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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28208-THURSDAY, JULY 6. 1978
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Democratic
Fund-Raiser
Scheduled
y
The Young Democrats of
Orange County are sponsoring
a "Party for Democratic
Unity" on Sunday, July 23 at
the Mad Hatter restaurant in
Chapel Hill.
The event will begin at 3
p.m., and continue until mid
night. According to a spokes
person for the event, "The
phrase 'Democratic Unity' is,
of course a contradiction in
terms. One thing Democrats
have always been able to
agree on, however, is having
hearty."
'· The stated purpoee of the
event is to unite Democrats
behind John Ingram, Demo
cratic candidate for U.S.
Senate. Ingram has con
firmed hi» presence in the
early evening, and several
other Democratic party not
ables are expected to be in
attendance. Music will be
provided at various times dur
ing the day by area perform
ers, including Night Shift.
Donations of $3 will be col
lected and all profits from the
event will be donated to John
Ingram's campaign. Food
and drink will be available for
purchase from the Mad Hat
ter. For more" Tnfermattonr
contact any member of the
Young Democrats of Orange
County, or Sharon Pigott
(chair for the event) after 5
p.m. at 967-1383.
Early
Pregnancy
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Classes Set
A series of Early Pregnancy
Classes will be held for every
one in tbé first half of preg
nancy who live· in the Char
lotte area. The three classes
will be tod by certified child
birth educators and a certified
LaLeche League leader, with
opportunities for discussion
and questions. Couples are
encouraged to come to classes
together, if possible. Classes
will be informal, so dress
comfortably.
During the first two sess
ions, the following topics will
be discussed: Nutritional
needs of mother and fetus,
fetal growth and development,
emotion*! and physical
changes of pregnancy, effect
of pregnancy an marital rela
tionships, how m is affected
by pregnancy, myths about
pregnancy and motherhood
and fatherhood, and how to
feel and look better during
pregnancy.
The third class will be on
1—Mna aprf will be for
both couple· who have already
decided to breastfeed and
those who are not yet sure.
A fourth claas may be added
It no extra coat.
Πιιιπ *111 be held at the
robenarir Center, 4822 Albe
marle Ed , Suite GSO, located
two Mocks off E. Indépend
ance Blvd.
The séria· will begin the
first Tuaadky of each month
(except on holidays) and will
continue on conaecutive Toes
days New Hsssss will begin
July 11, from 7:19 Ul M p.m
To enroll la the aariaa, ask
your phyaéoian or call Alice
Caldwell tlg&Hn.
Bubblin' Patricia Mclnnis
...Won numerous contests
Patricia Β. Mclnnis
Is Beauty Of Week
By Debra Stanley
Post Staff Writer
Bubblin' Patricia Boyd
Mclnnis is the Post Beauty of
the Week. A 24 year-old native
(gf Mnnnt Unity, g Ç.. Pat jg
employed by the ChailoTOT
Housing Authority. She is a
1972 graduate of Harding High
School and attended Central
Piedmont Community College
as a clerical major.
Her chosen profession, how
ever, is dancing. Pat has won
numerous dancing contests in
the Charlotte area, including a
contest held recently at the
Twentieth Century Fox Dis
cotheque on Kings Dr. She
also won third place in the 1976
Soul Train Dance Contest held
in California.
In. addition to her soulfilled
moves on the dance floor, Pat
is attending the Trim Model
ing agency and has hopes of
modeling professionally. This
fun-loving Beauty stated that
she is "into all kinds of
sports," and has been an
active participant as well as
spectator. She has coached a
girl's softball team and loves
football. Pat also enjoys
reading but confessed that her
favorite love is "working with
children."
Pat cited her favorite saying
•round'the office aTthe HouiT
ing Authority. It is: "It's not
where you're from, it's where
you're going that counts."
She described herself as
"fun-loviog, always smUing.
politÇj^bubbling, and ready to
With her talent and charm,
Pat could easily, but not mis
takenly, be nick-named Bubb
ling Brown Sugar.
