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HE THE CHAW. ITTE POST =ff ___ “Chariotte’s Fastest Growing Community Weekly" Vol. 4 Nn**3fl~~~"* '* ' ' ————- - ^ THE CHARLOTTE POST. TTiursday, May 31. 197^^^^ * City Council To Fill 15 Vacancies The Charlotte City Council is seeking suggestions from the public to fill 15 vacancies on local councils, commis sions and committees during June. Individuals and organi sations with recommenda tions for these appointments should contact any member of the City Council. Eight vacancies will exist for the Council on Aging. Richard Elmore did not accept the appointment by City Council on May 7. The appointment is for his unex pired term ending June 30, 1961. David Garris and Angus Simpson, both appointed by City Council on August 7, 1979 for a one year term, are eligible for reappointment to three year terms. Five mem bers, originally appointed by the County, will now be appointment by City Council. The vacancies are for three year terms. One appointment is avail able on the Charlotte-Meck lenburg Planning Commiss uni. nuwuru utinpoeu, wnose term expires June 30, 1979 is eligible for reappointment. He was appointed to an unex pired term on January 26,1976 and reappointed to a three year term on July 1,1976. The Chariotte-Mecklenburg Historic Properties Commis sion offers three appoint ments. Walter Toy, Patsy Kinsey and Barbara Casste vens are all eligible for reap pointmeQt. Thejr terms ex pire July 10, 1979. The Charlotte Historic Dis trict Commission has one appointment open. Patsy Kin sey is eligible for reappoint ment if she is reappointed to the Historic Properties Com mission. Her term expires July 16,1979. The Airport Advisory Com mittee has two appointments available. A.J. Little and Ralph Easterling are both eligible for reappointment. Their terms expire July 31, 1979. Carter Praises Rights Leader Washington-President Carter has hailed civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, who died last week, as a leader who "helped sweep away long-standing barriers of discrimination and segrega tion.” It can be said of few indivi duals in our time that they helped transform the face of the American nation. A. Philip Randolph was one of those giants. His leadership in the trade union and civil rights movements has left an indeli ble mark on almost every area of our national life. A. Philip Randolph helped sweep away long-standing barriers of dis crimination and segregation in industry and labor unions, in our schools and armed services, in politics and government. For each new generation of civil rights leaders, he was an inspiration and ah example. His dignity and integrity, his eloquence, Ms devotion to non violence, and Ms unshakable commitment to Justice all helped shape the ideals and spirit of the civil rights move meot. vkomm < Happiness is the SENSA TION you fee) when you are TOO BUSY to be MISER ABLE. —— ■ i wim PT*OTO oy J9TT y un i y BEAUTIFUL TINA DURANTE ...Enjoying single life Tina Durante Is Beauty Of Week by Sherleen McKoy Post Staff Writer Tina Durante, a reading aide at Westerly Hills Elemen tary School, is our beauty for this week. wx my job to be a challenging and rewarding career because I’ve never worked with child ren before.” She continued, "Someday I would like to go back to school to become a child psycholo gist.” A native Charlottean, Tina lived in Durham for 14 years before relocating to Charlotte two years ago. She worked in Durham for three years as an IBM secretary. Tina describes herself as a strong-willed, determined, independent and unpredict able kind of person, who likes to spend her spare time read ing black-oriented magazines, Carter Names Black To ICC Washington-President Jimmy Carter has announced he will nominate Marcus Alexis, of Evanston, Illinois, to be a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Com mission for a term expiring December 31, 1985. Alexis is one of several black appoin tees announced recently by the President. Alexis is chairman of the Economics Department at Northwestern University. He was born February 26, 1932, in New York City. He received a B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1951, an M.A. from Michigan State University in 1954, and a Ph D. from the University of Minne sota in 1959. From 1954 to 1957 Alexis was an instructor at the University of Minnesota, and from 1957 to 1960 he was an assistant pro fessor at Macatester College. St. Paul, Minnesota. He was an associate professor at DePau) University from i960 to 1962 and at the University of Rochester from 1962 to 1968. From 1968 to 1970 he was professor at the University of Rochester. Since 1970 he has been a professor of economics at Northwestern, and in 1976 became chairman of the department. Alexis is the author of numerous articles and books on marketing, particularly as it affects minorities and inner city residents, and monetary policy. He Is active in the American Economics Asso ciation and the American Marketing Association, and is a member of the Caucus of Black Economists going out to dinner, meeting interesting people and enjoy ing the finer things of life. Her hobbies include boat riding, traveling and bird watching. She has travelled to New Orleans to see the MuhammadAIi-S pinks fight and to California to see the sights. A lover of the western states, Tina recalled the trip to California as the most exciting time of her life. "I was in a state ot shock because I didn't think I'd ever see it,” she said exuberantly. “It's very scenic. I loved the greenery and water, the bright lights and meeting a lot of stars. It was exciting to be someplace I’d never been before,” she added. Tina developed her enchant ing habit of bird-watching in Little Rock, Arkansas where she lived for awhile. “Birds are very beautiful and unique,” she noted. Tina said that she found her way in life mostly through the school of hard knocks and trial