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Staff Write
^ Rep. Stephen Neal,
criticized the wording of i
amendment against sch
desegregation which the
Representatives will be
tion of on July 24.
However, the Fifth Di?
Youth
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By Yvette McCullough
Staff Writer
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Summer idleness has
helped to create a tense
situation between some
youth in the Kimberly Park
aresL and police ^stationed
nearby, according the city
officials. However, the
area police commander
says the problems are
diminishing.
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Capt. W. M. Klinzing,
District 1 commander told
the Chronicle that the orob
I
lem is caused by youth
congregating on Glenn Ave
Could a black family mo\
homes for sale along Strat
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By John W
. Staff
Once a month, a vari<
businessmen, activists and
together to discuss the pre
City of Winston-Salem.
The task occupyinig r
Horizons Task Force is disc
housing problem and 2) if so
The answers the group c<
to a great extent whether th
housing ordinance with enl
members would like, or end<
the city's housing industry.
Last fall, reporters were <
Wayne A. Corpenin^to th<
U.S. Department of Housii
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wiuv.iaia ucai^iidiiu^ illSIL
city, meaning the city woi
promote fair housing.
The job of promoting the
given to the newly-form
Commission, which has j
commission members, ci
infrrr^tM ^twpn<: to mafce z
chairman of the task force \
Rabil takes maternity leave
ready for the commission by
"We're sort of overwheln
Since receiving its m
CQmmission on March 14.
reports from the City Comi
a t
rirjst
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i-Bus
pleton tative
K A -
r lias in
D-N.C., has vote <
a constitutional ?Apropos
ool busing for Nea
U. S. House of . Mottl,
gin considera- amem
He <
strict represen- busing
-Police
-nue near Trade Street.
"There are some people
in the area that are capable
of raising a crowd and this
is what has caused a lonrf
problems^
c
- " At one- time the problem
was so bad that a group
took a prisoner away from
some officers who were
trying to make an arrest,"
Klinzing said. "We've had
problems with youth shouting
policemen as they
ride through the area and
some who said they were
going to kill an officer.''
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Writer
sd group of city officials,
other interested citizens get
>blem of fair housing in the
nost of the time of the New
overing: 1) if there is a fair
, what it is.
)mes up with will determine
ie city develops a strong fair
forcement powers, as some
srses "business as usual" in
called to the office of Mayor
; signing of a document with
ig and Urban Development
>n-Salem as a New Horizons
ild take voluntary action to
\ New Horizons concept was
ed City Human Relations
appointed a task force of
ty officials, realtors and
i report on fair housing.
vhile chairman Mrs. Cynthia
predicts- the report will be
r September or October,
led with data." said Ryder,
larching orders from the
the commission has hdard
nunity Development Depart
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on-t
"Serving t
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said in a Chronicle interviev
3t made up his mind how he
3n the measure, the fir?t <
sal to reach the floor of the Hoi
1 termed the proposal by Repr,
D-Ohio, "a very poorly woi
iment."
said, "I don't think the people
I, but I really am vei^ ms^i
l Relati
One resident told the
Chronicle that the youth are
a nroblem because the no
? i ; r
lice were slow to respond to
calls. Kinzing deirfrrtthorez
accusations.
That's not
True," Klinzing said.
"Most of my cars stay in
that area and when we have
a call, we send two cars."
Alderman Larry Little,
D-North Ward, said that
most of the problems * in
Kimberly Park are caused
by frustration.
tin t r i
ifiey re lrusirmeu, lino
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flEES
*k~*L. :f^''~ri~
*w\,<.
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>te Is among those be In;
)d by the^cfty*? Ncir Horizon
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r Show
ment, the Home Builders A;
tation of the suit filed agaii
federal community developm
That activity would not ha
threat of legal action, accor
complaint filed on behalf c
Women Voters and several cc
According to the complaint
by Legal Aid attorney Ben pi
previously unscheduled
Relations Commission was c<
hurriecily adopted for the Nev
Tracy Singletary, a task
Erlitz, is\not optimistic abou
going to do anything but proc
who are coming in are sayir
unfair housing practices."
"The most eventful thing t
proclamation and then right 1
said Singletary.
Fred Lewis, executive dir
Realtors, said the fask f
Whenever you have a major
topic, put them on the table:'
T AIIMP f A < f Vl A At WAA I
Lewis saiu IIIC v.iiY>3 icai
their Code qf not to
practices.
development director Gary
Lewis -- as a strength.
"We've done real well ir
areas of the community that i
said.
See Pa
Sale
he East Winston O
^ WINSTO!
jsHc
v he about amendinj
will don't think that
such about it."
House Joint
Ron proposes the ai
rded wil1 come up foi
of an unusual di
like by a majority of
itant - - ?
ons Te
\
drugs, with nothing to do
but beat up people," Little
?airl ''Thpv u>pro r\ncV?#*H
-'"-J "v,v
out of schools in many
^ases, mir integraled.
schools, because teachers
didn't -want^to deal with
them and they weren't
getting . reinforcements
from home.
"So now, like some "people
who get up to go to work
every morning, they get up
_to go out and see what they
can get into."
Little also said that he
U U I iU- ?i
uasiicuiu ulc pouce were i
g Fair Housing Task
l
piece
- j-jp isociation,
plus an interprenst
the city for violation of
ent guidelines.
