---clic Licr, —-xcrary of Charlott* UO N. Tryon St, '.iharioxti, N.C, 28202 YOUR BEST ADVERTISING MEDIA IN THE LUCRATIVE BLACK MARKET CALL 392-1306 THE CHARLOTTE POST "Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly" VOL. 3 NO. 44 BLAQK NEWSPAPERS EFFECTIVELY REACH BY FAR. MORE BLACK CONSUMERS . CHARLOTTE. ΝΟΗΤΗ CARQLINA-28208-Thursday, May 12 1Q77 PRICE 26c Here Sunday Morning First Baptist Church Will Move Into Impressive Quarters By Jeri Harvey PostStaf Writer After 76 years at the corner of Independence Boulevard and South Church Street, his toric First Baptist Church will move into its impressive new quarters on Oaklawn Avenue. On Sunday morning, May IS, a police escorted caravan of about 60 cars will leave the old building at 10 a.m. and wend its way across town to the new site. Hav IP Humphrpy, pacti>r since 1947, will preside at the first regular 11 o'clock wor ship service in the new church. Formal dedication ce remonies will begin at four o'clock that same afternoon with Rev. James Z. Alexan der, Dean of Shaw University Divinity School, as principal speaker. The brick building, designed by Gantt-Huberman Associ ates, has an area of 20,000 squafe feet and is contempo rary in design. A sweeping ceremonial driveway graces the front of the structure which is topped by a bell tower. Custom-designed bells are scheduled to arrive from Sweden in June and thereafter will toll to call the faithful to worship and for other cere monial occasions. Upon entering the chancel, ones eyes are immediately drawn upward to the mâSSlve, but simple wooden Baptistry Cross mounted on a back ground of purple, high on the opposite wall. Faceted stained glass windows flank each side of the auditorium and the «■nilinfl, whirh ha» PYpregfJ wooden beams, rises majesti cally to the front. During a telephone conver sation with Harvey Ganlt. architect, he was asked to point out any unique features of the structure. He said he feels the entire design is uni que because it is a departure from the usual architectural expression used for a Baptist Church. At the same time, an effort was made to create a space which has an element of sacredness. Included in the building are a multi-purpose room, a fully equipped kitchen, classrooms, thotr luunih, a lounge, pas tor's study, offices, and facili ties for a kindergarten or nursery. The extension build ing, which was on the site when purchased, has been renovated for a library and classrooms for older children and adults. It was slightly over a decade ago that the members of First Baptist began making plans to relocate. The old church, be gun in 1901 and completed primarily by labor donated by members, was formally dedi cated in 1911 and by the early sixties was suffering from the ravages of time. Not only was remodeling deemed to costly to be feasible, it was also becoming apparent that the. surrounding neighborhood was slowly dying of urban blight. Many of the church families were already muving - into other areas and so the search for new property be gan. The first land purchased was on Taylor St. but this was later sold when the present site became available. It was felt that the Oaklawn property was ideal because of its loca tion and natural beauty. Built at a cost of approxi mately *800.000, the project See First on Page 12 (xwl Stokes Says: Except For Vietnam Pardon President Carter Gets High Marks n.. »lr\ οι 1 —1 * —a·-— · a-*j ■ u l·». uiini |/ICOO Special To The Post CHAPEkHILL. - President Carter gets high marks from North Carolinians on his first 100 days in office, according to The Carolina Poll, a statewide telephone survey by the School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The poll, which was con ducted before Carter an nounced his energy program, showed strong opposition in the state to his pardon of Vietnam war registers When asked "On the whole, do you think Carter has done a good Job or a bad job so far as president," two-thirda (68 percent) of the 474 adults selected randomly said Carter had done a good job. Only 5 percent said he had done a bad job; 14 percent gave him a • •tinvv* I «■«.