After leaving the Housing
Authority, ( this is her last
week) Pat plans to work
teaching dance classes for a
while.
Patricia stated that she
hopes to move to Los Angeles
this year in order to progress
in her dance career and fulfill
her potential to the maximum,
hopefully before the winter.
Her major goal in dancing.
Pat confided, "would be to
perform in a Broadway musi
cal."
Like Pat says, "It's not
where you're from, it's where
you're going that counts" and
it looks like Pat is destined to
higher and prosperous
ground.
The wife of John Mclnnis
and mother of two lovely
daughters, Taloria, age seven,
and Carolyn, age 8, Pat is
number five of nine children of
Mr. and Mrs. George and
Γ3Μ 111k rUmiLnf Mount Hollv.
NAACP Sees "Strong Kay
Of Hope" In Bakke Ruling
ESC Seeking
Job Training
For Veterans
The local Employment
Security Commission is look
ing for employers who will
provide on-the-job training for
veterans.
Extraordinary training
costs of employers will be
reimbursed from Comprehen
sive Employment and Train
ing Act (CETA) funds under
the Help Through Industry
Retraining and Employment
Program (HIRE II) according
to Local Office Manager
Claudie Lewis Jr. and Veter
ans Employment Representa
tive Earl B. Huitt Jr. The
reimbursement- may -amount
to as much as one-half of the
amount paid in wages
Huitt says he is seeking
employers who will contract
to hire veterans for up to 1,040
hours of training on-the-job in
occupations beginning at $3.50
or more per hour.
The training funds are part
of a $3.1 million CETA grant to
North Carolina to provide job
training for veterans, particu
larly disabled veterans who
need on-site training to be
come established in the labor
market. The program is
fundecf un3grTitle 111 of tlie
Act.
"CETA prime sponsors
throughout the state have a
goal of between 13 and 14
hundred disabled and Viet
nam-Era veterans to be
placed in job training," says
Huitt.
"The sponsors will allocate
money according to the con
tracts written with employers
through the Employment
Security Commission.",
All funds must be obligated
by September 30, 1978.
"We're after two things
here," the veterans employ
ment specialist explained.
"One, we wish to provide job
training for veterans, and two,
we wi^ to convince employ
ers that veterans can contri
bute to their companies by
'being good workers CETA
will assist with the cost of the
training as an inducement to
get employers involved. And,
he continued, "it is anticipa
ted that the veterans will stay
on as a permanent employees
of the company after his train
ino "
PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY
LEADERS are shown from left to right Ms
Lutitia Hall, past president, Earle Village;
Ms. Carrie Graves, Dalton Village; and Ms.
Public
Elizabeth Neal, president of Belvedere
Homes ( photo by Eileen Hansom
Housing: Myths And Realities
By Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
—VipwwH from the outside,
two myths prevail about
public housing. Une is that
public housing is a temporary
stop-over between the slums
and better, private housing.
The other is that public hous
ing is primarily for families
with the lowest incomes.
But an inside view gives a
different story
When Mattie Gaines moved
into Earle Village Homes on
East Seventh Street 11 years
ago, she expected it to be a
short-term stay. "They're
supposed to help you move out
into private housing." accord
ing to Gaines, who was recent
ly elected President of the
Earle Village Residents'
Organization "But there's no
housing to move into. Nobody
wants to rent to someone with
children, and 1 have four
kids."
Other families cannot even
get into public housing be
cause their incomes are too
low. According to Linda Win
ston. Assistant Superintendent
for Tenant Selection of the
PHarlnHo UnncinO AulKnri»»!
about 400 to (ίου families on a
waiting list ol 1.300 are not
eligible because their incomes
are too tow' MuM of thci;c
familes are on AKDC - aid lor
dependent children It costs
St>0 to 7o to maintain a housing
unit. That is the minimum
rent tenants must now be able
to pay." said Winston "We
are not able to move in any
families that fall below the $60
rent level."
