h. Marun sr.
FROM THE
EDITOR'S
DESK
Since President Carter will
soon appoint 60 district and
circuit in the 11 Southern
states, it's time for these facts
to be known said Steve Suitts,
executive director of Southern
Regional Council.
A report of "displaced
homemakers"-widows and di
vorced women-says that one
thlrd 61 Sucn women lack jobs
or sufficient educational skills
ίο secure gainful employment.
The report, written by the
National Advisory Council on
Women's Educational Pro
grams, say such disadvan
taged women need training for
well-paying jobe that offer
advancement opportunities.
Considerably more blacks
oppose the state's high school
competency test now than 18
months ago, according to a
statewide survey conducted
by The Charlotte Observer.
Statewide, the survey says, 69
percent of the population
thinks all graduates should be
required to pass the test in
order to receive a diploma
beginning in the spring of 1960.
Fourteen percent oppose such
requirements and 17 percent
are undecided. The 1977 poll
showed a 70 percent support
rate for the test by both blacks
and whites. In the 1978 poll,
white support for the test rose
to 73 percent while black
supporis declined to 56 per
cent.
have reduced the federal trea
sury by as much as§44 billion,
three separate government re
ports indicate. The reports,
prepared by the General Ac
counting Office (GAO)^ the
investigative arm of Con
gress, has led two Senate
committees to begin investi
gations into ways to stop the
dollar drain.
State senator Fred Alexan
der an<l Bob Davis, president
of the local Black Political -
Caucus, were among a group
of black political and commu
nity leaders who visited with
President Carter at the White
House last week.
"I don't think it's fair to
continue to put money into
these schools and let them die
at the same time," said Char
lotte Eddie Knox, Chairman of
the advisory Budget Commis
sion. Knox was referring to
uie extremely poor cooouuoos
on the campuses of the state's,
five predominately blade state
universities. He said building
should be comparable on all
campuses.
The City of Baltimore has
approved a $50,000 contract to
build a bronze statue of j®zz
singer Billie Holiday. Miss
Holidayjfcas reared as a youth
in the Maryland Port City.
Sculptor James Carl Reid will
design the larger-than-life sta
tue.
City obligations and court
action is requiring the location
of housing for the poor in
areas that may create new
racial imbalances in some
local schools. The CM school
Board expressed concerns a
bout this on Monday evening.
The U.S. Supreme Court has
agreed to examine a Massa
chusetts veterans preference
law that is similar to statutes
in the federal government and
in 46 of the SO states. The court
might delete the veterans pre
ference.
Howard University Profess
or Frank Davis notes that
most of the welfare payments
in America go to whites. He
said, "there are three times as
many whites as blacks ,
welfare, some six or seven
percent of the population. But
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WGIV Names Lee Michaels
New Operations Director
by Sberleen McKoy
Poet Staff Writer
Lee Michaels is the new
Operations Director for
WGIV. He succeeds Mannie
Clark, who resigned from that
position but still works at the
station as a radio personality
in the mornings from 6-10.
Michaels is not a newcomer
to the communications field;
he has beên m radio for the
past 13 years. Previously, he
worked as music director and
—air -personality on morning
shows in San Francisco, Loe
Angeles, St. Louis, Norfolk,
Va. (his home), and Atlanta..
He comes to Charlotte from
Los Angeles. At WGIV, he has
entered into a new dimension
of radio-management-one that
he hopes will and should ad
vance his career in the radio
industry. He is in charge of
everything that goes on the
air; commercials, news
or whatever.
Commenting on his new pos
ition, he said, "Financially,
it's quite a drop in salary..but
my goal is to get into manage
ment and eventually owner
ship in radio."
So far, Michaels likes his job
and said that "it's been a lot of
hard work."
Michaels hopes to bring
WGIV and the community up
to date on what's happening in
the country.
"We definitely will deal with
the community and their prob
contemporary and more com
petitive.
"1 consider WGIV to be in
direct competition with WBT
and WAYS." be said, "what I
mean by this is that anyone
who listens to those stations
and then listens to WGIV
should not be offended and
vice versa."
To. the community, be said.
"Charlotte can expect WGIV
to be better and closer to the
rommunitv m their voice. We
intend to give them a sound
they can be proud of."
Michaels said that Charlotte
is one of the nicest cities he
has ever been in and he is
looking forward to a coopera
tive relationship in the future.
In dosing, he said that
Mannie Clark did a spectacu
lar Job during the time he was
in charge of the station. "I
have the deepest respect for
him," he stated.
I
Blacks represent 28 percent
of the Mecklenburg County
Dooulation but onlv 16 percent
>f them are registered voters,
tese are not too startling facts
based largely on 1975-77 voting
iata, ft among the facts pub
lished in the voting Atlas of
Mecklenburg County. The 48
page booK is tne latest in the
UNC-Charlotte Monograph
series on geography
Federal courts in the 11
southern states employ few
blacks and have a very limited
number of women in profess
ional positions, according to
the Southern Regional Council
the Atlanta-based nonprofit
organization. Of 112 federal
district judges, only one is
black, none of the 26 circuit
judges are black, only three
U.S. mars ha lis are black and
only two percent of the district
judges in the South are fe
males the Council reoorts
Poor management and theft Ho»i is on welfare.1 '
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