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Voj. 5. No. 36 OMlQVft Thursday. April 10. 1980 - THE CHARLOTTE POST ' - " . -
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Martin To
Host Town
i
Meeting
Washington - U.S. Re
presentative Jim Martin
will host a “Town Meeting”
for college students on
Monday night, April 14, at
the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte.
Martin, who represents
Iredell, Lincoln and Meck
lenburg counties, said that
notices of the meeting have
been sent to all college
campuses in the three
counties he represents. He
will not give a speech but
will receive brief state
ments from students on
issues of concern to them.
The four-term Congress
man and former college
professor said, “Students
have their own ideas and
insights into problems but
as a rule, no one asks for
their opinions. The stu
dents of today are acutely
aware of what is happening
in the world and nation."
Martin went on to say that
“our young people see de
nie inn o in U/nnLinn
ton which drastically affect
their lives, and they should
have an opportunity to
have responsible input into
the governmental pro
cess.”
While the UNCC “Town
Meeting” is being held pri
marily for college students,
Martin said the fact that it
is at UNCC does not pre
clude the general public
from attending the meet
ing.
This “Town Meeting” is
the 10th such listening fo
rum Congressman Martin.
I^f scheduled for Monday,
/flril 14 at 8 p.m
NAACP Legal
Defense Fund
Dinner Set
Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Drew S. Days, III will
be the guest speaker at the
Eleventh Annual NAACP
Legal Defense Fund Din
ner on April 26 in Charlotte.
The dinner is a statewide
annual fund raising project
designed to increase the
coffers of the fund which is
used in defense of Blacks
and other minorities. Local
civil rights lawyer Julius
Chambers is president of
the national fund. Cham
bers gained national pro
minence during the de
segregation of the Char
ioue-meciweuuuiK ocikjui
System.
Days has been Assistant
Attorney General for Civil
Rights since 1977. Prior to
his swearing in, he had
been first assistant counsel
to the Legal Defense and
Educational Fund since
1969.
A native of Atlanta, Ga.,
the 39 year old attorney
received his LLD degree
from Yale University and
has numerous activities to
his credit. He is married
and the father of two
daughters.
Several black-oriented
newspapers and radio sta
tions will be cited by the
fund raising committee for
their contributions to their
communities.
For ticket reservations,
write or call Zoel S. Har
grave, II, 2801 Remington
StiMt, Charlotte, NC. Tele
Dtflfe 704-899-8897. Tickets
It takes a mighty con
scientious man to tell
the DIFFERENCE be
tween being TTR£D and
JJgY.
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CHARMING PEARL BEANE
...J.C. Smith sophomore
Pearl Beane
Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post StaffWriter
When it comes to tack
ling goals, Pearl Beane
doesn’t believe in wasting
time. “I should try to do
everything I can do today
because there is no guaran
tee that I’ll be here tomor
row,” she noted.
Presently, our attractive
beauty is pursuing a Gen
eral Business degree at
Johnson C. Smith Univers
ity.
“I’m just trying to get an
idea of the business class
es. I plan to take classes in
general business and later
go on to dental school. I’d
lilke to become a dentist
like my father,” Ms. Beane
remarked. “I am now
working at the office of an •
oral surgeon.
Her parents are James
and Anita Beane of Rich
mond, Virginia. Ms.
Beane’s father attended
Johnson C. Smith also, and
that was one of the reasons
she chose this particular
university.
“I also like the fact that
it is a small school,” Ms.
Beane began. “TTiere is
more closeness with people
compared to bigger uni
versities. You get to know
your professors - they’ll
remember you."
Now a sophomore, our
Aquarian beauty is a mem
ber of the Student Alumni,
Queen of the Student Alum
ni, Queen for the Fall Line
of Kappa Alpha Psi, and
serves on the Food Service
Committee at the univers
ity.
If our beauty could
change something it would
be some of the people’s
attitudes at Smith. “Even
though we have a close
ness, some try to find out
what everyone else is do
ing. I think it's important to
accept everyone’s ways
and not make everyone
think they are the worst
thing. It’s not what I be
lieve,” she commented.
