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By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
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School is finally out and many
youth will cruise local "strips"
and gather at parks with nothing
to do. But it doesn't have to be
that way, because opportunities
are available in Winston-Salem to
help young people learn while
they earn.
The city, the Human Services
Department and the Employment
Security Commission all offei
summer youth employment pro>
grams.
one program that is folded
through the Jtib TrataingPartnership
Act.
The eight-week Summer Youth
Employment Program (SYEP)
will serve 480 young people 16 to
21 years old, said Walter W.
Farabee Jr., director of the
Human Services Department.
Eligible young people will start
work June 16. Applications will
close June 13.
The SYEP seeks to provide
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employment and training activities
for youth during the outof-school
period, Farabee said.
Last year, because of more
funds, the program served 516
youth, Farabee said. This year's
funds totaled $478,591.
Martha Jo Campbell, manpower
planning and development
supervisor, said that the response
from agencies needing employees
has been overwhelming.
"We've got a good variety of
work opportunities from the
organizations this year," she
said. "We feel the youth will be
able to have some meaningful
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Ghronicle Staff Writer
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Shopping Center has installed a
gate to prevent its shopping carts
infc taken into the parking lot - a
that some patrons and leaders si
the black community.
Food Lion officials placed th<
front of the store because 65 shop]
have been taken from the store
and not returned, said Waverly C
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By JOHN HINTON
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<a?ronlota> Staff WffiatrLarry
V. Upshaw, the city's assistant
to the director for public works, resigned
Tuesday following a misdemeanor ar'
rest last Thursday for larceny, the
Chronicle has learned.
Upshaw, 34, would not speak to
reporters Tuesday afternoon, but the
~ assistant city manager for public works,
"vf*at W. Swann, and city Personnel
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Directpr William K. Hill both confirmed
' that Upshaw had submitted a letter of
resignation after less than a year on the
job.
City officials would not comment on
the circumstances surrounding
Upshaw's arrest, or on whether it had
any bearing on his resignation.
"He did not elaborate on the
reasons," Swann said Tuesday afternoon
in a telephone interview.
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followed a call last Thursday from
Mary Ruth Vogt, an employee in the
public works office. Pouncey said Miss
Vogt complained that money was taken
from her purse. Pouncey said the police
report did not indicate the amount
taken.
When contacted Wednesday morning,
Ms. Vogt disputed Pouncey's account,
saying, "I don't care what he said, I
didn't do it (call the police)."
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By JOHN HINTON
Chronicle Staff Writer /
U.S. Rep. Steven L. Neal is cosponsoring
a bill that calls for economic
sanctions against South Africa.
' I am a strong proponent of antiapartheid
efforts/' said Neal, a Democrat
in the 5th District. "We have to keep putting
pressure on the South African government."
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Neal is supporting tfie ^nti^Afwrtheid
Act of 1986 that was introdaaflfMii the U.S.
House on May 2! by RefRrWflttam H.
Oray and Walter E. Faun troy. Neal supported
similar sanctions in 1985.
Apartheid is the system of racial separation
that forcibly subjects 24 million black
Africans to the rule of five million whites.
More than 1,600 people have died in racial
violence in South Africa since 1984.
Many American cities, including
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resolutions.
"We must send a message of hope to
black South Africa," Gray and Fauntroy
said. "We must also send a statement of 1
strong admonition to the apartheid i
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regime*
Meal is among 32 sponsors of the bill, i
which tent all U.S. bank loans and new in- 1
vestments in South Africa. i
'The Reagan administration is not J
seriously opposed to apartheid," Neal said.
"Whenever we in Congress put pressure on c
South Africa, the Reagan administration >
starts changing its policies." t
The measures of the bill include: >
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closing South African bank offices in c
the United States, 1
denying landing rights to South African ]
aircraft,
prohibiting U.S. contributions to
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Southeast Ward Alderman Larry W.
Womble, the Board of Aldermen's
Public Works Committee chairman, ??
said he had only heard rumors that Upshaw
had resigned. "It is regrettable that
he is leaving at this time, when we are
going through the budget hearings/9
Womble said.
A native of Topeka, Kan., Upshaw Is
a 1977 graduate of Duke University,
where he played football.
He worked for Duke's campus police
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technology for South Africa's energy industry,
and banning South African imports of
uranium, coal and steel.
The sanctions would be lifted when
Nelson Mandela and other political
prisoners are released and when negotiations
have begun between the Pretoria
government and black leaders to end apartheid,
Gray said. ^
Th4 bill was assigned to four committees
for legislative hearings. Some changes in
"The Reagan administration Is
not seriously opposed
to apartheid. Whenever we
in Congress put pressure
on South Africa, the Reagan
administration starts changing
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lis policies.
?Steve Neal
the bill are expected before the full House
votes on the matter.
Last June the House passed the Anti^parthekl
Act of 1985, which called for
ixnited economic sanctions against South
tftfca. The Senate passed a similar bill in
ruty 1983. "
But President Reagan, who has been
xi ticked for his support of the South
Vfrican regime, threatened to veto any bill
hat imposed sanctions against South
Africa.
Reagan said his administration's policy t
>f "constructive engagement" with
'retoria had achieved results and that any
;anctions would hurt blacks in South
Vfrica and neighboring countries.
Reagan reversed his position and ordered
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