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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1991 SEE BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS REVIEW INSERT 46 PAGES THIS WEEK WlliiyiiliiMLk one houi Iphesus Adventfct 4r. Academy 'The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly Says Gray in seeking more HBGU funds By LARRY STILL Capital News Service "The color-blind society argument stinks" retiring Rep. William H. Gray declared in one of his last official appear ances as he urged the United Negro College Fund and all His torically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to develop a "common agenda" to increase individual and institutional support for all college students under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Constitution. The former House of Representatives Majority, Whip, gave up the highest congressional political post ever held by an African-American to become UNCF president. He was honored recently by Democratic and Republican colleagues at events sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus, the White House Initiative on HBCUs and at a reception for for mer White House aide Stanley Scott hosted by the UNCF with President and Mrs. Bush as special guests. However, in outlining a three point program to save HBCUs, the top-ranking political leader-minister turned cdu Please see page A13 ? William H. Gray ON THE AVANT-GARDE By JANG NIVRI x- ; s Paddlings may be ~~ curtailled By SHERIDAN HILL Chronicle Staff Writer In a bold move, Superintendent Larry Coble has asked the school board to ban cor poral punishment ? by the end of this semester. On Tuesday, the board discussed the issue for 90 minutes in a policy meeting pjiujfmr^y ? iiccnnjPimW?'K 4: Tfiw? ^ local citizens spoke. Each speaker was asked to limit their comments to three minutes. The most graphic testimony came from George M. Bryan, Jr., executive director of SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now), who showed a television news clip of a Charlotte fourth grade student who received an abusive paddling from his princi pal. Nearly all of the boy's buttox was black and purple two days after the incident. t ! "This is no worse than injuries I have seen in this school system, " said Bryan. "Despite what some people say, tliere are Please see page A 13 CDC, Task Force at odds over direction, purpose Ambiguous alliance By SHERIDAN HILL Chronicle Staff Writer Board members of the East Winston Development Task Force say they are trying unsuccessfully to find ways to work with the East Winston CDC (Community Develop ment Corporation). CDC board members say they are unsure about how the (wo groups should interact* and some even question the teak-fetce. ? - ''yy' ? - To members otlhe task force; Its purpose is quite clear: they were created by former mayor Corpening and charged with coordi nating the implementation of the East Win ston Area Plan and to assist and support the CDC in carrying out its functions. But they say they are unable to do their job becausc the CDC won't provide information on its projects. Marie Roseboro, CDC vice president, communicating with the task force. I wasn't aware that the task force was supposed to do ^anything with the Cue. it seemed like~anotfp ? Please see page A14 41 Blacks rejected for mortgages more often than whites BY^AVESKIDMORE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) ? Members of Congress said this week they would push for legislation this year improving the enforcement of the nation's anti-discrim ination laws after a federal report showed mortgage lenders reject blacks far more often than whites. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, D-Mass., and five other legislators said they will offer anti-discrimination amendments to a banking overhaul bill expected to be enacted next month. Their statements at a news conference came a day after regulators reported that lenders last year turned down 33.9 percent of applications for non-government backed mortgages from blacks, but only 14.4 percent fromvwhites. Rejection rates were 21.4 percent for Hispanics, 22.4 percent for American Indians and 12.9 percent for Asian- Americans. And the disparate pattern held up even when appli cants were grouped by income level. The rejection rate for high-income blacks, 21.4 percent, was only slightly less than the rate for low-income whites, 23.1 percent. Among the remedies proposed by Kennedy: (a) Force regulators to levy fines and issue legally binding orders against lenders who refuse to correct discrimina tion; (b) Require banks that want to open branches across state lines, as provided for in the banking over haul bill, to prove in advance that they have a good record of lending to poor people; and (c) Establish a testing program in which white and minority govern ment agents would pose as loan applicants to see if lenders treat them equally. Please see page A6 Opening homes and hearts New Host Homes director enthusiastic By SHERIDAN HILL Chronicle Staff Writer Mable Stevenson, the new Host Homes director, Is a recruiter's recruiter, not letting any opportu nities to place kids slip by her. "Are you married? Do you like children? Mable H. ' Stevenson is smiling as she carefully surveys the reporter and photographer on the doorstep of her office at Catholic Social Services on Second Street. She has decided- they are suitable candidates for Host Homes, an outreach program in which volunteer families pro vide temporary shelter for children faced with a family crisis. It is Stevenson's third day on the job. The young photographer stammers. His mind races. Is this lady for real? Is she joking? She continues full force. "Have you ever thought about opening your home to a Host Home child? They just need a little time away from their family situation." Mable Stevenson, the new Host Homes director, is a bom recruiter. Getting folks involved comes as natu rally to her as the big smile that hits her face ? and both occur with great frequency. Minority families needed "We need to increase our minority participation in host homes," she says, with just a little worry in her voice. "We have ten homes, and none of them are minority. Not one." In the 'past year, several families have dropped out of the program, which is just four years old. Twenty more families are needed, and a good number of them must be African-American to meet current demand. Religious affiliation is not a factor in the Host Homes program or any of the other programs offered by Catholic Social Services. Stevenson and her husband, Presbyterian minister Dr. Samuel Stevenson^ moved to Winston-Salem last year. A graduate of North Carolina Central University, Stevenson earned her Master of Social Work at Atlanta University School of Social Work. For the past twenty years she has worked in social services as casewprker, Please see page A3 FOR HOME DELIVERY CALL ? 722-8624 ?
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