Just about all types of
sports are included in the
hobbies of Ms. Beane. But
she spends most of her time
taking pictures. “I guess
the best thing is taking my
pictures," she said. “I do
more of that."
Other favorites include
the television program,
“Dallas" because of its
suspense, and Arthur Ashe.
Medicare People: Explain
“Reasonable Charges”
Many people in the area
who have Medicare pro
tection are not sure just
what is meant by “reason
able charges,’’ a social
security district manager
said recently.
Under the law, payment
of benefits under the me
dical insurance part of Me
dicare is based on reason
able charges for covered
services or supplies.
PEOPLE PROBABLY
would have less trouble
understanding this term if
they thought of It as the
"allowed,Tor "permitted”
charge. But that, is not the
complete story either.
The reasonable charge
for a medical service is
determined by the Me
dicare carrier for each
year, First, the carrier
determines the customary
charge by each doctor and
supplier for each separate
service or supply. This is
generally the charge most
often made.
Then, the carrier figures
the prevailing charge for
each covered service or
supply. This charge is a
figure high enough to cover
the customary charge on
three-fourths of the bills
submitted the previous
year for all service or
supply.
INCREASES IN the pre
vailing charge from year to
year are limited by an
index formula based on the;
cost of doing business and
raises in general earnings
level.
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Only the amount Medi
see MEDICARE Page 4
National Black Economic
Summit Meeting Planned
Congressman Parren J.
Mitchell (D-7th-Md.) an
nounced Monday that he
has called business, labor
and trade association lead
ers to Washington to meet
on April 14 for the Second
National Black Economic
Summit Meeting.
Mitchell stated, "The
purpose of the meeting is to
ratify a 5 year (1980-1965)
national business develop
ment plan for minority
businesses." This Second
Summit Meeting follows a
planning meeting held at
the World Trade Center ir
Baltimore, Maryland, ir
October of 1979 where more
than 150 experts agreed to
do position papers which
will make up the 5 year
plan for deliberation or
April 14th.
Scheduled speakers in
clude Jack Watson, Presi
dent Carter's Domestic As
sistant, who will speak
about the Administration'!
plans for minority business
development and federa
procurement over the nex
5 years.
Mitchell stated, "It is thr
minority and poor com
muni ties which suffer when
small grocers, shoe shops
and clothing stores, many
of which are Black, go out
■ of business. Franchise
businesses are booming in
our communities, and we
must triple the number of
those franchises which are
owned by minorities. But
the current shape of the
economy and the proposed
budget cut-offs will, first,
wipe out many of the exist
ing Black businesses, and
second, will block Black
Americans from starting
up or diversifying into
other new businesses.”
The Maryland Congress
man continued, “Goals,
timetables and awards of
contracts to minority busi
nesses must be made a
priority in the national
party platforms of the De
mocrats, the Republicans
and any other political
group. For example, are
contracts being awarded to
minority businesses to pro
vide goods and services for
the national party con
ventions which will be held
( this summer?"
This is the second eco
W
nomic summit meeting
held to develop a 5 year
national Black business de
velopment plan. The first
was held in 1971 at Morgan
State University and set an
agenda for 1971 1976 Mit
chell feels that many of the
goals set at the first sum
mit meeting have been ac
complished.
"We must develop a 5
year national development
plan for Black businesses
so that we are speaking
with one voice, with one
purpose, working together
to obtain the fair share that
Black business is entitled
to,” concluded Mr
Mitchell.
The daylong meeting will
be held on Monday, April
M. I960, in Washington,
D.C., in Room 345 of the
Cannon House Office Build
ing on Capitol Hill. The
meeting begins at 8 a.m.
and will end at 4 p.m. For
further information, con
tact Jerry Lymas, 414 Can
non House Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20615;
telephone number; 212
225-4741.
