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ALLURING PARIS RANN
—Dance Contest Winner
West Charlotte High Senior
Named ‘Beauty Of The Week’
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
Active is not a foreign word
to Miss Paris Rann, this
week's Charlotte Post Beauty.
She is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs William Logan of 608
Georgetown Drive.
Miss Rann is a senior at
West Charlotte Senior Hig^
School. At West Charlotte siffl
particpates in the NAACP amr
was recently chosen to repre
sent her school as their home
coming queen “Ten girls
were selected," explained
Paris. “We all made up the
homecoming court. The queen
was announced at the game
and you can't imagine how
surprised I was when my
name was called. Our princi
pal was standing there holding
the crown, but instead of me
walking towards him to be
crowned, I started walking
away. That’s just how shocked
I was.”
Besides lrom her school
activities. Paris is a member
of the "Disco Explosion Dan
cers.” This group dances at
different disco functions and
they have had a few out-of
town appearances The group
was formed during try-outs
for the Soul Train Contest It
orginally consisted of three
boys and two girls. At the pre
sent time the group is working
with Entertainers Unlimited
Booking Agency and they are
booked for performances just
as the bands are.
Paris explained that their
association with Entertainers
Unlimited came about
through David Wilson who
introduced them to Bernard
Bailey after he had seen the
group perform together.
If your memory is serving
you correctly the name Paris
Rann maybe ringing a bell.
She and ter partner Gerald
Surratt wflk the winners ol
the local fftu Train Hunt and
represented the Qu^n City in
Hollywood on Don Cornelius'
popular dance show
Paris descAted her visit to
Hollywood Jrrery interesting.
^'California is a nice place to
Visit but I wouldn't want to
'live there. If I had the chance
to go there again I would feel
more at ease. The tension was
really great because Jerry
and I didn't know what to
expect. Soul Train is like any
other dance show. The people
that dance on Soul Train as
regulars have very strict rules
in which to go by. They were
somewhat distant towards us.
but later we found out that this
is the way they are suppose to
be." explained Miss Rann. She
and Gerald have been dancing
together since junior high
school and as she puts it have
always made a pretty good
team.
The group makes regualr
appearances on the once a
month show •'Experience''
which is hosted by Kelly Alex
ander. The show can be view
ed at 11:30 p.m. on local sta
tions.
Upon graduating in the
spring Paris has plans of en
tering Winston-Salem School
of the Arts. “1 plan to pursue a
career in some dancing and
acting field and I feel that this
is a good place to start.
The hobbies of our beauty
include tennis and basketball
and you guessed it dancing.
Paris is born under the sign of
Taurus.
NAACP To Launch Drive
/
To Pay Mounting Debts
By Sidney Moore Jr.
Post Staff Writer
Top officials of the National
Association of the Advance
ment of Colored People
(NAACP) are calling for a
year end fund raising drive to
pay mounting debts
Margaret Bush Wilson
chairman of the NAACP board
of directors, issued a state
ment in response to nation
wide news reports on the In
debtedness of the organiza
tion.
Many such reports pegger
the debt at $250,000 Lota
NAACP officers, particular!]
national board member Kelly
Tyvola Road
Kxlenflion *I1H
The Tyvola Koad extensior
between South Boulevard and
1-77 opened to traffic this
week The completion of thu
project provides the only ma
jor connection of South Boule
vard and I-77 between Wood
lawn Road and Archdalc
Drive-Nations Ford Road
Work on the extension hegai
on June 24, 1974 and cos
$1,940,000 Monies for the pro
ject were provided by the 197
Transportation Bond funds
White oak trees and grassei
medians add attractive land
scaping to the roadway
•
move by the NAACP to raise
funds to meet these expenses.
Mrs Wilson said in her
statement that it is "most
important that the friends of
this veteran civil rights
organization be given the pro
per perspective on our tem
porary plight."
She said the 66 year old
organization is having finan
cial trouble because of "the
national economy ” The pro
blem is also affecting “many
industries and municipali
ties." the board chairman
said
Cutting costs, layoffs and
dismissals were cited by Mrs
Wilson as measures many
employers have had to take to
meet this economic sat-back
She said. "Black workers
have been especially hard hit
by this situation. Consequent
ly. the NAACP is now feeling
the impact."
Mrs Wilson echoed other
NAACP officials saying. “The
hour is not as perilous as some
would want to believe, how
ever "
She said the NAACP has
launched a year-end drive for
memberships and funds
, "We call upon all our sup
l porters to contribute gener
ously to our cause," said Mrs
I Wilson Her statement contin
ued. "the cause of freedom is
I dependent upon a vigorous,
well-financed NAACP to con
tinue the historical fight for
justice."
TURTLE-TALK
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The TROUBLE with life,
you're halfway through before
you realize it's one of those
DO-IT-YOURSELF DEALS.
