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F ~ * ^ The Man Behind T 1 Woman - ^ ~ .,|f Logan BurRe, J^rry Hanes and George Ne share what it's like to the husbands of womc ' || the limelight. Staff Writer Robin Ad reports. Magazine Section, Page BI. ^i W w w IXK V VOL. X NO. 19 U.S.P S. Nc T" * Affirmative Action Effort Criticized * By JOHN SLAQE . Assistant Editor / . i t Five aldermen chastised city officials at Monday night's meeting for not putting forth enough effort in contracting women- and minority-owned businesses in Forsyth County to do city work. The concern was brought?tQ the attention of the board by Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian Burke, who questioned the use of a High Point landscaping firm to do approximately $4,OCX) of seeding work in connection with the access road being built at Winston Lake Road. Jimmy R Lynch and Sons Inc. of Pilot Mountain has been contracted to build the road. Though a woman owns the company that has been subcontracted to do the seeding, Burke, along with aldermen Virginia Newell, Martha Wood, Larry Little and Larry Womblf> expressed concern that every effort should be made to contract and subcontract minority firms and businesses run by women in the county. City Manager Bill Stuart told the board that a list of minority- and female-owned businesses had been drawn up and that the list includes companies from the surrounding area. He said the list is given to major contractors hired by the city to use in selecting subcontractors, and that the city tries to stay within boundaries from Durham to Charlotte when hiring contractors. In response to Stuart's explanation, Burke said, "I would hope that we would work as hard as we can in our own city and county." Little added: "Some discretion should be used in awarding subcontracts ~ whether minority or not. Someone from outside doesn't do much for employment in the ciBoth Newell and Wood agreed with Little and said the local economy should be considered before hiring outsiders to carry out city projects. "The major contractor can make selections of subcontractors," said Newell. "The board should point out regulations for major contractors to follow. Let's go to Greensboro, High Point and Durham after we've exhausted our list at home." A City-couqty purchasing agent Don Farmer told the Krtor/4 tViot tU o /. *?. I. -?*- _ f f ?. * - * 1 * k/v?iu vncti cut wu^ is (juuiiig luini cnuri iu awara cuy contracts to black and female Jbusinesses, and that the city had not forgotten about the Minority and Women's Business Enterprise resolution adopted by the board last summer. The resolution is a good-faith affirmation that the city will make efforts to increase the amount of business it does with minorities and women. "Saying that we're doing better is not saying very much," said Wood. Added Womble: "We need to start, very aggressively, taking care of home." Newell said the city needs ;o consider the high rate of unemployment among blacks in the city, especially among black teen-agers, and therefore should do all it can to provide jobs for the city. And even if companies outside the city are usecUrNewell said, there should be some commitment from them to hire local workers. "It ought to be a moral commitment from the city to employ blacks," she said. In another item, a petition to close a portion of Kent Road, which the board thought would take up much of the night, lasted only about 15 minutes. In an unexpected move, attorney Richard E. Glaze, who represented the petitioners, asked the board to accept a withdrawal of the petition and come up with a reasonable alternative. "Contrary to what you believe, " said Glaze, "1 represent what is the urgent concern of many people. And most of the standing-room only crowd Monday night left after the board accepted the withdrawal of the petition. The residents of Kent Road, an affluent community in the northwest section of the citv. had petitioned to have the portion of Kent Road that intersects with Arbor Road Please see page A3 Space Heaters, H By ROBIN ADAMS Staff Writer ^ Barbara Stevenson is happy that her family mad? it through the cold days last week, when the temperatures dipped below zero. _ The Stevensop house on Sprague Street only has one working heater downstairs* But .since Stevenson and hfcr seven children, including a nine-month-old baby, moved info the house over a month ago, the upstairs heater has not worked. ^ : "It got so cold on Christmas Day we all got in one - ' * V ' ^ v? ~ e he I J The Sisterhood Sister Maxine Townsman associai ^jpastor at St. Benedict the^Moc ^^atholic Church, says some ai m in surprised at her decision to becorr ams * ^ a nun. But'she doesn't regret h< decision for'one moment. Religion. Page B5. j /i 7ii7ii?i^aii 0 "Serving the 06791-0 WINSTON-SALEM. N.C. ? ? ^P1'pm M K.J ^^jjfctos jgitfTi I ifl Hi ""' -vr,,.. Vv ' , ? :;?. " . ,,, ' wk% '?,i HT A a*-. v. 7*0^ % ^ n- * * % > " ; * ,. :>i>, . m % , ; -$.v > ' ? - ? ..:\^^.r*;':' :' :: % - - ? - . - .'