP/
Unlike JTPA, the ESC does not crea
jobs or provide the salaries for the you
it places. Rather, the jobs reflect the a
tual needs of the employers, she says, ai
once the teen-ager has the job, he's "<
his own. It's not a program thai
monitored."
In 1983, the statewide teen-age (16-1
unemployment rate for blacks and whit
of both sexes was 21.0 percent, accordi:
to national Bureau of Labor statistics
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hie and Jackson have sidestepped them
certs and have schedules that exclude
sentrations of black people.
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both teen-agers and professionals.
"There are just so many kids and people that
hang around the pool area,until it's hard to say
who is doing it -- kids or professionals,"
Walters says. "My guess is that one-half of the
incidents may have been done by kids, but the
other part seems to have been done by professionals."
Although a certain amount of vandalism occurs
at any construction site, Walters terms the
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utlook improved;
compete the key
quoted by Dick Johnson, the state ESC's
public information officer. The rate for
white teen-agers was 14.7 percent, black
a males is percent and black females 19.8
\ym percent.
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Despite what economic forecasters term
kj an improving economy, it may be too early
to tell just what the job picture for
w* youth will be.
;rs "The economy as a whole is better than
Q_ last year," says Gann, "though it hasn't
,y "Believe it or not, we don't have
lie
^ the turnover that others do. The
k_ economic conditions make for a
ile workforce that is fairly stable. "
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Sudler o
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he fully recovered."
ed The Dicture mav be somewhat brichter
i). for men than women, says Gann, because
tte men are easier to place^ in unskilled jobs,
th such as construction work. But the real
tc- key to finding employment, she says, is
id being an able competitor,
m "The better the experience, the better
t*s the chances," she says. "You have to be
able to compete in the job market."
9) Gann's program serves not only youth
cs who live in Winston-Salem, but those in
ng the county, as well as students from other
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