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VOL. 4 NO. 25
"Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA-28208-Thursday. Dec 29. 1977
BLACK NEWSPAPERS
EFFECTIVELY REACH
BY FAR. MORE
BLACK CONSUMERS
PRICE 2.V·
Property Tax
^Exemption
For Elderly
Recent changes in State law
will result in more property
tax exemptions for elderly
and-or disabled persons, ac
cording. to City-County Tax
Supervisor Robert P. Alexan
der.
Under the new law, you are
eligible for a property tax
exemption if you are 65 yean
old or older and-or permanent
ly and totally disabled, and
your total income (including
your income and your spou
se's) is no more than $9,000 a
year. "Total income," accord
ing to Alexander, includes
Social Security benefits and
retirement benefits, interest
on monies in the bank, divi
dends and other income as
defined under the statues as
"disposable income."
The amount of the exemp
tion has been raised to $7,500
and can be applied to real
estate, mobile homes and hou
sehold personal property.
It is necessary to apply for
this exemption each year. To
do this, you must file two
simple statements with the
City-County Tax Supervisor;
State(l) the date of your birth
and (I) the fact that your
income does not exceed $9,000.
The application must be filed
during the month of January,
on the regular personal pro
perty tax listing form. In
structions for filing the appli
cation accompany your tax
listing form.
u you are permanently and
totally disabled, you do not
have to be 65 to qualify for the
exemption, but you do need a
certified statement saying you
are permanently and totally
disabled. The statement must
be from a North Carolina
physician or from a govern
mental agency such as the
Veterans Administration or
Social Security. This certifi
cate should accompany your
application for the exemption.
Based on 1977 tax rates, the
savings to a property owner
will be $60 in County taxes and
166 in City taxes.
The Tax Supervisor's Office
will begin its annual City
,% County personal property tax
listing Tuesday, January 3.
This office, along with all
other County offices, will be
closed Monday, January 2.
A listing of all motor vehi
cles, boats and household fur
nishings must be filed with the
Tax Supervisor by January 31,
or a penalty must be charged.
YWCA Registration
Registration for Winter
Classes at the YWCA is at both
the Park Road and Trade
Street Centers on Saturday,
Jan. 7 from 8a.m. thru 3 p.m.;
and Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 10 and 11
from 8 a.m. thru 7 p.m.
All classes begin Monday
Jan. 18. The term is nine
weeks, thru Saturday, March
1·.
TUCTIMAU
A Man who brags without
SHAME will find great diffi
culty in living up to his BRAG
GING.
LOVELY BETTY ERVIN
...Fashion Fair Representative
Miss Betty Ervin
*
Is Beauty Of Week
By Jeri Harvey
Poet Staff Writer
Betty Ervin, an Ivey's Fash
ion Fair representative and
1974 graduate of Olympic Hi
gh, is the final POST Beauty of
the Week for 1977. One of nine
children, Betty is the daughter
•of Harry and Betsy Ervin and
has lived in Charlotte all her
life.
Asked how it feels to be a
member of such a large fami
ly, Betty admits, "We had our
hassles but I think it helped us
learn how to get along with a
lot of different types of people
when we got out into the
world." ·
Betty finds working as a
cosmetic representative inte
resting and challenging be
cause it brings her into con
tact with "people who are
looking for help in making
themselves more attractive"
and she feels rewarded when
she can help them achieve the
results they desire.
However, Betty's future
plans lie in a more serious
direction. She has completed
about half the requirements at
Public Hearing
Set For Newly
Central Piedmont Community
College for an Associate Para
legal Degree and plans to
resume her studies next year
to obtain the degree. She
laughed and said, "I've been
in about every program CPCC
offers but I've finally found
one that really has what I'm
looking for."
This 93 pound, 5'3" Virgo
said she doesn't have any
particular hobbies but does
enjoy discoing in various clubs
around town. She names The
Window, The Gallery, The
Uptown Connection and Mr.
Silk's as some of her favorite
haunts. She also goes to the
movies fairly often and said
the best thing she's seen lately
is "The Other Side of Mid
night."
With the new year approa
ching, Betty was asked if she
had made any resolutions and
replied, "No, not really. They
are pretty hard to keep any
way so it's usually just as well
not to make them. I do hope to
go back to school but other
than that I just plan to take the
new year as it comes and see
what happens."
