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"The NEWSpaper Winston's Been Waiting For" 14 pages this week Saturday, December 30, 1978
Rhodes Scholar Blasts UNC
The first black woman to be named a
Rhodes Scholar charges that qualified
black students are being denied admis
sion to the University of north Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Karen Leslie Stevenson, 22, a Morehead
scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill, told Carolina
Times reporter Lionell Parker that the
serious accusations of discrimination
made by a UNC dean had not been
answered by the university.
“I’m .not talking about students that
were not qualified that are being de
nied,” she said. “But qualified students
are being denied admission. ’ ’
Associate Dean Hayden B. Renwick
charged that the University denied
adm ssion to 25 qualified black students
while admitting more than 800 students
iwho did not meet the stated entrance
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IcETA workers cleaning op Win* Carter administration plans to cut back
ke as part of a summer youth in jobs are enacted.
1 could be among the jobless, if
ederal Budget Cutbacks
uid Have Local Impact
requirements.
Renwick, a former assistant admissions
director in charge of minority admissions
and a new special assistant on minority
affairs to Chancellor Nelson Ferebee
Taylor, has attempted to get the authority
to review the applications in question, but
his requests have been denied.
“When I see things going wrong. I’m
not going to remain quiet,” said Miss
Stevenson, in reference to the discrimin
ation charges.
“Letters and editorials have been
written by students and organizations,
but still no answer has been given by the
administration. 1 feel that an editorial in
the Daily Tar Heel summed it up
perfectly,” Miss Stevenson continued.
“The issues have been buried alive, and
until UNC addresses those issues there
Karen Leslie Stevenson
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I NAACP says
By John W. Templeton
Staff Writer
udget cutbacks being planned by
rter administration could have a
;ffect locally, depending on their
n, said local government offi-
from Washington indicate that
Bi as $15 billion will be cut from
itic programs ranging from com-
y development to environmental
pons. Most of the programs on the
fflg block operate through grants to
■and localities.
ling to a memorandum from the
lonference of Mayors sent to
i-Salem officials, the major cuts
jrdlcome in the following areas:
FTA, $4 million from the existing
$10 billion, resulting in a loss of
LTOjobs.
a $5 billion cut from compre-
health grants and social services
tarns for the elderly and handi-
. a $6 billion cut in public
Wng and rent subsidy programs.
I seems that the programs that deal
Bjieople are the first to go,” said Ms.
Be Jones, city human services di-
to. Her department manages the
sTAJirograms locally. She said if 40
t cent of local CETA positions were
tefeway, the unemployment rate
Hpse.
Be^said the city would also have to
ke the choice between raising local
es or firing the 500-600 city employees
Iwith CETA funds.
the Conference of Mayors memo is
taken literally, federal assistance to
states for local health departments and
mental health programs would be “elim
inated entirely”.
“It would be devastating,” said Dr.
Thomas Dundon, county health director.
The maternal child health program,
neighborhood clinics for children, the
tuberculosis program, family planning,
WIC (Women, Infant; Child) and sickle
cell programs all depend on Federal
funding, he said.
“I can’t imagine Carter would hope to
be re-elected with those kind of cut
backs,” said Dundon.
Bob Stevens, assistant director of social
services, said he had not received any
information about specific cutbacks, but
added, “Anytime something is reduced,
we’ve got a problem, because we don’t
have enough money now.”
James K. Haley, director of the Winston
-Salem Housing Authority, said the
impact of possible housing cutbacks
would depend on whether operating
subsidies for existing housing are trim
med or whether the cuts are confined to
new housing.
“We do depend on the federal govern
ment for our operating subsidy,” said
Haley. “I would hope it would not
affect that.”
Another city service heavily dependent
on federal support is the Winston-Salem
Transit Authority. General Manager Jim
Robillard said he has been awaiting the
publication of federal standards for
transit funding over the next five years.
See Pages
= * A study shows that race has a lot to do with!
= mortgage decisions, see Newsline, page 2. I
= • Can Robert Ward succeed where others have failed!
= to build a shopping center in East Winston, page 3.=
! • A Wachovia economist predicts a recession in!
= Speaking out, page 4. !
= • Holiday balls were going on all over the city and!
= Chronicle cameras were there to record the happen-!
sings, including galas of the Moles, Beauticians and=
!YWCA. See it all in Social Whirl, pages 6 and 7.!
S* Joey Daniels and Warren Lanier keep you in touch =
! with music ancVHcv-.^'.vood in Vibes, page 8. !
!• Winston-Salem State’s Rams could have some rough g
Sgoing on their own holiday tournament, page 9. s
S* Home economist JoAnne Falls looks ahead at spring s
!fashions in Better living, our new feature in Chronicle !
SConsumer, page 11. S
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Staff photo by l empleton
MISS BEAUTICIAN - Mrs. Thelma Y. Dixon savors the
honor of being named “Miss Beautician of the Year” by
chapter two, W-S Beauticians during their Tuesday night
baU.
