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White House Correspondent To Address ACE Awards Ceremony juuy TTuoaruii, NHL News White House correspondent in Washington will be guest speaker at the First Annua] ACE Award presentation sponsored by the Charlotte Professional Chapter of Wo men In Communication, Inc. and WRET-TV 36 on Wednes day evening at 7:30p.m., April 25th, at the Radisson Plaza Hotel Carousel Room. A graduate of Duke Univer sity with a B.A. degree in political science, Ms. Wood ruff has spent more than half of her journalistic career covering Jimmy Carter. After joining WAGA-TV, Atlanta, Georgia, in 1970, she reported on his activities as Governor In February 1975, she joined NBC U^ws as a correspon dent, and Carter became her primary assignment, from the fall of that year through the primary elections, the Demo cratic National Convention / Judy Woodruff ...NBC News caster and the campaign. She was named White House corres pondent just prior to Carter's inauguration. Ms. Woodruff, 33. is person ally pleased to participate in the first-time presentation of the ACE Award, an Award for Communications Excellence to be given to an individual of the Charlotte-N.C. area. She received a similar award her self as an Outstanding Com municator (1976), from the Atlanta Chapter of Women In Communication, Inc. In addi tion, she is past recipient of an Emmy Award as Outstanding Female Personality 1975 from the Atlanta Chapter, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Bob Raiford, WRET Action News Anchor and Jeanne Bohn, president WICI will make the official ACE Award presentation which is open to the public. Admission is $5.00 at the door with all proceeds going to the Women In Communica tions Education and Scholar ship Fund Imported coffees and home baked strudel desserts will be served trovemor Jim Hunt Is UNCC’s Commencement Speaker Chancellor E. K. Fretwell, Jr. announced last week that North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. will be the commencement speaker for the University of North Caro lina at Charlotte at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 12 at the Char lotte Coliseum. This will be Gov. Hunt's first commencement speech at UNCC. He participated in Uie installation of Chancellor Fretwell on April 6 by bring ing greetings from the people of the State. This will also be Chancellor Fretwell’s first commence ment at UNCC. He began his duties at the campus on Jan. 2. More than 1,500 degrees will be conferred, including bachelor’s and master's. Honorary degrees will be •warded to two pillars of the institution, Dr. Bonnie E. Cone and Dr. D. W. Colvard. Dr. Cone was involved with the institution from its begin ning in 1946 as the Charlotte d^ , W ■ Gov. James B. Hunt ... Returns to UNCC Center of the University of North Carolina. After it be came Charlotte College in 1949, she became its director until the title was changed to president. She remained as president of Charlotte College through its change to a four year college in 1963 and until it became the University of 'l a North Carolina in 1965. She became the acting chancellor until April of 1966 and then remained as vice chancellor for student affairs until her retirement. Dr. Colvard was a dean at North Carolina State Univer sity and president of Missis sippi State University before coming to UNCC in April 1966 He is given credit for helping make N.C. State an institution of national standing and for making Mississippi State a comprehensive University and lifting it out from under the shadow of Ole Miss. Dr. Colvard took over UNCC with about 1,700 students and led it through remarkable growth and development to an enrollment of 8,705 with a full range of undergraduate pro grams and 10 master’s degree programs. He is credited with building an institution of qua lity despite the rapid expan sion in students, faculty and staff, programs and physical plant. warier s energy i^ian Mixes Little Hope With Lot Of Fear Continued from page l. temic to our economic life, 'et, so pervasive was the wholesale price increase that no single industrial classifica tion could be labelled as the primary culprit. Decontrol will inevitably increase the inflation rate. The President feels that this will be a short term problem that will ulti mately bear positive fruit in the months ahead. He may be right. But if there is no protection for the disadvant aged in our society in the short term, there can be no viable long-term for a large segment of the American people - both Black and white. “As Mr. Carter stated last night, this ‘crisis is real and time is running out’, particu larly for the poor. That is all the more reason we are dis appointed that the President did not link decontrol to passage of the windfall profits tax. Under the decontrol proposal, the price of gasoline will rise between 5 and 15 cents a gallon by 1961. The American people, in the Presi Leam About Diabetes At YWCA Classes. The YWCA has scheduled a class designed to give people a better 'Understanding of diabetes. t»oth diabetics and their families will learn about such things as pathophysio logy, the norm, skills of care, research and long-term complies tion*--all related to diabetes. There will be six sessions, two of them taught by a dietitian. The primary ins ctor will be Dot Austin, Education Director of tAmerican Diabetes Asso i of North Carolina, class will be held on lys. May 4 to June 8, 9 12 noon, at 3420 Park Fee is $2.50 for all six , plus YWCA member 1.50) more information call , Carol Tolen, between 1 5 pm A dent’s words, will be asked to ‘pay more for less’. That is a difficult position in the best of all possible worlds situations. It will be intolerable if no guarantees are provided for the