and error. “I was my own kind of person,” she revealed. Tina’s philosophy of life is to "be your own person, because if you're impersonating some one else, then you become a nobody.” A down-to-earth person, she said, “I hate pho niness.” A divorcee and mother of one daughter, 36-year-old Tina remarked, “I’m enjoying my single life.” She is a graduate of West Charlotte High School. At Newly Opened (College Mart CPCC To Offer 20 Special Courses by Susan Ellsworth Post Staff Writer Where can students, busi ness people and housewives alike take courses for college credit or to improve skills other than on school campuses? Central Piedmont Commu nity College is offering 30 courses at the recently opened CPCC College Mart in Free dom Mall. Instruction is available in speedreading, spelling, typ ing, vocabulary, small engine repair, computer courses, the philosophy of Plato, college entry level math and English and high school completion of these subjects “Everything is provided for the student to wort at his own pace," says Cynthia Wilson, co-ordinator of the College Mart. l,ab personnel demonstrate how to operate film and slide projectors, cassettes and Cynthia Wilson ...College Mart coordinator other machines, and students set their own hours, Mv Wilson explained “The studio can accommo date about 30 people at a time," she continued, "during the hours of operation Monday through Saturday, 10 a m. - 9 p.m “ Registration for courses at the College Mart can take place any time dur ing regular hours CPCC students may choose between taking courses on campus or at the College Mart under the supervision of lab personnel. Each student will, have a card containing records of work completion and grades, Ms Wilson emphasized Students may register at the College Mart for summer quarter classes taught on the CPCC campus All courses, regardless of which location instruction is given, cost $3 2S a credit hour The College Mart represents an effort by CPCC to meet public demand for education outside the campus "This is an area we service the least," Ms Wilson said "We would rather go out into the community where there is a need ” During the fall, television courses shown on channel 49 will then be available for viewing at the College Mart. Ms Wilson said Hearings Set For 1979-80 (jty Budget The Charlotte City Council will hold two public hearings to hear citizens' comments and suggestions on the pra posed 1979-80 City budget The hearings will be held on Mon day. June II at 3 p m and 7 pm Both meetings will be held in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Persons wishing to speak at either should contact the Office of the City Clerk. City Hall. 600 East Trade Street. Charlotte, or telephone 374-2247 Comments may be made orally or submitted in writing Sullivan Backs Carter’s Summer Youth Job Action NAACP Begins Fund Raising Drive Special to the Post United States Ambassador Andrew Young and former Pennsylvania Secretary, C. DeLores Tucker have been named chairperson of a na tional fund raising drive for the NAACP. Benjamin L. Hooks, in announcing the campaign, said the effort would be con centrated in 100 of the nation’s top Black communities, and would enhance his organiza tion’s ability to deal with a multitude of current problems besetting Black Americans. He added that the theme of the campaign would be “an NAACP sustainer — till vic tory is won." The Executive Director of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization died the rising tide of capserva tism, the impact of inflation and the staggering cost of litigation as the major reason for his organization's financial pricis Hooks said he hopes “to raise two million dollars from the Black community through the effort. This will augment our traditional membership support and the support expected from the current cor porate campaign headed by American Telephone and Telegraph President, William Ellinghaus." There will be an organiza tional and strategy meeting at a luncheon hosted by Ambas sador Young at his Waldorf Tower Apartment, on May 23rd. Charlotte Legal Secretaries Will Meet Tuesday Night The regular monthly meet ing of the Charlotte Legal Secretaries Association will be Tuesday, June 5, at 6 p.m. at the Cupboard Restaurant, 3005 South Boulevard. Dinner will be followed by a movie presentation on the recent convention held at the Sheraton and also highlights of CLSA history will be given by Barbara Chadwick. Ann Dunlap with her daughter Gloria Dunlap Phillips, a battered wile facing 8 years in prison for defending herself against attack A benefit disco for the Gloria Phillips Defense Fund will be held Wed June 6th at Smith’s Lounge, 1421 South Church Street (Photo by Eileen Hanson) Disco WiU Benefit Philips by Eileen Hanson _ Special to the Post A disco benefit to support the Gloria Dunlap Phillips Defense Fund will be held Wednesday, June 6 at Smith’s Lounge, 1421 S. Church Street. The disco beat will begin at 9 p.m. and continue to 1 a m. The donation at the door is $3, $1.50 for students with I D. The disco will raise defense funds for Ms. Phillips, a bat tered wife who was convicted March 8 of voluntary man slaughter in the death of her husband. Supporters of battered women established the fund so Ms. Phillips could appeal for a new trial. She faces 8 years in prison, but is out on bond pending her appeal According to the treasurer Kathy Holt, $260 has been raised, towards a goal of $3,000 needed for the appeal. “We want folks to come and enjoy themselves at the disco and to help Gloria at the same time," said Ms Holt Donations may be sent directly to the Gloria Phillips Defense Fund, c-o Equal Rights Council, P.0 Box 31594, Charlotte, N C. 28231 The committee is also plan ning a benefit dinner for Sun day, June 24 at Gethsemane Baptist Church, where the Dunlap family belongs Tickets will be on sale at the Disco and through committee members. For more informa tion