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Wi ' a Vol. XIII, No. 14 U. r^TTTTTMTT!TTrT^r"""p' rlfffi "iiimi Tiirif ii i m %^?nLV L fc. 1 K Mr $8 . t_ed ^il* I fe I m m . . ,WM Uarbara Eure, owner of Waref >cation at Tobacco Square (p Jh ^ " City manage] By CHERYL WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer The city is considering ways to cu costs of One Triad Park's water pla2 total more than $100,000 if operated hours a day. Several of the aldermen say they sufficient information last year aboi cost of running the plaza. In January, the board agreed t maintain the water plaza and to b deck adjacent to a soon-to-be-com j office tower. The bulk of the plaza's operatir volves the electricity needed to opei five pumps. The water plaza incl waterfall, small fountains and "wat Please see page A2 IN.Y. cabbies * > By The Associated Press NEW tORK - Many taxi ; drivers refuse to serve black riders because of a fear of crime in black neighborhoods, the president of the Independent Taxi Owners Council said in an interview broadcast Sunday. "It's not because they're racist or discriminatory, because they're black themselves in many cases,". said Howard Fogel, whose group claims to represent half of all medallion taxi drivers. "It's a fear of where they may be going." Fogel made his remarks in I tuziui By CHERYL WILLIAMS ^ * Chronicle Staff Writer * Several irate consumers say t ^ local meat company. I Wilson Vaughn, executive dir Bureau, said last week that he customers of Tri-City Beef at 43 Arthur Knott owns the store. "I have complaints from peop walked out with contracts that say that they were kept so busy \ they did not realize until they g< Vaughn cited Barbara and Sti * % ' : \ nston S.P.S. No. 067910 . ''- v . -VJPA & ' * 2a?3^ %vCT*.^J&* % ?>. rV > * >5 v- .i . jg;mm B# |?7l xg ^tM v - jpr v,. Bfcy^w'Pi.i wi"j m.|!if.^-tm> Pp< ^r^H? j^Kr^r - r^iitii F X&&&" mo"*andl r offers alteri t the operating |?| ^ :a, which could Hjjik year round, 24 ^H| fi were not given HftL^ ut the expected Mjj^^-^jgS o operate and TjM uild a parking yi dieted, ig expenses inrate the plaza's udes a 19-foot :ersteps." Virginia K i shun black < response to comments by Gorman Gilbert, chairman of the city Taxi and Limousine Commission, or TLC, who appeared with him on the WABC program "Eyewitness News Conference." Gilbert noted that undercover TLC investigators were turned down 16 percent of the time they sought to go outside Manhattan in a recent crackdown. 4'Can I ask you a question?" Fogel said to Gilbert. "Were those inspectors black?" "It was a mixture," Gilbert replied. "About half of them were black -- a little over half." "I would say that was one of mers have a t hey're getting a raw deal from a ector of the city's Better Business has received six complaints from 170 Old Walkertown Road. tie who went in to buy specials and bind them," Vaughn said. 'They ind their attention diverted so that 3t home what they had signed." inley Vance of 1056 Betty Drive as r?vr -Salt The Twin City's A wa Winston-Salem, N.C. '4*'. ~z%f' J ? I' ^KgW # , ' fSM By^&Jv lL ?->^2flH^I j shapes pottery crafts on dlspli latives for p Bvl - v * |SH I Hi ''9^h ;. Newell Patrick customers the reasons they were turned down ? not where they were going," said Fogel. Fogel said that more cab drivers would go to outer boroughs if they were allowed to respond to radio calls, but that only a reduction in crime is likely to convince them to pick up more black passengers. Fogel also implied that Gilbert could not be trusted to distribute the 1,800 new taxi medallions that Mayor Edward I. Koch has proposed creating. Gilbert recently took over as head of the Taxi and Limousine Commission Please see page A3 beef over all an example The Vances walked into the for 160 pounds of beef and * than $2,000, he said. Mrs. Vance said she had \ newspaper. She.and her husbai an appointment was set up. fl was interested in was advertise She said the special also inclu< meat. "When we went in they toe us some meat," she said. "T want this over here.' " CI A rd-Winning Weekly Thursday, November 27,19 I "Although Mm businesses, thi &;<tk __ _ 9 ym exceed by as i allocated to th Commerce to i !Plaza than i . Chronicle Executive Related storj budget concernii poor, economic munity devetopm projected annual One Triad Park 1 Reliance for fis $6,000 less than annually to pay maintenance bijk > ESR is -a'soc employment trail the poor and el< weather ization, ment, emergenc assistance and ti ?Eighty percent \eSR's executiv m " ctetm September spending on soc agency's budget ^ "Since Reaga budget has been lost 20 people on f Law, who succe 2 head of ESR. Some of the a] expenditure for misplaced priori! W viable investmen ^ lure new industr jr- '* well as increase i P^aza 's deck and a 20-st( phase. ^? The four blacl T. Hairston issue of how mi I : CLASSIFIED 'M* EDITORIALS A* ENTERPRISE ?7 OBITUARIES WO PEOPLE A6 mmrn?mmmm?mtm?