Barry Miller:
“What Is
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Leadership?*
What is leadership?
Charlotte Republican
mayoral candidate Barry
Miller says to him, leader
ship is action.
He recommends action in
reducing cut-through traffic
by lowering speed limits,
utilizing 4-way stops and
flashing stop or caution
blinkers, and using traffic
diversion islands or traffic
lights.
Miller voiced an opinion
that city government should
postpone giving three
quarters of a million dollars
in federal revenue sharing
money for decorative street
lights to 4th Ward until other
areas receive simple, non
decorative street lights.
As a Naval Reserve Cap
tain, Dr. Barry Miller urged
Navy veterans and reservists
at the annual birthday
celebration of the Charlotte -
Mecklenburg Naval
Veterans Organization and
Naval Reserves, to make a
renewed commitment to
patriotism.
Appearing as a keynote
speaker after two days of
Reserve duty as command
ing officer of the 6th Dental
Company, emphasized
patriotism must have its
beginnings on the local level
to be effective.
He praised the 40,000
local veterans and reservists
and £^)eir families and the
local chapter of Gold Star
Mothers who have con
~-tint»odto strive to uphold and
maintain patriotic principals
at a local level.
“The Mayor of Charlotte
should be committed to
walking shoulder to
shoulder, hand in hand with
these dedicated people. I’ll
be standing in uniform
among their number proud
ly, encouraging and remind
ing the people of Charlotte
to take a backward glance at
why we enjoy freedom
today.”
Second Reading
Conference Set
The second annual
reading conference is plann
ed for Nov. 1 and 2 at the
University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, spon
sored by the College of
Human Development and
Learning.
The keynote address will
be given at 10 a.m., Thurs
day, Nov. 1 in McKnight,
Lecture Hall by Dr. Frank
Smith, professor of educa
tion at Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education. He is
author of "Understanding
Reading,'* “Psycho
linguistics and Reading,"
and “Comprehension and
Learning."
AijMher major speaker for
the conference will be Dr. In
grid Ylisto, professor
emeritus at Eastern
Michigan University. Her
topic will be “Using trade
books to help kids learn to
read: alternatives to the
ATTRACTIVE ANNE JOHNSON
... AETNA policy typist
Miss Anne Johnson
Is Beauty Of Week
Dy snerieen ivicrvoy
Post Staff Writer
Our beauty for this week is
22-year-old Anne Johnson, a
policy typist for AETNA
Life and Casualty.
Anne attended East
Mecklenburg High School
and Central Piedmont Com
munity College.
Her desire is to someday
become a professional
model. "I like the high
fashions and being on stage
in front of people to entertain
them,” she said. "I like to
read about different types
of modeling and things in
general about the fashion
world.”
To set things in general for
her aspiration, she is
presently collecting
brochures and information
on modeling shools for the
purpose of enrollment.
Anne describes herself as
an easy person to get along
with once someone gets to
know her. A quiet person by
nature, she enjoys meeting
other people.
Weighing in at 109 pound
to support her 5’ 7” frame,
Anne said that performing
creative dances is one of her
specialties, as well as walk
ing and running. "I'm
always exercising," she
pointed out.
Her other hobbies include
traveling, roller skating,
sewing and playing putt
putt.
Anne credits her sisters 131
as having a great deal of in
fluence in her life.
“My sisters always tell me
that if I give it (modeling! a
chance, I can make it," she
related. “They encourage
me to be creative and to ac
cept my own style about do
ing things.”
One of the most exciting
UNCCTo
Sponsor Two-Day
Seminar
A two-day seminar on
“Profit and Cash Flow
Management for Non
Financial Managers" is be
ing sfionsored by the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Charlotte at the Registry
Inn, 321 W. Woodlawn
Road, Charlotte. Oct. 25-26.
Scheduled by the' Office
for Continuing education at
UNCC. the seminar will run
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
each day.
The seminar is designed to
explain in simple, clear
language what cash flow
management is, why it can
greatly improve your pro
fitability and how you can ef
fectively communicate with
your company's financial ex
perts.
times Anne recalls in her life
was when she travelled with
her church group (New
Hope Apostolic Church I to
make a recording in
Nashville, Tenn., August.
1977 at Capitol World.
"I got to do a lot of
sightseeing.” she
remembered. "We had a
nice trip down and a nice trip
back."
Another exciting time was
when she travelled with the
church group last summer to
Disneyworld in Florida.
Anne recalled that she like
going through the Haunted
House most of all.
Aside from modeling.
Anne indicated that she
would like to go back to
school to study some foreign
languages, among them.
German or Spanish; and to
take some extended courses
in creative dancing.
