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iUU U..4 A CHAPEL HILL, KG 27514 SF.PT. ,1979 80 81 Winston-Salem Chr'onicle “Serving the Winston-Salem Community Since 19 74’’ VI NO. 30 32 Pages This Week WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 20 cents O.S.P.S. NO. 067910 Saturday, March 22, 1980 Atkins High ‘Raped’ From Community School Board Candidates Blasted Bv Donna Oldham Staff Writer of East Win.ston told five candidate.s running ■)' Vorsylh County Board of Education Tuesday "fiat the demise of Atkins High School as an all t'*" " litution "'as “akin to rape in that the school wa,^ the community by force, leaving black pride thecilv violated. A-andidates, Edna Runiley Walls, Beaufort Bailey, "Marshall, Rev. Tom Womblc, and Fleming I (,31,K under intense fire during a “ Meet the fudge Blocks Levy 3nTurnkey Repairs Candidates Night” sponsored by BPAF, the Black Political Awareness League, st Shiloh Church, The Rev. Tom Womble, current school board chair man, who is running for re-election, was the man in the hot .seat, as residents, including three aldermen, Larry Little, Virginia Newell and Vivian Burke, fired one ques tion after another at him concerning current school board policies. Most questions concerned the possibility of regaining an all black high school in East Winston, preferably at Carver or Atkins High School. “Dr. Adams has no allegience to this area, so why let him lake everything from us,” said Velma Hopkins, of Superintendent James A. Adams." 1 would like to sug gest that the board of education come to East Winston once in a while for a meeting, instead of sitting on their rumps at the office,” she continued. Several members of the audience asked Womble point blank about the possibility of an all black school and he replied by .saying that he would look into it, A man who identified him.self as being of the Muslim faith, asked Womble why most of the inter-school di.sciplinary centers and all the clas.ses designated for slow learners were “packed with black kids.” Womble responded with the help of Alderman Burke, that all students are tested and re-tested to sec where they belong academically. Womble went on to point out that' his own daughter was currently in a program for students with learning disabilities. Alderman Newell pointed out to Womble that an arti cle she had read recently told of a mother who was told that her child was retarded and would never be pro- See Page 9 By Donna Oldham Staff Writer Alocal judge has ruled that the Housing Authority of iton Salera was wrong in taking funds from the in account of former residents of a Turnkey III home ore it had been determined that they had damaged it. irsvth County District Court Judge William H. man made the ruling after hearing two days of niony in which Willie R. and Mary Queen Bostic, lerresidents of a Turnkey III home, counter-sued the ling Authority to regain $727.23 subtracted from Earned Home Buyers Account for damages ledly done to their former home, istic asked the court for $646.50 which he claimed the amount in the routine maintenance account he and his family moved from the North Hills home tii He also asked for $80.73 for two storm doors that rdered but never received that were also subtracted im his account. he Housing Authority sued the Bostics first, charging t they failed to give a 30-day written notice before ting the home, located at 4050 Burnham Court. They ko charged that damages done to the home, while the itics lived there exceeded the money left in the Hint plus $260.33. ittorneys for the Bostics charged that the Housing thority had failed to establish and pay for a home lets association stipulated in the federal guidelines forth by the Department of Housing and Urban 'elopment. Ellen Gurber of the Legal Aid Society of iwest, N.C., added that the association was losed to help settle disputes between the Housing Ihority and the residents, but was in fact non-existant. ittorneys for the Housing Authority, Harold Kennedy and Harold Kennedy 111., claimed that since the ising Authority was a public, non-profit organization. ‘ "I i m High Finisher L'*' president of the local Urban I * brought home a second-place ribbon for I 'w -ciocheled display of Guild activities. During ^'ttinpetilion was held during the 12th Bn ^^Sional Conference of the Council of Ur- pe in Tampa, Florida last weekend. It cards depicting Guild activities such Fashion Fair. that it was non-engaged in trade, therefore, it could not turn a profit, making it exempt from unfair trade practices. The Kennedys added that while the Bostics claimed that the house “started to fall apart three weeks after they moved in,” that they remained in the house for five years, from 1971 to 1976. Inrendering his judgement, Freeman told the court that the Housing Authority did in fact engage in unfair trade practices in running the Turnkey III program. See Page 16 Bankers Urge Reinvestment John W. Templeton Staff • Writer A panel of bankers has urged local interest to begin us ing some of the lending strategies being used nationally to revitalize neighborhoods during two days of workshops sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Audiences ranging up to 100 neighborhoods leaders were shown ways that banks, savings and loan associa tions and city governments, in conjunction with com munity residents design appropriate strategies. The sessions ended with a tour of 10 neighborhoods which league officials hoped would plant ideas Frederick Willietts, 3rd, vice president of Cooperative Savings and Loan Association in Wilmington, said Tues day, “I’m convinced that Winston-Salem has some neighborhoods in which the Neighborhoods Housing Ser vice concept can work.” Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS), a partnership between lenders, a community and government, has been used in Wilmingon to generate 398 building permits in the 898 houses in the Bottoms area of the coastal city, the heart of the riots during 1971, said Willetts. The NHS set up an office in the middle of the com munity with a staff which gave residents estimates on needed repairs and then accompanied them to meetings with lenders. A revolving loan fund meets the difference between what the residents can borrow through conven tional loans and what they need. City officials and neighbprhood residents are set to meet with federal officials next week to discuss setting up See Page 13 ...and check the oil Winds and persistant rain were the undoing of the roof that shelters the gas pumps at the V.G. Phillips & Sons Gulf station of highway 311. The pumps were closed but should reopen sometime next week. Looking on is Cedric Moser, ^ BP AL AskCandidates toDiscuss Concerns of Black Community By John W. Templeton Staff Writer The Black Political Awareness League will screen can didates for local and state offices during a serie sof meetings through April 12, announced BPAL chairman Mrs. Vivian H. Burke. “We invited the candidates to talk about the issues which are important as far as the black community is concerned,” said the North Ward Democratic alderman. “The response was positive. Only one is not coming.” The first meeting was held Tuesay of this week with school board candidates. Monday, March 24, a meeting will be held with candidates for county commissioner. April 7 has been set as the date for state offices and April 21 for district and superior court judges. BPAL is an organization which emerged last fall with an aim of providing a forum for black political unity in the city. Its voting members are representatives of the Democratic precinct organizations in the 16 predominantly black boards. Burke said the organization is not seeking to play a “kingmaker” role. “We’re interested in citizens atten ding the meetings.” she said. “It’s just not for the precinct people.” Burke said persons with questions should after the queries to their precincts leader or to Mrs. Naomi Jones, the league’s secretary-treasurer. The first venture of the league into indorsements came last fall when the body chose among four blacks seeking the appointment to a vacant State House seat. BPAL selected former Alderman Carl H. Russell, but another one of the black candidates, Atty. Annie Brown Kennedy actually won the county Democratic party’s recommen dation for the seat. During the process, some confusion emerged over whether the Baptist Minister’s Conference and Associates link with BPAL still existed. However, conference presi dent Dr. J. Ray Butler has publicly pledge his support for BPAL. Mrs. Burke said she hopes the recommendations of the league will be endorsed by the broad spectrum of black leadership. “We need to sit down and talk about our various lists and come out with a uniform list,” she said. 70 Acres Still Zoned for Apartments By John W. Templeton Staff Writer The most likely sites for new multi-family housing units in the eastern half of the city lie on almost 70 acres of vacant urban renewal land near Cherry Street and bet ween Seventh and Eighth Streets. John F. Butner, real estate specialist with the city Com munity Development Department, said there are 14 dif ferent tracts in the two areas which have been zoned R-2 for multi-family housing since their clearing. Non of the parcel is ready for sale, sqid the property officer, because of streets improvements and other steps to be taken. In some cases, streets, which have been for mally closed need to be graded down. The location of multi-family complexes in black neighborhoods has become an issue in recent months as four communities have taken steps, including a successful court injunction in the case the Castelshire Woods, sub division, to block or change planned developments. Other instances include changes in elderly apartments on the Old City Hospital site after protests from neighbors, the delay of duplexes planned off Underwood Avenue after protests and complaints registered about See Page 12'
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