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Page A2-The Chronicle, Thursday, November 15, 1984 Someone You Should Meet... A wait-and-see posture From Page A1 'V h'' Name: Michael A. McIntyre Job Title: Human Relations Specialist Hometown: Winston-Salem Describe Yourself in one word: “Caring” Hobbies: Sports, writing, and listen ing to music Favorite Book: “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community by Dr. M.L. King Jr. " \ Favorite Movie: “Roots I and H” Person admires most: My mother, Dorothy McIntyre Career Goal: “To be a true leader of my people in the political arena. ” (photo by James Parker) (tfyou are single, at least IS years old. doing something positive in the community, employed and interested in appearing in this column, or if you know someone who meets these criteria, please send your name and daytime telephone number to: Someone You Should Meet, Winston-Salem Chronicle, P.O. Box 2151, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102.) NEWS DIGEST National, state and local news briefs compiled by Greg Brown iMartin Luther King Sr. dies at age 84 I ATLANTA — The Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., Sfather of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King aJr., died in Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday at Sthe age of 84. 5 King was stricken by an apparent heart attack at "his home Sunday and was taken to the hospital, Swhere “extensive resuscitation efforts were taken.” •He died at 5:41 p.m. and had suffered from a Jchronic heart condition. He was hospitalized last gmonth when a lung infection aggravated the heart jailment. ^ King’s daughter, Christine King Farris, his only •surviving child, announced the death at a press con- jference attended by about 20 family members and •black leaders. ( “Daddy King didiraerafer this city, the South-, Sand th,ej.rtatiqn .than any of ,^1? ,,yfi realize,” said L fjv"' i'.-; Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young. “Before he was famous, Martin Luther King was always fighting for people’s rights and standing up for the little people of this community and telling people not to hate.” The son of a Georgia sharecropper. King’s adult life was marked by the assassination of his oldest son in 1968 and the sniper slaying of his wife, Alberta, in 1974 as she played the organ in the church where her husband and son had been pastors. His other son, A.D., drowned in a backyard swimming pool in 1969. 1“ T; a: I'ij TT-».Ty"-i 1 t ack enrollment lags at white UNC schools • CHAPEL HILL — Traditional white schools in ahe University of North Carolina system are falling •behind schedule in federally-mandated minority |enrollment goals, while traditionally black schools Sn the system have exceeded those goals, the UNC IBoard of Governors was told Friday. : Black enrollment at traditionally white schools increased very little this fall, while the total number Jof blacks enrolled in the 16-school system decreased Sry 2.5 percent or 564 students. Black enrollment at jhe 11 historically white schools rose to 8.23 percent |or 22,345 students, compared to 8.08 percent or S22,909 students last fall. 3 The overall decline in black enrollment was led by |sI.C. Central University in Durham, which lost aearly 700 black students this year, and N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro, where black enroll ment dropped by 199 students. UNC-Chapel Hill had 109 fewer black students this fall for a total black enrollment of 1,760 or 8.22 percent. UNC-Wilmington experienced a slight decline in black enrollment, dropping to 355 black students or 6.41 percent. East Carolina University in Greenville had a slight increase in black enroll ment, rising from 1,467 last year to 1,508, but saw a slight decline in the ratio of blacks to whites on campus because of a significant increase in white enrollment. “Whatever disappointments or problems appear to emerge in the cold numbers, however, let me assure you that a good-faith effort has been made,” said Raymond Dawson, UNC’s vice president for academic affairs. irt Black leaders blamed for poor progress S WASHINGTON — The chairman of the federal sEqual Employment Opportunity Commission says Sblack leaders have “essentially disenfrachised sblacks” by refusing to work with President Reagan. I Clarence Thomas told The Washington Post that 3as a result, black leaders are “watching the destruc- •tion of our race.” : As head of the EEOC for three and a half years, JThomas said no major black leaders have asked jhim, a fellow black, for help in influencing the SReagan administration. He said that black leaders l^hould be working with the administration to jalleviale teenage pregnancy, black unemployment Sand illiteracy, but instead go to the news media and 5 bitch, bitch, bitch, moan and moan, whine and b whine. That doesn’t help anything ... It’s a basic law of politics that you should always have access to people in power. You don’t alienate them at any cost. You don’t call the judge reviewing your case a jackass; you don’y call the banker reviewing your loan application a fool. But that’s exactly what black leaders have done with this administration.” Thomas said Jesse Jackson’s experience proved blacks don’t have clout in the Democratic Party and that “the black leaders have alienated blacks so badly from Reagan and the Republican Party - made him into some evil person — that there is no chance at this point for blacks to discuss the Republicans as an alternative to the Democratic Party.” pen Line * I Where can I get thefacts? 