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School Board rejects
election proposals
NAACP to file suit to force district plan
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
A lawsuit appears to be a virtual certainty now that the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board has rejected
proposals for district elections to ensure African-American
representation on the board. At least that is the opinion of
African-American community leaders after learning that
the school board took a straw vote during a work session
of the board TUesday and decided to leave the current sys
tem of electing school board members as it is.
The vote was 7-2 in favor of keeping the current elec
tion system, and although the straw vote was not an offi
cial board action, it was an indication of what the board's
position is likely to be when it votes Monday night on
whether or not it will change the current system used to
elect board members.
"I'm disappointed, but it really doesn't come as a big
surprise," said Walter Marshall, former president of the
local NAACP and member of a school board-appointed
research committee that provided the board with 10 differ
ent suggested district election proposals designed to
ensure minority representation.
"A lot of people were hoping the right thing would be
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Sanitation workers want
attention of Aldermen
RUDY AN&OMOM- -
Chronicle Managing Editor
Some Winston-Salem sanitation workers
say they are tired of getting no respect, little
compensation, and being passed over for pro
motions. They plan to take their concerns
directly to the Board of Aldermen because
they say their supervisors pay them little
attention.
None of the workers wanted their names
used in this story for fear of being targeted for
termination or being "blacklisted'' for speak
ing out against department policies and proce
dures.
A group of more than 50 sanitation work
ers met last week to express their concerns
about what they felt was happening to them
and to offer some suggestions about what
might be done to satisfy them and city taxpay
ers.
The workers said one solution to their
dilemma would be to begin curbside collec
tions as opposed to backyard pickup.
But city officials say if a curbside collec
tion system for residential pickup is used, it
could mean the loss of even more jobs
because three-man crews on collection trucks
would probably be reduced to two. __
Sanitation workers say that would be
unfair to them when collection trucks sit in
the city yard unused. Even though sanitation
officials say ten trucks arc to be taken out of
service because of the reduction in pickups
per week, workers say people could keep their
jobs by manning those idled trucks and reduc
ing the number of households on routes each
crew has per day.
Currently, there arc more than 200
employees in the sanitation department and
slightly more than 120 of them classified as
permanent. The majority of those workers arc
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Sanitation workers say the so-called incentive plan is not work
ing out.
Lawrence Joel
.C. hospital names auditorium for Joel
By RUDY ANDERSON
Chronicle Managing Editor
The late Lawrence Joel, the only
African- American medic to ever win this
country's highest military award, the Medal
of Honor, had an auditorium in the main
building at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center in Washington dedicated to his
memory Monday, Feb. 25.
It was a decision apparently made over
a year ago by Walter Reed officials,
according to family members who said they
were notified^ about The honor in early
February. But they said they don't think
Joel had ever visited the medical ccntcr or
had ever met Major General Richard D.
^Cameron, the center's commanding officcr,
who notified several family members per
sonally of his decision.
The center is one of eight Army medi
cal centers treating patients from across
the country. In addition, to treatment, the
center provides training to interns, gives
advanced instruction to medics and is
involved in medical research.
About thirty of the more than 400 peo
ple attending the ceremony were members
of Joel's family, including his widow,
Dorothy, and his son, Tremainc, who
*urtveilcd a plaque of Joel's likeness during
the ceremony.
"I feel so proud of what was done for
him," said Joel's sister Helen Robinson,
who lives in Winston -Salem. She said she
never thought anything like that would hap
pen for her brother and was stunned when
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New home for the dying
Volunteers to provide patient care
By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING
Community News Editor
A facility for the terminally ill, that pro
vides a hpmclike atmosphere in their last
days, is being built in the African-American
CQmmunily. lL is the firsL of its lundT unique
in the United States. The Human Service
Alliance, a non-profit charitable corporation,
broke ground for the new building drrmrg*
ccrcmonics held Feb. 24 at the new location
at 3983 Old Greensboro Road.
Its uniqueness stems from the facility's
provision of services, without charge, in a
homelike setting for up to six guests to live
during their final illness. Care will be provid
ed by unpaid, trained volunteers.
The new location is a carryover from a
program that Human Service Alliance began
Bcaslcy, project coordinator She said that the
central purpose of USA is to foster the ideal
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volunteerism. Because the center will consist
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From I to r: Susan Beasley, coordinator; Martin Caple, Wilshlre
Con. Co.; volunteers: Noel Nichols and Robert Beasley.