CBS To Build 100 Homes
In Greenville Community
NAACP
To Honor
19 Women'
The National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP)
will honor 19 outstanding
women at the upcoming
National Women’s Confer
ence April 25-26 in New
York.
In addition, there will be
a special award to Aminda
B. Wilkins, wife of former
Executive Director of the
NAACP, Roy Wilkins. She
will be honored for her
work and dedication over a
period of 50 years in social
service and civil rights.
According to Frances
Hooks, wife of the present
NAACP Executive Direc
tor, Benjamin L. Hooks,
the conference is a signifi
cant event. “We hopefully
will come out of this
historic meeting with a
more precise and enlight
ened view of what women’s
concerns are in this coun
try. That in itself would be
an important milestone."
l.aaies receiving me
NAACP Outstanding
Award will be Gertrude
Smith, a household tech
nician; four honorees in
Education - Emily Taylor
Spicer, LaRose H. Smith,
Yvonne Ewell and Gloria
Morris. There are two ho
norees from the field of
Arts and Science - Dr.
Eloise Carter and Gail
Hightower; three women
selected for their work as
Community and Civic
Volunteers - Velma Lois
Jones, Minnie Johnson and
Laura Banks.
Two honorees will be
cited for their work with
youth. They are Juanita
Doggett and Charlotte Fra
zier. In the Business field
Margaret Z. Richardson
and Barbara Proctor will
be honored. Velma E.
Webb and Fannie Neal will
be recognized for their im
pressive work in the labor
field.
McCrorey Branch YMCA basketball
team for 15 to 16 year olds recently
traveled to Roanoke, Virginia to partici
pate in the YMCA Annual Sports Festi
val, Pictured front row, left to right:
Jeffery Byers, Tyriey Price, Tim Mob
ley, Clarence Rickett. Back row, left to
right: Gregg Caldwell, Terry Misen
heimer, Calvin Beatty, Norman Corbit.
Not pictured: Floyd Little, Richard
Sartor, George Mickle, Perry Thompson,
Clark Robinson and the coach, Tyrone
Carr.
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Borrowers To Continue
Paying Record -High Rates
Look for all borrowers -
government, business, con
sumers - to keep paying
record-high rates. Reason
is that money markets as
sume inflation will remain
high, while recession stays
mild. For money men, that
means business as usual
and, hence, high rates.
Point is the economy is
settling onto new, higher
plateaus, adjusting slowly,
and with some pain, but on
the whole adjusting. That'll
mean short-term money
costs for 6 months near 12.5
percent - 16 percent, de
pending on who you are;
i.e., how close to the prime
you borrow.
INTERMEDIATE rates
should hover in the 11.25
percent to 12.5 percent
range, long-term rates at
12.5 percent - 13.5 percent.
Mortgage implications arc
clear. Nevertheless, we ex
pect the mortgage fund
famine to ease by spring,
as usury clamps are lifted,
and government allows
charging higher rates.
We don't expect a money
crunch. The slowdown will
soften demand just enough
to make funds available to
those able to pay And with
everything inflated, high
rates will become accept
able.
Note, though, that we
don’t expect another inter
est surge Nothing more,
certainly, than one point
rise for a brief time.
Through midyear, rates
should remain close to the
current levels
Unemployment has final
ly taken its long-expected
leap up. Question is, will
the January 6.2 percent
rate take further big leaps?
We expect some increase,
this year, but not topping 8
percent, at worst, with 7.8
percent me iiKeiy peaK
In other Words - no steady
big jumps.
Here's why: Most of the
increases are in consumer
durables, automobiles es
pecially, and such satellite
industries as tires To a
lesser extent, the slowdown
in home construction con
tributes. But no big jobless
ness-producing collapse is
very likely either.
Employment will hold its
own in almost every other
sector. It will actually in
crease in several - mining,
metals refining, rail trans
portation, financial ser
vices and capital construct
ion.
