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-Salem Ch? t j o r ok. oHn CN 4 ? ^C KwoM ?b^ W t>TH ST # j WIN STUN - 5ALLIM w ? ccau ^ 2 710T-" ^ ; b b 77tc Choice for African-American News and Information THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1995 a. oUoa Roor" Nof,b bounty P'->bK forsV,n fi(,u S'reel .Af 1 75 CENTS ( < >//< ( (/( S //< >lluil f rcd( rick />*///i^lnss <27 ^ VOL XXII No 13 Race Relations Improve, But Views Vary Widely A Some community leaders say Winston-Salem is still racially divided By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer Local elected officials, business people, and community leaders believe that race relations are improving, but racial harmony has yet to be achieved in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. "Racism will always be with us in Winston Salem;* said Nigel D. Alston, the assistant vice pres ident for employee/community relations for Integon Services Co. "Race relations are good, but they need improvement." Underlying tension between blacks and whites recently came to the surface on such issues as the $94 million school bond, the school board's redis Pete Brunstetter Nigel Alston; tricting plan, and the city's Citizens' Police Review Board, Alston said. "You can't legislate a change in racial attitudes," he said.'The black community can adjust to racial intolerance. We have always had to deal with it in Winston-Salem." More contact is needed between white and blacks to bridge the gap between the races, but divided housing patterns in the city further isolate the races. The country is more focused on race relations now than it has been since the late 1960s. Events such as the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., media speculation about Colin Powell running for president, and the not guilty verdict in the O.J. Simpson murder trial have polarized blacks i whites nationally. Local occurrences, including the two trials for Darryl Hunt, reports of workplace discrimination, and the controversial deaths of Carlos Colon Stoner and Shelia Epps McKellar remain divisive issues between blacks and whites. "There has been an effort to bridge the gap between the races," said Bill Tatum, president of the Winston-Salem chapter of the NAACP. "Improving race relations here have a long way to go." Despite the gains made under affirmative action, see RACE page 2 Workforce Development May Lose $147,000 in Federal Funds A Agency to reduce services, shifts focus By MAURICE CROCKER Chronicle Staff Writer Winston-Salem's Workforce Development program is preparing to experience severe cuts from the federal government, and residents should expect a decrease in skilled services. "With the recession cuts, we will be able to serve more people, but there will be a limited number of people we can serve in the skilled and technical programs," said Martha Jo Camp bell, director of Workforce Development. Campbell said the lack of funds is forcing officials to decrease the number of people who receive technical and skilled training. Skilled training programs are designed to leach a person specific skills for different tasks. The programs take more time and money than other services that are offered by the depart- ^ ment. "We're not going to cut these services out, but we will have to limit the number of people who use these services," she said. Workforce officials are expecting a loss of $147,000 in federal monies. "The cuts are going to affect all of the department's activities,especially our tuition assistance and on-the-job training programs, she said." According to Campbell, the majority of the cuts are coming from the 2C programs, which see WORKFORCE p*?e2 Crime, Arrests Jump in East Ward A Community safer than a year ago By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer Reported crimes and arrests have increased in the city's East Ward since the beginning May over the same six month period in 1994, according to sta tistics from the Winston-Salem Police Department. Police received 18,573 complaint calls from May 1 to Oct. 31, 1995, a three percent increase from the same period last year. Officers made 6,465 arrests in the period, a 13.5 percent increase from 1994. Capt. Mike McCoy explained these statistics to about 30 people who attended the East Ward Town Hall Meeting last Saturday at City Hall. Alderman Joycelyn Johnson led the meeting. The residents heard city officials discuss housing, public safety, recreation, and public works projects in their ward. "We want to empower everybody in the ward," Johnson said. McCoy said that the East Ward is safer today than it was a year ago. There has been a reduction in murder, kidnapping, and crimes against persons in general," he said. The number of murders has decreased from five to four, and the number of rapes have decreased from 20 to 14, statistics show. Reports of robbery dropped 4.7 percent, but calls for assault increased 6 percent. The number of drug offenses increased 6 per cent. Reports of breaking and entering in homes increased slightly - 1.8 percent, but break-ins at businesses decreased 8.6 percent. The number of larcenies increased 10.3 percent, and calls for auto theft were down 21.2 percent. A resident who asked not be named said that she felt safer in her neighborhood, but crime was still a problem. "Too many people are still causing too many problems," she said. Police arrested six people on murder charges, compared to eight a year earlier. Likewise, the num ber of arrests for rape decreased 66.7 percent How ever, arrests for robbery and aggravated assaults have jumped nearly 49 percent and 39 percent, respectively. Arrests for burglary, larceny and auto theft decreased an average of 34 percent. "Our officers are doing a good job of arresting folks when they are breaking the law," McCoy said. More crime prevention programs are needed, especially for young people, he added. see CRIME page 17 November 20*25,1865 Blacks held protest convention in Zion Church in Charleston and demanded equal rights and repeal of the Black Codes. Blacks Underepresented on FTCC's Faculty 9 A President Wallin vows to increase minority hiring at school By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer The student body of Forsyth Technical Community College is 25 percent African American, but its faculty is only 10 percent black. Dr. Desna L. Wallin, the new president of FTCC, stated in a letter to State Rep. Larry Womble, D-Forsyth, that the school is seeking qualified African Americans as teachers and administrators. "Our goal is to have the proportion of African American administrators and faculty approximate the percentage of African American students," Wallin said in the letter. "We would greatly appreciate any help you might be able to give us in locating individ uals with an interest and commitment to community college education." Wallin's letter was in response to an inquiry Womble made about the minority presence at FTCC at a recent legislative breakfast Wallin conducted for the Forsyth County delegation to the N.C. General Assembly. M1 was satisfied with the report but not with the results," Womble said. He referred a prospective African American instructor to the school, he added. There are 3,414 whites and 1,141 blacks enrolled as students at FTCC for the fall term. The school has nine African American see BLACKS page 2 FOR SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 722 ?
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