———Hovle H. Martin Sr.
FROM THE
EDITOR’S
DESK
Hovle H Martin Sr 1
He indicated that he still
opposes liquor no matter how
you drink it.
Lew Masse v, a second round
draft pick by the NBA Uk
Angeles Lakers in June, has
been placed on waivers. The
at (HI, he's a small Mas
sey had been impressive, “but
at b-b, he’s a small forward,
and we already have two of
the best in the NBA at that
position....” Massey, the top
scorer in UNCC basketball
history, took the waiver an
nouncement philosophically
saying he wasn’t upset and
added, “something good'll
happen.”
Public-housing residents,
usually blacks, are the'most
likely victims of Charlotte’s
leading crimes. These
crimes according to a majrfr
survey by UNCC researchers,
are burglary and larceny. In
I
a related development, the
Mayor’s Crime Commission is
identifying data on crime
rates in the City’s seven coun
cil districts. The data will be
used in a series of meetings
titled, “Is Crime On Your
Mind? beginning in early
October.
Through competition with 30
other colleges and universit
ies, Atlanta University won a
$3 million grant to be used
specifically to train more
Black scientists and engi
neers. The grant, made avail
able through the National
Science Foundation, will esta
blish a resource center for
science and engineering train
A recent nation-wide survey
conducted by HUD «•=»>•
oiacKs encounter a 75 pei
cent chance of discrimination
in rentals and 62 percent on
the purchase of a home.” The
survey was based on Blacks
and whites who applied to the
same four private housing
agencies in various areas.
HUD Secretary Patricia Harr
is said, “What the study
means is that racial discrimi
nation is still a serious prob
lem in this country and we
can’t forget it.”
Back To School Means
Return to Sack Lunch
..Back to school marks the
return to brown bag lunches
for many children.
..Kids love lunches from
home, especially when there Is
a treat inside.
..Just make sure the treat
isn’t food poisoning, warn
agricultural extension special-.
ists at .North Carolina State
University.
Starring Levar Burton
“One In A Million” fe
WBTV Tuesday Night Movie
Levar Burton, who played
the role of Kunta Kinte in
“Roots,” stars in “One in a
Million: The Ron LeFlore
Story,” a new motion picture
for-television about the incre
dible rise of Detroit Tiger
centerfielder Ron LeFlore
from prison to the major
leagues, to be broadcast on
"The CBS Tuesday Night
Movies,” Tuesday, September
26, at 9 p.m. on WBTV, Chan
nel 3.
Also starring in the film,
which is based on the autobio
graphy "Breakout" by Le
Flore with Jim Hawkins, are
Madge Sinclair, Paul Benja
min, James Luisi, Billy Mart
in (as himself), Zakes Mokae
and Larry B. Scott. Former
Tiger stars A1 Kaline, Norm
Cash, Jim Northrup and Bill
Freehan also appear as them
selves.
'—bv—tbe-^storjL -LeFlore, a_
19-year-old hoodlum hanging
out on the streets of Detroit, is
sent to prison for armed rob
bery. Far from a model
prisoner, he winds up in soli
tary confinement, again and
again. He begins to mature
when he learns that his young
er brother, Gerald (Scott), is
being drawn into the same
street life of drugs and crime.
He is befriended by another
inmate, Jimmy Karally
(Luisi), who encourages him
to take up baseball. He is a
_natural, and soon becomes
the star oi toe team. Karalla,
through his friendship with
James Butsicaris, a restaur
ant owner on the outside who
knows Detroit Tigers man
ager Billy Martin, arranges a
tryout for LeFlore, who in
pressed Martin with his tr
mendous rare talent.
The Tigers sponsor his eve
tual parole and assign him I
the minor leagues.
I
Medical costs were among
the main reasons the cost of
living went up seven percent
for retired urban couples from
1976 to 1977. The U.S.
Department of Labor’s yearly
survey said an intermediate
level budget for a retired
urban couple would have been
$7,198.
Wilmington 10 leader Ben
Chavis has been refused per
mission to leave his prison cell
to travel to Washington, D.C.
to accept a human rights
award from the Institute for
Political Studies.
Gov. Jim Hunt said last
——wefikjfee wide two-to-one vict
ory margin for Ilquor-By-the1—
drink in Mecklenburg County
hasn’t changed his mind about
liquor drinking in any form.
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