„ To^Watch Hunt’s Sub-Cabinet Annninfttionfc
8® menti. HI, an official of the
H North Carolina Caucus of
■ Black Democrats said last
■ week that Lauch Faircloth,
■ N.C. Commerce Secretary de
li S18nate, has apparently not
® told by Governor-elect
K! Hunt that all state depart
l| ments including the Com
I merce Department, are to be
■ equitably staffed by Blacks,
I Whites and native Americans.
[ Clements said Blacks across
I r
—wui cxuuy waiCn
sub-cabinet appointments to
be made in early January
Faircloth was asked, shortly
following the appointment by
Hunt as Commerce Secretary,
if he would appoint any Blacks
to the ten positions declared
by Governor-elect Hunt to be
policy making positions in
the Commerce Department
Faircloth responded, “Well,
I’m not sure.”
_ During the prereeding week
Hunt requested the resigna
tion of 10 bureaucrats within
the Department as policy
making and thus exempt from
coverage of the state person
nel act. None of those 10 policy
makers were Black Within
the nine departments of state
government and the 169 top
policy making positions, only
two departments had Black
policy makers, those of which
numbered only three.
Clements will hold Hunt
accountable for the hiiing of
Blacks in Commerce and other
Departments. "There have
been no specific agreements
by Governor-elect Hunt to
appoint Blacks to specific posi
tions in specific departments,
except for the rhetoric that
Blacks, Whites, and Indians
would be hired equitably in all
areas of government.”
Faircloth said at his an
nouncement ceremonies that
he and his wife gave $6,000 to
the Hunt campaign
each), the maximum allowed
by law.
Faircloth, a wealthy Clinton
businessman and former
Chairman of the Highway
Commission, was designated,
according to Hunt, t&csuae of*
his "business experience."
Hunt continued saying, "His
(Faircloth) is a Horatio Alger
success story. He grew up on a
farm in Sampson County and
has literally built his business
-■
Irom scratch. Hc'hn©ws-wh*t
n takes to make a business
grow."
Hunt expects Faircloth to
H*nH much of his time in
P^aLiT*"8 if two 01 his
ture°0f S,i!° change the struc
accentUk dePartm«nt are
The Proposal leglsIature
Depart^ ‘E* ^
Economic Reso,,? Ural and
the Division of Econ65 from
velopment £
I
Ijttparf mem aiui.lo crea te a
labor resources board? ====="
Industry hunting, according
to Hunt's proposal and indus
trial development, are to be
overlooked by a board of
economic development com
posed mainh of financial and
business peopIe7~TTunt says~
that taking the economic deve
lopment section from NER
would improve the economy.
Hunt reiterated his promise
to brine (od navmo
II/O
to North Carolina^ When ques
merce Department would to to
encourage industries moving
into the state to pay North
Carolina workers wages com
parable to those paid similar
workers in other states, Hunt -
replied. “You can't tell them
w hat to pay What we are after
are industries which use a
sufficiently qualified labor
force with the kind of skills
! CHARLOTTE POST fiiiR
1 'i971 “Chariotte 8 Fastest Growing Community Weekly” | black consumers
__ PBirr oao
L«e8 Borman
Leaves -
WIST
By Melvetta Jenkins
Post Staff Writer
After broadcasting on WIST
for four months and WGIV
before that, Les Norman an
nounced this week that he has
accepted a job at WENZ. a
black station in Richmond,
Virginia. He will hold the title
of Production Manager and
Air Personality and will
broadcast from 8 p.m. until
midnight every night.
Norman, a native of Char
lotte, said that he is leaving
—because of WENZ’s offer of a
better position and better pay:
“I feel good about going
there, but I wish that I could
do the same thing here in
Charlotte that I’ll be doing
there. Opportunities are just
not good in Charlotte right
now.”
Norman said that leaving
his family and such radio
personalities ah Manny Clark,
Joena Graham, and David
Wilson, all of WGlV, tf 'the
worst aspect of his departure.
“They were all influential
in. my development and I got
great inspiration particularly
from Dave Wilson.”
Norman, who was scheduled
to Jeave for Virginia on Jan
' uary s, said mat the amountuf
money he’ll receive at WENZ,
or the difference injhe' salary
he received at WIST and the
one he’ll get at WENZ, is
“personal.”
Respite Care
Home Sets
Open House
The Board of Directors of
Open House have announced
the opening of Charlotte’s Re
spits Care Home for mentally
retarded children.
Jim Wilson, house parent for
the home said, "We know that
you would like to see the
£ results of the time, work and
~ energy that so many people
have devoted to this new
project. Perhaps you would
like to become more informed
about the program and what it
has to offer to citizens of
Charlotte.’’
