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Volume 7. Number 19, THE CHARLOTTE POST«Thursday, December l^igsi _+ ' Price: 35 Cents
JACKIE BENNETT
..^4 lively person
-Radiant Jackie Bennett
Is “Beauty Of The Week”
tty teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Radiance can be ex
plained in terms of a lady.
And relatively easy. Radi
ance is_ Jackie Bennett, a
lively person with a gift of
love.
Whether it’s the love
, Mrs. Bennett emTEs for her'
husband or for the children
she teaches in school, this
is what many refer to as
divine.
As if reading from a love
"story Mrs. Bennet’s hus
band, Henry, submitted
her name for beauty of the
week. Let’s say it was a
pre-Christmas present.
Mrs. Bennett deserves
more recognition than we
can give, however. A
Special Education teacher
at Idlewild Elementary she
portrays, the patience,
sense of humor and the
intense desire to aid others.
“I started out as a tutor
at Bethlehem Center and I
enjoyed it so much that I
went on to complete mv
B.A. in Sociology and my
Master’s in Education at
UNCC,” Mrs. Bennett an
nounced.
‘‘I enjoy being around
people constantly. I try to
go out of my way to make
my children feel a lot
better about themselves,"
Mrs. bennett said. "So
many ask themselves ‘why
should 1 try?’ And so many
have been told that they
can’t. So I try to teach them
that they can.”
Mrs. Bennett wishes that
the nation's schools would
hire more teachers in this
special field. "The problem
is either getting people in
terested or that there is
just not enough, money to
hire enough teachers.”
Because of the dent in
Special Education teachers
and her concern she con
tinues to improve her capa
bilities within her field. She
has attended a special
workshop with 11 others
concerning Special Educa
tion sponsored by the Uni
Myers Named
Assistant Secretary
Governor Jim Hum and
Secretary of Commerce
Lauch Faircloth Thursday
announced the appoint
ment of Lewis H. Myers as
Assistant Secretary of
Commerce.
Myers, 35, has been Chief
of the State Office of Minor
ity Business Enterprises in
the department since July
1, 1980
Governor Hunt said,
“Lewis Myers brings to
this new position an in
valuable background in
marketing and economic
development. In particu
lar, he has broad experi
ence in minority business
development, and we will
be looking to him to
strengthen the state's sup
port of those business
efforts.'’
fining the De
ent of Commerce,
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Good eyesight is a good
thing to have, but WISDOM
is a good thing to be
Myers was a consultant ini
industrial and economic
development in North
Carolina.
versity of Chapel Hill. She
is also a member of the
Association of Children
with Learning Disabilities.
A native of New York,
Mrs. Bennett caught the
contagious disease many
entertainers possess Her
talents range from achieve
merit in education to act-'
ing, singing and dancing.
"There are more oppor
tunities for actors and ac
tresses in New York,” Mrs.
Bennett explained, “but 1
do like Charlotte."
As a talent herself, Mrs.
Bennett enjoys renditions
of Deniece Williams,
Donna Summer, Phyliss
Hyman and Linda Clifford,
“Actually I like just about
any type of music,” Mrs.
Bennett explained.
Our beauty's favorite
person is the late Susan
Brown. "My grandmother
was the kind of person who
let nothing upset her. She
had a sense of humor so
that she could overcome
anything. She always found
a way to compensate," she
stated.
There is so much Mrs.
Bennett has to live for.
"Once I saw a necklace in a
jewelry store which exem
plified my philosophy of
life. It simply stated,
"Live-love and laugh."
Leon Sullivan: No More
Cuts In Job Training
Chisholm
Fights For
Civil Rights
Congresswoman Shirley
Chisholm (D-NY) played a
major role in preventing
anti-human amendments
from being added to the
Foreign Aid Authorization
bill
As the Congresswoman
stated in a letter to Chair
man Zablocki, along with
31 of her colleagues, "We
do not believe that a Fo
reign Assistance Authoriz
ation bill should be adopted
t the tApeiut of humun
rights concerns and or de
velopment assistant.” The
letter expressed concern to
Zablocki about additional
military assistance to El
Salvador, a repeal of the
Clark Amendment, and a
removal of conditions on
military assistance to Ar
gentina, Chile and Zaire.
—iiOur success in prohi
biting the adoption of any
of these amendments was
—due.to the Administration s
fear that a coalition of
liberals and moderates
would not vote for final
passage if these amend
ments were adopted," said
Chisholm. "Our action was
a real victory for main
taining a human rights fo
cus in U S. foreign policy."
she added.
Chisholm is again ex
pected to lead the fight to
—retain the House position
on these amendments in
the House-Senate confer
ence on the Authorization
bill-_
Second Ward
Alumni To
Meet Sunday
Second Ward High School
Alumni, Charlotte Chapter,
will meet Sunday, Decem
ber 20, at Greenville Neigh
borhood Center, 1330
Spring Street at 3 p.m.
