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by James Smith
Staff Writer
With the passage of a new
food stamp bill, the cost to
operate the program has
increased to $1.4 billion a year
over and above the present
level.
In a newsletter from Senator
Robert Morgan, D-N.C., he
stated that the most important
change in the program was to
remove the 4 4itemized deductions"
rule, by which millions
of people who were not. poor
could qualify for food
stamps.
"They could pyramid deductions
for such things as
home mortgage payments,
private school tuition, alimony
payments, medical and utility
bills, and work-related expen
ses, ana get ineir incomes
down to where they qualified.
Also, the Agriculture CornSee
FOOD STAMP, Page 2
CETA Jobs
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by James Smith
Staff Writer
Even if President Ford and
the U.S. Congress does not act
on getting additional funds,
the Title VI program of the
Concentrated Employment
I Training Act (CETA) should
be able to run a little longer
than its expiration date, June
I 30.
Mrs. Florence D. Creque,
director of Human Services
here said that even though the
expiration date is June JO,
those persons employed under
the program will be not laid off
their jobs ? at least for a
while.
However, she said it is not
known yet as to how long the
. program can be expected to
run.
A while back, President
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Winos and parking meters
-were blamed for the demise of
the downtown shopping area
by a local merchant at
Monday night's Board of
Alderman meeting.
Joe Choplin, owner of Joe's
i May Last
Ford vetoed a bill which
Congress was trying to get a
two-year extension on that
program. At the time it was
vetoed, Ford called the bill,
"fiscally irresponsible."
As of December, 1976,
there will be three funding
sources of CETA which will
become non-existent. Those
three programs- are Title I,
.Title VI and Title X. _
Another federally funded
program, Title II, has been
granted an extension until
January, IV//.
That program is a work
experience program which
was enacted by congress
where the unemployment rate
was over 10 per cent.
Presently, there are about
800 people enrolled in all the
federally funded programs.
See CETA, Page 2
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been singled oat as two chief
ntown area. Unemployed men
sw of the public as shown here.
ting Blamed
own Demise
Fine Foods on Sixth and Trade
streets, said winos and bums
were penetrating the area
heavily. He placed responsibility
for the situation on the
city. "The city has neglected
the area," Choplin said. "The
city is slowly letting it become
a ghost town.^'
The aldermen were in total
agreement with Choplin but
no immediate solutions could
be found. Doing away with the
parking meters was the closest
anyone could come to a
solution and even that was not
a good one, according to
Norman Pomrenke, Public
Safety chief. "There is
nothing downtown to draw the
shopper," Pomrenke said.
However, Choplin insisted
that it was the winos and the
parking meters that "convinces
people to go elsewhere to
shop." He said he was just
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Alderman C.C. Ross
charged the police with playing
a little game with the parking
problem. "They (police officers)
are quick to run up and
give tickets," he said. Ross
said that alcoholics are sick
people. "We started off trying
See DOWNTOWN, Page 2
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A proposed consent decree
was filed Tuesday in U.S.
Middle District Court in
Greensboro to settle a civil
rights class action suit against
Wachovia.-The suit was filed
in July 1975, by four black
women who were emptoyed by
Wachovia here. They alleged
that Wachovia followed certain
employment practices
which were discriminatory to
blacks.
In the decree which is
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Wachovia denies that it has
practiced discrimination and
contends that its existing
personnel and affirmative
action programs have significantly
increased employment
and promotional opportunities
for minority classes.
The decree provides for a
strengthening of certain
personnel programs and
affirmative action plans related
to the employment and
advancement of females and
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for incentive payments totaling
$879,520 to be' divided
among the 1,400 full-time
black staff members employed
more than six months by
Soul City
'Blacks Stil
by James Smith
Staff Writer
"Black people think" they
were freed by the 13th, 14th or
15th amendment, or perhaps
they would like to give credit
of their freedom to Abraham
Lincoln. But. if vou reallv want
to give someone credit for
your freedom, it should be
given to Eli Whitney for
iiivcuiing iliv luUuil giu?tiic
'nigger* then became obsolete.
"It was all a matter of
economics," states Floyd
McKissick, founder and president
of Soul City.
McKissick was the keynote
speaker Wednesday night at a
seminar and banquet for the
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SATURDAY MAY 22, 1976
on Suit
i Payments
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Wachovia since January 1,
1970. ?
Julius Chambers, lawyer for
the four plaintiffs said in a
telephone interview that he
felt" the settlement was a
reasonable one.
"1 think the girls are very
satisfied with their settlement,"
Chambers said.
rhamhprc ctatpH that u/tion
if IM% IIVII
the original suit was filed, it
asked for back pay for the girls
and all the other?black
employees of the bank. * 4
4 However, not every black
person working at the bank
will be entitled to back pay,"
he stated.
Chambers estimates the
total costs of the settlement at
nearly $1 million.
Also, there will be about
seven other persons who will
receive money from Wachovia
outside of the class action suit,
he said.
In a press release issued by
John F. Watlington, Jr., chief
executive officer, he stated
that Wachovia elected to
negotiate a voluntary settlement
44to avoid long,
disruptive and costly litigation
see WAtMUVlA, Page 2
FounderI
Enslaved'
McKlssick accepts award from
Black Bosiness League President,
Johnny Williamson.
Business Action League' of
Winston-Salem, which was
held at the Nile Club.
The seminar, which was
entitled "Minority in BusiSee
McKlSSICK, Page 20
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