Whatever happens, we hope
1978 will be a happy year for
Betty and for our readers.
Mecklenburg
County Gets
LEAA Grant
The Governor's Crime Com
mission has awarded federal
grants totaling $139,463 for two
separate projects in Mecklen
burg County, according to
Secretary of Crime Control
and Public Safety J. Phil
Carlton.
Available through the U.S.
Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration (LEAA), the
grants will be used ic the
following areas :
..criminal justice education
at UNC-Charlotte - $66,895;
..specialized foster care -
$69,568.
"The first grant will provide
for better educated criminal
justice personnel and the se
cond one will help deter youths
from further involvement in
the juvenile justice system,"
said Carlton.
The Governor's Crime Com
mission, housed in the Depart
ment of Crime Contort and
Public Safety, regularly dis
tributes LEAA funds to sup
port local law enforcement
and criminal justice activités
in the state.
Experts Will
Diseuse
Unemployment
"Ways of Solving the Unem
ployment Problem" will be
discussed by experts at the
National Newspaper Publish
ers Association (NNPA) Mid
Winter Workshop, January 11
- 14 in Miami at the Omni
International Hotel, Dr Carl
ton B. Goodlett, NNPA presi
dent announced this week.
BWPC COMMITTEE WTTH
...Church Youth Croii/t
Black Women's Political
Caucus Wrap Gifts For "10"
ui uie nicicK no
men's Political Caucus held a
gift-wrapping for the Wil
mington 10 at Prince of Peace
Lutheran Church before
Christmas They bought fruit
and other confections and,
with the aid of the Youth
Group of the church, prepared
boxes to be shipped to various
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near where the remaining
nine defendants are serving
their sentences
Local members of the Wil
mington 10 Defense Commit
tee then delivered the pack
ages to the prison units, which
include McCain, wnere Kev.
Ben Chavis is incarcerated.
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gaw, Central Prison in Ra
leigh and Ashboro
Standing, left to right, are
Mrs June Davenport, sister <>l
Rev Chavis; Mrs Sarah Ste
venson; Mrs Laura Malonc
and Dr Helen ' tthow, Kev
Chavis' sister Seated art
members of the Prince ol
Peace Youth Group
NNPA Will
Also Honor
Advertisers
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
Sen Hubert H. Humphrey,
former Vice President of the
United Stales, will receive the
Distinguished Humanitarian
Award of the National News
paper Publishers Association
(NNPAi during its Mid-Win
ter Workshop, January 11 - 14
in Miami, Dr Carlton Β
Goodlett, president, announc
ed this week
Additionally, Dr Goodlelt
said NNPA will present "Af
firmative Action Advertising
Awards" to seven major ad
vertisers These are: Ameri
can Airlines, Chrysler Corpo
ration, Eastern Airlines, Gulf
Oil Corporation, Kraft. Inc ,
Sears, Roebuck and Company,
and United Airlines
They will receive plaques
during the "Recognition Din
ner for Advertisers" on Thurs
day evening, January 12, a!
Omni International Hotel
where the Workshop is being
held.
rreseniauon οι me Uistin
guished Humanitarian Award
will be made to Senator Hum
phrey, "The Happy Warrier,"
or his representative as the
climax of the Workshop Vice
President Walter F Monda le
has been invited to receive the
plaque for the ailing Senator if
he is unable to be present
Humphrey, who began his
political career as mayor of
Minneapolis at 34, first appea
red on the national scene three
years later as a delegate to the
1948 Democratic National
Convention where his fight for
a strong civil rights plank led
to the formation of the break
away, racist States Right»
Party.
Throughout more than 20
years in the Senate, and four
as Vice President, Humphrey
has fought vigorously for civil
riffhLs leoislalion He is nnu/
Blacks Attack Carter's Administration
co-sponsor of the Huinphrey
Itawkins Full-Employment
and Balanced Growth Hill to
help assure jobs for every
American.