Klan Threat a Tool
To Motivate Youth
By John W. Templeton
Staff Writer
NAACP members proposed using the emergence of the
Ku Klux Klan as a way of motivating black school
children to academic excellence during the December
meeting of the Winston-Salem NAACP branch.
The sentiment was also expressed that adults rather
than children should take the lead role in fighting the
Klan, during the meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church.
Rev. Warnie C. Hay, pastor of Galilee Baptist Church
and branch chaplain, told the members about two high
school students who came to him seeking the use of his
church for a meeting to organize students against the
Klan.
“1 told them that rather than organize to fight the Klan,
you would be better off to organize a club for Latin or
French and not give the Klan the dignity of knowing that
a group of people who are supposed to be studying are
trying to fight a group that’s been in existence for more
than a hundred years,” said Hay, during the Thursday,
Dec. 21 meeting.
The minister said the students took his advice and are
going to organize a geometry club. “We ought to have
as much sense as Joe Grady,” (KKK grand dragon), said
Hay. “Grady says no child under 18 should join the
Klan. If we’re going to let our children be crippled, then
we have less sense than Grady.”
Another member, Walter Marshall, said the student’s
concern reflected “a bad situation in which the children
feel so unsupported that they think they had to organize
to get anything done.”
Marshall added, “Everyone should be involved. The
Klan has always surfaced to do other people’s dirty work.
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Happy
New
Year!!!
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Pat Hairston,
re-elected
Evelyn Terry ....
suggests\ tutoring
Tiny Indians Celebrate Victory
By John W. Templeton
Staff Writer
More than 4(X) persons
came to the Schlitz Brown
Bottle Room last Friday
night to celebrate not only a
winning football program,
but also a successful exam
ple of teamwork on a large
scale.
The event was the ban
quet of the Tiny In^ns
Boosters Club and the Sal
vation Army Girl’s' Club.
Together, they have involv
ed 219 youth from ages 9 to
15 and a number of parents
in three different football
teams, complete with ma
jorettes and cheerleaders.
The Pee Wee team of the
Tiny Indians won the Ser-
toma Bowl and the L.D.
McLennon Bowl, but that
group did not get all the
honors.
All 219 youths received
trophies to mark their par
ticipation with the Tiny
Indians.
Mrs. Katherine Kirkland,
program chairman for the
banquet, said, “What
we’re trying to do is to
provide excellent equip
ment and uniforms for our
youth and also to teach
them good sports
manship, good personality,
and good attitude.’’
She said the control and
discipline the youth learn in
the program “is carrying
over into other areas. It
helps a lot with their
schooling.”
Ike Howard, ex-coach of
the junior Pee Wees team,
said, “In our generation,
no programs like this were
available. Now the youth
can start at an early age
and develop themselves.”
A highlight of the banquet
was a brief talk by WSSU
head football coach Bill
Hayes, who stressed the
importance of desire and
attitude in football and life.
The biggest cheers came
when Pee Wees coach Joe
Pete Adams received the
Sertoma Bowl trophy.
The Boosters Club is an
independent group organ
ized two years ago to
promote the Tiny Indians.
She said, “A lot of parents
are getting involved for the
first time in anything. We
find they had the desire,
but didn’t know how to go
about it.”
Kirkland said the cheer
leading and majorette por
tions of the teams are
important because the
number of such positions
open at schools are limited.
“This gives the girls a
chance to display their de
sires in this area,” said
Kirkland.
In addition to the trophies
for youth, eight coaches
and eight leaders were
recognized: Howard, Andy
Barber, Arthur Rapley,
Larry Covington and Tony
Brown for the junior Pee
Wees; Tom Brown, Jake
Johnson, Jr., and Norman
Williams for the Midgets;
and Adams, Robert Wynn
and Don Lewis for the Pee
Wees.
Leaders recognized were;
Joan Agnew, Priscilla Bai
ley and Geneva Harris for
the Junior Pee Wee cheer
leaders and majorettes:
Rubye Long for the Mid
gets and Victoria Rapley
and Nancy Hillian
No, 1 am not making any New Years resolutions.
In the first place, after sixteen years of school and six
years of teaching, I am firmly convinced that years begin
in September. And there’s a lot of support for that point
of view: the new television shows begin in September;
car companies introduce their new lines; a new school
year begins.. There’s more of a feeling of newness in
September than in January, which only seems new
because the IRS says so.
1 don’t make resolutions because 1 don’tsee any point in
lying to myself every December 31st. 1 will promise
anything but that’s as far as it goes.
Another individual with “resolutions” like mine was
the little French thief in the 1500’s who was finally
captured by the king’s men.
When he went before the king, and the death sentence
was pronounced, the thief pleaded with the king to spare
him.
“Sire, if you will let me live, I will teach your horse to
talk in one year.”
The king was intrigued by this promise, and accepted,
warning the thief that if he failed at the end of a year, the
sentence would be carried out.
So the thief moved in to the stable and every day he
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