^v\ [jPH THE CHARLOTTE POST p=l L 1 “Charlotte's Fastest Growing Community Weekly" ” black consumers ~‘^CHARLOTTEWORraSBoBwirnlSS^SnrrrT!!?-~~* ——I——_ ^_ _ Price 30 Cents Hearing Set On CD Application ^The Charlotte City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 26 at 3 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall to hear comments and suggestions on the Community Development Application for Block Grant Funds for fiscal year I960. The hearing is being held before the appli-, cation is submitted to regional and state governments and then to the Federal Depart ment of Housing and Urban Development. Charlotte is scheduled to receive $16,023,000 in Com munity Development Funds for physical and social improvements over the next three years. Approximately $11 million is available for the fifth and sixth years to con tinue current programs. A nother $5 million is expected to be available for the seventh year. Persons wishing to speak at the hearing should notify the wiiicc ui uic v/iiy V/ierft, V/ity Hall, telephone 374-2247 by noon thf day of the hearing. Speakers are asked to place their suggestions in writing for the record. Those not able to attend may send their comments to the Director, Community Development Department, Cameron-Brown Bu&cung, 30i South McDowell Street, Charlotte 2x204. Ttye currently approved Community Development Neighborhood Strategy Areas are Grier Heights, North Charlotte, Cherry, Third Ward, West Morehead, First Ward Extension, South gale Park-Brookhill, Five Points and WUmore-Diiwortii. The three new proposed Neighborhood Startegy Areas are West Boulevara,'upper ■ Greenville, and Druid Hills. New neighborhoods approved for the Section 312 Loan Program are Elizabeth and Chantilly. University Park Post Office To Close? | Will the U.S. Government close the University Parf^Post Office on Beatties Ford Road? “No, says postmaster Oscar Sloan. “We might move it to a smaller quarters, but there will continue to be a Univer sity Park Post Office." Although that postal branch, serving 46,000 customers now has a reduced staff of three available, according to Sloan. Carriers no longer deliver mail from the University Park Post Office. ‘ instead they work out of the general mail facilities at the Mail process ing point located at 1-8$ and MuJlberry Road. When the August 1979 lease expires for the University Park Post Office, Sloan says the post office will either renew its lease or move to another location within the area served. City Offices To Close On Monday, February 19 all offices of Charlotte City gov ermnent will celebrate George W&ington’s birthday. Due to the holiday the City Sanita tion division will operate on a different schedule during the Figures May Not Lie, but girdles keep many of them from telling the truth. Photo by Jerry Curry LOVELY DEIDRA GRIFFIN ....East Mecklenburg sophomore Deidra Griffin Is Beauty Of Week by Sherleen McKoy Po6t Staff writer Deidra Griffin, a sophomore ai r*ast Mecklenburg High School, is our beauty for this School is an emphatic' yes" as far as Deidra is concerned /"There's nothing to do at borne, so you might as well get an education,” she asserted. “You can’t go to college anyway if you don’t have a high school back ground.’’ English ranks as her favo rite school subject. Deidra wants to make nurs ing her life’s career. Her interest in the field developed as a result of a class she took at Presbyterian Hospital. She prefers to do her nursing activities in the children's ward. * “I’ve always enjoyed child ren,” shesaid. “Last summer I worked with children in the Piedmont Court Day Care Center.” Hopefully, Deidra said she plans to work at a day care center this summer, though it may not be the same one. Deidra describes herself as being “sometimes nice, some times mean. If I get mad, I get an attitude,” she explained. Reading books about slaver] is a favorite past-time for Deidra. “I like to know what went on back then and how they (slaves) were treated,” shesaid. She also likes to read mvsteries After school hours, Deidra likes to watch the soap operas and afterwards go the library and study. Her weekends are filled with church activities, choir re hearsals on Saturdays and morning and evening church sevices on Sundays. •A member of the House