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City Rehires
Suspended
Employee
By PiIiIm E. Lee
Staff Writer
City Manager Bryce A. [Bill] Stuart has reinstated
Ronald Burnette, a laborer in the public works department
suspended Jan. 7 because of an unclear policy concerning
employee absences. .
"It is my conclusion that you clearly violated' the
department's policy [but] based upon all the information,
there exists sufficient doubt as to whether this
policy was adequately communicated to you by department
representatives," Stuart wrote in a letter to
Burnette Feb. 12.
According to Stuart's letter, Burnette will receive
back pay back to Jan. 7.. Stuart also advised Burnette to
improve his overall attendance record.
Burnette, who had complained about bad management
in the department publicly on several occasions,
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bank says businesses need to provide Chambers c
more jobs for hard-core groups of unem- and technic
ployed workers, such as minority youth. doing," sai<
John G. Medlin Jr., president of During ar
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. of Win- outlook for
ston-Salem, said he favors a coordinated expects mil
effort between businesses and technical over the she
institutes to train unemployed in skills target more
which the businesses need during a talk need the ski
to the statd's black newspaper publi- Medlin's
sncrs rvionaay. cvunumy is
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1 Medlin. Product will go down," said
i assessment of the economic via executive,
the 1980s, Medlin said he Based on talks with are
lority employment to go up men, Medlin said major indi
rt-term. "We need to try to as textiles and furniture will b
into the groups of people who during 1980.
Ills," he said. "The Christmas season w
overall assessment of the one," he said. "One retai
a favorable one. "I do not only mistake he made was i
rill have a recession in 1980 in (merchandise).
Success Rate
For Benefits >
By Tvettc McCuDough had appealed with 189 winStaff
Writer . ning on the lower level and
| 259 appealed with 18 winA
third of North Caroli- ning on the higher level.
Inians who appeal an ad- Locally, the number of
verse compensation ruling people has increased also,
J are winning, according to even though the actual
I statistics released by the figures are not kept by
State Employment Security county. Howard Holbrook,
Commission. During 1979, Jr., assistant manager of
1,049 people had ^appealed; the Employment Security
296 won on a lower authoti- Commission told the Chro^
ty and 265 luuL appealed to nicle that , a change in a
a higher authority with 54 ruling may have resulted in
winning. the increase of appeals.
During 1978, 684 people "In a previous ruling a
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I John W. Temptoton ston Square project, are
Staff Writer being sought through
DOI's Urban Park and ReFederal
officials have creation Recovery Protold
the City of Winston-Sa- gram, which places a high
lem that a renovated down- priority on serving minority
town YMCA would have to and other targeted ?opulaserve
the , neighborhoods tions.
around the downtown area Graham Lewis, a DOl
if the city is to receive the official in Atlanta who helps
$1.2 million grant it is cities prepare ^grant appliseeking
from the U.S. De- cations, said that? factor
it partment of the Interior. contributed to the YMCA
B Funds for the renovation, proposal being turned
part of the $7 million Win- down twice by the federal
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gjg/> Staff Writer
* Recreation director Nick
proposing that an "" adult
. center" in excess of 3,000 sqi
KiilU at th? fiAur D?I1 1
\M^ Street and Mount Zion Place.
Jamison revealed that he h
WL that request in a five-y<
improvements proposal sent
budget office during a North
pw?*borhood Council "People's F
week.
\9 ftNM oat of tho yard of The recreation director said
Mfakg ?D that ?ow caoood to build a facility about the
another wfth a distinctive center now being built at P
(3,200 square feet), with room
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^ I Medlin said industries are more careful
>nersx With building Inventories than in 1974,
^ when many were caught with excessive,
-,1s. amounts and had to lay off-employees,
consecutive "This time, when things slow down,
oss National they > will turn back slowly rather than
the Wacho- abrupt cutbacks," said Medlin.
The luncheon session was the third in a
a business- series of annual sessions with black
ustries such publishers held by Wachovia to review
e doing well the economy and discuss the bank's
image in minority communities,
as a strong Attending were: Stan Davis, general
ler said the manager of the Carolina Peacemaker,
inderbuying Mrs. Vivian Edmonds, publisher of the
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pcrsoa wiui some qucsuun me ucudiig it a peouu is
about why they quit or were not satisfied with the defired
may be penalized for a cision it can be appealed
period of their. eligibility and the case can be conbut
they, would receive sidered again by a higher
rome compensation," Hoi- authority,
brook said. Now if there Holbrook also stated that
is some question and they employers may also appeal,
are denied, they won't get If a ciaiment wins an ap.
any compensation period. peal, any employer whose
"Now they, appeal be- tax account may be affected
cause they feel they, have can appeal, Employment
nothing to lose," Holbrook - _
continued. insurance is financed enBenefits
are determined *** from tax" Paid
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Proiert $$ Ov
government. UPARR Grants.
"One of our concerns Allen Joines, city public
was what, population' is . safety coordinator who is
being served," said Lewis in working in the area of
a telephone interview, downtown revitalization,
"We're not in the business said the city has tagun a
of simply building recrea- process of seeking neightion
facilities for borhood input before the
businessmen to work out in submission of another produring
their lunch hours." poSai by Feb. 22.
Lewis said the proposal, A "brainstorming"
as submitted before, meeting was held Monday
ranked "in the lower mid- at the Arts Council and a
die" of the * competition second meeting will be held
among cities for the this Tuesday nightr
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For Rupert Bell Park
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eton citizen activities and craft training and
sales.
At a more advanced stage of developJamison
is ment is a proposal to use an area of
recreation city-owned land behind Fairview School
tare feet be next to Bowen Boulevard as a park, said
Park at File Jamison and community develonment
director Gary Brown during the forum at
as included New Trinity Baptist Church. ,
;ar capital The Community Development Departto
the city ment has allocated $25,000 in next fiscal ?
east Neigh- year's budget -if the city matched, that
brum" last amount witl\ another $25,000 for the
property.
i the idea is A survey by the northeast council has
size of the revealed that more than, 90 per cent of
iney Grove area residents feel there is not sufficient
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Outstanding Youth
Walter Farabee, acting director of the Human Services
Department, recently presented a $500 Savings
Bond to Bernadette Ledbetter who was selected as the
"Outstanding Participant" in the 1979 Summer Youth
Employment Program [SYEP1.
In addition, she also received a plaque Jan. 28 at the
Employment and Training Advisory Council meeting.
Both the bond and the plaque given by the U.S.
Department of Labor.
Ledbetter worked as a clerk-typist in the Human
Services Department of the city. She resides at home
'with her mother, Mrs. Naomi Ledbetter and is an advanced
sophomore at Winston-Salem State University.
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"We were not able to Street,
show the federal govern- Joines said he thinks
ment that we were able to patrons for the center could
meet the neighborhoods' be attracted from the folneeds
immediately around lowing neighborhoods'
downtown," said Joines. Thurmond Street, Holly AThe
city's past proposals venue, West Salem, Wathad
emphasized the role of kins Street, Crystal Towers,
the project in downtown West End and Liberty-Patrevitalization.
If approved, terson.
the SI.2 million would go The 1978 act which ctetowards
renovation of the ated the UPARR program
pool, weight room and lists as priorities for grant
gymnasium of the former selection such factors as:
Central YMCA on Spruce See Page 2