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Policyholders OK
insurance merger
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
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Winston Mutual Life Insurance Co.
\ policyholders voted unanimously Monday afternoon
in favor of the company's merger with Golden
State Mutual, said Larkin Teas ley, president of
Golden State. ......
Pending approval from the Mate insurance office,
Winston Mutual w*rt^nmaU?*'Win*BnSilmi
Division of Golden State Mutual, which is based in
Los Angeles.
The merger, said Teasley, will place Winston
Mutual's present policyholders in "an excellent
position."
"The policies will pay the same," Teasley told
the Chronicle in a telephone interview from his
hotel room Monday. "The benefits are the same."
I 44We (Golden State) are a much stronger company
than they (Winston Mutual) are."
Golden State, which, like Winston Mutual, is
black-owned, has offices in many of the country's
major cities, including Dallas, Fort Worth, Texas;
! Detroit and San Francisco, said Tcasley. The
Winston-Salem office will be its first in North
Carolina. The company has more than $100 million
in assets, said Teasley, and its annual income totals
more than $40 million.
George Hill, president of Winston Mutual, said
he is excited about the merger and the benefits it
will bring to the present policyholders.
. "1 think it's a very good marriage between the
companies," said Hill. "The company will offer a
much wider range of products to the
policyholders."
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the merger, said Hill.
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They came to see Jc
By ROBIN ADAMS plight c
Chronicle Assistant Editor j^e
GREENSBORO - Without a doubt, whom
they came to see the Rev. Jesse Jackson. came "
Never mind that Jackson stood on the "1
corner of Carver Street and Everitt Drive, a elderly
site where five members of the Communists watch i
Workers Party were killed almost five years here ye
ago by Klansmen and Nazis at a "Death to Jack!
the Klan" rally. North
Never mind that Jackson's message ad- All-Spc
dressed not only the trial, but also the the
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By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen adopted
a new sign ordinance Monday night that will place
local billboards and business signs under close
scrutiny when it goes into effect in seven years.
The aldermen also approved a developer for an
industrial park beside Winston-Salem State University,
agreed to contribute to a housing loan pool
and gave notice that they will hold a referendum
this summer for bonds to finance a much-discussed
new coliseum.
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Expert: Fair housing
By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
A nationally known authority on fair housing
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iuiu a locai auaience 1 uesaay tnat passing laws concerning
discrimination in housing is not good
enough. Cities and states have to do more to make
fair housing a reality, said Dr. George Galster,
chairman of urban studies and an associate professor
of economics at The College of Wooster,
Ohio.
Galster outlined plans to solve the problem of
discrimination in housing as part of a two-day
workshop in the M.C. Convention Center sponI
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see Jesse.
jar he real good looking/1 said an a
woman, standing on her porch to
the morning's commotion. "Is he i^j
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Carolina A&T State University's
>rts Banquet, had come to hold a Jackson in Gre
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West Ward Alderman Robert S. Northington Jr.
single-stepped through the complex sign document,
answering questions and taking suggestions from
fellow board members concerning how the city will
deal with signs.
Northington proposed several amendments to the
regulations, which he said had been suggested by
local businesses.
One change approved by the board will allow
businesses to 4'grandfather** one sign, meaning that
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g laws by themselves a
sored by the Winston-Salem Human Relations tl
Commission, the Chamber of Commerce and the d
Winston-Salem Board of Realtors as part of Fair U
Housing Month. tl
Galster told approximately 40 listeners that there
are many things that can be done locally to make it y
harder to discriminate in housing and increase peo- a
pie's awareness of discrimination. tl
"When discrimination happens, most people is
don't know what hit them," Galster said. He also n
said many people who discriminate in housing p
believe their chances of getting caught are very slim.
Galster suggested having "testers" go out into
'Enabling' 1
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Some members of Ft
By ROBIN ADAMS
Chronicle Assistant Editor
A bill that would empower the <
aldermen to require minority particip
on city-funded construction projects
> opposition among local legislators.
'Stale House Rep. Annie Brown Kei
and State Sen. Marvin Ward intro<
the bill in both houses earlier this i
Kennedy said she supports the "ena
legislation*' but Ward said he isn't so
Meanwhile, the Republican membe
the Forsyth County delegation say the
simply opposed to it.
