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fly John W. Templeton
Staff Writer
The numbers and preferences of black
voters loomed as a key factor in deciding
who will represent the 5th District in the
U.S. House of Representatives and North
Carolina in the U.S. Senate, as Election
Day, Nov. 7 draws near.
Campaign managers for Democrats
Rfep. Steven Neal and Senate candidate
John R. Ingram stressed the importance
of good black turnouts for their candidates,
while Republican 5th District .
challenger Hamilton C. Horton, Jr.
bragged of his "progress" in black
precincts, during pre-election Chronicle
interviews.
Incumbent frontrunner Sen. Jesse
Helms, R-N.C. , sidestepped the question
of how he expected to do in the black
community during a Winston-Salem *
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Hermon Brooks of Sao Diego, California
was a real show stopper Friday night at
Reynolds
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by Yvette McCuUoi
Staff Writer
"Who says we don't need this health cen
the Reynolds Health Center asked. "We
the only thing black folks have in tl
This seemed to be the sentiment of m
waiting room at the health center.
"1 don't come here very often and when
uses it," said Helen Ashe, a visitor at the h
the way it is and it shouldn't be changed.'
"I come here for my own needs," said >
long time sometime and i think they nec
place".
Reynolds Health Center began in 1975
predominantly black 250 bed general ho
Reynolds Hospital experienced financia
occupancy rates following the end of segr<
the financial problems carried over to the h
"The initial financial problems have n
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uennis rviaguvcrn, inc cenier s aammi:
"We're serving poor people or people who
"The county subsidizes the center; we
subsidizing doesnt get out of hand." Mago
Magovern said that when he came to the
some of the problems.
44 I had no grasp of the background of the
to the black community," Magovern sai
potential racial conflicts when a prec
government takes over a predominantly bh
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appearance Tuesday, Oct. 31. ?:
"I don't view black constituents any ;
differently from white ones," said .^
Helms. "All of us are interested in this j-jl
country."
He said he would support seeking iji;
private sector jobs for blacks, particularly |:j:
black you th. "I don't want them locked :?
in the welfare syndrome." jij;
"I'll do that whether they support me or %
not," said Herms. ~ ijij
Ingram campaign manager Charlie jS
Webb said by phone from Raleigh, "We iji:
hope there will be a high turnout in the :?
black community. It will obviously be $
beneficial." Webb said Ingram was
hoping for a good turnout overall to aid ?:
his changes to pull of his second upset iji:,
victory this year. j?(
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the ebony Fashion Fab. Brooks has boon w
s modol for the 1st 10 years . 01
Health Ce
Community
igh Magovern said
credibility for fi
center are prepi
iter?" a woman waiting in sion complaint, <
need it, because it's 'bout and promotions,
he way of a hospital," health departme
lost people sitting in the non-emergency
and gynecology
1 do I bring someone who diabetes clinics,
ealth center. "It's allright a sickle cell pr
' family planning
Vmanda Hanes. "I wait a One goal of th
id help, but we need this center instead o
the health centc
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ispital. The old Kate B. However, he sf
.1 problems due to low the necessary i
sgated hospitals. Some of weekends or afti
ealth center. "I don't think !
ot been eliminated."said clinic ooen once
strator since its origin. said. "Then
need financial assistance. Magovem saic
just have to see that the personnel but th
vern continued. The original Kt
center he was naive about 1938 Qn the sam
built in 1969. Tl
facility or its significance was built in exc
d. "1 was aware of the helped to financi
lominantly white county built in 1964.
ick facility."
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?aper Winston's been waiting for"
all for yoir??
Pre-election wrmp-up featuring personal informstlon
and campaign stands of candidates for district
attorney, clerk of court, county commission school >:j
board, and N.C. House on Page 5
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?0n page four, the Chronicle lists Its endorsements
In those races and the 5th District congressional seat :&
and North Carolina's U.S. Senate seat.
?Elsewhere, the man known as the '101st Senator' la :j:j
ready to retire after a long history of fighting for civil
rights legislation, page 2.
?Ebony Fashion Fair's glamour Is captured on page >:'
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Jazz dance comes to town, tee Vibes, page 8.
3 Rams clinch the CIAA and there's a new midget
Tenants War
By Shiryn Brmtcher
Staff Writer
Many of the elderly residents of Holland Homes would
ke their mailboxes "moved closer to their apartments f
ut a postal official says that regulations prohibit it.
Holland Homes, a housing project for handicapped
nd elderly persons, is located on Highland Avenue. It
onsists of a number of one-story brick apartment
uildings. The mailboxes are located in a small
etached building at the end of the parking lot. That
uilding also serves as the laundry for the apartment
omplex.
Residents who are handicapped or who suffer from
rthritis have difficulty in getting to the mailboxes,
specially in the winter when the sidewalks may be icy.
Lexie Truesdale of Apartment J has had her mail
ansferred_to her son's house^because of the trouble
le had getting to her mailbox. "My knees give out",
le said. "I-don't-know why-they didn't^ put the
lailboxes outside the door".
3ne advantage of having the mailboxes in a central
cation is supposed to be less risk against theft of
>cial security checks, but Deborah M. Presley says
lat her check has been stolen from her mailbox
iyway.
