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Volum« #, Number 20 --
^ — -THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, October 27,1983 --
Mrs. Duran Is Proud
Of Mayfield Memorial
1 Progre 88
See Story On Page 13A
Energy Assistance
Available
See Story On Page 21A
Should We
Celebrate
Halloween ?
See Story On Page 5A
LePetite Angelic Deas
. Captures respect of many
LePetite Deas Is
Jr *•
Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Simmons
Post Managing Editor
Every once in a while you
run across someone as
unique as a blue rose. In
LePetite Angelic Deas’
case that uniqueness adds
to her charm and spirit of
enthusiasm.
Aspiring to be more
knowledgeable in her field.
Ms Deas has already cap
tured the respect of many
in the modeling domain.
She is now an instructor at
perbizon Modeling School
fnd enjoying it.
Her specific training in
forming her own modeling
Career involves the arts of
communication, personal
development, television
utd film modeling, runway
ijhd photography.
' A graduate of TRIM
Modeling School she won a
scholarship in "Most
Achievement and Talent.”
She has been seen In se
veral ads for Charlotte
News and Observer and re
cently appeared on the
cover of a Weekly West
newspaper. She modeled
in an Ivey’s Bridal Show,
Celebration Two and
Three, and on portions
Top O’ The Day.
Winning first place in a
modeling competition in
railway and photography in
Augusta, OA and placing in
two other modeling compe
titions in Savannah, GA has
,*1* made our beauty’s head
swell.
Her talents as a model
are outstanding but her
goal is to help others be
more daring in fashion.
BKUMtfA
They tell me an opti
mist laughs to forget
and a pessimist forgets
to laugh.
T #
‘‘Actually someday 1
would like to open a mo
deling school. I love
clothes. They project my
personality. Modeling dis
tinguishes one style from
another. You can learn a
tremendous deal about how
to apply make-up, how to
coordinate outfits, and how
to be graceful. The most
important thing to learn is
how to be yourself,” Ms.
Oeas stated.
For the fashion minded
Ms. Deas advises studying
magazines such as Ebony
and Vogue. ‘‘Look at what
the girls are wearing, their
clothes and the techniques
they use in make-up. You’ll
find a lot of good hints
about what is new in the
fashion world," she con
tinued.
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EEOC, General Motors, Union
Sign Record-Setting Pact
John Ingram
To Hold
Hearing Here
. Raleigh - Insurance Com
missioner John Ingram
will hold hearings in Char
lotte at the County Court
. house, Superior Court
Robm'Nb:"3W7'on October
28, at 9 a.m.
The hearings which are
scheduled for the entire
week in all sections of
North Carolina, concern
two financially troubled in
surance companies and
their parent company,
Baldwin-United Corpora
ion. The two companues
involved are National In
vestors Life Insurance
Company based in Arkan
sas, and University Life
Insurance Company based
in Indiana.
Imgram urges all policy
holders having any interest
in these companies to at
tend the hearings and
bring with them their po
licies, payment schedules,
other papers and anything
pertaining to their annuity
insurance policies written
by either of the companies.
Ingram said he has
scheduled these investiga
tory hearings because of
his concern for approxi
mately 12,000 North Carol
ina policy holders...in the.,
state with life annuity
policy contracts totaling
approximately $180 mill
ion.
A full hearing is sched
uled in Raleigh on Novem
ber 7.
.Mayoral candidate Harvey Gantt, left,
shows his appreciation for a personal
endorsement from Governor Jim Hunt,
who attended the 125-a-person Gantt
rally at the Civic Center here Tuesday
night. Gov. Hunt told the more than 700
persons that "Gantt was the rightful heir
to the tradition of former mayors John
Belk and Kddie Knox." Both Gantt and
Hunt appealed for "Democratic unity.”
