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Career Couples How do young married couples deal with separate careers in separate cities? State and Carolyn Alexander share how they deal with their situation. See Page 27. pT^ (? Wiqsi VOL. VIII No. 26 U.S.P.S. No. 06 f|B |: ?|fc I * ' v^^Hfy I . flHPxHidll^Hr J -- - - JH L " >^Hbl 91 w^' ^M|^BBg: :ga^w^.. . .:m|^^K: ^H^EHI ^B:-a'' ^^HHHes xjBK;';. ^?HlNi^^&! .HP > *agjB&':. Chancellor CI By Yvonne Anderson Staff Writer WJftoton-SalcfnState IJnivrrsitv-Chancr'lor Poiiflv; ?? ^V-VTT1 .yy * H. Covington says he has not yet received a reply to his request that the -school's Early Childhood "We must be prepared. We must have personnel that spend full time on marketing this institution. If we don V have students, our primary purpose is gone. A 7 ~loss of students has a multiplier effect on the-entire school." --DouglaS Covington Development Center be cldsed and its funding redistributed to other areas; And even if approval is granted, Covington adds, he Wt n Kl < ,?*? ->.'^r fl BS^\ K | HKb '"jfcr ^ :t?\ ^WmB?i tJ jfl^^^JflHflH^L / ^gpPta? ^Kk ' ? I Photo Bv S*ntflrt* Linzie Farmer, president of APRI in WinstonSalem. As Community C By Allen H. Johnson 111 Managing Editor is fti ftrathr a two-partnserlea. The city's- Liberty-Patterson area is not what it used to be. ?~ A good deal of it now is crumbling, impoverished. But the people who live there are closely knit and, for better or worse, know the neighborhood as home. A number of the residents have had to leave I ihprt v-Pal (prcnn hpmn?p of pvnan?inn hv R I Reynolds Tobacco Co. Many more of them are preparing to leave, and have received relocation counseling and other assistance from a special Ex Price .The local chapter of the support as a dues-paying T does the See Page ton-Sale "Serving the Winston-Salem < 7910 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. IW mU^&v lHHH ^Pf^^BHHpl* ikSRVt m arifies Stance would not make a final decision until he receives additional input. Covington has written * letter seeking permission fretf\ the University of North Caroline General Administration to reallocate the center's $62,964 budget to fund four positions designed to increase student enrollment. Covington, in addition, wants to hire a director of alumni relations, which he says would also aid in the bolstering of enrollment. If UNC consents to his request, Covington told the Chronicle last week, he would seek additional advice from the General Administration, and the WSSU academic affairs committee, board of trustees and education department. "I would not think of making a unilateral decision until I have had input from all these areas and See Page 2 <> Making A Conn A. Phili] By Allen H. Johnson 111 Political Action League, the Managing Editor Fifth Congressional Black Leadership;Conference, the A local organization is Forsyth County Black undergoing a revival of Leadership Caucus, -the sorts-and in a big way. Fifth Congressional Youth T h P W/ inctnn Cilfl ttn r* - 1 r' * * '' - v TTM.jiuii-oan.nl vjroup, ine nasi winstor chapter of the A. Philip Noon Optimist Club, the Randolph Institute, dor- Winston-Salem State stu mant in recent years, will dent government and stubegin a series of new pro- dent council and the Na jects with an ambitious tional Council of Negrc Voter Education and Women. Restoration Caucus on Feb. Lindzie Farmer, APRI 23 at 7 p.m. in the Reynolds president, says the meeting Health Center Cafeteria. will give the organization* The caucus will involve a the chance to "lay some spectrum . of local black strategies" for ways to in organizations, say APRI crease the numbers of black officers, including the registered voters and tc NAACP, the Black educate those already Crumbles, Resides periment in Self-Reliance office in the Patterson Avenue Y. The office is funded through a $24,864 contract with the city and was established at the Y on ? Jan. 25. ?.peupfr.-mnIiiifl fhrrr, he AlUL first to tell you that, for most, the relocation will offer the blessing of safer, more comfortable housing, a good deal of it subsidized by the government. Of course, they will also tell you that the move is painful nevertheless-that firmly planted roots are hard to re-olant. even in more fertile soil. "These people didn't care what it (their neighborhood) looked like," says Louise Wilson, E.S.R. executive director, of those who already have moved. "It was theirs. * :reedom? needs your , ; member. So, indeed, ration as well. tm Cthf*i Community Since 1974" Thursday, February 18, 1982 ftiL " ^ . Photo By Sanl*n? Helping Hands Left, youngsters enjoy a free moment at the Winston-Salem State Early Childhood Development Center. Above, Michelle Williams works with Terrica Hale, on her penmanship. The Center could be closed so that other WSSU programs may be strengthened. zback p Randolph Institute Plan * registered. it." ; "A vote is the most sacred Gwendolyn Williams, ? and important instrument APR! secretary, says that ; in democracy," Farmer her work at the polls in the said. "Officials have been last election revealed to her elected by people who do how important voter educanot vote." tion is. Thanks to President "Many people are Reagan, Farmer says, he ex- registered to vote," she pects the level of participa- said, "but they don't know tion among black organiza- how., The turnout was tions to be high. great, but they did not "Participation will be no know what to do." I problem," he said. Farmer added that the "because the Reaganomics thrust of the voter cduca> program has brought these tion campaign will be "to r people together. I really make an impact on the don't expect 100 percent elections in'82 but a big im> nartirinatinn Hut 1 Avnn<>t n? 