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Bond Criticizes Caucus
CBD Goal: ^Marshall Plan’
For N ation’s Poor People
Local Black Leaders
To Appear On Program
By Hoyle H Martin Sr
Post Staff Writer
Yvonne Burke, Congress
woman from California and
chairperson of the Caucus of
Black Democrats has called
for a “Marshall Plan for poor.
People.'' Speaking on the CBS
television program “Pace the
Nation" Mrs. Burke said the
major outcome of the CBD
issues conference to be held in
Charlotte this weekend should
be a domestic “Marshall
Plan" similar to our national
effort to re-build Eurpoe fol
lowing World War II.
Lee i “Improve
Criminal Justice
System”
Howard Lee. Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Go
vernor, today called for im
provements in the criminal
justice system, including a
thorough review of the state’s
criminal statutes.
Speaking at “Law Day" ex
ercises at North Carolina Cen
tral University in Durham,
Lee said: “The challenge fac
ing us today is to seriously
consider our system of justice
to make sure that it continues
to protect the welfare and the
safety of society. We must
insure that our control of
crime is swift, just and effec
tive."
Lee said the legislature and
the courts must make what
ever adjustments are neces
sary to insure that justice is
always done in enforcing the
laws He said: "I propose that
we embark on a process to
more clearly define criminal
acts, to narrow the discretion
of judges in handing out sen
tences and to insure swifter
action by the courts "
Lee challenged the NCCU
law students to become more
actively involved in the politi
cal process. He said "You
can help prove that IR to
25-year-olds can be responsi
ble citizens; and in coming
years, you can prove that the
vast majority of lawyers are
not crooked."
Lee added "We must join
hands and strive together to
improve the image of both
lawyers and politicians ”
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Implied in Congresswoman
Burke's remarks is that the
end result of the 12 specific
issues to be discussed at the
Charlotte conference ranging
from crime to full employ
ment to foreign policy to ur
ban redevelopment should be
to have the Democratic presi
dential candidate and the Na
tional Democratic Convention
adopt these issues as a domes
tic "Marshall Plan" plank in
the party’s national platform
Speaking on the same con
cerns, Basil Patterson, vice
chairman of the CBD and
vice-chairman of the National
Democratic Party, said in
Charlotte Friday that the con
ference, which will involve
about 2,000 black political, ci
vic and business leaders, will
attempt to get the Democratic
presidential aspirants "on the
record" with regard to th is
sues of particular importance
to blacks. Patterson added
however, that “these are not
just black issues , these issues
affect everyone in this coun
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In responding to questions,
Patterson, a 49-year-old con
gressman from New York City
said that to-date the candi
dates had not been speaking to
or about the critical issues
that should be brought to the —•
American people Since no one
else has done this “we re do
ing it" Patterson said
"What we are doing, ' Pat
terson said further, “is giving
the candidates a chance to sell
themselves to black voters If
they don't know how to do that
then they shouldn't be running
(for the high office of the
President
In a related development,
Georgia State Senator Juliar.
Bond offered some critical re
marks about the planned CBI)
issues conference Appearing
as the keynote speaker for the
kick-off of "Black Arts Week"
at Johnson C. Smith Universi
ty. Bond said Monday night
before his address that the
planned conference is an ex
ample of "slamming the barn
door after the horse has been
stolen
He said further, "things of
this nature should be done at
least two years prior to the
campaigns and not at the last
minute Earlier reports re
ceived by The Post has indica
ted that Senator Bond would
be an active participant in the
conference
See Blacks on page 4
j-j utticiais support
Blood Pressure Tests
The top two public safety
officials in Charlotte have gi
ven their support to the upco 1
ming “Check It and Live"
blood pressure screening co
sponsored by the Heart Asso
ciation of Charlotte Mecklen
burg and WSOC-TV Radio
Chief of Police J. C. Good
man and Fire Chief John E
I^e announced their support
of the screening project today,
and are encouraging police
men and firemen to take ad
vantage of this free opportuni
ty to detect "Silent Killer,"
hypertension A Heart Associ
ation estimate projects that
nearly 45.000 persons in Meek
lenburg County have high
blood pressure -• 22,500 of
them unaware they are living
with a potential killer
Check It and Live” is a
12-hour open-to-the-public
screening set for the WSOC
Studios at 1901 N Tryon Street
form 9 a m until 9 p m on
Wednesday, May 5.
The screening will be staf
fed by nurse and physician
volunteers who will record the
blood pressure on a card for
the individual's private physi
cian.
HONOREE IRMA WHITE GRIER receives
Key To The City from Charlotte Mayor John
M. Belk during Testimonial Service last
Sunday. Her son, Eugene Grier, seated,
Photo by Peeler
second from right, and County Commission
Chariman Elizabeth G. Hair, right, observe
the proceedings.
