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Toni Byrd
STUDIOUS TONI BYRD
...Wants to be an attorney
Our Beauty Of Week Flails To
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Outrun The Eicon omy Storm
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing-Editor -
it ieems as if our eco
nomy resembles the wea
ther we’ve been having
lately: stormy, cloudy and
awaiting more thunder. It's
one aspect of our country
our beauty Tonja Byrd
would like to improve.
Personally her plans in
clude completing her edu
cation, in pre-law, “I’ve
always wanted _to be an
attorney. Pm 'argument
ative and I enjoy trying to
see that justice is done."
That is one way she plans
to outrun the economy
storm.
On the other side she
would like to indulge in her
favorite hobby, fashion de
signing. “I also like to draw
and cr'iate my own fa
shions and express myself
through designs and
clothes I make," she con
tinued. With her ingenuity
Ms. Byrd may well suc
ceed in both areas.
“I like to try new things
I am an individual. Once I
make up my mind you
can't change it. I’m a
veFy~deiCTffl1TOKr
A rising 11th grader at
North Mecklenburg Senior
High School our beauty is a
member of the Student
Council, a Flag Girl and an
Archonette for Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority. She also at
tends Clinton Chapel AME
Zion Church (Rev. Gaston,
pastor) and participates on
the Young Adult Choir and
is president of the Young
Adult Missionary Society.
Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs Willie Byrd.
Her interests span into
several categories include
ing drawing, dramatic*
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When a friend makes a
mistake, don’t but it in.
Rub it out.
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and the music of Donna
-Summer. "She g1vre~me~
inspirahon'and hope Some
of the things she has ac
complished I would like to
do the same," Ms. Byrd
began. ‘‘I have looked at
her career and the things
she’s done gives me nope,"
explained Ms. Byrd who
also enjoys the television
program "Chips ”
Presently Ms. Byrd
enjoys learning Spanish at~
school. “I like commun
icating with others and 1
like having the ability to
make friends with others
and pursuing a foreign lan
guage.” This is her fourth
year studying Spanish
She will get an opportun
Ttv to confinue her studies
in the language at one of
the universities she has de
cided to attend “I would
like to attend either UCLA,
New York University or
Florida State," she con
fided
In her zest for complet
ing her goals Ms Byrd
feels that "One should do
the best one can and never
~gtVr up hoping." This is a _
truth that will overshadow
our beauty's life like the
sun overcasts the earth As
long as she keeps her hopes
shining brightly her goals
will always be within
reach.
At 8th Anniversary (Celebration
Post’s “Ouirchwonian Of The Year”
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Will Be Announced Friday Night
By Robert Lane
Post Staff Writer
. The Charlotte Post will
Bfffif itff sscoirt annual
"Churchwoman of the
Year” contest to an end
this Friday night The con
test will conclude with The
Post’s Eighth Anniversary
Banquet, commemorating
the paper for eight suc
cessful years under
Publisher and Editor Bill
Johnson.
The banquet is scheduled
to begin promptly at 7:30
p.m. at McDonald's Cafe
teria on Beatties Ford
Road. Along with the an
nouncement of the
"Churchwoman of the
Year” winners, The Post
will honor 10 of its long
standing advertisers.
Because of an unforeseen
occurrence, the previously
scheduled speaker, Dr.
John Perkins, will not be
available...Instead the
guest speaker will be Dr.
H. S. Diggs, pastor of the
Dr. H S Diggs
...Guest speaker
Mayfield Memorial Baptist
Church in Charlotte
Publisher and Editor Bill
Johnson would like to
extend his sincere appre
ciation to the 20 church
women and churches in
volved in the "Church
woman of the Year" con
test. Johnson would also
like to thank all of The
Post’s advertisers and
High Blood Pressure: A Real Problem
High blood pressure is a
particular problem for
black people Government
figures show that nearly
one out of ever two black
adults has high blood pres
sure That's about twice
the average for other
races. High blood pressure
is a disease for other races
High blood pressure is a
disease that can go un
noticed But its effects are
often devastating, for high
blood pressure can lead to
heart disease, stroke and
kidney problems
For black Americans,
the effects of high blood
pressure show up in stroke
Census Bureau Survey Shows
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Black Family Income
NAACP
Struggles
To Survive?