'Q* _ i vxwi CI i |;at.i V/II i 11 v. o** \J1 CM UC II I I d 1 ) least 60 percent and if we and senatorial races." t can get that, we can move The local APR1 was revivits Work To Pick "It was almost heart-breaking when you moved people and separated them from each other." Still, Mrs. Wilson sees the move as a good one' overall, and one that E.S.R. can make less painful. their feeling," she said, "and move them to places they can be comfortable with and afford/* "The people that are left have many needs," says . Vera Williams, an outreach specialist in the Patterson Avenue office who works in the community dai1V 44 Vnil llict n<?pH t A KaM ?K?ir V-? r-1 ^ ?U?? mj . V U j Mill IVVW IU UW1U IIIVII llClllliO. 1 IIC IIIICS llldl arc left are in dire need of everything--counseling, furniture, everything. We're going to need to follow them up and encourage them." Mrs. Williams and her co-worker, Patricia Mumi. S' Stalling Holmes? Sports Editor Robert Eller is a bit suspicious of boxer Gerry Cooney's suddenly ailing shoulder. Is Cooney trying to delay his match with heavyweilght champion Larry Holmes? See Sport#, Page 17. OT\icle | ?^c -?? ? *.-> cciiis w rages I his Week About Elderly Housing Fulton Still Has? .?* y* '* <Questions By Yvonne Anderson offices?on?Cleveland Staff Writer Avenue, was called between r~.. i a j * ' . ^ runon ana /\ u i n o r 11 y Ernest K. Fulton, director - Director David Thompkins. of fair housing and equal Fulton .said that elderly~'~ opportunity for the Depart- housing was only one of the ment of Housing and Ur- topics under discussion, ban Development's "I'm here to discuss many Greensboro office, was in things, but the situation on town last week to meet with the, elderly housing is just officials of the city's Hous- one of them," Fulton said, ing Authority over possible "There are many things disparities in elderly hous- that need to be looked into ing projects. because some, basic Fulton, along with city of- guidelines have not been ficials including Southeast followed like they should Ward Alderman Larry have been Womble, toufcd-Winston- Fulton explained that out Salem's federally assisted of the 1968 Civil Rights Act v housing projects Jan 27. came guidelines for the Fulton raised questions dissemination of informathen over the lack of black tion to the minority cornresidents in predominantly munities about new housing I mUitn tllU rt?hnriliir? VTIIIIV. UVVblU^IIICIIl) dllU (ip- ? !?? WIIIVI ?l.^ YVVJUIU IIUI parent differences in the come to their attention, quality of housing in pro- 4'The- whole things was? jects located in designed to attract those predominantly white people who would not neighborhoods and otherwise apply for these predominantly black ones, opportunities/' Fulton Last week's meeting, held said, at the Housing Authority's See Page 2 t s Caucus ed 18 months ago after a people." . lull in activity. It was Other activities scheduled founded in 1964 when the by the organization include national A. Philip Ran- an awards banquet honordolph Institute was formed, ing Winston businessman The Institute has 128 Carl Russell on March 20 at chapters nationwide, 28 of the Holiday Inn North and them in North Carolina, participation in the APR1 The Institute is closely af- State Convention March filiated with the AFL-CIO 26-28 in Greensboro, and Teamsters unions and The local chapter's leaderother major labor organiza- ship is confident that the tions. organization will be sucThe Winston-Salem In- cessful in its revival and its stitute plans to become voter education drive, more involved in communi- "We will need the help of ty activities, says Farmer, all of the groups," said "educating people on the Treasurer Joel Fogg. "It issues and reaching won't be an overnight task everybody in the communi- but I believe we'll get it with ty, especially the grassroots See Page 8 Up Pieces ford, interview residents who have not yet moved and * assess their needs. They find out, for instance, if residents need medical assistance, budget counseling, transDortation. furniture, and refinishinc or heln in "ij_?ffldang..njC?{.Jbom?c. Thay attrrpfrnxliraHy rhrrk wHh. -?residents who have already 'moved and make sure that they are adjusting smoothly. "Even though conditions are bad," Mrs. Williams says, "people are scared to move." Mrs. Williams knows the anxiety of relocation. She herself was relocated six months ago. , Although she likes her new house, Mrs. Williams says she had her problems adjusting. "I was almost sick," she says. "It's like death." See Page 2
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