1 ? ; A Tast> A local rf ' \ serving it > Dr. Ribs, > Dr. Dogs a?.. > prescriptions. i i | Black Business. Page 12. Ga LH_ VOL. IX NO. 16 Downl ToBri I By Ruthell Howard Staff Writer Tomorrow's groundbreaking ceremony for the Winston Plaza Stouffer Hotel, a $27-million architectural plum to be located downtown, will bring smiles to city officials and private businessmen alike. "This is a good shot in t many jobs." ? Winston-Salem M , Mayor Wayne A. Corpening sees the complex as an aesthetic and economic boost which should attract additional business for the Benton Convention Center and make the city more ap^ pealing to firms considering locating here. And for downtown merchants, the project another big step forward in revitalization of the downtown area. But. some groundbreaking spectators may look at the site and simply sigh, anticipating the 275 jobs the hotel will create when it opens next fall. Task Foi c+iii L7UI1 1 By Edward Hill ? Staff Writer Although a proposed N< Justice Center was recently $10,000 grant by the Z. Smi Foundation to resolve cases < through a community media the head of the sponsoring E Crime Task Force said the a I not meet the organization's and will limit what it can do "Naturally, we are disappo not get the amount ($30,000 quested," said Norma Smith chairperson. "But we und foundation's position. The groups applying for $500,00( "We are still optimistic, idea of a mediation center i can benefit the entire commui just have to work harder fc /aop? "Uffll By Ruthell I Staff Wr Investigations began Winston-Salem/Forsyth ministration of charges and assistant principal a used unjustified force in aged girls during a fight [ at the school. Angela Brown, 14, say by the school's assistan I Abbitt, and Angela's sist >4* Oj* c>^ tojm. turn.***-* ?* >< *'on ^nroach I ' ?r * 01 ftjl ^Jl fin? USPS. No. town E lVT.ru Ilg l^ic^ With any new business development or expansion come jobs, and Corpening sees a healthy number of them arriving with the complex. "This is a good shot in the arm for us to get this many jobs," Corpening said last week. "We got 117 new jobs with the (East Winston) shopping center, plus (additional jobs proi he arm for us to get this ay or Wayne Corpening f vided through the center's) construction, and with the hotel, we .will have 275 more." With the crime rate increase reflprtino fhp ric*? in o *",v "?v unemployment, Corpening said the new jobs could help decrease crime as well. "You usually have more crime when you don't have as many jobs," he said. 4Tm very interested in getting jobs for people so we will have a (higher) quality of life." The project will be partially financed with an Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) awarded in rce Gets ds lYfnrp Ir. funds from < Mrs. Smitl used to hire ;ighborhood would imme awarded a working rela th Reynolds the district ; out of court that the re ition center, quested in tl ast Winston used to set u] imount does staff membe expectations The medi three main tinted we did blems, such ) we had re- dalism, juvei i, task force and domestic ierstand the The medi :y had 500 referrals fro ). agencies ar because the members an( s useful and to grievance: nity.Wewill reached by tl >r additional rial's Us< -I miio rrl co*/c cl V W UIU ."?? J Jl iter that F slung h Thursday by the floor. County School ad- The that the principal while t t Hill High School break subduing two teen- several between two groups Both third s she was strangled suspen it principal, Collin ed tha er, Antoinette, who Hill ar V ?&?- JI ^ tol2-? "Serving the Winsi 067910 V lotel w Jobs 1980 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) when plans for building a hotel complex downtown were unveiled. Jobs provided by construction of the project should total 4hotographs and reports area college sports a ?s a back-up anchor for television station WGH k. jy ^iadn^HV wl J-,/ I%m Wm?