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CHARLOTTE-Kelly M. Alexander,
Sr., veteran president of 4he North
Carolina NAACP, has announced that
the 36th annual convention of the North
Carolina NAACP will convene in
Greensboro, November 8-11.
The theme of the convention is:
"NAACP Priorities In A Time of
- Economic Crisis."
The convention headquarters will be
the Golden Eagle Motor Inn. Alexander
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How was the world created? Is the
if and end of human life in the hands
fl medical technology?-?Such questions
? controversies surrounding "Technology
I gion" which will be discussed at the M
|< Library on Thursday, Oct. 18.
Speaker and discussion leader for the
|| be Henry S. Lewis, Jr. L?wis will focus <
p or not mere are Dasic conflicts between r
H science and how religious beliefs can be
i| with the modern technological society ii
1 live.
Lewis has been a pastoral counselc
| Reynolds Industries since 1977. He ws
j university chaplain and assistant jdt
I Religion at Winston-Salem State Univ
p minister at Mount Pleasant Baptist Chu
This is the fifth in a series of ten film|
programs^on technology and change sp<
- I the library's CONNECTIONS project. I
|| F. Sheppard, director of extended ed
II Winston-Salem State .University, is
- ?t moderator for the series.
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This and all programs in the Library's
? TIONS series are free and open to the pi
f? college credit is also available for partici
- I register before November 2 and comple
- || readings and tests.
The Library forums are also videoi
; if shown for home viewers on cable chani
- H p.m. on Sunday and Wednesday eac
~ j? "Technology and Religion" will be
; f| October 28 and 30.
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Charlotte Pa;
Fair Housing
CHARLOTTE--The City complaint is 1
. of Charlotte has become Following 1
the second North Carolina the committ<
municipality to implement suit in Super
^ a tough fair housing ordi- behalf of the <
nance with enforcement with the app
r powers. City Council.
The ordinance gives the Sis Kaplan,
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg the CRC, sa
: Community Relations nance "rej
I Committee the authority strong comn
- to investigate and resolve the city to eq
discrimination complaints nity in hous
- based on race, sex, reli- residents of C
gion or national origin. Raleigh w;
If a complaint can not city in the si
- be resolved through vo- suchanordin;
luntarv means, the com
j mittee can hold a public
hearing, requiring involved
parties to attend
through subpoena power
granted by the ordinance. We want
The committee can also
apply to courts for tempo- * We?t 3rd
rary injunctions or re- * ^
straining orders to pre- . Kernersvllk
vent the sale or rental of
affected property until the
ober 13, 1979
JAACP PI
said, the convention program will
provide, through workshops, discussions
and expert presentations, information
and guidance for North Carolina
NAACP branches in the implementation
of policy and programs.
Alexander said that a vigorous and
aggressive action program for the
"80's" will be launched to create a
state-wide impact and sensitivity to the
problems affecting the black population,
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While facing a court1
martial, a desperate
J Smith wrote Green's pall
rents in New Jersey askWf
|| ing for their help,
r || On Oct. 13, Smith's
w II Army lawyer took Green's
H account of the frame-up
H by telephone, according to
1 the affidavit. Smith main1
tains that the same day,
I 1 the lawyer advised him to
I | submit a request for a
I discharge in lieu of the
! court-martial.
> l The defendant heard
. : v / 11 "through the grapevine"
/ . | that Green had talked to
M-] the lawyer and demanded
M | that his request be within
drawn. According to an
|| affidavit by the sergeant
H who guarded Smith, the
^ ^ P soldier also went to his
j I company commander with
i the small request, only to
| be told "the case was
i| closed."
By Nov. 3, Smith was
J ? out of the Army, reduced
If in grade from E-S (Speciabeginning
I list) to E-L (Private),
of God or | With $21, he left Ft.
show?the?Jackson, S.C.T spent three
and Reli-?i ?hours in Winston- Salem
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tain ruDiic ;& ana neaded back *o Wash|
ington. "I knew if 1 was
forum will ft going to get anything
on whether || done, it would have to be
eligion and |f there."
reconciled || - He contacted Legal Aid,
i which we % which referred him to the
f? Washington Lawyer's
>r for R.J. 5 Committee for Civil
is forrperly S Rights, then conductin ga
ofessor of i special program for handersity
and 1? ling cases orUndesirabte
rch. {? discharges.
and-forum ;? Through lawyer Eliot
snsored by?ff Goldstein of the firm De>r.
William fj bevoise and Liberman,
ucation at || Smith filed an appeal with
on-going -??
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disadvantaged and the poor.
Ms. Althea T.L. Simmons, director of
the Washington Bureau NAACP, will be
the keynote speaker on Friday evening,
Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., at the United
Institutional Baptist Church, 802 E.
Market St., in Greensboro. Ms.
Simmons has served in many capacities
with the NAACP. before assuming her
Current duties. She was associate
director' for branch & field services,
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the Army Discharge Re- administrate
view Board. are being a
On Aug. 29, 1978, the sively. . "It
board voted unanimously commanders
that Smith be granted an er weak ^harj
honorable discharge. The ous results a
panel held "that sufficient
i evidence exists to strongly
suggest impropriety in
protection fo applicant's
rights during discharge I U
, proceedings."
"Ifelt like the weight of
the world was
lifted off my shoulders," gallonsHx>r tw
said Smith of the moment paid,out
when he heard that news.7 thai s scaryJ
~~ The new discharge"~^hc ministry p
meant Smith is now eligi- about $25,000
ble for Veterans Admini- allotments wo
stration benefits and possibly
for back pay from the * e imPact ?]
Army. - sa* ^ are
A claim in the U.S. supp lers.
Court of Claims has been Pro .efnS'.,RS<
filed on Smith's behalf for ervice. u
back pay, medical allow- esPec,a v re
ances and other benefits. ,
The govenment has re- * s,,ar ?r
sponded that Smith has to an e so 1
failed to exhaust admini- more * *n we
strative remedies, according
to Justice Department Because mo
spokesman Mark Shee- higher prices,
_ han, and challenged some other necessit
of his contention. "None of us
Whatever the outcome "We'll just bu
of that case, Smith has
gotten his VA college
oenents wnich he hopes
will make him able "to <, .
ensure that nothing like SB
this happens again."
Addlestone said more jM
veterans holding undesir- jfl
able discharges should I
~ fottowSmith's example;? -
"About 30 per cent are
being upgraded," said I
the specialist in-military 1
- law."
The lawyer said the I
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national director for training programs,
director for education programs and
director of voter registration projects.
The convention will begin with its
annual "Ministers and Church Empha- i
sis Day" on Thursday, Nov. 8. at the
United Institutional Baptist Church, 802
E. Market Street.
The Thursday "Ministers and Church
Emphasis Day" will feature the Rev.
Julius Ceaser Hope. NAACP national
director of religious affairs.
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bused exten- "It's a very neat way to
encourages circumvent the Congresto
bring rath- sionahy mandated system
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t $1,098 last week for oil," she added.
iMiphnnnd 1 , 100 vUnimonrfg. fkf ^fl-gallons; fnr
. At this year's rates, the same number of
uld cost $50,000.
f the increases is not lost on dealers, who
merely passing on increases from their
I expect it's going to cause a lot of
lid Melita Sanders of R and R Fuel Oil
it we've never really demanded payment,
?m older people on fixed incomes."
i us too", said Shelton. "because we have
nuch more money, without making any
did years ago when cost a lot less."
re families will be unable to afford the
coupled with higher prices for food and
ies, the outlook HT bleak, noted "BrTtt"
knows what we're going to do.^^she said,
y it until it runs out."
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