"I oppose any bill that sets quotas o
asides/' said Republican state House
Frank Rhodes, who earlier this yea
troduced a bill requiring that fresh
score a minimum of 700 on the SAT t
admitted to state-funded colleges
H universities. "It's a deterrent to the
enterprise system.
"Bids should be based on a lov
system," Rhodes said.
In theory. Ward said, he supports
bill, but he has problems with the logis
"I've got some problems with how it
be carried out," said Ward. "I'm com
ed about requiring a contractor tc
something they may not be able to do,
need to sit down with contractors to
this thing out."
: 400 relay, set- But Kennedy and state House Rep. <
the gun (photo Hauser, both Democrats, say they sup
the bill in its present form.
Forsyth County's bill, entitled "An
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By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
The recent awarding of roughly
million in city contracts to the Fo>
v Jones Construction Co., despite
percentages of minority participation ii
^ projects, is a good example of
Winston-Salem needs an ordinance re<
JIB *nS minority participation in city-fin
projects, says the head of a local black
ensboro (photo tractors organization,
is). "We're going to keep fighting
Ministers planning J
By ROBIN ADAMS A,
Chronicle Assistant Editor
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A local group of black clergymen has called for su
a "Justice Day" and has asked the community on
that day to attend the trial of a $48 million civil ^
suit filed by communists involved in the Nov. 3,
1979, "Death to the Klan" rally that ended in a ou
shootout between the protesters and Klansmen M
and Nazis and resulted in five deaths. co
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ren't enough
ie community to see if discrimination exists and
etermine who's doing it. "It would be a deterrent
Dr real estate people to know that testers are out
lere watching them," he said.
Sam DeShazer, an attorney for the Kentucky
luman Rights Commission, said people are seldom
ware they are being tested during the discussion
hat followed Galster's talk. DeShazer said testing
> a good way to locate discrimination, but that it
lust be thorough and must be followed up with
rosecution.
Galster also said real estate agents can implement
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egislation
e of opponents?orsyth
delegation against it
Allowing the City of Winston-Salen^to
Establish, Agree to and/or Comply With
city's Minimum Minority ancf/or Women's
ation Business Enterprises Participation Refaces
quirements," was patterned after a similar
bill already in effect in Durham. The bill,
medy said Kennedy* would allow or enable, thus
iuced the name enabling legislation, the Board of
veek. Aldermen to require contractors to involve
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sure. not a racial issue at all. If a
TS of black makes a low bid, and he is
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capable of doing the job, he should
r set- get it- But J oppose saying a black,
Rep. brown, red or white should be given
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a certain percentage of minority- or
/-bid women-owned businesses for city contracts.
That stipulation could be applied
? the even if it means not accepting the lowest
itics. bid.
t can The city's request for such legislation
:ern- comes on the heels of the Board of
> do Aldermen's approval of a low bid by
, We Fowler-Jones Construction Co. to expand
sort the M.C. Benton Convention Center and
build an adjacent parking deck. ApproxC.B.
imately 3 percent of Fowler-Jones' bid in
j-zvji i uiiiiuriucs; c pcrccni on mc parKing
deck and six-tenths of one percent on the
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lers wait and hope
thing/' said James Grace, a local masonry
subcontractor and president of the Voice of
$12 Minority Contractors and Suppliers Inc.,
v|er. "and hopefully we can get this bill (concerjow
ning minority involvement) passed."
"i the Fowler-Jones was recently awarded conwhy
tracts to expand the M.C. Benton Conven}uir
tion Center and build an adjacent parking
ided deck. The company subcontracted two percon
cent of the $4 million contract for the parking
deck and six-tenths of one percent of
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rustice Day May 3
ssociates called Tuesday afternoon for the comunity
to attend the trial on May 3 and show its
pport for the plaintiffs, who include the widows
the five communists killed during the
eensboro rally.
"We recognize here that it's important to stress
ir support for this cause," said the Rev. John
endez, a member of the ministers' public affairs
mmittee. "All of the national support this trial
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