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ray OF 5««i. u;™rytrMt 310 N. *** c 28202 OCT 1 -IBQ2 charlotte, NC ®a. CHA1 LOTTE POST Hie Voice Of I he /Hack (.(immunity " Volume 8. Number 17 ” ----- -*---THE CHARLOTTE HOST - Thursday. September 30 i9h» " -- _ 1 —-_|___ Price 35 l ents Food Stamp Allotments Increases Beginning October 1, food stamp recipients will get an eight percent cost of-food increase in their food stamp benefits, Assist ant Secretary of Agricul ture Mary C. Jarratt said Monday. “This action increases the food purchasing power of food stamp recipients to keep up with the rising cost of food,” said Jarratt. The increase reflects changes in the cost of food between October 1980 and June 1982 The allotment for a fa mily of four with no in come, for example, will increase from its current level of $233 to $253 a month Food stamp allotments are based on USDA’s thrifty food plan, which provides an adequate level of. nutrition for various s®tl households taking into account food prices. As the cost of food rises, the food allotment of the thrifty food plan rises with it. Voter Registration Deadline Set The deadline for voter registration and transfer of address for the November 2 general election in Meck lenburg County is Monday, October 4, at 5 p.m. Residents of Mecklen burg may register to vote or transfer their address at any branch of the Public Library, the town hall in Pineville and in Cornelius, branches of Mechanics and Farmers Bank, or at the Elections Office, 710 East Fourth Street. The Elec tions Office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Sample ballots for the November election are now available at all registration #>s. For more information about voter registration, call the Elections Office at 374-2133. Eastern Announces Unique Rngram Frank Borman, Chair man and President of East ern Airlines, and Robert C. Stempel, Chevrolet Divi sion General Manager and a General Motors Vice Pre sident, Wednesday an nounced a unique Buy Chevy-Fly-Eastern pro gram to begin Friday, Oc tober 1. The program, which also involves GMC trucks, could trigger almost a billion dollars worth of economic activity over the next 13 months. Buyers of Chevrolet Che vettes and Citations and selected Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks from participating dealers will receive a round-trip ticket ftytwo on flights anywhere in the Eastern system ex cept South America and Panama. The offer ends midnight November 15, 1988. ItfOlEAN-K < If you cannot do great things, do small things in a ' great way. During LhC. Confabs Black Caucus “Tops” New “Grand Old Party” MISS THOMASENA BANKS ...Chosen two wide careers Thomasena Banks Is Beauty Of Week By Teresa Simmons Post Managing Editor . .With national unemploy ment knocking on the 10 percentile door it seems even our youth may be in for a turbulent time econo mically. Our beauty Thom asena Banks is 13 but has already packed her future suitcase towards two wise careers. "I know that I would like to continue my education through school and college, probably A&T Universi ty,” informed our eighth grade beauty. “I may con tinue in music and become a Gospel piano player. I love musieand I would like to play for my church. I’d like to be a successful piano player.” The more mathematical ly inclined side of Ms. Banks leans toward com puter analyst. “Computers are popular now and the money is pretty good in that field,” she continued. Both the liberal arts ta lent and the mathematical genius within our beauty can merge to develop both a superb piano player and a wiz at computers. Aireaay ms. Banks has shown her versatility. She is a member of the Execu tive Council, as the histor ian, is a member of the Student Council and plays the clarinet in the band at Randolph Junior High School. She also plays the piano A member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority's affiliate, the Archnettes, Ms. Banks stays busy soci ally and civically. She is also a member of our church's, Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church Young Adult Choir, where Rev Retoy Gaston pastors She was also recently elected president of the Junior Usher Board. The daughter of Rev and Mrs. Thomas J. Banks, our beauty has one sister, nine year-old Elfredia Banks No one person has influ enced our beauty as much as her aunt, Cora Mack has. "I call her ‘Coco’,” our beauty commented. “She has a lot of influence in my life. She has taken care of me through childhood and given me examples of how ARC To “Meet The Candidates” There will be a meeting of the Association for Re tarded Citizens Mecklen burg & Union Counties Oc tober 19 at 7 p.m at Metro Center (700 E. Second Street). The purpose of this meet ing is to "Meet the Candi dates ” Each candidate will pre sent a three minute open ing statement. Time will be allotted for questions and comments I want to be. She's a great cook, she is very nice and sweet and she tries to please everyone." The influence in oui beauty's life has been su perb. For our beauty scored within the 90 per cent percentile in the ver bal California