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(HARMING DAISY WA<SS _
..Future fashioq designer
: Miss Daisy Watts
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Is Beauty Of Week
by Sherleen McKoy
% lover'd^posiUvSm and
igne who tries to let it reflect in
her daily life is Daisy Watts of
iFoet Mint, S.C.
f' The 19-year-old charming
beauty said, “I believe in
having positive aspects to
ward life. You will be a better
person.” 8he believes that a
person will be much happier if
he discards as much as possi
ble the negative influences in
tdelifC.
Daisy presently lives in
i with her unde and is
at Comtex Corporal
yarn industry, as a
ooerator. She has
i there about a month and
I that she likes it How
ever, it is Just a means of
taouring some money to pur
chase her books when she
returns to Central Piedmont
m.
'Tin majoring In Business
Management," she said. ‘It is
a two-year course and 1 only
have a yaar-and-a-half to go.”
Daisy plans to become a
fashion designer. ‘‘I want mv
eei bovine—Mw gghhM
"I want to open up a shop at
my own.” She said that she
believes in making plans for
herself, but not limiting her
self to any one thiiw
A graduate at Fort Milk
Mtti School, Daisy has been in
Charlotte almost two years.
‘1 like it here,” she stated. “I
enjoy the people; I love being
around them and talking to
tbeffl^
Daisy likes Maying with her
wcle who greatly influenced
bar in Blinking positively.
"He has helped roe a lot,'she
said. "He gave toe a lot of
books to read and said I should
(■Botlee positive aspects of
Ufe." Daisy said that he is
, ' i and their rdstlonshlp is
v 4_>
Daisy loves to sew and
sodiistitnea makes her own
clothes: She said that she is
also interested in being s
model. She likes jazz music
aqd dancing. Noel Pointer, a
violinist, is her favorite jazz
artist
Going to the beach is anoth
er one of her favorite past
times. “I enjoy Virginia
Beach more, but Myrtle
Beach is closer,” she said.
Stuffed plants and animals
also capture her interests.
‘ ‘My favorite stuffed animal is
purple and has purple and
while daisies <m his beck,” she
said. “IcaH Urn Ntoodemur”
When asked why, she replied
that it was the first name that
to her mind.
When school begins, Daisy
plans to look for a job in the
fashion field, perhaps in a
department store. “I want to •'
absorb all I can about the
fashion field she commented.
“That’s my main interest" ■
Daisy said that she has a
motivational saying wherein
■be thanks the Lord for A
beautiful day in advance and
if the day is exceptionally
nice, she thanks Him in the
evening as well.
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Congress
Often Vote
Against Blacks
WASHINGTON (NNPA)
Members of Congress, even
from districts heavily popula
ted by blacks and poor Ameri
cana, voted this year against
the interests of these citizens
on 22 key issues, according to
a study made by the National
Newspaper Publishers Assoc
iation - *he Black Press of
America
Among the issues on which
Members of Congress voted
against the interest of blacks
and the poor and defeated the
ment of an Office of Consumer
Representation, a budget re
solution of the ban of federal
funding of abortions. Also the
opposition voted successfully
to cut CETA Title VI public
service jobs at a time of
continuing high employment.
Chicago Dally Defender
Publisher John H. Sengstacke,
preaideat of NNPA. aaya thaL.
publicly available
information on votes by mem
bers of the Congressional
Black Caucus were used as a
standard in the study. How
ever, it should be pointed out
that this is not a study by the
Caucus, Sengstaeke explains,
"But that we believe that
he Caucus members1 votes
■eflect the views of Black
America.” /
The study findings were
presented to a Congressional
Black Caucus Workshop last
week by John L. Porocope,
publisher at the New York
Amsterdam News and first
rice-president of NNPA.
In the South, where the poor
range as high as 38 percent of
one Texas district, and blacks
is high as 48 percent of one
Mississippi district, the
composite vote in opposition to
the 32 issues of importance to
blacks and the poor rose as
dgh as IB percent In Dela
ware, 84 percent in Mississippi
rad 82 percent in Virginia.
Actually, the report indi
cates that eight of the 10
Virginia Congressmen were 90
fo 100 percent in opposition to
the passage of legislation of
Interest to the blacks and the
poor who helped elect them.
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te Grocery Store
Is Where Good Friends Meet
hv *?hnrlnnn MaVah DaKa*** ___
Poet Staff Writer
Everday a group of elderly
men congregate in the frpnt of
Red and White grocery store
at Westover Mall. These men
are all retired and have known
each other for five years or
more.
When they were first being
interviewed, there were only
two of them. One was reluc
tant to have his picture taken
or to reveal anything about
himself. However, off the
record, he readily talked and
enticed his friend to do the
same-on record.
While interviewing Robert
McClinton of 1113 Fulton
Road, his friend who makes
deliveries to Red and White,
siad he had to do something
and that was the last we saw of
him in that brief interval.
Some of these men proved to
have interesting backgrounds,
though they looked like your
ordinary settled-type of indi
viduals.
Charlottean who retired from
the army in 1946. A WWII
veteran, he was wounded in
the leg in 1945 while serving in
Okinawa. He also said that he
served under General Mc
Arthur.