& %m w :^?f X-i ?ia^m A'^ X ' jMTW ^Mrrt ' \^k ^yikjp Along For The Ride lie demolition of downtown buildings to make oom for construction of the Winston Plaza >touffer Hotel has already begun, (photo by ames Parker). i Questioned arged Three other girls were suspended for six iklev. davs and two were referred tr> thp srhonl\ n the Class for Development and Change (CDC). Carrie Broun, Angela and Antoinette's rning mother, says she is disturbed that Abbitt usng to ed a stranglehold as a means of restraining sand h#r 'daughter. "While he was choking my daughter, he could have killed her," Brown vith a says. rarily She adds that the principal explained to nend- her when she went to the school to take her from daughters home Friday that he had to use See Pa%e 3 * hie Chronicle and its election of our first ( id "Woman of the c ains the rationale for j ion form awaits your 2 r y* *>4* o^c>^o^c>^ TM> r>^i ft %r< December 16, 1982 at. Name It, He D< is he often Vannoy, nd doubles in this is IP. More on Parker). j A Pubic I Winston-Sali Number Or By Ruthell Howard Staff Writer .A wave of me-too crimes has given Winston-Salem the highest number of bank robberies for any North Carolina city during 1982. Sixteen robberies since January have made Winston-Salem number one in bank robberies, a dubious honor that has prompted the city's police to increase its patrols near banks and shopping center parking lots. But Police Chief Lucius Powell says the high number of robberies is a "phenomenon" that should - soon diminish. "I don't think it's cause for tremendous alarm that it's unsafe to be in the banking business in Winston-Salem," Powell says. "It's a phenomenon that will eventually fade awav." ? ? J According to Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics, the five topranking North Carolina cities for bank robberies this year are Winston-Salem (16), Raleigh (9), Charlotte (7), Greensboro (4) and Durham (3). Special FBI Agent Robert Pance says the wave of rob "-m tijb rhirty Miles rhat's about the physiea Ureensboro's and Wins :ommunities, but guest Robinson says the groups ire much farther apart, as esults displayed. idltortals. Page 4. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmamm * 7IfjCl\ *i|j ,.'; . . ; :.:" .... . . .:':; ' ' , ffiVaagTv' : >es It it ft. fl fl A _ A ine oniy oiacK sportscasiei sue of the Chronicle on Pi ms Distin em Eager To Lose le Ranking In Ban beries in Winston-Salem isn't part of any organized criminal effort, but rather activity by individuals, most of whom are black males who are heavy drug users and unemployed.. "I don't think there is any real reason for it (the high rate)," he says. "I think a lot of the factor in WinstonSalem is the copy-cat fac-_ tor." "I don't think it's cause that it's unsafe to be in i Winston-Salem. It's a eventually fdde away." -- Polk He says the FBI is solving the robberies as quickly as possible and that many would-be robbers don't realize the high risk they are taking of getting caught. "They hear the initial media impact that it (a robbery) has happened, but they don't read, two or three weeks later, that we caught the bank robber," Pance says. Overall, Pance says. North Carolina has had 84 bank robberies this year. "It's a problem in WinstonSalem this year," he says. I f 1 distance between * ton-Salem's black S a columnist Vernon t ' political strategies | the Nov. 2 election J * % Cw M Cvo Tv^ff 1 e? J 28 Pages This Week K9mH^^H$ w :: * :?''y+:<:: .*:' Br HBBHpSP^ |||^^ r In the area, is included ige 10 (photo by James ction v k Robberies "Every year it's a problem some place." Local police are monitoring activity near banks and shopping centers as a security check against possible robberies, says one detective. "We're requesting of uniformed officers that, instead of going back to the office to write their reports, they sit around banks and 1 for tremendous alarm fhe banking business in phenomenon that will :e Chief Lucius Powell go to shopping centers after hours," says Capt. E.L. Moreau of the Criminal Investigation Division (C1D). Although there has been a decrease in bank robberies during November and the early part of December, the time of year when most occur, Moreau says this has been a "banner" year for the city. The robbery two ueeks ago was the first in almost 40 days, Moreau says. "It had actually stopped in Winston-Salem," See Page 3