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Mother Boyd Lives Up To Teaching Of Jesus ^-—See Story On Page 6 ---- eISssJ TIip PIT 71B T i TIJ IO*P I BLACK CONSUMERS J X A A At UXA/AAIJaI FI H Af X ! F I SLKJSSg™ ' ■ Charlotte's Fastest Grossing Community W eekly " I CALL.39?:‘“« VOL. 2 NO 29 CHARLOTTE.NORTH CAROLINA 28216-Thursdav. January 23 1070 ~ ' " 1 ' Miss Sylvia James Is Beauty Of Week By Polly Manning Post Staff Writer Our Beauty for this week is — Miss Sylvia James, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David James of Jamaica, New York. Miss James is a very fas cinating young lady. She was born and raised in London, England. While there she attended Aylestone Senior High School. She was a mem ber of the swimming team, the chorus, dramatic club and she ran track. Her family moved to Jamaica when Sylvia was fourteen, but because she - didn't like New York she was allowed to stay in Ixmdon and complete her high school edu cation. At the age of 15, Sylvia graduated from Aylestone and came to Jamaica to live with her parents, with the impres sion that she was now ready for college. The rules being different in the United States, Sylvia quickly found that college would have to wait because 15 was to young to take the high school equivalency test. Our Beauty then had to enroll in John Adams Senior High School, where she parti cipated in the same activities as she did in London. Miss James graduated at the age of ^6 from John Adams High receiving honors and recogni tions in the fields of English, French and music. After graduating, Sylvia chose Johnson C. Smith as the institution where her educa tion would be furthered. She is now a sophomore majoring in communications. When asked why she chose this field she stated; “1 love to socialize with different people and I find it easy to express myself. I feel that through communi cations I can fulfill one of my dreams and that is to help my people. One thing that I found here that I didn't see in Lon don is a tremendous amount of prejudice. I really want to see what I can do about it." Miss James, who is 18 years old, is born under the sign of Gemini. Her hobbies include making her own clothes, cook ing, writing, and martial arts. She became interested in the martial arts through her brother and a relative who has a black belt. She also feels that it’s good exercise which helps vour figure. Her interest in writing stems from another one of her dreams, and that is to become a writer. Her goal is to have written her first book by the time she graduates from Smith. Sylvia stated the first thing she noticed when she returned to the Untied States was the style of dress. Subscribers Can Charge Post To Bank Cards Initial efforts to develop a circulation department here at The Charlotte Post are bringing results in the form of better services for subscrib ers. Rex Hovey, new Post circu lation specialist, announced this week that subscribers may use their Master Charge or HankAmericard accounts to purchase subscriptions. Customers who wish to use this new service may call the Post at 392-1306 and leave their name, address, tele phone number and bank card number or request the Mr. Hovey get in touch Another new service allows subscribers to buy subscrip tions at the three Mechanics 4 Farmers Bank locations Non-subscribers may pur chase the Post in t>f* ' <* loi ._y...^r locations are soon to be added. Present locations are Bitsy Bounty, 3201 Beatties Ford Road; Busy Bee No. 1, 505 Beatties Ford Road, Busy Bee No. 2, 3018 Barringer Drive; Dalebrook Pharmacy, 2504 Beatties Ford Road; Lunsford Grocery, 125 North Irvin Street; Mini-Pantry, 2305 I^aSalle Street and Queen City Pharmacy, 2206 Beatties Ford Road Hovey said new billing pro cedures are also being deve loped which will allow for more accurate subscription billings than in past years. I i Food Stamps Iifesaver For Poor People Attitudes about food stamps differ, but Charlotte-Mecklen burg officials are aware that recipients favor the program. "I'm convinced that they (recipients) are very much in favor of the food stamp pro-' gram," said Lee Burgin, an eligibility Supervisor with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Food Stamp office. Burgin said the program gives a recipient more free dom of selection than pro grams in the past. He said the present program allows a re cipient more dignity than other attempts by government to help the poor. The food stamp udmmstra tor said politicians sometimes make a target of federal pro grams like this for political advantage. He said his agency will administer whatever alternative ideas these public officials enact. He is only hopeful that such alternative ideas are better ways t( help the poor rather than worse ways. L> iu. . l.. O’" «iv pi v Iiu.l been basically objective in its attempts to inform the public about food stamp program policies. He said some bugs in the program have been ironed out over the last year and a half and that not much publi city is being given to the program at this time. Some press