Bv Mac Thrower
Host Staff Writer
A strange civil war is
continuing within Ameri
ca’s oldest civil rights or
ganization. the NAACP
The NAACP and the
NAACP Legal Defense
Fund are about to engage
in a legal battle over the
question of whether the
LDF is improperly using
the NAACP name while
maintaining an indepen
dent organization. This
well-publicized rift be
tween people that for years
everyone assumed were
united in the same effort
has left many black
opinion makers wondering
about the future of the
NAACP-and worried about
the lack of cohesiveness
that seems to be negatively
affecting the civil rights
movement in the 80's
Columnist Jim Smith re
cently wrote that the
NAACP unfer tile leader
ship of Benjamin Hooks,
“is in an historic battle for
survival and leadership "
Smith traced the origins of
the dispute back to Roy
Wilkins' tenure as execu
ttve director of the NAACP
According to Smith. "The
fight, it seemed, ivas be
tween Thurgood Marshall
and Roy (Wilkins) regard
ing the control oQhe fund,
which was basically re
sponsible for the many
legal victories of the
NAACP."
Smith holds Wilkins re
sponsible for alienating
Marshall and the Legal De
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Kiglit year old Mariel McAllister of annual 1MH2 Girls Club Photography
Knoxville. Tenn . won the $100 first place Contest for her picture
award in the junior category of the
In Tuesday's Runoff
Attorney Sidney Eagles Seeks
Judge Robert Martin’s Seat
—-Hy M.rr 'Threw r»
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Sidney Eagles Jr., a
Kaleigh attorney, i^one of
four candidates involved in
a July 27 run-off for two
seats on the North Carolina
-Court of Appeals
Eagles, who ran two per
centage points behind Paul
Wright in the June 29
Democratic primary, is
seeking the seat being
Martin
Although interest in the
run-off is. at best, slight.
Eagles feels that the elec
tion is important to give th(t
voters a clear choice in
deciding who w ill occupy a
Robert "Bob" Davis
. Master of Ceremony
sponsors
The advertisers to be
honored are: Al Adams of
Professional Beauty
Supply, David Allen of
American Dry Cleaners,
Nathaniel Black of Kings
and Queens Restaurant
and lounge. Norm Greene
of Buffalo Tire Company,
Don Hill of Peaks Drugs,
Sam Johnson of Sam John
Dr John Perkins
Cancels engagement
son Lincoln Mercury, Alex
McMillian and Bud Welch
of Harris-Teetcr. John
McNair HI of Wachovia
Bank. Dave and Carolyne
Moore of Tarts and Robert
Wells of Sears. ,
Bob Davis, principal at
Spaugh Junior High School
will be the master of cere
mony for Friday evening's
gala affair
figures Blacks have from
six to 15 times the inci
dence of stroke as whites
What’s_more, stroke-as
well as high blood pres
sure- usually hits blacks at
an early age And the
strokes that blacks do suf
fer are generally more
severe.
Why blacks in the United
Slates suffer more from
high blood pressure is not
known for sure. But re
searchers believe that
stress and salt may be
adding to the problem
Both are linked to high
blood pressure
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<‘st court ' 1
A partner in a Raleigh
law firm. Eagles was form
erly counsel to the Speaker
of the House and earlier
had been a Special Deputy
former Attorney General
Robert Morgan and At
torney General Rufus Ed
misten He has been heavi
ly involved in Democratic
Party politics in VC : He
managed Senator Robert
Morgan's 1980 campaign
and was active in House
Speaker Carl Stewart's
campaign for the Demo
cratic nomination for Lieu
tenant Governor
A mrrnher of t'hr' Amcrr
can Bar Association. N.C
State Bar. the N C Bar
Association, and the North
Carolina Academy of Trial
lawyers. Kagles has beer
an adjunct professor at thf
Campbell University
School of Law and a lec
turer at legal seminars
While serving on the At
torney General's staff,
from 1%7 71. Eagles was
- Reviser -of- Statutes and
Secretary to the North
Carolina General Statutes
Commission.
Kagles has also partiei
pa ted in the work of the
North Carolina Criminal
Code Commission since its
creation in 1969 Kagles
reports that the Commis
sion. appointed by North
Carolina’s Attorney
General, is a criminal law
reform group which has
prepared revisions of
criminal procedure law
adopted in 1975 and in 1977
by the North Carolina
General Assembly
In his campaign for the
Court of Appeals seat.
