wwrrTiTaR1*"™ ffl THE CHARLOTTE POST IW1 --- - -“Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly" _ VOL. 3 NO. 43_ CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28216-Thursday. April 17. 1975 •' - ~ ~ °-— PRIClj: 21U LOVELY MARY VAUGHN ...Central Piedmont student Miss Mary Vaughn ■Y.... '* Is Our Beauty By Polly Manning Post Staff Writer This week as our Beauty we are proud to feature Ms. Mary Vaughn. Mary is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Capers of 1828 Maribel Avenue. .. Miss Vaughn is a 1872 grad uate of West Charlotte High School. While attending West Charlotte Our Beauty was a member of the Art Club. The Red Cross, and "Las Trin cess.” ..Mary has as her hobbies bicycle riding, skating, danc ing, and sewing. Earth, Wind, .and Fire, along with Kool and | Tie Gang, are her favorite Recording stars. “Their music has a certain rhythm that sbems to draw you to the dance floor magnetically, ex claimed Miss Vaughn, j. .Mary and her family attend \Friendship Baptist Church Wfcere Rev. Coleman Kerry is the Wifcdway, Mr. and Mr York. "I am really impressed by the tremendous amount of water that is in Norfolk. I would just love to see it all.” smiled our Beauty. .. Mary is born under the sign of Capricorn. She describes them as being very quiet, stubborn, and they enjoy music. ..Miss Vaughn's favorite actor is Redd Foxx. ”1 like him, not because he's funny, but because he's a good actor. I admire him because although he is an older man. he hasn’t let his age interfere with his performance. ..Mary comes from a family of all boys. "I have three brothers and I’m the only girl. It is really terrible because I have to do everything that is considered women's work.” . .The 140 pound, 5-foot-7, Miss Vaughn is also the proud mother of a 20 month old son. Tyrone. Mary admits tb"'l> ,\**y hauatc, ^ufliette s. John Price. Mr. and Labor Department Says: Black Unemployment Climbs To Post World War Two High Black Caucus Members Worked For Bonds Issue By James Culhberlson Host Staff Writer The Charlotte Host has learned from reliable sources ' lhat while some officials of the 1 Black Holitical Caucus were leading a publicity campaign to oppose the April 8 Bond Keferendum. a large number of Caucus members were sup porting the issue. Walter Ricks Joins Morgan’s Committee Walter Ricks, an Assistant North Carolina Attorney Gen eral, has been appointed to the staff of the Select U. S. Senate Committee which will investi gate U. S. intelligence agen cies’ activities. .. Ricks, 28, will leave his pre sent post next week to go to Washington. He has served since 1970 in the hands and Contracts Division at the De partment of Justice. ' ..Ricks was named the first black Assistant Attorney Gen eral by Robert Morgan, who was then Attorney General and is now U. S. Senator from North Carolina. It was Mor gan. a member of the Select Committee, who named Ricks to the committee staff. ..A native of Atlanta, Ricks attended Hillside High School in Durham, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his law degree from North Carolina Central University. ..Ricks' wife is the former Sybil Rajf of Di**-'in structor- * member of Mt. ... ■•«! Primitive Baptist .nurcb, pastored by Rev T IV C._I. » .. ."I was one of those who worked for passage of the bond," admitted Charles Por ter, a Caucus leader who is the thairman of Precinct 12, **I elt the bonds would provide nore jobs for Black people.” ..According to Mr. Porter some of the other Blacks in the Charlotte community who supported the bonds were Charles Gillespie, Cedric Jones, Leroy Polk, Mrs. William McCombs, city coun cilman Harvey Gantt, Dr. Wilbert Greenfield, James Polk, C. D. Rippy. the Rev. Norman E. Kerry, Rev. Cole man W. Kerry Jr., State Sena tor Fred Alexander, County Commissioner Rowe Motley, Rev. J. Arthur White, Rev. Morgan Tann, Dr. Harold Pride, Mrs. Carolyn Gilmore, Mrs. Ann Williams, Mrs. Kathleen Crosby, Mrs. Gwen dolyn Cunningham, and Mrs. Lena Sammons. ..Mrs. McCombs, Willie iiunman, Mrs. williams, George Wallace, Joseph W. Harper III are reported to be members of the Caucus. ..When asked if the decision to work in opposition to the Caucus’s decision to defeat the referendum would breed an other political action group, Mr. Porter said he has heard nothing about a possible new group, noting that “it remains to be seen as to whether the Black Caucus can mend its wounds so that it will not have so many individual members voicing opposition to a group decision." .. Mr. Porter had no comment when asked, “If it was poss ible for such a disjointed group to effectively lead the masses of Charlotte’s Black community. ..He seemed pleased with the final reports that the respop ses of the pred* Slides . ^’Alliance Francaise (The French Alliance) will meet Arpil 25th at 7:30 p.m. in the COL. WILLIAM “BILL” POGUE ...Space Administration Astronaut Col. Bill Pogue Is JGSU Speaker Johnson C. Smith University will present Colonel William "Bill'' Pogue, noted National Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration astronaut, as the keynote speaker for the Annual Honor! nvocation to ' be held in ln«- University Church on Thursday, April 24 at 10:00 a.m. ..Colonel Pogue is one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April I960. He served as a member of the support crews for the history of manned space ex ploration to date. He was ac tifcuoanied on the record-sett ingaT^Snillion-mile flight by Gerald P. Carr (commander and Dr. Edward, r. •se in joblessness was shared !>y virtually all worker groups. Kates were near or above recorded all-time highs also ror women, teenagers, whites, household heads and fulltime workers. Belmont Abbey To Exhibit Fair’s Painting* Paintings by Charlotte art ist. Preston Fair, will be exhi bited in the Belmont Abbey College Library from Wednes day. April 16th. through Tues day. April 22. Mr. Fair is a 1953 graduate of North Caro lina A & T College and is one of Charlotte's leading amateur artists. . .The exhibit will consist of 25 paintings, many of which have been displayed in art contests throughout the Southeast, and (is spon&qred by the Black I'nion of Belmont '^ge. F’air’s work •q gusto and 'lean primiti •bleen macus accounted tor annul 30 percent of "discouraged workers"--workers who beca me discouraged with job pro spects and give up the search for work. ..On a national basis, unem ployment increased further and employment continued to decline in March. . At 8.7 percent, the Nation's unemployment rate was up 0.5 percentage- point from Janu ary and February and 4.1 percentage points from the October 1973 low . This was the highest rate since 1941. ..Total employment (as mea sured by the monthly survey of households) declined by ne arly 200.000 in March to 83.8 million. Though not as large as in earlier months, this ma rked the sixth consecutive month of employment reduc tions. which have totaled 2.6 million since last September. With the unemployment inc rease of 500.000 exceeding the employment decrease, the la bor force rose by over 300.000; this increase partially erased the large labor force drop in February. Total nonagricultural payr oll employment (as measured by the monthly survey of est ablishments) also continued to decrease in March, but the 325.000 drop-to 76.4 million was not as sharp as in previ ous months. Since last Octo ber. nonagricultural payroll jobs have receded by 2.5 mil lion, with the manufacturing and construction industries bearing the brunt of the cut 'Wefeyse there was also " **-\*etion in the ‘ \ n-hours, , mea itin V .