.:y.i~; :Ws\:,?r.T.N.. . -*.?...TT. I North Surry's Kevin Strickland fires a free throw Classic. More on Page r>2 (photo by James Parker). Six Days Left Only six days remain for nominations to be accepted for the Chronicle's annual Man and Woman of the Year awards. Put simply, we're looking to recognize the local residents who have made significant contributions to the black community in tyinston-Salem in the last calendar year: The winners will be announced in our Jan. 26 "Year In Review" edition, a special issue of the Chronicle that will highlight the major events affecting the black community in 1983, and forecast what lies ahead for Black WinstonSalem and Black America in 1984. Also included in the issue will be the announcement of our Male And Female Athletes of the Year, a pictorial look back at '83, notable quotes from the past year and a number of new features that we hope you'll enjoy. Nominations forms for our Man and Woman of the Year appear on Page A9 of this issue. Please take the time to fill them out and submit them in person to the Chronicle offices at 516 N. Trade St. or by mail fO P O Rt?y "X 1 S4 Winctr\n-Sialf?m 771H7 k\; ^-10 ------ ^ v^ T ' iiiUivyii uuiwillf Am I I W Am \J J ^ , JV pm. on Wednesday, Jan. 11. . - J ? I Jeavy Coats And T " - '4i room and used fte kitchen stove, a small electric heater and a hotplate to keep the room kinda warm," Stevenson 1 said. "All the children had to sleep in one bed." In addi- j tion, the family placed plastic and bed sheets at the windows to keep the air out. I "We had clothes at the bottom of the doors, also to 1 keep warm," she said. < The Stevenson's made it through the cold, but a < another family wasn't so lucky. A fire, started by a kerosene space heater, destroyed I the home of the Tobe family on Dunleith Avenue on Saturday night and left one family member dead. % * \ / ^ ' I _ s i: ti w >; s< ' | ^ s, em Chr v Cqmmunity Since 1974" Thursday, January 5, 1984 I \ By ROBIN ADAMS Staff Writer With four months left befi statewide ^UTiary, aldermen County Commissioner Ma2 and school board memb Bailey have created a local push Jesse Jackson's candid dent. And Jackson's success eai at negotiating Lt. Robert < Jr.'s release by the Syrians, adds fuel to the fire. Goodm old Navy flier, was shot Lebanon Dec. 4 by Syrian weapons. "Jackson is gonna receive of the black vote anyway,' "For black skeptics out thei something to shut them up.' * ?ut kittle the first V -JjJ| Jackson's success at Goodr ; H % : i not get him ail th~e s'upp # SMB J411 shoulcKJ^ksignificant, *? be as significant as It should serve as a major plus lor h but he's black," Little said People in this country wl f beyond his color. He could \ au the way back from Syrii man on his back and not gel "Any candidate that sho> to deal with heads of state sh K; % credit for being able to brii I ^ % / troubled nation," Little said, ^ % Mondale or (John) Glenn hj the campaigning would be o v s Jackson's successful negc v the Syrians will build a fo ^ *-> - jocai SUpport, Little said, bu remains to be done, in the Frank Spencer "It's gonna help him a lot, "It gives him credibility in a I"~ . Free At Last Jackson O WASHINGTON - Despite objections frot President Reagan, the Rev, Jesse Jackson flew t Syria last week and obtained the release of a Nav I --flier shot down over Lebanon Dec. 4. Jackson an , Lt. Robert Goodman left Syria Tuesday aboard U.S. Air Force plane. The jet flown by Goodman and Lt. Mark Lang was shot down over Syrian-held territory during raid by 28 U.S. planes over Lebanon. Lange wa killed in the crash and Goodman was being held prisoner of war by the Syrian army. Jackson sent a telegram to Syrian Presiden Hafez- Assad seeking Goodman's release, an< received a return telegram Christmas Eve fror Syrian Ambassador Raflc Jouejati sayingL-th presidential hopeful would be allowed to tra/el t< Syria with a delegation of his choosing. \ Jackson add three members of bis'deleaatioi > . . houghts Of Spring \ 1 ' Fred Tobe was carrying a heater ^upstairs, when the neater fell and overturned causl^ a fire in the stairway prohibiting the upstairs residents from coming down. Because of the extremely cold temperatures, the Tobe family, like hundreds of other families* was using a small Kerosene or electric heater to keep warm. .But the fire department warns, that if not careful, the small heater :an destroy a household. "As a rule, we don't advocate the use of space heaterSJf' says David Bjooks with the local fire prevention office. "But if space heaters are used then thd directions should be read and followed." * # # ' 4 ,/ *! ' 'v/ ?