*> Page 2 The Chronicle, Saturday, September 29, 1979 Black Donati Million toUh ? v National black organi- financial status of the 41 zations gave more than $1 predominately black primillion to the United Ne- vate colleges supported gro College Funds, a peak bv the fund. in black philantrophv, ac- Last year, the fund cording to a UNCF offi- raised S16.5 million, the cial- highest total ever and an Virgil Ecton, national- increase of 7.3 per cent campaign director, told a over 1977, said Ecton. group of local corporate - UNCF also successfully exectives and other lea- launched a $15 million in ders last Thursday that pledges and gifts. AI ; ? i _ i - ; _ _ f i - ? i ? me increased DiacK giving r.cion spo*e ai ine kickis a key to improving the off . luncheon hosted by IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIMIIItllMMIMIIIIIIINIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIII Arena IIIIIIIHIIIIIIIMIIIMHIMmmilllHIHimiMIHIIIIIIIMIMMIIIIIIiriliHMIIIIIIIIIIIttlMHHIIIIHIHIII support subsidized housing. During the discussion with Nifong, Gilliam also complained that boundaries for precincts and wards are gerrymandered so as to reduce black representation. "The whole city's not right as far as black representation is concerned," said Gilliam. "For instance, Mrs. Newell's district goes almost across town.'? ? -? Nifong agreed that ward lines are "way out of line, The East and Northeast Wards go from here to yonder," he said. The party chairman explained that boundaries for wards, state legislative seats and Congressional districts -? j ' * ! Amlnoirs platform oper^or Fred Carr on the production deck of South Marsh Island 66, 100 miles oat In the Golf of Mexico. Carr1 s platform has more than doubled Its production In the last year, according to officials of parent firm R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. jpiCK-W yjCI PfttCE EXCLUDES V OEALEP pkep OFFICIAL >/ MUSTANG / ^ PACf CARS^,^^g ' ,U; sgg^g f p p ions Exceed w' V. JCFColleges Western Electric for the turn from Winston-Salem local corporate campaign, corporations as a result." Jack Childs, general man- Childs noted. "Alreaager of the N.C. Works of dy. we have $13,000 more Western Electric, announ- than we did last year this ced a local 1979 goal of time." $85,000. Six of the member colAssistant area director leges -- Barber Scotia, Cynthia Perry said .after- Bennet, Livingstone, St. wards. The response Augustine and Johnson C. from the luncheon has ^s^ith and Shaw Universk been encouraging and we ties are located -n North irp a rp. ? Carolina. - ? * * xr llllllllllllllllttlllllllllllllllllHIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIHMIIIIIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIHIII From page I t* MIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIHIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIMIII1IIIM will be reapportioned following the 1980 census. "Those are all political decisions, subject to judicial review," said Nifong. He noted that precinct boundaries are determined by the local Board of Elections, based on the budget allotted^b\Lthe county, , Earlier during the meeting, Larry Womble resigned as precinct chairman because party rules forbid his serving ypMflftct afflei&i &hd a sfrttna dftAiiwan of the county party. John McCullough, former first vice chairman of the precinct, -was elected to succeed Womble. Spurgeon Griggs Jr. was named first vice chairman. Griggs, also chairman of the Winston-Salem Irn provement Association, gave a brief presentation on the aims of the organization. IMmilllllllllHIIIIIIIIIinilMlllltlllHHMIIIINIIIHIIIItllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIHIIIIIIinilllllll Treatment Fr?mPase1 llllltllllltmiltlllllllMllaillllfllMHmiHtllHIMHIIIHHtllllllflHIIIHIIHIMIIIIiniMIIIIIMtJIIH families don't have the holic is not confined to a * money," Thornton said. certain class and can be "However in some . found in the lower income communities, drinking is as well as the upper class, considered?to?he?ehici said the Durham city cou'? sophisticated and a social- ncilman. ly accepted way of life." "In our case studies we Statistics show