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While Ralph Sampson, Pat Ewing and
L Bowie got much of the ink this
son, Earl Jones, the University of
District of Columbia’s seven-
led his team to the NCAA’s
Sion II title. How good is Earl?
Real good, says Sports Editor Robert
Eller, in his weekly column.
Sports, Page 15-
Prison officials who reneged on a deal
with hostage-holding inmates may-
have won a small battle, but they also
set a dangerous precedent for such
situations in the future.say a number of
observers, including local residents and
our editorials.
Chronicle Camera,
Editorials, Page 4.
below, and
Bob Simms makes a career of figuring
out what the fickle American consumer
prefers from his or her taste in
mouthwash to cigarettes to pantyhose,
Simms also notes that there are
challenges in his field for other blacks
to tackle.
Profile, Page 7.
Wiqston-Salem Chronicle
^ “Serving the Winston-Salem Community Since 1974”
Vol.
, Vin, No.
U.S.P.S. No. 067910
jlack Builders
^ay Lose Out
)n Center Work
By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
■onically, black contractors, who
eady have failed to secure the
contract for the East Winston
opping center, say they may not be
le to subcontract a percentage of the
)ject, either, because they can’t af-
tdil.
7/ the contractors cannot
ork within the frame of
ark’s bid or reach a profitable
kontract agreement, then the
oject will have to go on
ihout them. ”
—Allen Joines
fcordlng to James A. Carter, presi-
Dl of Cartwood Construction Co.
ni vice chairman of the Voice of
lority Contractors, the contractors
lotted with the John S. Clark Co.,
sugiiout the earlier part of this week
Id find a reasonable profit margin for
it minority contractors within Clark’s
4 Perfect Showing
By Yvonne Anderson
Staff Writer
lie nursing program at Winston-Salem State University
a crucial step forward in its struggle for survival
*n school officials were notified last week that 100 per
il of the 1981 graduating majors passed the state licen-
"8 exam.
ISSU s nursing program, as well as the nursing pro-
at North Carolina A&T State University and
h Carolina Central University, have been under fire
ee 1977 because of the high failure rate of their
duates.
bid of about $1,2 million.
At press time. Carter said the minori
ty contractors hoped to reach a deci
sion concerning the contract Wednes
day and then would make a consensus
statement on the situation.
It is a difficult decision for the con
tractors, Carter said, because Clark’s
figures are so close. “If we can’t work
out some sort of deal that’s reasonably
profitable for the minority contractors,
then we won’t be able to subcontract
any of the project,” Carter said. As the
deal stands. Carter said it would bevir-
tually unprofitable”for minority con
tractors to subcontract within Clark’s
bid.
Douglas Chesnut, who has handled
construction bids for developer Mark
Vieno, said he is trying to get as many
minority contractors as possible In
cluded in building the center. “We
have the group of bids from Carter,”
Chesnut said, “and we’re trying to
work that group in. We wanted at least
10 percent of the contract to go to
minority contractors and I’m pretty
sure we’ll get well over that minimum.
We’re expecting to award from 10 to
30 percent to minority contractors.”
Chesnut said a verbal agreement was
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' Photo By Santana
“Paula,” a painting by Gilbert Young, is the 33-year-old artist’s latest work and one of his favorites. Young
discusses his views on painting, music and Winston-Salem’s artistic community on Page 8. Another black
Winston artist, Cedric Crawford,also discusses his work on the same page.
All WSSU Nursing Students
Taking Recent Exam Pass
realized that many students were having
f in other areas besides the nursing
nptine. ”
Mrs. Sadie B. Webster
idatTT'*^ North Carolina Board of Governors
ools^ * I graduates pass the exam the
■j closed. Two-thirds of the graduates
duired to pass by 1981 and three-fourths by 1983.
It Ibe direction of Mary Isom, former director of
’ ^''1* bolstered by two $30,000 grants, one
' Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and another
B. Reynolds Health Care Trust, the pro
mised its admission standards and grading criteria.
Ssdie B. Webster took over as acting
(((j j ^ Ptogram. She attributes the high passing
“h er changes in the program, including the
curriculum.
“We realized that many students were having trouble in
other areas besides the nursing discipline,” Mrs. Webster
said. “We felt that we could find a way to deal with this
problem and that it would help students gain a more
thorough understanding of nursing.”
