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OI K FREEDOM
DEPENDS ON
THE BLACK PRESS
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Northwest Residents Request
Joint Hearing On Zoning Change
ι
Ms. Evans, Clancy Fight
For Seven Communities
B> Hoyle H. Martin Sr
Post Executive Kditor
The Northwood Estates Comniunit\ Organization has
asked the (. narfotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission to
arrange a joint public hearing before the Planning Commis
sion. the Charlotte City Council and the Mecklenburg Board
of County Commissioners for the purpose of improving the
zoning in seven Northwest Charlotte communities that
overlap the city-county lines in the Beatties Ford Koad area
In a letter dated August .11 to
Mr. Allen Tale, chairman of
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Planning Commission. Mrs (
Johnsie S. Evans, chairperson
of the Northwood Estates '
Community Organization and
coordinator for the seven com- ,
munities said in part. "The
residents of Ihe communities
of Northwood Estates. Univer*
sily Park North. Garden Park,
Northwood Park. Garden
City, Firestone, and Wilson
petition the Planning Commis
sion, Charlotte City Council
and the Mecklenburg County
Commission to improve the
zoning in our communities."
The letter continues. "There
are many cases of industrial,
business and apartment zon
ing in our neighborhoods that
are not good for our communi
ties. In an effort to maintain
our communities and to pro
tect them from harmful de
velopment. we are seeking Jht·
improved zoning requested in
this petition «attachedι
On Tuesday, Mrs. Evans,
the Kev. Bryant Ε Clancy.
L'lysses Ford and Samuel
Reid met with Dave Howard
and Ray Schoefield of the
Planning Commission staff to
discuss the formal petition
presentation and related pro
cedures in preparation for the
requested public . hearing
which will probably be held in
October.
Specifically, the zoning
classification charges requt-s
ted. by Mrs. Evans and the
seven neighborhoods call for"
(1) providing buffers between
residential areas and indus
trial-zoned areas. <2, to bring
residential zoning into confor
mity with the existing de
velopment. and 13» to provide
a consistent, intelligent zoning
AFDC To Pay
Bonuses For
AhftenUf Fathers
Λ national program design
ed lo gel fathers ol illegiti
mate children to be responsi
ble for child support is Maid to
be effective here in Charlotte
l.ocal officials with the
County Department of Social
Services administer the pro
gram The idea is lo get
families now receiving sup
port Aid To Families With
Dependent' Children 'AKI>C>
to voluntarily identify the la
ther In return for this coope
ration, the family may receive
a cash bonus The amount ol
the bonus may be up to $20 a
month for each month the
support is collected
The absentee father is than
found by AFDC investigators
and asked to enter into a .
support agreement To date,
said the official with the local
AFDC program, about 112
support agreements have
been written and probably loo
of these agreements with the
absentee lather has resulted -
in bonus payments 10 the
family
Bonus payments amount to
40 percent ol tin· tu.ο VVi
collected from the I.ill· ι un
der the support .mrecmcni
said the oflici.il
attorn throughout tin· entire
ommumty to maintain the
(immunity and protect it iron
evelopment that will not be
η asset tTT the conTtmiuities
nd families-residing there
Following the conference.
