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^- THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, February 7 1980
_• ’Price 30 Cents
8,000 Came With A Single
“Message To The World”
SYLVIA KING
"...Isikcs to helf) others
Photo by Edison's Studio
Alluring Sylvia King
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Sylvia King has me
morized a phrase written in
her high school year book
To her, the following words
turnedjhjib & philosophy of
life.
“Although the journey
may be long and the going
gets—tough,- rest--if- you
must, but never give up.”
Even one of Ms. King’s
favorite individuals,- Jesse
Jackson, exemplifies the
attitude of “never giving
up.”
“1 like what Jesse Jack
son j;'* doing for people.
He’sc-nlack leader, but he
also works with an> minor
ity group It’s great for one
person to devote himself to
a cause,” Ms. King com
mented.
There is another charac
teristic about Ms. King that
is similar to Jesse Jackson.
She is also one who wants
to help others.
"I would really like to be
a lawyer," Ms. King began,
“I’ll probably work in a law
office as a public defender
I want to work with juve
niles and would like to -
someday open a private
practice."
Ms. King’s immediate
education, • however, will
begin at York Technical
School in Rock Hill. She is a
1979 graduate of Olympic
and just turned 19 last
month.
And in those 19 years she
has already written—five
chapters of a creative
novel. "I enjoy creative
writing I've compjtfted
Jim Martin
“A Congressman Is
A Trustee Of The People”
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
"A congressman is a
trustee. He listens to public
opinion but votes on the
basis of his judgement, and
must bfe jiccountable for
it,” said Rep. Jim Martin
during a recent interview
in Charlotte.
Martin represents North
Carolina's ninth Congres
sional District in the U.S.
Congress (Mecklenburg,
Lincoln and Iredell coun
ties) and is a candidate for
re-election seeking his fifth
term.
He described inflation as
a critical factor in national
productivity.
“We have discouraged
risk-taking in American in
dustry.” He expressed a
need for investment in mo
dernizing and creating new
plants.
Since the Afghanistan in
vasion national defense has
mushroomed in American
priorities.
“People are concerned
about our defense ca
pability and how we’ll pre
pare,” Martin said.
As a former chemistry
teacher at Davidson Col
lege for 12 years, Martin
studies the lessons of
histjfcy
"Every 12 years the U.S.
becomes so anxious to
please Russia that we re
duce our arms,” he began.
Attempts to contain the
■QKTlt-tAU
_ *
Soviet spread of com
mup'cm Ditted Russia
against the U S. in con
frontations during 12 year
intervals (although not ex
clusively at those times).
In 1944 the Communist
ParfyTSOK over Czechoslo
vakia.
Twelve vears later in
1956 a revolution in Hun
gary became an unsuccess
ful attempt to tree that
country from Communist
control. Instead, the Soviet
Union strengthened its
see Page 4, Col. 2
February 17
Ben Chavis Will Sneak Here
•)> r.iiccn Hanson
Special To The Host
After four years in pri -
son, Rev Ben. Chavis will
return to Charlotte Sunday,
February 17 for a "home
coming" celebration The
leader of the Wilmington 10
will be the keynote speaker
at the "Tribute to Black
History Month: A Chal
lenge for the 1980's”, to be
held at University Park
Baptist Church, 2156 Senior
Drive, at 3:30 p.m
(-navis is director of the
Commission for Racial
Justice of the United
Church of Christ in Wash
ington, D.C., a position he
held when he was sent to
Wilmington, N.C. 9 years
ago 16 help quell racial
strife. Violence broke out in
the high school in January,
1971 when the black stu
dents were refused their
request for a holiday for
Martin Luther King's birth
day and a black studies
program.
Within days white vigil
antes were patrolling the
black community. Two
people (one black and one
white) were killed, and a
white-owned grocery was
burned. Chavis and 9
Rev. Ben Chavis
...Returns home
youths were charged in the
burning The trials re
ceived much attention as
church and civil rights
groups offered support to
what they felt were "politi
cal prisoners "
Chavis was Ute last to be
paroled last December 14.
His homecoming in Char
lotte on February 17 will be
his first public appearance
in the Queen City since his
release
According to his sister,
June Davenport. “This oc
casion will allow him an
I —
opportunity to greet the
Charlotte community and
to express appreciation for
the support given toward
freedom of the Wilmington
10.”
Also appearing on the
program will be Rev. I .eon
White, head of the N.C.
Virginia district of the
Commission for Racial
Justice, and Ann Braden,
head of the Southern Or
ganizing Committee for
Racial and Economic Just
ice. Rev. Raymond
Worsley, Rev James
*
Palmer and Rev James
Barnett will also partici
pate in the ceremony.
Choirs from the University
Park Baptist Church and
Gethsemane AME Zion
Church will sing.
