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Or. Cleon F. Thompson Jr.
will be inaugurated as WinstonSalem
State University's eighth
chancellor during a Friday* April
4, ceremony in the Kenneth R.
Williams Auditorium on the campus
at 10:30 a.m.
Mr. C.D. Spangler Jr., president
of the University of North
Carolina system, will preside *
and ??o war d Unfvcr sify Prcsriient
James Cheek will deliver the inaugural
address.
The ceremony will highlight
four days of inaugural activities
geared toward the community,
students, faculty, staff and
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jovj aiuiuiu.
Tuesday, April 1, has been
designated Community Day and
will feature campus tours beginning
at 3:30 p.m. at the Office of
Admissions in the Alumni
His one-man
Organization (NTO) during the
1960s, Smith helped write the
1968 Fair Housing Act, which
outlawed discrimination in all
phases of federal housing. He
said he has closely monitored
over the years how federal money
has been spent for housing.
"Very little money has been
going to provide housing for
poor people in this city gver the
last few years," he said.
"Nothing has been built since
1971, while the majority of
money has gone downtown. Now
here comes Gramm-Rudman
along to wipe out what little is
left for poor people to fight
over."
Smith said the Fair Housing
Act and other civil rights legislation
paved the way for progress
in America ~ progress hiraflMP
nottyvant to see come to an end.
"The time from the passatqgf
the i968 Fair Housing Act lincl
other civil rights legislation to the
present is the most prosperous
time in this nation's history,"
Smith said. 4'If the courts allow
Gramm-Rudman, that prosperity
will be destroyed."
He said the growth of U.S.
cities, fairness in housing,
employment and educational opportunities
and a more evenhanded
distribution of federal
monies have resulted from civil
rights legislation. GrammRudman,
he said, will erase their
effects.
"The citizens better be aware
of Gramm-Rudman's potential
to put us back into slavery," lie
said.
The bill, authored by Sens.
Phil Gramm (R-NH), Warren B.
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Hollings (D-S.C.), will go before
the Supreme Court soon. A
lower-court ruling declared an
aspect of the bill dealing with
automatic reductions in certain
programs unconstitutional.
Gramm-Rudman forces a A3
percent cut in many portions of
the fiscal year 1986 budget for
domestic programs. It also requires
the president to look for
deeper cuts in the next fiscal year
and a new federal budget process
designed to reduce the $3 trillion
federal deficit each year by
predetermined amounts. It mandates
a balanced budget by 1991.
Gramm-Rudman will take effect
April 1, if the president and
Congress cannot agree on a
budget and the Supreme Court
does not rule against it.
"The courts need to be reminded
of the struggle for human
rights and human dignity that
was waged in the '60s to help all
people," Smith said. "Everv citv
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and state in the Union needs to
protest this bill.".
Smith officially launched his
campaign two weeks ago at a
press conference in front of the
Chronicle building on Liberty
Street. He appeared with the Rev.
John Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel
Baptist Church, who
echoed Smith's feelings.
"Gramm-Rudman is just part
ly, March 27, 1986
cities set for
nauguration
Building. At 7 p.m. in Room 228
of the Hall-Patterson Communications
Building, local civic
leaders and WSSU officials will
participate in a public forum,
followed by a reception in the
lobby. The topic will be "WSSU
and Winston-Salem: Moving
Toward the 21st Century.*'
Students' Day, April 2, will
feature a breakfast, served by
. Student Gevcrnmem AMociaticm
officers with Chancellor and
Mrs. Thompson and the vice
chancellors as special guests, a
"This Is Your Life" tribute to
the chancellor and lunch on the
lawn for the students.
A 5 p.m. Greek Step Show in
the Pit on campus will close
Wednesday's events.
April 3 has been marked
Faculty/Staff/Alumni Day with
a faculty/staff lunch and discusi
campaign
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of the conservative political and
religious trend now sweeping
Congress," Mendez said. "It
basically amounts to a backlash
against the gains blacks and poor
people made in the '60s. It's not
simply a matter of balancing the
budget. It speaks to whether
Congress is going to be progressive
or reactionary."
. The attack on the legislation he
helped author is central to
Smith's opposition to GrammRudman.
"This country was coming out
or one or the most segregated
eras in the history of man when
this act was made law/' Smith
said. "The Fair Housing Act
grew out of the need for better
housing and better living conditions
for people in this country. It
opWSW^fie dod^bY opportunity
to all people." ^
the act state^fhat
anyone who receives federal
monies cannot discriminate in
any way in the handling of that
money.
"Before this, federal monies
were not adequately
distributed," he said. "States
had more control."
The Fair Housing Act saw to it
that money would go to the people
through employment opportunities,
salaries and affirmative
action programs, he said.
"The federal courts were
speaking to all these matters at
the same time. Jobs in police
departments, schools of your
choice, access to public facilities
-- all issues dealing with segregation
? were being dealt with at
this time. The 1964 Civil Rights
Act had provided the impetus to
move toward dismantling
segregation.
"The Fair Housing Act provided
monies to solve the issues that
this country was facing," he said.
^Those monies allowed this
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country to go forward.