Federal law says that a
tenant's rent in public hous
ing. including "basic utili
ties." must be set at 25 percent
of the net family income To
determine net income, the
gross annual income is taken,
less 5 percent deduction or 10
percent for senior citizens
Then another $300 is deducted
for each child under IK who is
in school The 25 percent rent
payments are then spread out
over a 12-month period
Today in Charlotte, a family
on AFDC or other fixed in
comes such as Social Security
or Supplemental Security In
come. cannot get in to public
housing According to Win
ston, it now takes a weekly
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Taylor Believes Growing Economic Benefits
Reason For Blacks To Work Together
By Sidney Moore
Pact SUff Writer
A feeling of growing econo
mic benefits has created a
reason for area businessmen
and leaden of the Mack com
munity to work together,
according to Ceianese Vice
Présidant David Taylor.
He is alao chairman of a
sponsoring committee to bring
an affiliate of the National
Urban League, Inc. < NUL), to
Charlotte. While such an
effort has failed twice before,
Taylor is confident that it win
be successful this time.
Local spirits are high be
cauae of the passage of an
recent announcement that an
IBM plant will be built here
and passage of ltquor-by-the
drink legislation. Vernon E.
Jordan Jr., president οt NUL,
said a league affiliate in Char
lotte and llquoT-by-the drink
are not necessarily related,
but that he is for both.
While (uch humor punctu
ated his luncheon speech here
on Friday, June 30, It did not
dilute his forceful description
of the "urban league move
ment."
Jordan has led NUL since
January 1972 following the
untimely death of Whitney
Young.
Recently named one of 100
moat Influential black Ameri
cans by Ebony magazine,
Jordan also «rite· a weekly
newspaper colum "To Be
Equal," which is distributed
to 600 newspaper· (see our
editorial page).
He has writeen extensively
on national issues for major
publications and has a radio
commentary three times per
week on Wpstinghouse Broad
casting network, according to
biographical material.
The 43-year-old lawyer
formerly headed the Voter
Education Project in Atlanta
and directed the United Negro
College Fund. He serves on
several corporate boards and
has received numerous hono
rary degrees
Cost efficiency is a major
feature of the operation 01
NUL, said Jordan. He said the
non-profit organization
attracts support from large
corporations because of its
accountability μ (ο how their
"philanthrophic dollar" is
spent.
Money to operate the league
cornea from industry, founda
tions and government. Last
year, its budget was Mft
million, with an additional $10
million for sp&MI projects,
according to a published
report.
Rules developed by the
national office require local
■H
vernon Jordan
...During visit here
groups to raise their own
funds, other than special
grants from the national
office
Clarence Thomas of the
Atlanta regional office of NUL
said Charlotte should raise
about $50,000 to begin th** first
year of operation of the local
affiliate The money will be
used to acquie a professional
staff, an office and equipment.
Members of the steering
committee to form the local
affiliate are Jack L Bullard.
Kathleen Crosby. G Don
Davidson Jr.. Harvey Β
Gantt, Harold R Hansen.
Harriet A Kaplan. Dr C. D
Hippy. Willie J Strafford Sr .
David Taylor, John Ρ Turbi
dy. Robert L Walton. Richard
G. Wells, and Sam Young Jr
Sponsoring committer
"nembers are James G. Habb
Jr , Rev George Battle. John
M Belk, William A Bowen.
Jack L. Bullard. ( <
Cameron, W Bill funning
ham, G Don Davidson Jr ,
Robert L Davis Jr . Harvey
Β Gantt. D. F. Gunnells.
Harold R Hansen, Betty
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lor public housing Except
ions are made lor the elderly
and for those mux ing out of
^Community Development
areas.
The Games family one
adult and four children re
ceives $219 a month on AFDC
Their rent plus utilities is $40
If they were to apply lor public
housing today, they would not
find a place.
This situation is not except
ional According to Bettye
Harris. Director of Commu
nity Services, about 85 percent
of public housing's ΐ:5.ουυ ten
ants are one-parent families,
headed by women Most of
them are on fixed incomes.
