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* 5 I I r I j Caps And Gowns As 280 Winston-Salem St^te gradua ponder their plans for the future, Geor State Sen. Julian Bond warns th against the evils of Reaganomics. Second Front j, Wins - Vol. VIII No. 39 U S P S. N Georgia state Sen. Julian Bond, during his keynot ercises, attacks President Reagan's economic po power ot tne Da not to protect their rights. An ac< Static Black CB Buffs Endangering Livesr^ > By Ruthell Howard Staff Writer The Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Tear (REACT), a non-profit volunteer organization formed t help report and assist in emergency situations, is havin 4 problems performing its job in East Winston. REACT is a nationwide volunte er service and ha citizens band (CB) Channel Nine in counties across th country reserved for emergency communication. But in terference on th.at channel from East Winston resident operating illegally-equipped CB radios threatens to pre vent the REACT volunteers from giving and receiving ac cident or emergency reports. . Ben Scott, a member of the REACT board, estimate that the 23 active monitors in Forsyth County receive 4 to 50 accident calls each week and 100 calls fror newcomers to the city or truckers passing through wh See Page 2 Legal; By Ruthell Howard social security entitlemen Staff Writer But the future of such s< vices is uncertain. Faced with a dwindli Legal Aid programs tradi- budget, prompted by tionallv have helped the federal administration th poor people with civil court questions the necessity cases, such as divorces, the program, Legal Aid h evictions, the obtaining of suffered a 25 perce government benefits or budget cut and is in dang Chronicle Camera Reagan By LaTanya A. Isley Maryland and a bla< Staff Writer school in Chicago apparer ly are parts of that car paign. In light of tho Political observers say that widely-publicized gesture President,.Reagan. who is., the Chronicle Cameraja concerned that he is not week sought local reactic popular among bCack 10 Reagan's image-buildit Americans, has embarked push, on a recent image-building Eugene Gaither: "All he campaign in the black com- trying to do is get anoth munity. The president's vote. His image-buildir visits to. a black family it- will never be successful." * h; - i i i m hbmhhhmmmim ???m ? X I I gia pW K tton-Sak ".Serving the Winston-Salem Communit o. 067910 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C nLpi* 'WF 3 jR&vjfr^ 4^| :' ? I b address at Winston-Salem State's commencement ex licles and urges the 280 graduating seniors to use tin :ount of Bond's speech appears on Page 13. ^ f - . . I mr JMflPy;' v :jMmP!!m{yfl H ' ::^^;'y.:y ;': < jj^^k VRttMH I e I I is Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson spoke or 5 organizing neighborhoods into block parents at the n East Winston Crime Task Force day-long meetings o on combatting crime in that area held last Saturdav at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Aid Services In Dai ? T ' ' t. of being phased out. abolish legal aid, proposin; ?r- The Legal Aid Corp. was that private lawyers provid established in 1979, when voluntary assistance. Th ng Congress approved and admin is tration was unsuc a President Richard Nixon cessful last year, but a 2 lat signed into law a bill to pro- percent cut in the program' of vide legal aid for the poor, budget resulted in som as But since the Reagan ad- centers closing down an< nt ministration has taken of- others reducing the numbe :er fice, it has attempted to of clients they serve. 's Outreach To Bis ;k Oscar "Daddy-Oh" Alex- I don't feel he's sincere. It' tt- ander: "What docs it prove political maneuvering." n- by him visiting one or two Lee Faye Mack: "Thos se families compared to doing who .want him to'visit cai s. something positive for the have him. He's never ha< ist black community? Let him an image. He's gotta di ">n do something good for ad more than visit to build blacks." positive image. It's anothe Mark Moss: "I'm skep- part of his film." tical of it. I think it's a K- Loved: "He'll have t er bunch of baloney. Why do everything to build tg build a positive image, then positive image, especiall screw up with the cutbacks? See Page 3 \ * \ . ( Static Are black Citizens Band knowingly interfering operators and endangeri people in trouble? A frc volunteer says yes. I Front Page , X > i i C y Since 1974'' Thursday Fair I Appr By LaTanya A. Isley Staff Writer It took a marathon meeting to do it, but the Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen finally passed a fair-housing ordinance shortly after midnight Tuesday mofning. Amended numerous times before it passed by a 6-2 vote, the ordinance will allow local jurisdiction over housing discrimination and provide a means for the city to investigate and mediate complaints of housing discrimination. The ordinance would allow the city or individuals to sue in Superior Court if they are discriminated * against in applying for housing. lasnr By Allen Managir The East Winston Crime T step in its campaign again Chairperson Norma Smith 1 "This group is a good grc nucleus with," Mrs. Smit reinspired to work real hard The group Mrs. Smith refer proximately 150 church, municipaTTepresentatives wl meeting at Mt. Zion Baptist can combat criminal activity Former Atlanta Mayor Mc for the meeting with a morn on organizing neighborhot volunteer network used effei ings in that city. "If tVio ?? m 11 niv Ull UIIC MUC i legal, organized manner to "they can't expect someone ( to solve the problem." i "Police need help," Jackso ears. The people who see cri ngerOfB g Thorns Craven, director e of the Winston-Salejne based Legal Aid Society of - Northwest North Carolina 5 Inc., predicts that ters minating the program could e result in social unrest j because many people with r lega^aid problems would go unrepresented. "It's dificks Seen I j I a '? *? MhjIo Bv S?nl?M y Alma Barber f F \ radio operators * T with fellow h( ng the lives of th istrated REACT er fc ol ^hrc /, May 20. 