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Winston-Salem Chr'omcle
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24 PAGES THIS WEEK
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
■20 cents
U.S.P.S. NO. 067910
Satnrday, December 1. 1979
ome Tenants Due *500 Refund
Templeton
;t,ff Writer
I Jived in
;ton-Salem
plexes be-
1977 may
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itionwide
t settle-
ive complexes are
alills, Goler Me-
itan, Holland
Homes, Millbrook and
New Bethel,! all subsi
dized under the Section
236 program of the U.S.
Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
There are more than! 700
units in the five com
plexes.
To receive the refunds,
tenants will have to pick
up a claim form from their
complex office, complete
it and send it to the Clerk
of the U.S. District Court
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in Los Angeles, Calif, by
Jan. 31, 1980.
More than,500,000 ten
ants nationally are eligible
to receive the refunds due
to a $60 million settlement
between HUD and Legal
Service lawyers who filed
lawsuits in 1975.
In 1974, Congress re
quired HUD to pay sub
sidies to Section 236 a-
partment owners to offset
rising utility and property
tax costs. HUD Secretary
Carla Hills refused to
authorize the payments.
Many owners then passed
the increases on to ten
ants.
A federal district jedge
certified the suit of a
California mother of five
as a national class action
suit and awarded the re
lief. Government lawyers
appealed until new HUD
Secretary Patricia R. Har
ris ordered that a settle
ment be reached.
Because of the size of
the settlement, the largest
consumer class action suit
in the nations’s history,
according to Legal Ser
vices officials, and the
prospect that many ten
ants have moved, extraor
dinary steps are being
taken to inform eligible
recipients.
A national advertising
firm has been hired to
publicize the refunds and
a toll-free number (800)
924-7980 has been in
stalled.
Locally, the Legal Aid
Society of Northwest N.C
will provide help to per
sons with filline out the
two-page form.
Managers of the local
236 projects said they
have the forms available.
However, in one project,
Goler Metropolitan, the
head of the management
firm expressed some
doubt that, residents
would receive refunds.
Atty. David H. Wagner,
president of Urban Hou
sing Inc., said the firm
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Woman Charged
In City Rape Case
By Patrice E. Lee
Staff Writer
down.
A Winston-Salem wo
man and a man charged in
the kidnapping and rape
of another, woman are
being held in Forsyth
county jail in lieu of
$10,000 bond each, ,a
spokeswoman confirmed
Tuesday.
Carolyn Copeland, said
to be in her twenties, and
Howard Gwyn, 26, both of
1408 E. 17th Stv, are being
held on the two charges.
photo bv Santana
Court records also show,
that Donald Ray Shelf, 25,
of 1663 E. 23rd St., has
been charged with rape
and has been jailed with
out bond.
^M^heerleader dances with Walt Disney’s
vSfey World in Orlando, Fla., site of the
Bowl. Demon Deacons will be attending on
Bowl representatives accompanied several
^Kters to the campus Tuesday.
ecords reveal some aspects of RJR
utilization of black employees.
lerization fights the cold for handi-
“imilies, page 3.
Jls talk about the golden opportn-
^oard of Aldermeq missed and the
(cated volunteers have accom-
'ith midget sports, page 4.
hirl captures all the excitement
lantry of local events, page 6-7.
and Satchmo are the subject of
TV specials. Read about it in
&ge 9.
luit defendant tried to defend
dthout a lot of success, see page
Lt. Aaron Tice said that
the suspects allegedly
forced their victim, who
had been out drinking
with them earlier, to have
relations with two other
men Nov. 12 while, Gwyn
and Copeland held her
Tice said that ,a female
can be charged with rape
if she has, “aided or
abetted” another fe
male’s rape.
The alleged victim told
police that she had known
Gwyn and Copeland prior
to the incident and that
the two men paid them to
have sex with her,, Tice
said.
The identity of the two
men is still being investi
gated, Tice said.
Tice, in charge of inves
tigations at Dist. 2. said
he did not know any
details of Shelfs arrest
except that, he , was
charged with taping a
woman at knifepoint and
that ,the woman was not
injured with the knife
during the incident.
But contrary to popular
belief, most rape victims
are not assaulted by com
plete strangers.
“We’ve only had a
couple of cases where we
had,a pure innocent victim
raped by a stranger,”
Tice said.
Out of 10 reported
tapes in Dist 2 this year,
four have beencleared by
arrest and three are still
being investigated. Tice
said that the number of
rapes has remained virtu
ally unchanged from last
year. “We’ll go two or
three months and then
we’ll get a couple,” he
said.
However, according to
the monthly crime report
for the city, from January
tljl-oug’, September rapes
increased from 53 in 1978
to 61 in 1979, and the
clearance rate increased
also-from 71 to 77 per
cent.
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If convicted of kidnap
ping, Gwyn and Copeland
face a maximum of 25
years and the couple and
Shelf face a possible life
sentence if convicted of
rape, according to North
Carolina statutes.
There’s a look of determination on the
faces of these yonng marchers in the
McLendon Bowl parade last weekend.
Despite a drizzie, they kept on
stepping aii the way from Jetway
Shopping Center to the Carver High
Staff Photo by Templeton
Schooi field where the Boys Club'
notched two shutouts to the Patterson
Avenue YMCA’s one in bowi action.
Marching are Neai Anthony, Nicole
Tate and Carla Wardlow.
Four Families Displaced by Tower
By Yvette McCullough
Staff Writer
Four families will have
to leave their, homes on
15th Street due to the
construction of a five mil
lion gallon water tank and
pump station near Liberty
Street.
