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Volume 7, Number 49 ' ” " " ■
---- THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, May 13, 1»H2 ~
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Kichardson
j Gears Up
Campaign
-By Mar Thrower_
Post Staff Writer
Jim Richardson is get
ting his campaign into gear
in a drive to capture one of
Mecklenburg’s eight
Democratic nominations
for the North Carolina
House of Representatives.
Thus far, Richardson has
sent mailings to persons
throughout the community,
visited churches, meetings,
organizations, and indivi
duals, ordered yard signs
and stakes and prepared
brochures.
Richardson reports that
he has had “a very good
response so far” lo his'
effort to become one of
Mecklenburg's first elected
black legislators. (The late
Fred Alexander served in
the state Senate-Jim Polk
and Phil Berry are running
for Senate and House seats
this year.) He is now seek
ing volnntnam to h«.«w4U
necessary campaign func
tions such as looking up
phone numbers, putting up
signs, passing out litera
ture, working the polls and
driving people to the polls
on election day, June 29.
Of course, Richardson is
also in search of that
absolutely vital campaign
ingredient-money. Finan
cial contributions are now
being solicited to pay for
campaign expenses.
Richardson advises that
he is open to advice and
input from the community
jj> ...and that anyone who
’ would like to help his cause
should call either 399-1555
or 334-1293.
NAACPTo
Hold Youth Of
Year Program
The North Carolina Con
ference of the NAACP will
hold its sixth Annual Youth
of the Year Program
Saturday, May 22 from 9:30
a.m. to 9 p.m.
The theme of the pro
gram, which will be held at
First Baptist Church, 101 S.
Wilmington St., Raleigh, is
“Youth: The Hope of
Tomorrow.’’ Workshops
dealing with political
actions, employment and
future projections will be
held. There is no fee.
Any NAACP youth or
adult wanting to attend the
Youth of the Year should
contact your local youth
unit or adult branch or call
919-855-1847.
Breakfast Meeting
The Charlotte-Mecklen
burg Planning Commission
will boat a breakfast meet
ing to provide information
on the Transportation
Action Plan to the Board of
County Commissioners and
the City Council at 7:30
a.m. on Tuesday, May 18,
in Salons 2 and 3 of the
Sheraton Center on
McDowell Street.
The breakfast meeting
will feature the premiere
showing of a 12-minute
slide-sound presentation on
die Transportation Action
Plan. A brief question and
answer session will follow
Die presentation, and addi
tional information will be
Araliable at the meeting.
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Be KIND to your
\ FRIENDS If it WEREN’t
l for THEM you'd be a total
^STRANGERii-iMiBiiiBBBi^
COURTNEY SPEARS
...CPCC senior
Courtney Spears
h Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Managing Editor
Central Piedmont Com
munity College has a beau
tiful campus and an excit
ing curriculum. But when
some of Charlotte's
seniors, including our
beauty Courtney Spears
had to leave their high
schools, and head to CPCC,
campus life became a
demand.
Ms. Spears, along with
about 250 other seniors, had
to enroll at CPCC. “Or we
would have lost the veteran
or railroad social security
checks for college," she
explained.
“We found out ahead of
time but I really didn't like
it. We even have to pay for
our books," she noted.
Each year of college Ms.
Spears' check will shrink.
“After each year the check
will be cut 25 percent," she
explained.
Before enrolling at CPCC
Ms. Spears attended West
Mecklenburg Senior High
School. She served as
senior class representative
in the ROTC.
She also was a member
‘oT the Perp Cluh' and was
driving a bus.
Back in the fall of 1981
our beauty had the privi
lege of interning in a law
program where Mrs. Jones
was the counselor. She has
also attended the Commun
ity School of_.the .Arta on
Trade Street where she
studied piano, art and
voice.
“I enjoy playing the
piano and music in gener
al,” Ms. Spears outlined. “I
also enjoy watching sports
• basketball, games, etc.,
on television.”
Ms. Spears also enjoys
the music of Barry Mani
low. "He relates to every-,
one through his songs^ -
There are a few good
aspects about Ms Spears'
enrollment into CPCC.
One, she will be able to
return to her alma mater,
West Mecklenburg and
graduate with her class in
June.
And second she will have
already experienced cam
pus life and will have met
various people from dif
ferent walks of life. In
Parent Power
Kay Webb, national anti
drug parent movement
leader and Dr. Steve
tllenn, author of "Strength
ening The Family," will
discuss parent power and
drug abuse prevention at
the Ramada Inn on Sun
day, Itay 16.
essence her attendance
may help prepare her for
her college career.
“I plan to attend West
ern Carolina in Cullowhee,
N.C. My ambition is to
become a radio and tele
vision news reporter. I
don't think that I will ever
ge^ bored or tired in this
line of work,” she stated.
Today Ms. Spears finds
many activities to keep her
from being bored She is
known for her cooking
abilities and she also
enjoys planting in the
garden. “I feel that both
cooking and gardening are
challenges I enjoy.” She
worships at Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church where Rev.
J. A. Cuthbertson is pastor
and works diligently as
secretary for her Commun
ity Watch Program to pre
vent crime.
