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ELAINE L. Pin MICHAEI
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An unlikely ta
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A chain-link fence with barbed-^
sign warns passersby in no unci
Lights mounted on thick wooc
their glow during nightfall.
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If ever it is completed, a YM
black community will sit there.
We say "if ever" not to in
Winston Lake Y on Waterwork:
to underscore the fact that thie
on keeping the long-awaited si
from becoming reality.
To date, they have cost the pi
theft, burdening an already stn
expenses.
Not only have tools and heav
damaged, but sand has been pu
earth-mover and a tool shed set
stances of vandalism.
The motives for theft seem o
human being in his right mir
something as harmless, and, i
YMCA is beyond us.
Of course, vandalism seldom
What to do?
For one thing, the Winston I
the community even before its
Individuals who know of any
for vandalizing the Y should co
Crime does not thrive in neigh
tolerate it.
For another, if some or 5
members of our own communil
intelligent enough to read this
senselessness of their actions ar
to damage something that, fc
belongs to them and their neig
We also ask the Police Depa
in the area and take whatever n
with the Y and its contractoi
Waterworks Road.
And we ask those among 1
memberships to the new Y to 1
will and support are needed nc
Crosswlnds
Thirty veai
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From The (Oklahoma City)
The NAACP and other ci
recently of the passage of a fi
Brown vs. Board of Education
the U.S. Supreme Court.
With that decision, the cour
upheld acceptance of the so-<
"separate-but-equal" doctrine
blacks and whites in this coun
Overturning the Plessy vs.
decision was a major turning p<
history. This nation - and cer
come a lemg- way- m-these three
facilities (such as public
discriminatory and cannot, b]
They are, therefore, the court j
After that decision, we all
clashes of the civil rights stru*
There was the Central High
Ark. There was Sheriff MB
unleashed upon civil rights m
Gov. George Wallace standir
university, barring blacks wh<
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maiiui Luuici ivmg ji., wrii
Paul, from a jail cell.
A civil rights bill was pass
Brown ruling. Some short tim
passed.
Mr. King was murdered whi
a garbage workers strike. Bel
had been gunned down and Jo
by an assassin's bullet.
The country hurt. It bled. 1
But 30 years later some of tl
pletely gone. Many do not rei
suffered it.
Time has acted - as it freq
and the bleeding has subsided
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L WTT JOHN SLADI
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irget
uring evenings and holidays,
wire trim encloses the site. A
main terms not to trespass,
ien poles bathe the area in
s and even electronic beams
CA that primarily serves the
iply so much that the new
s Road won't be finished but
ves and vandals seem intent
accessor to the Patterson Y
oject $20,000 in damage and
lined budget with even more
y equipment been stolen and
it into the transmission of an
afire among five separate inbvious
enough. But why any
id would want to sabotage
ndeed, helpful, as a family
i involves reason or logic.
Lake Y needs the support of
doors open.
one who may be responsible
ntact the Police Department,
borhoods that decide not to
ill of the perpetrators are
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newspaper - to consider the
id the irony of their attempts
>r all intents and purposes,
hbors. - : -
rtment to increase its patrols
leasures it can in conjunction
r to curb the vandalism on
us who have not purchased
do so right away. Your good
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vil rights groups took note
nil 30 years since the historic
decision was handed down by
t squashed its until then long
called and self contradictory
as applied to the treatment of
try.
Ferguson separate-but-equal
oint in the annals of American
tainly black Americans ? has
-decades since therBTtrwn decischools)
are inherently
y their very nature, be equal,
said in 1954, unconstitutional.
I remember, came the grand
5gle.
School debacle in Little Rock,
ull" Connors and his dogs
archers in Atlanta. There was
lg defiantly in the door of a
3 wanted to study. There was
:ing, as once did the Apostle
ed roughly 10 years after the
e later, a voting rights bill was
ile in Memphis, Tenn., leading
Fore that tragedy, Malcolm X
>hn F. Kennedy had been felled
It cried.
tat hurt is gone ? but not cornmember
the pain. Many never
luently does -- as a tourniquet
I, at least for now.
