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■ 2 · YOUR BEST advertising media IN THE lucrative BLACK MARKET . CALL '376-0496 ·: ·' :h *.c. 28202 CHARLOTTE PAST I UT1 —" - \S73 "Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28208-THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1978 BLACK NEW SPAPERS -EFFECTIVE ΙΛ REACH BY FAR. MOI HE BLACK CONS l'MERS Price 25c Democratic Fund-Raiser Scheduled y The Young Democrats of Orange County are sponsoring a "Party for Democratic Unity" on Sunday, July 23 at the Mad Hatter restaurant in Chapel Hill. The event will begin at 3 p.m., and continue until mid night. According to a spokes person for the event, "The phrase 'Democratic Unity' is, of course a contradiction in terms. One thing Democrats have always been able to agree on, however, is having hearty." '· The stated purpoee of the event is to unite Democrats behind John Ingram, Demo cratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Ingram has con firmed hi» presence in the early evening, and several other Democratic party not ables are expected to be in attendance. Music will be provided at various times dur ing the day by area perform ers, including Night Shift. Donations of $3 will be col lected and all profits from the event will be donated to John Ingram's campaign. Food and drink will be available for purchase from the Mad Hat ter. For more" Tnfermattonr contact any member of the Young Democrats of Orange County, or Sharon Pigott (chair for the event) after 5 p.m. at 967-1383. Early Pregnancy • -. r '»r* * J Classes Set A series of Early Pregnancy Classes will be held for every one in tbé first half of preg nancy who live· in the Char lotte area. The three classes will be tod by certified child birth educators and a certified LaLeche League leader, with opportunities for discussion and questions. Couples are encouraged to come to classes together, if possible. Classes will be informal, so dress comfortably. During the first two sess ions, the following topics will be discussed: Nutritional needs of mother and fetus, fetal growth and development, emotion*! and physical changes of pregnancy, effect of pregnancy an marital rela tionships, how m is affected by pregnancy, myths about pregnancy and motherhood and fatherhood, and how to feel and look better during pregnancy. The third class will be on 1—Mna aprf will be for both couple· who have already decided to breastfeed and those who are not yet sure. A fourth claas may be added It no extra coat. Πιιιπ *111 be held at the robenarir Center, 4822 Albe marle Ed , Suite GSO, located two Mocks off E. Indépend ance Blvd. The séria· will begin the first Tuaadky of each month (except on holidays) and will continue on conaecutive Toes days New Hsssss will begin July 11, from 7:19 Ul M p.m To enroll la the aariaa, ask your phyaéoian or call Alice Caldwell tlg&Hn. Bubblin' Patricia Mclnnis ...Won numerous contests Patricia Β. Mclnnis Is Beauty Of Week By Debra Stanley Post Staff Writer Bubblin' Patricia Boyd Mclnnis is the Post Beauty of the Week. A 24 year-old native (gf Mnnnt Unity, g Ç.. Pat jg employed by the ChailoTOT Housing Authority. She is a 1972 graduate of Harding High School and attended Central Piedmont Community College as a clerical major. Her chosen profession, how ever, is dancing. Pat has won numerous dancing contests in the Charlotte area, including a contest held recently at the Twentieth Century Fox Dis cotheque on Kings Dr. She also won third place in the 1976 Soul Train Dance Contest held in California. In. addition to her soulfilled moves on the dance floor, Pat is attending the Trim Model ing agency and has hopes of modeling professionally. This fun-loving Beauty stated that she is "into all kinds of sports," and has been an active participant as well as spectator. She has coached a girl's softball team and loves football. Pat also enjoys reading but confessed that her favorite love is "working with children." Pat cited her favorite saying •round'the office aTthe HouiT ing Authority. It is: "It's not where you're from, it's where you're going that counts." She described herself as "fun-loviog, always smUing. politÇj^bubbling, and ready to With her talent and charm, Pat could easily, but not mis takenly, be nick-named Bubb ling Brown Sugar. After leaving the Housing Authority, ( this is her last week) Pat plans to work teaching dance classes for a while. Patricia stated that she hopes to move to Los Angeles this year in order to progress in her dance career and fulfill her potential to the maximum, hopefully before the winter. Her major goal in dancing. Pat confided, "would be to perform in a Broadway musi cal." Like Pat says, "It's not where you're from, it's where you're going that counts" and it looks like Pat is destined to higher and prosperous ground. The wife of John Mclnnis and mother of two lovely daughters, Taloria, age seven, and Carolyn, age 8, Pat is number five of nine children of Mr. and Mrs. George and Γ3Μ 111k rUmiLnf Mount Hollv. NAACP Sees "Strong Kay Of Hope" In Bakke Ruling ESC Seeking Job Training For Veterans The local Employment Security Commission is look ing for employers who will provide on-the-job training for veterans. Extraordinary training costs of employers will be reimbursed from Comprehen sive Employment and Train ing Act (CETA) funds under the Help Through Industry Retraining and Employment Program (HIRE II) according to Local Office Manager Claudie Lewis Jr. and Veter ans Employment Representa tive Earl B. Huitt Jr. The reimbursement- may -amount to as much as one-half of the amount paid in