In 1974. Congress authorized
"rent ranges' in lederally
funded public housing, to esta
blish an "economic mix ' In
Charlotte, the lowest range is
$0-19 a month, the highest is
S12«-up When the lowest
ranges are filled, only tenants
who can pay in one of the
higher rent ranges may
occupy vacancies Todav the
lower rent ranges are entirely
filled, up to the i»>0 79 range
Does this constitute a
"quota system against the
poor?
_ .'.Technically. regardless of
w hat income ihey might have,
no ont· is loo poor lor public
housing, said V\ II braddy.
Uirector ol Management
"Hill <ae do operate within
rent ranges >o lh.it we can
accomodate a certain percent
age of very low. incom« fami
lies Some pay no rent, and
that must he off set by those
who pay higher
There are differing opinions
about the reason for the rent
range system Legal Aid
attorney Ted Killele thinks it 's
a sociological theory that
an economic mix in a neigh
borhood provides a better
environment "In effect how
ever, there are no more places
for people on public assist
ance. said Killele ' We have
a de facto quota system The
'quota keeps some families
waging for years to gel into
public housing
VVinslon s explanation ol the
rent-range system is that it
costs $60-70 per unit just to
maintain It I nus the lowest
rents nnisi be balanced
iigntnst higher one* Accord
ing to Winston, some people
have been waiting since 1974
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Man >hall
I)esei ïted
Strong ly
Special tot heP»">st
NAACP Execut ive director
Benjaimin L. Hook '-s saie·· that,
although the ci vil ri ghts
organization was ' 'absolutely
sorry t hat the decisi on did i.
go the other way" in the Alla. n
Bakke case, he fell ti iat there
was a "strong ray of ι iope ' in
severa I of the individ ual opi
nions handed down by mem
bers ol the Supreme Col <rt last
Wednesday.
Specifically. Mr. h'ooks
cited the "sw ing" voti ? of
Associate Justice Lewis F.
Powe.'ll who came down on
both sides of the affirmative
action question. He joined tn.e
5:4 majority in throwing out
the special admissions pro
gram at the University of
California, Davis Medical
School because he felt that it
specifically favored non
whites But he upheld the
constitutionality of racially
conscious remedies in cases
where race was not presented
as a primary factor in consi
deration
Justice Powell said: "If
petitioner's purpose is to
assure within its student body
some specified percentage of
a particular group merely
because of its race or ethnic
origin. such a preferential
purpose'must be rejected not
as insubstantial but as facially
invalid. Preferring members
of any one group for no reason
other than race or ethnic
origin is discrimination for its
own sake. This the Constitu
tion forbids "
But, he continued, "The
State certainly has a legiti
mate and substantial interest
in ameliorating, or elimina
ting where feasible, the disa
bling effects of identified dis
crimination "
As the NAACP had done in
its friend of the court brief in
the Bakke case. Justice Pow
ell referred to the Brown case
as attesting 'to the import
ance of this slate goal and th<
commitment of the judiciary
to affirm all lawful means
towards its attainment." So
he strongly upheld the Davis
Medical School's goal of creat
ing a diverse student body
In etlect. what Justice Pow
ell did was to uphold the
contention that Title VI of the
19Γ.4 Civil Rights Ait fui bids—
the use of race classifications
in remedial programs to the
extent that Davis did He thus
joined Chief Justice Warren
Burger, Associate Justices
William H Rehnquist, Potter
Stewart and John Paul
Stevens in this area They did
not base their ruling on the
Constitution
In ruling that affirmative
action was constitutional
under the Fourteenth Amend
ment. Mr Powell joined Just
ices William J Brennan Jr ,
Byron R White, Thurgood
Marshall and Harry A. Black
mun These justice* also held
that the Davis program was
permissible under Title VI
In commenting on the
Court s decision, Mr, Hooks
stressed that he and the other
civil rights leaders who joined
him in a news conference at
the NAACP office had not had
the opportunity to read the
opinions They had only rece
ived reports from various
sources. The NAACP. there
fore. was planning to prepare
a comprehensive response
subsequently