Mberta B. Harvey, the public housing manager who
tanages the apartments, says that the mailbox
nestion is not a matter for the Housing Authority to
jcide. It is a post office regulation, she said. j
Raymond Crowder of the North Post Office confirmed
lis. "About a year ago," he states, "they came out
ith a regualtion that if you had a cluster of boxes in
le place you could not move them to the porches
nter:
'Tradition
1 that as an administrator he has tried to establish
lirness and equality. However, black nurses at the
iring an Equal Employment Opportunities Commis:harging
they have been discriminated against in pay
The nurses are under the supervision of the public
:nt instead of Magovern. The health center offers
medical and dental care. Pediatrics, and obstetrics
are areas of specialization, along with eye, and
It also has a pharmacy, clinical lab, a radiology unit,
ogram, Woman-Infant-Child (WIC) program and a
program.
e health center is to encourage people to go to the
f the hospital emergency rooms. Magovern said that
;r has a favorable impact on the hospital emergency
ig minor injuries.
lid, a shortcoming of the center is that it doesn't have
extended hours. The center has no services on
er hours.
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or twice a week after hours from 5 to 9," Magovern
we could test the response and phase it in."
1 he put in a request in the budget for additional
le request wasn't granted.
ite Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital was built in
e location where a new Reynolds Hospital was later
le new hospital was occupied in January of 1970 and
:hange for the black support of a bond issue that
e Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Forsyth Hospital was
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=Two Blacks Si
By Sharyn Bratcher
Staff Writer
On Tuesday Forsyth County voters will
elect 7 candidates to the North Carolina
Legislature: 2 Senators and 5 representatives
to the House.. Two black candidates
, one Democrat and one Republican, are
contenders.
In the House race, four incumbent
Democrats Judson D. De-Ramus, Ted
Kaplan, Harold L. Kennedy, Jr., and
Margaret Tennille are trying for re-election,
and newcomer Richard Barnes, who
calls himself, "The People's Lobbyist" is
the 5th Democratic contender.
The Republicans are offering only 4
candidates: Donald R. Billings, Russell
G. Brown, Mary Pegg, and Rodney
Sumler.
Dick Barnes places the needs of the
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Robert Frazler, a resident of Holland
homes, picks op his mall from the
mailbox clatter, located hi a bafldtng
McLean
Tribute '}Bp
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By John W. Templeton Halloween
SUff Writer on|y 18 mon
pagan custon
The Winston-Salem My dau8htc
branch of the NAACP will school, no <
stage a tribute to Charles watchin8 co
A. McLean, the local civil some du pn
rights activist who has been "inner, and b
state field ^director of the Adding insi
NAACP since 1950. f around her h<
The banquet in honor of ^er ^air-do, J
McLean, who retires from came lipstick
the NAACP post at the end "Ahh! lsnt
of the year, will be tentativ- (Have these
ely held Jan. 20 at the Somebody fc
Benton Convention Center, an<* t sc
tribute organizer Tracy Sin- and weird ou<
gletary reported to the Oh, yes. Sh
branch meeting Monday ba8*
night. (Ready t0 ?(
Singletary called McLean a|"^ you crazy
"one of the true warriors of Come on
the NAACP." McLean was (I know that
nflmpH was I SUPPOS
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tus by the state NAACP wi?? Does sf
convention in Charlotte Under escor
Oct 20. from house '
The 68-year-old McLean doors' ye" s?
logged countless thousands -8s-.
of miles across the state The ordeal h
during the 1950's and again:
1%0's helping blacks regis- "We had to b
whole time.
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Saturday November 4, 1978
,j?ttrntm
eek N.CHouse
elderly in 1st priority in his campaign.
He favors more home care for senior
citizens, geriatric training for mining
home employees, and a revision of the
homestead exemption^ill. Barnes favors
the ERA Amendment, opposes public
financing of gubernatorial elections, and
is against a repeal of the sales tax on
food. When asked about a possible
minority set-aside provision in state
contracts, Barnes commented: "1 think
-it's excellent." He also favors a
-regulation of insurance rates.
Judson D. DeRamus is an incumbent
Democrat. He favors tax cuts for the
elderly, general tax relief, afld coordination
of state energy programs. He has
voted for ERA. "Basically, I'm concerned
about the 3 E's- energy, education,
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Some residents complain that It la hard
for them to get their mall.
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be a pretty bewildering day if you're
ths old and nobody has explained these
is to you.
;r came home from a hard day at nursery
loubt expecting a relaxing evening of
mmercials, occasionally interrupted by
3gram. Instead, she was rushed through
undled back into her parka.
Lilt to injury, Mommy wrapped a scarf
sad, stuck a peacock feather in the back of
and draped a blanket around her . Then
streaks on each cheek.
shea cute Indian?"
grownups gone mad? Is the moon full?)
tanged on the door. Mommy answered it,
em surprised at all to see people in masks
tfits. SHE LET THEM IN!
le's ready to go. Here's her trick or treat
3? Who's ready to go? With those thugs,
?)
, Honey. Let's go trick or treat",
voice. It's Crystal, the babysitter. How
ed to know her under a mask and a blond
le think I'm Jean Dixon?)
t (who who walk too fast) she is trundled
:o house. Her captors bang on strange
mething, and people throw things in their
isted about 15 minutes. Then back home
>ring her home. She's been howling the
I guess she's scared or something".
By Shmryn Brmtcher