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^ WlTjSt 'Vol! VII No. 5 U.S.P.S. No. 0675 ^B ^^^B ^B |M ^BBBBBK^%^T3?^hiwWW? ^^^^^BBiBBiHBr Medlin Phillips Hour Honor* Opportunity By Donna Oldham Staff Writer y ( The assistant secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development said that although tremendous progress had been made in the areas of equal rights and J equal opportunity, that black people or anyone should not rest on past laurels. Sterling Tucker, who was the key-note speaker for the Winston-Salem Urban League's annual " Equal Oppor- r tunity Day Banquet/' last week said that the residents of In Support Of Black Jus NBA r 11 fit a brict filed with thb eiv^rights he should be pet " * v California Supreme Court, se disqualified from hearseveral Black bar associa- ing a white plaintiff's con- ^ tions have challenged the tention of reverse discrimi- I attempt to disqualify Jus- nation." 1 tice Clinton White from DeRonde, in his motion to s .hearing a reverse-discrimination case. Glen DeRondei who has challenged ,he Reynolds Health University of California ^ School of Law at Davis', admission prodedures be- I jl 1 /^Cl cause race is considered as a factor in the admission process, contends that Jus- By Sheila Monroe tice White, who is Black, Staff Writer should be disquaified from hearing the case. , .... r i a' . Upward mobility of Indicating that the at- . . J~ . e f. . . blacks is a major concern of tempt to disqualify Justice (he new, elected head of White is a threat to every (hc R lds Health Center Black lau/vpr anH Rlaolr . " . *"\"w ,T'7" Advisory Board. John Dunjudge in this nation, the can who succeeds c p brief filed by the Charles Booker as chairmalli said Houston Bar Association. he wi? work for fu|, uti,jza. the California Association r -,4 r ,, r . Al_ tion of the facility for all of Black Lawyers and the ... f.. ,, ... . ? * .A. citizens of the community. National Bar Association, asserts that: "stripped to "This includes space its essence, plaintiff utilization for medical ? (DeRonde) is simply related services and pro- P arguing that because Jus- grams," he said. Duncan o tice White is Black and has also said he wants the f< been active in the cause of Center to extend its hours b f B&C Survey Part II |; *" | Gap Between ? M H By Robert Brown H and Hal Sieber 1 B&C Associates yy.\ 1 : "We've been patient. We've gone along. We've or i J A \i;_'? _ 11 1 ?Lii ? |g waixea. we ve aone wunuui. ttc vc anuweu wnucs to take credit for progress. But this is ridiculousH whites are bragging that the civil rights war's been f? won. they even say it's going too far, and here we |L flte, with racism as wide-spread and durable as | ever." said a black woman attorney. "There's a backlash againsx civil rights in the United States,*; I and its going to take a whole lot of expensive I confrontation in the streets to prick the White |? American conscience," she commented, underscoring "expensive" as she spoke. "What ticks me off is that most wites don't really 1 vrnt to get rid of racism. They just want us to quit worrying about it. They want better human " oefv^y Iffre WinST&n^S&iem X MO \\ |\s ION-SAI I M. \ C ///// BflSS - . ? ' j ed A t Equal Day Fete i Winston-Salem should be proud of their partnerships vith industry and labor, but that ''There are still many -1 opportunities that need to be explored and conquered for < everyone to be truly equal." i The program was highlighted by the presentation of ' hree awards by the Urban League for outstanding ' Distinguished Service; Community Service, and Corpo- 1 ate Achievement. Dr. Barbara K. Phillips, a native of Winston-SaUm and lational basilus of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Ih?., was ? See page 2? I ftice es Brief \ iisxjaitWj Justice White, Win from ptrtktfpattntf^tn* j claimed that Justice the case which is now j White's membership in the pending in the California ? ^JAACP and the Charles Supreme Court. Houston Bar Association Nothing that white judges ;hould serve to disqualify See page 2 Center Advisory Board 1 in Named Headi cannot get there before I flncino anrl fnr amarnanmi S HIIW IWI VlilVI ?\.U\.y . he R^V The advisory board, Bfc" originally devised to superI vise work at the Health *w f Center and to drum up 1 VSfc community interest, has i Kt ~ just completed a major t W study of educating the n BP*' public, concerning the center's programs and I facilities. * Duncan also plans to Duncan work closely with the coun-~ ty commissioners, the counf operation so that more manager> and Dennjs eople can take advantage Magovern> (he RHC ad. f the services the center of- minjstrator. ?rs. "The center needs to e open for people who See page 2 Whites-Blacks | | relations, but they don't want to put themselves out, i J doing the thing they need to do to improve the || ^ conditions that are causing bad human relations," said a black police community relations officer. "I |? see the young kids of the street and I say to myself, f? ^ some day they're going to go wild and all hell's || going to break loose and the mayor and everybody's I going to set up committees to find out why it all | . happened. It'll be too late. Too damn late when | ^ things get out of control." i u A black television reporter, a 28-year-old woman, 1 ^ said that if she were asked what the race-relations | problem is she would say, "Whites. Especially the |j I U/hr* tV?inlf tho nrftKUtn ic nc K1a/-lr ww ??v/ hi linn vi iv vuaviii i o u?v umvM iv/in? ?JII^ ^ added:"I see it around here(at the television M station). They(whites) cringe when someone uses f: the word racism. They say that racism went out with || b the Sixties. Hell, it