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The Sakhari
By CLIFTON GRAVES
Chronicle Columnist
In recent weeks, the mass media
has inundated us -- the masses -- with
front-page articles and "lead story"
segments on the Soviet Union's
mistreatment of scientist and human
rights activist Atldrei Sakharov and
his wife, Yelena Bonner Sakharov.
According to the Western press
(i.e., American and West European),
tne aaxnarovs are oeing unjustly detained"
in {he Soviet Union, as well
as being denied access to adequate
medical facilities to deal with ailing
heart conditions which plague them
both.
Media reports also indicate that
Mr. Sakharov, an exile in the Soviet
city of Gorki since 1980, and his wife
have embarked on hunger strikes to
protest their maltreatment at the
hands of the Soviet authorities, as
" well as to draw international attcntion
to their plight and the plight of
their repressed human rights activist
comrades.
The Soviet leadership, on the other
hand, has responded that the
Sakharovs have been exiled and held
under house arrest to "preserve Mr.
Sakharov's sanity and keep him from
passing 'state secrets' to foreigners."
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By JOHN JACOBS
Quest Columnist
You can forget all about those optimistic
employment reports - they
don't reflect the reality of the job
market for millions of Americans,
especially young people locked into
inner-city poverty.
While the statistics show the
unemployment rate down, it is
nowhere near what anyone could call
full employment levels. Some groups,
such as black workers, are still at
Depression levels.
The official statistics look so good
in part because they don't tell the
story of The many workers who haw
dropped out of the labor market,
unable to find work. Nor do they include
those who never entered the
market to begin with, convinced
they'd never get a job. Nor do they
mention the six million people who
work part-time because they can't get
full-time jobs.
Given those omissions, it is no surprise
to find the statistics painting a
rosier picture.
But what is especially troubling is
the explanation some economists give
for the brighter job figures. They say
that unemployment has declined
because there are fewer young people
in the labor force. The decline in the
youth population, they say, means we
can expect lower unemployment rates
in the future as well.
What they mention is that the
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As for his wife, the Soviet authorities <
have accused her of "anti-Soviet"
agitation and are contemplating bringing
legal action against her.
Finally, the Soviet leadership
claims that this uproar on behalf of
the Sakharovs is nothing more than
"anti-Soviet hysteria" whipped up by
the Reagan administration and it?
"Cold War"
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denigrate and
embarress the X^w
Sakharovs,
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given the long
history and current practice of inaccurate,
incomplete and biased repor
ting on the part of the U.S. press, one
must automatically question the accuracy
and authenticity of the reports
on the Sakharovs. Indeed, all the attention
on these individuals begs the
question,4'Are the Sakharovs propaganda
pawns in the "Cold War"
chess game between the Reagan administration
and the Kremlin?"
To be sure, one could make the
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smaller numbers of young people actually
include a greater proportion of
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youngsters among whom unemployment
is intractible. In recession or
recovery, their rates are locked into
the 50-percent-and-up range.
Even those sky-high jobless rates
are nowhere near the real extent of
teen-age unemployment. White
youth, for example, have labor force
participation rates of over 50 percent.
That means over half are either working
or looking for work, according to
"Even those sky-high jotjfjfess n
~ have tabor force participation /
means over half are either work<
ding to official definitions. "
official definitions.
But black teen-agers have far lower
participation rates - under a third are
in the labor force. So we can infer
that at the very least, another 20 percent
are discouraged ? they know
there's no work out there and don't
even make the statistics.
The actual numbers are fairly
. manageable, however. The official
black teen-age jobless rate is about 49
percent while the Urban League's
Hidden Unemployment Rate for
black teen-agers is far higher -- close
to 70 percent.
That means about 750,000 young
black people are without work. Surest
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League college presidents and ci
numerous U.S. scientists who have it
petitioned for the release of the c<
Sakharovs are too sophisticated to be
manipulated by Rona i Reagan.But ci
giving whatever crede.ice you desire it
to the aforementioned group's n
motives, those of us who monitor international
affairs must raised the
critical questions of why Andrei
Sahkarov, and not Nelson Mandela?
