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i£rst Charlotte Stadium A&T Schedules Blue-Gold, Intra-Squad Game Saturday u» ouc r uum Special To The Post Finding a replacement for three-time All-MEAC perfor mer Ellsworth Turner at quar terback has been the top prio nty of Coach Jim McKinley imi the North Carolina A&T itball team during spring ■ I? ills. tying for the position are three sophomores, William Watson, Andre Olden, and 1 red Freeman, along with senior Gary Alliniece. All have shown McKinley good leadership in operating the veer The Aggies will be in action this Saturday at West Char lotte High School in Charlotte for the first of two scheduled Blue-Gold intra-squad games. The "kickoff for this Satur day's contest is 11 a m. "We have been very pleased with the play of all our quar terbacks and at this time the staff is not overly concerned about the position,” McKinley said. "The four candidates have all operated the veer well at times, however, no one has actually dominated play. “We will probably get a better look at them this Satur day under game conditions.” Although most of the atten tion has been focused on the quarterback situation, the Ag gies will return one of the best defensive units in the school’s histon. Led:by the MEAC’s "Most Valuable Defensive Player,” Dwaine Board, along with massiye Lucien Nibbs, 6-7, 262 Ulysses Thompson, 6-7, 260, and Vfarren Bethea, 6-4, 245, the A&T front will be difficult to penetrate. “It’s still very early and we havenjt been as consistent as I would like but I feel we will have • very strong defensive unit this season,” McKinley said. !‘We will average about 6-4 and 255 pounds across the front Kne. "Our lineman have good speedj'strength, and their size WHO WILL QB THE AGGIES IN ‘78 Pictured left to right William Watson, Gary Alliniece, Fred Freeman, and Andre Olden, the four North Carolina A&T hopefuls who hope to replace graduated Ellsworth Turner. i ou can see tnese candidates in action on Saturday, April 8 at 11 a m. at West Charlotte, High School in A&T's annual Blue-Gold football game. thefluarterbacks we will face dfiring the 1978 season. ” Adding to the overall streng th of the A&T defense is the return of defensive backs Tho mas Warren, Gerald Johnson,' and Anthony Currie. Warren, Johnson and Currie played their prep ball at local high schools. Last season the trio intercepted 20 passes last season as the Aggies rated among the NCAA’s top teams in the interception category. "We call them the "Greens boro Gang" and they have really been doing an outstand ing job for us," McKinley said. “They work extremely hard in practice, trying to improve eacn phase of their, and give a hundred percent effort every day. “Last season we picked off 28 passes and near the end of the team's seemed to be more hesitant about throwing on us.” The Aggies are scheduled to play in Greensboro on April 22. City Gets Grant To Promote Transit System The City of Charlotte has been awarded $9,850 from the Energy Division of the North Carolina Department of Com merce to perform transit mar keting activities. The one-year grant, which requires no local matching funds, is designed to reduce enegry consumption in Charlotte-Mecklenburg by promoting the use of mass Specifically, the grant pro vides for the hiring of transit promoters to perform the fol lowing activities: 1. Prepare a slide show which promotes mass transit; 2. Develop, print and distri bute a “How to Ride the Bus" brochure; r i uiuuvc u aiuu uu uu^ii talks, displays, presentation of the slide show and other means. Public Transit Coordinator Michael Kidd says, “The act ivities made possible through this grant will significantly augment the work of Charlotte Transit System’s new director 42 Free Hamburgers Awaits Children Raleigh—The 112 McDo nald’s restuarants of North Carolina are joining the effort to get children six and under protected against childhood diseases. The food chain announced today that it has agreed to promote immunization thro ugh the restuarants and in its advertising, and to contribute up to 100,000 free hamburgers to children who get their shots during the period April 2-May 28. A spokesman for McDo nald’s said that their total investment on this project could run “well over $100,000. depending on how many chil dren get immunized during April and May.’’ Dr. J. N. MacCormack, Head of the Communicable Disease Control Branch, De partment of Human Resour ces, said he was pleased that the restuarants chain had a greed to help encourage pa rents to have their children immunized. He said that while this effort is part of the yearMon^mmjjnizatior^niU^ ative, special emhpisis is be ing placed on vaccinating pre schoolers—those who will be entering kindergarten and first grade in the Fall. "These children are requi red by state law to be protec ted from the childhood disea ses before they can enter school,” Dr. MacCormack said. “Our desire is to vacci nate as many as we can before the Summer months, when private and public medical facilities traditionally have a very heavy demand on them.” The recommended immuniza tion schedule will protect a gaist polio, measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), whooping cough, diphtheria, and tetanus. Approximately 100,000 chil dren will enter school for the first time this Fall and many have already completed their immunizations schedule, said Dr. Ma^Jormack. "Ideally, vaccinations should begin at two months of age, and be comlpeted by 189 months of age,leaving only booster shots for pre-schoolers. JCSU Sets Track J \ Meet For April 15 The Johnson C. Smith Invi tation Track Meet will be held on Saturday, April 15 at the West Charlotte High School track field. Won last year by St. Augus tine College, the event this year will include Pembroke State, South Carolina State, North Carolina A&T, Fayette ville State, Winston-Salem State, Edward Waters, High ‘ Point College, and other area schools. The Bulls, who are having a very good track season, ac cording to Coach Kenneth Po well, are one of the favorites to win this meet. "We are having a good year," said Powell. “With top performers like Johnny Co quittein the mile, Victor Cozart in the 100 and 220 yard dashes Sim Fogle in the three mile and the mile relay team of Sherman Witherspoon, Eric Browning, Demarcus Cal houn, and Jason Lowe, we should have a good chance to win it.” “On our girls team we have Kenny Powell . JCSU Track Coach All-Star Stella Johnson in the hurdles and the 100 yard dash. Also we have Delores Easter, Lavern Rodgers, and Kathy WiUiainSj^^mmmm ...cmiaren on to college: Keep them informed of events back home by sending them a copy of the Charlotte Post each week. The cost is only $10 for a year's subscrir>ti''n 1 1978 LeSabre 4 door Sedan • Soft ray tinted windshield e Air conditioner e Remote control 0/S rear view Hr e Deluxe wheel covers ^B|H XK e Steel Belted Radial W.W. Tires — W ^ ■ ■ ■ ■■ e Power steering ^B^F ^B^F e Power brakes “ ' ' e Automatic transmission * piu» n.c. 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