"Therefore, he continued,
"We are extending to the
community an invitation to
the Open House to be held
Sunday, January 9, 1977 be
tween the hoars of 1:30 p.m.
Woodlawn Road.”
The parking lot at Forest
Hills Presbytsrian Church on
Woodlawn will be available
stgaBsiH
MISS EMILY DIANE DILL
...Enjoys bike riding
Miss Emily D. Dill
Is Beauty Of Week
- By Gardenia Dalton
Post Staff Writer
The CHARLOTTE POST’s
Beauty of-this week is Miss
Emily Diane Dill of 56H) Snow
White Lane.
_The daughter of Freddie Dill
and the late Mrs. Mildred Din,
our beauty has two sisters,
Miss Karen Dill and Miss June
Dill, and one niece, Miss Che
ryl Dili.
Diane, as our beauty prefers
to be called, will travel to
Virginia in August where she
will enroll in Hampton Insti
tute as a freshman. Her chos
en course of study is Mortuary
stale necerves
Additional
Federal Funds
A number of counties across
North Carolina will share in
an extra $5,074,000 in Federal
Title XX day care services
funds under Public Law 94
401. This money represents 100
percent grants not requiring
any local match.
Secretary Phillip J. Kirk,
Jr. has allocated some of the
funds and, in consultation with
staff, is reviewing applica
tions from a number of coun
ties.
The Secretary has approved
$117,801 for United Cerebral
Palsy to enable four of its
centers to remain open' and
fully operative. The centers
are located in Raleigh, Char
lotte, Greenville and Wilming
ton and, prior to this alloca
tion. were faced with closure
because of a shortgage of
operating money.
Additionally, $534,894 was
approved for the Division of
Mental Health Services to pro
vide day care facilities for
mentally retarded children
outside of state institutions.
Secretary Kirk noted that
most of the five million dollar
grant will primarily go for
new and expanded day care
services, particularly in coun
ties which have no certified
day care programs at the
present time.
Science. When asked why she
chose this field, she replied
that she considers it a chal
lenge “as there are very few
women involved in Mortuary
Science at this time.”
Born on October 27,1958, our
beauty is a member of the
Saint Paul Baptist Church]
with Rev. Paul Drummond as
the minister.
Diane enjoys bike-riding,
roller-skating, and all sports,
with tennis being her favo
rite. She is presently learning
to swim, also.
Her favorite television show
Is “Kojak.” She also enjoys
music and chooses the O'Jays,
Brick, and Stevie Wonder as
her perferences among musi
cal entertainers. Says Diane,
“I like Stevie Wonder most of
all because there is always a
message in his music.”
The one person she most
admires is Miss Izella Green.
“She has so much understand
ing and warmth for other
people,” concluded Diane.
The POST presents Emilv
Diane Hill as its Beauty of the
Week and wishes her much
supcess in the achievement of
goals.
Possible Carter Appointee
Bell Interviews Chambers
For Administrative Post
Exclusive Black-Owned
Cafeteria To Open Here
tsy Melvetta Jenkins
Post Staff Writer
Ricco Ray7~a~ majuuly
stockholder of Ricco Ray In
terprises, has purchased the
vacant cafeteria building in
Freedom Village Shopping
Center and will open Ricco’s
Cafeteria on or around Febru
ary 17.
Ray, a native Jamaican,
says his cafeteria will be the
largest Black-owned food ope
ration within an approximate
50 mile radius of Charlotte.
“I honestly can say that
Charlotte has never had an
exclusive Black-owned and o
perated set-up where you can
go and enjoy your type of
food.”
lne Duuaing, wnich former
ly housed S & W Cafeteria and,
more recently, Morrison’s Ca
feteria, was purchased from
D.L. Philips Investment Co.
for $225,000. Its full capacity is
365 people and has what Ray
calls a Greek-styled interior.
It is equipped with chandeliers
in the dining areas and the
latest kitchen equipment. Ray
said that an approximate $30,
000 was spent on the repair of
the building.
The building contains meet
ing rooms which Ray will
encourage local civic organi
zations to use and one which
he is considering converting to
a special wine room.
Ricco’s Cafeteria will fea
ture “home-cooked” meals at
prices below those of the local
businesses. Recording to Ray,
the average price for a plate
(consisting of meat and two
vegetables) in Charlotte is
anywhere between $1.95 and
_ $2.05, and that the National
Restaurant Association sets
the price at $2.05. His cafete
ria will offer the plate for
$1.85.