Why Yelena Sakharov, and not Winnie
Mandela?
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and Winnie Mandela, black South
African freedom fighters, are cur- I
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house arrest, respectively, in racist,
apartheid South Africa. /
The attention given in the media to
the Sakharovs in the Soviet Union [
and the Lech Walesas in Poland
makes me wonder aloud why is it that
electronic and print media assignment (
editors decide that the only political (
prisoners, dissidents or human rights c
activists worthy of coverage are those y
who are white and reside in Soviet- a
bloc countries?
Is it racism? Anti-communism? Arrogance?
Ignorance? Or all of the
above? Why else would the media inPlease
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ien-agers
ly, it is not beyond the capabilities of
the world's leading economy to create
jobs for that many young people.
One way to do this would be for the
government, working with the private
sector, to establish an Urban Youth
Jobs Corps aimed at disadvantaged
city youth. ***- |
Since many of those jobs would be
part-time, with training components
and minimum wage salaries, the cost
would be easily managed. Just delaying
purchase of a single new bomber
could put most of those kids to work
ites are nowhere near the real
rates of over50 percent. That
ing or looking for work, accoro
without adding to the deficit.
Working for local governments,
community projects and private
businesses, those young people would
be able to contribute to their family's
income.
As important, they'd learn that the
real world is the world of work and of
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hanging out on the streets.
Right now, we're losing a generation
of young people who never held
a job, never had the experience of
making a dollar, never knew what it is
to work. Without the opportunity to
gain work experience, those young
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chronicle Letters
knsonia Street
vill get lights
9 The Editor:
I am writing in regard to a letter
hich appeared in 4'Open Line"
1 Thursday, April 12, concerning
e need for additional street lights
l Ansonia Street.
I would like to inform the citizen
ho made the inquiry that the relest
has been investigated by the
ty staff and additional street
;hts will be installed on Ansonia
reet when Duke Power Co. can
ake the necessary arrangements.
lowing that things like curbside.
ash pick-up, abandoned vehicles,
reet light requests, rodent control
roblems and overgrown lots can
: brought to the attention of the
ipropriate city departments by
illing City Hall's Citizens Service
ine at 727-8000.
When a complaint is filed, our
tizens should understand that
irrective action may take several
ays, depending on the nature of
le complaint.
As alderman of the Northeast
/ard, I am happy to have our
tizens participate in local govern- lent
matters by expressing their
ancerns in a positive way.
If 1 can be of assistance to the .
itizens in any way in reporting
latters which exist in the comlunitv.
1 will be glad to do so
Vivian H. Burke
Northeast Ward Alderman
Winston-Salem
irother Larry
o The Editor:
This letter was addressed to
\lderman Larry Little.)
)ear Larry:
After reading the article, 4 The
jenius of Brother Larry Little" by
"lifton Graves, in the May 17 issue
f the Chronicle, I feel I owe it to
ou to let you know how much I
ippreciate what you have done for
he people of Winston-Salem. I
ind it hard to put into words what
want to say, but 1 can say this: If
'ou were to give up the fight now,
osing you in Winston-Salem r
vould be like the loss of Dr. Marin
Luther King in America.
So, if there is anything I can do
o help you in your edeavors,
Mease write me or call.
God bless you.
Lettie Bess
5160 Ambercrest Dr., Apt. A
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27106
767-4873
uorrection, riease
To The Editor:
(This letter was addressed to Ernie
Pitt, publisher, and Staff
Writer A udrey Williams.)
The purpose of this correspondence
is twofold. First, let
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community involvement.
Second, I am requesting this
communication be printed in the
next issue of the Chronicle, and I
am documenting this major correction
to "Guild sponsors jobs
workshop" (May 31).
You stated that 1 said "there
were a lack of concerned
counselors in the school system."
This was an erroneous misinterpretation.
What I said was
that "when I was in school" the
counselors grouped students as
college bound and non-college
bound. It's not that they did not
care; they just did not give as much
devotion, then, to non-college
bound material.
I have worked with the
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