Anne also takes time out
from her various activities to
fulfill her role as a mother.
She has a five-year-old
daughter, Soukema, Swha
hili for love, peace and hap
piness.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Thorne well,
Anne has three sisters and
four brothers. She is the fifth
child.
Two Thousand Raises Cry
For Justice In The South
Rev. Sullivan
Cautions OIC
Managers
DOWNINGTON. Pa. —
Noting today's highly charg
ed political atmosphere both
in the United States and
abroad. Rev. Leon H.
Sullivan, founder-chairman
of OlCsof America, Inc. has
reaffirmed his organization's
strict policy of not engaging
in political activities.
To do otherwise. Rev.
Sullivan cautioned, would
violate federal law, jeopar
dizing millions of dollars of
government-derived fun
ding which helps support
Opportunities Industrializa
tion Center job-training and
job-creation activities across
the country.
'm. _ oi»? •
1IIC UUIIlVdll WUIIUIl^' wa.s
sounded at the recent annual
retreat of OICs ad
ministrative team here. The
meeting was attended by
regional directors from
Dallas, Kansas City,
Chicago, San Francisco.
Seattle. Atlanta.
Philadelphia and New York,
and national staff responsi
ble for management and
technical assistance in some
150 communities.
Following Rev. Sullivan's
remarks, OIC national ex
ecutive director Elton Jolly
noted: "We in OIC are now
managing and providing
technical assistance -to
employment and training
systems which are backed by
funds of more than $100
million, and which have
trained and placed more
than one-half million
Americans.
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Policy Changes Essential
Political Solutions Hold Key
To Combat Black Joblessness
ny INorman Hill
Most economists and
government officials readily
agree that black people suf
fer disproportionately from
unemployment. At the pre
sent time, the unemploy
ment rate among black
workers is 11.3 percent,
compared to an overall rale
of b percent. For young black
workers, the situation is even
worse — about one-third of
all black teenagers luck de
cent jobs. These dangerously
high unemployment levels
among blacks prompted
Alfred Malabre of the VI all
Street Journal to remark that
“amid America's prosperity,
a depression is in progress."
Malabre. who is certainlv
not prone to exaggeration or
overstatement, has iden
tified one of the most
perplexing and potentially
explosive problems of our
economy — the stubborn
persistence of an economic
depression within the black
community. For at least 10
years now. the economic
condition of black
Americans has been relative
I y static. And black
unemployment rates have
remained at least double the
national a\crage.
NX hile I note the enormous
differences here between the
national a n d b I a c k
unemployment rates. I am
not suggesting that the pro
blem is .exclusively or even
primarily a racial one. True,
some blacks are jobless
bet ause of racial discrimina
tion on the part of employers.
But the \a9t majority of
jobless blacks are the victims
of color-blind economic
policies which destroy
thousands of unskilled,
semi-skilled and service jobs
irrespective of racial con
siderations.
As happened during other
recessions, workers in con
struction. manufacturing,
and unskilled positions ex
perience the highest
unemployment rates. Con
sider these statistics: In June
the unemployment rate for
construction workers I black
and w hite I was 0.(> percent,
the rate for manufacturing
workers was 7.7 |>crcent, the
rate for common laborers
was 10..1 percent, and the
rate for service workers was
7.2 |>ereent. By contrast, the
jobless rate for white collar
workers was .1.4 percent, and
the rate for technical and
professional employees was
only 2.."> percent.
These statistics, I think,
unmistakably demonstrate
that unemployment
discriminates by class rather
than color. In short, black
unemployment is so high to
day because the vast majori
ty of black workers are con
centrated in occupations and
industries — automobile
manufacturing, services,
retail trade, apparel, and
construction — that are
especially vulnerable to
drastic cutbacks during
economic slowdowns.
How can the black com
munity l>est approach the
unemployment issue'.’ First,
we must begin by recogniz
ing the class-nature of the
problem. Such a recognition
leads us to advocate a broad
range of economic f>oliries
designed to reduce the
unemployment levels of all
blue collar and service
workers.
It makes little sense, for
example, to talk about solu
lion* to high black
unemployment when the
Federal Keserve Board
deliberately tightens the
money supply or when both
I lemocrats and Republicans
commit themselves
ritiiali«tically to a balanced
budget irres[>ective of the
prevailing economic condi
tions or when our govern*
‘ men! enters into trade
agreements which destroy
l hon«a »•»• ■ of jobs in
i oiif.nl wring industries.
Blacks Say
Issue Of
Justice Denied
By Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
Two thousand blacks and
a few whites marched in
Columbia. S.C. Sunday ,
Oct. 14. raising their cry for
justice in the South.