-Unpublished Study Reports__
Blacks Suspicious Of U. S.
Birth Control Policies
New Law
To Benefit
Blacks
By Charles E. Belle
Special To The Post
At the beginning of 1975 a
new law beneficial to one out
of every three workers in
America became effective.
Those workers not currently
participating in a qualified
retirement program can begin
immediately to prepare them
selves financially for retire
-menl with investments that
are fully-tax-deductible
Individual Retirement Ac
counts (IRAi are particularly
promising for people who are
employed part-time and some
times in semi-skilled and un
skilled positions. Because
Blacks make up a dispropor
tionate amount of these type
jobs. IRA is a valuable plan
for low income people
Right now any person who is
or has been employed this
year can start to set aside up
to 15 percent of their earnings
to a maximum of $1500 yearly,
tax-deductible Futhermore,
any interest, dividends or ca
pital gains accumulated in the
plan will not be taxed until
they are distributed. Retire
ment withdrawal can begin
as early as age 59'2.
it_ _ . _ .•»«
Iiwnvv VI , _'UU V- (111 3IIII rtlcai l
and-or contribute up until age
70‘2 if you must start a little
late in life In the event of
death or disability withdra
wals may be made before age
59‘2. IRA will not affect your
Social Security benefits. Futh
ermore, Social Security con
tributions do not make you
ineligible for IRA
If you work for a living and
you are not now participating
in a qualified retirement pro
gram, then you are eligible to
start yopur own Individual
Retirement Account <IRAi
Because the plan stays in the
same bank you do not have to
be concerned if you change
jobs
Many small business
owners and employees as well
as barbers, beauticians,
clerks, cashiers, taxi drivers,
tax accountants, dentists and
doctors are eligible to start an
IRA. Their money can multi
ply by buying stocks and
bonds, insurance annuities or
in an interest paying bank
account
An IRA tax-shelter invest
ment program of $3 a week
will grow to $2,000 in ten years
at the current bank paid inter
est rate of five percent
—___-I'noto uy uick Moore
James Appling watches as City Councilman Harvey Uantt
cuts ribbon to open the First Minority Trade Fair at the
Charlotte Civic Center last week.
Sponsors Happy
With First Fair
By Sidney Moore .J i
Post Staff W ritei
Preliminary reports on the
results of the November 13
and 14 Minority Trade Fair
indicate the sponsors are
happy with their first fair.
Already making plans for
Grey Brendle of North
Carolina National Bank said
he is "pleased with the
success " Bnendle served as
general chairman of the
committee responsible for
putting the fair together. The
fair was sponsored by the
Business Resource Center and
the Metrolina Purchasing
Council. Both agencies are
associated with the Charlotte
Cham tier of Commrce.
Resource Center director
Charles Lent described the
fair as an "opportunity to
establish contacts w ith a lot of
potential customers" of
minority businessman Prior
to the event, he had anticipat
ed visits from a number of
representatives of large cor
porations to the fair.
Brendle indicated that
almost twice as many such
representatives visited the
fair as the number of minority
businessmen. Of a total of 70
booths, minority vendors
occupied 4*> The remainder
were held by such corpora
tions as IBM. Amour, General
Electric and Exxon
A session held Friday
morning of the fair gave
minority businessmen a
chance to comment on the
fair Brendle said many ideas
were offered as to how the lair
could be improved next year
and that his-committee is
going to do what it can to see
that many of these ideas are
used
"We re going to be bigger,"
the fair chairman predicted
He hinted that the fair may
grow from having one-third of
the first floor of the Civic
Center to having the entire
floor
Brendle said Civic Center
officials seemed to be pleased
with the fair fie said they
were impressed with the
number of people t-hat visited
the fair and with fact that all
the booths for the fair were
sold. The center is said to have
given fair sponsors a pre
ferred rate as its contribution
to the fair effort
Crav Receives
Accreditation
From \(.C
Andrew ,J Gray of 1342 Mul
berry Avenue was recently
accreditated by the Accredita
tion Council for Accountants
Gray, one of 3.000 account
ants who are recognized by
the council, was tested by the
council to determine his profi
ciency in the use of accounting
rules and principles
He will also be required to
continue studying his profes
sion in order to maintain his
accreditation
Johnson C. Smith Receives
Grant To Sponsor Forums
The Sociology .Social Work
Department at Johnson C.
Smith University has received
a grant from the North Caro
lina Humanities Committee to
sponsor public forums with
the theme "The Spirit of '76:
The Heritage of the Black Man
Too" in several North Caro
lina areas through March
1976
Kach public forum is de
signed lo bring residents of
local communities together
with historians, philosophers,
scholars of literature and
humanists to share knowledge
and discuss the bicentennial
Hoyle Martin
Well-known economist
theme in view ol the black
man's contribution to the
nation prior to I77fi and since
A public forum i,s scheduled
to take place at Johnson C
Smith Unversityon November
21. in the Student Lounge of
the University Memorial
Union Building at 7 JO pm
The discussion leaders will be
Dr Bettye Verbal, a historian
from Washington. D C , Dr
winson K. Coleman, a philos
pher. and Hoyle Martin, an
economist, both from Char
lotte
Subsequent public forums
will be' announced for the
Shelby and Kings Mountain.
