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Is “Beauty Of The Week”
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Post Staff Writer
Miss Jalyne Strong, a fresh
man Sociology major at
Queens College, is this week's
Beauty.
New York born, Jalyne is a
graduate of West Charlotte
School where she was a
member of the Fashion Mer
chandising Club and of the
1»74 'West Charlotte Home
coming Court.
After graduating from high
school, Jalyne returned to her
native state and attended the
Fashion Institute of Technolo
gy for a year. She returned to
Charlotte and after about a
year of being undecided about
her future, enrolled at Queens
College.
“When I was out of school,”
Jalyne said, “I realized that I
could put myself to better use
by going on to college.
“I like Queens,” she contin
ued. “It’s a very good school,
but I don’t think that enough
Black swomen in Charlotte
take advantage of it.
“I’ve heard some DeoDle
say that a four-year college is
a waste of time. But I feel that
it gives you a very well-round
ed education because you get
exposed to a lot of people and
things that you wouldn't get in
your own community.”
When asked which city she
prefers, Jalyne said that she
likes both Charlotte and New
York - ‘‘Charlotte because of
w its friendly people and New
“ York because of its excite
ment.”
Jalyne is employed part
time at the Tryon Mall Lib
rary and also does modeling
for the art classes at Queens
College.
Modeling is one of her hob
bies and Jalyne stressed that
she is really Interested in
photographic modeling as op
posed to runway modeling.
Presently, she said that be
cause of school and her job she
has little time for modeling
but that she is anxious to get
back into it. As a matter of
fact, she said that she was
very pleased to have been
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chosen as a Beauty of the
Week because she hopes it will
get her the exposure she needs
to get back into modeling.
Jalyne said that she wants
to be a probation officer after
she graduates from Queens,
instead of going into profes
sional modeling.
“I like modeling,” she said.
“But ! (Jon’t think it’s that
great a career. I’d rather have
a substantial career where I
can work with people. Model
ing is glamorous, but people
are more interesting.
“And, too, if I went into
modeling professionally, it
would be for selfish reasons.
But in social work I can help
somebody else.”
Jalyne was born November
22, 1957 under the sign of
Scorpio. She describes Scor
pios as being “intent people
who open up only after they
get to know others." Jalyne
said that she, like other born
Scorpios, is stubborn, but1
clarified it by saying that she
is stubborn in the sense that “I
don’t like people to tell me I
can’t do something when I
have my mind set to do it.”
A young woman with inspir
ing ideas, Jalyne said that she
took a course entitled “Wo
men In Society” at Queens
last semester that helped her
to realize some of her beliefs.
She said, “1 feel that women
are guilty of not going after
what they want out of life.
Instead of fulfilling them
selves (by way of a career,
etc.) women tend to take
second best dike marriage
and a family). I don't really
believe in marriage, especial
ly before the two people find
themselves. I feel that two
people who are married will
be happier together if each is
happy with himself.”
Jalyne believes that each
day should be lived to its
fullest. She said that people
shouldn’t put things off and
shouldn't let anything discou
rage them from doing what
they want to do or feel has to
be done.
The Post wishes Miss
Strong much luck in her pro
posed endeavers and urges
her to continue to support her
beliefs.
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uty Council Approves
Seven District Plan
By Hoyle H. Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
By a 4-3 vote the Charlotte
City Council approved a dis
trict representation plan on
Monday that would enlarge
the current seven-member
City Council to 11 and group
neighborhoods with similar
characteristics into seven e
lectoral districts.
The districting plan will be
submitted to the voters for
possible approval on April 19.
All 7 city council members are
currently elected at-large,
however, if the plan is approv
ed, the tall city elections
would call for the election of 7
council members elected from
districts and 4 elected at
large
The entire matter of district
representation was forced on
the City Council by pressure
from a citizen's petition head
ed by Sam H. Smith and the
Westslde Community Organi
zation Smith’s organization
and 16 other neighborhood
groups have since banded to
gether In an effort to educa
te the public about district
representation. The petition
pressure arose after the majo
rity of the city council mem
bers had expressed support
for districting when seeking
re-election and then failed to
follow through on their cam
paign commitment.
The council's 4-3 split vote
on approving a district plan
for the April 19 referendum
ballot was in part the result of
Council disagreement over
which of three possible plans
to approve. One of the plans
was not discussed as most
attention was focused on a
district map called "Plan C"
which is a variation of one
called "Plan B.” Council
woman Betty Chafin said
"Plan C" would have gone
much further than "Plan B"
. in grouping neighborhoods
with similar characteristics
within the same electoral dis
tricts.
The district representation
plan adopted by the City Coun
cil would divide the city into 7
electoral districts whose boun
dry lines will conform in most
cases to precinct lines
Black Leaders Say Racial
Injustice Continues Here
CMS Begins
Shorter
School Day
Charlotte-Mecklenburg pu
blic schools will open one hour
later starting Monday, Febru
ary 14, and will close at the
regular time in an effort to
conserve energy.