Besides offering “home
cooked” meals, Ray said that
the atmosphere of Ricco’s will
be different. Jt will feature
continuous live organ music,
fashion shows on selected Sun
days, a supper club atmos
phere at night when the lights
will be dimmed, frequent
guest entertainers, a 24 hour
operation schedule, and plug
in telephones to be used by
customers at their tables.
"Ricco's will be open when
other clubs in Charlotte closes
at 2 a.m.,” Ray said. "I feel
that people are tired of com
mercial" food, that's why we
stress the fact that we will
offer "home-cooked” meals."
Ray says that he will hire 16
people to help in the operation
of Ricco's. TTiey will include:
hostesses, cashiers, cooks,
food servers, bus girls, dish
wasnei, uue manager ana one
assistant manager
Brenda Simmons, a busi
ness major at Johnson C.
Smith University, has been
hired to manage the cafeteria
and Bob Perry, also a Smith
student, has been hired as her
assistant.
Ray, a graduate of Southern
Illinois University, said that
he has owned a total of seven
supper clubs • in Atlanta,
South Carolina, and North
Carolina - one of which was
the Charlotte Caribbean Cafe
teria in 1972-73, but that Ric
co’s is the largest operation
that he’s ventured yet.
Ray said that he is confident
that his cafeteria will be suc
cessful in its chosen spot, in
spite of the fact that others in
that same spot have failed,
because he is aware of "what
they did wrong and knovl how
to avoid those same mis
takes ”
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THESE
FEATURES
• AS I SEE IT
• SPORTS BEAT5
• WHAT’S
HAPPENING
Rowe Motley
..Local businessman
Julius Chambers
Civil Rights attornev
Blacks Not Invited
. ' * *» • u
To Carter Inaugural?
(CCNS)--‘‘THE INAUGU
RAL COMMITTEE RE
QUESTS THE HONOR OF
YOUR PRESENCE AND
PARTICIPATION IN THE IN
AUGURATION OF JIMMY
CARTER AS PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA AND WALTER
MONDALE AS VICE PRESI
DENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA ON
THURSDAY fHE TWEN
TIETH OF JANUARY, ONE
THOUSAND, NINE HUN
DRED AND SEVENTY
SEVEN IN THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON.” The pro
ceeding is an invitation to a
select group of more than
30,000 invitees from Jimmy
Carter's Inargural Commit
tee. That invitation invites the
receiver to the inaugural pa
rade and to the swearing in
ceremony.
VIP's received an additional
invitation to the "Inaugural
Party” to be held Thursday
evening following the cere
monies. Not really an invita
tion, but an application, the
receiver is entitled to attend
one of the four parties with
payment of *25 per ticket up to
two tickets For *15 each the
invitee is entitled to an Inau
gural book
The inaugural parties will
be attended by fewer than 50
Blacks from North Carolina
unless the current quota for
the state's Blacks is increased
by the inaugural staff. Several
key Black supporters, organi
zers, and contributors that
had expected to attend will
not.
Typical of the Carter sup
porters that haven't been in
vited is Henderson physician
Dr J.P. Greene who received
a letter from Carter's staff in
early December indicating
that he would receive tickets
to the parties Greene, and
Leo Hadden, Chairman of the
Second Congressional Black
Caucus helped to deliver a
solid Black support for Carter
in ihe November election
Hadden was one of the earlier
politicians in the state to
support Carter Neither politi
cian has received an invita
tion.
Greene said that after seve
ral inquiries in late December
he received a letter informing
him that "if you haven't re
ceived invitations before De
cember 31st come on to Wash
ington and get them here '
Greene has problems with
those instructions The letter
according to him gave no
information concerning where
to go and the process of
getting the invitations once in
the nation's capitol
Greene said that he and
Hadden have been in constant
contact with John Baker and
Harold Webb, coordinators for
Carter in Black communities
across the state "They are
trying to work something
out," Greene said
Baker, an aide to L' S Sena
tor Robert Morgan said a list
of 230 Blacks had been pre
pared by him and Webb which
he (Baker i forwarded to Sha
ron "Cher" Brooks another
member of the Carter North
Carolina staff Raker said that
before he submitted the
names of the 230 Black leaders
he was told that more than 600
persons from N.C. would re
ceive invitations to attend the
inaugural parties
E V Wilkins. Black mayor
of Roper. N C hasn't received
an invitation to the inaugural
party either
Carter
Considers
Rowe Motley
-By Hovle H ■ Martin Sr.
