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By MARDELL GRIFFIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
East Winston's redevelopment
plan was approved by WinstonSalem
aldermen Monday night,
along with the Comprehensive and
Thoroughfare Plans for long-range
growth of the entire city.
And steps were taken to bring
closer to reality a proposed multimillion
dollar bond referendum that
will raise local taxes another six
cents if approved by local citizens.
Representatives of cast side
residents were happier about the
redevelopment plan that affects
their area than were citizens living
along roads proposed in the
Thoroughfare Plan.
Although Jovcelvn Johnson.
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president of the East Winston
Restoration Association, asked
questions about funding of the East
Winston plan, her group has voiced
continued support for their
community's redevelopment
package, unlike the Friends of
SalemXakc and the United Friends
of Western Forsyth County who
have repeatedly lobbied against the
Thoroughfare Plan. .
The Salem Lake group is
7 opposed' to the planned311
Connector which is set to run
through the backyards of houses on
the eastern side of the Shalimar
community and pass through a
greenway adjoining Salem Lake to
link existing 1-40 with the new
portion of the interstate highway.
The Friends of Western Forsyth
County oppose setting any path for
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Creek area without first performing
an environmental impact study.
The group told the aldermen,
before the last board meeting two
weeks ago, that they would raise
the money to fund an
environmental study of the Muddy
Creek basin and surrounding areas.
~? Between $600,000 and $800,000
would be necessary to pay'for the .
project.
Although West Ward Alderman
AKAs raffling
new housing
By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Phi Omega chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. is
offering local residents the chance
to win a 1987 Plymouth Horizon
and to invest in Winston-Salem
housing.
"We're in the last stretch with
the project," said East Ward
Alderman Virginia K. Newell.
"We're in the process of raising the
last money which will be needed to
begin the (housing) project."
The sorority has proposed
building a complex consisting of
eight one-herlmnm.iinit n
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two-bedroom-unit townhouses on
city land between Second and Third
streets and Woodland and ~
Cleveland avenues.
The sorority has already raised
about $23,000 of the $75,000 it
needs to raise, she said.
The $750,000 housing project
is being financed with $225,000
VA From Page A1
American veterans may be afraid to
Speak up for fear of losing the
benefits they now receive.
} In another part of the letter,
Malachi said that it took him 40
years to upgrade his military
discharge, but instead of benefits
fbr a service-connected discharge
he had asked for, he received
benefits for a nonservice-connected
disability.
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Hampton said it's unfortunate that
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Wasn't given the type of discharge
he felt he deserved/ he said.
"Judging from the man s letter, it
appears he was awarded pension
Ind he feels very strongly that he
Jhould be drawing compensation."
Hampton said that
compensation is given for serviceConnected
injuries or injuries
Occurring while an individual is in
military service.
* The amount of compensation
depends on the disability and is not
a
micle Thursday, August 20, 1987
are plan ap
Robert S. Sorthmgton entered an
amendment to the plan calling tor
the city to provide technical and
administrative assistance to the
Friends of Western Forsyth County
in their efforts to seek funds tor an
environmental study and reaffirmed
the city's committment "to pay its
share of an EIS," the aldermen
voted unanimously tor the
proposed Thoroughfare Plan.The
city can now begin moves
to tie-up rights-of-ways along the
proposed paths of the controversial
roadways.
In another unanimous decision,
the aldermen passed a measure to
begin the "legal process " necessary
to bring a $55 million bond
package before the public for a
vote.
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^outncast warn Al^ernvan
Larry W. Womblc had prevailed
upon the board to raise the ceiling
for the proposed bond referendum
by SI million from a previous total
ofJ554 million with die additional
money to be used for low and
moderate mcomc housings Womblc
said housing only received a
quarter of the funding that streets
and roads received in the proposed
-bond plan.
Although East Ward Alderman~
Virginia K. Newell sympathized
with Womble's concerns, she did
not want to put the bond package in
"jeopardy" by raising the ceiling.
"If we add much more, I'm afraid
we won't get anything," she said.
The $9 million lor housing is
in addition to $36 million for
streets and sidewalks, $8 million
for housing and urban
redevelopment, $4 million for
fairground improvements, $3
million each for recreation and
Winston-Salem Lake watershed
protection bonds for the total $55
million bond package.
Northwest Ward Alderman
Martha S. Wood asked if the board
was "locking-ourselves Jnto a
certain approach to the programs
outlined in the bond package."
A member of the city
car to spur
investments
from the city and $450,000 from
N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co.
To help raise its portion, the
sorority is holding several
fundraisers.
One fundraiser, organized by
three sorority members, Mrs.
Newell, Bessie Allen and Gloria
Gore, is a car raffle.
"I think it will be well
received," Mrs. Newell said. "It's a
very popular way of raising
money."
The car, which is being
displayed at Twin City Chrysler
Plymouth on Miller Street, will be
given away on Sept. 2 during a
dinner at the Hyatt Hotel, Mrs.
Newell said.
Tickets for the car arc $100
apiece and $12 for the dinner.
Mrs. Newell said that besides
the car, other things that will be
given away on the night of the
raffle include an Anastasia fur,
small television sets and clocks.
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affected by outside income.
Pension, on the other hand, is
paid for non-service connected
injuries and is affected by income
from other sources. The rate of
pension, he said, is set by Congress.
"If he wants us to discuss his
case with him, we will. We will also
give him a written explanation."
He said that because of the
privacy act he could not address
*Malachi's specific concerns about
- his situation with the reporter.
Hampton said that in his 16
years with the VA, he has not seen a
written charge of discrimination
like the one written by Malachi. He
said that people have verbally
accused the VA of discriminating.
But these charges, he said, are
usually made when a veteran is
upsei. were usually able to show
them that this can't happen," he
said. "It's very rare to get a racial
prejudice allegation."
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proved with
attorney s stall told her. You have
to stay within that category. You
couldn't take recreation funds and
spend them on roads."
When asked by Womble, City
Manager Bill Stuart told the board
that the total package would raise
local taxes six cents lor every SI00
of tax evaluation. But he added that
the bonds would only be sold as the
revenue for various projects was
needed. As a result, he estimated
that taxes would probably not
increase for the first time from the
bonds until 1990 or 1991.
Womble then asked if the tax
burden would end when the bonds
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board might voice that intent, but
there is no way ol' making a future
board follow through."
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Vivian H. Burke asked if future
boards were bound to honor the
housing committments made by the
present board.
Stuart said, "I am not able to
tell you a future board will spend
the bond money exactly the way
this board would spend those
fuqds." But any resolutions
allocating funds passed by the
present board would be a "strong
weight" on future boards to carry
out those resolutions.
Mrs. Newell said she wanted to
hear citizens' opinions about the
bond package before any more
decisions are made.
A drop-in session for
discussion of the bond referendum
is being sponsored jointly by city
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the City Hall Council Chambers.
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night, the board voted:
5 to 3 approving Lareo
Construction Co. a $396,406.50 ^
contract for resurfacing 35 city ^
streets.
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to send a resolution setting
wcathcrization standards for
structures located in the city back
to the city planning staff for further
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