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Photo by Jerry curry
BEAUTIFUL SHARON REID
.. West Charlotte cheerleadei
Sharon Keid is
Beauty Of Week
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Post Staff Writer
Our beauty for this week is
Sharon Reid, a senior and
cheerleader at West Charlotte
High School.
A cheerleader for two years,
17-years-old Sharon said ex
citedly, “it's nice, I have a
good time getting to go to
different schools and meeting
other cheerleaders."
Sharon and her co-cheer
icadftrs are preparing them
selves for some stiff competit
ion in a demonstration of their
physical agility on March 27 at
Caro winds with cheerleaders
from 100 different schools a
cross the country .To aid them
in their practice, Sharon said,
“we re watching films of our
year before last cheerleaders
who won third place in an
^put-of-state competition.
They're real good! ”
First prize winner will re
ceive $400.With such an in
centive as that, there is bound
to be cheerleading action at its
very best.
Sharon said that she is
thinking about going to N C.
Central or Bennett College in
Greensboro.Though her plans
are not altogether definite, she
said that once in college she
would probable major in child
psychology.
But one thing she is definite
about is that she will miss high
school
“I'm going to miss West
Charlotte very much,” Sharon
saia wisuuuy. Most or ail 111
miss my friends.’’She continu
ed, “everybody’s going to dif
ferent schools.”
At West Charlotte, Sharon is
a member of the Senior Exe
cutive Council, Future Busi
ness leaders of America (FB
IA), Ski Club, Keyettes (a
social service club that en
gages in fundraising projects
to secure money for the
school), and Modern Music
Method (MMM), a singing
club.
Sharon describes herself as
a "very friendly person who is
very talkative
“A lot of people think I’m
shy until they get to know
me,” she explained ”! like to
make conversation.”
She likes to listen to music
4?and read mystery and ro
mance stories in her spare
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A handful of good life is
better than a bushel of learn
ing
learning makes a good man
better and an .1' man worse
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nine.one also uses oasKetDau
and has promised herself that
she would “try” to play tennis
this summer.
Sharon said that the most
exciting thing that has hap
pened to her so far this school
year was when she won her
school's homecoming queen
title.Though there were two
queens, she said that it came
as quite a surprise to her when
her name was called out.“I
was so nervous.” she remin
isced, "my escort had to calm
me down."
Sharon cites her father as
the strengthening factor in her
life.“My father tries to help us
(she has two brothers) to do
the right things that will help
us in the long run," she said
admiringly."He wants us to
work hard and to make up our
minds about what we want to
do in life."
Sharon “hopes to make a lot
of friends in the future ’She
intends to accomplish this
feat by living out a simple, yet
profound philosophy, "don't
go through life being mad at
the world,” she concluded.
"Treat everybody fair.”
Sharon is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Reid.
New Discount
Food Store
Opens Here
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
An abundance o. specials
await consumers at a recently
opened supermarket in the
West Charlotte area
Discount World Foods at
1608 West Boulevard near
“Mother’s Finest Restaurant”
is offering specials in addition
to regular discount prices.
These specials began when the
store opened on Jan. 24 and
will be featured during its first
two weeks of operation.
“Buy one and getone free,”
advises co-owner RoL..d C.
Randolph
After the promotion ends.
Discount World Goods will
continue '• Her savings.
"Our prices are equal or
below other grocery stores "
Randolph said
Low o'/erhead, low rent and
buying merchandise in large
quantities «.,..<bled him and
co-owner Glenda Laney to
provide discount rates, ex
plained Randolph
Ms Li try pin chases foods
wholesale by tie truckload,
andpasses the ravings on to
the consumer, he continued.
Their ..euiui* sized super
market, tmployi.ig 10 people,
offers food stamp redemption
and detiv v mrvice
The store will be open Mrxi
through Wed from 8 a m tor.
p m ;Thurs., Fri. 8 anv
il p m .Sat 8 a rn -7 p.m. and
Sunday it w ill lx- closed
“10”, “3” Supporters To Meet
* * * ★★★ ★★★
HEW To Limit Medicaid Reimbursements
Payments
Limited Tc
Lowest Price
HEW Wednesday announc
ed it will limit Medicaid reim
bursement for several labora
tory tests to their lowest local
lly available prices.