The program is spon
sored by People United for
Justice, with the support of
many churches and organ
izations that have played a
role in the struggle to free
the Wilmington 10.
“We are very happy to
have Ben back," said Rev
Barnett “We hope his
coming to Charlotte will
engender enthusiasm to
end racial injustice in our
state.”
In a recent interview
with The Charlotte Post,
Chavis stated, "The only
reason we are out of prison
now is that the people
demanded it. But let's be
clear on this Gov Jim
Hunt didn't pardon us We
are io innocent people '*
Hunt reduced the sen
tences of the 10 in January,
1978, making them eligible
for immediate parole
However, he refused to
grant them pardons of in
nocense as the 10 and their
supporters requested
I
live chapters and I'll pro
bably make the novel seven
chapters. I mostly write
about my experiences in
life and it really doesn't
take a lot of discipline to do
it - there is so much that I
want to say." she said.
For instance she says
that society should not hold
anyone back She believes
-that people deserve a se^
cond chance. "Once a per
son fails at something
people don't think that per
son deserves a second
chance - society really
holds them back But I
think people should be al
lowed a second chance."
she explained.
Apart from being a
serious^minded young
lady, our Capricorn beauty
enjoys the jazz of Al Jar
reau and the smoothness ol
Stevie Wonder.
"I enjoy the way Al
Jarreau performs. And
Stevie - his music is some
thing he really feels - not
something you can just
boogie to. His music is
something with meaning,"
Ms. King contended.
Ms King is the daughter
of Ralph and Lee King of
506 Edgegreen Dr. She has
been an active church
member of Red Branch
Baptist. But since her
church is in Mint Hill. N C.
she says she attends other
churches. —
Our beauty is not one to
just sit back. Instead she
seems determined to make
it in a world she feels can
hold people back And if
she keeps her philosophy of
life faithfully, one will
never see Sylvia King
giving up
Community
Development
Hearing Set
The Charlotte City Coun
cil will hold a public hear
ing to gather comments
and suggestions on its pro
posed Community Develop
ment Application for Block
Grant Funds for Fiscal
Year 1981.
The hearing will be held
on Tuesday, February 19 at
7 p.m. on second floor. City
Councl Chamber, City Hall,
600 East Trade Street. The
hearing will precede sub
mission of the application
to other units of regional
and state government
.iAJjS^and then to the U.S.
Department ot Housing '
and Urban Development
(HUD).
Charlotte is scheduled to
receive $15,467,000 in Com
munity Development funds
for physical and social im
provements over the next
three years. Approxi
mately $10 million is avail
able for the sixth and
seventh years” fo continue
current programs. Another
$5 million is expected to be
available for the eighth
year
Persons wishing to speak
at the hearing should notify
the City Clerk, City Hall by
telephoning 374-2247 by
noon the day of the hearing.
Speakers are asked to
place their suggestions in
writing for the record.
Those not able to attend
may send their comments
to the Director, Com
munity Development De
partment, Cameron-Brown
Building, 301 South
McDowell Street, Charlotte
-428204^ _
The nine Community
Development neighbor
hood strategy areas are
West Boulevard, Grier
Heights, North Charlotte,
Third Ward, West More
head, First Ward Exten
sion, Southside Park
Brookhill. and Five Points.
Anti-Klan march organizers, left to right, Lowery and Rev. C T. Vivian. (Photo by
are Rev. Lucius Walker, Rev. Joseph Roderick Bolle)
Adoption Programs Will
Receive Federal Grants
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Adoption programs will
receive a federal grant to
help them secure perma
nent homes for waiting
children.
The Department of.
Health, Education and Wel
fare has given these grants
to establish regional cen
ters.
The University of North
Carolina School of Social
Work, Group Child Care
Consultant Services, has
been awarded a five-year
This center will be one of
ten nationwide which will
help eliminate barriers for
children awaiting adoption
as part-of a provision by the.
Adoption Opportunities Act
of 1978
According to that Act,
Congress concluded,
“there are qualified per
sons seeking to adopt chil
dren who are unable to do
so because of barriers to
their placement, and that,
in order to both enhance
the stability and love of a
child’s home environment
and to avoid wasteful ex
penditures of public funds,
such children should not be
maintained in foster care
or institutions when adopt
ion is appropriate and
families for them can be
found
The Region IV Center
invites applications from
adoptive parents’ groups
tor grants to improve or
expand services to Ameri
can children awaiting
adoption. Applications for
grants range from $500 to
$3,500 and must be received
by April 1, with awards
made April 30
Parent groups are eli
gible to apply if tfiey'meet
the following criteria: are
incorporated as a non-pro
fit organization, have
membership of at least 15
families with 75 percent
adoptive parents, have a
major focus on improving
adoption services, and
benefit a specific area
within HEW Region IV.