Post Executive editor
Civil rights attorney Julius
Chambers, and former Meek
lenburg County Commissioner
and Carter election campaign
worker Rowe “Jack” Motley
have been contacted by the
Carter Administration leading
to rpecuIa‘ion of possible up
pointments for the two Char
iotteans.
Chambers said he was invit
ed to Atlanta last week for an
interview with Attorney Gen
eral designee Griffin G. Bell.
However, the successful attor
ney, who heads the law firm of
Chambers, Stein, Ferguson
and Becton, noted that he had
not been offered a position on
Bell's staff. When asked if he
would accept a Carter ap
pointment, Chambers said he
could not answer that question
at this time and would not care
to speculate since no offer had
been made to him.
Bell has been under serious
attack by many civil rights
groups for his weak stand on
civil rights and his member
ship in two Atlanta dubs that
bar blacks.
Motley, who recently com
pleted one term as a Mecklen
burg County Commissioner,
reportedly has received a let
ter from Carter's talent inven
tory staff commending him
_ lor his support of the presi
dent-elect and inquirihg'aSTty
his availability for a possible
Carter appointment
Motley was not available for
comment on the letter. How
ever, a member of Carter's
talent inventory staff in Wash
ington confirmed by telephone
on Tuesday that a letter dated
December 9 had been sent to
the local politican The Carter
staffer was not able to say
whether Mr Motley had re
sponded to the letter in ques
tion
! nrnnfirmpH rpnnrfc ana
indicated that Motley's enthu
siasm for the Carter organiza
tion had declined because he
had been denied a promised
state level position in the
Carter North Carolina election
campaign These reports state
further Motley's loss of the
campaign job was related to
financial difficulties of his real
estate firm and his eventual
filing for bankruptcy
Chambers said his meeting
in Atlanta was initiated by one
of Bell's aides and that he
anticipates hearing from Bell
again.
The 40-vear old attorney
received national recognition
when he successfully repre
sented black children and
their parents in the landmark
Charlotte-Mecklenburg civil
rights case that led to court
ordered busing as a means for
desegregation Chambers ar
gued the case before the U S.
Supreme Court.
Defendants Remain Free
“Lazy B” Arrest Order Overturned
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Staff Writer
A U S. Circuit Court judge
has over-ruled a district jud
ge's order that two out-on-bail
defendants in the controver
sial "Lazy B Stables" case be
returned to jail.
In an order signed early last
week, Chief Judge of the Wes
tern District Woodrow Wilson
Jones said the rights of T.J.
Reddy, James Earl Grant and
Charles Parker had not been
violated during their 1971 trial
for allegedly burning the "La
,zy B Stables " James £ Fer
guson, the defendant’s attor
ney sought an appeal of Jones’
ruling three days later from
Circuit Court Judge Braxton
Craven in Asheville. Craven,
in accepting Ferguson's ap
peal argument, rescinded
Jone s jailing order and thus
allowed the defendants to re
main free, pending their full
appeal to the 4th Circuit Court
on Appeals.
Reddy and Grant have been
out of Jail since June of 1976 on
610,000 and 690,000 bond re
spectively. Charles Parker,
the third defendant, was pa
roled in December of 1975.
Specifically, Grant, Reddy
and Parker were sentenced to
25, 20 and 10 years respective
ly for the 1966 alleged fire
bombing “the Lasy B Stables"
that resulted in the death of 15
horses
According to the defense
attorney, previous appeals by
the defendants charging that
they were denied the right to a
fair trial and the right to
cross-examine prosecution
witnesses were rejected by the
state courts Specifically, the
three defendants contend that
their constitutional rights un
der the 6th and Mth Amend
ments were violated in at least
two accounts
He further stated that the
state’s key witnesses. Theo
dore Alfred Hood and Walter
D. Washington, who admitted
having participated in the fire
bombing, were promised im
munity from prosecution and
16,000 in cash by convicted
Watergate conspirator Robert
Mardian for their testimony
against the three defendants
Investigative reporting by the
Charlotte Observer disclosed
these facts.
Secondly, the defense con
tends. Washington told a fede
ral agent he could not see and
did not know who threw the
firebombs that burned the
stables, nevertheless, the pro
secution failed to reveal this
point during the trial
Superior Court Judge Sam
J. Ervin III, who denied one of
the appeals and whom Judge
Jones said in his order he
agreed with "in essence, " said
that the state prosecutor had
no knowledge of the federal
promises of money and im
munity nor of the statement
about who threw the fire
bombs
Following Judge Craven’s
ruling, defendant James Earl
Grant, an organizer for the
2,000 member N.C. Prisoners
Labor Union, said, “Our re
lease today (Friday) is not a
victory and should not be
Interpreted to be so.
I