Ms. Spears has learned
that life itself is challenge
and the individual that has
helped her to realize this is
her mother, Helen Spears.
“She has tried her best to
give all six of her children
the best of things she didn’t
have when she was grow
ing up. She tries to en
courage me in life. She en
courages me to keep going
and keep playing the piano
for instance,” Ms. Spears
remarked
Over the years our
beauty has taken her
mother’s encouraging
advice to heart and has
immersed with the philo
sophy of “Living each day
as if it were your last. Take
one day at a time." And
those thoughts make Ms.
Spears more than just an
average individual
Ben Hooks Hails Voting
Rights Compromise
A&T State
Under Probe
BySBI
For the second time tms
academic-year, A&T State
University is under probe
by the State Bureau of
- Investigation for alleged
embezzlement of funds.
The action of the Bureau
early last fall led to the
resignation of the former
A&T Budget Officer who
later was found guilty of
obtaining refunds for
airline tickets paid for by
A&T. It is not sure whe
ther the present investiga
tion is related to the pre
vious one.
A&T Chancellor Edward
B Fort has no idea how
long the investigation will
take, neither does he have
any knowledge of the
individual involved "The
only sure thing,” he told
the Peacemaker, "is that
me investigation covers tne
period from September
1980 to January 1981, well
before I became the
university’s chancellor.’’
When asked to charac
terize his personal feelings
about the situation, he
answered: "Let us wait
and see. At any rate I do
not think it is my respons
ibility to defend what might
have happened before I
joined the university.”
An A&T student, who did
not wish to be identified,
said he regretted that the
institution seems to have a
rather long history of
similar allegations. "It is
very sad it’s happening
again. This might convey a
negative impressiorTfoThe
community because allega
tions, myths or half-truths
tend to have a life of their
own.” The student ex
pressed the wish that the
investigation will clear up
matters once and for all.
North Davidson
Street Closes
Beginning Monday, May
10, North Davidson Street
near Cordelia Park will be
closed for replacement of
the bridge over Sugar
Creek. The bridge is
between 22nd and 24th
Streets in north Charlotte
The $162,000 project will
take about five months and
is designed to replace the
existing bridge which no
longer meets safety stand
ards.
Vehicles will not be de
toured during construction,
but signs will be posted to
advise of the closing.
Dr. Edward B. Fort, right, is sworn-in as
the new Chancellor of North Carolina
A&T State University by U S District
Judge Richard Irwin in an impressive
wia
ceremony in Corbett Center Fort
became the seventh chief administrator
of A&T
Seventh A&T President
Dr. Edward Fort Inaugurated
Special To The Post
■ CIKKKNStttWO < - Wtth
the important elements of
favorable weather and long
preparation cooperating.
Dr. Edward B Fort, a
nationally recognized edu
cator, was inaugurated last
Saturday as the seventh
chief administrator of
North Carolina A&T State
University
In the impressive rites
held in Corbett Sports
Center, Fort pledged as
A&T’s new chancellor to
implement a 14-point pro
gram which includes a pur
suit of excellence, a major
campus beautification pro
gram, the building of an
effective management
team and the maintenance
of A&T as a strong force
within the University of
North Carolina System
“We do not intend to
compromise our position,"
said Fort, a former chan
cellor of the University of
Wisconsin Center System
“We intend to keep the
pressure on as we market
this university before this
community^ this region oL .
the Piedmont, and the
State of North Carolina We
intend to make use of all
the political, economic-,
structural, and personnel
oriented forces necessary
to push our program
through."
Fort also said he intends
to push for major capital
improvements on the cam
pus including a new en
Sneering science building.
ror which A&T has already
-eceived $152,000 in plan
ling money. He added that
le will use the findings of a
Library Task F'orce which
•• ■he"appoi riled - eartter to
chart a direction for a
mgjor overhauling of the
university’s library
resources.
"The Library Task Force
report will form the basis
Tor the development of a
plan, which when com
pleted, will result -before
we celebrate our 100th
birthday-in the construc
tion of a new library center
of this great university ”
Fort also told the au
dience of 4,000 faculty, stu
dents, alumni and support
ers, that he will insist on
compliance with the Con
sent Decree, the agree
ment between the federal
cqurt and the University of
North Carolina on the inte
gration of its system of
higher education
Conducting the inaugura
tion program was Presi
dent William C. Fridav of
_
_ the University of North
Carolina Fort was sworn
in by U.S. District Judge
Richard Erwin of the Mid
dle District of North
Carolina
Among greetings to the
new chancellor were those
by Dr Lacy Caple, chair
man of A&T trustee board.
John R. Jordan, chairman
of the North Carolina
Board of Governors,
Greensboro Mayor John
Forbis. and Dr Velma
Speight, president of the
A&T National Alumni
Association.
Other program partici
pants included Dr Samuel
Myers, executive director
of the National Association
for Equal Opportunity in
Higher Education; Stephen
Kirk, president of the A&T
Student Government Asso
ciation and Dr Arthur P.
Bell, president of the A&T
Faculty Senate.