This step represents the
second stage of an anti-inflat
ion initiative begun by HEW
Secretary Joseph A. Califano.
Jr., last year.
In July. Secretary Califano
published new regulations
limiting Medicare and Medic
aid payments for laboratory
tests and for medical equip
ment to the lowest price that is
widely available for the same
quality in a particular com
munity. Initially, HEW applied
this limit to the twelve labora
tory tests most widely used by
Medicare and Medicaid pat
ients and to the most common
1 v niirnhacA^ nichooc nf mo^i
cal equipment-hospital beds
and wheelchairs.
The proposal published
Wednesday in the Federal
Register for public comment
would add seven additional
laboratory tests to the list of
tests for which Medicaid will
limit payments to the lowest
price at which they are locally
available.These seven tests
are frequently paid for by
Medicaid but not by Medicare
The tests are: (1) Sickling of
Red Blood Cells; (2) Hemoglo
bin, Electrophoresis;(3) Mic
roscopic Examination, Stain
for Bacteria, (include-in
Smear for Gonococcus i. Fun
gi, Ova and Parasites, Any
Source,(4) Heterophil Anti
bodies, Screening;(5) Lead,
Blood, Quantitative;(6) Iron,
Serum, Automated;(7) Preg
nancy Test.
• "The list we are proposing
today extends our earlier anti
inflation payment limits to
items and services that are
provided only under Medi
caid,” said HCFA Administ
rator Leonard D Schaeffer.
"We feel that substantial sav
ings can be achieved by stimu
lating competition among sup
pliers in the medical field.
Periodically, HCFA will re
view other items and services
and may propose that Medi
care and Medicaid payment
for them also be limited to the
lowest price available
Ur Helen Othow, sister of Wilmington 10
leader ben Chavis, and Charlotte 3 defendant
T J. Keddy, holding his daughter Nia Suppor
ters of the political prisoners will hold a
conference in Charlotte on Feb. 3.
i photo by Eileen Hanson)
President Carter Urges
Support For Black Colleges
r rom the White House Press
Special to the Post
Washington- President Carter
has directed all federal de
partment and agency heads to
"personally join me" in taking
concerted measures to sup
port and strengthen the nat
ion's historically black coll
eges.
"I have repeatedly expressed
my hope that the historically
black colleges will be stronger
when I leave office than when
my Administration began,"
the President said in a memo
randum to all executive de
partments and agencies.
The President listed four
steps that they should lake to
meet this objective:
-Keview tneir agency's
operations to ensure that his
torically black institutions are
“being given a fair opportune
ity to participate in federal
grant andcontract programs"
and that affirmative efforts
are made to inform black
colleges of opportunities avail
able.
-Identify and eliminate unin
tended barriers that may have
resulted in reducer! participa
non in ana oenetits trom
federal programs by black
colleges
-Identify areas where histo
rically black institutions can
participate more effectively in
an agency’s activities (For
example: small research con
tracts or grants which can be
let without competition and
new or existing cooperative
education programs which
facilitate minority student
access to federal employment!
-Establish goals and time
tables for increased partici
pation of historically black
colleges in activities of the
agencies, with these goals
reflecting targets for increas
ed expenditures beyond fiscal
197H levels.
-Establish a forum for con
tinuing consultation with re
presentatives from histori
cally black colleges and uni
versities and plan visits and
other efforts to familiarize
agency staff with "the unique
and indispensable resources
at black colleges ”
Appoint a high-level liaison
person to oversee these acti
vities
President Carter directed
mai cuuis iviarun,special
Assistant for Minority Affairs,
in cooperation with the De
partment of Health, Educa
tion, and Welfare, monitor the
implementation of his direct
ive on a government-wide
level
"The continuing importance
of historically black colleges
and universities, not only to
students but also to this nat
ion's social, economic and
educational life, cannot be
over-estimated. This Admini
stration is committed to en
hancing their strength and
prosperity,” the President
said.
