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CMS Become
Conscious
by Susan Ellsworth
f Post Staff Writer
Local school units across
North Carolina are being
urged to prepare for a passible
oil fuel shortage next Septem
ber
The State Division of Plant
Operations says oil deliveries
could be hampered in the
future by shortages and reduc
ed allocations.
Since the bulk of energy
costs for local schools is borne
by the local unit, Carsie
Denning, Division Director of
Plant Operations recommend
ed that local units plan to
fill their tanks now while
supplies are still available.
He warned that waiting until
the end of the fiscal year could
prove more costly.
Schools in North Carolina
last year, spent more than 52
million dollars in providing
heating and cooling for their
buildings
Local schools here are not
experiencing shortages now,
according to Rod Cameron,
director of supplies-services
for the Char lot teM ecklenburg
schools.
“We will make funds avail
able to buy more fuel,’’ he
said. In the meantime, Came
ron continued, the school unit
is taking steps to conserve
energy.
School thermostats have
been lowered to 60 degrees
heating and 78 degrees for
cooling. Hot water tempera
oeen reouceq, Cameron re
marked.
Oil consumption has declin
ed by 15 percent from July
gj78-Jan. 79, Cameron emphasi- *
”zed.
“We haven’t gotten federal
funds to make changes in
insulation or reduce glass
areas,” Cameron said.
When we get to the point of
submitting ideas, the govern
ment decides which ones it
will fund, he continued.
“Local funds must match
federal funds, and we don’t
have the money now,” Came
ron commented.
The budget for the next
school year is almost complet
ed now according to Cameron.
Projected increases in oil
costs will be included in the
budget.
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ATTRACTIVE CHAUNTINA MAXWELL
.Enjoying the career world
Chauntina Maxwell
Is Beauty Of Week
by Sherleen McKoy
Post Staff Writer
Chauntina Michele Max
well, a purchasing agent for
Piedmont Natural Gas Co., is
our beauty for this week.
Tina's job entails purchas
ing tools and supplies for
-asrvtoe sow to 1A districts in
He'CttwItaM,' antt operating
the switchboard at intervals.
Asked whether she misses
school, Tina said positively,
“No, I enjoy the
career world.” After gradua
tion from West Charlotte High
School in 1977, she attended
Kings Business School for a
year where she majored in
Secretarial Science.
A very enriching experience
she recollects was working as
an office assistant with the
Public Defendants' Office at
the County Courthouse as part
of a career internship pro
gram at West Charlotte.
Tina describes herself as a
person with a pleasing person
ality. “I enjoy meeting and
talldttf with people of all
ages," she said. She likes
talking with elderly people
because "they are a lot of
inspiration.”
One of the smartest persons
she knows is her B7 year old
deaf-mute cousin. By being
around her, Tina has develop
ed an appreciation far things
most people take for granted.
Tina likes to taka abort
trip«> go b9*u*g atf
jasa music She aka enjoys
helping people who are lees
fortunate than she is.
The most liuTuential persons
in her life are her parents and
Mr. and Mrs. Zoel Hargrave,
friends of the family.
“All of them have been a
guiding light in directing and
advising me,” she explained.
“They would give me the pro's
and con’s but would not make
decisions for me.” She added,
“They were never too busy to
listen to me.”
“My mother is more like a
sister,” Tina continued.
“She’s very candid, yet sweet
when it comes to my welfare.”
Her mother, who is »*—* in
the secretarial field, has been
an inspiration to Tina, espe
cially when she encountered
problems in her classes at
Kings.
An only child, Tina said that
she and her father also have a
very close relationship. “I
really enjoy being the only
child,” she said.
Food Stamp Program To
Bar Workers Who Quit Job
WASHINGTON-Primary
wage earners who quit their
jobs and then apply for food
stamps will have their house
holds barred from the food
stamp program for two
months under a new food
stamp rule, Assistant Secre
tary of Agriculture Carol
Tucker Foreman said today.
Under work registration re
quirements for food stamps,
all able-bodied, unemployed
household members between
18 and 60 must register for
work and accept any offer of
suitable employment.
If a food stamp participant
who is registered for work
fails to accept or continue an
offer of suitable employment,
the entire household is auto
matically disqualified from
the program. "Hie new rule
expands this provision to dis
qualify households whose pri
mary wage earner quits a Job
and then applies for food
stamps.
Foreman said the new rule
assures that those who don’t
need food stamps don’t get
them. At the same time, she
said, it helps assure those who
need them most, such as the
elderly and the working poor,
get them.
The rule, which will be
published in the March 23
Federal Register, was pro
posed in November and chew
235 comments, most of them
favorable.
rcep. raunrroy
Will Speak Here
Thursday
Black civil rights activist
Walter E. Fauntroy (Dem
House of Representatives)
will be in Charlotte Thursday,
April S to speak at the Quality
Inn at 6 p.m.
