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Black Vote Decisive District Representation Gets r Narrow Victory, Bonds Approved ay Hoyle H. Martin Sr. Post Executive Editor By a narrow margin of 170 votes, Charlotteans endorsed the 7-4 district representation plan for city council. By a substantially larger margin, the voters approved a nearly $16 million bond package (or two cultural projects and utili ties for a yet to be annexed area covering 19 square miles Involving 29.500 people. The margin of victory for the somewhat controversial districting plan was assured as a result of an unusual coalition of black and middle to-lower income white pre cincts in north, west and east Charlotte, plus a small but unexpected support from the H—AIL groups supported district re presentation because of their repeated complaints that city government as presently con stituted rarely responds to their needs. Considerable doubt had been expected about the out come of the district represen tation issue because of the assumed apathy of black vot ters. This view stemmed part ly from poor attendance at districting rallies and partly because mostly black civic and community leaders were saying little publicly about the issue. The concern here, ac cording to some sources, was fear of a white-backlash, aris ing from the possibility that the proposed districting plan would probably increase the number of blacks on the coun cil. Apparently, the black lead ers at the neighborhood level jyprp. Quietly τ working to turn WerW' TTiefr ' èTTorts were undoubtedly reflected in the fact that a study of the unofficial returns from 10 pre dominately black precincts re vealed that of the 13,988 votes in support of districting, 2,254 or 16 percent were cast by blacks. Therefore, unless the offi cial vote canvass today (Thursday) changes the 170 vote margin of victory for the districting plan, the City Coun cil election on Nov. 8 will result in an 11-member coun cil, 7 from districts and 4 at-large. Less controversial, but ne vertheless of considerable in terest because oi tnê posslblll- - ty of higher taxes, was the bond package of nearly $16 million for utilities and cultu ral facilities. Winning voter support by margin in excess of 1,000 each were: $6,305 million in bonds to extend sanitary sewer lines into 10 areas, expected to b% annexed into the cTty by Coin· cil in December. -$675,000 in bond to expand water lines into the same 10 areas. $7.1 million in bonds to build and house a museum of natural history, science and technology called Discovery Place. -$2.5 million in bonds to renovate the Spirit Square arts center. The total voter turnout of 29,514 or 25 percent of total Charlotte electorate was a bout average for a bond vote according to elections board executive secretary Bill Culp. JCSU Sponsors Communications Workshop ^ One of the six task force teams of the Johnson C. Smith University's five year span plan sponsored a Communica tions Workshop-Conference on the campus on Tuesday, April Γ9Γ The workshops were headed by Andy Bickel, Operations Manager. WBT, AM-FM; Ray Gooding, Public Affairs Man ager, WBT Radio; Lou Heck ler, Clara Lowry, and Abigail Flanders, Community Affairs Specialists, WBTV; John Hammonds, Personnel Mana ger, WBT; and Milton Jordan, Staff Writer, The Observer. Margin Chisolm, · Senior itions Arts major at Smith, headed the student task force that sponsored the conference. He said that the purpose of the conference was to "give Communications ma jors a chance to ask questions and get first baud information about the Communication field." "It was also to establish a "people resource bank" here at Smith," he continued. The conference, which star ted at 10 a.m., was attended by students in the Co mm uni ca tions Arts and other maters. Read the Charlotte Poet Each Week. It's your beat source of news about the people you know. Happiness Through Health Virallnfections Triggers Asthma Attacks — ay utto McClarrin Viral infections play a signi ficant role in triggering asth ma attacks in young children, ■ r—rarrh pediatrician said recently in the first public report that something other than allergic response is in volved in the disease. "It's not all allergy," said Dr. Elliot F. Ellis of the State University of New York at Buffalo. "A large proportion of attacks of asthma during Nearly life can be seen to be clearly related to a viral infec tion. •1'ln .manu kids, you can relate the first asthma attacks to a viral respiratory infection like flu," Ellis said. "In some way, the virus has done some thing to them." The findings, developed in the last five years, were re ported by Dr. Ellis at a science writer's seminar re cently in conjunction with a meeting of the American Con gress of Allergy and Immuno logy - held in New York City. The findings were called an important advance in basic understanding of asthma and are expected to have a major impact on the future treat ment of the disease, which affects nine million Ameri cans. Widespread practice in- | volves desensitization shots for asthmatics. Underlying the reaction to the virus is the belief that the asthmatic has a basic genetic defect involving bronchial tubes or airways in the lungs Dr. Ellis said the viral infec tion has been clearly related to the asthma onset and the worsening of existing asthma in children aged one to Jive, particularly those two to three. Viral infections also have been found to be related to "late onset" asthma in per sons 40 to 50, such as meno pausal women who develop a flu-like illness. Medical researchers are us ing the genealogy records of the Mormon Church in a search for the genetic roots of cancer and other diseases. As a first step, scientists at the LDS Hospital and the University of Utah Medical Center are putting family his tories into a computer Dr Mark Sklnick. the popu lation geneticist heading the team, said it will be a year before researchers are ready to compare the genealogy of 250.000 Morman families with medical records to test seve ral genetic hypotheses about the disease. Their research could help in he early detection and pre vention of cancer and other diseases. said Dr. Homer War ier of the University's medi al biophysics and computer - ng department. The research is funded by a National Cancer Institute grant It first will try to determine whether cancer runs in families. If a strong family relation ship is found, search will begin for distinguishing traits of , cancer-prone families. Kend the Charlotte Post Each Week. It's your best source of news about the people you know 1 μ ι \ : ■ DELTA DEBS AND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ine unarioite Alumnae Chapter of Delta Çigma Theta Sorority, Inc. announced its three scholarship winners at its annual cotillion recently held at the Park Center. Denese Baxter Davis, who was crowned 1977 Delta Debutante, placed first among the scholarship winners. Denese, the daughter of Dr. Mildred Baxter Davis of 916 Westbrook Drive, is a West Charlotte Optional High Itchool Senior and plans to enter Barber-Sco I tia College in the fall. Second place scholar snip winner was Maria Carmencita Chisholm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Chisholm of 1118 Northbrook Drive. She is a Myers Park High School senior who plans to attend Wingate College. Dekota Vana Grier, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Grier Jr., of 3715 Manchester Drive placed third in the compe tition. She is also a senior at Myers Park and has chosen North Carolina Central University to pursue her college studies. 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