Eagles is stressing that,
while on the Attorney
General's staff, he argued
cases regularly before the
N C. Court of ^Appeals and
the Supreme Court
Bom in Asheville. N.C.,
Eagles grew up on Sara
tora Township in Wilson
County A graduate of
Wake Forest University in
I%1 and the Wake Forest
University School of Law in
l%4, Eagles served for
three years in the U S* Air
Force and is currently a Lt
Colonel in the US Air
Force Reserve
Eagles, like all judicial
candidates, is forbidden by
~tfrr"Tnrtxi.il i*»ir oi w|:ir”
-,Dom Liking PmssiioHs on *
legal or political issues. Me
has emphasized his experi
ence in botii legislative and
legal areas m his cam
paign and has staled I
~ bt-liFV (• that serv ice nn the—
second highest court of our
state would be a high
honor and a great oppor
tunity for public service
My experience js varied 1
have beerran advnrnmrr
the appellate courts inciuri
ing the Supreme Court of
the United States I have
served as a special prose
cutor tind a defense law
yer in the trial coot Is of our
state Additionally. I have
-been a- drnllMnon a»td--rwi-—
vocate before the fieneral
Assembly .mb its l»-gisla
tive committees This I?
years of experience should
help me m dealing with 'he
important issues i omnia
before the # ( ourt if
Appeals
I filer Machine*
Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company Im begun
"OfiW.'tMoti <>r t '.cn rrx Tel ret—
II automated teller ma
chines m Charlotte A new
drive-in Teller II is now in
use al the Sugaw Creek
office al 4111 \ Try on
Street, and another
machine has been installed
at the Triangle Center of
fice at 6300 Conference
f)rive
“We have already heard
many favorable comments
about Row convenient anff
easy to use< the drive in
Teller II is," said Harold (J.
Hoak. regional vice presi
dent of Wachovia in Char
lotte "Customers at both
offices seem pleased to
have the convenience of
conducting many of their
routine hanking transac
lions any hour of the day or
night, o«v weekends and
holidays."
There are now 13 Teller
Its In rharlotte, and 104 in
the state
Teller II accepts pay
ments and deposits, dis
penses cash in multiples of
$5 up to a daily limit of $200,
Rives account balance in
formation and transfers
funds among accounts A
special “Fast Cash" trans
action lets customers au
tomatically withdraw $20
from his or her checking
account in one quick step
Nij^nber Of
"Black Poor
-InCrCctSCS
The twin eflt ts of in >
tion and a depressed i
nomy resulted .n a 'fee! :
in black' family media
income in ihHl. and an
crease in the number ;
blacks below the poverty
lc'V.i.'accordingto ■ rgport
from the Commerce
Department's ( < nsus
Bureau
This marks i! c second
cotisecuuv. year in which
inflation coupled with a
recessionary economy re
suited in significant de
clines in ical 'family in
come tnd increases in the
poverty popula' on
Median tatiy".. income .
for olack fairtities was Sid
27o compr/ed with vdr ,v>n
for w tiife Ibmilip- .md > •
lot'i spi.nisl, triptn fami
lies ' f l <r adjut.titj, fer
inflation.^ blai k tamiius
cxpeiieru i -• dp- re- - '
■ltd. •• mi’lteir rt'a ne
man ii-t onto i-t- ,i i median
—li-.jiac :tjl ,s: ‘■; ~
families iremained ah,
-the -s,ime.
The js'tt t rty throshol' in
1UHI fui iKiamiiy of ;H.
was So da: V p.t.t a w„ .
$1! -I I -i - t _
The :vpi«l -hows tha!
median mco.Tte :or black- •
families w.is s'[( ,yo |pt.
West and Slj.jfvo in the
South. Overall real
-Indian fanph_n.cmne fur
all families fell in three of
the I >ur regions of the
natior. The Northeast was
lh< (in 1;. region that lid not
show i decline in real
income
t'hange:. in real ' me
dun family income refer to
comparisons after adjust
ment for inflation. men
sured hy the change in the
annual average Consumer
Price Index _
( nil I ri billing Fai lor
A downTfirn iri eeononue
activity was a contributing
tuctor in the number of
persons who tell below the
poverty level in 1981 The
number of blacks below tin:
poverty line rose by
(•18.non, from-al/ou! 8 fi' mil
lion in I9B0 to 9 2 million in
1981 There were 21 (> mil
Umi whites below (he
poverty level in 1981. up 1 :>
million from 1980
About 70 percent of all
black families below the
poverty level in 1981 were
maintained by women with
no husband present There
were 1 4 million poor black
families maintained by
women in 1981, about the
same as in 1980
Other Highlights:
In 1981. 31 8 million, or
one in seven Americans
were below the poverty
level, an increase of 2 2
million persons over the
1980 total of 29 6
- The number ol poor
children under 18 years old
rose from 11.5 million in
1980 to 12 3 million in 1981.
and the proportion of child
ren below the poverty level
rose from 18 3 to 198
percent
POVERTY R \TE
-Between 1980 and 1981.
the poverty rate rose from
13 2 to 14.0 percent and was
highest among hlackd .34 2
percent) followed by per
sons of Spanish-origin 126 5
percent) and whites (11.1
percent).
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