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-ZWBilB@lBiBlg||15ilBlElBIBMlEllB!)Eili5iIEllHEllCJ5ilSilBBlBElllliglEI!SBIlE)IBIHgm51BliB)liSlllSIIBlliiMKiB|^nrtBi L® Welcome Johnson C. Smith Alumni, Friends § rasS CHA] I»( ITTT» POST amzr* ueWNbww VjS£dL^leL*J^-r uo 1 e Jib" VOI. 3 Nn in ^- - — - CHARLOTTE. NORTH CARQLINA-28208-Thursday. November II. 1976 "Kead by 33.wu fharlottcans RKRkT" MRS. CHARLENE JOHNSON ...Mother of two Charlene Johnson Is Beauty Of Week By Melvetta Jenkins Post Staff Writer Mrs. Charlene Johnson, the attractive wife of Mack John son and the doting mother of Lafayette Lamon (three years) and Denise Lavonna (three months), hails as this week’s Beauty. Mrs. Johnson is a 1972 grad uate of West Mecklenburg High School where she was a member of the Gym Club, the Office Club and a social club. She is presently enrolled at Band Beauty College where she is studying Cosmetology. After she completes Band Beauty College, Mrs. Johnson sajp that she and her mother plan to open a shop on Booker Avenue which will specialize in hair weaving. "1 believe that hair weaves add to a person’s appear ance," she said. Mrs. Johnson admits to having a weave and says that it doesn’t present any problems for her. “Ours will be the most fantastic Black shop ever!" she says. Mrs. Johnson says that she is a hobby enthusiast who enjoys all types of hobbies, Including sewing, playing the piano, cooking, drawing, and all types of sports (especially football). Zion Primitive Baptist Church, pastored by Rev. Ha tcher, is the church that our Beauty attends and for which ■he is the piano player. Born on July 31, our Beauty is a Leo. She says that Leos are intelligent people, but are also vain and subject to flat tery. “That’s true about me to a certain extent,” Mrs. John son laughed. "But mostly we have strong leadership abili ties, we get along well with other people and we are very ambitious.” Mrs. Johnson says that her husband is the person she most admires and it's not hard to understand why, for at least one reason-he's outstanding in sports (one of the things that Mrs. Johnson is an enthusiast of.) But there are other rea sons. Mrs. Johnson states them simply by saying, “I admire him for all of the reasons that I married him. He does well in providing for his family, and most impor tant of all, I love him.” Mr. Johnson is employed as a builder for Moss Supply Company. Mrs. Johnson's favorite co lor is orange. She says that sweet potatoes must be her birthmark because she loves it so. “Stephen B" is her favorite scent. "I believe in taking each day as it comes and in living each day to its fullest," our Beauty says. She believes that she has been successful in shaping her life and attitudes to fit that motto. It gives us at the POST great pleasure to introduce Mrs. Charlene Johnson to the public as our Beauty of the Week. City Office* Close For Veteran* Day All offices of Charlotte City government will be closed Thursday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. Business will resume on Fri day, November 12 at 8 a m. The City's Sanitation Divi sion will operate on a Monday Wednesday - Tuesday-Friday schedule for backyard ser vice. There will be no curbside trash collection during the week although landfill opera tions will continue as normal. turtle-talk One girl to another: “Of course I had to tell her she looked like a MILLION and I mean EVERY YEAR OF IT!" Bus Strike Has Crippling i * . r — Affect On Uptown Businesses __ Few Blacks Get Swine Flu Shots Raleigh - CCNS - An official of North Carolina's swine flu program said this week that .Blacks are not being immuni zed at mass innoculation. cen -TOII .111.1 Ihnl n rpnr-ial mass media campaign, possibly us ing appeals from well-known Blacks, many get under way soon. Frank L. Lewis, epidemiolo gist for the North Carolina Division of Health Services, attributes Black disinterest largely to widespread publici ty given the deaths of persons vaccinated during the first week of the program. He explained that the deaths were not caused by the vaccine, but from other ailments. Lewis said that for the past week figures received “from local health departments showed that innoculations have increased despite set backs in early October. From the figures that we have gotten from local health departments across the state for this past week it appears that the total number of doses given has increased rather well.” Saturday and Sunday mass innoculations which are ex pected to attract large num bers immunize few Blacks, Lewis said. He said that state officials are concerned that “in some areas where mass programs have been sche duled on Saturday or Sunday Black people have not shown up in very large numbers.” Lewis cited a western North Carolina center which on one day last month innoculated approximately 3000 persons, only 13 or 14 of whom were blacks. The vaccine program has won mild acceptance by pri vate