SEASON'S GREETINGS
IBLACII^ CCILLIEGC SiDCCTjf REVIEW
I NBA: No room for black college stars?
■ Basketball rankings and scouting reports
I Norfolk State’s Charles Christian profiled
A Hidden Agenda?
Those who protest the proposed
downtown transit mall aren’t wary
simply of bus fumes and traffic
hazards, says our editorial.
Editorials, A4.
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The Twin City’s Award-Winning Weekly
fvOL. XI NO. 17
U.S.P.S. No. 067910
Winston-Salem, N.C,
Thursday, December 20, 1984
35 cents
36 Pages This Week
]loYer declines comment
YMCA director was forced to resign, say some
)espite protests from some, aldermen
pve proposed transit mall their blessing
jyGREG BROWN
' ipnicle staff Wriip,
Waiting koom
As passengers board a city bus,
top, in front of the old county cour
thouse, city transit officials are ap
plying for $3.9 million in grants to
buy new buses and build a modern,
heated transit center, like the
model to the right, adjacent to the
Federal Building (photos by James
Parker).
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
After nine years as director of
the Patterson Avenue YMCA,
Richard F. Glover has resigned
under circumstances that some
board members term a “power
play” by the Metropolitan Y
Board of Directors. A member of
the Metro board and a member
of the Patterson Avenue Y Board
of Management also have told
the Chronicle that the Metro
Board forced Glover to step
down and had been planning to
do so for some time.
According to a press release
from Brian Cormier, general
director of the Metro Board,
which governs all Y facilities in
Forsyth County, Glover resigned
“to pursue new career oppor
tunities within the YMCA profes
sion.”
The release said that Glover’s
resignation had been announced
by Patterson Y Board Chairman
Delray Hartsfield.
Cormier told the Chronicle in a
telephone interview, “Mr. Glover
has had several job opportunities
over the last few years. In regards
to his future job opportunities, I
don’t feel it’s in his best interest
to discuss the details of the
resignation.”
But one of Patterson Avenue
YMCA’s representatives to the
Metro board said Glover was
forced to resign.
“He had an alternative,” said
James Ford. “He was fired or he
could resign. It seems that there
was a program to program him
out of the system.”
A member of the Patterson Y
board, who asked not to be iden
tified, agreed.
“Richard had no choice,” the
board member said. “He really
“He had an alternative. He
was fired or he could resign.
It seems that there was a
program to program him
out of the system. ”
— James Ford
didn’t want to sign the thing (the
letter of resignation).”
Said Cormier: “That’s not
true. He certainly was not fired.”
However, when asked if
Glover was pressured into leav
ing, Cormier said, “I can’t
answer that fairly. 1 would refer
that question to Mr. Glover.”
Glover said he would not com
ment on the matter until later.
But Ford maintains that
Glover was given an ultimatum.
At a meeting with 14 of the 30
Please see page A3
Jilt city s plan to build a $3.3 million sheltered
■ center downtown has raised the ire of some
Ik. t such a center adjacent to
ederal Building would bring “undesirable”
Wple into the area.
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Transit Authority will tell you that a
I people have supported the bus
and this is why it is the way it is to-
— - ^ ’'’‘’'•nan Vivian Burke
voting unanimously Monday
onev tn federal
to finance the project.
Ihis weelf V
1,343 451 f’ ^ '"dX applied for grants totaling
endenarf federal and state transporta-
“1 buy new
I Kill biiilH applications are approved, the ci-
a eated, 350-person shelter for bus
riders on the street level of the existing parking
garage at Third and Main streets.
The Winston-Salem Transit Authority says
11,000 persons ride the buses each day and that 80
percent of the riders are black. And, while op
ponents in the Federal Building say race isn’t an
issue, it has been a factor in the debate over the
placement of the center.
East Ward Alderman Virginia Newell said that,
while she hoped race wouldn’t be a consideration,
“I think that (race) was a big factor ... in our minds
because of what we read (in letters from federal
employees).
“It just put a bad taste in our mouths when ...
those folks (Federal Building employees) were say
ing ‘undesirables’ and we were trying in every way
to develop a facility there that would be for the
citizens of this community and elsewhere.”
Newell said race “certainly did loom in my
mind” when remarks about “undesirables” were
made. “And who are they?” she asked. “You find
that we are the undesirables. We are really talking
Please see page A12
Guess Who’s Shaking Hands....
Students from Bethlehem Center shake the hand of Santa Claus as he leaves their annual
Christmas party, sponsored by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. But Santa promised he was only
leaving for a little while and would return soon with gifts and goodies for all (photo by James
Parker).
^ere are Krugerrands aplenty here
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Editor
that ra* * mobilize a boycott of
®"laa shnJ^ them. Their sale and purchase in
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****8 the hi I, stores in Winston-Salem, in-
"ttltpoint Bo^*l Neil’s Jewelry Store on
* one" ''"'b special-order
htscrrands South African coins called
"bit'coin to range in price from $347
*k»elry . f°t the coin mounted as a piece
X^tirrounded by diamonds.
Eleven of the 30 jewelry stores listed in the
Yellow Pages either have the coins in stock or will
order them for customers. Although the Kruger
rand is referred to as a coin, it is not actually used as
money, but is a keepsake, as is the U.S. Olympic
medallion. The coin is named after Stephanus
Johannes Paulus Kruger, a South African
statesman. Krugerrands are issued by the South
African government — a white-controlled govern
ment that has been criticized for its treatment of
South Africa’s majority-black population.
“I wasn’t aware of them selling the Krugerrand
locally until a couple of weeks ago,” said Little.
Please see page A14
To our readers:
So that our staff members
may spend the holidays with
their families and loved ones,
the Chronicle will be closed on
Tuesday, Dec. 25, and
Wednesday, Dec. 26, as well
as Tuesday, Jan. 1 and
Wednesday, Jan. 2.
The deadline for community
news for those issues wilt be
Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:30 p.m.
for the Dec. 27 edition, and
Friday, Dec. 28, at 5:30 p.m.
for the Jan. 3 edition.
Carver will get stadium
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
They expected a battle, but got
little more than a skirmish.
A group of black citizens came
before the city-county school
board Monday night concerned
that Carver High School, located
in the black community, might
not get the football stadium it
was promised before a $35
million city-county bond referen
dum, of which $7.5 million was
earmarked for schools, passed
last year. Weekend rumors had it
that the stadium might be scrap
ped or scaled down.
“When we promised the peo
ple, ... we promised them that
Carver would have a stadium,”
said Louise Wilson, co-chairman
of the Citizens’ Committee for
Jobs and Education Referendum,
the civic group that endorsed the
bonds. “I believe you are gonna
keep your promise ~ ’cause, if
you don’t, I’m going to be in a
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