reports in the past have reported social ser vices like the food stamp pro gram as being a waste .of money and a •rip-off" of the government. Many whites consider these reports true. In spite of these attitudes, most observers agree that the program is actually a life saver for many families. With the present state of economic depression, statements from food stamp recipients in re cent published reports bear this fact out. One lady, the mother of five children between the ages of 2 See FOOD on page 11 m r • rw New Law Give Tax Break If your taxable income was less that $8,000 in 1975. Uncle Sam may owe you up to $400. Ih most cases, family assis tance such as welfare doesn't count as income. Working men and women with low incomes should find oul if they- qualify for a new tax break called the Earned Income Credit, urges H&K Block, the nation's largest tax preparation service. The com pany has launched an infor mation program, as has the government, to alert those whom the new law is designed to benefit. To claim the special pay ment as a refund or credit, eligible persons must file a 1975 Federal income tax re turn -- even if not otherwise required to do so. It doesn't matter whether or not em ployers took out Federal with holding taxes since the credit can create a refund Individuals who can ans wer yes to two key questions probably qualify. They ire: I Was vour adjusted gross income (including earned in comet less than $8,000'.’ - 2. Did you maintain a house hold the whole year in the 1' S. for yourself and one or more children whom you Van claim as dependents and who were under l'J years of age or full time students'.’ For purposes of this credit, earned income includes salar ies, wages, tips, and other employee compensation alter the sick pay exclusion, and any net earning from self employment income. A widowed, separated, or divorced mother who took a job as domestic help to main tain a home for her children may qualify. Married couples are required to file a joint return to get the new tax break However, if for any reason a joint return can't be tiled when you are married and living apart, you are consider ed single for lax purposes and may qualify for the credit if you meet the following requir ements: yon file a separate return you paid more than hail the cost to keep up you home in 1975. your .spouse did not live in vour home at any time during 1975; and lor over six months of 1975 your home was the mainliome of one or more children you can claim as a dependant. The Famed Income Credit gives those wfm qualify a 10 j>er cent refund or credit a gainst taxes owed based on a maximum ol $4,000 of earned income. It income exceeds $4,000. any credit determined thus fur is reduced by 10 percent of the excess over $4.(Kin It you- have income of more than SK.lMHI there can be no credit. For example: A qualifying individual has adjusted gross income totall ing $6,000 of which $5,000 rep resents earned income al ready explained His Karned Income Credit is $200 deter mined as follows 10 per cent ot the first $4,000 of earned income equals $400, 10 per cent of the excess over $4,000 equals $200, ur. King nevivrs Beat Of Civil Rights Movement The Kev Martin Luther King Sr,, will not be leading many street marches in (fie manner which brought fame and honor to his son, but when he addressed an estimated 10,000 persons honoring his son in Atlanta, he managed to i ingle handedly revive the beat of the civil rights move ment. In a response to pleas of ' preach, preach," the fiery father of the slain civil rights leader told a parable of poor people who walked to a doc tor's office only to find the office closed and a sign on the door. ''That was like Martin's sign, too," the elder King said Appearing to fight back tears, he continued "It said, ‘Still in business. just moved upstairs.' " "Daddy King." as he is best known in Atlanta, continued to excite the crowd by telling them that he was glad his son did not qult'despite the threats and harrassment he received By the time he finished, the crowd had erupted into cheers and applause. The march/ which was bill ed as a march for full employ ment. was led by Dr King s widow and president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change. Mrs Coret ta Scott King. She led the marchers from the Ebenezer Baptist Church where King once pastured to th^ Federal Reserve Bank Building in downtown Atlanta Dignitaries of all kinds join en the march. The Mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, was among four big city may ors in the march The others were Coleman Young of De troit. Richard Hauher of Gary, Ind.. and Abraham Beame of New York. U S Congressman Andrew 'i oung of Atlanta and Murray H. Finley of ihe National Committee for Full Kmploy ment were among the other national figures sharing a platform provided by the city for the event The march in Atlanta was the first on what would have l>een the 47th birthday of the slain civil rights leader The crowd of mostly blacks and only a trickling of whites sang familiar civil