Sunday Testimonial Service
Honors Mrs. Irma W. Grier
By James Peeler
Post Staff Writer
The memoers of Grier
Heights United Presbyterian
Church, pastored by Rev.
Raymond Worsley, and a
number of local dignitaries
headed by Charlotte Mayor
John M. Belk and County
Commission Chairman Liz
Hair-held a Testimonial Ser
vice honoring Mrs. Irma
White Grier, widow of the late
Arthur Grier, last Sunday fo
lowing the regular Sunday
Morning Worship Service in
the church’s sanctuary on
Skyland Ave. in the griertown
residential section.
Mayor Belk presented ho
noree Irma W. Grier with the
ceremonial Key To The City
before bringing greetings. Al
so extending greetings to Mrs.
Grier were: Elizabeth G.
Hair, Chairman of Mecklen
burg County’s Board of Com
Benjamin Bagby
To Compete In .
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Talent Hunt
Benjamin Bagby, the win
ner of the local talent hunt
program, sponsored by the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
will represent Psi Phi Chapter
in the district talent hunt con
test, to be held in the Down
towner Motor Inn, 201 South
McDowell Street, Saturday
April 24 at 7 p.m.
All contestants will be local
winners from various Chap
ters throughout North and
South Carolina.
The general public is invited
to attend this program, add
mission is free.
TUKT1MN*
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A GOSSIPER: One who can
give you all the details without
knowing any of the facta
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missioners; The Honorable C.
E. Johnson, Chief District Ju
dge, Mecklenburg County; Dr.
H. W. Givens, former pastor of
Ben Salem United Presbyteri
an Church and present pastor
of Memorial United Presbyte
rian Church; Dr. Elo Hender
son, Executive, Catawaba In
ter-Presbytery Agency who
was represented by Rev. Ro
bert Craighead of the Agency
Staff; Dr. Thomas A. Jenkins,
Stated Clerk, Synod of the
Piedmont, United Presbyteri
an Church; Rev. Daniel O.
Hennigan, Stated Clerk of Ca
tawba Presbytery; Kathleen
Crosby, principal of Billings
ville School and newly ap
pointed Area Assistant Super
intendent; Betty Miller Ander
son, former Sunday School
Student of Mrs. Grier; and
Hazaline Grier, Clerk of Ses
sion, Ben Salem United Pres
byterian Church.
The guest speaker for the
historic occasion was Donald
Harold Jordon of Funeral Ser
vices Hall-Jordan Funeral
Home Chain, Greater Cincin
nati, Ohio.
Mrs. Grier received presen
tations from the Session of the
Church, Sunday Church
School, United Presbyterian
Women and United Presbyte
rian Men.
Also participating in the
Testimonial Service were:
Mrs. Bettye C. Walker, Orga
nist and Minister of Music;
Mrs C. H, -Kennedy, Elder
and Acting Clerk of Session;
Dr. C. A. Hood, Director of
Student Life Programs at
Johnson C. Smith University;
Rev. Lawrence Mays, minis
ter, Ben Salem Presbyterian
Church, Dr. Preston pender
grass, postor of Antioch Bap
tist Church, Charles Redfern,
Minister of Gospel Music; and
Eugene Grier, President of
Grier Funeral Service.
Mrs. Grier is a charter
member of Grier Heights
Presbyterian Church. She and
her late husband, Arthur, do
nated the site on which the
church now stands. Mrs. Grier
has served in Grier Heights
Church as the First Superin
tendent of the Sunday School,
first woman elder ordained in
the church, the clerk of Ses
sion, Secretary of the church,
and secretary of the Women's
Organization. Mrs. Grier was
president of the Billingsville
School P.T.A. for 8 years,
state P.T.A. delegate to the
National P.T.A. Conference in
Little Rock, Arkansas, presi
dent of the Ladies Auxiliary of
the' North Carolina Funeral
Director's Assn., member of
the Women’s Auxiliary of O
mega Psi Phi Fraternity,
member Phyllis Wheatley
Branch, Y.W.C.A., member of
the Leisure Time Social Club
of the Grier Heights Commu
nity, member of the Hobby
Lobby Art Club, Secretary of
the Women’s Organization of
Ben Salem and Grier Heights
churches. Officer of Catawba
Presbyterial, and she has
worked with the Girl ScouLs of
Charlotte and received the or
ganizations Four loaf Clover
award.
