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> Her favorite subject in
; high school la Business
. Mathematics. Her favorite
» instructor Is her English
teacher, Ms. Turner.
• Both subjects wfil be a
£ benefit in her career ob
jective, of Computer
Sdeoce. “I would like , to
attend Winston Salem State
'University and major in
Computer Science. I find
^my interests revolve
-around Data Processing
{ and learning all I can about
Economy Is On Hie Rebound
Awards have been
plentiful in the life of. Ms.
Covington. She was
crowned East Way Junior
High’s Valentine Queen
and has received certifi
cates aa .a three year
representative of the
Student Council and three
years of perfect . atten
dance. She was also a IV.
and Varsity Cheerleader.
Ms. Covington most ad
mires her mother. "She
has taught me that school
is most important and that
I should continue antf-gp-to
college.” Our beauty has
also-' been ; positively
influenced by Mrs. Maggiei
Walker.
Having the ambition to
work hard for certain
successes is an advantage
Ms. Covington possessed
i-eal estate publication*
The Tac« Between the
ninth district Democratic
candidates for Congress is
too close to safety deter
mine who win be the win
ner.
Nevertheless, D G Mar
tin expressed ife not too
SO0Q for Mm to thank the •
hundreds of volunteers
working oh Ms campaign.'
After a long day of
"aggressive In-person
campaigning” that began
for Martin around 7:90
a m., he staled his volun
teers also never seem to
tire.
"When I arrived at
campaign headquarters,
there was Shirley Farrar,
Mary Clark, Dot Chwhett,
Mr. and Mrs. James Alex
ander and Rev. Smith
Turner, all working hard to
get peepie eut te veto for
the aeeend primary,”
yjt •. -a | jy c-mVi s' v'' ’ '
7
arm
min
es is
_[. the
(Democrats
more ctadi
for than do the
The *jh District-off is a
Democratic race between
Susan Green and D. - G.
Martin. The state House
and Senate races in Dis
tricts 33 and 34, respec
tively, also have some
challenges. Rep Phillip
Berry will face Row* An
derson, while incumbent
Sen. Craig Lawing takes on
Bill B*awley. "The Re
publicans won’t have much
going until the general •
tween Eddie Knox arid Ru
fus. Edm is ten, for govern
or, improbably the greatest
attraction for all voters.
All polls in Mecklenburg
County will-be open for the
second primary election.
Anyone with questions
about where they should
vote can telephone the elec
tions office at 774-3135.
D.C. Marti*
Extetfda “ti
pointed OBt-.
pTwrar and another
PRC - 'ENT LEON OLDHAM
4~Wiih PR manager Diana Clyne
Firm Introduces
“Kg Man” Malt Liquor Here
Produced by DO, Inc., a
100 percent black-owned
hevcrags company, ‘‘Rig _
Man MaRljquor” is out to
tame the animal* and any
a&aft&Ee:
Oldham, in Charlotte this
week for a sale* meeting at
the office* of 'Empire
Distributors, Inc., sole
distributor of "Big Man" in
Charlotte and Fayette
ville.
‘"Big Man’ is the only
domestic Deer or malt we
are carrying,” said Mg.
Bill Randol, Genera] Man
ager of Empire-Charlotte.
“Prior to ‘Big Man Malt
Liquor,'we only (fistribut
ed wines and imported
been.”
~~ Last year more than
79 million cases of malt
liquor were sold in the
United States of which 80
percent was ua is tuned by—
black Americans.
However, the story
doesn’t end here. Recent
ly In Atlanta, Ga , DO, Inc.
signed a covenant com
mitting a percentage of the
company's Pre-Tax profits
(actually per case)
obtained from the sale of
“Big Man Malt Liauor ’’
(the animal tamer) to ma
Moore noted u long «s
people volunteer to serve ■*
m campaigns, as opposed
to being paid, they will bo
*ble to negotiate their
feelings through their
*Topr««|ntative. “If we
WWQ^Jpald It'd^be^djf
Martin stated, ho
brfioioa the large number
of high-quality volunteers
kawh aaa4a — » —
n*vp niduf nil carnoDfn
successful
Joe civil rights organiza
tions. Hank Aaron chairs
DO’s advisory board.
President Leon L. Old
ham and executive vice
president Curtis M. Dil
worth signed the covenant
with representatives and
chief executive officers of
the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference,
(Rev K, R—T. fhhuin,
presidential assistant), the
National Association for
the Advancement of Co
lored People (Mrs. Jon
dell H. Johnson, executive
director of the Atlanta
chapter), the National Ur
ban League (Mr. Clarence
E. Thomas, Director of the
Southern Regional Of
fice), and the Martin Lu
ther King, Jr. Center for
Non-Violent Social Change
(Mrs. Coretta Scott King,
founder and president).
The covenant expresses
the wish of DO, INC. to
"repay the debt which 4*
owed to these most de
serving organizations for
their assistance in the
fight to advance the
dreams of black and op
pressed peoples to parti
cipate in the marketplace
as principal participants
and owners, and not Joat
consumers, and to safe
guard and protect those
advancements already
achieved In the gmera
tions,” said Dr. DU- -
. weiL__ . .
‘DO, INC., along with
other black businesses,
would not eatot If It were
not for the leadership
and political due process
provided through the'
dCLC, the Job training
provided by the National
Urban League, the legal
aatiatance provided by the
NAACP, aad the inspira
tion and reminder ef oom
mi (merit provided by the
MLX, Jr. Center,” said Mr.
OMham at the Signing ce
remony.
Arnngto
Predicts Lew
Turnout
By Karen Parker
Post Staff'Writer
Of the 25-30 percent over
“ all turnout dxjiected among~
voters in Mecklenburg
County, 20 percent has
been predicted to be black.
According to Phyllis
Lynch, chairperson of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Elections, this
provesJ*the new trend for
blacks includes moreifl
volvement in the political
areqa.”
* •’•A TJSge rurhoul - of
Macks could be decisive for
all the races,” Lynch
. noted. Ted Arrington, the
secretary of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Board of
Elections and a political
science professor at UNC
Charlotte, agreed the black
impact in the election will
be significant; however,
not decisive.
“They (blacks) won’t be
decisive at all,” Arrington
commented. "Blacks won’t
turn out in large numbers.
Of course, the white turn
out will be low also.” Ar
rington is predicting a low
turnout among blacks in
Mecklenburg Cfrunty
because there is “no clear
stake-no black-on-white
issues.”
- Nevertheless, Lynch
noted the congressional
race is a highly contested
~6ne. ''There hasn’t been a
race like this in 30 or more
years,” she professed.
She stated candidates for
Congress, Susan Green and
D.G. Martin, have made
numerous appeals to the
black community, signify
ing a necessity to get the
black vote.
Green and Martin also
sought out the black vote in
the first primary ; moreso
than their eliminated op
ponent Ben Tison. Green a
county commissioner, and
Martin an attorney and
political newcomer both
campaigned strenuously in
the black community.
Martin’s record revealed
he had worked In the Mack
community for a number of
years; before seeking an
elected office Though a
close race, Green still man
aged to pull the lead over
Martin
“There was support for
*11 throe candidates.
Green, Martin and Tiaon
from (he Mack commun
ity,'’ Arrington noted. As
recently a* three weeks
before the primary, Macks
J talked to stated there was
a lot of division"
“I’d conclude Green re
ceived the most votes be
cause she was still the
known quantity. Her name *
recognition was higher.
“H» same holds tras for
” Arrington
“Kwn did far
better in Mecklenburg
County’s black communi
ttaa; but how ha does
statewide remains to he
if