industry health pro grams. | MK. FKESIDENT Among me nrst to congratulate President Elect Jimmy Carter on his stunning victory was bandleader-singer Les McCann, who played for many pre-election rallies for the ex-Georgia governor. Don't be surprised if the Atlantic record star is one of Ihe artists chosen to perform at the Inaugural Hall in January, judging by the smile of approval of Mr President. Hearing Set For November 12 Perjury Decision Postponed Raleigh - (CCNS) - Defense Attorney for the Wilmington Ten, James Ferguson, and Assistant Attorney General Richard League last week ar gued before U.S. Magistrate Logan Howell and a court room of about 250 persons whether the federal court had jurisdiction to amend the ori ginal petition for new trial with a more recent recant ment of North Carolina's main witness against the Wilming ton Ten. Allen Hall, the state's main witness, said in a state ment to defense attorneys that he lied at the trial of the Wilmington Ten because of coersion from state prosecu tors and federal agents. Howell delayed decision un til Assistant Attorney General Richard League could respond to defense memorandums fil ed the morning of the trial. Ferguson argued that the perjury claim was made bas ed upon "recantation of the chief witness in the case and ought to be heard along with other related issues that we have- raised in the case,” Ferguson said that denial of defense motions to amend the petition w'ould put the defen dants in state courts and federal courts at the .same time, an inconvenience and added expense for the defen dants. The defense also ar gued that state law provided no remedy for overturning criminal convictions that were attained with perjured testi mony and that to have back to the slate courts with the pre jury claim would be futile N.C..Assistant Attorney Ge neral Richard League argued that the Federal Couri had no jurisdiction to hear the claim of perjured testimony until the state courts had considered the claim. He contended that the North Carolina Post Con viction Act provides a remedy that can be used by the Wil mington Ten to overturn their convictions if Allen Hall's tes timony was perjured Ferguson differed, saying that a 19:19 case Horne vs Kdwards decided by the North Carolina Supreme Court re fused to overturn a eonviction because of perjured testimony and that the North Carolina Post Conviction Aet "makes no specific reference to Horne." Johnson C. Smith University To Honor Dr. Henry A. Hill One of several programs to be held during Homecoming at Johnson C. Smith Univer sity will honor this year's Distinguished Alumnus. The honoree is Henry A. Hill, president and founder of Riverside Research Labora tory of Haverhill, Massachu setts. He is also president of the American Chemical Socie ty A convocation for Hill is scheduled at 10 a m., Thurs day, November 11, in the University Church. He was a member of the Class of 1936, earning a Bache lor of Science degree. For his work in organic chemistry, Hill received a doctorate de gree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1942 Other academic credits in clude two honorary doctorate degrees. Dr. Hill began his career in 1942 as a research chemist from Atlantic Research Asso ciates. a subsidiary of Nation al Dairy Corporation, where within two years he succes sively became research direc tor and then vice president He moved to Dewey and Almy Chemical Company in 1946 as a research supervisor In 1952 he helped form and later served as an officer of Na tional Polychemicals, Incor porated. of Wilmington, Massachusetts, manufacturer of chemical intermediates used in the production of elastomers and polymers Since 1961 Dr. Hill has been chief operating executive of Riverside Research Labora tory, Incorporated, a business enterprise to provide re search. development and con sulting services in several phases of organic chemistry. particularly of resins, rub bers, plastics adn textiles. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an honorary member of the American Institute of Che mists. In the past he has served as a member of the National Commission on Product Safe ty, the Advisory Council Se nate Commerce Subcommit tee on Consumer Affairs, the American Association of Tex tile Chemists and Colorists, the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council, the Information Council on Fabric Flammability and the evalua tion panel of the Institute for Applied Technology at the National Bureau of Standards Dr Hill is the holder of several L'.S and foreign pa tents. has published numerous Dr Henry A. Hill ...Member of 1936 class articles on his work in the field of elastomers, and has spoken widely on subjects in the areas of product safety and the role of the professional chemist in today's world 4-Day-Old Strike Idles 132 City -Owned Buses By Hoyle H. Marlin Post Executive Editor There was no apparent end to the 4-day-old Bus Strike