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Homebuyers
By Donna Oldham
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Four of the seven Turnkey 111 developments in
WhiiToiLLSalcm have signed recognition agreements making
them one step closer to establishing functions, rights,
and responsibility for themselves as separate and viable
communities.
The signing of the agreements came after several
developments retained private attorneys to look into
allegations by Housing Authority officials that the
agreements were not necessary and that Turnkey buyers
were not ready to manage themselves.
The Housing Authority, which manages the Turnkey
developments agreed to sign the agreements after Ben
Erlitz, an attorney for Legal Aid and Housing Authority
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No effort has been made to involve minority contractors
in $4.3 million worth of federally-financed construction
work in the downtown "Culture Block'*'complex.
Officials responsible for the two current projects: the
Stevens Center for the Performing Arts and the Sawtooth
Building for the Arts Council said they did not have to,
and federal officials agree.
The N.C. School of the Arts is receiving $3.8 million in
* grants from the Economic Development Admfnistration
(EDA) and the Appalachian Regional Commission
(ARC) for the Stevens Center and the Arts Council is gelting
$500,000 for the Sawtooth Building from the ARC.
Milton Rhoades, director of the Arts Council, said
there are no minority contractors or subcontractors on
the Sawtooth project. Jim Hancook, project manager for
the Stevens Center for Frank Blum Construction Company,
said he had no idea. "I had 795 line items on the
projects and I just picked the low bid."
John W. Duncan, director of Mid-West Piedmont and
Business Development Organization, said that for neither
contract was his office contacted about the availability of
the construction work. Mid-west serves as a clearinghouse
to let minority businesses know about potential
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Despite supposed emphasis on use of minority vender
by the federal government under ttic Carter Administration,
agencies handling these grants appear to be ignoring
the issuer
President'Carter listed use of minority vendors as an
accomplishment of his administration during his press
conference Monday night.
The Economic Development Administration has
regulation 13 CKR 309.28 (f) (3) referring to procurement
by EDA grantees: "They shall use small business and
minority owned business sources of supplies and
service."
However, EDA officials in Raleigh and Atlanta said
Tuesday there is no monitoring of whether that is carried
0 out. Wayne Elmore, a civil engineer with the
Southeastern regional office in Atlanta said, "There is nc
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requirement in the bid document and no documents kept
on whether they use it or not."
Public Law 95-507 requires contractors doing more
than $500,000 in business with the federal government to
present plans for using small and minority businesses
before receiving bids.
However, the law, which one black businessman
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East Winstc
By John W. Tempteton to air all the complaints.
Staff Writer "We need to get all this out
1 of the way," she said.
The Board of Aldermen ?Tracy ?Singletary,
has approved $18,000 for representing Arlo Constructhe
East Winston Restora- tion Co., a consortium of
tion Council Inc. to begin black builders, said that the
developing houses on six council was possibly being
vacant urban renewal lots, hoodwinked by the builder
The action came after a selected,?Bill Connor of
stormy public hearing Mon- Kemersville.
day night during which one He charged that Conner
builder challenged the was seeking to set up
council's right to be another organization to
developer ancT anoTtTer -develop Section 235 homes,
challenged their procedures and might sabotage the
for selecting a contractor. council's plans in order to
Mrs. Helen Gwyn said get the potential 59 other
afterwards that a public lots to be developed in East
meeting would be held Aug. Winston.
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i Catholic Church at 7 p.m. Singletary's charges. He
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frees and production department of the Winston-Salem <
newspapers were put together and the different facet:
chunk's VliS, with the theme "Starting With the Hasi<
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and those pictured here wee Joyce Sims, Anthony (dent
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Saturday, August 9, 1980
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By John W. Templeton
Staff Writer
Dr. H. Douglas Covington, chancellor of WinstonSalem
State University, says criticism of his administration
by certain anonymous faculty is probably coming
from people dissatisfied over having to face evaluation of
"their job performance.
"Sometimes, one grows to think promotion is
automatic," said the WSSU executive in an interview at
the Chronicle offices. "I feel as though everyone has the
opportunity for promotion, but it has to be earned. Our
students have that opinion and have very strong feelings
about it."
The two-year veteran at WSSU seemed somewhat
perplexed that negative comments about him have
generated more press attention than real progress he
listed which has occurred at the univprcitv
"If I felt critical of a member of my staff* the;trustees,
or President (William) Friday or the Board of Governors,
I would go to them and give them my views and the
reasons behind them," said Covington.
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Board of Education decision," does not apply to grants,
said a White House spokesperson.
Ms. Annette Samuels, assistant White House press
secretary said, "95-50?*does not apply to grantees, only
to federal contracts. What is supposed to happen is that
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said-that-he was working reserved for the council.with
HUD officials to Spencer saw the stipulations
develop non-profit groups set up by the council as
around the state in minority more red tape "after I've
communities to serve as been filling out paper for
referral agents between three months."
builders and persons who Alderman Virginia
could qualify for the mor- Newell flatly told Spencer,
tgage subsidy program. "You have been negotiating
-He acknowledged that he with the wrong people. The
had approached NAACP city has been trying to sell
president Patrick Hairston lots in East Winston for a
about helping to set up such long time and nobody has
a group to build Section 235 come forward."
Houses throughout the "When East Winston
county. produced, then everybody
Another complaint came wanted to jump on the
from John Carl Spencer of bandwagon," she charged.
Winston-Salem. He said Mrs. Gwyn also defended
that he had obtained Sec- the council's right to
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went to the newspaper with a series of unsubstantiated
charges," he added.
Covington said the personnel disputes were "isolated
cases." "The large majority of the faculty are not only
very competent, but are very hard-working with positive
work attitudes and loyal to the institution and extremely
concerned about the education and welfare of the
studerrts."
The chancellor was the object of a letter by one white
former professor at the school who charged that whites
were being discriminated against at the university.
Covington noted that 35 percent of the faculty is white,
the "highest proportion of minority faculty in any of the
16 constituent institutions of the University of North
Carolina."
He acknowledged that some black faculty are
disgruntled that the percentage of whites is so high. Cov:
Tngton said the proportion was high when he arrived at
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"Older Generation Talent Review, " held last week at
South Park School. Details on page 7.
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