'Photo by Jim Black Photographersi
die James Carthan Freed;
Yet Struggle Continues
in wnat r rank Chapman,
Executive Director of the
National Alliance Against
Racist and Political Re
presson fNAARPR),
called "a tremendous peo
ple's victory,” on October
U, 1983 -Judge Walter L.
Nixon reduced Tchula,
Mississippi’s former
mayor, Eddie James Car
than’s fraud conviction
sentence from three years
to eight months and 21
days Under this order,
Carthan should be free by
early December.
A national people's
movement demanding Car
than's freedom and com
plete exoneration has
been spearheaded by the
NAARPR with the support
Of the’ National Conference
of Black Mayors, Detroit
Mayor Coleman Young,
Berkeley Mayor Eugene
“Gus’ Newport, Congress
man John Conyers, George
Crockett and Ron Dellums;
Lynch Emphasizes Importance
Of Being Registered To Vote
By Karen Parker
Post Staff Writer
Hats off to Phyllis Lynch
for standing her ground
last week when some mem
bers of the Board of Elec
tions suggested she resign
from her office as Elec
tions Chairman.
The heated dispute oc
curred after Jesse Jackson
spoke on the campus at
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity last week. Ms. Lynch
registered about 100 stu
dents at the rally. A state
law expresses voter regis
tration is open at all times
and at all available places.
However, Mecklenburg
County law states special
commissioners are prohi
bited from registering
voters away from the
county elections office
during the 21 workii^ days
before the election. Char
lotto’s election is Novem
ber •; the last day to
register for that election
was October 10.
It’s been noted, Lynch
wasn’t indicating ~lo the
»
Dr. Robert L. Hannan
...Gubernatorial candidate
students they would be eli
gible for November’s elec
tion. She was emphasizing
the importance of being
registered for future elec
Uons. She also made two
other significant points.
First, where local law
speaks of commissioners
not having the power to
register anyone 21 work
ing days before the election
doesn’t apply to her. Ms.
Lynch is an election board
Eddie Knox
.Charlotte mayor
member, not a commis
sioner
Secondly, state law
supercedes local law; so
local policy had no effect in
essence anyway. Unlike
Republican board member
Ted Arrington and Demo
crat member Pat Pierce, it
seems the rest of the board
realized Ms. Lynch is In
terested in the democratic
vote and in preserving its
value.
• i,
Governor Jim Hnnt .
•.Endorses Gantt
..If Dr. Robert L. Hannon
expects to be competitive
In the N,C. Gubernatorial
race, he has a lot of work to
do in Mecklenburg County,
one of the largest voting
regions in the state Dr
Hannon announced his in
tentions to run for Govern
or in August. However,
since that time his cam
paign hasn't been strong;
See LYNCH on Page 22
the Coalition of Black
Trade Unionists, Oakland
and Detroit City Councils,
National Council of
Churches of Christ in the
USA, New York State
Black and Puerto Rican
Legislative Caucus, Na
tional Congress of Au,en
can Indians, and many
more organizations and in
dividuals.
"Yet, the struggle con
tinues," Chapman said. In
Mississippi, in all the
counties where black peo
P*e comprise the majority,
Voting Rights Act viola
tions are common John C.
Noble, the first black
Superintendent of Schools
of Claiborne County, Mis
sissippi, faces a criminal
indictment on kick-back
charges that Chapman
says "were trumped up
simply because he decided
what is his democratic
right to decide - to run
again for public office."
"Carthan,” Chapman
continued, "exemplifies
how we, the people, can
build a movement to end
the racially motivated at
tacks on black elected of
ficials across the nation
who stand for jobs, peace
and freedom. "The cases of
Judge Alcee Hastings of
Miami, found innocent of
false kick-back charges,
and tljat of East Palo
Alto, California mayor
Barbara Mouton are ex
amples the NAARPR 1
points to of these attacks j
“President Reagan’s
empty calls for human 1
rights in other lands are
sheer hypocrisy and de- 1
magogic deceit as long as
he continues to turn a blind i
eye on the injustices in- I
herent in the plight of i
Mayor Carthan and count- i
less others who remain <
unjustly Imprisoned," i
Chapman said. _ 1
Employ men t
Discrimination
Claims Resolved
special To The Post
..Washington, DC - The
U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
(EEOC), General Motors
Corporation (GM» and the
United Auto Workers Union
(UAW) today signed the
largest non-litigated set
tlement in the history of the
Commission,
The agreement resolves
hundreds of employment
• discrimination claims
against the giant auto
maker.