that al- have not found , the black cohol contributes to one- fe male alcoholic to be a third of all the suicides, hidden drinker, but to be one-half of all the mur- one who drinks openingly ders, one half of all the and in the company of tragic deaths and one others," Thornton said, fourth of the other tragic "The woman drinker is deaths in this country. often protected by her Alcohol also contributes to children, with the children each year. lity of keeping their mothAnother problem Thor- er from being discovered T "nton said, is the increase?ordetected. in teen drinking. She In order to help the said there are 2.3 million black female abuser, Th<? teenagers that drink alco- rnton said that care shouhoi. Id be made accessible to The black woman alco- the abuser. CLEARANCE I M. Vk OFFER J W Equipped with 6-foot m bed. amp and ad W gauges. rear step '? Bumper. G78-15 tir^s .300 CJD engine. 3speed.#2994 PrT, ^lyg*f I r-' J, I Sm us for i tMt drivt of mi this axciting replica of ftim m^Sl M (nd| Mustang mw at a wry special prlctl SPECTACULAR SAVINGS. GREATEST INCENTIVES EVER, FROM FROM TO US, MAKE IT HAPPEN. 131 MILLER ST. ^ 714-7441 a t=a - M ?T "t7 HS^H!?' "^'' _ Members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors tour the WSSU campus with stops at the new communications building and television studio. On the tour Is State Sen.v Marvin Ward, D-Forsyth, [left] - Career-A-Rar ? By Yvette McCuilough ??sftfliorii a chance to intern Staff Writer act wirfc business repre' sentatives concerning the Huzh school seniors - A C* * 1 i_i ? , different careers available L-0 ul"St0n- a em/ to.them, and will be held Forsyth County will have from 8:3() a m tQ 12;,5 the opportunity Oct. 8-9 to m meet with over 60 repre- \.The sessjon w|n give sentatives of area busi- ,he students an idea of nessesdunngaCareer-A- what ,0 cxpect the Rama be.ng sponsored by business wor,d>.. said the Youth Career Deve- r: j: - , luuutisuii, uirctiur lopment Program of the of the You(h Career Deve. Winston-Salem Urban , m p m . League and its Commerce ;n . , . - _ will be a career awareness and Industry Counci and ^ , ... , , .... J session and will be more the Winston-Salem/ c a i i t_ r, , _ o . . f?r educational value, beForsvth Countv School .. ... ~ . * cause the seniors will not jV " - . I - : ' be seeking employment, The Career-A-Rama but guidance." will be an informal gather- The seSsion will also *n8 < g^vin8 high school include a luncheon, with TSWfc ? ^? j ^ ^ ;UI TO ^ St: IWI(^ HTHVE 1^*^ tfW It #i YW I k M C7 _ Blackwa MiiaiitBffl Goodyear Just Say Charge It * la*aw:i^l CharB*&eou JIM CANOE. Mgr. LANNY MILLER. Mgr. DOWNTOWN NORTHS) Dl 01 N. 4H? St. 3S00 M. NHnmi T1U1I1 Mram 714.74*4 0?M 1:00 A.M. I* S:30 P.M. ON* Oilhr 1:00 t.M. 10 5:30 P.M. * t \ vWAa^Wr' ' *Jfi! ^tiJ' Mr^V^v <^fcnk ^Bfr/> V? ? ft i#^'\j *w* - jj^ *%!&?? ,',. ^H|['^ jju P:J^L{^mf ml ' Wt'Jr *'"' ' jtf^m 99 r f/ v CT ^~~ fj* fr^r~ f^t w If * ^rjw ,, JR S S.f if w f^* ^ p t J i * i mm JPV I 1 w ssf ' by Koiand b. Watts William A. Johnson, chairman of the board, James E. Holshouser, Jr., Dr. H. Douglas Covington, John P. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of the university, and B. Irvin Boyle. r na Scheduled ? * Richard Stockton, Pfcui training needed to get a dent of the Chamber of job, they would know Commerce; Palmer Frie- what to expect and may nde, assistant superin- have an easier transition tendent of Winston-Salem from school to work." /Forsyth County Schools , A group of ninth gradand Celia Combs, institu- ers from Anderson High tional representative with School would also be parSouthern Bell Telephone ticipating in the sessions and chairperson of the as a control group. career-a-rama , as the "We're trying to see if speakers. career awareness should The National Urban be made available at an League has instituted earlier age, so that is why having the program be- we're using ninth gradcause of the high employ- ers," said Ann Wherry, ment rate of blacks and job development specialminorities in the country, ist and a coordinator of Henderson said. the career-a-rama. 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