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Chronicle
WINSTON-SALEM, about reaching our marN.C.
? The five-year- ket and delivering to the
old Winston-Sa4em readers they want."
Chronicle has become a An initial audit was
member in the presti- conducted at the Chronigious
Audit Bureau of cle in October by ABC
Circulations, announced auditor O.J. Asbury,
editor and publisher Er- who complemented the
nest H. Pitt. paper on "one of the~
"It's one of the most best record-keeping sysimportant
milestones we terns of any weekly I've
have ever reached," seen."
said Pitt. The Chronicle His audit confirmed
is? the 'first black-owned the success of the pa
-> news-paper in nurm pei a uumc ucirvcij
Carolina to join ABC and campaign. "Now. our
is one of fewer than^20 readers can be assured
nationally who belong. of getting their paper
"Our advertisers have fresh on Thursday afteralready
begun to take a noon, instead of having
new look at the Chroni- to wait for the mail to
cle because of our mem- deliver it on Friday of
bership," added the co- Saturday," said circulafounder
of the paceset- tion manager Thomas E.
ting weekly. "It says to Wilkins.
them that we are serious The Audit Bureau of
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Repair Bac
Residents
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?^ By John W. Templeton
Staff Writer
Neighborhood representatives have demanded that
the city begin repairing ? instead of condemning
substandard housing and strengthen housing code
enforcement throughout the city.
The Housing Code Enforcement Committee of the City
Wide Housing Coaliton went to the Public Works
Committee of the Board of Aldermen Monday night after
an apparent rebuff from city staff in its attempts tc
schedule a publiclorum oh the housing code.
Led by chairman Paul C. Shepard from the West End
neighborhood, the group proposed seven recommendations
to the aldermen. They include:
use In relm powers of the city to repair substandard
houses
notify complaints of any hearings or inspections ol
substandard conditions.
make inspectors accountable for specific areas of the
city.
Energy Course
r, 'i. _ xl a. ..I _ _
uespue a consensus inai ine era 01 tununuing c
abundant cheap energy is over, there is Winston-Sal
still no agreement on the tough choices
that wiil shape America's energy future. The 15 art
As a public services to help readers of CBN sponsi
this newspaper examine these choices, California, S
the Winston-Salem Chronicle in coopera- by energy ex
tion with Winston-Salem State Universi- of energy t<
ty's Economic Education Center and the impact c
Courses by Newspaper (CBN) will pre- oh energy
sent 15 weekly articles about energy current enei
beginning Saturday, Jan. 26 and conclu- and internal
ding May 3. Newspape
The course, "Energy and the Way We for this coui
Live," is open to all adults and should below, mail
particularly to teachers, college students, out to WSS
clergyman, public officials, businessmen sion to Larr
and senior citizens. Course requirements instructor,)
include a S10 registration fee, purchase of sity, Winstc
A - A ? A A J _ A ? 4 4/ 1 _ ? A A! _
a text ana anenaance ax o 1 vi nour ciass nrsx meeun
sessions in Coltrane Hall Room 217 Monday or 1
during February 12 & 17, March 11-18, a?, a local
April 8 & 15 and May 6 & 13. Enrollees subsequent
successfully completing the energy be decided 1
course will receive a certificate and two with Hunge
City Hiring7 "
mative action goals were creased by 95 and tY
set by former City Manager percent of black employet
Orville Powell and former has increased from 33.2 p<
Assistant City Manager cent to 35.4. per cent <
Jack Bond. 1973 employees.
At that time Powell and While the city has?Jbestc
Bond decided that increa- the professional goal, on
sing the number of blacks 15 per cent or six out of <
to 19.1 in each category-- administrators were blac
administrative, profession- Since Sept. 30, one of tl
al, technical and protective six, former director of h
services--by 1980 would be man services, Nellie Jone
* "reasonable'' based on has resigned.
employment figures for the dty a
Forsyth County supplied by _ ^ _ rJ
the Employment Security s 5^
Commission assistant director of coi
munity development; Le
Since 1975 the number of ter Erwin, deputy fire chi<
city employees has in- Herman Aldri^ge, direct
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Joins
Circulations is an international
association of
newspapers, advertisers
and advertising agencies
fotinded in the erfrly 20th
century to allow an impartial
and objective way
of checking newspaper
circulation.
"Our analysis of the
economic situation told
us that advertisers
would be making their
cutbacks with media for
which the^ could not
conclusively measure
tVioir roaoh " a AAaA Din
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"We decided to remove
any hint of uncertainty .
with the ABC audit/' ^
The audit was the
icing on the cake for an
extensive overhaul of the
newspaper's circulation
department. Wilkins, a
IHou!
TelIC
publicize citizens rights at
housing code.
The committee also re
strengthen the code's star
habitation.
Other members of the
Hamilton vice chairman i
Broughton, secretary from \
from Watkins Street3 and
Grove.
i In a report given to th<
stated the city already hs
1 homes. The report cited a st
or county of this State finds
county dwellings that are i
I power is hereby conferred
exercixe its police powers to
f dwellings."
The committee called the
5 remedy which preserves
See
Offered
ducation units of credit from
em University.
icles are part of a nationwide
jred by the University of
>an Diego and are authored
perts who explore the history
jchnology and consumption,
>f often contradictory values
policy and the effects of
gy dilemnas on the national
ional scene.
;r readers who wish to enroll
rse should fill in the coupon
it and a check for $10 made
U Extended Education ^Divii
Hungerford, energy course
Yinston-Salem State Univer>n-Salem,
N.C. 27102. The
g for students will be on a
Wednesday night in February
location to be announced;
meeting times and dates will
!>y the students inconjunction
rford.
om page 1
io rtf fViii human Polafinnc onm
;s mission; and Walter Fara
sr bee, acting director of hi
of man services.
The three black alderme
. have expressed dissatisfac
' tion with the city's affirmi
Z tive action plan in the pas
. but City Manager Bryc
"Bill" Stuart has said he i
le
"committed to the princ
pies of equality and fa
w- Representatives
of th
re black community hav
e, scheduled a meeting wit
n- Stuart to discuss these an
is- other concerns Thursday
jf; Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Eai
or Winston Library.
w ;
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ABC
14-year veteran of the
Piedmont Publishing Co.
an afternoon-morning
combination newspaper
owned by Media General
Inc., was hired in September
as circulation
manager.
4 'Tom has put it all
together for us; complaints
are down and we
can now track our circulation
in a way we
never could before,"
said Pitt.
Wilkins was not the
only catch in a Chronicle
fall talent raid on daily
newspapers. Patrice E.
Lee, a reporter with the
Fort Myer News-Press, a
Gannett Corp. daily in
Florida, was hired in
November to serve as
criminal justice and city
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sing/
ity
id responsibilities under the
commended that the city
tdards of fitness for human
committee are Louise S.
rom East Winston; Pansy
17-.* C _1 IT 1
tcsi jdicm; TTiinam nugnes
Sophia Brown from Piney
e aldermen, 'the committee
is legal authority to repair
tate law: "Whenever any city
that there exists in the city or
infit for human habitation...
upon the city or county to
repair, close or demolish the
repair procedure..."the only
rather than decreases the
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NAACP's Hooks
Beqjamin L. Hooks, ex
ecotive director of The Na
tkmal Association for th
Advancement of Colore
People, wifl be the fea
tared speaker when th
High Point chapter of th
NAACP holds Its first an
mial Freedom Fund Dinne
on Jan. 24, 19S0.
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