of Prayer, Deidra sings In her church’s youth choir. This March she will be traveling with her church to Florida for a House of Prayer Convoca tion. Her Bishop, and other singing groups and bands will Black History Month Picking Up Momentum by Eileen Hanson Special To The Pont Black History Month is pick ing up momentum as it enters its second week. Daily everts sponsored by the Afro-Ameri can Cultural Center are aimed at involving people in black history and culture, and mak ing the black community more aware of its own resources. The rich variety of African and Afro-American music and dance will highlight this week's celebrations Pro grams are open to the public and free unless otherwise indicated + Kri Feb. 9 An evening of Spiritual Gospels and Blues, with UNCC Children of the sun. All-City Spiritual Choir, James Putmon, Pervis Lee and T.J. Reddy. 7 p m Great er Bethel AME Church, 201 Grandin Rd. -f Sat Feb 10: StudenU from the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) will perform African dances and music. ' Clothing and books will be collected for Zimbabwe refugees Entertainment place. Spirit Square, 7:30 p. m. (tl). * Sun Feb 11: Local black artists will be-recogniz ed at a ceremony and recept ion at the opening of a special exhibit, Afro-Center (Spirit Square), 3-5 p.m. + Mon Feb 12: Open House, 1-2 price on AACC memberships, t-shirts and Brooklyn Project booklets, 9 a m - 5 p.m. Afro-Center. +Tues. Feb. 13: Com munitv Forum with the Black Journalists Associa tion. 7:30 p.m. C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1421 Statesville Ave. + Wed. Feb 14: An even ing of Jazz by local artists, TheGallery Restuarant, 1408 E. More head 8 p.m. ($2.50 donation). + Wed Feb. 14: Film Series: "Discovery of African Music," "Discovery of Ameri can Folk Music," "Jazz," and “Aretha Franklin: Soul Singer ’’ Main Library, 301 N. Tryon, 7:30 p m. + Thurs. Feb 15: Com munity Forum. Tape-slide show, "200 Years of Black Art” by Charles Rogers, Johnson C. Smith Art Depart ment. 7:30 p.ip. First United Presbyterian Church, 210 E. 7th Street. + Fri. Feb. 16: An even ing of Poetry by PAGE (Perf orming Arts Guild Ensemble), Folktales by Ebony Group and Company, story telling and African Tales by Alvin John son 7 p m at Gethsemane AME Zion Church, 531 Cam pus Street. + Sat. Feb 17: An Even ing of Poetry, Blues and Ja«, with PAGE, James Putmon and Gladys Grady. 8 p.m at Entertainment Place, Spirit Square. ($1.00) mscw ■ 'wve Artist Charles Rogers Presents slide show For more information about Black History Month, contact tne Afro-Center in .Spirit Square (HOE 7th St.) also be attending this event. Deidra should certainly en joy her trip since traveling is something she really likes to do. She has traveled to Baltimore, parts of Virginia and around North Carolina. Her sight is focused on future travels. “I would lflra to travel to California to sec if it's' what people say it really is,” she said wonderingly. Deidra also expressed a desire to someday live in New York. One reason is because she has relatives nearby, another is that she spent the very first two months of her life there and lastly, there are so many popular people living there. Deidra credits her mother as having the most influence in her life. “My mother is always on my tracks,” she remarked, “trying to bring me up the right way." The third oldest of six child ren, Deidra is the daughter of Mrs. Helen Griffin. Harris Appoints 13 To Traffic Safety Committee Charlotte Mayor Kenneth Harris has appointed a 13 member Traffic Safety Com mittee to develop and promote the importance of safe driv ing. Members of the Traffic Saf ety Committee are as follows: Joseph Mallow, Citizens Safety Association; R.E. Eidson, Police Department; Bernard Corbett, City Traffic Engineer; Peter Gilchrist, Di strict Attorney;Joseph E. Green, Safety Director, Char lotte-Mecklenburg Schools; Ed Pickard, American Auto Association;Jim Spivery, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Insur ance Advisory Committee, Betty Chafin, Mayor Protem; Ray Barath, WSOC-WSOC TV; Lester Strong, WBT See HARRIS on page 9 Meany Terms Budget Cuts “Unfair” For Workers, Poor Carter Plan Sees 6.2% Joblessness Reprint from theAFL-CIO News The Carter Administration, planning for continued but