Members have been re
quested to bring all re
ports for the Christmas
dance.
NEW JUDGE - James A Beaty Jr. is
sworn in by Federal Judge Richard
' Krwirt iH omwimmos .H tile rmvi.ith .
County Courthouse Friday. Mrs. Beaty
holds the Bible on which the oath was
- ,tak?n_
Gov. Hunt: . _ ~
*4This Is A Great Day For
Justice In North Carolina”
Special To The Post
. .WINSTO VSAl.KM -
Governor Jim Hunt last
—wwR spoke during t)>r—
swearing-in cehemony of
Judge James A Beaty Jr.,
saying. "This is a great day
for the administration of
justice in North Carolina.
Governor Hunt recently
appointed Beaty, a Win
ston-Salem attorney, as a
special Superior Court
judge, replacing Judge J
Dave DeRamus, who was
elected as a resident Su
perior Court judge.'
"I am proud to call him
iBeaty) my friend, be
cause he is such as ex
ceptional person, and he
has achieved so much at a
very young age," Hunt
said.
"But even more import
ant than his achievements
are his convictions. He
cares about people and
their problems - especially
young people." he said
Beaty, 32, has-been in
private practice in Win
ston-Salem for seven
years. He is a member of
the North Carolina and
Forsyth County Bar Asso
nations, the North Caro
lina Acadorey-oi■Trial Law
yers and the North Caro
lina Association of Black
-T,aw‘ytirk -—— -
He received his bache
lor's degree from Western
Carolina University in li»7l
and his law degree from
UN'C-CH in 1974.
He has participated in
the Court Volunteers of
Forsyth County, Big
Brothers-Big Sisters of
Forsyth County and has
been a member of the Heal
Egiale Licensing Board of
North t arolina.
"I have said often that
the problem of crime will
not be resolved in the police
stations and courtrooms
and prisons.’’ Hunt said
"Those institutions can
help us. if we do things
right, but in the final ana
lysis. the only way you get
-ill (Time is to steer ypppg
people away from trouble
w ith the law.
"Jim Beaty knows that.
That's w hy he has spent so
much of his time working
with Court Volunteers of
Forsyth County and Big
Brothers-Big Sisters of
Forsyth County
"He shares my concern
about crime and my ideas
about how you deal with
it." the Governor said. "He
will administer justice
firmly, fairly and equally.
And he will be a tremen
dous asset to the North
Carolina judiciary.”
Sumners Dreams Slowly
Beginning To Take Roots
When Robert Sumner
moved to Hickory from
Norfolk. Virginia, he
turned on the radio expect
ing to find a black station
but there was none. This
prompted him to think
False Advertising Gimmicks Are For Those
Hof ing To Get Something For Nothing
By Gayle Hinson
Post Staff Writer
Are you one of those
people who have been
taken in by false adver
tising gimmicks, hoping to
get something for nothing?
Well, don't feel too bad, it
has happened to most of us
at least once.
A lot of people don't
realize that by being so
greedy and trying to gain
• wjnietliliig valuable fui no»
thing, they actually end up
, with nothing or worse yet
losing money.
Most of the time when
you receive free articles
through the mail they are
worthless or hardly worth
the postage. A friend of
mine once sent off for a
pair of X-ray glasses that
were supposed to reveal
hidden secrets When the
X-ray glasses came they
were a pair of cheap,
plastic, big rimmed glasses
with circular lenses of dif
ferent colors. They
were really fake sunglass
es. When he discovered
how they worked he was
Gayle Hinson
angry. They only worked
when the subject was
standing in direct light.
The only hidden secret you
could see was the clothes
the subject had on. If you
were lucky you could see
the bones in his hands.
Needless to say my friend
was upset because he had
anticipated doing a lot of
girl watching.
Sometimes a person can
be victimized without being
aware of it. He may receive
free books in the mail one
day and a week later
receive a bill stating that
he owes for the books. If he
doesn't pay for the books
soon, a letter will come
informing him that a repre
sentative from a collection
agency will be by to find
out what is holding up the
payment. So he either pays
for the books or sends them
back. Either way he ends
up losing money But under
new laws, you cannot be
-•held responsible fop unaoli -
cited mail. However, most
people aren't aware of that
and can be intimidated
Ted Law, president of the
Better Business Bureau of
Greater Mecklenburg,
Inc., (BBB) says that there
are two areas of false
advertising. One is the mail
order kind, when a person
sends his money to an
out-of-state company
“This is a hard one," he
said. “If you feel that the
article you received is not
what was described you
should be able to get your
money back. Now I say
should, he emphasized, but
if it was not a legitimate
company me purpose may
have been to make the
product look better than it
really is. The consumer
finds out that the company
is out of business and he is
stuck," he said.