“I’ve been all over the
world,’’ he said. “In the ’60’s,
I stayed in New York for ten
years.”
McClinton, at the ripe age"of
55, a tall and slim man, said
that he had been in Salisbury
Hospital for four years with
arthritis.
Since retiring from, the
army, he has worked at Fol
ger s Buick as a car salesman
and at Ray Chemicals. “I had
a heap of Jobs,” he reflected.
“I haven’t worked in five
years. I need unemployment
compensation.” He said his
disability checks weren’t e
nough.
McClinton stays with his
sister, Carrie Davis, and has
two children, a boy, and a girl,
living in i^narioiie.
James Edwards of 1830 Phil
lips Avenue is a native of Fort
Mill, S.C. who has lived in
Charlotte for 30 years.
Concerning McClinton, he
said, “I know him well. Me
and him be up here a lot
talking."
Edwards lives alone-his
wife and son are deceased A
grandfather of two teenage
children, he works three days
a week on South Boulevard at
a Cotton Broker place. He has
worked there about two years.
Around this time, another
man walks up. This single file
procession repeated itself un
til there were five friends
sitting and chatting.
The third man. Phillip
Wright, formerly of Kings
tree, S.C., has resided in Char
lotte for 38 years. Married
and childless, he is retired
from the City of Charlotte. He
said that be worked for More
ship in Oaklawn, California for
33 years. Since retirement, he
has been delivering groceries
for Red and White for six
years. “I work from 10 a.m.
til 6:30 or 7 p.m.,” he said
“Sometimes they call me in.”'
Speaking of his friends, he
said, "I know them all, a good
many years.”
Mr. Wright will be 62-years
old on October 22. "I feel it,"
he sighs. He resides at 1425
Kimberly Road.
Ned J. Martin of 2624 Barr
inger Drive, waa the last of the
ones to talk.. A retiree from
Armour Meat Packing Co. in
1973, he is married and has a
son who Uvea in Jacksonville,
Florida. A native of Colum
bia, S.C., Martin has been in
Charlotte for 30 yean.
Just by looking at him, it’s
hard to tell that he is 97-yeart
Qld. ”1 walk around and meas
around tar exercise,” he sold.
He has known his friends
ever since he retired.
Another friend walks up but
bows out by saying he would
OHK ir another llrtigr By Up
time I was getting ready to
leave there these friends
ware so busily engaged in
conversation among them
selves, I felt like an intruder
Their common denominator,
retirement, has made than
come to enjoy and expect each
other’s company
Court Rules Judge Gave
Incomplete Instructions
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
The State Court of Appeals
ordered a new trial Tuesday
for a North Carolina Univer
sity Student convicted of kill
ing a Durham police officer.
John Excell McCombs Jr.
was sentenced on Nov. 12,
1976, to 60 years in prison on a
second-degree murder charge
and a concurrent five year
term for the possession of
marijuana with intent to dis
tribute, possession of LSD and
manufacture of marijuana.
McCombs contested only the
murder charge_The Appeal
was based on allegations that
the presiding judge, James
M. Baley, of Person County
Superior Court, did not allow
the defense to present evi
dence that would have helped
McCombs’ case. This evi
dence supported an indivi
dual’s right to protect his
home from attack.
"One may kill when necew
wry in defense of himself, hfe
family, or his home and he has
the same right, when not actu
ally necessary, if he believes it
to be so, and has a reasonable
ground for belief", under the
law.
wnue Judge Baley did tell
the jury that defense against
bodily harm was permissible,
he omitted citing the portion of
the law that supported an
individual’s right to protect
his home from forceable en
try. Consequently, the Court
ruled that Baley gave incom
plete instructions to the jury
on the right to defend one's
home.
Taxpayer Action
Endorses Martin
For Congress
Washington D.C.
Taxpayer Action, the political
action committee affiliated
with the National Taxpayers
Union supported by over
75.000 members nationwide,
last week endorsed Jim Mart
in in his bid for the 9th District
Congressional seat.
Calling Jim Martin "a
friend of the taxpayer", Steve
Stockman, Treasurer of Tax
payers Action, cited Martin's
legislative stands on run-away
federal spending and other
major tax issues. "Specific
any, jim Marun supports a si
percent reduction in Federal
income tax rates, a cut of
the maximum capital gains
tax by half and fully endorses
a constitutional amendment
to balance the federal budget
This is a tax reduction pack
age that can give taxpayers
the relief they've been plead
ing for,” added Stockman.
Jim Martin claims, and
Taxpayer Action agrees, that
these three planks of a tax
reduction program would give
the taxpayer an immediate
tax break, revitalise the eco
nomy, and clamp the lid on
federal spending.
"Taxpayer Action has been
getting strong feedback from
all across the Mh Diaitrk*,'
said Steve Stockman. “Tax
payers are fed up with high
taxes and wasteful govern
ment spendii^. Responding to
their demands for lower taxes,
Taxpayer Action enthusiastic
ally endorses Jim Martin for
tlfe Mh District Congressional
seat
The question of whether
McCombs was defending his
home from attack by intrud
ers, or if he knew officer Larry
Bullock was a police officer is
a crucial point in this case.