when the POST went to Press Wednesday night According to K.H Phillips of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Board, no date has been set for new negotiation sessions Mr Phillips has nut hcuiC available this week for further comment on the pending bar gaining sessions • Charlotte's 4-day old ous strike, the city's first in lb years, has significantly affec ted approximately lO.tHKi daily riders commuting largely to and from their places of work and has put a serious damper on many downtown business es The strike, which began at ti a m on Sunday w ith the idling of 132 city owned buses, was called for last week by a 97-21 vote of bus drivers and main tenance men Specifically, the vote rejected the terms of a new two-year contract that had been approved by the strikers United Transporta tion Union Local 1715, and their employer. City Coach Lines. Inc The bus company employ ees are paid hourly uages of $4 51 to S4.5B They reportedly rejected an offer of an imme diate 44-cents hourly wage increase with a subsequent 30-cent an hour pay increase Four bus drivers, who asked not to be named, told the POST that the contract propo sal they rejected did not in dude the 5 cents cost-of living raises that (ms drivers got automatically four limes a year as a part of previous contracts Concern over the impact of the strike has lead city offt cials to encourage people to form car pools, andi to make plans to provide at least limit ed transportation for the el derly and those needing to visit social services offices for assistance City Manager Da> vid Hurkhalter expressed con cern about the bus service, but not noted, "the employees are the employees of the operator of the buses and not city employees " The impact of the strike is _directly affecting the city in at least four ways First, many pctipiv v annul g• « iw n because of the relatively high cost of taxi service and the unavailability ^f car pools Secondly, the bus company employees and their families are without income until the dispute is settled Thirdly, many TradeTryon Street area merchants are experi encing drastic losses in retail sales For example, reported ly Eckerd's Drug Store's busi ness is down by 50 percent, the Queen’s Cafeteria is off by 100 percent On the other hand, the Belk store reported no "appreciable change" in sales because most of their custo mers come from people who work downtown, not those who ride the buses Fourthly, * many elderly people needing medical service and those who need to visit social ser vices offices are finding their very existence affected by the strike It is for these groups that the city is planning to provide some form of emer gency transportation if the strike lingers on The City of Charlotte pur chased the bus system from the Charlotte City Coach Lines in June ol 197s. that firm was then hired by the City to operate the bus system Con tract negotiation to resolve the strike are therefore taking place between the City Coach • Line and the bus driver's union The City is not in fact cannot by law _parttcipatc in any negotiations with the union. Therefore, city officials havejiad to pursue an official "hands-off policy About 80 percent of the daily bus rider's are black and ap proximately 7u percent of Ihe 151 bus drivers and ;il mainte nance workers involved in the strike are black Governor-Elect Hunt Searches For Talent Kaleigh t ( NS A memo randuni, and questionaire lias been sent to Hunt Keys' following the November 2 landslide Deniocratie party victory as a part of a "talent search to till political jobs in stale government and appom live positions on boards and commissions The question aire was sent by Joe (irims ley Hunt s campaign three tor Keys are the top county staffers that participated in the Hunt campaign The questionaire requests biographical data concerning education, past employment, political parly affiliation elec live ami governmental ser vice. race, sex and references Also requested is the. job, board or commission sought by the "Key " .Applicants will also have to answer whether they have financial or business relations that might conflict with up pomlment to Ihe tioard or commision sought The con flict question is in keeping with a campaign promise made by Hunt four days be fore the election that prevent conflict of interest in his ad ministration Accordmg to the memoran dum each "Key received two questionaires One was for the "Key" and Ihe second for a spouse or someone that "Jim liunt ought to consider for future appointments hducation Board Will Conduct Public Hearing* The Superintendent Search Committee of the Board of Education will conduct hear ings for the public on Novem her 16 and 18 at 8 pm at the Education Center Individuals and represents tives from organizations, in stitutions and business are invited to present their ideas regarding qualifications and characteristics
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