See JCSU on page 6
-Family Planning Efforts
Built-In Safety Valve
Special To The Post
An unpublished study by
Doctors Castellano B Turner
and William A. Darity on
Black Organizations and
Population Policy points to the
prevasive suspicion of many
blacks in regards to official l'
S. conduct and funding of pro
grams designed to systemati
cally stablize the population
Sanctioning such programs
poses somewhat of a dilemna
facing Black Americans, with
TTie tUMglll being fill mui.l -
heavily by the leadership of
black organizations. The rapid
growth rate of world popula
tion and growth rate in the T
S have long been the subject
of concern of many of our
foremost leaders in the l' S.
For the most part, black
leadership generally under
stands and agrees that therels
a clear connection between
the capacity to partake of
American affluence and the
limitation of family size By
being able to control the size of
one's family, more resources
are freed for expenditure on
health care, education, decent
housing for those >in the
family.
HoLsnouser I o
Attend 1-77
Opening Here
The Governor's Office anno
unced Monday that Governor
James E. Holshouser. Jr will
participate in ceremonies
opening a seven-mile stretch
of Interstate 77 at Charlotte on
December 1
Other officials scheduled to
participate in the 2 p m rib
bon cutting ceremony are Sec
retary of Transportation J F
Alexander, members of the N
C Board of Transportation
and Secondary Hoads Council,
and local officials
The construction of the se
ven-mile stretch of 1-77 from
Northwest Freeway to Kearns
Koad which cost nearly ifi
million dollars was started in
the winter of 1971
The opening of this stretch
of I-77 is expected to alleviate
the downtown Charlotte bot
tleneck of through traffic
National ( jiimcil
Of Black Studio*
Organized Here
Iir Bertha .Maxwell, direc
tor of Black Studies at the
University of Ni^k Carolina
at Charlotte, is helping to
organize the National Council
of Black Studies
She went to Colorado on
Nov. 13 to help organize
Region Eight of the Council at
the University of Colorado at
Boulder On Nov 22 she will be
in Fayetteville for a steering
committee meeting for the
State of North Carolina
The national organization
grew out of a Black Studies
Conference last spring at the
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte
Ms Cynthis Bennett and
Reman Thomas of UNCC are
on the steering committee
Indeed, family planning
efforts also serve as a built in
safety valve for preventing an
unwanted pregnancy that
would interrupt the complet
ion ol necessary education and
training experience that pre
pare individuals to cope with
and compete in our super
technological society Indeed,
it is no coincidence that as
groups expand their middle
. lass and improve upon their
standard of living, being able
to control their fertility
->..
On the other hand, there is
the fear that there are sinister
motives in the larger white
society's interest in population
stabilization and its new
enthusiasm for making family
planning more accessible to
Black Americans Most
studies on this subject confirm
that a large percentage of
Black Americans are con
cerned about the potential
genoeidal implication c!
family planning programs
The fact that an increasing
number of sterilization pro
posals surfaced in slate legis
in iiii u-y% \vdr?
along with a marked upsurge
of government funded family
planning services being made
more available in the black
communities undergirds this
feeling How often have we
heard from conservative and
right wing circles that we've
got to do something about
those growing numbers of un
employed folks on welfare,
and our increasing tax bur
den'*
One must therefore question
the specialized interest in this
phase of our lives when simi
lar enthusiasm, is absent or
meagerly found in programs
designed to provide jobs,
housing, education and other
health services Perhaps this
is what many of the Third
World representatives to the'
Bucharest Population Confer
enee were articulating on a
global scale
Their position holds that
efforts at fertility manage
merit, birth control and gen
eral family planning pro
grams can only succeed when
they are accompanied by de
monstrated equal concern
about widespread develop
ment geared to improve the
quality of life across the board
for all humanity
Th#» Hfim<*sl 1rpktmiKP
this concern evidences itself in
a significant amount of suspi
cion and disapproval on the
part of black leadership of any
proposal on population policy
that suggests extraordinary
government control
The black leadership cogn
izant of these fears and con
cerns. is also very high on
making sure that quality ser
vices are available for all and
that there is a personal free
dom of choice on matters of
family planning minus any
overt or covert coercion
Finally, to insure that abuses
in policy or program imple
mentation do not occur and
that fears are allayed, it be
hooves Population and Family
Planning Agencies, both
governmental and non
governmental, to make a con
certed effort to include blacks
in the decision making circles
of their respective organtza
tions Only then can the black
leadership honestly and legit
imately sanction these pro
grams in their community
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