1 mincer Jhnevention Study
TwaBesearch Scheduled
CANCER PR E V E N.
TION STUDY It (CPS-II)
is a new research program
of the American Cancer
Society designed to identify
those factors in our life
style and environment that
can influence our chances
of getting cancer and other
diseases It is also hoped
that the study will point to
those factors that work to
prevent the onset of
cancer.
The first Cancer Preven
tion Study was conducted
from 1959 72. Over 68,000
Governor Hunt Names Walton To
Community Development Council
Governor Jim Hunt this
week appointed Rev.
Robert L. Walton, Meck
lenburg County Commis
sioner to the Community
Development Council
The council advises the
Department of Natural Re
sources and Community
Development on the pro
motion and assistance of
orderly development in the
state, the type and effect
iveness of planning and
management services pro
vided to local government
and any other matters re
ferred to it by the Secre
Bob Walton
...County Commissioner
tary of the department
In announcing the ap
pointment, oovernor Hunt
stated, “Rev Walton and
other members of the ad
visory council are well
versed in the problems and
potentials of our state's
communities I will be look
ing to this council to pro
vide real leadership advice
and counsel to Secretary
Joe Grimsley and his
department.’’
Governor Hunt said that
the council will also be of
great help as the depart
ment begins to administer
for the first time the
federally funded Commun
ity Development Block
Grants to local commun
ities.
Rev Walton is pastor of
Saint Paul United Pres
byterian Church in
Charlotte
Reappointed to the court
cil are Aurora Mayor
Grace H Bonner, Ronald
Aycock, S. l^eigh Wilson
and Iris T. Davis.
New council members
include Sampson Buie Jr
Asheville Mayor Roy
Trantham, E. A Britt and
G. Ray Cantrell
American Cancer Society
volunteers enrolled one
million participants and
kept tabs on 98 percent of
them over a 12 year period
The study’s findings led lo
an indictment of cigarette
smoking as a leading cause
of cancer and heart dis
ease It is also noted for
identifying a connection be
tween obesity and certain
cancers, and for describing
risk factors for heart dis
ease and stroke.
Since the firs! Study,
major changes have oc
curred in American life
styles. We use consumer
products and medications
that weren't suspected as
being linked to cancer in
1959, and our diets are dif
ferent now To discover the
health effects of such
usage, the study will ex
amine artificial sweeten
ers. hair dyes, various
types of coffee, birth con
trol pills, low tar and nico
tine cigarettes Other cur
rent health concerns -car
cinogens in the workplace,
long-term exposure to low
level radiation-will be
analyzed, too.
It is vital research .war
ing on what actually hap
pens to us from everyday
living, with a sample
one million persons-from
many segments of the po
pulation, a sample large
enough to detect the im
porta nt influences on
health and disease
Hooks Feeis
“Justice Has
Prevailed"
SP F< IM: TO TH rrt'W'W --•
\K\V YORK Dr Ben
jamin L Hooks, .executive
director of the National
Association for the Ad
vancemenl of Cuiored
People i NAACP ■ today
hailed a compromise ver
sion of the Voting [tight
-Act written bv a hiporn. o_
group of Senators and up
proved by President
Ronald Reagan on
Monday.
“We feel that the com
promise agreement
worked out by the bipai
tisan coalition led by Sen
ators Bob Dole of Kansa:
Tod Kennedy of Massachu
setts and Charles Moihia
provides the best the fair
est and most effective rr.ca
sure possible,” Hooks .
Sen Mathias is a Maryl<*n<
Republican
* Hooks praised Senators
Dennis DeConcin of \ri
zona and Charles (>rassley
of Iowa, as well as House
members Peter VV it-«una
of New Jersey. TJofi
Edwards of California and
John Conyers ol Michigan
as being particularly
helpful in working with
the IR-memher Seoate
Committee on the Jodi
ciary
"We applaud their
efforts as well as those of
all our friends and allies
who worked with us in
achieving this historic
measure." said Hooks.
Hooks said the staff of
the NAACP and the read
ership Conference on Civil
Rights worked hard to
“preserve the principle
and sense of the I9«5 Voting
Rights extension measure
that was earlier passed hv
the House
“We also devoted con
siderabie effort to allaying
the fears of people who
•were concerned~a+5out in-——
corporating language on
proportional represent
ation in the measure he
said
Hooks said he hopes the
full Senate will approve the
compromise without any
weakening changes
“There were forces of
nullifcation and negativism
across the nation, poisons
who had sought to cripple
the historic concepts ol
freedom and justice for
which so many people.
black and white, gave their
lives
"Now, however, we are
satisfied that justice has
prevailed," he declared
Winn-Dixie
Hcports Salf^
Increase
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc
reported sales of $531,837.
000 during the four weeks
ended April 2B, 1982 com
pared with $489,850,000 for
the similar period last
year, an increase of 8 6
percent.
For the 44 weeks ended
April 28, 1982, the total was
$5,595,647,000 compared
with $5,227,542,000 a year
ago. an increase of 70
percent
The company opened 29
new stores and closed 27
since last June 24, 1981,
having 1,222 units in opera
lion on April 28, compared
with 1,224 last year