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... . • >1 i Rax Of Hofte Fnr ill ,\>ir Fm/tlovrumt m. .oci.i S«jne Whites Feel That Blacks Have Achieved Enough? ■ . . ... ‘ nnu hpcnmino thu I’intimc nf . " . __ r>_ .... iiiicauy ucujouueu uy me l o. Supreme Court decision in Bakke and further darkened by what has turned into a full fledged "taxpayer revoIT,"~ there is a good reason to suspect that efforts to wipe out racial discrimination in the U S are nearing a standstill Recent samplings of public opinion provide more than enough cause for that suspicion. As indicated in the August 14 issue of U S News and World Report, responses to both Harris and Gallup polls clearly suggest "a growing feeling among whites that Backs have achieved enough." That conclusion is further underscored by findings of a Carnegie Corporation study showing that many (whites) believe the nation's debt to Black people has been so fully paid that they themselves are 'reverse discrimination." an increasingly expressed cause for resentment among white Americans_ When viewed in its most unbecoming light, that atti tude seems unreasonably re actionary. And all the more so in view of trials and tribula tions faced by generations of Black people as they made their always slow and often unsure way out of the bonds of legally prescribed slavery, only to find themselves enmeshed in a continuing bind of irrationally perceived infe riority. Ail fair-minded people are appalled by the backward turn of events. But civil rights leaders are particularly dis turbed by complications which multiply the ominous effects of the Bakke decision. Not the least of those compli cating factors are the increas ingiy ueai ears lent uy con gressmen when lime comes to reiund federal programs de signed to help minorities. But keeping a watchful eye on negative events need not blind one to positive aspects of life in our time In a legal mandate which goes against the grain of racially restrict ive attitudes, a Federal Judge in Connecticut gave a ray of new hope for fair play in employment Although in 1975 some 84 Black and Hispanic applicants flunked a written test while applying for jobs in the Bridgeport. Connecticut fire department, the Judge order ed the 42 percent minority populated city to hire all of them last month in the job slots for which they originally applied. The only obstacles left in their way were medical exams and agility tests ■ I IVI iw UIUI luuil dl'liun, there was one lone Black in the -450-member department Bearing in mind the city's history of discrimination, the Judge set up a quota system whiclr requires that half of all future vacancies be filled from a pool of minority appli cants - until they become approximately a fourth of Bridgeport's firemen What happened there is wel come news But when viewed in light of a dawning era of neoconservative economics and politics, as reflected in the Supreme Court's failure to accompany the Bakke deci sion with a reaffirmed com mitment to equal opportunity, Bridgeport loses some of its significance And we are reminded of the fact that 1?fher momentous court cases lie ahead Exam ples of those impending legal tests include the suit filed bv a white factory worker in Loui siana who claims he was wrongfully denied a place in an on-the-job training pro gram sponsored by his employer —In ^another complaint a. general contracting firm is challenging Congressional provisions which channel to percent of public works spend mg to minority contractors A decision tor the plaintiff in ths matter would sharply curtail lederal involvement in any action which could be inter preted as encroaching on the preserves of pn\ate_ enter prise With one eye on set backs in the recent past and the other on what they forebode lor the luiuri'. civil rights leaders are now engaged in an agonizing reappraisal of corrective stra tegies Next steps will In' taken with no less zeal, but the> will be based on more carefully selected grounds and more realistic assumpt— ions about who indeed are supporters of the practice as well as the' precept of equal opportunity in America James (.reus To Manage Roger Kv votive Outer «JUIIIl-3 O V1VW5, lld> Uft'M appointed Manager in the Koger Executive Center here, according to James W Walk er. General Manager for the office park located on Albe marle Road near Independ . ence Boulevard i Crews was formerly Real |Estate Sales Manager for Stonehenge Properties in ‘North Carolina, and Install ment Loan Officer with Sun Bank in Orlando. Florida He is ,i graduate ot Florida State l iiivvrsity Koger's first office building in the Charlotte development was completed in 1972 Today, there are five completed buildings and one under con struction in this office park Koger Executive Centers are currently in seventeen cities ot the Southeast and Southwest. The Company has nearly j.ixiu leases, wun many of the largest US Corpora turns represented as tenants W listenu(**r (lours** The Office of Continuing education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is ottering courses beginning in September on wastewater col lection systems, review for the engineering registration exa mination and aviation ground school .Grand Opening Celebration 3 CHARLOTTE KROGER SAV-ON STORES ^0\ 0 ,11,1111 i« ‘sag, i-\a m Tide Detergent *...