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CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROHNA-28208-Thursday. December 23. 1976
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On Death Penalty
Lt. Governor Green
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Challenge To Debate \
nuitrign, - Lieutenan
Governor-elect Jimmy Greei
, \ has been challenged to a de
bate by a 20-group coalitioi
that opposes re-enactment ο
the deajh penalty in Nortl
Carolina. William Geimer, co
convener of the North Caro
lina Coalition Against thi
Death Penalty changed thai
Green and other legislativi
leaders were attempting to
ι "railroad" the death peanlty
through the legislature with
i out input from the citizenry of
: the stater
ι Geimer, a Fayetteville at
torney, was flanked by Rev.
W.W. Finlator, pastor of Pul
len Memorial Baptist Church,
and Mary Dunn, spokes·
ι person for the North Carolina
Alliance Against Racist and V
Political Repression. .
North Carolina's death pe- J
nalty was declared unconsti- J5
tutional on July 2, 1976. A ft
majority of the state's legisla- u
tors were re-elected advocat- j!
ing a platform which included %
the death penalty.
Geimer gave members of 4]
the press copies of the death 5
penalty bill that he had attain- Ρ
ed from a member of the·
general assembly, charging
racial and class inequities in 1
provisions of the bill which
allow mitigating circum
stances to be considered by
juries that sentence defen
dants found guilty of first
degree murder and rape.
"This bill is designed so that
once again the white and
affluent people who, commit
homicides will have all these
mitigating factors that will
allow them to escape the death
penalty and the poor and the L·
friendless and the Black will Λ
catch it as they have over the F
last 50 years," Geimer said. ^
According to Geimer, a let- V
ter was sent from the Coalition
to Jimmy Green challenging %
him to debate. Green was out Jl
of town and could not be ft/
reached for comment. U
Geimer said that Green and *
House Speaker Carl Stewart, a
Gastonia lawyer, were to be
co-sponsors of the new death
penalty bill in the 1977 session
of the General Assembly
which convenes in January.
W. Blvd Food
Store's Opening
Well Attended
About 5,000 people shopped
at the Grand Opening of Red &
White Food Store, 1506 West
Boulevard Wednesday-Satur
day, December 15-18.
The new store is part of a
chain of independent grocers
over the country. Six stores
are operated in the Charlotte
area.
Store owner Wayne Page
said the chain is a franchise
service of Thomas and Ho
ward grocery supply com
pany. He said the store can
now offer more discount
prices and better service.
For one year, the store was
under the name of Wayne's
Supermarket. It was formerly
a Harris Teeter Store.
Page said the grand opening
customer count represented a
40 to 50 percent increase over
normal customer flow. He
expressed hopes of topping
this figure on a regular basis
with weekly trade.
The store has 12 employees.
Personnel include Bobby Lay
ell, manager; Joan Backus,
head cashier; Barry Hogan,
produce manager and John
Austin, meat manager.
Present store hours are 8:30
a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday
through Wednesday and Sat
urday; and8:30a.m. to8 p.m.,
Thursday and Friday.
LOVELY BEVERLY CASON
...J.C. Smith sophomore
Miss Beverly Cason
/
fe Beauty Of Week
By Melvetta Jenkins
Post Staff Writer
Beverly Cason, a Sopho
more Marketing major at
^Johnson C. Smith University,
nomes to us this week as the
Beauty.
Beverly is a native of
Wadesboro, S.C. and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Cason. She is a gradu
ate of Bowman High School in
Wadesboro.
With a major in Marketing
and concentrations in adver
tising, retailing, and manage
ment, Beverly is preparing for
the business aspect of her
future plans. She wants to
enter the Los Angeles Institute
of Designing Arts and Model
ing after her graduation from
Smith and plans later to do
some professional modeling
and fashion designing or mer
chandising.
Pursuing her interest in the
Arts, Beverly has an Art
minor at Smith and says that
she,has submitted pieces of
her work to art exhibits, festi
vals, and bank displays in
Charlotte and Wadesboro. She
does sceneries in oil.
Bom on August 23, our
20-year-old Beauty falls under
the sign of Virgo. She des
cribes Virgos as being lovable,
ambitious, somewhat indepen
dent, and hardworking, but
admits that she is "not deeply
into astrology."
In Wadesboro Beverly at
tends Harris Chapel, but since
she's been in Charlotte she
says she attends the Pentacos
tal Church of God in Christ,
pastored by Bishop J.H. Sher
man.
Beverly cites Vonetta Mc
Gee as her favorite actress
because "she seems to be for
real" and Richard Pryor as
her favorite male entertainer
' because ' he's a crazy guy who
can make people laugh. He's
down to earth and can com
municate on any level."
Next to her mother, Beverly
deeply admires Mrs. Grace
Murphy "Mrs Murphy is a
_warm, loving person I've
khown her since I first came to
Charlotte. She reminds me so
much of my mother. "
As for her reaction to being
chosen Beauty of the Week,
Beverly says that she is pleas
ed.
"Success." she says is the
key to life Once you set a goal
for yourself, you should try to
reach that goal; everybody is
somebody, everybody should
want to make something good
of himself "
TURTie-TMA
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Be KIND to your FRIENDS
If it WEREN'T for THEM
you'd be a total STRANGER.
Governor-elect Jim Hunt
this week extended a personal
invitation to the citizens of
Mecklenburg County to attend
the North Carolina Inaugura
t)on in Raleigh on Saturday,
January 8.
