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300,000 Motorists In County To Face Added Frustrations wunin me next 18 months Meck lenburg County will join over 100 urban areas in 24 states, required to begin mandatory auto emissions inspections in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agen cy’s enforcement of the 1977 Clean air Act amendments. Almost 300,000 motorists in Mecklenburg County and nearly 50 million throughout the country, will then face added frustrations, long inspection lines'and the in convenience of annual wnimrinny inspections, according to the Caro lina Motor Club. The Environmental Protection Agency imposed the I-M program on those urban areas which will not meet 1962 air quality standards. _Mecklenburg County would have met the emissions air quality standards by 1967 without the emissions inspection maintenance program by introducing^ new au tomobile technology...but the go vernment won’t wait. j i i i i In April, North Carolina’s 44 reporting cities of more than 10,000 population authorized almost 4,000 construction units. State Labor Commissioner John Brooks recently. Building was up 12 per cent from the April ’80 total. Housesjvere valued at 61 percent more than a year ago April. Raleigh for the first time in 1961 led cities in value of authorizes construction exceeding $26 million. Charlotte followed with over $14 million. Three of the four categories of construction covered monthly by - the state labor department’s re search and statistics division - multi-family dwellings, single family homes and nonresidential construction - showed growth in both number of units and value from April 1980. Only additions and alterations dropped in unit num bers and value from the previous year, Brooks said. + + + + + Mecklenburg County requested the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development release Federal Funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Develop ment Act of 1974 for the county’s Community Block Grant Program. A projected $2 million was alio ! With Susan Ellsworth: Susan’s Notes Susan ■ cqted for improvements in target area neighborhoods at the J.H. Gunn and Pottstown communities. Activities include housing rehabili _ tation. water and sewer facilitie , street improvements, recreation improvements, neighborhood faci lities and acquisition, demolition and relocation. • + >:+_+ + Congressional redistricting — will it be a boon to Republicans? When remapping House districts as a result of the I960 Census one must consider industrial seats in the East and Midwest will lose 17 seats. Area residents are trans ferring mainly to more conserva tive states in the South and West. Census figures show that in 1970-80, in the -30 congressional districts which lost 10-50 percent of their population, all are represent ed by Democrats. Conversely, among the 30 districts gaining the most population in the decade, 18 are represented by Republicans. - GOP National Chairman Rich ard Richards is predicting a net' House gain in 1982 of 10-12 seats from districting alone, plus other officials added to give Republi cans a lock on the House. Flies exist in the GOP oint ment. Democrats are not likely to be steam-rolled with a majority in the legislatures" of many states gaining House seats. Pollsters point out that black migration from South to North halted in the 70s may be reversing itself. This should moderate South ern policies considerable, Rich ards, said, blunting GOP gains there. + + + + + BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL Professional Dry Cleaning Service dry cleaning only t cfHty * LAUNDRY ) SERVICES On HI your laundry naadi.miuar paraonH and prototuonH •arvieaa you'll appraciala ► Try on Mall Cleaning Center < The North Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC) re covered over $120,000 in unemploy ment insurance overpayments during July, reveal figures re leased by the cOmmtsstorTy anti fraud unit. Among the 217 persons investi gated who claimed unemployment insurance benefits, 79 percent were overpaid. The commission classified 89 cases as fraud and 102 as non-fraud. + + + + + Atlanta, Georgia, will host the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (NAPFE) National Executive Board meeting August 20-22. When top leaders of thiseldest and largest independent black-led industrial labor union as sembles, assessing rank and file sentiment on the tentative postal pact will highlight the agenda. Members will develop strategies to counter attack the Reagan Admin istration’s stand on the elderly, unemployed and the working poor. Union leaders will also begin planning for NAPFE’s 35 Biennial National Convention which will convene in Atlanta next summer. This 68 year old organization has a combined membership of over 100,000 with 125 Locals in 37 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. + + + + + Energy-related companies dominated the list of the top 100 black-owned businesses, published annually by “Black Enterprise” magazine. Car dealerships, tradi tionally the largest category on the list, dropped again this year as a result of the continuing slump in auto sales nation-wide. Combined revenues of the top 100 companies is $1.5 billion, an in crease of 23 percent, nearly the equivalent to the I960 sales of AMR, Inc., listed 225 on the Fortune 500 list. Earl G. Graves, publisher of “Black Enterprise,” said the per formance of black-owned busi nesses mirrored the general eco nomy, and the major problem for all minority-owned firms-access to credit-will remain through next year. The top 10 black-owned busi nesses in 1980, their 1979 rank, main line of business, location and assets, in millions, are: _L> Motown Industries. 1st. enter tainmentTPetroit, $91.7 2) Wallace & Wallace Enter prises, 10th, petroleum sales, St. Albans, N.Y., $81,935 3) Johnson Publishing, 2nd, pu blishing, broadcasting, Chicago, $72,974 4) Fedco Foods Corp., 3rd, super markets, New York, $51,654 5) H. J. Russell Construction, 4th, construction, Atlanta, $51.0 6) Vanguard Oil and Service, 6th, petroleum sales, Brooklyn, 50.5 7) Smith Pipe & Supply, 7th, oilfield products, Houston, $48.0 8) Johnson Products Co., 5th, cos metics and hair care products, Chicago, $41,016 9) Grimes Oil Co., 9th, petroleum sales, Dorchester, Mass., $40.0 10) Cboike International Corp., 11th, defense equipment and crude —Oil New Vnrtr| fra ft ___ “Whether You Rent Or Whether You Buy, You Pay For The Place You Occupy! 1432 E. 7th St ~ Charlotte, N.C. 28204 m 372-1340 [ffS CHANGE COLOR TV'S 17" XL 100 RCA $200.00 25" RCA Console $165.00 22” Motorola fit . 00 25” RCA Console ■*» 17” Zenith Portable $175.00 10” Zenith Portable *75.00 22” Silvertone Console! $140.00 10” Silvertone Portable $165.00 16” Philco $175.00 25” RCA Floor Model . $160.00 19" RCA XL 100 »175 0« 19" C.E. 15o!oO 25” RCA 150.00 14" Bradford 140.00 25" Zenith Table 150.00 17" Philco Portable 150.00 19" Zenith Portable 150.00 22" Zenith Portable 165.00 19” RCA Portable 150.00 90% Of The Above TV's • Have New Rebuilt Picture Tubes That Carry hull Year's Warranty. 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