n-itaL CHARLOTTE-POST s™ -r ■ ^ CALL 392-1306 sAWtatT^’* Charlotte s Fastest Growing Community Weekly" ^_CHARLOTTE, NORTH CARQLlNA-28208-Thursday. October 7, 1976__..Read b>. Ki000 charlotteans' PRICE 20c MISS ALTHEA EVYONNE BUCHANAN ...WGIV commercial copy writer Althea Buchanan - t • .. . r Is Beauty Of Week r» . . If.l. AA_ « » • . ... Post Staff Writer With a smile that encour ages friendly words, our Beau ty of the Week, Miss Althea Evyonne Buchanan, says one of her favorite past-times is talking with people. Althea is a senior at Johnson C. Smith University where she 'is majoring in Communica tions Arts. Althea is presently employed at WGIV Radio Sta tion where she can put some of what she’s learned at Smith nto practical use. She serves AS a commercial copy writer and also gets the opportunity to record commercial materi al sometimes. She plans to pursue an occu pation as a Speech and Hear ing Therapist because it’s a branch of Communications, which is her favorite field. ‘‘Communications is a broad field and it’s very inte resting,” Althea said, explain ing her choice of the area. Althea is a native of Fa yetteville, Tennessee. She is the daughter of Mrs. Lettie Buchanan and one of two children. She graduated in 1973 from Central High School where she participated in the band and the chorus. Since she came to Charlotte, Althea has held the office of president of Smith’s United Negro College Fund,_Station it/^iager for WJCS, Smith’s campus radio station, and she was a freshman counselor. Althea is a Sagittarian born on November 23. She is 5’7t4" Mint Street Closes Until October 15 The northbound lanes of Mint Street were closed Mon day, October 4 to allow re placement of pavement on Mint Street torn out during the construction of the Mint Street - Poplar Street connector, ac cording to a news release from the Public Service & informa tion Department of Charlotte. The lanes will remain closed through Friday, October 15. it > • - ' - TWTlt-W* V | ’jj ♦t i .. v l Those who fouiiueu the u nited States would probably be L ami weigns impounds. Her hobbies include sewing, which she finds to be practical as well as satisfying to her quest for self-expression. “I can make each pattern different to fit my personal tastes,” she said. "I prefer making my clothes, rather than buying clothes that all look just alike in a store.” Althea is a Catholic and lives by one of the Ten Com mandments that says “Do unto others as you would have them“do unto you.” “I guess my most important philosophy in life is to treat people the way you want to be treated,” she said. “I realize this is hard because no matter how hard you try, some people just refuse to accept your kindness; but I’ll try until I’m tried out. So far, while at Smith, I’ve met some truly nice people and I’ve also met some people that were hard to get along with.” Althea says she was sur prised to be chosen as Beauty of the Week. “It’s an honor, surely,” she said. “But I didn't believe the photographer when he told me what the picture was for.” ' ' Join the POST in welcoming Miss Buchanan as this week's Beauty. Also listen for her voice on WGIV, you’ll enjoy hearing her. Park Center Rally To Aid Martin Campaign One of the major campaign events of 1976 will be held Tuesday, October 12 at Park Center, according to William K. Van Allen, General Chair man of the Congressman Jim Martin reelection campaign. Van Allen said the “Con gressman Jim Martin Cam paign 76 Rally” signals the beginning of 3 weeks of inten sive campaigning by the Con gressman. Van Allen also announced that Charlotte business execu tive Charles R. Jonas. Jr., will serve as Chairman of the rally. Jonas said, “The program will feature food and enter tainment which should result in a relaxing evening for the entire family." He went on to say that the “rally, in past campaigns, has served as a generator for increased en thusiasm and interest in the Congressional campaign and { has been one of the keys to the Congressman's election day successes in 1972 and 74.” Jonas also announced that John Conlan. Charlotte busi nessman, will be the ticket chairman for the rally. NEA Sets Up $50,000 Fund To Assist NACCP In Mississippi Carter Leads Ford 6-1 In Black Poll WASHINGTON—Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter commands a substan tial margin of votes over President Ford from potential Black Voters. Carter leads Ford 59 to 10 percent accord ing to results of the last ACRA Black Opinioit Survey, con ducted among a cross-section of 388 randomly selected Black households nationwide following the Republican con vention. Associate Control Research & Analysis, Inc., (ACRA), an eight year old Washington based firm, is reputed to be the only Black-owned, profes-. sional services organization doing research and analyza tion, designing public opinion surveys, conducting polls, and collecting advocacy data on a national basis. ACRA’s presi dent James S. Gee says his firm entered the field last January to fill an unmet need and give greater credibility, accuracy and relevance to information flowing into and out of the Black community. ACRA's survey methods were developed in conjunction with Survey Research Corpo ration of Bethesda. Their ap proach consists of a newly designed, random, digital dialing telephone technique that completes a survey in less than 48 hours. ACRA's direct focus on households among America’s 23,000,000 Black families, con centrates on using computer generated numbers. This me thod was favored because of the following points: 1. It proportionately reaches unlisted telephone households. 2. It insures the anonymity of those called, which together with ACRA’s Black perspec tive, induces greater candor and responsiveness from mi norities. 