Rent Increases For Apartments
Have Not Escalated
Rent increases for apart
ments have not escalated,
instead there is a high per
centage, 62 percent in fact,
that show minimal in
creases or no increases in
rent cost.
Maybe it is part of the
showering of blessing sent
from Heaven that includes
the lowering of interest
rates for those waiting to
buy homes. But according
to the Charlotte Apartment
* Association’s latest survey
the low rental increase is
probably due to the current
vacancy rate. The survey
shows 4.2 percent vacancy,
making for a highly com
petitive rental market.
The following informa
tion was tabulated from 157
apartment communities
listed in the “Apartment
Finder” and includes
changes since January 1st:
Thirty-six percent made
no change in rents; 26
percent went up $10 or less;
16 percent went up $15; 10
percent went up $20; and 10
percent went up $25 or
more.
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The National Council of
Negro Women recently
held the installation of of
ficers at McDonald’s Cafe
teria.
Ophelia Gray was in
stalled as president; Mary
Harris, vice-president;
Nancy Gaston, correspond
ing secretary; Mary
Vaughn as treasurer; and
Rev. Mrs. Minnie Connor
as chaplain.
Irene Hunt performed
Jthe installation while re
membering the council’s
theme: “Black Women
Helping Black Women.”;
The installation was well
tended with six new
members attending and a
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host of veteran members.
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Eddie Sigmon, General
Manager of Smoky Gap
Log Homes of Dallas, NC
recently returned from a
trip to Springfield, III.
Sigmon was in Spring
field to attend the Annual
Meeting of the North Ame
rian Log Builders Associa
tion (NALBA), the associa
tion that represents the Log
Home Industry in the U.S.
and Canada. Smoky Gap is
a manufacturer of preci
sion pre-cut log homes and
markets its product nation
ally.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson re
cently sent out a statement
concerning Dr. A. Romeo
Horton’s resignation as
President and Chief Execu
tive Officer of the PUSH
International Trade
Bureau.
“It is with a note of
sadness that we announce
the decision,” Jackson
wrote, “but because of Dr.
Horton’s health condition,
he was advised by his
doctors to cut down on his
workload.”
However, Dr. Horton has
agreed to assist the Trade
Bureau and Operation
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“Brothers-Black Soldiers
in the Nam” a book au
thored by Stanley Foff and
Robert Sanders with Clark
Smith, is a book reflecting
Black soldiers in Vietnam.
A different twist from the
ordinary Vietnam write-up
during the war and civilian
life because it features two
black men contrasting
their existence.
“Brothers” began as a
part of a Vietnam Veter
an's Oral History project.
Clark Smith, a former pro
fessor at U.C. Berkeley
aided the book “Brothers'’
to come into existence.
Featured in the book are
Stanley Goff and Robert
Sanders. Goff won the Dis
tinguished Service Cross
for bravery under fire.
Sanders earned the Air
Medal for more than 25
combat assaults. In simple
unvarnished direct and
forecul language, both of
these men tell what it was
like to fight when they did
not understand what they
were fighting for and why
in the midst of fear and
loneliness most men felt an
overwhelming feeling of
brotherhood.
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The Charlotte Parks and
Recreation Department is
now forming an adult men
and Women’s Basketball
League.
Any interested team may
call 374-2884 for further
information.
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Parks Helms
N.C. Mouse of Representatives
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