Cong. Jim Martin
Named To Chair
Task Forces Key
Jim Martin of North Caro
lina is one of eight Hepublican
Congressmen who have been
named to chair key task forces
of the House Hepublican Re
search Committee during the
96th Congress.
With West iwermutiy
Isaac Heard Jr. Chosen For
Minority Involvement Exchange
..Isaac Heard Jr., Trans
portation Planner, Charlotte
Mecklenburg Planning Com
mission, Charlotte, North
Carolina, has been selected to
participate in a professional
ethnic exchange between the
United States and Germany.
He was chosen Irom among
applicants from throughout
the United States to be a
member of the 1979 exchange
visitation This will be the
third annual visit coordinated
by Sister Cities International.
The group of ten academic,
municipal and professional
leaders from the United States
will visit the Kepublic of West
Germany beginning January
25. 1979 to study professional
minority involvement in West
German society to gain an
insight into how West Germ
any is attempting to solve its
w a
Isaac Heard Jr.
...Transportation Planner
ethnic and foreign labor pro
hlems Members of the ten
•member task force arc from
Washington. l).C.;Tempe,
Arizona .Santa Monica. Cali
fornia.San Bernardino, Cali
fornia, Atlanta. Georgia and
Charlotte, North Carolina.
"It opened a whole new
vista for awareness and grow
th for American minorities,"
was the way Dr Philip Jones,
Assistant Professor of Edu
cation at the University of
Iowa summed up the ethnic
minority program to Germ
any in 1976
The exchange program, de
signed to develop a better
understanding of professional
members of minority groups
and their role as viewed in
each society, is being jointly
coordinated by Sister Cities
International, Washington
D C and the Institute for Aus
landsbeziehungen (SCI's West
(German counterpart i, Stut
tgart
The group will spend a day
of briefing and orientation in
Washington, D C. January
23rd prior to departing for
F rankfurt on January 24. l»7»
(Note: an itinerary and a list
of participants are attached i
The ‘ Minority Involve
ment” exchange program
lasting from January 25 to
F ebruary 14, l//», will include
briefings, seminars, discuss
ion groups concerning profess
ional and minority roles in
each society and homestays in
the West German cities
Sister Cities International is
the national, non profit or
ganization which links morc
than 64<> U.S. cities with oxer
H50 cities in 7» countries a
round (he world Currently. 72
U.S. cities are alfiliated with
an equal nuinlier in West
Germany The cities involved
carry out exchanges in Un
professional technical, xnulli
cultural, educational. Journal
istic and municipal lields
Statewide Conference Will
Be Held Here February 3
by Eileen Hanson
A state-wide conference to
support the Wilmington 10 and
Charlotte 3 will be held in
Charlotte Sat., Feb. 3 The con
ference is open to the public
and will begin at 11 a m at
University Park Baptist Chu
rch, 2156 Senior Drive.
The event is sponsored by
People United for Justice, the
N.C. Political Prisoners Com
mittee and the Wilmington 10
Defense Committee.A $2 re
gistration fee will include
lunch.
Ann Shephard Turner, one
of the W ilmington 10, will open
the conference.The afternoon
workshops will develop strat
egies for involving community
groups in the campaign to
free the 13 prisoners Work
shops will focus on churches,
unions, women's rights
groups, students and political
parties.
Highlight of the conference
will be a special screening of a
new Him Wilmington 10:
L'.S.A. 10.000" Made by Haile
Gerima of Ethiopia and the
Howard University Film
Crew, the film documents the
Wilmington 10case.lt took twc
years to make the feature
length film
Over 4,000 people attended
the world premiere in New
York City in November."It
was a tremendous event Am
bassadors from all over the
world were there to show their
support lor the Wilimington
10,” said Dr. Helen Othow who
attended the lilm premiere
with her family.Dr Othow is a
sister of Kev. Ben Chavis anc
teaches at Johnson C. Smith
University.
