Prison Unit Challenges WGIV in Benefit Game Charlotteans will be able to donate to the Martin Luther King Memorial Statue Fund and watch two excellent bas ketball teams compete at the same time next Monday even ing. The udbketuau team 01 Camp Green Prison Unit will be playing WGIV’s team at Johnson C. Smith University Gym beginning at 7:30 p.m. All proceeds will go to the Martin Luther King Memorial Statue Fund to help push the drive over the top. The fund raising effort, begun in 1976 by the Rev. James Barnett, is now in the hands of a commit tee headed by Rev. Coleman W Kerry, Jr. of Friendship Baptist Church. The commit tee hopes to close out the drive this year, making Charlotte the first major city In the South to erect a statue in , honor of the great civil rights Teader. The game is the result of the combined effort of the Unit basketball Team of Camp -jSreen Prison and the Citizens Advisory Board along with , Station WGIV, the Martin Lut 'frer King Memorial Fund :Drive Committee, Unit Super intendent Robert L. Reese, the ? coach, Leroy Foster. The men Jon the team had expressed a deep concern toward honoring jj Dr.King, and wished to j express their appreciation to * the Charlotte community for | their involvement in matters !* affecting the unit population. Superintendent Reese explain ed that on this unit volunteer citizens and community invol : vement in corrections were ! emphasized. “We appreciate i the opportunity to participate S in a community project,” he | said. * The Citizen's Advisory Com j mittee, composed of citizens ; from the community who are : sincerely committed to aiding I in the correctional effort toward the men qt Camp Green thru citizen involve ment, did much of the contact | work that had to be done in ; order to insure that the game f would take place. PRESIDENT MEETS NNPA DIRECTORS ncaiucm oiiimiy carter gestures wruie making a point during a recent meeting with the board of directors of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The Association was at the White House on the occasion of Black Press Week, March 14-17, and came to discuss their concerns about black America. Shown with the President from left-to-right are: Kenneth Stanley, editor-publisher, Louisville Defender; Wil liam H. Lee, editor-publisher, Sacremento Observer; Mrs. Jane Woods, publisher, St. Louis Sentinel; The President; John H. Sengstacke, publisher, Chicago Daily Defen- ' der; Majorie Parham, editor-publisher, Cin cinnati Herald; Alfred L. Morris, president, Philadelphia Tribune; Robert bogie, adverti sing director, Philadelphia Tribune; John B. Smith, executive vice president, Atlanta Inquirer, Sherman Briscoe, executive direc tor, National Newspaper Publishers Associa tion; Howard Murphy, comptroller, Afro American Newspapers; John H. Murphy, chairman of the board, Afro-American News papers; Ophelia DeVore Mitchell, publisher, Columbus Georgia Times; William O. Wal ker, editor-publisher, Cleveland Call and Post; and John L. Procope, publisher, New York Amsterdam News. Shown behind the President are Louis Martin, Special Assistant to the President; Karen Zuniga and Julia Dobbs, both deputies to Mr. M^tin. April: Cancer Control Month Cancer Claims 395,000 Victims oy susan n.usworui Post Staff Writer Cancer claims the lives of 195,000 victims annually. The American Cancer So ciety will make an effort to heighten public awareness of the disease during April, through educational and fund raising activities. April is Cancer Control Month accor ding to Ms. Sherry Bailey, a member of the Public Infor mation Committee of the American Cancer Society. “In two out of three families someone will have cancer; and one out of every four individuals will get cancer,” Ms. Bailey said. LaSalle Leffall, MD., presi dent of the American Cancer Society, and a black surgeon at the Howard University’s School of Medicine reported how cancer specifically af fects blacks in a February interview in the Washington Star. He said one out of every six deaths among blacks annually is due to cancer. In the past 25 years the rate of new cancer cases among blacks increased by 8 percent while for whites the rate dropped by 3 percent. "These higher rates for blacks may be related to an increased exposure to chemic al and environmental pollu tants that result in cancer," Leffall warned. “For particular types of cancers, habits such as exces sive drinking or smoking may be related to the increased risk to blacks,” he added. The American Cancer So ciety will encourage media exposure and provide speak ers to clubs, schools and busi nesses to give information on cancer, Ms. Bailey said. A fund-raising goal of $125,000 is set for April. Individuals will be contacted in their homes about donating money. "The majority of money will go toward research," Ms. Haney empnasizea. ine bulk of the monies will be for local use, with some national and state allocations,” she added. "Trends in certain types of cancers such as skin cancer show a good survival rate. The death rate from uterine cancer has decreased by 70 percent over the past 40 years, due to the development of the PAP test, according to Ms. Bailey. More researcn ia i«*uw w find ways of conquering other kinds of cancer. Lung cancer, for example, has increased by 10 percent a year. “We are losing 96.000 neoole a year to lung cancer,” Ms. Bailey stressed. The American Cancer Society supports research and urges individuals to seek me dical assistance through the cancer-testing programs that exist. SEALY ANNIVERSARY SALE Medina Furniture Co., Inc. ^ 3131 Tuekaseegee Rd. 392-3963 Tommy Holms ,sVeep quilt I win Size surface over put 1> cushion- ea. pc. ing firm Full Size $64*/ ea.pc. hundreds ol coils. Durj r 1 Guafd’ foundation. Queen Size 60x80” $179*/set 1 King Size 76x80” $239*»/aet SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS! I " '1 - ' - - Clayton Perry's Inflation Fighter Clayton Is offering A Full Tank Of Gas With Each New Car He Sells . 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