«*• “ “ t !*•" {j WITH CMPM ADD ISS M PURCHASE 01 ■ORE EICLIDIRG ■EEI. WIRE ARO I cigarettes LIMIT ONE PER FAMILY WITH COUPON ■ COR POP MOO SHRMT ARCRST 27 SEPTEMEA 2.1S7I ■ SRUECT TO APPUCA1U STATE A LOCAL TAILS SERVE N' SAVE Wieners. ^ 4tf«yijMfcpMHJ4P PAK * ANY S*I»>A6KAGE Ground Beef. v— ^ U SD.A. CHOICE, HEAVY WESTERN BEEF REGAL RUMP OR BONELESS BOTTOM ROUND Round Roast.ib. FINE FOR BARBECUE 5FRESH PICNIC STYLE 70 0 Pork Roas^ ib IO WITH CODFOH aro VS M PURCHASE OR MORE EICIUDIRC REER WIRE IRQ CICARETTIS LIMIT ONE PER FAMILY WITH COUPON COMFOi COOD SIMOAT AKIST 77 S1FTEMRLR 2 1171 UIJCCT TO Am,CARU STATE 1 LOCAL TAXES Kroqmr Sm»on IvTiTfM’JTvHiii^BS^ ■■■■■■■■^ f% I COUNTRY OVEN ^ ^ Potato Chips ■ Schlitz Beer. KROGER NATURAL FLAVOR Ice Cream. EMBASSY Mayonnaise. KROGER 2% lowfat Milk ^ r 69c pSc$l49 fz\11il^ SAVE 32-OZ. CUP 69 Coca Cola WHEN YOU BUY TWO POUNDS OF BARBECUED SPARE RIBS UICIDTOOTOM _ PWMCOOMDWHOU BBQ $1 19 Chicken b X 1/4 II. HOTOOOW/ POTATO SALAD "Sopor Dog".. W/T VtOCTAALIS ROLL • MOT ■« 1/4 UQ I Chickon Pioto. RED, BLUE OR WHITE Seedless V Gropes aj .69° ^ONE MB. BOX KROGER Macaroni or Spaghatti WHEN YOU BUY ONE /$j|u\ 1 LB. BOX AT REGULAR PRICE l |0<J ONE CAN ^ Bright Cleanser /un\ I J Ll WHEN YOU BUY ONE 14-02. CAN AT REGULAR PRICE ^ w * ' * • " $ \nt ■ *+, { ~ J _ i ONE JUMBO ROLL FLEECE Ql I Paper Towels wi WHEN YOU BUY ONE IUMBO ROLL AT REGULAR PRICE ONI B-OZ. PKG. REGULAR k MEAT OR BEEF SLICED * I Kroger Bologna ( 93 > 1 WHEN YOU BUY ONE -' •-OZ. PKG. AT REGULAR PRICE e Howard Barnhill Fund raising chairman A&T Alumni Contribution Sets Record 1'he A&T State I'niversitv | National Mumni Association has surpassed Us annual tund raising goal ol SHJ.uoo by more than $t> oop The year end report ol more than Shk.ooo uas made by Howard C Barnhill ol Char lotte. chairman ot the associa tion Barnhill sauljhat much ol the lunds will he used to support the A&T student scholarship project, channel ed through the A&T Cniver s 11\ Foundation. The SKK.uOu is the second highest amount ever raised during the association's An nuai (living ( ampaign. according to Joseph 1) Wil liams Sr, director of Alumni Affairs at A&T He said S'Jl.non was raised in 1973. Last war. the association raised >02.(KMi Tots. Teens Contributes To UNCF Tots & Teens members pre sented $3.08-1 to the United Negro College fund and $1.050 to Aim Uncle i shoes for needy— feet i during the Tots & Teens' sixth annual Triennial Nation al Convention held recently in St Louts. Mo Charlotte chapter president for 1978-80 is B W Hoover. Other convent ion objectives activities, parent education of child-parent problems, career education lor youth and organization of business ses sions Other famlilies attending . were the J I. bowers', the C Ledbetters and the W Williams. Themed "Hutting It Togeth er and Keeping It Together Sharing is t aring, the con vention was an enjoyable week spent by tamilies. -Adult delegates that atlend ed were George and Brenda Hoover and youth delegate was Keigh Bowers Little Theatre To Solicit New Members Charlotte Little Theatre fund raising chairman. Willie Stratford Sr announced plans to began mailing out more than 13,000 letters soliciting membership to the CLT The mailing should began late this week Stratford said that about 10,000 letters would go to a general mailing list and a nnther 2,000 letters will go to potential patrons to the theatre Patron tickets are $25. $50 and $90. General membership tickets to the CLT are $15 ClrolfArH oairl tLnl t' I T ...ill also start sending out membership request to co operations Idcwild Road Closed To Through Traffic North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) closed to through traffic a portion of Idlewild Koad in the City of Charlotte on Monday. August 28 The temporary closing will allow NCDOT to extend the existing road Work is schedu led to be completed -by Sepi ember 18 Traffic will be detoured on Lawyers Road, NC-27 24. Della Hoad, and back to Idle wild Road NCDOT is making every eliort to complete this project as soon as possible to mini mire tiny inconvenient r to the traveling public
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