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I Jack & Jill: Not Just play p ' ' v: PAOE A6. I Wins I Vol. XIII, No. 32 U.S.P.S. No. 01 I AIDS hits espe< By KEN HERMAN Associated Press Writer AUSTIN, Texas - The tragedy of AIDS is magnified in minority communities, according to Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, who says the deadly disease strikes a disproportionately high number of blacks and Hispanics. "And just to increase our sense of horror at this catastrophe occurring irwthe-hlack and Hispanic communities, we suspect that the number of cases is vastly underreported," he said. In a speech last Thursday to a joint session of the Texas Legislature, Koop warned that AIDS is a T niA/nhnncoc to be built in E. Winston By ROBIN BARKSDALE Chronicle Staff Writer A local black developer will officially breal ground for a new East Winston townhouse comple: next week. Andrews Heights, located off ,10th Street pas Rich Avenue, will consist of 64 units providing th< same quality of housing available in other areas o town, said William H. Andrews. "My conviction is to build quality housing," An - drews said in an interview Monday. "I'm huildinj for people, not just for East Winston or any par ticular area. The main thing is that it will be qualit: housing and they will be the same (quality as) unit: that are on the west side of town." Andrews retired from his job with the Housinj Authority last year with plans; he said, to~grv< something back to the community that he ha: always called home. He said his townhouse complex will benefit th< _ AI I~? r . enure nasi Winston community. 44I prepared to come into my neighborhood which is East Winston, before I retired," he said 4i made up my mind to do something in the privatt sector. My roots are in East Winston - right then on the 600 block of Fourth Street." Andrews said his parents instilled in him thai "you do something for your community -- yoi ?doh't stand back and wait for somebody else to dc it for you." Now he's ready to do precisely that. Andrew? Please see page A3 Lack of postal I By CHERYL WILLIAMS post ofl Chronicle Staff Writer *thinV When Patricia Brown, an East .^e.s< Winston resident, wants to buy stamps, mail a package or purchase a stamps, money order, she has to go outside her community to the main post office downtown or to one of the postal stations in other areas of the city. fliH "It presents a problem," said Mrs. Cg Brown, who lives on North Hampton Drive. _ Ki Mrs. Brown, who works at the East Winston Branch Library, said that she doesn't get off work until 6 p.m., by C which time the service windows at the Lh post office are closed. Parking, she should fc said, is also a problem at the jn this a downtown post office. 7im "I was hoping we would get one (a East Wi WSSU alumni i By CHERYL WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer A group of Winston-Salem State University alu ? h ed an endowed scholarship in honor of a former at the university. The scholarship is named for the late Andre business manager at WSSU for 32 years, who di Romie E. Avery, a member of the "'ass of 19 people who spearheaded the effort, said the idea k * \ i \ v.. . Three-pointer: k| |H Mixed reactions I H| ^ t *w - f . 7/J ton-Sale The Twin City's Awq 37910 Winston-Salem, N.C. siallv hard in hlai threat to everyone, not just homosexuals and intravenous drug abusers. "This is no longer an exclusive club," he said of the disease, which attacks the body's immune system. ? _ Koop said the higher ratio of AIDS in blacks and Hispanics could be a result of higher intravenous drug abuse in those communities. One of eight Americans is black, but one of four Americans with AIDS is black, according to Koop. One-fourth of AIDS victims in' the nation are_ Hispanic, although the Hispanic population represents only one-twelfth of the overall population. BLOCKED OFF k \ \ V \ Mm MhI Ik \ V KU |a t Above, Chip Grace of Grace Masonry works at Fi i God Church, the site of one of the company' , tracted jobs. Some of the city's minority sub they aren't getting a fair share of the city's proji i task force is holding a series of public meeting: issue (photo by James Parker). branch irks resid< :ice) over this area," she said. mittee, said that loci c it would be beneficial." vices in the communit aid she has had library patrons recommendations tha r whether the library sells made to the planning "They're assuming that there sion in the East Win '*You have to drive 01 |k; ,postal service," Jacks X" Postmaster John R. that the location of a determined by the re by a particular area. "When you're ta AST WINSTON financed station, lea: AT THE with post office p 'DAtconAnc revenue plays a big f rKyS?KUAU) "AH areas do not g( business." >e a stamp machinc somewhere Schoolfield said t rea." periodically does stud lackson Jr., chairman of the postal service needs, nston Area Plan Review Com- pioa<so coo m , .WW.WW W ~ w r V establish new sc ship grew from a conversation he 1 Terrell's funeral. . , .... Dr. Velma Jackson, director of . ,mni has establish- . , 4 , ing with Avery and the group to cc business manager ? , ... ? . Kr fice will be responsible for informi w Issac Terrell, a . Aver^: 3 retired educator, said t j t- u i c ni to solicit contributions for the ted reb. 15. We hope that even if peoj 46 and one of the respond," he said. 4tThe interest \ to start a scholar- Please see \ S.C. Stale hires 9| Twin City native ;: . PAGE Bl. 