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"Yogurt" Gets Attention,,,
I kkh trom the INature Science Park treat yogurt affectionately
hut mutioualy. From L-R are: Andrea Mittenmeiger, Shirley Blair,
Kremla Hunter, \ ogurt and Gail Pruitt.
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Social Services Comes
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by James Smith clients has prompted Mrs.
Staff Writer Mary Sloan Jones to meet with
the Forsyth County Board of
Recent charges that some Commissioners at their briefsocial
workers for the ing Thursday to see if the
Department of Social Services social workers can't all have
have been very rude to their name tags on their desk.
' , o However, Bob Stevens,
Ip IflQ i&r* assistant director for the
. Department of Social Services^.
m B' V thinks that name tags would
f jP424ZK8 Here ^e unfeasible at this time.
4 Pm?lirttl Ufkon a /tliaat
? 4VOVUHJ 9 TVI1VU Cft WIIVUI
comes to the department to
Dr. Martin Luther King, see a social worker, they are
Sr., pastor of Ebenezer met by a receptionist who calls
< Baptist Church in Atlanta, -the social worker on the
Ga., will be featured speaker phone,
at a banquet August 9 at 6:30 "The social worker then
p.m. at the Benton Convention comes to the front of the
Center. building and escorts the client
^ . Dr. King, father of slain to their office," said Stevens.
^civi! rights leader. Dr. Martin * letter to the Chronicle,
Luther King, Jr., will be Mrs. Jones'charged that on
speaking in behalf of Mrs. July 16, several of the social
Mazie S. Woodruff, a workers were very rude not
Democratic candidate for one only to their clients, but other
of three seats available on the people as well.
Forsyth County Board of ' In'her letter she stated that
Commissioners. .."a person should never apply
Mrs. Woodruff recently for a public job if he or she
returned to the city after being doesn't know how to react to
Pa delegate to the people, regardless to their
National Conven- ?ce or color."
was held in New Stevens said presently the
only persons who have name
ng Dr. King as the tags are ^pemsors. but if the
:ommittee stated gotten for everyone, then all
ling represents the social workers would be
unity that the required to have them,
party wanted." "The name tags would
ON
I-SALEM, N.C. SATURDAY
Hunt Says,
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Blacks
by Ernie Pitt
Editor-in-Chief
One - democratic candiHflt#*
for ont/nrnnr of Nnrtk
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Carolina has unequivocally
atated that if he is elected
governor he will have blacks in
high positions in state
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Hunt made that campaign
promise in an interview ,
recently at his campaign"
headquarters here.
"If f am elected governor of
this state," Hunt said, "I will
have black leaders in high
positions in state government."
The Raleigh Democrat
would not commit to saying
who he would seek to place in
those positions nor what the
exact positions would be. He
Under Fire
probably be more feasible if
peqple had to come into the
office and look for a particular
social*worker, but under the
present condition, Stevens
thinks 'the situation is
unwarranted.
The regular meeting of the
Board of Commissioners will
be Monday night in the
Forsyth County Hall of
Justice.
$24,000 Mi
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wven II
Six General Electric plants
in North Carolina gave $4,000
to the School of Engineering at
North Carolina State University
Thursday (July 22).
The money will be used to
recruit minority students for
the school.
E. Demming Smith, plant
manager of the Goldsboro GE
facility, presented the check to
Dr. Henry B. Smith, associate
dean of engineering.
Companies which contributed
money were General
Electric plants in Goldsboro,
Asheboro, Hendersqnville,
"Durham. ManypeopYefwfllf~
ing for GB in the state,
including Demming Siftith,
are NCSU graduates.
"Because of our intensive
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did say, however, that the
positions would be at the
cabinet level.
Hunt denied rumors that he
- ticket with Howard Lee who is
a black candidate for Lieutenant
governor. "I do not mind
being on the ticket with
Howard Lee," Hunt said.
"Lee is a personal friend of
imine and I would be just as
proud to be on the ticket with
Lee as I would be with
anyone."
In seeking the black vote,
Vlnnf co tH ftioro utppp fu/n
things he would commit
himself to that would be of
particular interest to the black
voter.
nority Grant (
I.C. State U. ;
.. recruiting program, our num- 1
ber of black students in the
Crhnnl nf har I
?#WMWI ?/? Mll^lllWt lllj^ 1 BO
risen from eight students 1
three years ago to 76 last I
fall," Dr. Smith said. "We're '
very grateful for your support; *
if it weren't for our industry 1
friends, we'd never be able to
do it." c
As part of the recruiting 1
program, the School of
Engineering sponsors a ses- f
sion for high school students
who might be interested in
attending the school.
"We try to give them a
realistic idea of what engineering
is like," Dr. Smith
atprir "i tlrailr am hswn ha? c
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students well enough that they f
realize that they'll have the c
same opportunities here as the 'c
white student." \
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"1 will make the N.C.
Human Relations Commission
a strong and well-financed
advocate for blacks and other
minorities," he said. Hunt
said he would strongly urge
=: a?_ -a. a
peupic 10 una prooiems ana
bring them to his attention for
action. "I want the voters to
find either publicly or
privately where discrimination
exists and tell us what must be ? =
done to correct it," he said. "I
it."
The other thing of interest
to blacks is the Office of
Minority Business Enterptise
(OMBE). Hunt charged that ' '
the organization is "still just a
sign on the door and a rug on
the-floor^' He said OMBE is - ^
not reaching out and helping
small black businesses. "I
would give OMBE money and
See BLACKS, Page 2
Aldermen
To Decide
On Park
by James Smith
Staff Writer
The Reynolds Park Advisory
Council has sueaested that at
rwrf w ? ?
east S58.000 was needed to
nake minor improvements
ind repairs at Reynolds Park.
The amount was agreed
jpon by the Finance Commitee
Tuesday, but will be
>resented to the Winston-Saem
Board of Aldermen for
heir final approval Monday
light.
Clarence Gilliam, president
>f the council, could not be
cached tor comments.
The improvements at the
>ark stems from an incident
vhich occured July 12 in
vhich two boys were hospitalzed
after being exposed to
hkmne from a leaking pump
it the park's swimming pool.
Nick Jamison, recreation
iirector said in an interview _
hut nfci -7"
tump was cut off, the
hlorinator was automatically /
:ut off. "Somehow, a small /
See ALDERMEN, Page 2
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