FROM THE
EDITOR’S DESK
liy Hoyle II. Martin Sr
Mecklenburg County Com
mission chairperson Elizabeth
Hair, said at the groundbreak
ing ceremonies of the Berea n
Seventh-Day Adventist Chur
ch's evangelistic education
center on Sunday, "This is a
milestone and a dream, a
milestone of growth for Chris
tian education and Christian
leadership and the realization
of a dream for more quality
education in our community.”
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Incumbent City Council wo
man Betty Chat in announced
on Tuesday that she will seek
re-election as an at-large
member to the Charlotte City
Council. In a prepared state
ment she said on the steps of
City Hall, “My first two years
on the Council have been filled
with challenges, opportunities
for learning, some frustra
tions, but most significant, a
genuine sense of accomplish
ment. I believe my presence
has made a difference. I am
asking the people of Charlotte
to permit me to serve them for
two more years." We support
her candidacy.
NAACP director-designee
Benjamin Hooks said in a
television interview on Sunday
that here are a number of
questionable points with re
gard to President Carter’s
commitment and perfor
mance where Blacks are con
cerned. However, the former
Federal Communications
Commissioner said that attor
ney general Griffin Bell is
doing “a remarkably good
■•job.” '
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The Carter administration
is asking Congress this week
to provide government subsi
dies to families that adopt
hard-to-place children - the
handicapped and-or members
of some minority groups. Such
subsidies will enhance consi
derably opportunities for
black children to get a perm a
nent home.
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Reports out of Washington
indicate that the next FBI
director will probably not be
among the five "finalists"
previously mentioned by the
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Carter administration. Law
enforcement experts say Wil
liam Lucas, the 49-year old
black sheriff of Wayne County
(Detroit) Michigan, will pro
bably be dropped from consi
deration after disclosures that
he accepted free trips from.
.influential people. The other
candidates may be scrapped
because they have some ques
tionable past experiences,
they’re too young, just aver
age or not Democrats.
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Vernon Weaver, head of the
Small Business Administra
tion admitted at a U.S. Senate
hearing last week that white
people had reaped huge pro
fits from government pro
grams designed to start black
owned businesses. Reported
ly, minority businessmen ser
ved as paid '‘fronts” for the
whites.
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