'm Chro rd~ Winning Weekly Thursday, April 2,1987 ;k and Hispanic More than half thf? infante hnrn with Ainc ? ...? .... w .1 " mi (ii 1/J ait black. About one-fourth of the infants born with AIDS are Hispanic, Koop said. "Nearly all these children received the virus from their infected mothers either in utero (in the womb) or during delivery," he said. "These pieces of information are all part of a total picture of a disease that is relentlessly reaching further and further into our society and we are practically powerless to stop it or even to slow it down," Koop said. The surgeon general reiterated his now-familiar AIDS message, including his urging of monogamy as an AIDS prevention measure and the use of conCOVER STORY Minority i call "for m Views are aired at By CHERYL WILLIAMS |r Chronicie-Statt-Wnter ^ THE time has come tor whit a minority contractors to sit down an* \ out solutions to some of the probler a . ed by minority contractors, said on black contractor in response to J discussions of the city's minority cc I program. 1 James Grace Jr., president of Z~?Masonry and Construction Co. In< Voice of Minority Contractors, W M las^ ^orce ^ast week that minority cc yjl tors, majority contractors and city ol j need to sit down and talk. James E. Mack, co-chairman ( seven-member citizens' task force w reviewing the city's Minority and Business Enterprise Program, agree* *' Grace and said that such a meeting i Syjfeh';' planned. Under the city's current program, irst Assembly of are set on each project depending < s privately con- components that can be subcontracts contractors say the availability of MWBEs to do the arlp A < ? 1A ! ?' ^ giii?cnb Last week's meeting was a public h s to discuss the which gave minority contractors a for voice their concerns. >ersonnel, then ^ s,? SPEAKING FREELY snerate a postal Julius Chambers, above, the direc he post office Education Fund, delivered the ke ies to determine Fund Banquet last weekend at tf The studies are annually to recognize outst< age A15 James Parker) holarshin I Dr?P"'n ^ By CHERYL WIL had with eight other alumni after Chronicle Staff Write The city/cour alumni affairs at WSSU, is work- department has sch ordinate the scholarship. Her of- Qf drop-in sessioi ng alumni about the scholarship.? community's respo hat letters are being sent to alum- Winston Area Plar scholarship fund. 3le don't get letters, they will ' ^he plan outline :rom the contributions will be us- l stlJdy area a 5 page A5 1 and long-term ; -Tnr-^B,, Ilin | alleviating them. i h ii I'l i 'Burglar' wont steal your heart . PAGE B8. nicle 50 cents 40 Pages This Week VrVSI I II I IUI II IICO doms for those who have sexual relationships with more than one person. Koop also called for increased education about sexual matters, including AIDS. "Most schools offer this minimum kind of sex education sometime during the junior high or middle school years, and that's a good thing, although it might be a little bit late. I have urged the material be presented earlier, among 9-, 10- and 11-yearolds," he said. "There's much more to human relationships than just good sex, and young people ought to be told about that. Everyone dreams of such a relationship. The novelists call it true love. The sociologists call it Please see page A3 contractors ore dialogue task force meeting The problems that minority contractors ?faee^-Graee-saidi?are-rampant-^ Among? j e and l^em are a PromPl payment and the , , fact that licensed contractors have not been hash . , . . t i , ? . , , uuiv i \j kvi uuiius ui nave nui Dccn a Die 10 ns i2C" 1 e local gel *n l*mc to start wor^ on a project. Grace said there are also problems with recent ? getting loans from banks. He said that banks are not receptive to subcontractors, Qrace Part?cularly ^ey are black. and Grace estimated that there are about Void a l^ree or ^our black 8eneral contractors in 0 a the city. 44A tew years ago, we had more ?mtrac . #1f # TTT . , than that, he said. 11 i/>iak Grace told the task force that the city's , f ^ present program of goal-setting is not j ^ . working and that he supports setting quotas. d?w th ' ^ersona^y? * l^at *s needed," he_ ^ ^ said, 44and I'm going to work very hard to see that we get it. The cities that I have ttoals studied that have them, like Atlanta, Ga., )n the anc* ^ur^am? they seem to be working. I id and wou^ make us a more viable group wor^ of contractors and subcontractors." Mack said that set-asides would be earing . . . , , um to pos,tlve for minority contractors and that Dlnorrt ??? ? ? ? ? a ? 'Caoo acc [Jcige MO ;tor-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and ynote address at the local branch's Freedom )e Benton Convention Center. The program is anding members of the community (photo by sessions slated LIAMS Ann Massey, a senior planner, r said that five drop-in sessions have been scheduled: Uy planning iedulcd a series . Mondayi April 6_ at Rupert M_JSL_KL_H!?. Betl-R??eAtion"Center, 1501 Mt. nse to the East r?i c a Zion Place, from 4 p.m. to 6 l. p.m. s the problems nd gives shprt- Tuesday, April 7, at St. proposals for Stephen's Baptist Church, 2071 Please see page A10 3
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