slower economic growth over at least the next two years, is forecasting a "modest rise” in joblessness from the current 5.9 percent to 6.2 percent by the end of this year. The nation's unemployment rate is expected to remain at the higher level through 1980 as the Administration con tinues its approach to reduc ing the country's soaring inflation rate. “Reducing inflation must be our top economic priority,” Persident Carter told Con gress in his annual Economic report. In the annual report^ of the President’s Council of'Econo mic Advisors which parried Carter’s assessment dr the economy, and at a news briefing by CEA Chairman Charles Schultze, however, the nation was alerted to the posibility of even higher unemployment. The 1979-80 unemployment forecasts must be regarded as “highly uncertain,” the Pre sident’s economic advisers said, “Because of the difficul ties inherent in predicting &1UWUJ ui uk iauur iuitc, in productivity, and in output.” The President and his advisers also insisted that it will be “very difficult” to achieve the unemployment goals of the Humphrey Hawkins Full employment & Balanced Growth Act unless the economy responds to the President’s anti-inflation program. The Humphrey Hawkins bill set a goal of reducing unemployment in 1983 to 4 percent for workers aged 16 and over and 3 percent for workers aged 20 and over while setting a goal for infla tion in that year of no more than 3 percent. Success in braking and reducing the rate of inflation "is critical to our ability to attain the unemployment goals” of the Humphrey Hawkins Act as well as the inflation goal, the President’s economic advisers warned. In his report, Carter said that on most counts the na tion’s prosperity rests on a solid base but he cited again and again the “serious threat" to the economy posed by rising prices. An international problem, inflation worsened in the United States last year, as consumer prices rose by 9 percent, a rapid acceleration from the 6.75 percent rate in 1977. Black 'fx3hliw i^narges Dropped David Miller Is Free Man! David Miller is a free man again. For the past 10 months Miller and his family have lived with the threat of the gas chamber hanging over them. In April, 1978, Miller was charged with the murder of Julius Smith. His accuser, Terry Lyon, was Miller’s co worker at Kraftco and lover of the dead man’s wife. Lyon claimed he promised Miller $3,000 to kill Smith, but that no money was paid. There was no other evidence against Miller. Concerned that a black man was being made the scapegoat for a murder rap, black minis ters and community leaders spoke out, demanding that charges against Miller be dropped for laclqof evidence. The David Miller Defense Committee, based at Geth semane Baptist Church where the Millers are members, raised $1800 at two Gospel programs to help Miller’s defense. Supporters marched to the Free Food Publics WASHINGTON-Single cop ies of booklets on food and nutrition are available free from the U S.Department of Agriculture. The publications are prepared by department experts. To order a booklet, give its title and number and mention that it's a “home and garden Court House in August, and filed 500 petitions with the District Attorney’s office. The defense committe, headed by Rev. James Barnett, gen erated publicity and support around the case, and several ministers went to see the D.A. about dropping the charges. Finally on Feb. 2 the District Attorney's office dropped the charges against miller for lack of evidence. 'Y * -a Lyon was sentenced to three to five years for soliciting for murder. "This is what we’ve been working for,” said Rev. C.E. Dewberry, Miller’s pastor. "But it’s a crime that Lyon got such a light sentence.” “It’s hard to find the words, “I’m so relieved,” said Miller’s wife, Gale. “Our friends were behind us. Now we can go on with our lives ” irwin rlans Tan You Read Me” Program Irwin Avenue Elementary School has launched a campaign called “Can You Head Me?” designed to re cruit volunteers from the up town area to work with stu dents who need help in reading. “In the past we've looked mainly to parents as our volunteers,” said Mary Haves, volunteer coordinator itions Available bulletin." Mail your request to Publications Division, OGPA, USDA, Washington, D