hard-pressed disadvantag ed while oil companies reap new profits estimated at (5 -10 billion. While we have no specifics on the energy secur ity fund for the poor, we never theless believe that the concept is a proper, just and necessary one.” The National Business League, founded in 1900 by Booker T. Washington, is America's oldest national business organization, and the largest organization of minor ity business persons in the country. Dedicated to build ing commerce and industry in the minority community, the League's growing member ship can be found in 120 chartered chapters in 37 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, more than SO national minority business, trade and professional asso ciations are affiliated with the NBL through its National Council for Policy Review. Headquartered in Washing ton, D.C., the 79-year old organization has a 35 member Board of Directors including the chief executive officers of 10 major business, trade and professional associations. It s national President, Dr. Berkeley G. Burrell, is only the tenth in the League's Don Bynum (right), Director of the Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center, and Marticus Taylor, (left), 3 years, gives Omar Crouch, 2 years, a helping hand during a hearing test for children ages 2-4 at the Speech and Hearing Center. The children had previously gone through a series of testing at the Amay James Neighborhood Center. The hearing test was a follow-up of their initial testing Marticus and Omar are students at Little Rock Day Care where approximately 20 - 25 students were tested for their hearing NAACP Plans “Youth Of Year” Contest uy ouddii n.ii2>wurin Post Staff Writer The North Carolina State Youth Conference of the NAACP will hold its third annual Youth of the Year contest. Sponsored by the adult branches and youth councils of the NAACP statewide, the youth contest is a major fund raising activity for the State Youth Conference. The Youth of the Year is a major pro gram of recognition of youth achievement. Awards will be presented at St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh on Satur day, May 19 at the Freedom Day Celebration. “We hope to encourage more activity with young people to become more invol ved with the NAACP,” accord ing to Dianne Small, state advisor for the NAACP. I inis year there will be two categories, the Junior Youth of the Year award for young people aged 0-13 and the Youth of the Year honors for 14-25 year olds. While the Junior Youth of the Year will receive a Junior Life Membership in the NAACP (up to age 13). the ‘Youth of the Year” will receive an expense paid trip to :he 70th National Convention )f the NAACP in Louisville. Kentucky Also featured at the Conference will be workshops on employment, education and voter education National NAACP officers will lead the workshops. Tips on the com petency test will be given by Gerda Steele. Director for NAACP Education Programs An assertiveness workshop will also be presented "Workshops give kids prac tical skills in job interviews, internship programs," Ms. Small said. Miss Veronica Simmons of Mooresville, N.C., last year’s winner, raised $500. Anyone wishing to partici pate in the NAACP Youth of the Year competition should contact their local adult branch of the youth council or call Dianne Small at 855-1847 McDowell Purk McDowell Park in Charlotte offers nature guides on Satur days and Sundays at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Paddle boats are also avail able on weekends at McDowell Park from 11 a m. - 6 p.m. A 50 cent fee is charged for renting a boat for a half hour. For additional information contact the park at 588-1436 This Fall 5,200 New Students Will Enter School Approximately 5200 new s. kindergarten and first grade g students will enter Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools this fall tl Orientation programs have f< been scheduled between April s< 23-May 4 in all elementary schools having kindergarten and first grades Parents should register their children for kindergar ten and first grade at the school where they will be .. assigned Parents may find out their child's assigned school by calling either the Pupil Assignment Office (372-8620. Ext. 234) or the Information Center < 332-5114) a Assignment is based on street s address. _ e Students living in areas P where there are paired e schools will attend orientation a at the school which has kinder- * garten and first grade A child must be six years old _ on or before October 16. 1979, g to enter the first grade in the p fall or five vears old by the _ ime date to enter kinder arten North Carolina law requires le following immunizations ir every child entering •hool --one Rubella (German measles); one red measles (many children received this in combination with German measles vaccine); three DPJ. (diphtheria, hooping cough and tetanus F; and. three polio No child will be admitted to ny Charlotte-Mecklenburg :hool this fall unless proper .idence of immunizations is -esented by the day the child iters school Physicians dministering required accines will provide a certi cate of immunizations for ie child’s-school records. ubscribe to the Charlotte ost! 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Your mileage depends on speed, weather and trip length; your actual highway mileage will probably be lower than the highway estimate. You have never seen a small car that sits, rides and looks like this one. This is an amazing small car. The new 1980 Omega. This is the Oldsmobile of small cars. So come see it, drive it and it. The small car just grew up. 5 THE 1980OMEGA THE MDSMOMLE Of SMALi CARS. I * 1 GM Have one built lor you. [..■■■■- ■. — . - . _——
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