The second kind of false
advertising is a local ad
The advantage here is that
a person has the ability to
actually see the product
before purchasing it Uw
said that the BBB has been
getting quite a lew com
plaints this year. “The ad
vertised product is not
there, not for sale," he
explained
"Some stores put in
limited amounts but do not
say that the items are
limited (10 to 20 per
store)," he cited.
"it you go to the store by
10 a m. when it has just
opened they tell you the
item is sold out. Now this is
the first day the ad started
In reality the store never
had it and doesn't expect to
get it," he continued This
is false advertising. What
is not false is when they
give me consumer a rain
check. Almost all stores in
Charlotte will issue a rain
check, according to l^w.
Guidelines given by I^iw
for what a consumer should
do when he feels he has
been a victim of false
advertising are to go to the
store manager first, take
the ad with you and talk to
him without losing your
temper That he says is
most important
If you still haven t gotten
any satisfaction write the
BBB The BBB in turn
contacts the store manager
to get his side of the story
However, the BBB does not
prosecute The organiza
tion passes the inform
ation along to the Attorney
General's office for action
I-aw concluded by saying
that the consumer must
always use common sense
Unmairied Couples
The number of unmar
ried couples living together
nearly tripled between 1970
and 1980. "
about developing a black
radio station in Hickory
"There is a need to bring
black media into Hickory
We need a minority voice in
the town," he explained.
Slowly his dream is be
ginning to take roots He
has started an organiza
tion, the Eastridge Educa
tional Radio Association, of
which he is president, to
develop a non commercial
public radio station in
Hickory
The station is still in the
development stage with be
ginning steps having been
completed like taking an
engineering survey to iden
tify possible frequencies
for the station
Public radio stations do
not exist on advertising as
do commercial stations In
stead they depend on
grants and donations
Sumner explained that
although the station, which
was incorporated in April
19H0. is non-profit they still
"Him1 Ijlllstu pay "Wr don t
sell stocks and issue cer
tificates but we still have
bills and a staff to be paid.
However, there are no divi
dends paid at the end of the
year," he said
Sumner, a graduate of
Crest High School in Shelby
attended Carolina School of
Broadcasting He says that
so far he is the only mem
ber of the organization, but
that most stations have
only an average of five
staffers So far the only
other staff member is an
engineer, Rev. James W.
McCorkle, from Glen Al
pine, N.C.
Sullivan
Fears Social
Dynamite
Special To The Post
. PHILADELPHIA - In a
wire to President Reagan,
-lev. Leon Sullivan, chair
man and founder of the
Opportunities Industrializ
ation Centers of America
(OIC-Ai. last week, voiced
dismay and disbelief at
OMB Director David Stock
man s recommendation to
cut the Labor Depart
ment's already decimated
7 8 billion dollar budget
from the :i.4 billion dollars
-submitteddor 1988 to 1 56
billion dollars.—w—
“It is unwise and incon
scionable that the OMB
would undertake this kind
of cutting of job training
funds." Sullivan explained
adding that "Any further
cuts beyond those recom
mended by Secretary Do
novan would most certain
ly result in larger welfare
rolls, additional unemploy
ment inttiirrinrc p.iym..ni^
and heavier burdens on
those already over taxed."
Explaining to the Presi
dent his fears that "social
dynamite" was being cre
ated by 8.4 percent unem
ployment in general, and 45
percent black and brown
youth unemployment in
particular. Rev Sullivan
voiced his support for Se
cretary_of La box Raymond
Donovan, who is expected
to fight the additional cuts
because the Labor Depart
ment had already cut the
eight billion dollar budget
to 3.4 billion.
in an appeal for select
ive targeted letter writing
from 5,000 clergy support
ers, OK.' volunteers and
industry advisors, the
black pioneer in job train
ing and youth employment
declared:
"Enough is enough' No
more cuts in job training
must be the message to the
White House from every
urban and rural commun
ity in America.
"OIC-A must be pre
served to continue to give
skills, jobs and hope to our
people Organizations like
OIC are needed to reach
the unreached We cannot
afford to take away in 1983
the little hope that Pre
sident Keagan has given
the nation in 1981 and re
place it with the hopeless
ness of a 1983 budget that
abdicates federal respons
ibility for job training
' The President s Econo
mic Recovery Plan will
only work if people are put
to work on jobs and have
job training to get the skills
they need. The creation of
13 million jobs predicted by
-the President Mmf
hope - the proposed 1983
budget cuLs in job training
and the job creation hous
ing industry will guarantee
hopelessness and despair."
OIC-A is a job training
program operating in 47
states in 128 rural and
urban communities as well
as overseas in Africa and
the Caribbean. Its 600,000
graduates have paid over 2
billion dollars in federal
taxes In addition, they
have taken a quarter of a
million Americans off the
welfare rolls, saving the
government welfare pay
ments.