■■■£—gWU 111 JVJIIIC areas, bad in others, and 12 percent expressed no opinion. honest and reaches out to people and admits his shortcomings," said a man in his 30's from Orange County. "I enjoy his openness as compared to past presidents," a 30-year-old man from Ro wan County told the Carolina Poll interviewer, Other North Carolinians were not impressed. "He's not really reorganizing the gov ernment," said a man in his 50's from New Hanover Coun ty A man In his 60s from Mecklenburg County com mented, "He promised too much to too many people " One promise Carter made in the campaign was to pardon war resisters and to upgrade some less -than-Twnor a bl e mi litary discharges Hia pro gram to carry out that pro mise, announced shortly after he took office In January, was not popular In North Carolina In τψρβιύί to the question "Do you support or oppose President Carter'· pardon of the Vietnam war resiaters?" Almost half (47 percent) of the people interviewed in the statewide survey said they opposed the pardon. One-third Γ33 percent) said they sup ported the President and 21 percent expressed no opinion "I'm s veteran, and I don't think anyone should be excus ed," s man in his 30's from Cabarrus County said. A 50 year-old respondent from the same county told the Inter viewer, "I'm a veteran, but I See carlac P*«e 2 Quest Forjustice Department Of Correction Is Accused Of Injustices WBTTo Aid Dr. King Campaign— Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15, WBT Radio and the Martin Luther King Memorial Commission will join together to help raise part of $50,000 to erect a statue of Martin Lu ther King Jr. in Marshall Park. The event is a radiothon and live musical happening in the park. The fundraiser kicks off at 10 a.m., Saturday, with a parade from Independence Plaza on South Independence to Marshall Park. Starting at noon, WBT will host continuous live entertain ment in the park. Top local groups will perform rock, folk, disco, rhythm & blues, jazz, gospel and inspirational mu sic. The entertainment will continue until midnight on Saturday. On Sunday, live acts will perform from 8 a m until 6p.m. Rockin' Ray Good ing's Original Sunday Night Hall of Fame will wind up the radiothon. WBT personalities will broadcast live from Marshall Park. The Saturday schedule is: Bob Lacey and Harold 11 - — ι Dick Durante - 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.; George Woods -7 p.m. to midnight; Larry James - mill· night to 6 a.m. The Sunday schedule is: Captain Andy - 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.; H.A. Thomp son - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. ; Rockin' Ray Gooding · 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Martin Luther King Memo rial Commission volunteers will be accepting contribu tions at the park and taking pledges by phone at 377-0260. The address for mail contribu tions is Martin Luther King Memorial Commission, Inc., P.O. Box 1895, Charlotte, N.C., 28233. Also, WBT will sell "Love Charlotte" T-shirts with all profits benefitting~ffie~ statue fund. Food and refreshments will be available, and sanitation facilities will be stationed in the park. The WBT Martin Luther King Memorial Radiothon is being coordinated by WBT community affaîl"s--4lirector, Ray Gooding, and the Rev, James Barnett of the Martin Luther King Memorial Com mission. MISS CLARETTA HAILEY ...Interested in modeling Claretta Hailey Is Beauty Of Week Rv Mplvetta Wright Post Staff Writer A Wadesboro, N. C. native who just recently moved to the fair city of Charlotte. Miss Claretta Hailey is our choice for this issue's Beauty of the Week Claretta, a 1975 graduate of Bowman High School in Wadesboro, lives with an older brother and his wife. She's scheduled to enroll in Central Piedmont Community College in July to study Medical Re cord Technology. Because she also has a great interest in modeling, Claretta will also enroll in a local modeling school in July ancT âTTend tier classes on the weekends. In Wadesboro, Claretta is a member of Kesler Chapel AME Zion Church, where Rev. Η. H. Little is the pastor. Claretta is the sixth child born to Mr. and Mrs Lucius Hailey with four sisters and five brothers, our Beauty said that it was a lot of fun growing up in a big family. Feeling that she was very lucky, Cla retta said, "If you have any proDiem, you nave Dig bro Ult'is Jiid iiaU'r;· ID go to. — She laughed and added that big brothers "can always give you the scoop on a new boy friend." Since she's been in Char lotte. Claretta hasn't found many friends. "That's the bad thing about moving," she said "I haven't met many people since I've been here. 1 like to go out and I haven't been able to do that so far " Claretta described herself as being quiet, and she wasn't too far off base, but when she said that she was friendly she hit it right on the nose She laughed a lot. in her "quiet" sort of way and swrnn to have been accurate when she told me that she's easy to get along with. Born June 24, 1957. our nineteen year old Beauty is a Cancer The person Claretta most admires is Arfhur AsTSf· TJne of the things that Claretta does for enjoyment. Ashe does as a form of employment She thinks th' ' he's the greatest in tennis ami the fact that he's See Beauty, Page 6 Inmate Walter Τaylor Says Rights Denied D) \j imam L nuru AKa «V W.P.I In his campaign for Presi dent ôf tHë United Mates, James Earl Carter spoke out emphatically for a universal commitment to the in ''vi duals right to the la.