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By GREG BROWN
Chronicle Staff Writer
There was a flurry of activity in the city-county
planning department this-week, as city aldermen
studied plans to redraw ward boundaries, studied
revisions of those plans and then studied revisions
of the revisions.
Six weeks ago, the aldermen instructed Planning
Director Douglas Carroll to redraw the boundaries
to equalize the number of residents in each ward as
much as possible.
"We need to be open, plain and clear
about the number of blacks and whites in a
ward."
" ? Alderman Vivian Burke
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Wins ton-Salem has annexed 1wo mr*m since the
wards were drawn last and Carroll had recommended
that new boundaries be set before next year's
aldermanic elections.
The South, Southwest, West and Northwest
wards, all represented by white aldermen, are now
larger than the ideal mean ward size.
But the issue is of particular concern to the city's
four black aldermen, who worry about the longterm
effects of the boundary changes.
Black Alderman Larry Womble, whose
Southeast ward already is 60 percent white, could
gain more white residents in his district, although
the planning staff was instructed to draw the lines in
a way that would not threaten any incumbent alderman
Womblc met with the planning staff Tuesday
afternoon to study last-minute changes before the
staff officially^ubmit^its-recommendations Jo the
Endorsements
Newspapermen diffi
By_ROB!N ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
Unlike their daily counterparts, most of the
state's black newspapers shun political endorsements.
Endorsements are often done haphazardly, insult
the readers and carry little or no weight, say a
number of black newspaper editors and publishers.
Instead of endorsements, they say, the emphasis
should be placed on news stories about the candidates
and their records.
Jackson. Young 1
Atlanta Mayor Andrew Winston Sale
Young will visit Winston- ty campus.
Salem Monday to support a pearance a
massive voter registration highlight a
drive sponsored by the Forsyth registration c
County Democratic Party * said Earline I
To kick off the drive, For more i
Young, a supporter of Parmon at '
presidential hopeful Walter Meanwhile
Mondale, will speak at Shiloh Jackson wil
Baptist Church from noon un- Triad once m
til 1:30 p.m. Admission will be meeting at O
charged and will include the Fountain resi
price of lunch. Parmon s
confer with t
At 1:30 p.m., Young will across the
speak in the Kenneth R. strategy for
Williams Auditorium on the tion.
A LOST SEASON F<
Zi To Endorse Or Not?
Though candidates love to receive them,
11 some black newspapers aren't so keen
11 on political endorsements.
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blic next Tuesday
aldermen's General Committee next Tuesday.
East Ward Alderman Virginia Newell also viewed
the staff's recommendations Tuesday, while Northeast
Ward Alderman Vivian Burke was to ex
amine the revisions yesterday.
'The last I heard, there were two plans," Wornble
said earlier this week. "I've looked at what they
originally proposed and the revisions. I've just
given my input about the way the ward is drawn
now and how it could be changed.
"From what I've seen at this point, I'm comfortable.with_
the work that the planning departmenthas
done. I think they've given serious consideration
to my comments."
The planning department declined to make
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all of the aldermen hadn't had an opportunity to
review them and later because the aldermen were
still recommending changes.
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this," Burke said, "because this is something we'll
have to live with for a long time.
"The only thing 1 can say about realignment is |
that it's okay when people move into an area, but <
we have to look very clearly at the percentages. We
need to be open, plain and clear about the number
of blacks and whites in a ward." *
The reason for this kind of intense scrutiny, \
Burke said, is that many Winston-Salem residents j
don't think blacks are qualified to hold elective office.
She said that Winston-Salem had j
demonstrated some degree of "emotional growth" <
with the election of four black aldermen, but that it \
remains to be seen whether that growth will be sus
tained. .
She did, however, reveal one planning staff suggestion
that had been rejected.
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iron their value,ethics
"I don't think endorsements from any newspaper
is a good idea/' said Milton Jordan, executive
editor of The Carolina Times in Durham. 4'The role
as a publication should be to say, 'Here are the
?issues and this is how the candidates stand.' Then
theburdeTrtrf makingadecisioftTalls onthe voter."
Bill Johnson, publisher of the Charlotte Post,
said his paper does not make endorsements either
but, like the Carolina Times, provides the facts and
lets the reader make his own choice.
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taurant Monday. a next-door neighbor, Irma Hai
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In Carver area
Residents opp
By GREG BROWN
Chronicle Staff Writer
Approximately 50 black residents of the Carver
School area stood in opposition to developers''
plans to build a 96-unit apartment complex in their
neighborhood during Monday night's meeting of
the Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen.
Northgate Associates had asked the aldermen to
rezone 8.12 acres on Berl Street near the Carver
School Road intersection to allow construction of
the project, to be called the Oak Hill Apartments,
rhe city-county planning board had recommended
approval of the rezoning request, subject to certain 1
conditions.
But, although the developers sought and received
postponement of a public hearing on the rezoning
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THE CAMPAIGN I
By ROBIN ADAI
A Chronicle Assistant
Forsyth Count
District -Court ^
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mice and roaches
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needs a helping hand. "Now, I need so
recently she was hospitalized with Suzanne Merri
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fiable to perform routine cleaning ci;entc
jrned about her health and safety.
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until the aldermen's Nov. 5 meeting, about 50 persons
stood up in Monday night's meeting to
demonstrate their opposition to the proposal.
4'We have worked very hard to maintain our
community, which we feel is already heavily
populated," said Naomi Jones of Sawyer Street, a .
spokesman for the group.
She said Carver School Road already serves as a
connector between U.S. 311 and Old Walker town
Road and that an apartment complex of that size
would only worsen traffic conditions. Jones said
Carver School Road contains a considerable
amount of school-related traffic and that there are
no sidewalks for children walking to and from the
school.
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ly, including his wife, Barbara,
two sons and one daughter and
y's .iirst .black Veima Friende, watched,
lodge, -ttrdaad -Chief District Court ludge Abnef~~ "
is sworn in last Alexander presided.
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[Gt* and position it's a very awesome
his (path during responsibility," said Hayes. "1
tice ceremony,
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running from the apartment and decayed food in her
erator.
i older people when I was younger/* Mrs. Jones says,
mebody to help me."
11, supervisor of the Forsyth County Social Services
:>me Health Services, says her unit took on Jones*
peal from Mrs. Hairston. Last year, MerrilPs unit
milar cases. So far this year, it has handled 2,781
es alone, and no members of her immediate family
le says her husband has been dead since 1952, and her
s a sister who lives in Eden and rarely visits her.
es in Connecticut. But Mrs. Jones says the daughter
ake care of her.
knowledges that she needs help with housecleaning
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