1rs Kvans told the POST
'Weare very pleased with the
irogress we have made to
late in our elforts to carry out
he wishes of the 74(i petition
signers who reside in our
neighborhoods
Mrs. Kvans thanked Dave
Blevins. also in attendance
at the meeting, tor his assis
tance in securing maps and
other materials needed to pre
pare and defend their petition
Federal
Pension
Cost Soars
' Annual (federal ι peftsion
l-osIs have soared from S i 8
billion in IW>7 to a projected
S1H i) billion in 1977 Thai s a
lump of :$;#7 percent in a
rtecade," writes former Con
gressman Hastings Keith Ή
Mass.) in the September
Header's Digest
The reason'.' Benefits, which
ac the people pay for in taxes
ire tied to the Consumer Price
Index, plus a one-percent
kicker" originally added as
:o:n pensa Hon (or the lag be
ween actual cost increases
ind the time when the· pen
aoner sees it reflected in his
■heck The Congressman
totes that this legislation was
•nacted in 1968. when the rate
>1 inflation was three percent
egislators never dreamed ol
limbic digit inflation
lie that as it may. Keith
says. "Whereas the cost ol
iving over the past six years
las risen 56 percent federal
pensions have been increased
t>y 72 percent. " and the bulk ol
Ihese benefits are not funded
I'nless strong measures are
taken to halt this speeding
gravy train, the taxpayer of
Ihc future has a big problem
r»n his hands
In the private sector, a I'j72
survey ol major I S com
panies found that only four
percent provided a cost-of
living increase in their pen
sions funds nonr made provt
sions in excess of living cost
Keith believes it is essential
that government firing Ms pen
sions in line with industry
I nfortunately. perhaps lie
cause at least :tK members ol ,
Congress are themselves cur
rent recipients of federal pen
sion program adjustments
and add-ons. little has been
done." he observes
The voters in this election
year, need IcT"pressure their
representatives to enact re
medial legislation élimina
lion of the one-percent kicker,
a moratorium on cost of-living
adjustments until the effects
Γι] inf latum match thi increas
es delivered by the kicker and
requirements ihat current
.unding lie provided lor all
«ost ni living adjustments
Tin deadline tor agreement
■ n, oui national budget is
ill •· Ιμί i
MRS. DONNA DUNLAP SMITH
...A fashion designer
Mrs. Donna Smith Is
Beauty Of The Week
By Abigail L. Flanders
Host Staff Writer
This week's beauty is a
living example of that age old
cliche "Beauty is as beauty
does.-'
Mrs. Donna Dunlap Smith is
nut only a very beautiful wo
man. but she uses her talents
to help others to look beauti
ful. She belongs to that tire
less. ambitious and ever use
lul profession of cosmetology,
which includes everything
from styling hair to applying
make up
Mrs. Smith began her pro
fession during her high school
years at York Road. "I was
really interested in becoming
a fashion designer That was
my big dream, and I'm still
very interested in it. but I
' really enjoy what I'm doing
now. I started by trying to do
my own hair, and I found that
I had a talent for doing things
with make-up as well. After
some encouragement from
one of my instructors at
school, and a scholarship to
Bands Beauty College, I deci
ded to pursue a careen in
cosmetology," our beauty
said '
Cosmetology is not the only
profession that our versatile
Ixauty has been successful
with Two years ago, I
became interested in working
■a television...And with a little
heli) from my brother, who is
no4frrn ployed at Channel 18,1
worked as the operations
manager for WCCB-TV for a
year I continued working
part -time as a cosmetologist."
Mrs Smith explained that the
element of time was an impor
tant factor in giving up the job
at the television station
Presently, our beauty is
employed as a cosmetologist
at the House of Charles Beau
ty Salon on LaSalle Street. She
has recently won trophies and
other awards for her outstand
ing work Two years ago, she
won first place as a model in
the Cosmetology State Con
venlion She also won a trophy
at the National Cosmetology
convention in St Louis. Mis
souri for being an outstanding
student in make-up, and ho
norable mention in the hair
competition in Atlanta. Geor
gia.
Donna is married to Guy
Robert Smith Jr. and has
three children, Guy Robert
III, 6, Christa Lorelei. 7, and
Mignon Hilleri, 4.
Born under the sign of Li
bra. our beauty feels that she
exhibits most of the character
istics and qualities of her sign.
"I am very creative, loveable
and I have a strong regard for
fairness, which is typical of
most Librans," she said.
Between her careers as mo
ther, wife and cosmetologist,
our busy beauty has still found
the time to participate in the
mother's march for the March
of Dimes, Cerebral Palsy and
blaster Seals, all of which is
only part of the enchanting
beauty that spotlights the life
of Mrs. Donna Dunlap Smith
I ost Office
To Observe
I^abor Day
Labor Day, Monday, Sep
tember 6, is a National l^egal
Holiday for the U.S. Postal
Service.
Normal Saturday service
will be provided this holiday
weekend. Collection will be
made in main traffic arteries
and in business areas, accord
ing to a statement from the
Postmaster. Ί
' Usual Sunday box service
will be provided. Collection
will be made in main traffic
arteries and holiday schedules
for receipt and dispatch of
mail will be observed. Special
delivery service will be pro- ·
vided. said the statement
All administrative offices
will be closed Monday. No
window service will be main
tained.