contact Carrie Craves (374-0557). During her trial Ms. Phillips claimed self-defense, recount ing how her husband, Ray mond, attacked her on several occasions with a knife, a rifle and a stick. “I lived in constant fear. The littlest thing would send him into a rage," recalled Ms. Phillips. If the bed was made wrong, or she wanted to visit her mother or a friend, Ms. Phillips risked another beat ing. Once her husband threw her down a stairway and caused her to have a miscarr iage “I loved him and wanted him to change,” she said "But he never did.” Finally she took her two children. Ramona (age 3) and Prescott (age 6) and went to live with her family The night of the incident she had gone to her husband's apartment to get money he said he had for the children During an argument she claims he tried to push her down the steps Fearing for her life, she stabbed him once in the chest Raymond Phillips died three weeks later of an infect ed wound following surgery The jury of two men and nine women (including two black women > deliberated two and a half days before finding her guilty of voluntary man slaughter. “If she had been anyone elsi defending herself agains attack she would have beer acquitted," said Joan Jordan, a paralegal in the case. "But as a ‘wife’ she was not allowed the same measure of self-pro tection." Recently Ms. Jordan and several women’s groups, in cluding the Black Women's Caucus, discovered that bat tered women were not receiv ing equal treatment at the magistrates' office When a battered wife wanted to swear out a warrant for her hus band's arrest, she was asked to show physical bruises first “No one else is asked to show bruises if they've been attacked." said Ms Jordan. She claims the policy discri minates against black women because their bruises may not be noticeable In response to pressure from concerned women, Chiel District Court Judge Chase Saunders held a workshop about domestic violence for the magistrates Ann Williams attended on behalf of :he Black Women's Caucus Saunders instructed the magistrates that "the pre sence or absence of bruises does not conclusively decide probable cause' Some people may be hurt and you don't see bruises " Magistrates are also in structed to tell battered women about the Family Violence Shelter Program, re cently opened at the Salvation Army, 320 N Poplar St in Charlotte The shelter is now available for women and their children who are in a violent family situation and have no place to go There is no fee Transpor lot ion and counseling services are also provided Victims must be referred through Family and Children Services. 301 S Brevard 'weekdays B 30 a m -5 pm 332-90341 or Information anc Referral 'after 3 p m . week ends and holidays. 373-0902) Support groups for batterec wives meet Monday evening! at the Salvation Army at 6 3( p m and Wednesday a Family and Children Service! at 12 noon Child care it provided There is no charge Ms Phillips advised womer who are abused by their hus hands to get out and seek help "II you non i get out. some thing ten ible may happen t' him. or tu you, she said OIC Leader Seeks 300,000 Youth Jobs Special to the Post PHILADELPHIA-Rev Leon H Sullivan last week called for support for Presi dent Carter's announced effort to re-examine the pro posed $200 million dollar cut in the 1380 summer youth jobs budget Calling the President’s action directing Vice Presi dent Mondale to review all youth training programs ‘ both timely and hopeful," the founder of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America (OIC) network of 200 job training centers said: "We must all support the President’s efforts and per suade Congress to restore $250 million dollars representing 300,000 summer youth jobs. "The President cannot do the job by himself. Th« Congress cannot get it done b) ’ itself. We must give 10< percent support as citizens. We must back up the plans of Vice President Mondale and the White House Task Force on Youth Employment." strategic tains to limit youth unemployment, youth welfarism and youth crime and delinquency are as impor tant to the future security of the nation as the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks." Rev Sullivan wired the fol lowing message to Vice Presi dent Mondale pledging OIC support: "We must put America’s youth to work Today's youth crisis can be tomorrow's national disaster The pro blem will not go away It cannot be swept under the rug Your White House Task Force on Youth Employment is a symbol of hope that we can solve this problem I offer you the support of our 'Help Our Youth Campaign.' and our OIC self-help job creation and job training systems in 150 communities and 47 states “I shall be bringing the pledged appeals of one million Americans to Washington to dramatize this issue on June 12 "Your leadership is needed now, more than ever, to help make federal funds for youth jobs an exception to the anti inflation and balanced budget policy cuts " The OIC national ronvnra tion is scheduled to open on Sunday. June 10, with a mass rally in the main ballroom of the Sheraton-Park Hotel. Washington. DC, and on Monday, June 11, the focus by community leaders will be on "reaching the unreached" with jobs and training The appeals gathered in a nation wide OIC "Help Our Youth Campaign" that began in February will be presented to the White House and the Con gress on Tuesday, June 12 Department of Labor Sec re lary Ray Marshall, the Under secretary of Interior. Assis tant Secretaries of Labor. Education. Commerce, Hous ing and Urban Development. | Presidential Assistant Stuart Eizenslat and U N Ambassa dor Andrew Young are among government and industry leaders expected to address the delegates Mayor Marion Barry and Rev Edward Hailes. OIC Director in Wash ington. D C , will open the convocation and welcome the 1 anticipated 5.000 delegates and supporters
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