* ' * V ^ ports week he Aggies take the Charlotte Holiday Classic* rSSU's Russell leads in CIAA scoring aictf the ?attle Seahawks advance iri the AFC playoffs, jorts Editor Robert Eller reports. torUweek/Pajre B2. n * A ? > 'oijicle "I i 4> i . * 35 cent* 24 Pages This Week C " ? ? niueiiueu ? 1 Jacksoa In an effort to get a head start on the work that lies ahead, Little, Womble, Newell, Woodruff and Bailey have laid are the May 8 the groundwork for a countywide Larry Little, Jackson campaign committee. Little said inia Newell, he had hoped to involve influential black lie Woodruff ministers on the committee* but Dr. Jerry >er Beaufort Drayton, president of the Political Action committee to Committee of the General Baptist State acy for presi- Convention, has said he cannot support Jackson. lier this week - Drayton said in early December, after D. Goodman Dr. T.J. Jemison, president of the NaLittle noted, tional Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., an, a 28-year- save his support for Jackson, that "his down over > anti-aircraft "He is the man of the hour. He is (he majority the man for the people." ' Little said. , , ? ?Alderman Virginia Newell re, it may do > t (the Rev. Jackson's) chances of winning to admit that are so slim that a vote for him would be nan's release wasted." ort he needs. isi0t all local ministers share that view, but it won't however. The Rev. John Mendez, pastor be. It should of Emmanuel Baptist Church, disagreed, is candidacv. c4u<nA ?- -- , , ,iuj nig uiav JOVK9UII s vaiiuiudty IS UUl iiS I. "There are much about winning as it is about giving io don't get the people an alternative. "If we focus on valk on water winning," Mendez said, "we miss the i with Good- significance of what his candidacy t the support. means." .vs the ability Mendez added that "Jackson's role in ould be given the release of Lt. Goodman "proves why lg peace in a the religious community must become in, "If (Walter) __ volved in these endeavors. We are all id done that, about improving the human condition." vor- Said Little: "Now we are beginning to itiations with send out the initial call for volunteers that undation for we hope will also include whites and it much work Women.". Added Womble: "We are in the process ," Little said. now of trying to form a steering commit lot of ways/' * Please see page A3 * . i - ? y /* >7 _ k Pilot's Release n friti with President Assad for nearly 90 minutes on o Monday and termed the meeting cordial, y Before the meeting, Jackson had said: "So long d as Lieutenant Goodman remains in jail here, he a becomes a war incentive; he becomes war bait. If ^ ^ he is released, then it helps relieve the pressure. It Becomes a move in the direction of a remedy." a In response to Jackson's criticism that efforts s were not being made for the return of the 28-yeara old black pilot, White House spokesman Mark Weinberg said efforts, were being made through it diplomatic channels. He also warned that the case d' could be undermined if Jackson made it a political n issue. e After Goodman's release Tuesday, the Syrian o Foreign Ministry, issued a statement saying it was releasing the pilot in hopes of facilitating the a withdrawal of American troops from Lebanon. *: It's Cold... Brooks says that kerosene heaters should not be filled up on the inside of the hoilse and should not be placed nexNor close to com,bustible materials like curtains and sofas and the kerosene must be stored outside the house. Brooks says that they have had a couple of incidents where families had gasoline, instead of kerosene, in the heaters. _ I** , "Gas fumes are deadly," Brooks says. "It's not the smell, but the fumes. And when the fumes get in-side the house and a match is lit, the whole house goes up." In addition to the use of space heaters, Brooks says Please see page A12 4, ' - ^
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