One other area, defense,
will show large gains in
employment. Most will
come next year, but even
they will be felt this year,
as defense-related firms
change previous plans to
let people go
In sum, unemployment
will have risen two points
over 1979, the "spottiness"
of the rate due to the
slowdown’s uneven impact.
In neither will there be
anything like across-the
board decline
The figures also point up
the hazards in economic
prediction. Who could fore
see the drastic shrinkage in
auto sizes a year ago. or
expect Carter to be leading
such big boosts in defense
outlays?
THE FOOD STAMP pro
gram is big, and is about to
get bigger. It could wind up
as the nation's most ex
pensive welfare outlay,
topping even Dependent
Children and Supplemental
Security Income
Congress is raising food
stamp funding $2.5 billion
this year It s getting ready
to add a further $3.5 billion
in the '81 budget Final tab
nearly $10 billion, a whop
ping 82 percent boost in 3
years.
Four reasons: First is
the inflation-caused food
cost rise. Between 1977 and
1981, prices will have spi
raled upward by 46 per
cem ine original aumor
izations were not enough to
cover this surge.
Millions more recipients
have entered the program
USDA estimates 20.4 mil
lion will be in by 1981, 9
percent of the country. In
flation has cut spending
power, made more people
eligible now, reinforced by
rising joblessness, both
present and in the future
inird reason is the
change in attitudes to
wards "handouts " Pride
and tradition kept many
eligibles from applying for
stamps. Now, many of
them are being forced by
necessity to ask for aid.
Fourth is politics. In t977
Congress put a lid on costs.
The .Senate has removed it,
and the House is debating
the same One Hill aide
says there's rumbling that
things are "out of hand,"
but adds that this is an
election year and stamp
recipients vote.
Grants May
Cover Down
Payments?
B> Susan Kllsworth
Post Staff writer *
Do you w ant to buy a new
home but think you can't
afford it with today's high
interest rates''
A grant from the City of
Charlotte, mortgage sub
sidies from the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Development and CBS
Realty, Inr. in Charlotte
could change your attitude
In June. 1980. CBS Realty
is slated to begin construct
ion on loo moderate income
homes scattered through
out the Greenville re
development area near
Fourth Ward
These single family,
ranch-styled homes, cost
ing $38,000 to $40,000 each
will be insulated, have car
peted floors, and built-in
stoves and dishwashers.
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president. James Sweet
AH homes will have con
crete driveways and a va
riety of exteriors
Ten two-bedroom homes.
GO three-bedroom, and 30
four bedroom homes will
be ready lor occupancy by
December 1980. Sweel
said.
"We anticipate having
far more demand than we
have houses," he con
tinued
CBS Realty is presently
accepting names on a first
come, first serve basis, of
families interested in pur
chasing the homes
Recreational outlets such
as a park, playground,
community house with
gym, nursery swimming
pool and meeting room are
already there, Sweet em
phasi/ed. He described the
area as well-designed,
close to uptown and near
the bus routes.
Financing may be the
magic wand to transform
the would be home-owner’s
desire into reality.
The City of Charlotte,
along with the Department
of Housing and Urban De
velopment, are offering fi
mu iw kiiiiiiicp iiw
want to build homes in the
Greenville area.
While the city provides a
grant HUD will furnish a
subsidy on a 30 year mort
gage under the Section 235
program
Charlotte is providing
grants ranging from $1,300
to $1,750 less $1 00 to home
buyers. regardless of their
incomes. Grant amounts
will lie determined by the
cost of the lot
“We hope the grant will
cover the down payment,"
Sweet said: “Multitudes of
people would like to be
homeowners, but can't af
ford even the down pay
ment.”
Under the Section 235
program a family of four
would need a $1,700 down
payment to purchase a
$38,000 home Although the
money cannot be borrowed
for this, the grant can be
used for the down payment.
The lowest payment on a
three-bedroom house for
example would be $260
with a subsidy and $480
without one An income of
$12,000 to $17,000 would be
needed to qualify for the
HUD subsidy for a three
bedroom home,
see CBS Page 2
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