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James W. Bowden
...Native of Goldsboro
CRC Appoints
Bowden Aseietant
I Staff Director
James W. Bowdeh, 30, has
Β been appointed Assistant Staff
C Director of the Charlotte
[f Mecklenburg Community Re
E lations Committee. He will
R begin work in Charlotte on
9 Septer^er 14th.
Bowden is a native of Golds
boro, N.C., where he has been
Staff Director of the Golds
boro Community Affairs (Hu
man Relations) Commission
for four years. Prior to that
time he served as a Correc
tional Officer for the North
Carolina Department of Cor
rections and in the U.S. Navy.
Bowden has a B.A. in Social
ft Studies from St. Augustine
College and is a member of the
National Association of Hu
man Rights Workers and the
North Carolina Association of
Human Relations Officials.
Bowden's work in human
relations is known state-wide.
As Executive Director of the
Goldsboro Community Affairs
Commission he has made re
cognized efforts to eliminate
social and racial barriers
there. He has represented the
civil and human rights of
citizens to government lead
ers and to the public. Bowden
has experience in planning,
directing, and implementing
human relations programs to
futher equal opportunities for
all citizens.
He is married and has two
children.
Allison Joins
UJS. Air Force
Federeick S. Allison, son of
Mrs. Sara M. Alli$eo^oL3037
- Reid Avenue, Charlotte, has
enlisted in the U.S. Air Force.
Airman Allison, a 1976 grad
uate of Olympic High School,
joined under the Air Force's
Delayed Enlistment Program
(DEP), which allows him to
accumulate time in the Air
Force Reserve until he enters
active duty on September 27.
Sergeant Cecil Norton, Air
Force recruiter in Charlotte,
stated that Airman Allison
successfully completed a se
ries of tests which qualified
him for the mechanical field of
training.
Water Main
Relocation Affecte
Dilworth Area
Lower than normal water
pressures may be experienced
in the Dilworth area this week
end as the result of the reloca
tion of a large, 36" water main
on Remount Road. This relo
cat*O is necessary in order to
complete the road construc
tion on the Remount Road
Widening Project.
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Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt To Draw Up An "Agenda For Action"
KALEIGH--Lt. Gov. Jim
Hunt, the Democratic nomi
nee for governor, this week
announced a series of public
forums to help draw up an
"agenda for action" for the
state over the next four years.
Leaders and experts in vari
ous areas have been invited to
participate in the forums, to
share ideas and suggestions
on problems and prospects tn
each area
Forums have been sche
duled on criminal justice, edu
cation. travel and tourism,
agriculture and economic de
velopment. Hunt will attend
all the forums, which will be
open to the public and the
news media.
Hunt said he is holding the
meetings to examine what the
state should be doing in those
areas. "I want these forums to
help focus the attention of the
Democratic Party and all the
people of North Carolina on
what we should be doing the
next four years. We want to
develop an agenda for action
that will enable us to make
North Carolina the most pro
gressive state in the South.""
he said
The first forum, on agricul
ture and rural development,
will be held Wednesday, Sept.
1. at the Kamada Inn in
Greenville. The session will be
co-hosted by Hunt and Agri
culture Commissioner Jim
Graham. The co-chairmam
now ι our i ax
Dollars Will Be
Spent In fc77
How will your local tax
dollars be spent during the
Fiscal Year 1976-77?
A new brochure, published
by the Public Service and
Information Offices of the City
and County, has the answers
to that question, plus some
additional information about
local tax dollars.
Copies of the brochure are
available to the public, free
of charge.
"Down to Earth Facts on
Tax" states that the 1976-77
property tax rate for the City
of Charlotte is 88 cents, and
the County-wide tax rate is 80
cents. The combined City
County tax rate is $1.68, per
$100 assessed valuation.
The $116,417,364 City of
Charlotte budget includes the
-following niyroprialiwis : pu
blic safety, $19,445,446, 16.7
percent ; public works, $18,616,
450, 16 percent; bond retire
ment, $16,002,190, 13.7 per
cent; general government,
$10,767,090, 9.2 percent; park
and recreation, $3,146,469, 2.7
percent; utilities. $9,929,225,
8.5 percent; public transit,
$3,668,007 , 3.2 percent; air
port, $1,567,842, 1.3 percent;
community development, $10,
665,088 , 9.2 percent; capital
projects, $12,644,883, 10.9 per
cent; others (Manpower, Mint
Museum, etc.), $9,964,674 , 8.6
percent.
