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WINSTON-SALEM
Vol. in, No. 19
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Saturday Jan. 8, 1977
Rent Goes From ^32 to ^103
10“Year Residciit Refuses To Sign Lease
by Rudy Anderson
Staff Reporter
|!uby Rawls, 50, has lived at
5 Derry Street for the last
■years. Many of those years
lebeen hard for her, trying
raise three children without
Jusband. In all that time she
Lr balked about her
Icumstances, but simply
led with the punches.
}*ever, a recent series of
tuts brought her passive
lude to a boiling ferver.
fuby is one of 12,00C
idents living in low income
jsing and in the last four
[itbs her rent has jumped
1132 a month to $103 a
^th. She says the increase
1 a 20-year-old dream to
I a home.
|l>e had been on welfare for
a while and a disability
fon with high blood
Kc. It took two years of
I work to stabilize herself
'ft'abilitation clinic before
get a job.
ffore she got the job her
W been only $32 a
In October, people in
J'come housing develop-
f "’“St report their
[ ® to the Housing
ing not only to Ruby but to
almost everyone living in low
income housing, except those
living on fixed incomes.
He explained that Congress
passed a bill called the
said, “What the act did was
unify housing authority pro
cedures for computing rent.”
Thompkins said he was
surprised it took this long to
get the Department of
“They are pushing the life out of us with this rent
Housing Act back in 1974. The
bill required housing author
ities nationwide to raise rent
rates from 18% to 25% of a
tenant s adjusted income. He
Housing and Urban Develop
ment (HUD( to implement the
plan. He said the Housing
Authority Board of Commis
sioners approved it in August
last year. HUD gave its
approval for implementation
in November.
“What they are trying to do
with public housing is make it
more independent, a self-sus
taining operation,” said
Thompkins. “It was costing
the government much too
much, to continue its past
See Resident, Page 2
Ruhy Rawls
^1.5 Million In Aid
Sought By School System
by Rudy Anderson
Staff Reporter
David Dillard
...New Potentate
Dilliard Elected To
The City-County School
Board Superintendant, Dr.
James A. Adams, presented a
proposal Tuesday night to the
school board seeking $1.35
million in federal money from
the Emergency School Aid Act
(ESAA), an aid program under
the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare
(HEW), that subsidizes school
systems in the process of
some assignments in the
school system, particularly at
the secondary level, in order
to be considered for the funds.
"ly before making ehr
I gotten a job
bring home
■'^'jeek. Ruby said that
'’be reported her
F she was told that
J ’’"""Wed income
pay $77 a
in November.
like H
I Housing Authority
letters and
'"formation
Serve As Potentate
integration.
When the board pulled out
of the program, it had been
sighted by the Office of Civil
Rights and HEW officials for
certain questionable assign
ment practices. Among the
charges then was that school
systems ability - grouping
practice at the elementary and
junior high levels created
racially identifiable classes.
by Azzie Wagner
Social Editor
f 'ofornii
‘n project
residents
In its formal monthly
meeting recently held, Sethos
Temple No. 170 of Winston-
Salem elected as its Illustrious
Potentate Mr. David Dillard.
Having been affiliated with
the Masonic order since 1959,
attends New Bethel Church
where he has been the
President of the Layman’s
League for the past 12 years.
Other officers elected in
cluded William Peterson
Chief Rabban; Alvin Jackson -
See Dilliard, Page 10
Adams Reaffirms Position
In 1974, the school board
withdrew from the program
and thumbed about $360,000
rather than make adjustments
to comply with civil rights
regulations. According to
Adams’ proposal, the school
board may have to change
These same officials were
also concerned with the
system’s special education
classes where almost two-
thirds of these classes were
black, while the classes for
academically talented stu-
Sec $1.5, Page 2
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Dillard has held many
positions prior to this honor
bestowed on him by the nobles
of Sethos. He has served in
the capacity as past Master of
Olympic Lodge No. 795,
Recorder of Joint Trustee
Board, a member of King
Solomon’s Consistory No. 64
(Prince Hall affiliated), Assis
tant Rabban and Chief
Rabban.
Dillard attended Atkins
High School and is presently
employed by RJR Industries,
Archer division.
An avid church worker, he
Corporal Punishment Upheld
by Rudy Anderson
Staff Reporter
In a recent memo to all staff
members of the Winston-Sa
lem Forsyth County School
system, school board Super
intendant Dr. James A.
Adams, restated his position
on the administering of
corporal punishment with
special comments of his own
surrounding the Kurtz case,
its reprevisions and the
media’s treatment of it,
among other things. Here is
what he said.
about by good instruction.
Second, it is brought about by
home-school cooperation, and
third, by clearly defined
Policies and procedures that
“Much thought and consi
deration has been given to the
complex process of teacher-
student interaction that leads
to “good” discipline. First,
good discipline is brought
are consistent throughout the
school system. This should not
imply that a continuing review
of our policies and procedures
should be omitted. I initiated
See Corponl, Page 6
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