Congressman Hawkins, who
will address the Workshop
during the opening luncheon,
also will be honored The
Californien was first elected
to Congress in 1962
The "Affirmative Action
Advertising Awards" esta
blished this year, have be
come a feature of the annual
Workshop Those being honor
ed are spending $100.000 or
1 more promoting their pro
ducts and services through the
Black Cress
The 1977 Workshop advertis
ing honorees were American
Tobacco Company, Ford Mot
or Company, General Foods,
1 General Motors, and Philip
Morris
Prevention
To find new ways to protect
the unborn baby from birth
defects, the National Founda
lion March of Dime· supports
386 research programs in ef
fect Oc 1, 1977
Annexed Areas
The Charlotte City Council
will hold a public hearing on
Wednesday, January 4, at 7:30
p.m. in the Board Room of the
Education Center for the pur
poee of considering the adop
tion of zoning and subdivision
controls for 10 areas annexed
into the City of Charlotte on
December 1,1877. The hearing
will be held in conjunction
with the Charlotte-Mecklen
burg Planning Commission.
The hearing is being held to
consider the adoption of zon
ing and subdivision ordinance
text requirements as well as
the consideration of zoning
district plan for the 10 areas.
State statutes require that
when •'municipality annexes
property any existing County
regulations remain in effect
for a maximum period of 60
days after the annexation
date. During this time the
municipality is expected to
adopt its own plan of controls
for the affected locations
President Jimmy Carter
heard his administration
come under strong attack last
week for failure to include an
adequate number of Blacks in
his regional appointments.
The attack, levied by the
Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery,
president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence, came during a meeting
at the White House between
the president and Black lead
ers from across the country.
Dr. Lowery pointed out that
the responsibility for imple
menting all programs related
to employment, urban policy
and affirmative action is lar
gely at the regional level, and,
for that reason, it is very
important to have Blacks in
these positions
President Carter urged Dr.
Lowery to work directly with
presidential assistant, Hamil
ton Jordan, and with heads of
department in regard to the
addition of blacks being nam
ed for regional position·
The leaders met for mort
than an hour, talking with tht
President and with memben
of his staff. They called upon
him to address three of Um
most critical problem areas:
Black unemployment, espe
cially as It pertains to youth,
the administration's national
urban policy and affirmative
action.
"We urge a major expan
sion now in funding, incentive·
and targeting to provide Job·
and relevant training in the
private and public sector·,"
the leaders aaid in a prepared
statement.
The president assured the
group of increased resources
for the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, ·
body vital to affirmative ac
tion in reorganization of civil
rights programs on the federal
level.
Another issue of concern for
the group was in allowing the
balancing of the budget to take
priority over unemployment
Atty. Julius Chambers
.. .Civil rights lawyer
The president advised the
group that, for the next two
years, he would not sacrifice
hie commitment to human
needs in order to balance the
budget
Dr. Lowery said after the
meeting that he remained con
fident of the president's per
sonal commitment to address
the issues of reducing unem
ployment, and commended
him for his .support of the
Humphrey Hawkins Bill But,
he said, "I am concerned thai
the advice he is receiving
from some of his closest eco
nomic advisors has weakened
and will continue to weaken
the president's sense of ur
gency
Î he meeting with the presi
dent was the first in a series of
meetings the black leadership
forum hopes to hold Others
will include sessions with loa
ders of the business communi
ty, the Congress, labor, reli
gion. and the media
In attendance were: Berke
ley Burrell. Julius Chambers,
Kichard Matcher. J Dorothy
Height. M Carl Holman, Jes
se Jackson. Vernon Jordan.
Coretta King. Joseph Lowery,
Farren Mitchell Wallace Mu
hammed. Jessie Kattley, Bay
nard Rustin, Eddie Williams.
Clarence Mitchell and Elton
Jolly
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INAACP I sm κ-s Recommendation
ηE-w -- ι ne rtAALr
Tuesday issued recommenda
tions on a national energy plan
that were formulated follow
ing a recent conference that
the Association hosted in
Washington The recommen
dations, contained in a report,
called on the Carter Adminis
tration to adopt a more posi
tive attitude" towards the de
veiopmont oi supplv sources
since future programs in this
area will be determined con
siderably by policy choices
made now in Washington.
The report grew out of the
NAACP , Energy Conference
that was held in Washington
last month It was released
today by "Executive Director
Benjamin L Hooks
At Mid-Winter Workshoj)
•i
Black Press Τ ο Honor
Senator Hubert Humphrey