According to Othow, a West
ern North Carolina premiere
of the Him is planned lor early
March in Charlotte one work
shop at the Feb :i conference
will lie devoted to planning the
event
"It is especially importani
for people here in North Caro
hna to see inis film, Othow
said "It gives a true picture o
what really happened in Wil
mington.''
The Wilmington to were
convicted of th 1971 burning o
a Wilmington grocery All ex
cept Hen Chavis are out oi
parole However, supporters
claim they are not free be
cause of severe restrictions o
their activities Parolees car
be returned to prison for thi
slightest infraction of the
rules
Chavis will be eligible fo
parole next January He i:
currently in Hillslxirough pri
son
The Charlotte 3 were cor
victed in 1972 lor burning th
Lazy B Stables 4 years earl
ter Ail three are nacK in pnso
after the Supreme Court rt
fused to hear their case Ian
October
T .1 Keddy and Jim Gran
are at Camp Green in Chat
lotte Charles Parker is at
Statesville prison
Supporters want Govern®
Jim Muni to grant pardons <
innocence to ail IJ prisoner
All other legal channels lias
tieen exhausted
Chavis and Grant helpt
organize t narlotte's first
sanitation w inkers strike i
I!i7u Xiong with Parker ar
Pettd). they were also acti\
m eonnseltng Mack youth la
mg !!••• Vietnam War drall
Mom oi M e W Inungloii I
>tl ie li'gli school students ,
t'..« tunc oi 'In ir conviction
Ibcv tteii iS'in.iiMuiy liclti
I'tlllC.llllil ' ' .. I • .s 11|
Cl.Illl illd 'll ’ 1.:. 'l Viol'll
miner King Jr. s Diruiaay
, when racial disturbances
broke out in Wilmington
Turner was a VISTA volun
teer in Wilmington.Chavis
was there on behalf of the
United Church of Christ Com
mission on Racial Justice
Revelations of perjured lest
imony, paid witnesses ami
intimidation of defense wit
nesses have led thousands ot
supporters and international
organizations to believe the I t
prisoners were framed
Amnesty International con
siders them prisoners ol con
science. Catholic Bishops in
See STATE on page 3
■■mill
^ Rev Colemon W. Kerry Jr
v Commission chairman
! M. L. King
r
l Commission
p
j Sets Meeting
The Martin Luther King Jr.
t- Memorial Commission will
e hold a Public meeting Mon
y day. January 29 at 7:30 p m
at the Friendship Baptist
e Church. 3301 Beatties Ford
e Road
The Commission was form
,1 ed two years ago by former
>. Mayor John BelU and the Citv
A Council, to determine what
,1 i nariotte could do to memo
I rialize and honor Dr Martin
Luther King Jr for his out
» standing contribution to
,( American life
c- The Commission proposed
n and it was approved that a
statue of Dr King would be
». erected in Marshall Park
,f Funds have been raised and
n the artist was selected and
e commissioned to proceed with
the statue
Dr Selma Burke, a native
,r North Carolinian, born and
is reared in Mooresville, and a
j. Black sculptress was selected
to do the statue Dr. Burke
v sculptured the Roosevelt
ie Dime
I- To date, over $30,000 has
in ueen laistsi rmeen inmudnu
e- dollars has been paid to Dr
lit burke and another $20,000 is
now due in order for the statue
it to move to the foundry
r- Dr Colemon W Kerry Jr.,
the newly elected chairman
and Pastor of Friendship
Dr Baptist Church said, "This
of meeting is designed to report
s to the public and to give
ir factual information on all as
pects of the program "
ed Kev. Kerry continued, "to
complete the project wee will
in need $40,000 With the cash on
id hand, the collecting of unpaid
ce pledges, the response of the
ie- busuiess community and the
community at large, we
la should raise these funds sliort
al l>
is The commission is hopelul of
tv announcing an unveiling date
id. at .i»e January 29 meeting,
in The public is invited