Relocation for the fami
lies may mean a chance
for them to move out of
substandard housing, but
at least one family can not
find affordable standard
housing.
Thurmond Ford, a relo
cation supervisor in the
city’s Community Deve
lopment Department told
the Chronicle that, one
family had been relocated
with three families re
maining.
“We will try to get
them moved as soon as we
can,” Ford said. “Basi
cally all of the families
want to go and are very
anxious to go.”
The water storage faci
lity, funded with last
year’s water bond issue,
was originally scheduled
to be built on a 14th Street
site and later near St.
Benedicts Catholic
Church but met with
neighborhood opposition.
When the city decided to
locate the facility at the
end of 15th Street, it was
said that no one would
have to be relocated.
One resident is upset
that she and her family
will have to move. John
nie Mae Clifton and her
family have lived at 713
15th St. for 11 years.
“I hate the idea of
moving, but if the city
says we have to I guess we
have to,” Ms. Clifton
said. “I’m very upset
because I can’t find no
housing unless it’s run
down.
“I’m not particular a-
bout this location but my
house is okay,” Ms. Clif
ton continued. “The CD
people first told us we had
to be out by October, two
weeks ago they said by
the end of December, if
we don’t find something
they may set us out.”
“We have found the
location to be acceptable
to the community and we
haven’t had any com
plaints about the loca
tion,” said Pat Swann,
City Public Works Direc
tor. “All of the families
have been contacted and
they will be relocated
depending on what’s a-
vailable.”
Ms. Wilma McMillian
of 712 15th St., told the
Chronicle that she was
intending to move before
the mention of the water
facility.
“1 knew I was going to
move because of the con
dition of my house,” Ms.
McMillian said. “My
house is in bad condition
and 1 want to get out
before it gets colder.”
Ms McMillian and her
seven children are having
trouble being relocated
because of the size of their
family. She said she is
trying to find a house
that’s suitable for her
family.
fencies Wage War for Mental Health
By Patrice E.Ue
Staff Writer
|[Third of a Three-part Series.]
nowing, they are just ordinary buildings
^oughout Winston -Salem.
zones. Inside, residents and visitors
goal-to emerge triumphant over mental
Holism and drug abuse.
^ recently ended fiscal year 1978-79, 2,730
ffity residents were treated for mental illness,
1 nlcohol inebriation on an inpatient/out-
at Forsyth-Stokes Area Mental Health
^ county’s public facility, compared to 2,598
^ore.
^tment for mental illness and drug and
'use increased, the number of court petitions to
involuntarily committed also
563 during fiscal year 1977-78 to 588 for
ysar ending June 30,
^ l^r agencies - the publicly funded Forsyth-
IH the private Forsyth
Y Association and the Council on Drug
P.y the foot soldiers in the War on mental
M'elinies. their tactics are unorthodox.
Even after being cared for'at a local hospital, a Forsyth
County woman still wasn’t able to begin coping with the
emotions she felt after being violated by a rapist.
Nurses at the Forsyth-Stokes Area Mental Health
Authority helped her wash her clothes and got some food
for her and she went on from there.
A man still tormented by harsh memories of the
Vietnam War finds solace in the Mental Health
association’s five-year-old Friendship Club, a support
group for people coming out of the hospital. Through
REACH, a similar support group for families and friends
of the mentally ill or emotionally disturbed, a distraught
wife or a heartbroken mother can learn to cope.
“There are 70 percent fewer readmissions for people
who participate in the social groups than people who do
not,” said mental health liason Barbara Muse.
Ms. Muse said that the recently formed REACH
program which she coordinates has “been a need for a
long time. They need help in knowing where to go and
what to do during this very trying time. It’s a sharing of
feelings...we’re already seeing tremendous help with
some of the members,” who’ve participated in the
twn-month-old program
How do you define success in such a person-oriented
field? It’s not easy, says John Shields, executive director
of the Council on Drug Abuse.
“Everybody is on a continium between wellness and
sickness. If the person comes in for treatment..if he
stays off for a year..we feel fairly good,” Shields says.
Shields says that 20 percent of the 300-400 patients
treated yearly are discharged drug-free, rather than
being maintained on methadone, a substitute.
Defining success in mental health is certainly not easy
but ask Dr. George Hamilton about indicators of the
status of the Forsyth-Stokes facility and he’ll rattle off
five barometers of success;
• “We have the lowest admissions rate of a regional
mental hospital.”
«“We have no need for state services at Butner” for
treatment of alcohol abuse.
•“There’s somebody available to deal with emergen
cies on a 24-hour basis...there’s no waiting list.”
•“People are overwhelmingly pleased with what
they’re getting from us” according to a sampling of 204
patients who answered a client satisfaction questionaire.
•“These mortgages are built on the backs of Forsyth
County bonds,” one of the strongest indication! of
community support.
Although Tm sure many of you may think 1 have an
obsession with food, I must return to that broad category
for my topic this week.
Like the saga of the re-emerging biscuit, this
particular item is tied up in economics and the inflation
that ravages us all.
For those of you who are interested in aerodynamics or
physics, there may also be some interest.
Around 516 N. Trade and the immediate vicinity, my
sweet tooth is legendary. The most effective tool 1 have
found for keeping it under control has been the fried
apple pie.
One can understand my chagrin when I opened one the
other day. The package looked and felt the s4me; to my
recollection, it was about the right sire, but...
Inside, there was a swirling wind current speeding
around the apparently shrunken morsel. It was hard to
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