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm RELIGION . WO SPORTSWEEK >1 QUOTABLE: 44 'We didn't land at Plymouth Reek,' Qjftateebn X) often told blank audiences, 'Plymouth Reek landed ' en us.'" PAQEA4. eged raw dea meat store expecting to pay $118.40 talked out with a contract for more seen a Tri-City Beef ad in a local nd called to inquire about the ad and 4rs. Vance said that the special she d as 160 pounds of meat for $118.40. led an additional 100 pounds of free >k us back in the freezer and showed Lmi 1 IVm< flnn't u?in4 tkie* tiAii I icy 3HSUU) I UU UUU I TTW1V uii9| ;vu I J 1 J I I 4f J ^ AJkMAJkk -,-,-fc '/m ' ^'s '<<? V '* . / : '* \ ^ :*,?r stuig ^J|?im . . ______ ironii 86 SO cants aldermen say the plaza operating mpmmi of tti much at threefold the am Greater WIntton-Salem < recruit new Industry." L could cost recruitmeni )HNSON Southeasi Editor Womble Vivian H f below, left. the inve Virginia I ems in the current city man Patr ng housing, aid to the development and comoperating expenses of the prater plaza. the city will allocate ic Experiment in Selfcal year 1986-87, nearly the $110,990 it may cost < . the ^ater, electric and r for the water plaza. ial agency that provides ling and emergency aid to jpC derly. Its services include pE job training and place:y shelter and financial EsssMm tousing relocation among nR of its clients are black. e director told the Chronithat reduction* in federal ial programs have cut his n became president, our cut by 40 percent, and we Be our staff," said Robert B. teds Louise G. Wilson as M cons Park v dermen have criticized the a'ready the water plaza as a :y. Others argue that it is a t that in the long run will The a ies and jobs to the city as develop its tax base. water pi part of a $100 million say it will include a parking when th sry office tower as its first In a< housing c aldermen are split on the ca^s ich to spend on the plaza. Committee < on magnet-s By CHERYL WILLIAMS nhmnlrl* CtaH UUrltar w?f? w?ltw?w V%WM TfMIWI The school board's Curriculum Committee were evenly divided Tuesday on whether to withdraw an application for federal funds to help , racially balance three middle schools. The 2-2 tie vote resulted in no recommendation being made to the full school board on the issue. Committee Chairman Thomas C. Voss and committee member Grace C. Efird voted to withdraw / from local t Mrs. Vance said she and her h meat. She said she and her husbanc pounds of meat at half the price The meat was cut and sh# u packages, Mrs. Vance said. 4 4 After they finished, they tool presented him with a contract wh contract,** she said. 44We realize been had. 44They keep you busy so you < said. 4They keep your mind occ Please s a \ i I de t 34 Pages This Week could attract new le plaza might alto < ount the city hat ? Chamber of more t funding t Ward Alderman Larry W. and Northeast Ward Alderman . Burke question the wisdom of stment. East Ward Alderman C. Newell and North Ward Alderick T. Hairston support it. I 1 / ** , ^ fcj HVtHMK* I traction worker at the One Triad waterfall: The electric pumps ' have been installed (photo by Parker). ildermen agreed with Triad Park's ers to finance and maintain the aza and parking deck, though some r were unclear on the costs involved ley approved the expenditure, idition, the operating budget for i rehabilitation in the city budget r $42,170 in operating costs for the Please see page A11 leadlocks chool issue the grant application while committee members Jane D. Goins and Mary Margaret Lohr opposed such a move. The school system is applying for a $1.1 million grant from the Department of Education under the Magnet Schools Assistance Program. If the application is approved, it would allow the system to implement high-technology . programs in Cook, Kennedy and Hill middle schools. School officials hope the highPlease see page A3 neat market usband were shown some hanging I were also promised another 16C j they were paying for the special ras given a pen to help label th< k my husband into this little room ' tich was not read and he signed the ?d when we got home that we hac Jon't know what's going on," she :upied." ee page A3
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