,ve taken place without the
dine to the administrative
f the NAACP, League of
immunity organizations.
, two days after a complaint
rlitz about lack of actgivity,
meeting of the Human
anvened and "goals" were
v Horizons program."
force member along with
it the task force. "It's not
rrastinate. ...All the people
ig there's no such thing as
hat could come out of it is a
oack to business as usual,"
ector of the local Board of
orce "has possibilities,
issue, it's good to take the
tors are already bound b>
engage in unfair housing
Brown, from Singletary to
1 bringing in the different
are affecting housing/* she
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ommunity Since 79,
nsalem, n.c.
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IIICP
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g the Constitution. I
's the proper way to go
Resolution 74, which
nti-busing amendment,
r consideration because
scharge petition signed
it. t ~*?
nouse memoers. ine
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nse
^reluctant to come into the
community.
"What I'm hearingJxom
the community is that the
pnlifg arp apprph^n*tvg
about coming iit there,"
Little said. "I; think we
have to deal with some of
these things ourselfs.V
Little, who grew up in the
area, said he plans to spend
more time, talking and
* playing ^basketball with
neighborhood youths.
"There's got to be someone
who can reach out and
work with.them," said the
alderman. ,
Force.
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A Statesville group
up a shopping center
ment land, page two
the s tafeV onl
superintendent.
Community Calend
complete listing of co
meetings, and the
provement Associati
by-laws, page three.
- Chronicle editorials i
end of school des<
impact of rising bus
which also features L
straight from Robena
Reunions, conventic
versaires...aii in >oc
Chronicle Profile is a ]
looked back on her ch
Local artists want t<
in Vibes, page eight,;
about a non-harmon
program.
Black business toda
largest black busine:
Life Insurance Co., w
Indians have copped
Robert Eller tells aboi
the pieces together
pags 11, and about
^Jbr next year.
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20 ceo"? -< , U.S.P.S. NO. 067910 Saturday, July 14,1979
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By, John W. Temple ton They didn't realize the interest rates
Staff Writer on installment accounts, usually about
Credit counselor Z. Gray Jackson 18 percent, more than keep up with
used to have things kind of easy about even double-digit inflation, he noted.
the time that folks began receiving their Jackson's agency, funded by the
Income tax refunds. United Way, provides free counseling
However, this year the pace is as busy for families having trouble with paying
as ever. . Jackson, director of the local all their bills, even going as far as
Consumer Credit Counseling Service, setting up a repayment schedule with
Inc. of Forsyth County, says consumers creditors.
are getting into more and more debt, Only eight percent of CCCS clients
many times more than they can handle have to go that far, said the counselor.
within their income. Most are able to set up a workable
"Our clients (60 new families per?budget after several session.
month) are owing about 60 percent more CCCS was founded in, 1972 after it
{oday-thanrthey^were a-year ago." the was discovered' the county^ had, the ~
counselor said in a Chronicle interview highest rate of personal bankruptcy in
at his First Union buildingt)fficesi the natioiu The rate has been cut in half
"Last fall with easy credit, everybody since then.
was buying," he added. "Everyone Budgeting is the key to staying out of
heard buy now and pay it back with credit trouble, in Jackson's view,
cheaper dollars." See Page 13
is attempting to put |
on former redevelop- I ? f f\
and Durham selects I * R ^ f \ i
v black school I iTlS: ?i ?
ar offers the most L??
immunitv events and 0ne of the Products of the racial consciousness raising
W- c 1 T of the 1960s has been a 8radual increase in the
inston- a em lm- appearance of blacks in television commercials.
on decides on. its Some of those commercials have been very positive
image builders, f and some have just perpetuated ^
? i stereotypes.
examine t e possi e Qne t^e enduring images is that of the basketball
igregation anc^ playing black. Recently, it has seemed as if every black
fares on page four, male in television advertising has to have a basketball in
^ Letter from Lagos, his bands.
Egemonye. ^he latest one to come to my attention involves a pitch
for chewing gum. There were a number of people in this
)ns, weddings, anni- ad. one of whom is a black youngster spinning a ial
Whirl, where the basketball on his finger.
n#?r?nn \i/hr? Viae As 1 tricd to remember the last time I saw someone
^vt wvaa ?? ??V HUO AIVT Wi
r?irp nf a chewing gum while engaged in a heated game of
0 career. basketball. I though back to a pick-up game I
participated in with some old high school classmates -3
display their wares all of us avid basketball fans and players from way back,
and Billy Rowe talk s Teddy Millsaps. an elementary assistant principal,
ic Symphony grants picked our team. Since he had hit first, we took the ball
out and passed it in to "Bo" Shuford, a high school
guidance counselor.
, t Shuford dribbled upcourt, faked a drive and passed to
y teatures the city s the wing to me. a newspaper editor. I moved towards the
SS, Winston t Mutual baseline and back out again, then whipped a pass to
1th a look at how the Garry Mott, a banker in Columbia, S.C., on the high
es of the '70s. Post
Mott barely touched the ball enough to direct it to
a r"w Liy^. the 1
the WSBA crown. i^mong the guvs on the other team were an emergency
lit how the owner put medical technician, a store manager and a computer
for his champions,- operator. . ^
Big House's recruits Att that to say basketball ain't the only game we play
well.
By John W. Temple tor.
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