Fauntruy is
sentative of
in the U.S.
talives. He
Dr Martin
Conference
Wants Testing Data Released
NEA Calls Upon FCT To
Investigate Testing Industry
NOW To
Sponsor
Program
by Eileen Hanson
Special to the Poet
Rape - bow to prevent it,
what you can do about it, and
efforts to change N.C. rape
laws, will be the subject of
discussion at the Metrolina
Chapter of N.O.W. (National
Organization for Women), on
Wed. April 11. The program
will be held at the Park Road S
k W Cafeteria, beginning at 7
p.m. with a new film, “Rape:
Victim or Visitor?” A repre
sentative of Rape Crisis, an
organization that provides
counseling for rape victims,
will lead the discussion.
According to Rape Crisis,
there are several things a
woman cap do to prevent
rajis:
Carry a whistle on your
keychain and keep it handy
when alone.
Avoid being alone at night,
and in isolated places at any
time.
Keep your doors locked at
all times, be suspicious of
anyone seeking entry; de
mand identification
Always keep car doors lock
ed, while driving and when
parked.
Be aware that it could hap
pen to you!
If a person is raped, they
should call the police or go to
the hospital immediately. To
contact Rape Crisis for a
counselor call 373-0982, a 24
hour crisis phone, and ask for
Rape Crisis.
The N.O.W. meeting is open
to the public. Child care will
be provided. Cafeteria-style
dinner is available beginning
at 6 p.m. Metrolina N O W.
will elect new officers and
hold its business meeting
following the program.
Clarence JMolley Has Served
40 Years With Sears Roebuck
by Susan Ellworth
Post Staff Writer
“Hardware is an interesting
department. You learn from
your customers," commented
Clarence Nolley, who has
worked for Sears, Roebuck
and Company longer than any
other of its employees.
September will mark his
40th year with Sears.
Nolley, 60, is a hardware
salesman; he handles inven
tory and keeps a supply of
lawn and garden equipment
on display at Sears in the
Eastland Mall
A friend encouraged a
21-year old Nolley to apply for
a temporary job at Sears in
1939 during a 10 day anniver
sary sale, commemorating
the store's birthday
When the sale ended no one
told him noi to return to work,
so he did
“I went to w-ork lor 10 days
and stayed 39 years. " he
quipped
Nolley's first position was to
work in the maintenance de
partment of Sears on S Tryon
Street, located in the lurmer
Wilson Building, which is now
occupied by Jack Woods. Ltd
and Pound ar.d Moore Office
Supplies.
In 1941 Sears moved to N
Tryon Street and Nolley be
came a floor covering mstal
ler. Thirteen years later he
switched to selling floor cover
ing Since 1970 Nolley has
been a hardware salesman
“Many times a custom) r
will show me how to use a
particular tool," Nolley re
marked. “Most customers
are familiar with tools be
cause they use them for their
work," he explained “Then I
can use this knowledge to
teach others "
vrooa oenenis ana oetter
pay are the reasons Nollcy
gave for choosing to remain
with Sears for nearly four
decades
Nolley generated enthu
siasm for the recent move
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Program To
Continue Strong
Special To The Post
Washington — Federal
spending for sis nil programs
will not he hurt by the need for
aid to F.gvpt and Israel in tlu
Mideast peace process, the
White House announced
President Carter personally
gave the instructions that not
one cent must he taken from
progrnms that help America s
poor and disadvantaged
"We can squeeze elsewhere to
protect the continued spondaic
for social progf mis and that •
what the President ha mid on
to do." said .1 umes M Intv re
who heads the federal t ifln e ot
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from the N Tryon location to
the Eastland Mall. A new
store, different setting and a
chance t<> meet new people all
appeals to Nolley
Ncsi<ling,in Charlotte on
Beatties Ford Hoad, Nolley is
married and has 5 children,
four of whom he sent through
college.
Everyone Pays
For Shoplifting
By .Julie Bender
Special to the Post
1. 'cry American family
pays an extra $30 to $150 a
year to retail stores to help
cover their losses due to shop
lifting
According to agricultural
Specialists with the North Ca
rolina Agricultural Extension
Service store owners have to
raise prices as much as 15
percent to cover losses
This means a $25 item would
cost only tietween $22 and $23
without this markup
/Anoint ! pari 01 me cost 01
shoplifting is the cost of sur
veillance equipment needed in
stores to check on shoppers.