3Q: What is the largest depository of historical data sabout black Americans? : T.c. lection. Q: Whatever happened to the Safe Bus Co.? B.G. ;A: The American Library, a book listing all the Hprivate and public collections in the country, notes ithat the Schomburg Collection in New York City is ;the largest collection of materials about black life in sAmerica. I The collection, which is part of the New York ^Public Library System, has over 85,000 books and iand unpublished manuscripts, 110 periodicals, and 331,000 items on microfilm. 3 It has 10,000 records, 600 films, and 6,000 sub- |ject listings on black life. m Authors, researchers, and historians travel from gacross the world to use the vast resources of the col- A: After four years of operating at a deficit, the black-owned Safe Bus Inc. was purchased by the ci ty when the new transportation system went into ef fect in 1972. It was the only black-owned bus com pany in America to serve both the black and white communities. Open Line is a weekly feature to. answer consumer questions and help citizens cut through government red tape. If you have questions about local govern ment or the black community, write to Open Line at P.O. Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 or call 723-8428. has been a global view of what needs to be done. But we really need to zero in on the things the money will be used for. “Progress is slow, and I know it won’t happen overnight. It just takes a long time.” Yet, according to Zane Eargle, superintendent of the city-county schools. City Manager Bill Stuart and Dr. Bob Greene, president of Foisyth Technical Institute, '■'^m^y of fheprojec^ arb ahead of i^h^ulei' ^ ‘ ■ - Of the eight bonds, six were for city projects: • $15 million for the expansion of the Benton Convention Center and the construction of a parking deck. • $3 million for the development of an 1-40 Industrial Park that will run adjacent to Winston- Salem State University and In terstate 40. • $2.2 million for neighborhood improvements that include the planting of trees, sidewalk repairs and site improvements for new housing in the Kimberly Park, East Winston, 12th and File streets. Seventh and Graham streets, south of 14th Street and South Marshall areas. • $900,000 for the development of a downtown “Superblock.” • $1.1 million for downtown sanitary and storm sewer im provements. • $800,000 for center-city retail rehabilitation that includes facade improvements downtown businesses. An architect has been hired and plans designed for the con vention center project, said Stuart. Work is expected to be completed on the parking deck by July 1986 and on the convention center addition by September 1986. “We are already booking con ventions for the expanded facili ty,” said Stuart. Only four of the 19 parcels of land the city needs to buy for the 1-40 Industrial Park have been purchased but Stuart said the city is negotiating with land owners and that the other parcels should be acquired by December. Approximately 15 to 20 families will be displaced by the development, but “we included money in the bond program to make relocation available to them,” said Stuart. The development of the in dustrial park also includes the ex pansion of Lowery Street to Claremont Avenue, with con struction set to begin in May and completion in June 1986, and the creation of an interchange from 1-40 to the industrial park that should be completed by 1986. In addition, an architect has been hired to develop a Superblock that Stuart said should become “the landmark of the Piedmont.” Meanwhile, said Eargle, all of for the major construction project Is k\ for the city-county school, begun and will be compljw^ the beginning of school ne,, And Forsyth Technical’'''’ stitute has already acculM old Dalton Elementary u" and renovated it and is building for continuing edj classes, said Greene. Greene also said worj begun on Fred D, Hausi which is one-third complete will be ready for classes fall of 1985. Hil 1>)H Although the work project seems to be ned, Louise Wilson, co-chij of the Citizens’ Committee tin Jobs and Education Refere, tndep a group of civic leaders that, dorsed and promoted the boat said she’s concerned promise of jobs. “I’m concerned that black contractors are notabln take advantage of the tunities,” said Wilson, were committed to havepa„( "Tic the pie and they should 64 apt of the pie. “But it goes both ivays;tliii black contractors have a resp® sibility and they need to a share.” Alderman Larry Womblt bond opponent, said he than Wilson’s concerns, “At least through the city will see that some black coinii Please see page A5 “It’s no accident that Martin or my other son didn’t hate anybody,” King Sr. once said in an in- -terview. “I taught them to love everyone, rich, poor, high or low. I instilled that in mychildren/'’^. The Winston-Salem Chronicle is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Company, Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street. 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