The shortened school day
has been allowed by the State
Superintendent of Public In
struction. Under state provi
sions, local school boards
have..."authority to make
schedule ajustments to meet
emergency demands,” ac
cording to the State Superin
tendent.
With the delayed opening of
schools, students should catch
their buses exactly one hour
later than usual. All ten and
eleven month personnel (tea
chers, other professional staff
and secretaries) will report to
work an hour later. Twelve
month personnel, such as
principals, central staff, area
assistant superintendents,
custoOial staff and others will
follow their regular work
schedules.
By shortening the school
day and saving five hours
each week during the energy
crisis, the school system will
have a reduction of fuel use by
about seven percent, accord
ing to Rod£ameron, Director
of Supply Services and Chair
man^^pLrfhe Energy Action
Committee.
Food Stamp
Regulations
Rescinded
WASHINGTON—Secretary
of Agriculture Bob Bergland
today rescinded the food
stamp regulations which were
issued May 7, 1976.
The May 7 regulations were
published in final form at the
time, but have remained in
abeyance under a preliminary
injunction issued last June 18
by the U.S. District Court
for the District of Columbia.
Today's action removes those
regulations from a technically
pending status.
“I am rescinding these re
gulations,” Secretary Ber
gland said, “so that we can
review and develop our policy
on food stamps free of any
encumbrances that the May 7
proposal might have impos
ed." Secretary Bergland not
ed that the May 7 regulation
would have reduced food
stamp benefits to large seg
ments of participants, and
that certain questions were
raised about the adequacy of
the rule-making process.
Security specialist Leo Johnson, left, who
recently became treasurer of the National
Black Police Association, is shown with
In Promotion Of Blacks
Harold James, association chairman, middle,
and Tracey Barrett, president of the Char
lotte chapter.
Charlotte Police Department
Has Made Litde Progress
By Melvetta Wright
Post Staff Writer
Charlotte Politre-©ep»*t
ment is fifteen years behind in
its promotion of Blacks, ac
cording to Harold James,
Chairman of the National
Black Police Association
(NBPA).
James, who is a juvenile
investigator for the Phila
delphia Police Force, came to
Charlotte last week for three
days to review the progress of
the conditions and problems of
rthe Black policemen in and
around Charlotte.
According to James, little
progress has been made in the
situation of Black promotion
since his visit last April.
The Black community of
Charlotte has been given some
more tokenism by the recent
promotion of one Black ser
geant to the rank of lieutenant,
said James, but the Charlotte
Police Department should
have at least one Black assis
tant chief, two Black majors,
five Black lieutenants, and 15
Black sergeants to reflect the
Black population of Charlotte.
Leo Johnson, newly elected
Treasurer of the NBPA and a
Deputy Sheriff of Charlotte
assigned to school security,
agrees with James.
"Not that James is right all
the way," he said, "but I feel
that we should have more
Blacks in high positions. We
should have had a captain and
a major by now. We shouldn't
have had to go to court to get
sergeants on the Police force.
The public should have sup
ported us."
He refers to the case in
which the North State Law
Enforcement Officers Associ
ation brought a suit against
the city of Charlotte recently
for discrimination The case
was settled out of court.
Johnson, a member of the
Executive Council of the
North State Law Enforcement
Officers Association, said. "I
am in the administration, but I
agree that it is tokenism be
cause I'm the only Black in
this position I'd like to see
more Blacks come in before I
leave.”
Johnson said that he feels
that racism is a part of the
system. "It's not something
that we can eliminate, but
have to try to live with. You
see, people have certain crite
rias for promotion...We as
Black officers should try to do
better in order to make it
work.
"Racism is part of the pro
blem, but maybe we are also.
We haven't presented our
selves well to the public so we
need to change and present
ourselves professionally in or
der to build up our image We
need to become more active in
worthwhile organizations and
politics."
Johnson said that it won't
take long for the situation in
Charlotte to improve if the
Black community supports
the Black police officers and
the Black police officers im
prove their image.
"There's no telling how long
it will take to catch up," he
said "It depends on us and the
support we get from the Black
community If we start re
examining our goals it could
be done within the next five
year period "
UNC-Ch Students To *
Trace Their Own “Roots”
CHAPEL HILL - Alex Hal
ey isn't the only one studying
his "roots.”
People enrolled in a new
correspondence course offer
ed by the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill will be
looking into their family his
tory
The family ancestral search
is one of the requirements for
the three-credit UNC-CH ex
tension division course, "The
Black Family Interpreter of
History and Transmitter of
Culture " The course will use
Haley's best-selling novel.