W ho are the most frequent
shoplifters'’
According to the specialists,
they're young and old, rich
and poor However, shoplift
ing is the most common
among teenagers
Housewives comprise 25
percent of all shoplifters;
teenagers almost 50 percent
F.xperts say that most of the
people \»ho take things from
stores have enough money in
their pockets to pay for the
items they have stolen
The average price of items
stolen is $2B and on the aver
age. one of every 12 shoppers
takes something from a store
Besides the cost to con
sumers. shoplifting can have
long lasting and often damag
ing consequences for those
who are caught Besides
leaving them with a perma
nent police record, a prison
sentence can disrupt families
and cause severe financial
hardship
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Democratic Party Has
Been Receptive To Blacks
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
"If Black America la to
achieve socio-economic equa
lity, we must to
support the Democratic par
ty," urged Democratic Na
tional Committeeman. Rowe
Motley, during a apeach ha
recently delivered in WaeMng
ton, D C.
"Since 1994 the Democratic
party haa bean receptive to
blacka,” Motley — g^ irl-—
A Republican opponent
charged the DomqaMtlc party
had rteecrtad^bMcfca, aoewi
port blacka if th^mritdftS
their allegiance to the Repub
lican party.
/"Blacks are dlrtllurionod
with the Democratic party
because they don’t knew the
facts, 'Motley strdMad. "Un
der the Carter 1 ihidalilis
tion,” Motley continued,
"blacks got three times as
much in all areas than they'd
ever had before."
Motley said opportunities
for blacks were at a stalemate
Rows "Jack" Motley
under the KortJ Administra
tlon and with soother Republi
can president, black progress
would regress
"It has taken too to* <2
years); we have Just begun to
see some of the good the
Carter Administration has
done," Motley asserted "In
IMS black progress will reach
its peak ”
Drawing comparisons be
tween the Ford and Carter
Administrations, Money sta
ted that minority contracts
have increased under Carter's
Democratic leadership by 10
20 percent
Allocations of funds for legal
services have increased 133
percent since the beginning of
the Carter Administration.
Federal assistance to mi
nority business tripled from
2.1 billion to almost 6 billion.
The foods tamp program has
increased by more than 2
billion
Social Services, including
ubsidired housing, employ -
■nent and training, and grants
for education are targets of
Increased funding-all occur
red under the Carter Adminis
tration.
"The Democratic party has
programs that if administered
properly, many areas can help
blacks," according to Motley
He warned that it’s impera
tive to keep the Democratic
party in office to improve the
economic status of blacks
“The President, Governor
and Congress control which
way our destiny will go "
Private School
Students Have
AX
Unfair Advantage
WASHINGTON, D C-The
National Education Associa
tion has filed a formal request
under the Freedom of Infor
mation Act this week to secure
the underlying factual data
behind a yet unreleased report
by the Federal Trade Com
mission which has serious
implications for the rights of
millions of this nation's stu
dents and adults at the turning
points of their lives.
"The NEA has learned
through reliable sources,"
reports NEA Executive Direc
tor Terry Herndon, "that an
FTC staff report contains data
which will prove that students
who attend costly private
coaching schools achieve
higher test scores on stand
ardized tests -- tests which the
test makers claim are coach
proof. ’ The skill of test taking
then becomes more important
than the skills the tests alle
gedly measure People who
can afford the cost of such
schools thus have an unfair
advantage at important tran
sition points - from high
school to college, from college
to graduate, law, or business
school, from school to job, and
in some instances from one
job to another job."
"The public has a right to
know not only the results of
this report - which is probably
oeing watered down at tills
moment - but also the impor
tant underlying data so that
students and adults are pro
tected from arbitrary deci
sions based upon unfair test
scores and ability to pay.”
The executive of the nation's
largest professional organiza
tion representing 18 million
teachers also called for a
“thorough governmental and
media investigation of the
entire powerful but unchecked
testing industry, a substantial
portion of which is exempt
from federal taxes and any
type of government regulation
and whose former trustees are
in high levels of government
and academia. State and
federal attempts at regulation
have thus far failed - thwart
ed primarily by the slick
lobbying and PR efforts of
Educational Testing Service
(ETS i which runs the govern
ment's clearing house on test
dom of information request is
Arthur E Levine, a former
FTC staff member from Bos
ton who worked on the original
FTC staff report on the coach
ing industry Levine's prev
lous Freedom of Information
Act request to FTC for the
report's underlying data on
behalf of two Harvard Medical
School researchers has been
denied and is being appealed
at the agency level. A number
of other Freedom of In/orma
tion Act requests for this
report or the data, according
to Levine, have also been
denied by the governmental
agency
“The NEA," states Hern
don, "will pursue this matter
in federal court if our request
for the underlying data is
denied by the FTC. The public
should have an opportunity to
make iU own Judgment about
the Justice of standardized teat
See NEA on page 18
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