C. 20250 Make sure you include your zip code. Recipe publications offered are: "Cheese in Family Meal*,” 124; “Milk in Family Meals,” 127; “Apples in Ap pealing Way*,” 161; and “Nut* in Family Meals,” 176. ior liie school, “but because we are an optional school, many of our parents live some distance away. Our location so near uptown made recruit ing volunteers from that area very natural, and we’re also looking at the surrounding Third Ward area.” She point ed out that Irwin School is only ten blocks from the Square, and that breaking volunteer time into fifteen-minute seg ments can enable a volunteer to work with one or more children who are reading be low level during a normal lunch hour. Flyers announcing the pro gram are currently being dis tributed to uptown businesses and to institutions such as Spirit Square and the public library. The “Can You Bead Me?” slogan, developed by Ms Hayes, her husband John, a professor at UNCC, and PTSA publicity co-chairman J.C. Honeycutt, is intended to express the need for commun nication, as well as sharpen ing reading skills. “Wc definitely need the help that volunteers can give our students,” Ms. Hayes said UJS. Suspend* Civilian Mail Service To Iran All civilian mail service to Iran have been suspended, according to Willie Stratford, a U S. po^-i. official. Airmail had previously beer m ..pended and now surface mail and package* can nc longer be sent to Iran until further notice. Mail on route will be returned to the sender Hits Lack Of Equality In Sacrifice Reprint from theAFL-CIO New The Administration s pur posed federal budget for fisc; 1 1980 would place the burden oi fighting inflation on workers, retirees and the poor to an extent that it adds up to "thi sacrifice of equality, not equality of sacrifice.” AFL-CIO President Georg' Meany charged Reducing the federal budg*-t deficit to $30 billion from th* $40 billion estimated for the m lernn ♦ voq r n c n n n/ Ihn Administration’s program to curb inflation actually would reduce the inflation rate less than one-quarter of 1 percem. Meany said. And that is a figure from “economists who rarely agree with organized labor.” “So isn't it fair to ask how many lives mi-st l>e injured hi order to ‘save’ that one quarter of 1 percent?” Meany asked. He cited a series o' avings that could be made by lower ing interest rates on the fede ral debt or curbing oil com pany passthroughs of OPEC price increases that would require U.S. banks and oil companies to share more equitably the burdens of the fight against inflation. “Austerity?” he asked in referring to the propose i budget. “I see it as a major attack on the living standards of average Americans, further widening the gap between the haves and have-nots,” Meany said. “I see no reason why the have-nots should expect less, dream less, want less or receive less.” Yet that is precisely what the budget proposals ask them to do, he said, and he express ed total disagreement with the assertion by Council on Wage & Price Stability Chairman Alfred Kahn that social pro grams cannot be funded because "the middle class and upper middle class are unwill ing to take the cuts that are needed. “I just don’t believe Mr Kahn,” Meany said. “1 don’t believe America's middle class has become as hard hearted as the corporations and the vested interests have always been.” o I oiuai M gallic III a speech to a Leadership Con ference on Civil rights awards dinner the same day the Administration's budget pro posals were released. Meany noted that the conference has “endured seven presidents and IS Congresses" since it was formed 29 years ago, and the battlegrounds of civ'l rights are a kaleidoscope of issues with this year's focus on the budget. "Sometimes the battle ground Is voting rights, fair housing or the minimum wage," Meany noted and said the budget battleground wasn't the choosing of the groups that make up the lead ership conference. "We would rather fight for improve ments,not just defend past gains from the atUcks of the budget cutters." iL.i «' J • W__ the same commitment the conference has known from the AFL-CIdthroughout its life. What's at stake, he said, is to challenge those who would use the Proposition 13 mentality to widen the gap between those who have much and those who have little