Roots," as its textbook, fo”
fusing on the continuity ol
Haley's family and how it
adapted to and was affected
by historical events
Haley traced his ancestry
back to The Gambia. West
Africa, where his great great
great great grandfather was
abducted and sold as a slave in
1767
Students will be expected to
trace their own families back
to their great grandparents,
says social anthropologist Dr
Tony Whitehead, who is con
ducting the course Whitehead
is an assistant professor of
health education in the UNC
CH School of Public Health
"In collecting their data, the
primary things the students
will be interested in are the
births, marriages and deaths
within the four generation pe
digree,' he says From this,
students will write a narrative
on their family history, al
though it will be much less
extensive than the one Haley
wrote
Long Demonstrators Protest $100,000 Bail
Concord, (CCNS) - Protest
ing the 1100,000 bail, over 250
people marched and held a
rally at the Cabarrus County
Courthouse in support of Ron
nie Long. Long, a 20-year old
Black youth, was convicted of
rape and midnight burglary
charges in October, 1976, after
a tumultuous week-long trial
which ended in police attacks
on women and children. Long
received 2 life sentences by
William Z. Wood, superior
» court judge, after being con
victed of entering the home
and raping the widow of a
former Cannon Mills execu
live.
The march, smaller than
two others previously held,
was none the less spirited and
militant. Signs stating
"Break the Chains of Imperia
lism" and ‘‘Free Ronnie
Long'' were carried by the
marchers during the 16 block
march from Caldwell Park to
the County Courthouse.
Police told the marchers
that they had 15 minutes to
hold the rally -despite the fact
that they held a parole permit
with no time limit However,
the police demands were ig
nored. Once at the county
courthouse, the marchers
found the power to the public
address system disconnected
Police chief Jack Moore and
40 heavily armed riot equip
ped patrolmen stood by omi
nously There were no inci
dents, and the rally proceeded
as arranged
Many of the demonstraters
came from outside the city of
Concord, many from as far
away as Birmingham, Ala
bama Present were represen
tatives from the Washington.
D C. and Chicago Fightback
Committee and the Commu
nist Youth Organization of
Philadelphia and Washington,
D C Both organizations are
under the ideological direction
of the October League, an
organization that follows the
line set down by the late Mao
Tse Tung, founder of The
Peoples Republic of China
Cannon Mills, Inc., (he spi
raling industrial giant that
dominates the economical life
of Concord and Cabarus
County, in an unprecedented
move, called all employees to
work on Saturday, the day of
the march Anyone staying out
for other than medical reasons
was to suffer loss of his job,
and the threat was instrumen
tal in keeping residents of
Concord away from the
March. Police officials would
not say if the photographs
would be turned over to Can
non Mills management
3 Blacks
Cite Local
Inequalities
By Hoyle H Martin Sr.
Post Executive Editor
Charlorte-Meklenburg^s
three black elected officials
told members of the predomi
nately white Charlotte Area
Clergy Association on Tues
day that racial injustice con
tinues to exist in our commu
nity, especially in local go
vernment
Speaking on the topic, "Con
cerns from Black Leaders of
Charlotte-Mecklenburg,"
school board Chairman Phil
Berry, county Commissioner
Robert Walton and city Coun
cilman Harvey Gantt told a
bout 40 ministers that in their
view Charlotte has made some
significant gains in race rela
tions. but there is still a long
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becomes the rule rather than
the exception.
Berry set the tone for him
self and his colleagues when
he said, "1 shouldn't have to
say to school administrators
that we need a black person on
pupil assignment. 1 shouldn't
have to say that there should
be blacks on all the appointed
boards and commissions in
this town. As long as we have
to continue to remind you to be
fair to us and to define fair
ness for you, we still have a
long way to go in this commu
nity."
Walton, himself a minister
and a first-term county com
missioner, said. "I am not
here to be philosophical, but
rather, tg identify some speci
fic things thaT you and your
churches can do for the entire
community."
Expressing concern that the
clery association had not en
dorsed the idea of a local
memorial to the late Dr Mar
tin Luther King Jr , Walton
added. "I wonder where our
priorities are when a group
like this can't see the value of
memorializing a man who has
done something not only for
black people, but for all peo
ple However, since blacks
were the most oppressed they
stood t<»gain most from King's
efforts "
Walton commended the
clergy group for their efforts
through the Crisis Assistance
Ministry Program and then
offered some specific ways the
churches might contribute to
black leaders' concerns
These included opening
church accounts in black
banks, purchasing flowers
from black owned florists,
using black contractor and
architects for church expan
sion, and purchasing office
supplies from black firms. He
concluded. "Ask yourself, spe
cifically, what you can do."
Second term city council
man Harvey Gantt told the
group lhat he sees his role as a
public servant for all, but with
a special concern for that
segment of the population that
is usually under represented
Specifically, Gantt said. I see
my role as one "trying t0
provide even handed govern
ment."
Gantt continued, "When lo
:al government adopts the
position that just because
ihere is some federal money to
spend ion community pro
lects; it doesn't haye to spend
any local money there, we'IF
just see the gaps getting wider
rather than closer," that is,
the people, and the poor in
particular, are pacified and
not truly served