came in with the Seventies. |? p Here it is 1980, and racism is the only thing not i n ? See Page 10 I V 122 Chr^i ommuiifty 'Sirfce 'l Saturday September 27, 1980 Little Says s * Blocking > By Donna Oldham I Staff Writer Alderman Larry D. Little has said that he will withdraw his support of the proposed Radisson Hotel in Winston-Salem, if Mayor Wayne A. Corpening does not support Winston-Salem State University's acquisition of Bowman Gray Stadium. In an interview last week, Little said that he believed ;hat Corpeningr who happens to be a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors is intentionally blocking the stadium transfer and has applied pressure to WSSU Chancellor Douglas Covington to get him to back down from his interest in acquiring the stadium for the university. ' , Corpening, contacted at his office, called Little's | allegations "lies." I "Larry should be talking to the university. I try to sup- j port and help the chancellor," the mayor said. Corpening ^ also said that he had an "open mind," about the project j and that if he found the deal practical he would support { it. "This is a chance for him (Corpening) to prove himself. The mayor has done nothing of substance for black people in this town," said Little, in response. Little said that he was positive that Corpening had Kir r Wk What A Plaa PVyi M Lr L/yvwa..'. -k I* I ^ tr\ / C- * I I '""ft twin* uj iziy uuisum 31reel was watcnt^' television w vhat he described as, "something like a bomb going off. " h ee a 1969 Dodge resting a few feet away from his bed root hrough Harris' yard and into his front porch. No one was Rising Interest Housing Recov After realizing a "reasonably strong" rebound in b lome sajes and starts in June, July and part of August, v he housing recovery is now in serious doubt because of a n ecent upward swing in interest rates, acording to Her- a nan J. Smith, president-elect of the 124,000-member Na- tl ional Association of Home Builders (NAHB). "Unless there is a decline from the sharp increases in c nterest rates of the last few weeks, we could have one of v he shortest housing recoveries on record," Smith said to- h lay in testimony before the Joint Economic Committee 1 in Housing and the Economy. t< Mortgage rates have increased from the 11 percent to 12 a >ercent range six weeks ago to 13 Vi percent in some parts 8 >f the country today and could go higher. d Although the rise in i/tfcTest rates won't be'reflected in ales and starts figure# until September or October, the e ligher rates will cause the loss of 50,000 to 75,000 new s lousing units later this year and another 170,000 to d 00,000 units next year, Smith said. Before recent interest 1; ate hikes, NAHB forecast 1.2 million starts in 1980 and i .49 million in 1981. (August housing starts figures will be clcascd later today by the Commerce Department.) t< High mortgage interest rates hold down sales activity iy pricing potential buyers out of the market. Fot^exam>lc, on a $65,000 house with a 5 percent downpayment, 4 aillion fewer households qualify for a loan at 12 percent han at 9 percent. "The lower end of the market -- financed by FHA c oans and VA guarantees -- has been particularly hard hit f onicle T 20 cents 22 pages this week > Mayor VSSUBid HHj* ? J.? Little Corpening voiced displeasure to the Board of Governors who, in~s? turn, pressured Covington into writing the mayor a letter, jacking down from his original staunch support of the transfer of the stadium by using his position as a member Jf the UNC Board of Governors and as chairman of the judget committee that gets funding for such actions through the legislature. 44All he has to do is pick up that phone to William Friday (diancellor of the UNC system) is mayor of Winston-Salem and as a member of the See oaze 2 ^ ^^^^EL-W < ^?\PiJK' ^?^y rm NbfaS^t . J*^r \ v* ? ? ? To Park *"" / >/7/i /lis grandaughter last Saturday evening when he heard Jarris went to look out his front door and was surprised to M Tbr. ~..*~ J-: ?--- />?'A- "' r.. imc uuiu, unvtn oy \~njion MCLsUitum, had crashed injured in the accident inniimmwmMim<im?imniimniMnnn?MHwmimiiHnttmimninn?nnnitm?mi Rates Put ery In Doubt >y cancellations of commitments by mortgage bankers as /ell as cancellations of sales/' Smith said. This is the seglent of the market that led the housing recovery in June nd July, when interest rates fell sharply after reaching heir all-time high in April. Sellers and buyers are having second thoughts about losing FHA or VA housing deals because the spread between government-backed loans, set at 12 percent, and ligher interest-conventional loans has grown too wide. "o bridge the gap, lenders charge discount points, mostly o the seller, each point equal to one percent of the mount of the loan. Lenders are now charging as many as to 12 discount points, costing home sellers thousands of lollars. Smith cited NAHB telephone surveys of builders as vidence that the rebound in new housing acti\it\ is lackening. In mid-March, 90 percent of builders responling to the survey rated sales "poor." By late August ony 50 percent rated sales "poor," but a week and a hall go the figure started up again to 63 percent. "Three times in less than one year, we have in crest rates rise and fall so sharply and so raptdlv iluii n cems virtually impossible to sustain any level of stability i housing production," Smith said. "Only a few years ago, a rise in mortgage rates of 'tX) iasis points took place over a period of two years, loay, it seems that it only takes a matter of weeks. It s?. ins lear that some fundamental changes are needed in oulet See Pa^e 12
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