wages Huitt says he is seeking employers who will contract to hire veterans for up to 1,040 hours of training on-the-job in occupations beginning at $3.50 or more per hour. The training funds are part of a $3.1 million CETA grant to North Carolina to provide job training for veterans, particu larly disabled veterans who need on-site training to be come established in the labor market. The program is fundecf un3grTitle 111 of tlie Act. "CETA prime sponsors throughout the state have a goal of between 13 and 14 hundred disabled and Viet nam-Era veterans to be placed in job training," says Huitt. "The sponsors will allocate money according to the con tracts written with employers through the Employment Security Commission.", All funds must be obligated by September 30, 1978. "We're after two things here," the veterans employ ment specialist explained. "One, we wish to provide job training for veterans, and two, we wi^ to convince employ ers that veterans can contri bute to their companies by 'being good workers CETA will assist with the cost of the training as an inducement to get employers involved. And, he continued, "it is anticipa ted that the veterans will stay on as a permanent employees of the company after his train ino " PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY LEADERS are shown from left to right Ms Lutitia Hall, past president, Earle Village; Ms. Carrie Graves, Dalton Village; and Ms. Public Elizabeth Neal, president of Belvedere Homes ( photo by Eileen Hansom Housing: Myths And Realities By Eileen Hanson Special to the Post —VipwwH from the outside, two myths prevail about public housing. Une is that public housing is a temporary stop-over between the slums and better, private housing. The other is that public hous ing is primarily for families with the lowest incomes. But an inside view gives a different story When Mattie Gaines moved into Earle Village Homes on East Seventh Street 11 years ago, she expected it to be a short-term stay. "They're supposed to help you move out into private housing." accord ing to Gaines, who was recent ly elected President of the Earle Village Residents' Organization "But there's no housing to move into. Nobody wants to rent to someone with children, and 1 have four kids." Other families cannot even get into public housing be cause their incomes are too low. According to Linda Win ston. Assistant Superintendent for Tenant Selection of the PHarlnHo UnncinO AulKnri»»! about 400 to (ίου families on a waiting list ol 1.300 are not eligible because their incomes are too tow' MuM of thci;c familes are on AKDC - aid lor dependent children It costs St>0 to 7o to maintain a housing unit. That is the minimum rent tenants must now be able to pay." said Winston "We are not able to move in any families that fall below the $60 rent level." Federal law says that a tenant's rent in public hous ing. including "basic utili ties." must be set at 25 percent of the net family income To determine net income, the gross annual income is taken, less 5 percent deduction or 10 percent for senior citizens Then another $300 is deducted for each child under IK who is in school The 25 percent rent payments are then spread out over a 12-month period Today in Charlotte, a family on AFDC or other fixed in comes such as Social Security or Supplemental Security In come. cannot get in to public housing According to Win ston, it now takes a weekly σ iiiwmtr μι #μλ) iu ι ηζ ciiKii'ii Taylor Believes Growing Economic Benefits Reason For Blacks To Work Together By Sidney Moore Pact SUff Writer A feeling of growing econo mic benefits has created a reason for area businessmen and leaden of the Mack com munity to work together, according to Ceianese Vice Présidant David Taylor. He is alao chairman of a sponsoring committee to bring an affiliate of the National Urban League, Inc. < NUL), to Charlotte. While such an effort has failed twice before, Taylor is confident that it win be successful this time. Local spirits are high be cauae of the passage of an recent announcement that an IBM plant will be built here and passage of ltquor-by-the drink legislation. Vernon E. Jordan Jr., president οt NUL, said a league affiliate in Char lotte and llquoT-by-the drink are not necessarily related, but that he is for both. While (uch humor punctu ated his luncheon speech here on Friday, June 30, It did not dilute his forceful description of the "urban league move ment." Jordan has led NUL since January 1972 following the untimely death of Whitney Young. Recently named one of 100 moat Influential black Ameri cans by Ebony magazine, Jordan also «rite· a weekly newspaper colum "To Be Equal," which is distributed to 600 newspaper· (see our editorial page). He has writeen extensively on national issues for major publications and has a radio commentary three times per week on Wpstinghouse Broad casting network, according to biographical material. The 43-year-old lawyer formerly headed the Voter Education Project in Atlanta and directed the United Negro College Fund. He serves on several corporate boards and has received numerous hono rary degrees Cost efficiency is a major feature of the operation 01 NUL, said Jordan. He said the non-profit organization attracts support from large corporations because of its accountability μ (ο how their "philanthrophic dollar" is spent. Money to operate the league cornea from industry, founda tions and government. Last year, its budget was Mft million, with an additional $10 million for sp&MI projects, according to a published report. Rules developed by the national office require local ■H