rights songs and carried placards urging passage of legislation' to make the birthday of Dr King a holiday and ones urg ing Gerald Ford to bring about full employment The Georgia legislature paused for periods of silence honoring King and the 22 black I I)r Martin Luther King Sr Father of slain leader representatives in the state s legislative both will introduce bil|s ihis session to in.ike Dr King's birthday a state hole day Similar .measures last year tailed \ i In Wake Of Bier in Removal NWCAA Officials Call For FuU Scale Investigation Of CAF Volatile Group To Wage • i Letter Writing Campaign . . • « i « Blacks in Ihe Northwest Community Action Associa tion have called for a full scale investigation of the Charlotte Area Fund (CAF-i in the wake of the agency's recent transfer of a popular white community organizer. . Lewis C. Coleman. NWCAA president, said the request for an investigation of the CAF is contained in a letter his group has sent to the William Walker regional director for the Community Service Adminis tration located in Atlanta. "The action the Charlotte Area Fund has taken in re moving Dave Blevins from the Northwest area is an indica tion that the Fund is not at tempting to serve the needs of the people it was designed to serve.” Coleman said this week. 'll is the feeling of the executive committee of NW CAA that some kind of move is afoot from some place to un dermine community organiza tion like ours,” said Rev.’ Howard Campbell of NWCAA. The controversy surround ing the Charlotte Area Fund developed when Dave Blevins, a white community organizer was removed from the north west area on the grounds that . the CAF was being reorganiz ed He was sent to east Char lotte w here lie will be working with a community of about 8,000 compared to the 45,000 persons, black and white, he had been helping. Blevins has filed a griev ance with the CAF but mem bers of the NWCAA have not been allowed to officially speak in his behalf "The cha irman fo the CAF hoard put us out of his office and refused to hear us," Coleman said Campbell said the group must now resort to waging a letter writing campaign to the various news media and mem bers of the board of the Char lolte Area Fund, One third of thcU'AF board is composed of elected officials or their rep resentatives. Campbell said it will take the dedicated effort of all per sons in the 12-group commun ity action association to w in a reversal of the transfer of Blevins Blevins, 33, is currently of the Northwest Charlotte area He joined the CAF in IMF Scramble On Io Replace Wilkins ' » •sow mat Hoy Wilkins has announced his decision to re tire from the Nationa Associa tion lor the Advancement of Colored People, the scramble is now on to replace him. Sources in the NAACP have told the Charlotte Post that more than 20 applications have been received for the $30.oooa year job as executive director of the na on's oldes civil right organization. W ilkins announced recently that he will retire elective Jan I, 1977, but remain with the group as a special consul tant The retiring NAACP direc tor leaves alter directing a fund raising campaign to help the civil rights group erase a debt of over $250,000 The na tional office of the NAACP has reported to loc al slate chap tors that the fund drive is paying ofl and the debt is close to licmg paid in full Alan Kousseau. state coor dinator of the North Carolina NAACP chapter believes a formal announcement that the debt has been paid off will come in March or April Me sa id concerned persons in the state contributed more than $10,000 toward retiring the debt We are still encouraging contributions " Kousseau said and he urged interested per sons to attend the Charlotte Mecklenburg NAACP's birth day celebration Fob 7, at the Holiday Inn. Woodlawn. just olf Interstate 77 He said the celebration will be- part ol a national membership drive and Mrsi Margaret Bush Wil , I Kelly Alexander Sr Assistant Board Chairman son the lirst black chair woman ofr the NAACP's na tional Iwiard of directors will speak at 7 :w pm al the $10 per plate affair Kousseau would not admit it. but sources in the NAACP report that officials in the states NAACP unit are among those seeking the post hold by Wilkins The sources also said that the heads of other civil rights groups and national black politicians are among those applying for the joli A special IS member com mittee set up to review appli cation has boon established by the NAACP and Dr. Montague iCobb of Howard University w ill chair the group In a related action. Kelly Alexander. Sr . of Charlotte has been named assistant chairman of the national board of directors of the . NAACP He is currently serv ing as president of the North Carolina NAACP I - | l MISS SYLVIA JAMES ...Jamaica. fJ^Y. native WUMW* ’ '*53 §|$% U-$it # P^^lil 'V > a handful of good life is better than a bushel of learn ing. Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse. ' !• r- " ; ■ > MOTHER ELLA LYNCH BOYD .... Talks uImhiI her life For story, other picture , please turn to page 6