Projects eligible for
funding include recruit
ment and campaigns, spon
soring conference on adopt
ion and placement, post
placement and post-adopt
ion services.
Ann Sullivan, director of
the project has been in
volved in public child wel
fare work for 14 years She
was most recently the di
rector in Chelsea, Michi
gan, and was adoption con
‘~suttant tn- several states—
within Region IV
Medicaid Program
Paid $336.7 MiUion
Special To The Post
RALEIGH-Even though
the elderly, disabled and
blind represented only 38 9
percent of the total Medic
aid recipients during the
federal fiscal year that
ended .September 30, 1979,
they accounted for 75 6 per
cent of the total expend
itures.
North Carolina's Medic
aid program paid $336 7
million in medical bills for
388,268 of the state's^ poor
citizens during the^year,
according to Ms. Barbara
D Matula, director of the
Division of Medical Assist
ance of the N.C. Depart
ment of Human Resources
Medical care provided
the elderly, disabled and
blind amounted to $254 4
million and only $82.3 mil
lion was spent for services
provided families with de
pendent children
Ms. Matula indicated
that the major reasons for
the higher costs of care for
the ag^d, disabled and
blind was they required
more jand longer hospital
care and long term care in
skilled nursing homes and
intermediate care facili
ties TThe average annual
cost j**r family recipient
was o lly $347 compared to
$1702 or the aged, disabled
and b ind
The elderly, disabled and
blind represented 149,491 of
the recipients and families
with dependent children
238,777 North Carolina’s
Medicaid program covers
most people in these cate
gories who rece've a
monthly public assitance
check for living expenses.
It also covers the same
categories or people when
their incomes are too high
to be eligible for public
assistance, but not enough
to meet medical expenses.
The lion’s share 01 tne
total expenditures was paid
to hospitals, skilled nursing
homes and intermediate
care facilities with hospi
tals being paid $117 2 mil
lion, skilled nursing homes
$47 9 million and inter
mediate care facilities $90
million Ms Matuia indi
cated that approximately
63 percent of the patients
occupying beds in skilled
nursing homes and inter
mediate care across the
state were Medicaid reci
pients
Pharmacies were paid
$29 million for filling over
4.1 million prescriptions.
Physicians were paid $28 2
million for over 696,000
visits and dentists were
paid $113 million
Under Medicaid, pay
ments for services are
made directly to the pro
viders of services
l
Stop Klan
Rally Gains
Momentum
by Eileen Hanson
Special To ThePost
Eight thousand- strong
came, with a single mes
sage to the world: “Unite!
Stop Klan-Nazi Terror!”
From the streets of
Boston, the mines of West
Virginia, the textile mills of
North Carolina, the farms
of Mississippi and the onion
fields of Texas, civil rights
supporters flocked to
Greensboro Feb. 2 for the
largest demonstration in
history against the Ku Klux
Klan A bus and several
cars carried more than 50
people from Charlotte
Several’were’ aTtending—
their first protest march.
Marchers from olher
cities had faced Klan hoods
and guns before in their
own communities, but this
time no robed Klansmen
lined the streets and the
only visible weapons were
those of 400 city and state
police. Some 300 National
Guardsmen activated—by—
Gov Jim Hunt stayed out
of sight, but on alert for any
trouble.
Organizers of the march,
sponsored by the National
Anti-Klan Network, has
vowed to keep the demon
stration peaceful and non
violent. However. as
marchers passed in waves
through the streets of
Greensboro with their ban
ners "Ban the Klan" and
“Stop the Murders", no one
could forget that just three
months earlier 5 anti-Klan
demonstrators were killed
in these same streets.
On Nov. 3 a convoy of 30
To 50 Klan and Nazi mem
bers rode into a black
housing project and shot
into a crowd gathering for
an anti Klan march, leav
ing 5 dead and scores
wounded The victims were
members of the Commun
ist Workers Party, all shot
in the head or chest. The
police were two blocks
away.
Speaking at the rally fol
lowing Saturday's 4-mile
march. Rev Fred
Shuttlesworth of the South
ern Christian leadership
Conference called for dis
arming the Klan
"If the police had done
their job in November, we
wouldn't need to be here
today,” he said Fifteen
people were arrested in the
November killings One
was released and the
others are out on bond
awaiting trial. But many
speakers at the rally feared
that none would be con
victed of the murders
The massive anti-Klan
protest last weekend came
after two years of rising
KKK activity across the
South, from Tupelo. Miss
where black activists were
attacked by Klansmen dur
ing an economic boycott, to
Norfolk, Va where the
Klan is actively recruiting
in the military
Speaking for the United
league of Northern Miss
issippi, Skip Robinson told
the demonstrators that it
was the same Klan that
fought his organization in
Tupelo, Miss that gunned
down the 5 people in
Greensboro