In addition to requiring a verbal Scholastic Aptitude
Test (SAT) score of 390, the program is now split into up
per and lower divisions, Mrs. Webster said. The lower
division concentrates on the general studies courses that
focus on the development of researching, reading, and
mathematics skills. The upper division focuses on the
specific nursing courses required for graduation. Mrs.
Webster said that students are re-evaluated at the comple
tion of their lower division requirements and their grade-
point average (GPA) can be no lower than 2.6 (on a
4-point scale).
“When the students are able to concentrate solely on
those supporting subjects, they are able to strengthen
their abilities to successfully complete their nursing
requirements,” she said.
The state exam is given twice a year, in February and
July. Of the 11 WSSU graduates who took the exam in
July 1981, seven passed. The four who failed the first ex
am took it again in February and passed. Also, two
December 1981 graduates who took the test for the first
time in February passed, Mrs. Webster said.
There are eight students remaining in the Class of ’82
who must take the exam next July. Mrs. Webster said
that she is confident that the passing rate will be as
encouraging.
“We are anticipating that the scores will be just as good
next time,” she said. “We are very hopeful that this class
has benefited in the same way as last year’s.”
Self-Help Program
Spurs Greenway Revival
Photo By ^antan.
Jimmi Williams
By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
“Greenway could look just
like a brand new penny in a
couple of years,” said Curt
is Canty, president of the
Greenway Improvement
Association.
The predominantly black
community has been select
ed from a list of 11 possible
targets for revitalization
through the Neighborhood
Housing Service Program,
a partnership formed by
community resident advo
cates, Winston-Salem gov
ernment representatives
and representatives of local
financial institutions, under
the guidance of the Neigh
borhood Reinvestment Cor
poration.
The program is aimed at
preventing the decline of a
neighborhood, rather than
patching up the homes
after the damage is done.
Financial institutions
agree to invest by making
loans to all home owners in
the neighborhood at market
rates and through tax-
deductible contributions.
They also are active on the
board, lending financial ad
vice and sharing their man-
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Chronicle Camera
Prison Officials Not Justified
By Yvonne Anderson
Staff Writer
North Carolina Central
Prison in Raleigh was the
scene of a taut hostage
situation last week in which
three black inmates who
said they feared for their
lives because of racial ten
sion took eight prison of
ficials hostage at knife
point. As the week pro
gressed, the inmates ex
changed five hostages for
food and water. Early
Thursday, March 25, the
standoff ended after James
C. Woodard ., secretary of
the N.C. Department of
Corrections, agreed to the
inmates’ demand that they
be transferred to a federal
prison outside North
Carolina.
The inmates-William D.
Little of Dobson, Melvin
Surgeon of Annapolis,
Md., and Ezekial Hall of
New York-were moved to
the Federal Correctional in
stitute in Petersburg, Va. In
return they released Lacy J.
Joyner, prison chaplain;
David C. Atkins Jr., a
guard, and Hugh Martin
Jr., a prison data compiler.
However, soon after the
inmates were moved to
Virginia, Woodard an
nounced that the state
would begin immediate pro
ceedings to have them
returned to North Carolina.
The Chronicle Camera
went to downtown
Winston-Salem and asked
passers-by, “Are, state of
ficials justified in bringing
the inmates back to North
Carolina?”
The general reaction was
unanimous: No.
Natural Long~“U really
depends on how you look at
it, but I don’t think that
they should have made a
promise they weren’t going
Thompson: The Best Coach In College Basketball?
By Tony Brown
Special To The Chronicle
A Commentary
Up, the CBS Evening News summed it
enough about the man...He really
°ut those young people who are playing for
him.”
But Dave Kindred of the Washington Post
described him best. “John Thompson is what he is: a
great basketball coach...Great coaches produce
teams that are their mirror images, for they teach life
as they learned it.”
John Thompson is the most successful basketball
coach in Georgetown University’s history. His
players call him a wise man; his media detractors use
racist definitions such as “the Idi Amin of Big East
basketball.”
However, that’s hardly news to the pragmatic
Thompson, who coaches at a Washington, D.C.,
school which, wrote Kindred in the Post, “20 years
ago had blacks on its basketball floor only when they
came with the other teams.”
Now you know why Georgetown has not been to the
NCAA finals since-well, since. Moreover, although
this column is being written even before the Hoyas
win the semi-finals, I’m convinced they will win the
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