3. It reaches a proportional cross-section of Blacks at all ages, economic, demographic and incorte levels. The monthly sample size was set to produce reliability at plus or minus 5 percent. It confirms that while Carter’s lead is at present decisive, there is still a large percen tage (31 percent) of uncom mitted voters. Of those re sponding to the question: "Suppose the Presidential e lection were being held today, which candidate would you vote for, President Ford or Governor Carter?" thirty-one percent were undecided, indi cating that Ford could, with careful attention to the con cerns of Black voters, close the gap considerably. Post Office To Observe National Hobday Monday Monday, October 11, will be observed as a National Legal Holiday by the U.S. Postal Service. There will be no regular mail delivery service. A service window will be open at West Trade Street from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and at classified stations from Sa m to 10 a.m. Self service units will be in operation. Stamp vending machines are available at all postal stations. Special delivery mail and parcels containing perishable matter will be delivered. Normal Saturday service will be provided October 9. . CONCORD POUCE SURROUND COURT HOUSE —W ard off militant protesters Was Long Guilty? Ronnie Long Never Had A Chance ? special lo inet'osi Ronnie Wallace Long never had a chance. That was the concensus of about 200 blacks after an all-white jury convic ted him of first-degree, rape and first-degree burglary, Fri day night at 8 p.m. The 20-year-old Black man had been charged with rap ping and robbing Sarah Jud son McKinley Bost, a 54 year old white widow of a promi nent Concord executive. Her husband, Gray Bost, was trea surer for Cannon Mills for about 30 years. She lives one block from the new Cabarrus County Courthouse in a stately two-story home at 158 Union Street. _ Among other things, the clerk of Cabarrus County Su perior Court, Eustus White, said they 're close friends. As sistant District Attorney Tim Hawkins said she used to babysit him and he was too close to her to work on the case. Members of_ the Ronnie Long Defense Committee said a $10,000 reward was offered for information leading to the. capture of the suspect who raped and robbed Mrs Bost on April 25. The committee said Cannon 'Mills offered the re ward. Police Chief Jack Moore, whose job allegedly depends on his Cannon Mills support as does most every body else’s in Cabarrus Coun ty, said he wouldn't comment on wno ouerea me rewara or u it was collected. Also a couple of weeks be fore the trail District Attorney James Roberts told a report er. "I’m being squeezed on by one-side by the bluebloods and the other side by the radicals.” „ Trial-Jury selection started out somewhat unique with only 24 prospective jurors on duty for the trial Monday morning. White admitted to a reporter that it was unusual, noting that they usually call 50 people for a court session, but he didn’t explain the abnorma lity. Judge William Z. Wood of Winston-Salem; who dips snuff and tries dry humor during court recesses, sum moned an additional 50 jurors. The defense used 16 to 20 challenges, without cause, to remove jurors, while the pro secution used 4 of 15 challen ges, three of those to remove three of four Blacks out of a total of 70 perspective jurors. Wood removed the other Black juror, leaving an all white panel More than half of the dozen jurors and two alternates work for Cannon Mills or their spouses were employed by the company. They said during questioning they knew of the widow's husband and most of them had read about and discussed the case But Wood did not remove them from the jury. The state's case was based around the testimony of Mrs Bost that she saw Long's face several times that night when he broke into her home. She described her assailant as being 5’5" to 5’9", slim, very light-skinned, wearing a black leather coat, dark tobaggan and possibly gloves. She also said he was a plain-spoken man with no apparent ac cent. Long was first identified by Mrs. Bost on May 5th in the Cabarrus County District Court where police had asked her to attend to see if she could identify her assailant. After waiting for an hour and a half Mrs Bost said she recognized the man that raped her by his voice. That testimony was contradicted by a neighbor that had accompanied her to the courthouse. Donnie Ven nell, who lives next door to Mrs. Bost said under cross examination that Mrs. Bost identified Long before he sDoke in court. Mrs. Bost, whose distin guished gray hair and refined mannerism have an upper class tinge, pointed to Long in the courtroom Tuesday even ing. “There’s no doubt in my mind that this is the man," she said, pointing at Long who has a chocolate complexation The defense presented Long's mother. Elizabeth and girlfriend. Janice Spears, as his key witnesses Mrs Long said her son came home that Alonzo Mackins Sr. Dies ujf James rceici Post Staff Writer Alonzo Mackins, Sr., well known and well-liked Char lotte businessman died last Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness at the age of 61. The business acumen of Mr. Mackins is legendary in Char lotte where he reportedly be gan his business career selling hot dogs and peanuts from a push cart on Charlotte streets. "Daddy O", as he was affec tionately called was an imma culate dresser and his per sonality always exuded a warmth that made it a plea sure to be in his company * During the course of his business career he owned se veral highly popular night spots and restaurants and was a Mecklenburg County Bail Bondsman at the time of his