"The $119,763,514 Mecklen
burg County budget includes
these appropriations : public
schools, $42,649,684 , 35.6 per
cent; social services, $41,013,
950, 34.3 percent, health and
hospitals, $7,527,097 , 6.3 per
cent; mental health and allied
services, $5,557,343, 4.7 per
cent; public safety and judi
cial, $7,207,431, 6 percent, pu
blic business, $3,988,622, 3.3
percent; community develop
ment, $1,843,828, 1.5 percent;
others (Central Piedmont
Community College, public li
braries, etc.), $9,975,559, 8.3
percent.
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Jim Hunt
. Gubernatorial candidate
will be Elmer Burt, vice presi
dent of the N.C. Farm Bureau,
and Frank Bryant, executive
vice president of the N.C.
Agribusiness Council. The fo
rum. like all the others, will
run from 9 a m. to 12:30 p.m
Felix Harvey of Kinston.
president of the North Caro
lina Citizens Association, will
chair a forum on economic
development Thursday, Sept
2. in Raleigh at the Hilton Inn.
The state's criminal justice
system will be the topic of a
forum held Sept. 7 in Char
lotte. Scheduled for the Down
towner East, the meeting will
be chaired by Rockingham
William Cecil of Asheville
will chair a forum on travel
and tuunsm planned (or th(
Great Smokies Hilton in Ashe
ville Sept 9.
County Sheriff Cari Axsoni
president of the National She
riffs Association
Superintendent of Public In
struction Craig Phillips wil
help Hunt host a forum or
1 Tt
education Sept 10 The ses
sion, involving persons in the
education field from primary
grades through higher educa
tion, will be held at the Albert
Pick Motel on HO west of
(•reensboro The forum will be
chaired by Mrs Alma Teeple.
President of the North Caro
lina Association of Educators
ι
I
Participants in the forum
will present their views on the
topics and discuss various
approaches to the problems
1 think we can learn a lot
from these forums." Hunt
said "I'm looking forward tc
hearing the views of many
varied leaders in these impor
tant fields
i^ocai ronnac ueaiers 10
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Recieve 45,100 New Pontiacs
noisierea Dy me iniroauc
tion of the all-new Catahna
and Bonneville models. Ponti
ac dealers in the Charlotte
- Zone will deliver 45.100 new
Fontiacs during the 1977 mo
del year, a strong 28 percent
improvement over their 197fi
performance. Richard Ε Le
wis. Charlotte Zone manager
for Pontiac Motor Division,
has predicted
"This strong selling perfor
mance locally will help Pon
tiac nationally to set a new
sales record for the 1977 model
year, with deliveries of 9<Μ).ουυ
new cars." Mr Lewis stated
Dealers in the Charlotte
Zone will conclude the 1976
model year Sept. 30 with total
deliveries of 35,070. a 74.1
percent increase over the 1975
model year.
rormac s 1977 full-size cars
• Catalina. Bonneville. Bon
neville Brougham. Catalina
Safari and (Jrand Safari -
have been completely re
designed
"They are smaller on the
outside, but just as roomy
inside " Mr Lewis explained
"They are lighter and more
efficient We feel they're right
on target in meeting the driv
ing requirements of today's
families "
Fuel economy figures pro
vided by the I S Environ
mental Protection Agency
EFA- rated the new full
size Ponliac coupes and se
dans. with the new 5.0-litre
1301 (.'ID ι Y-8 engine, at 23
miles per gallon on the high
way and 17 miles per gallon on
the city schedule for a compo
site of 19 miles per gallon
The 5 0 litre V -8 and the new
2 5-litre 1151 CID' cast-iron
four-cylinder engine, both to
be produced by Pontiac. are
the first all-new engines intro
duced by the domestic indus
try since emissions and fuel
shortages became household
subjects," Mr Lewis said
In introducing the 1977 mo
dels. Mr Lewis stressed l'on
tiac's continuing emphasis on
quality. "We want people to
identify Pontiac with two rea
dily-identifiable characteris
tics outstanding quality and
exceptional performance." he
noted "We feel strongly that
these are the most important
elements in the future of Pon
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