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Thursday, August 9, 1990
? Winston-Salem Chronicle
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Owner: I want out of
low-income housing
By TRACY L PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
This is the second in a series of
articles examining the role of Legal
Aid imhe housing shortage.
claim they have been ensnared for
years in a legal web involving Legal
Aid that has convinced them to get
out of the low-income housing busi
ness.
^Mickey Andrews' parous owned
Lengthy legal battles with the
Legal Aid Society of Northwest North
Carolina is one of the reasons some
owners say they hayc
not continued their involvement in
providing low -income housing.
Mickey Andrews, attorney and
former chairman of the legal redress
committee for the NAACP, and his
parents, Doris and Floyd Andrews,
ITIot in a mobile home park and were"
renting it to Elizabeth Fisher. Mickey
owned the trailer on the lot and was
also renting it to Fisher. Because his
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iieaiui was railing ano nc way uirauic
to take care of the property, Floyd
agreed to sell the lot io Fisher in
1985. Mickey also arranged to sell
her the trailer. .
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injured in car crash
By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING
Cbronide Staff Writer
Mrs. Frances Mack, who lives at 2905 Bon Air
Ave., considers it a miracle that she is alive after a one
in-a-million accident that took the life of a close friend,
Mrs. Delores Everett of 1090 Shalimar Dr. , as they
were returning from a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., Sun
dayrAug; 3. * ; a.'.' ' ? - ? ?
Mrs. Everett was driving the second of three cars
with relatives and friends headed north on US 1 about
two miles from Rockingham: At approximately 2:35
p.m., a brake drum on a southbound tractor- trailer
exploded, and the heavy metal fragments were pro
pelled through the window of herearra4984-GadiHac,
lethal ly striking her in thejiead and passing through her
car's rear window.
Mrs. Mack, a passenger in the vehicle, managed to "
maneuver the car, which had become airborne, in a
direction away from oncoming traffic.
Mrs. Mack's daughter, Mrs. Walteria Spaulding,
was a passenger in the lead car, driven by her husband,
Clifton, and witnessed the accident just seconds after
pieces of metal grazed their car.
"When it first happened, I looked in my rear view
mirror and saw it (Mrs. Everett's car) airborne...I was*_
terrified," she said, recalling the scene.
"We had had such a wonderful time at Myrtle
Beach, and suddenly this tragedy strikes."
According to Mrs. Spaulding, her mother instinc
tively grabbed the steering wheel after Mrs. Everett
slumped over it from her injuries.
"She didn't really know which way the car was
going or where it would land," said Mrs. Spaulding.
"But, if she had steered left instead of right, she would
have gone into traffic. She thinks it's a miracle that
she's still living."
Mrs. Everett's car ran off the road and went
through a yard, striking some shrubbery and the sup
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Photo by L B. Speas Jr.
Gantt campaign workers know they will be In an uphill fight to unseat Sen. Jesse Helms, but
they are confident that their man can get the job done.
Local Gantt campaign HQ opens
Chronicle Staff Report
The Winston-Salem campaign
headquarters for U.S. Senate candi
date Harvey Gantt opened last week
at 316 W. 4th Street. A constant
stream of more than 250 Gantt sup
porters and campaign workers were
on hand for the event.
His supporters say they believe
Gantt will do well in the November
election.
Evelyn Terry, a Gantt supporter,
said the excitcmcnt and response of
voters to Gantt and the entire Demo
cratic slate makes her feel that this is
her party's year.
Of the Gantt campaign she
said, "We believe this is a campaign
that must' be powered by people.
While we recognizc that this fight
will take money, our focus is Demo
cratic unity powered by people."
She said the Gantt campaign has
attracted a broad cross-section of sup
porters which is all-inclusive.
Campaign workers say they plan
to make clear Senator Jesse Helms'
voting record on a wide range of
issues and to promote those issues
that show major differences between
their candidate and Helms.
industrial use for
E. Winston land
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
- Force has reserved judgment on a proposal for a new -
_ shopping center in East Winston in hopes that~t$ wt)K
receive industrial development plans.
Recently expressed interest in a parcel of land in East
Winston has spurred the task force to solicit development
proposals from interested developers.
Two weeks ago, Ray Krawiec of J&R Ventures Inc.
fnade a proposal ta the task -force for a neighborhood
shopping center to be built on a 34-acre tract of land at the
intersection of Old^Wallcertown Road and Carver School
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Since his proposal was made, other developers have
requested thai the property be put on the auction block,
said Ernie Pitt, chairman of the task force.
J. Allen Joines, director of the Winston-Salem devel
opment office, said the city has been approached by two
other developers who are interested in that parcel of land.
"I rccommend we step back and see what level of interest
there is out there," he said. Tm really encouraged by the
letters of interest we're getting."
The city will develop a request for proposal for
developers interested in the land. The task force will be
charged with choosing a preferred developer from all who
submit proposals.
In selecting a preferred developer, the task force will
look at each company's work quality, ability to market,
finances and resources. They will also consider how
closely the developer's proposal conforms to the Hammer,
Siler & George study recommending a plan for develop
ment in East Winston.
The preferred developer would present its proposal to
the appearance commission for its approval as well.
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Economist sees trouble at home from Gulf conflict
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
Higher prices, more unemploy
ment, and a general slowing down
of the economy is in America's eco
nomic future as a result of the crisis
in the Middle East.
Dr. Sammy Elaasar, professor
of economics at Winston-Salem
State University, said, "It's a big
chain reaction."
Iraq and Kuwait provide more
than 10 percent of the world's oil
production, Elaasar said. If that oil
production is cut off, thereby
decreasing the supply of oil, and if
the demand for the oil is the same,
the price of oil will increase.
Oil companies will take advan
tage of the situation to make "wind
fall profits," Elaasar said. The
gasoline at the gas pumps now has
been there for four or five months,
he said. "There is no economic jus
tification for an increase of 10 to 12 affect another industry," he said,
cents a gallon. It will take a couple The inflation will have to be
of months before the real shortage handled by the federal reserve by
of oil is felt." increasing interest rates, Elaasar
Each industry that slows down is going to
affect another, industry. ... People will not be
able to spend as much money in the economy as
they used to be able to because they will be
unemployed.**
? Dr. Sammy Elaasar
Professor of Econmics
at Winston-Salem State University
Elaasar said this is going to
increase the price of all other prod
ucts, such as petroleum chemicals,
textiles, and utilities, that use
petroleum as an ingredient. "Each
industry that slows down is going to
said. "It started going up yesterday
(Aug. 7)," he said. "Eventually
with interest rates going up, busi
ness will slow down." The construc
tion industry, automobile industry,
and other kinds of production will
feel the affects of the oil shortage,
he said.
"If everything goes back to nor
mal peacefully, that is going to min
imize the economic impact,"
Elaasar said. If there is a war, there
will be serious implications for the
world economy that will take much
longer to work through, he said.
Elaasar said the main impact of
the oil embargo on the U.S. will be
high unemployment and a shortage
of income. "People will not be able
to spend as much money in the
economy as they used to be able to
because they will be unemployed,"
he said.
Elaasar's niece and her husband
live in Kuwait. He said the last
time he spoke with them was two
weeks before the Iraqi invasion, and
they had no idea it was on the hori
zon. He has not been able to reach
them since the invasion.
uwait cla
fpb Emirates of flooding iheoil market j
He says Iraq has lost $14 binion in oil re
s that Arab states in the Persian Gulf are o
States and Israel to weaken Iraq's economy
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