death. at V i ^ Alonzo Mackina Sr. ...Well-known businessman Mr. Mackins was married to the former Myrtle Johnson He is survived by his wife, three sons: Alonzo Mackins, Jr, Larry V. Mackins, and Willie J. Mackins He is sur vived by four daughters Mrs Connie Wingfield of Philadel phia, Mrs Elaine Gibson of Hamlet, Alonrema Mackins and Laura Ann Mackins The Mackins' lived at 1904 St. John Street in a large house on a spacious lot Mr. Mackins, who had extensive real estate holdings, once laughingly said, "I had to sell some of the land around me to I'd have some neighbors.” Mr Mackins was a member of First Baptist Church, pas tored by Rev J B Humphrey, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Mecklenburg Bondsmen's Association, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons and the Elks Funeral services for the beloved Charlottean will be held October 7, at 4 p m at First Baptist Church with Grier’s Funeral Service ir charge of the service night at 8:30 p.m. and remain ed home until his father re turned at 10:30 p.m. Miss Spears, who has a three year old son, Anthony, by Long, said they talked on the tele phone from 9 to 9:45 p.m. that night Mrs. Long testified that she talked to her grandson during that time while Long was also on the telephone upstairs. The rape and burglary oc curred about 9:30 p.m. that night according to police and Mrs. Bost. According to the testimony offered by Long's mother and Miss Spears, Long could not have been the assail ant. ■ Judge Wood and the attor neys on both sides were "po litely" saying race was not an issue in the trail. But when it was over, it was obvioysly too much to ask an all-white jury to take testimony of all-blck defense witnesses for a black defendant and give equal weight given to testimony by white state witnesses for the victim. When the jury foreman an nounced the guilty verdicts after the three and a half hour of deliberation, 200 black peo ple released tension building throughout the week in a simultaneous scream, ‘'no". Women began to cry throughout the courtroom, ling's mother hugged he son and asked somewhat vainly of the court "do you call this democracy?" People began to head for the door in disgust before Wood could poll the jury, others hugged Long who was trans ferred hastily to Central Pri son in Raleigh Police officers and deputy sheriffs had been called in advance, a defense attorney speculated by Cannon Mills, with two dozen lining the courtroom walls at the time of the verdict. They ran down the hall in back of the courthouse after some shoving began at the public entrance to the courthouse They manned riot helmets and two foot sticks, and used mace forcing the crowd outside the courthouse into a heavy rain. Most of the crowd were women and children, some were beaten and several taken to the Cabarrus County Me morial Hospital treated and -eleased. There were minor rock throwings at the police Satur day and one house was burn ed Fund To Serve As Seed Money WASHINGTON, DC -The National Education Associa tion has set up a $50,000 fund to serve as seed'money to assist the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and 130 black defen dants currently in litigation in Mississippi. NEA's affiliates will be en couraged to contribute to the fund, which is to aid the NAACP and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights in appealing a $1,250,000 judg ment against the NAACP The NEA fund will be made ovanauic tu uit nnnvi anv« the Lawyers Committee joint ly to help pay attorney's fees, court costs, and other expens es related to the litigation effort. Under Mississippi law, in order to appeal, the NAACP must post a bond amounting to 125 percent of the judgment or a total of (1,563,000. Failure to raise the amount “can mean the end of the NAACP." according to the NAACP's Washington, D.C. office NEA President John Ryur, -• in a letter today to Gloster B Current, NAACP Associate Executive Secretary, New York City, pointed out the NEA presented its 1976 Friend of Education Award to Roy Wilkins, longtime head of NAACP, “in recognition of the contribution that the NAACP...has made to the ad vancement of human and civil rights in this country." "It is with the firm Convic tion that the NAACP must be allowed to continue its fine work that the NEA has taken the present action,” Ryor said concerning the establishment of the special fund. The Aug. 9 judgment a gainst the NAACP stemmed from a suit brought by 12 white merchants of Port Gib son, Miss. The merchants charged that the NAACP had been involved in a 1966 boycott by local citizens, aimed at eliminating employment and voting discrimination and o ther racial abuses. J.C Smith Plans Two-Day Festival Activities A re-enactment of the first intercollegiate football game between two black colleges will be held at Charlotte Me morial Stadium Saturday, (>( tober 16. Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) will host Livingstone College of Salisbury The 1 30 p.m match also promises i festive two days of activities The Bicentennial Football Classic will feature a schedule of events that include a con memorative banquet at 8 p n. Friday, October 15. Admission for this banquet is $7.50. Events for Saturday start at 11 a m. with a gala parade from Sycamore Street and West Trade to the stadium A pre-game show begins at 1 p.m. Kick-off for the classic is at 130p.m. After the game, a patio dinner will be served at JCSU Memorial Union Dinners will be $1 50 for students and $2 25 for adults Two balls will “be held Sat urday night. Bicentennial Classic Ball II will be held at Charlotte Park Center also from 9 p.m. to l a m Admission is $3 per per son with'student identifica tion.