" "January 8 is inauguration
day for your governor, your
lieutenant governor and your
Council of State," the gover
nor-elect said, and it will also
be a people's day."
The governor-elect said thai
the inaugural events were
being held this time on Satur
day so that school children
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Governor Hunt Says, "Ya'll Come"
and working people can at
tend.
The activities will begin
around 11 30 a.m. when Go
vernor James Holshouser and
Mr». Holshouser receive final
military honors at the Execu
tive Mansion on Blount Street.
At about 11:45 a.m., the
inaugural party will walk
from the Executive Mansion
to the site of the swearing-in
ceremony at Bicentennial Pla
za The new plaza is located
between the Capitol and the
State Legislative Building
During the noon ceremon>
oaths of office will be admi
nistered to Governor-elecl
Hunt. Lieutenant Governor
elect James C. Green and
members of the Council ol
State
A two-hour parade will fol
low at 1 p.m . and people ma)
watch the colorful event or
Wilmington and Salisbury
Streets between Jones an<i
Martin Streets The parade
will begin north of the Legisla
live Building on Wilmingtor
Street, head south on Wilming
ton Street. then turn on Martir
Street to Salisbury Street
where it will run north again.
The final event ol the day is
a public reception at the Exe
cutive Mansion where the pu
blic will be greeted by the new
governor, lieutenant governor
and members of the Council ol
State
"I w ant all of the people in
Mecklenburg County to un
derstand that no special invi
tation or tickets are needed for
any of these events.V r. ver
nor-elect Hunt said "r.jitur
day. January rt. is a d.ivJh ^ the
people ol this state ** idd
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BILL JOHNSON t
GERALD JOHNSON J
■SIDNEY MOORE JR. ^
ALBERT CAMPBELL
CLARA FORD
MARGARET CRAWFORD
BERNARD REEVES
' HOYLE MARTIN SR.
JAMES CITHBERTSON
MARG4E EDWARDS
JAMES FEELER
MELYETTA JENKINS
GARDENIA DALTON
\ REX HOVEY
DEBRA GATES
ODL'RO MANSOH
BOB JOHNSON
Jim Hunt
.Governor-Elect
\ Lee Is
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[ First Blaek
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[ Secretary
ζ Kalcigh. 1CCNS1 Howard Ν
I Lee. the first Black to become
Ρ mayor of Chapel Hill, became
(the first Black to be appointed
to a cabinet post in North
i Carolina government Lee s
I a ppofninienr was a η ι lounced
ρ Thursday. December 16 by
J Governor-elect James Hunt
I Also appointed to cabinet posi
'■ tions were Joseph Urimsley.
ι to be Secretary of the N.C
! Department of Administration
» and Or Sarah Τ Morrow as
I Secretary of the N.C Depart·
'■ ment of Human Resources
nuni promisea black vot
ers. as did all major candi
dates in the democratic guber
natorial primary, to include at
least one Black m a cabinet
level position Lee. an unsuc
cessful candidate for the de
mocratic lieutenant governor
nomination, had been widely
discussed as Secretary of the
Department of Human Re
sources. one of the largest
departments in State Govern
ment.
Lee. well poised and flanked
by Hunt, Grimsley. Dr Mor
row and his wife, in a modest
speech said he was "commit
ting himself to do the best
possible job I can to support
Governor-elect Hunt, the i
deas he has set forth and the
principles that he espoused in
the campaign."
Whether Lee w ill have a free
hand in choosing the deputy
secretaries and division heads
in the Department of Natural
and Economic- Resources
ι NEK was not made clear by
Governor-elect Hunt Hunt
was questioned by reporters
as to whether Lee would have
final word on choices for a
deputy secretary if the two of
: them differed on Lee's choic
es Hunt quipped. ' I 'll just say
to you that we'll work that
thing out and we'll come to
agreement together as to who
the best person is." Hunt's
response to the reporter's
question was drowned out by
laughter by the seventy-five
persons attending the an
nouncement ceremony, includ
ing Lieutenant Governor-elect
James Green, who defeated
Lee in the September 14 runoff
for the democratic nomination
for Lt Governor.
The Department of NER has
seven divisions and 20 semi
independent commissions and
councils in its structure. Hunt
has said that he will ask the
legislature to move the Divi
sion of Economic Develop
ment to the Department of
Commerce, saying the divi
sion's functions are more in
line with those of the Com
' tnerce Department Hunt's
I plan to move the division is
ζ opposed b\ many including
I the présent NEK Secretary
£ George Little
I County ( Wficea
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I December 23-24
ζ Mecklenburg County Go
I vernment offices will observe
t the following schedule for the
I Christmas and New Year s
I holidays :
County offices will be closed
Thursday and Friday, De
cember 23 and 24. for Christ
mas holidays and Monday.
January 3, for New Year's
Day. This includes the Food
Stamp Office, the Register of
Deeds, the Health Department
and its clinics and the tax
offices
Day Care Centers operated
by the Department of Social
Services will close Friday.
Monday and Tuesday. Decern
ber 24. 27. and 28, and Monday.
January 3.
All branches of the Public
Library will be closed Thurs
day. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. December 23, 24 , 25,
and 26. and all branches will
close at 6 ρ m . Friday. De
cember 31. and remain closed
on Saturday. Sunday and Mon
day. January I. 2 and :i