«fui observance of his Human Mi ghts. North Carolina's Depart ment of Correction may be in direct conflict with the Presi dent. Walter L. Taylor, of 2117 Home Drive, an inmate at the Harnette Youth Center in Lil Iinglon, North Carolina, con tacted the Post on April 26, with the hope of receiving assistance in his quest ΓδΓ" justice, surrounding an al ledged incident that took place on February 19 According to Taylor, while sitting in the dormitory at the Harnett Youth Center, he and another inmate, Bobby Ste vens. became embroiled in a fight, which inmate Stevens initiated. After both men were disciplined by the officer in charge. (Sargeant McNeill), they were returned to the sanH· domiiluiy Subsequently, inmate Ste vens. who reportedly has a history of behavior problems, struck Taylor from behind, on the head with a steel pipe Inmate Stevens was taken to • '-segregation, solitary con Minority Employment Increases By Hoyle H. Martin Sr Post Executive Editor Minority employment in the 12 month period ending May 31, l'J76. increased by 2.801 jobs in spite of a decline of 13,296 jobs in total full-time federal employment, the U S Civil Service Commission re ported on Monday According to the Commis sion's preliminary findings, as of May 31, 1976, minorities held 512,715 jobs (21.1 percent fif tflF total Federal employ ment), up from 509,914 <20 S percent ι in May of 1975 Both the number of minority group employees and total full-time employees t2.424.772i continu ed to increase in the white-col lar pay systems Minorities gained 10,004 ad ditional General Schedule (GS) and similar jobs, up from 235.865 (17 I percent) in May 1975 to 243,869 ( 17 6 per cent) in May 1976 Significant doctor, who cleaned out the wound, administered a tetnus booster. and—applied—some substance to it which did not stop the bleeding, according to Taylor. Taylor said he was then taken to a Lieutenant Tyson's office, who asked for a state ment from him concerning the incident After giving details of the incident, Taylor then asked to call his family here in Charlotte Lieutenant Tyson refused on the authority of a Superintendant Temple, who saw no need, due to the lack of an emergency. Up until this time,according to Taylor, the wound had not yet stopped bleeding. Superintendent Temple ar rived shortly afterward, and informed inmate Taylor that he was to be placed in segre gation as was inmate Stevens. While in segregation, and repeatedly requesting some thing for pain and the loss of blood. Taylor told the Post, "all 1 received was a message from the doctor, who said •ho'll he alright " " Taylor maintains the loss of blood continued until the morning of February 21. "That afternoon, at approxi mately 1 ρ m . 1 was examined again by the doctor, who ai ici wdrus saiu, ne s neai ing " Tu thin fltiv I have,· hrrn given nothing for the pain or the loss of blood, and received no stitches for the open wound " Inmate Taylor stated, "I was released from segrega tion on February 22. where upon. in the office of Sergeant McNeill. 1 was asked by him to forget the whole thing and let it pass or face the possibility of be»ng sent to Odom Farms." I was also warned by Tyson not to press any charges against Stevens or I'd face trouble from the other inmates ." Taylor told the Post. "I am seeking re dress from the State of North Carolines Department oT Cor-' red ion. because my rights were not protected 'I don't share the view of many Blacks on Patricia Har ris, head of HUD. She's a line worker with no policy making authority, no experience in housing and no expressed commitment to the needs of ly, the net gains in minority employment were distributed throughout the middle and upper grade groupings of the GS and similar pay systems Other major pay systems showed fewer numbers of mi nority and total full-time Ke deral workers during the one year period However, minori ties continued to experience net gains in supervisory and leadership positions under wage systems There was also a net increase m the percen tage (up 0 3 percent ι of mino rity blue-collar job holders Minorities as referred to in this report includes~~Blacks Hispanics. American Indians and Orir*>tal Americans Λ related report pointed oui that one in eight Black mer with a college degree worki for the federal government Carl Stoke· Former Cleveland mayor the poor " As for Andrew Young, Stokes said, 'he was sidetracked into a meaninx less job where he can't he effective for blacks Stokes fee hi Blacks and the poor \*iU be sacrificed by He caters to middle America" to assure reflection