The demonstration,
which began with a 3-day
march from Chester, was
organized by the Southern
Christian Leadership Con
ference and the Chester
Movement to call on S.C.
Gov. Richard Riley to
investigate the mysterious —
death of a black youth.
Mickey McClinton, 18
was found dead on a rural
road on May 11. The
sheriff's report says it was a
hit and run. Many Chester
blacks suspect foul play.
They fear McClinton was
lynched and mutilated.
Nobody has been arrested
in his death.
Blacks in Chester say it s
an issue of justice denied
and they want a full inves
tigation by the state. They
want the body exhumed, a
new autopsy, and a public
inquest.
They remember other
unsolved mysterious deaths
of blacks in South Carolina.
Last Sunday's march laid
these cases on the Governor's
desk:
• The 1976 death of 19 year
old James Franklin in
Chester, found hanging
from a tree by a dog leash.
Some reports said he was
castrated. The coroner's
report said suicide.
• In 1971 William Moultrie
was shot to death in
Berkeley County. No one
w as ever brought to justice.
• The 197.3 death of Roose
velt Williams in Goose
Creek, shot and left to die
by a white policeman who
was chasing him for a traffic
violation.
• The 1974 death Abraham
Perry in Charleston, killed
by a white policeman.
• The bloody summer of
197.3, when five unarmed
blacks were killed by white
policemen in Moncks (>)r
ner, Orangeburg. Conway.
Greenwood, and Florence.
Speakers at Sunday's
rally included Golden
Frinks and Fred Taylor,
leaders of SCLS. Rev.
James Barnett of Charlotte's
People United for Justice,
representatives of the
(xmgress on Racial Equality,
the Ministerial Alliance,
Wake Up and the Chester
Movement.
Barnett was among a
dosen representatives that
met with the Governor for
two hours discussing the
Chester Movement's
demands.
“The Governor listened
to us and promised to
appoint a medical examiner
to do a new autopsy," said
Barnett. “SCUC can also
appoint an examiner and
the family's private doctor
can be present."
Charlotte Business League Chooses
Five For Its 1979 Hall Of Fame
by Fileen Hanson
Special to the Post
The Charlotte Business
league has chosen five local
business leaders for its 1979
Hall of Fame. The awards
. will be presented at the
League's second annual
awards banquet. Sat. Oct.
20 at the Radisson Plaza
Hotel.
The Honorees are Sen.
Fred Alexander. Carson H.
Beckwith, Malachi L. j
Greene, Velma (). Smith,
and Dr. R. S. Wynn.
Keynote speaker for the
banquet will be the Hon.
Coleman A. Young, mayor
of Detroit and vice
chairman of the Democratic
National Committee.
According to program
chairman Samuel Young.
Jr. a limited number of
tickets will be available at
the door, or by calling his i
office 375-1 III. Tickets are
$20. A disco dance will <
follow the banquet and !
program.
The Hall of Fame awards
will be presented to '
Charlotte business leaders
in recognition for their out
standing achievements and
contributions to Charlotte. 1
They are:
Senator Frederick Douglas
ilex under, 69, of 2140
Senior Drive. He has served
ive terms on City Council
md is currently serving his
lecond term in the N.C.
State Senate. He has held
nany positions in the
Masonic Lodge. Alexander
s president of the Mint
Museum Trustees, serves
»n the Boards of Johnson C.
Smith University and
Wachovia Bank, and is a
nember ol the NAACP and
>maga Psi Phi Fraternity.
He U vice president of
Alexander Funeral Home
ind manager of Double
)aks Apts. When he is in
own he continues to teach
his ruinriay school class al
University Park Baptist
Church.
Carton //. Beckwith. Til.
of 1641 Oaklawn A vp., i*
the director of Bands Beauty
College, the first beauty col
lege in the area, which he
established in 1942.
Through the school he has
given outstanding training
to people in the beauty
culture business. He also
taught industrial education
in Gastonia and mathema
tic* at J. T. Williams Jr.
High School in Charlotte.
In 1963 he incorporated
Dalebrook Professional
Center. Beckwith serves on
the Board of Mechanics ami
r armors nank. as trustee .,1
Little Rn<-k A\1K /ion
Church, and is a member of
Kappa Alpha I'si Fraternity.
Xhtlachi /.. fircone, <>7. of
1704 Patton Ave., is
founder and president of
fireen Brothers Flooring
Co. in Charlotte. He has
been resjionsible for the
flooring in many of
Charlotte's major buildings,
including NCN B. He is also
co-founder of firoon-leake
Realty Co. A native of
Chester, fircone taught for
many years in the South
Carolina school -y«tem and
has continued to work with
\outh in Little league and
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...Beauty College Director
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