"It's a sad day when we allow
senators from two Southern
states (Rudman and Hollings),
who had some of the most radical
segregation policies in the history
of this country, to set policies for
human dignity."
U.S. Ren. Sfenh#?n N#?nl
represents the 5th Congressional
District, which includes Forsyth
County, voted for GrammRudman.
Smith said supporters of the
bill should be lobbied.
"We are very disappointed
that Neal supported this bill,*'
Smith said. "We need to let him
know the damage the bill will
have on his constituents."
Neal could not be reached in
iMiis Washington office. Butyls
legislative assistant,
v dage, said Neal supports1 ijj
and timetable for OrammRudman
but not all of the proposed
cuts in domestic programs.'
Neal favors freezing the defense
budget or increasing it only by
the rate of inflation, Hardage
said. President Reagan seeks a
12-percent defense budget increase.
Hardage said the Congressional
Budget Office estimates
cuts of $20 billion in domestic
spending next year as a result of
Gramm-Rudman. The state is expected
to lose $200 million in
federal funds.
"we nave to tell the people in
Washington, don't cut people's
services; cut defense/ Smith
said. "There's enough waste in
federal dollars alone to balance
the budget. Plenty of that money
is spent uselessly.
"We cannot sacrifice human
needs for the sake of anything. If
we are to be a strong nation, we
can't cut out social programs, decent
housing and other human
needs. If we do, we'll be destroying
ourselves by not providing for
ourselves."
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"The bonds covcrcd the basic
building/' Swann said, "but,
after hearing the concerns and
problems other places were having,
we suggested doing some
things differently."
City voters approved a S20
million bond referendum to construct
the coliseum and an annex
for ice hockey and exhibitions
last June. Wake Forest University,
which will use the coliseum as
its home floor for basketball, is
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Thomas W. Fredericks, budget
director Tor the city, told the
aldermen that interest totaling
$2.4 million from the sale of the
bonds could be used to make up
the additional cost, along with
$2.8 million from uncommitted
money now in the city's General
Fund. Wake Forest and WSSU
are providing an additional
$635,000.
The facility will be located just
east of the old Memorial Coliseum
off the Cherry-N|arshall
expressway.
Its .exterior will include the
copper siding and a combination
of red and tan brick, the plans
say. A memorial pool or fountain
with flag poles will be located in
front of the building.
Its. total interior space will
cover 218,800 square feet, which
will include 7,672 seats in the upper
level and 6,208 seats below
the concourse. There also will be*
248 private boxes and 140 seats
for the handicapped.
The oblong concourse and
seating arrangement is expected
to provide better viewing angles
for spectators, Swann said.
"We've clearly understood
that this has to be done right,"
Swann said. "We wanted to
make sure that We come up with
what the community is asking
for."
When Alderman Larry W.
Womble expressed concern about
the areftaT^bTlity to expand,
By berg said an additional 4,000
ipl^could be added without major
changes in the structure.
Construction of the coliseum is
slated to begin in November and
is scheduled to be completed by
November 1988, Swann said.
Design plans for the annex have
pot been completed. Construction
of the annex, which is expected
to seat 3,000 to 4,000 spectators,
will not begin until after
the 1987 Dixie Classic Fair.
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The front entrance of the
building will face 27th Street,
while the rear entrance will face
Deacon Boulevard. The old col
iseum will remain open until the
summer of 1988, when it will be
torn down and turned into parking
space, Swann said.
Other features include 13 concession
stands, eight exterior and
six interior ticket booths, four
performer dressing rooms, four
men's and four women's toilets,
two officials' dressing rooms and
one press room.
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also be provided. One of the team
locker rooms will be in the school
colors of WSSU. Wake Forest is i
paying for its own dressing room.
The arena will seat 14.126 for
basketball, 14,776 for centerstage
events, 10,750 for end-stage
events, 9,228 for ice shows and r
12,714 for rodeos and truck <
pulls. 1
The building will be air- I
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will allow the city to use it yearround.
The lack of air condition- (
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city to close it during the summer i
months. <
The name Lawrence Joel
Veterans Memorial Coliseum will
be prominently displayed across i
the front of the building, Rogers I
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Women's Basketba
Anyone interested in playing in our league
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on Saturdays.
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our facility. Mr. James has been a member
* we can call on to help us in many of our p
jects that we do to provide services to our
youth. Just recently Mr. James was honor*
the top division manager in our Annual Su
taining Campaign Drive. Mr. James serves
community as a member of the Sethos Ten
No. 170. We are proud to select Mr. Harr)
James as our Member of the Week!
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live marquee with the name and a
schedule of events will be built on
the outside.
The Board of Aldermen approved
the Joel name last month
after much wrangling among
veterans. A group of older
veterans wanted the facility named
for all forme^ servicemen,
while other veterans, led by a
Vietnam veterans group, supported
the Joel name.
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Joel, a black man who is the
only Winston-Salem native to
receive the nation's highest
military award, the Congressional
Medal of Honor, died in
1984. He was decorated in 1967
for saving the lives of 13 fellow
soldiers while being wounded
himself during a Viet Cong attack.
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