vernon Jordan ...During visit here groups to raise their own funds, other than special grants from the national office Clarence Thomas of the Atlanta regional office of NUL said Charlotte should raise about $50,000 to begin th** first year of operation of the local affiliate The money will be used to acquie a professional staff, an office and equipment. Members of the steering committee to form the local affiliate are Jack L Bullard. Kathleen Crosby. G Don Davidson Jr.. Harvey Β Gantt, Harold R Hansen. Harriet A Kaplan. Dr C. D Hippy. Willie J Strafford Sr . David Taylor, John Ρ Turbi dy. Robert L Walton. Richard G. Wells, and Sam Young Jr Sponsoring committer "nembers are James G. Habb Jr , Rev George Battle. John M Belk, William A Bowen. Jack L. Bullard. ( < Cameron, W Bill funning ham, G Don Davidson Jr , Robert L Davis Jr . Harvey Β Gantt. D. F. Gunnells. Harold R Hansen, Betty See Blacks on Page to lor public housing Except ions are made lor the elderly and for those mux ing out of ^Community Development areas. The Games family one adult and four children re ceives $219 a month on AFDC Their rent plus utilities is $40 If they were to apply lor public housing today, they would not find a place. This situation is not except ional According to Bettye Harris. Director of Commu nity Services, about 85 percent of public housing's ΐ:5.ουυ ten ants are one-parent families, headed by women Most of them are on fixed incomes. In 1974. Congress authorized "rent ranges' in lederally funded public housing, to esta blish an "economic mix ' In Charlotte, the lowest range is $0-19 a month, the highest is S12«-up When the lowest ranges are filled, only tenants who can pay in one of the higher rent ranges may occupy vacancies Todav the lower rent ranges are entirely filled, up to the i»>0 79 range Does this constitute a "quota system against the poor? _ .'.Technically. regardless of w hat income ihey might have, no ont· is loo poor lor public housing, said V\ II braddy. Uirector ol Management "Hill <ae do operate within rent ranges >o lh.it we can accomodate a certain percent age of very low. incom« fami lies Some pay no rent, and that must he off set by those who pay higher There are differing opinions about the reason for the rent range system Legal Aid attorney Ted Killele thinks it 's a sociological theory that an economic mix in a neigh borhood provides a better environment "In effect how ever, there are no more places for people on public assist ance. said Killele ' We have a de facto quota system The 'quota keeps some families waging for years to gel into public housing VVinslon s explanation ol the rent-range system is that it costs $60-70 per unit just to maintain It I nus the lowest rents nnisi be balanced iigntnst higher one* Accord ing to Winston, some people have been waiting since 1974 See Public on Page It Man >hall I)esei ïted Strong ly Special tot heP»">st NAACP Execut ive director Benjaimin L. Hook '-s saie·· that, although the ci vil ri ghts organization was ' 'absolutely sorry t hat the decisi on did i. go the other way" in the Alla. n Bakke case, he fell ti iat there was a "strong ray of ι iope ' in severa I of the individ ual opi nions handed down by mem bers ol the Supreme Col <rt last Wednesday. Specifically. Mr. h'ooks cited the "sw ing" voti ? of Associate Justice Lewis F. Powe.'ll who came down on both sides of the affirmative action question. He joined tn.e 5:4 majority in throwing out the special admissions pro gram at the University of California, Davis Medical School because he felt that it specifically favored non whites But he upheld the constitutionality of racially conscious remedies in cases where race was not presented as a primary factor in consi deration Justice Powell said: "If petitioner's purpose is to assure within its student body some specified percentage of a particular group merely because of its race or ethnic origin. such a preferential purpose'must be rejected not as insubstantial but as facially invalid. Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitu tion forbids " But, he continued, "The State certainly has a legiti mate and substantial interest in ameliorating, or elimina ting where feasible, the disa bling effects of identified dis crimination " As the NAACP had done in its friend of the court brief in the Bakke case. Justice Pow ell referred to the Brown case as attesting 'to the import ance of this slate goal and th< commitment of the judiciary to affirm all lawful means towards its attainment." So he strongly upheld the Davis Medical School's goal of creat ing a diverse student body In etlect. what Justice Pow ell did was to uphold the contention that Title VI of the 19Γ.4 Civil Rights Ait fui bids— the use of race classifications in remedial programs to the extent that Davis did He thus joined Chief Justice Warren Burger, Associate Justices William H Rehnquist, Potter Stewart and John Paul Stevens in this area They did not base their ruling on the Constitution In ruling that affirmative action was constitutional under the Fourteenth Amend ment. Mr Powell joined Just ices William J Brennan Jr , Byron R White, Thurgood Marshall and Harry A. Black mun These justice* also held that the Davis program was permissible under Title VI In commenting on the Court s decision, Mr, Hooks stressed that he and the other civil rights leaders who joined him in a news conference at the NAACP office had not had the opportunity to read the opinions They had only rece ived reports from various sources. The NAACP. there fore. was planning to prepare a comprehensive response subsequently