Clarence Thomas, chair
man of EEOC, announced
the signing of the unpre
cedented pact, which took
place at agency headquart
ers. GMViee President-ior_
Industrial Relations Alfred
S Warren Jr , and Will
iam P. MacKinnon, vice
president. Personnel Ad
ministration and Develop
ment, signed the agree
ment. Jordan Rossen,
UA)lr general counsel, also
signed the agreement, re
solving one of the oldest
and largest Commission
charges and ending ten
years of negotiation be
tween the parties.
In this agreement, GM
has consented to provide in
e*ceS6-~q<-442.-millirm fp
resolve all issues of al
leged discrimination
against minorities and wo
men cited in a pattern and
practice or “Commission
er's charge" filed in 1973 by
former EEOC Chairman
William H. Brown III.
The issues raised in the
charge include failure to
hire and bias in training
and promotions with re
spect to blacks, Hispanics
and other minorities, and
women
i ne agreement, which
covers virtually all GM
facilities in the United
States, also resolves claims
against the UAW
Settlement delays were
attributed to varying views
on the kinds of relief to be
provided and on the goals
to be incorporated Most of
these differences were re
solved over the last year, a
period characterized by
government and company
officials as one of "serious
settlement negotiations
and intensive actions."
Weekly meetings were held
aver the last six months to
'inalize the accord.
"The agreement is a sig
lificant achievement,"
iaid EEOC Chairman
rhomas, "and I am grati
ied that it was reached !
vithout resort to long and
:ostly litigation "
Included in the agree- <
nent is a procedure to fact- |
itate resolution of approxi- ]
nately 700 current charges ,
ind any future covered (
harges filed against GM |
ind the union under Title |
fll of the Civil Rights Act ,
of 1964, the statute under
which the Brown charge
was filed
One of the more unique
aspects of the agreement is
the provision of $15 million
for educational endow
ments and scholarships
Minority and women class
members who are employ
ees of CM, including those
on layoff, will be eligible to
participate in the program.
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Wylie Harris
.Submits resignation
Harris Quits;
J( »Sl Flayers
Express Anger
ByPMt 1Sn strer—..
Special To The Post
Johnson C SMith foot
ball players expressed
shpcl at Wylie Harris’
recent resignation and
have vowed to carry on in
their efforts in the coming
weeks for him
"Qnttr frrrrkty moat of
us did not feel like finish
ing the season," remarked
senior captain Dwayne
Hlierson ‘AH of us are
Wylie Harris j>eople We
tried to talk him out of it "
"The team will just have
to respect his decision."
added senior Harold Amos
lie was more than a
roach, he was both father
and mother to as." noted
another player
Harris’ resignation
comes at a crucial time in
the C!AA Southern Division
race The Golden Bulls, out
af the running with a l-3
conference mark, are in
!he position to play spoil
er with successive contests
igainst front Minors
Winston-SalemState <3-<M,
>-l-l) and N.C. Central
4-1, 6-1). Despite their 1-6
■ecord. Smith has amply
lemonstrated that they are
capable of beating anyone
in their schedule with an
►ffense that is averaging
103 4 yards per game.
The effect on team per
ormance will be evident
Saturday at the Rams'
homecoming (1:30 in
howman-Gray Stadium on
:ampus). Either the team
:an really vent their feel
ngs out on the field or
>ecome prone to a poor
nental performance