State evidence presented at
the trial showed that six Dur
ham police vice squad officers
went to McCombs apartment
at 410 Pilot Street on April 29,
1976, with a search warrant in
their possession. The officers
were dressed in civilian
clothes and rode in unmarked
cars.
The State condended that
ves and said they had a
warrant. Officer Larry Bul
lock was first to take action.
He knocked on the door, re
ceived no answer and then
kicked the door in, according
to court document. As the
door crashed open the defend
ant stated that he went nuicklv
to his bedroom and got his
gun. Upon reaching the bed
room door, he saw Bullock
running down the hall with a
gun. McCombs raised his gun
and fired at the officer. Bul
lock died as a result of the
wound the records revealed
McCombs stated that he
thought Bullock was trying to
break the door down to rob the
apartment, whereas, the po
lice said that the defendant
was informed before they en
tered the apartment that they
-were police.
Judge Robert A. Martin,
writing for the Appeals Court,
ascertained that the case will
be overturned because Judge
Baley should have told the
jury to consider the defend
ant's right to protect his home
from invasion.
The court declared
McCombs to be indigent and
appointed C. C. Malone to
defend him in the new trial.
Malone said he is optimistic
that McCombs will be acquit
ted. Fundraising committees
have been organized to raise
money for McCombs’ court
expenses
No date was set for the trial.
John McCombs, 22, lived
at 2314 Roslyn Avenue
1,000 Teachers
To Meet Here
Over 1000 teachers of
mathematics, grades K-coll
ege, will gather at the Shera
ton Inn in Charlotte, October
13-14 for the Eighth Annual
State Mathematics Confer
ence.
This statewide conference is ■
co-sponsored by the North
Carolina Council of Teachers
of Mathematics and the De
partment of Public Instruct
ion’s Division of Mathematics.
According to Bob Jones,
director of the state education
agency's Division of Mathe
matics, many teachers from
throughout the state play a
vital role in planning and
conducting the annual confer
ence.
Governor Jim Hunt will
addreee the general session on
Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. Dr.
Wlfflam Purliey, professor of
Education at UNC-Grsaas
boro will deliver the banquet
address on Friday evening
Dr. Ernie Duncan, Prsfsaasr
of Mathematics Eduoatim at
Rutgers University sad a sat
ed author of •temeatary
mathematics textbooks, wig
address the Saturday lunch
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For November 9 Election
89 Candidates Wooing Local Voters
by Susan Ellsworth
Past SUIT Writer
In less than am month,
voters will have an opportun
ity to elect officials who will
run the state and county gov
candidates and what offices
are to be filled?
Four Black candidates,
Fred Alexander, L. C. Cote
man, Robert Walton, and Clif
ton Johnson, are running for
office.
In the race for sheriff voters
John Kelly Wall, and Rap.
Donald Stahl.
For the Board af County
can be
eratlc i
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Hair, Ton Ray,
Walton, or Republican candi
dates, William Booe. Ed Pan
cock, 8am Smith, Aon Thomas
and Pate Whitfield
In the Senatorial race, ana
can vote far aMhor Dam. John
Ingram, or Rep. Jeaoe Helms
Looking at the State 8enate
In the tend District, there are
openings lor four member*
. The candidates for the posit
ions are Democrats Fred
' Alexander, Cell Jenkins Jr.,
Craig Lasing, Carolyn Math
is, and Republican Thomaa
Doyle Ghent, and the UmffU
iatad James Doyle McDuffie.
Eight Candidates may be
chosen to fill positions in the
House of Representatives
Democrats running are Louise
Brennan, Ruth Easterling,
Gus Economos, Jo Graham
Foster, Parks Helms, Gerald
diester, Ben TUsan. Parks
Todd; the Republican are, Jo
Beard. Marilyn Blssell, Allan
Jaffre and Roy Spoon.
Ohe congressman from the
9th District must be selected
from these Candida tee: Dem
Charles l(axw*ir,1tep. James
Martin, and Libertarian, F.
W. Pasotto.
. A Judge of the Court of
Appeals can be chosen from
Democratic candidates Bar
ley Mitchell Jr., John Webb.
Richard Erwin, Harry Martin
or Hepubltcan Joe Cagel.
.For the Asoodn* Justice of
Fred Alexander *'
Senatorial cflhdhiate
the SuprerneUourt, one man
mist be elected. The candi
dates apt Pam David BriU.
Waited Brock, and Libertarian
Michael Read.
The District Attorney for the
atth District, Detn. Peter Gil
christ is naming unopposed
The Judgeship of the 36th
District Court is between
Den James Leaning and
Rep. J. Myers Cole.
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L. C. Coleman
..Commissioner candidate
voting tor judges of the
Superior Court won’t require
- MKfejrf » decision. All dist
tricts have Democratic Candi
dates running unopposed ex
cept for the l«th District
where The Democratic candi
dates is Edward Washington
and the Republican countend
er for the Judgeship is Dari
Fowler
Tuesday, Nov. 7 is election
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