Self-service units and vend
ing machines will be operat
ing the statement said —
There will be no regular
residential delivery service.
Executive (Center Τ «
('.lose For Sewer
Une Construction
Kxecutive Center Drive will
be closed between Albemarle
Koad and Farm Pond l^anc
from Monday, August 30
through Friday. September 3.
The purpose of the closing is to
allow construction of sewer
line across Executive Center
Drive. This construction is
part of the Charlotte-Meck
lenburg Utility f>epartment's
$917,000 Campbell Creek Out
fall Project
TUKTLt-WK
The reason some parents no
longer LEAD (heir children in
(he RIGHT DIRECTION is
because the parenls aren't
going thai way THEM
SELVES
Supper Club, Cafeteria
Proposed For Downtown
By Sidney Moore Jr.
Post Staff Writer
Former Olympic boxer Ricco Kay is proposing a minority
owned and operated supper club and cafeteria for downtown
Charlotte.
The new business would oc
building at 208 North Tryon SI
Ray has a quotation of $750,
000 as the sales price of the
building from Southern Real
Kstate. The firm also quotes a
$1 50 per square foot lease
price. About 59,000 square feet
are available in the three
story building.
Each of the three floors in
the building would be used if
Ray can muster financial
backing for his plan The
street floor would house a
24-hour a day cafeteria. It is
also anticipated that several
small shops could be operated
within the interior of this floor.
A supper club featuring top
name entertainment would be
operated on the basement
floor.
"The entertainment will be
carefully selected in order to
accomodate a cross-section of
people and not iust one seg
ment or race of people." said
Ray.
Private suites for dining and
parties are planned for the top
floor.
Randy Freeman, develop
ment specialist for Charlotte
Local Business Development
Organization, said Ray has
contacted him for help in
putting the deal together.
Freeman said a feasibility
study will be done to deter
mine whether the proposed
business is workable or not It
it is, LBD will help Ray find a
financial backer.
In the mean time, Ray has
talked with a'representative of
Omnia Design, Inc. The archi
tectual firm has given Ray a
quotation on the cost of plan
ling the interior of the pro
posed business.
Ray has also involved Attor
ney Patricia King in his pro
ject. She has helped him form
:he Carribbean Investment
Uroup, which is a corporation
:ormed to develop and man
age this business project.
Shares in the corporalion
:ost $100 each.
Ray previously owned and
>perated the Port Said on
West Trade Street. He said
rouble with the law resulted
η the closing of that opera
ion. He was briefly jailed for
an unspecified reason
Subsequently, the building
:{ay leased to operate this club
cupy the former W.T. Grant
reet.
was torn down under a city
redevelopment project.
One of the reasons Kay
wants to undertake his new
project is because there is a
need for minority owned busi
ness in uptown Charlotte.
"The inner-city is viewed by
some old and young black
Charlotteans as a city of pro
gress and industrialization,
but only for the white Charlot
teans," said Ray. "Because of
such viewpoints by certain
people who are unaware of the
ability to achieve in a compe
titive society, there is a moral
breakdown, individually and
to the sub-culture as a whole "
Morris Kea
Charged With
Sale Of Heroin
Controversial prison admi
nistrator Morris Alexander
Kea, 38, of 1523 Plumstead
Koad was recently arrested.
He was charged with the
possession and sale of heroin.
Theresa Elaine Jackson. 31,
of 9301 Feldbank Drive was
also arrested. She is said to be
Kea's girlfriend and also to
have aided Kea in illegal drug
dealings, according to a re
cent published account.
As a result of the arrest,
said the account. Kea resigned
as program director for the
Department of Correction's
South Piedmont area office in
Huntersville. He was demoted
to that non-supervisory posi
tion after women prisoners
rioted when Kea was acting
superintendent of the Ν C.
Correctional Center for Wo
men in Raleigh.
It is reported that Kea got
the $22,752 a year job because
of political ties with Republi
can law enforcement officials.
Jackson and Kea were nam
ed in a six-count indictment by
a federal grand jury Friday.
August 27. ·
The indictment was the re
sult of an affidavit filed by
Drug Enforcement Adminis
tration agent Odis Rousseau
He said Kea and Jackson sold
him drugs on three occasions
DR. JACK S. BRA Y BU Y
...JCSU Executive Vice President
Dr. Brayboy Dies,
Funeral Will Be Friday
Dr. Jack S. Bray boy. Vice
President of Administrative
Affairs at Johnson. C Smith
University, died Wednesday,
September 1, at a local hospi
tal.