Food Stamp
Benefits
Retroactive
RALEIGH — Some North
Carolinians may be eligible
for retroactive food stamp be
nefits due to recent change
in food stamp policy by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Renee Hill, director of
the Division of Social Services
of the N. C. Department of
Human Resources, states that
those affected are low-income
citizens who are receiving
help in paying their rent from
the Housing and Urban Deve
lope Act (HUD).
Effective October 9, 1975.
the new policy states that
housing payments by HUD are
not to be considered in deter
mining eligibility for food
stamps or the amount an eligi
ble household is to pay for its
monthly allotment.
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tions have been denied or
whose cases were closed after
October 8, and those that have
paid a higher price in October
and succeeding months be
cause of the inclusion of HUD
payments are potentially eli
gible for retroactive benefits.
Those households receiving
HUD payments that are cur
rently certified for food
stamps will be notified as their
cases are reworked. House
holds that are not currently
receiving food stamps may
reapply at their county social
services department to deter
mine whether they are eligible
for retroactive benefits.
Registration Set
For YMCA
Swim Classes
Kegistration for Summer
Swim Classes will begin Mon
day, May 3, at 10 a m. Regis
tration will be on a first come,
first served basis. The mini
mum age for registration is 3
years old.
For any additional informa
tion, please contact the Mc
Crorey Branch YMCA, 394
2336.
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PECOLA STURDIVANT
...Quail Hollow Jr. High Student
Pecola Sturdivant
Is Beauty Of Week
By Polly Manning
Post Staff Writer
The sign of the Bull is the
astrological sign dominating
the moods and actions of our
Beauty for this week. She is
Miss Pecola Sturdivant.
Born April 28th, Pecola des
cribes Taureans as being a
chievers with the ability to
keep their minds on the mat
ter at hand.
She is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Leroy Sturdivant of
2731 Zebulon Ave. Pecola at
tends Quail Hollow Junior
High School.
At Quail Hollow her favorite
subject is English she states
that the reason she enjoys it
most is because it's the sub
ject area in which she makes
her test grades.
Ms. Anderson and Mr. Scat
tergood have captured her
heart as her favorite teachers
"I like Ms. Anderson because
she is so much fun to be
around," explained Pecola
"Mr. Scattergood is young and
he seems to understand young
people and their problems.”
Pecola's hobbies are skating
and going shopping She en
joys skating at any of the
Skate Palace locations here in
Charlotte and like any other
woman, shopping for clothes
is always a pleasure.
Miss Sturdivant's future
ambitions are to attend John
son C. Smith University and
major in Business Adminis
tration She plans to work as
a Secretary upon receiving
her degree. When asked why
she chose Smith Pecola stated
that her Aunt attended Smith
and this inspired her decision
me .Muraivam lamuy at
tend St. Paul Baptist Church
where Rev Paul W Drum
•mond is the minister Pecola
is a member of the Visitor
Committee Her duties includ
es recognizing visitors to the
Sunday Morning Worship Ser
vice
Jim Kelly is our Meautys'
favorite actor. “1 love the way
he acts in his movies and of
course I like the way he looks
The person she most-ad
mires is Mrs Geneva Hudson,
her aunt. “I admire her be
cause of all the many activi
ties she is involved in She is
employed with Memorial Hos
pital in the laboratory Be
sides her job she still finds the
time to be a Girl Scout leader
and enjoy all outdoor activi
ties.
Pecola states that being cho
sen as Beauty of the Week is a
bia honor for her
WGIV Promotes Sherman, 2 Others
inree promotions were an
nounced this week for staf.
members of WGIV radio sta
tion.
Rev. Joe Sherman Jr. wai
promoted from sales and pub
lie relations to the position of
account executive, according
to a release issued by the
station. Replacing Sherman it
photographer Jim Black. Tht
station also hired Tommy
Hendricks as an account exe
cutlve.
“I'm elated with it ( the
promotion)," said Sherman
"It makes me happy to b«
associated with the station
and the community in sales."
The young minister said his
new job makes him less re
sponsible in the area of public
relations and more responsi
ble in the area of advertising
sales. He said the new job will
make it more possible for him
to spend time with his minis
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Rev. Joe Sherman Jr.
...Account executive
Sherman reflected that he
has served WGIV in its news
department, public affairs,
editorial writing and now as
account executive He said he
is "looking forward to going
higher.”
‘"My basic duties are going
Jim Black
Public relations
to be to improve public affairs
here." said Jim Black.
Black plans to use his photo
graphic skills to imporve the
image of the radio station, he
said Black indicated that
some of his public appear
ences on behalf of the station
f
Tommy Hendricks
Account executive
may include a slide presenta
tion. •
Black said he also plans to
work with community groups,
clubs and organizations to
help them use the media for
various projects. He said this
kind of service is needed