Achieve ment Test. She also attend ed a Duke University spon sored program for seventh graders and high school seniors recently Ms. Banks believes in "living to your best ability.” But she is not only concerned with the success in her own life, she also contemplates the state of the world. “If I could make a change it would be in Afghanistan, and someway solve their problems," she stated. Slipping away from the more grizzly part of society our beauty enjoys studying mathematics, the music of Cameo, Neicy and Rick James. She also enjoys the television series "The Jef fersons.” "I like George’s character and the different problems they go through on the program.” The essence of our beau ty, Thomasena Banks, can only be touched upon But we have found out that her true nature is one to be admired, for she is one who is looking ahead conscien tiously. Fayetteville To Host NAACP Special To The Post State Conference NAACP President, Kelly M Alex ander Sr , announces that the 39th Annual Convention of the North Carolina State Conference of Branches. (NAACP), National Asso ciation for the Advance ment of Colored People will meet in the city of Fay etteville, N.C., October 14-17. The Convention Head quarters will be the Bor deaux Motor Inn and Con vention Center. The Convention Theme is "NAACP Priorities In A Changing Economic Social Order." The Convention activities will begin Thursday. Oc tober 14, with the “Min isters and Church Empha sis Day” meeting Thurs day's program will be held in the Lewis Chapel Mis sionary Baptist Church, 5422 Raeford Rd The Rev. John D. Fuller is the Min ister. The State Conference has a continuing program of religious affairs, under the direction of Rev. L. A. Saunders of Morganton, N.C. Rev Saunders states that “the NAACP and the Church work together against racial injustice. There is a strong partner ship between the Church and the NAACP,” he said. The Ministers and Church Emphasis Day luncheon speaker will be Joseph E. Madison, Direc tor, NAACP Voter Educa - tion Department. Madison, as National Director of the NAACP’s Voter Education Department, is responsible for the Associations' Poli See Fayetteville On Page 3 Dr George A. Lowe (1),. Chairman, Board of Directors, Associa'ion for Sickle Cell Disease for Charlotte-Metro lina, Inc., presents a plaque for group support to Carrie Kirkpatrick of Chapter No. 4 NC Cosmetologists and Beauti cians Association. The plaque was pre sented recently during the Sickle Cell Association's First Annual Awards Ban quet heldat the Sheraton Center (Photo: Cal-Du Photo) Citing More Personal Care Some Women Prefer The Assistance Of Midwives o» rvai m rarKfr Post Staff Writer Years ago when trans portation was not much more advanced than horse and buggy and when roads were actually paths cut through the winding wild erness, midwives were wel comed in rural areas. They assisted women in child labor when they could not get to the town doctor before delivery time. Today, access to trans portation is a trivial con cern. and the highway de partment spends millions of dollars on road develop ment Nonetheless, there are women w ho would pre fer to experience child birth with the assistance of a midwife, even if that assistance is in a hospital rather than in homes as it once was. Women who prefer mid wives emphasize they re ceived more personal care, their families can be in cluded in the birthing pro Concern Shifts To Economic Arena Blacks Re-Examine Methods For Achieving Racial Progress By Mac Thrower Post Staff Writer When civil rights acti vists joined hands in the 60s to sing the hopeful words of "We Shall Overcome," it wasn’t difficult to know who or what had to be "overcome": Southern po licemen with snarling dogs, governors who stood in the doorways of schools, "Jim Crow" laws that sentenced blacks to an underworld devoid of basic human rights. As time passed and the early political and legal battles were won, the focus of black concern began to shift to the economic arena, where years of en forced deprivation had re legated blacks to the bot tom of the unofficial Ame rican caste system. Most of the initial black economic efforts centered on gaining equal employment oppor tunities; these efforts suc ceeded to a considerable degree, with the help of federal guidelines and en forcement. But, despite the many legal and political victories, blacks found in Rev Bob Walton .. Taking active interest me 70s that economic pro gress had not, to any sig nificant extent, followed these victories A stronger black middle class had emerged, but a weaker black underclass had also developed-an isolated un derclass dependent on go vernment welfare pro grams and seemingly cut off from the mainstream of American life. At this time, new leaders like Jesse Jackson began to preach self-improvement to blacks--self-improve ment based on education t. Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins .. Sees long-term battle and the adoption of tradi tional American success oriented values In the 80s, however, a new political and economic climate in the country has forced black leaders to re examine their methods for achieving racial progress With President Reagan and many in Congress opposed to most forms of govern ment intervention on be half of blacks, civil rights leaders have turned their attention to the business world, hoping to use the purchasing power of black First In A Srru>s consumers to force major corporations to help in making economic equality a reality for blacks But, in the struggle for economic equality, the • battle lines of the 60s cannot be re drawn; there are no one-dimensional enemies like ‘‘Bull”.. Connor, the infamous' Bir mingham. Alabama police chief; there are no men in hoods and white robes burning crosses, only cor porate executives in tail ored suits, men who, in some cases, are black-like Wayman Smith, an Anheu ser-Busch vice-president; men who can exercise far. more power with a bank account and a battalion of public relations - people than all of the police in Mississippi could with billy clubs and fire hoses And the moral authority of the civil rights move ment, the appeal to con science and religious prin ciples, is more difficult to See Black On Page 16 cess and the birth takes places under less technical circumstances Dr William MacDonald, an obstetrician in Charlotte has no qualms about mid wifery. "A well trained midwife can provide good obstetrical care.' he stated. "Of course obste trician: ave been through extensive training.' he added. MacDonald was sensitive toward women who want more personalized cure, a natural environment and family participation during child birth. Apparently, others m the health field are also ac knowledging people's out cry for a change in obste trical provisions Charlotte hospitals do not have mid wifery programs, but they are devising birth rooms much like private tied rooms in appearance The hospitals are also devising a sibling visitation pro gram which will allow im mediate family members to become more involved with the arrival of the newborn Lillian Ferguson worked as a practical nurse for 32 years before she retired During her career she be came a licensed midwife She no longer practices midwifery, but continues to detect several advantages of a midwife over or ob stetrician "Midwives can spend more time with patients Obstetricians must dele gate their time to several patients,” she explained Ferguson admitted mid - wives do not always have as much training as obste tricians. For this reason she agrees that a doctor should be available to assist a midwife with poe sible complications “I can't quote any fi gures, but I'm certain the cost for delivery bv a mid See Some on Page 3 Separate Conventions Staged Spec ial To The Post Washington. D.C. - Black politicians appeared to take over (he nation's capi tol here la^t week as the Congressional Black Cau cus and the National Black Republican Council con verged on a dozen hotels to stage separate conventions during a major city-wide election Mayor Marion Barry. former civil right - activist, was renominated for. a second term in the District of Columbia and the Rev Walter E. Fauntroy. chair man of the Congressional Black Caucus <CBC>, was reelected as D C Congres sional Delegate w ithout op position Barry is favored to easily defeat white Re publican opponent W Brooke l.ee in Noeemlv.r .-viinnugn an estimated •-8.0H- political visitors from throughout the nation attended the predominant !y Democratic parts oriented 12th annual CiP Legislative Weekend Ke pub;lean leaders attempted to upstage the gala affair b\ inviting President Kon aid Reagan to key-note a closed dinner tor o\ er i .<kki well-heeled, black Grand Old Party members on thi eve of the Caucus activi ties The President's appear ance at the two-day GOP concent ion. September l-Vlti offered “the Presi dent a chance to speak to one of the largest gather ings of blacks who are both Republicans and support ers of the administration said Republic National Committee chairman Rich ard Richards Richards confirmed that the Republican National Committee provided S:)o <>00 to the black Republi can organization lo stage the meeting, and he urged them to use the proceeds lo 'Fleet black Republi can candidates wherever they are seeking office. " ‘‘Ft lack Republicans want the people of this country to know we support the present administration and we are working to dispel incorrect, negative perceptions that President Reagan is not concerned with minorities,” said l,eGree Daniels. NBKC chairman Vice-President George Rush also spoke at the black Republican sessions at the Shoreham Hotel as Democratic supporters ga thered at the CBC head quarters at the nearby Washington Hilton The lat ter hostelry is often re ferred to as the Booker T Washington Hilton" during the annual fall gathering of black political leadership headed by 18 members of Congress “An essential element in creating legislation and po licies which address the needs of black and minor ity citizens was the devel opment of.78 legislative technicians trained in the congressional process, said Rep. Louis Stokes (D-Ohio), president of the CBC Foundation >
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