1982 lousiiij 1 T1 uvea d It also allows the Human Relations Department to investigate the complaint and try to settle it out of court. If the matter can not be settled out of court, then a Human Relations Commission will hold a public hearing. If the matter still can not be settled after thehearing, the commission may ask the aldermen to sue for the city. If they reject that proposal, the individual may file a suit himself. The ordinance also re quires the Human Relations Department to get an affirmative vote from 1 1 members of the Human Relations Commission before asking for a suboreeMei Johnson ig Editor ask Force took an ambitious st crime last Saturday and iked what she saw. >up that we can enlarge our h said. "I'm leaving here f y red to was the turnout of apcommunity, police and 10 attended^ day-longlown Church to discuss ways they ' together and individually, lynard Jackson set the tone ing address and a workshop )ds into block parents, a ctively during the child slayi of town don't rise up in a fight crime," Jackson said, from the other side of town n said. "They need eyes and mes must testify and turn in ting Phm ficult to take the credit for not having unrest," Craven said, "but people are more inclined to say we live in a fair and just society if they can go to places like Legal Aid for a^^ictanrp " The Winston-Salem Legal Aid Society office has lost three attorneys, two As Politi Mark Moss ( * lore On Liquor -louses he proprietor of an East Winsi 3use contends that his busim le community and provides ltertainment for people, who >rd night clubs. But ^police of therwise. econd Front yqich "25 cents gOrdii y Aldei poena and to go back tor more approval if the issue cannot be settled out of court. Alderman Larry D. Little had argued earlier that it was sufficient to get a "ma? "I'm pretty much satisj because it proves we are practices in housing. " jority vote" of the members present. But he added that if the 11 minority members of the commission would vote, there still would be an equal balance in terms of race. "If they'd come out and vote, then we don't have 'ting Dra\ ~ > the crooks." Jackson added that the relat the community is a two-way ? "Police need adeqnat^aym Jackson said. "And the rotter must be gotten rid of. The pol and the people must respect t Jackson praised the Atlanta < to last year's murders of 28 b "Atlanta lived a nightmare said. "Atlanta came through didn't turn on each other. Th Spirited discussion followed conducted by the city official: Police Chief Lucius Powell, the police and community c crime, admonished his audier ""We're all in this together, need to assume and recognize Powell cited liquor houses a that police cannot effectively ? support. "We can't padlock one," F who live two doors away are In a workshop involving tf See i sed Out paralegals, (who are not licensed attorneys but who represent clients in administrative hearings) and a member of its support staff as a result of the budget cut. The office is also no longer seeing clients on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Craven said Legal Aid has cal Ploy ^E?!PR!5 * W^K B C.E. Lewis f on liquor ?ss serves low -cost can't afficial says s ^ 26 Pages This Week lance rmen something that's bogged down with racism," he 3 said. Little said that he is pleased with the ordinance because "it is considerably stronger than anything we led with the ordinance against discriminatory ) ~Herman Aldridge | could have passed two years ago with the old aldermen. i We were in a weaker position then with only three black aldermen. The two white aldermen who voted for the ordinance, Lynne Harpe and Martha S. See Page 2 wslSO ionship between police and street. eiiL training and support/' ; i apples in the police barrel lice must respect the people he police." \ community for its response lack youth, for two years," Jackson i like a champ. Its people eyjjJined-to each other.?? in a series of workshops s and community leaders. j in a session examining hmv an work together to fight ice to take a stand. " Powell said. "All of us \ risk." s an example of a problem address without community 'owell said, "when people customers." te black minister's role in ' ?age. 2 always had an overabundance of clients, but with the recent cut, it has had to turn a lot more people away. Craven added that when turned awav, most people are ''puzzled, depressed and disappointed" because thev have V e? V>rtOO y cyvv * K;:; ^ Lec Fayc Mack ?
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