A native of Vineland, New
Jersey, Bray boy received the
B.S.degree at Johnson C.
Smith I'nivprsity in 1943.
While at Smith, he distinquish
ed himself as a scholar and as
an athlete
Funeral services will be
held on Friday, September 3
at 4 p.m in the University
church on the Smith campus.
The Rev. H.W. Givens and thfc
Rev H L Counts will offici
ate.
Upon his graduation from
Smith Dr. Brayboy entered
the United States Air Force
where he served as a pharma
cist technician and was hon
orably discharged in 1946.
He returned to the Johnson
('. Smith University campus in
1946 where he was employed
as instructor of health and
physical education and assis
tant football coach.
He matriculated at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in
1947 and received a Master of
Science degree with a major
in physical education.
He served the university as
head football coach for three
years and as head basketball
coach for eight years
In 1958. the Danforth Foun
dation awarded him a grant
for further Study He returned
to the University of Pennsyl
vania in 1958 and in 1960
received the Doctor of Educa
tion degree with teacher edu
cation as his area of speciali
zation.
Sf-'rom 1960-1966. Dr Bray
boy served as the Director of
Athletics and head of the
physical education depart
ment at Smith. In 1965. he was
appointed Executive Dean of
the University. He served in
that capacity until 1968. He
was named Vice President for
Academic Affairs in 1968. His
final appointment was to the
position of Vice President of
Administrative Affairs, a posi
tion which he held at the time
of his death
Dr. Brayboy was an active
participant in the civic life
of the Ch-rlotte community.
He served as Vice President of
the United Community Ser
vices. as a member of the
Executive Board of Boy
Scouts of America, a member
of the Citizens Committee of
WTVI, Vice President of the
YWCA Board of Directors, a
member of the Board of Man
agers of the McCrorey Branch
YMCA. a member of the
See Dr.· Brayboy on page 10
Wanda Alexutuler
Young, Independent, And Happy
By Abigail L. Flanders
Post Staff Writer
There was once a time when
Ungle women were charade
rized as being tearful, desper
ate. and in hot pursuit of a
permanent mate
Today, a new breed of spin
iter has blossomed from the
bud of the women's lib move
ment as well as from a changc
in the attitudes of young single
working women who are now
beginning to feel competent in
the working world Wanda
Alexander, log refinement co
jrdinator in the operations
department at WBTV is one
iuch woman. "I enjoy taking
:are of myself The feeling
if knowing that I don't have to
iepend on others for financial
support is a comforting one,'
Ihe attractive Miss Alexander
ta id
The working world is not a
new one to Mise Alexander
While studying Communica
tions at Johnson C. Smith
University, she managed to
hold a part time job at WGIV
in the traffic department, She
graduated from J.C. Smith
this year. "I've been working
since I was in senior high
school. Being the oldest child,
I learned the necessity for
being independent at a very
early age I worked at Smith
to send myself through school
and I used the money that I
made from working at WGIV
to pay for apartment and car
expenses."
The question of being a
"Black liberated woman" has
a dual meaning for Miss Alex
ander. "I am liberated in the
sense that I believe in working
—for what I get, but I also
believe that black women
have always been liberated
because they have often had to
I
be the backbone of their fami
lies." she said. Perhaps this is
one reason why Miss Alexan
der is cautious when she
speaks of marriage and a
family. The traditional con
cept and ideas of why a young
woman should enter the state
of matrimony do not appeal to
her independent lifestyle "A
lot of women rush into marri
age because they are either
getting older or they've decid
ed that love alone will carry
them through the really rough
times, but I don t believe that
these are the only considera
tions A won today must
first concenti on improving
herself, mentally, financially
«nd in many other ways be
fore she decides who her mate
will be After she decides who
she is and where she wants to
go in life, then she's better
able to make a lifetime com
mitment to one person "
Miss Wanda Alexander
Λ new breed
Winda Alexander is one of
many young single women
today who are beginning to
find a new kind of happiness
and satisfaction in being inde
pendent, self reliant and sin
gle