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Vol. II, No. 31
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
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Saturday April 3, 1976
CETA Jobs May End
If Money Not Funded
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Candice C. Michaux
WSSU Campus Queen
To Be In Festival
Candice C. Michaux, the
reigning Miss Winston-Salem
State University, will be a
member of the Queen’s Court
at the Twenty-Ninth Annual
Azalea Festival to be held in
Wilmington, N.C., April 8-10.
The Queen’s Court is
comprised of ten campus
representatives from across
the state. Members of the
Court are the guest of the
festival while in Wilmington
and each will be given an
evening gown which is worn at
the pageant and in the parade.
Ms. Michaux’s travel ex
penses will be paid by the
WSSU Alumni Association.
This is the first year that
WSSU has been invited to
send a representative to the
festival. The Wilmington
Chapter of the WSSU Alumni
Association initiated the
invitation.
by James Smith
Staff Writer
Three funding sources of
the Concentrated Employment
Training Act (CETA) will be
non-existant by the end of
December, 1976, if the
Federal Government doesn’t
appropriate any money soon.
Under the Title 1 program,
furtds for those positions are
expected to continue through
September 30, 1976.
However, Dillon Robertson,
a training officer for Forsyth
County said that the county
has obligated itself to find
unsubsidized jobs for 50 per
cent of the participants in the
program.
At present, the county has
about 17 persons in the
program, he said. But, there
are others employed under the
Title I program.
“If the county does find jobs
for those people, it doesn’t
necessarily have to be county
jobs,’’ Dillon stated.
Under the Title VI program,
if the U.S. Congress and the
President do not act on getting
additional funds, that program
will terminate by June 30,
1976.
President Ford recently
vetoed a bill which Congress
Charsed With Moral Terpitude
Minister Vows to Keep Church
by James Smith
Staff Writer
A Winston-Salem minister
who has been charged with
moral turpitude and derelict of
duties by some of his
congregation in Lexington,
has also charged that the
entire city is being racist in
that charge.
Dr. Rayford J. Thompson,
founder and pastor of New
Bethel Baptist Church in
Lexington has fought a battle
for nearly three and a half
years in an effort “not to be
put out of my church.”
In a recent interview. Dr.
Thompson stated that his
court battle started early in
1973 when a former member
of the trustee board, Fred
Holt, issued a warrant for his
arrest on the ground of
trespassing.
The warrant for his arrest
was issued on May 29, 1973,
but was dismissed in court on
June 26, 1973.
“If the law could dismiss
the charge then and now now,
then they (the law) is being
racist about the whole
situation now,” charged Dr.
Thompson.
Of the 125 members of the
church. Dr. Thompson esti
mates that only about 25
persons are against him.
According to Thompson, the
whole case allegedly stems
from a meeting at which time
the members were suppose to
Rev. Rayford Thompson
take a vote asking that
Thompson give up his duties
as pastor.
However, Thompson con-
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was trying to get a two-year
extension on that program. At
the time it was vetoed. Ford
called the bill, “fiscally
irresponsible.”
If that program is terminat
ed, about 90 county employees
will be out of work. Also, there
are about 30 agencies which
employ persons under that
program.
Agencies such as the Arts
Council, Experiment in Self-
Reliance, Winston-Salem
State University, the Nature
Science Center, Wake Forest
University, Forsyth Technical
Institute and the Winston-
Salem/Forsyth County School
system all have persons
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Rapes Down In City;
Most Are Young Girh
by James Smith
Staff Writer
Although there are fewer
rapes this year than last,
several local authorities have
become alarmed that so many
of the victims have been very
young girls who have been out
very late at night.
Sgt. G.T. Dalton of the
Juvenile Division said in a
recent interview that it was
becoming more disturbing
that so many young girls are
allowed out all “sorts of
hours.”
However, not all rapes are
reported to the authorities,
Dalton said.
Statistically speaking, Dal
ton said there were a total of
16 reported rapes for 1974;
nine for 1975 and so far this
year, there has been only one.
“But, the thing involved is
the time element. Most of the
incidents happen in the wee
hours of the morning, usually
after midnight,” he said.
A spokesman for the
Protection Service Unit of the
Department of Social Services,
said that last year they
received about 10 cases of
rape victims.
The spokesman estimated
that the girls ranged in age
from about 10 to 15 years old.
“The Juvenile authorities
usually calls for our office
when they think neglect is a
contributing factor in the rape.
Or, they call in the case of
incest.
After that, a social worker is
called in to determine whether
the girl has either been
neglected or abused and in
such cases, the social worker
would place the girl in
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Consumer
BiUs Signed
WASHINGTQN - President
Ford has signed into law two
consumer bills which were
cosponsored by Fifth District
Rep. Steve Neal, who
witnessed the signing at the
White House.
Qne bill amended the Equal
Credit Qpportunity Act to
prohibit any lender from
discriminating against a
borrower because of age, race,
color, religion or national
origin. The act previously
prohibited discrimination bas
ed on sex or marital status.
The second bill amended
the Truth in Lending Act to
protect customers against
inadequate and misleading
leasing information. It assures
meaningful disclosure of
lease terms and limits liability
in connecting with leasing
certain personal property.
Neal, who Consumer Affairs
subcommittee developed both
bills, said the leading
amendments will “give the
customer a means of compar
ing lease advertisements
against each other and against
outright purchase of the item.
It also protects against large
end-of-lease balloon pay
ments.”