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'l>’<** ’ »V * . TP DUCT _ 1 JU ruol ssssr _- —_-The I mcc Of The lUaek Comm,wily " ““ «» _l:;. . / _THE CHARLOTTE POST • Thursday. April 25. 1985 Price: 111 Cents ■■ . ' * ’,•• icr rj.:. jUf•••> ^ MS Ktion Set Section C 1 : * ! Campaign ! See Below 9 / OHMi Alexander VA Drops Home Loan Interest Rates The Veterans Administration will reduce its maximum home loan interest rate from 13 percent to 12Vi percent effective Friday, April 19. The last change in the interest rate occurred on March 25, when it was increased from 12V4 percent to 13 percent. VA administrator Harry N. Walters said the reduction re flects recent improvement in the mortgage market. Black fe Guest Speaker Robert P. Blacky president at the Federal Reserve Rank of Richmond, will be the guest speaker for the annual Johnson C. Smith Universi ty Board of Visitors luncheon. The luncheon is scheduled for Monday, April 29, at noon in Grimes Lounge of the University Memorial Union, on the campus. Black is a native of Kentucky and received his B.A., M.A., and Ph D degrees in economics at the Uni versity of Virginia. While at the university, he was elected to the Raven Society, Beta Gamma Sig ma and Phi Mr KfljPf Ha _ taught at the University of Tennes see, the University of Virginia, and tUniversity ef Richmond. Black Jit for many years at the North >llna School of Banking, and the xri of Banking of the South of Louisiana State University. Mr. Black U active in numerous civic affairs and is the author of a number of publications on banking and economics. He was a recipient of the George Washington Honor Medal Award from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa., for one of hia articles. Currently, he is e member of the Federal Open Mark et Committee of the Federal Re serve System. l The Board of Visitors at Johnson C. Smith University was founded in ' January 1978 and has been a major factor in establishing does, strong, and mutually-beneficial relations with the greater Charlotte com i munity Although the Board is not a part of annually to acquaint with the programs and the Pay a man the least possible and you’ll get the same > y 1 ’ , '' '3 1; ‘ i.-S v I **••;/■ ' . .Johnson C. Smith freshman Jones Plans •'v \V In Broadcas By Jalyne Strong Post Staff Writer Though she prefers to be called Kim Jones, this week’s Korean born beauty’s given name is Yong E Kim. Incidently, Yong E means “beauty” in Korean. “It is a con ceited name,” Kim demures. n inosc mieresung young iaay, Kim is 20 years old and a fresh man at Johnson C. Smith Univer sity. She is majoring in com munications and her plans are to one day work in the broadcasting field. Bom in a war-tom, poverty stricken cuuuliy, Klin tells a-bttter sweet story of how she came to live in the U.$. and how her life has changed. “I was bom in Seoul, Korea, to>a Korean mother and a Black-Ameri can soldier," she begins. “Through a program of the Seventh Day Ad ventist Church, I came to America in 1988 with many Korean refugees.” To Work ting Field The separation between Kim and her biological parents are vague. Once in the States, Kim was adopted by a married couple of the Seventh Day Adventist faith. She was three years old. However, there were some problems. After living with the couple for a while, without explanation, Kim was taken back to an orphanage She con fesses, “The years 1968 to 1970 was not a happy time.” rum uvea in orpnanages ana at times with foster families for a couple of years. She says of that uncertain and sad time, “I was a strong child. I was Told ffiaroTTetr under these types of circumstances many children break down. But I knew, one day, I’d find parents who would love and care for me and provide me a happy home.” During this time, an American couple, Mr. James and Mrs. Juanita See JONES On Page 2*A NAACP Kicks Off Annual Membership Campaign The kick-off date for the Meck lenburg County NAACP Branch Membership Drive will be held 3 pm., Sunday, April 38, at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church,, 3201 Tuck aseegeeRd. The entire program win be de dicated to the late Kelly Alexander Sr., who served as national chair man of the NAACP before his death According to Mecklenburg’* mem bership chairperson. Qeneal B. Fra zier, the event is part of a national effort to increase the association’s membership. The local drive that she has- organized will encompass eight counties. Ms. Frazier and Mary Clark, who is vice president of the Mecklenburg chapter, would like to see more concerned individuals like Rev. Dr. Jewett L. Walker join the MAACP. .. Dr Walker recently made hia last payment on a Life Membership He started on the payment* in \vn after Mrs. Clark approached him about becoming an NAACP member. “there are two reasons why NAACP membership are so im portant,'' stressed Ms Frazier “First, membership is our principal source of financial support. Mem bership Is the very life blood of the NAACP. The NAACP's strength and effectiveness is its membership. The NAACP grows stronger with every new member. . TP,* •: Rev. Or. Jewett L. Walker makes hit final payment far Chapter Geneal B. Fratier. membership chairperson hit life Membership to the local NAACP Chapter to looks on. (Photo By Torooa Simmons) Mary Clark, vice president of the Meek lea berg ' Second, the NAACP is a pressure group depending on the public to achieve its aims in fair housing, fair employment and equal education We owe It to ourselves to belong to an organization that fights for our rlghtsevery day.” Ms. Frasier, who is also a life member, urges others to get in volved on a year to year basia Life memberships are broken down into Junior and senior cate » * gories ranging from $25 to 1900. There is also a Golden Heritage Life membership available only te fully paid life members at 91,000. One can also contribute from $3 <youth) on up to the association. » V NUL Directs Campaign Towards Young Males Moving directly to the heart of an increasingly serious problem in Black America - teenage pregnancy - John E. Jacob, President of the National Urban League, announced today the opening phase of a Male Responsibility Program that has already received the enthusiastic endorsement of the nation’s major black media groups. The program, which Mr. Jacob said “was put together with a minimum of money, but a wealth of volunteer help from the black community itself,” is aimed at young black males and uses several mediums to encourage them to act responsibly in their relationship with the opposite sex so as to avoid fathering a child they are in no position to take care of. we recognize that this is a straight forward, hard hitting message that represents a new approach. However, the statistics clearly indicate that other approaches aren't working as well as we would hope. Now we have to spettk frankly to our young black males and tell them that being a teenage father does not make you a map. and the smart thing to do is to avoid fatherhood at an early age," Mr. Jacob said. The campaign uses several striking posters, newspapers and magazine ads, and a radio commercial by popular recording artists James Ingram and Howard Hewitt. It was created on a pro-bono basis by the New York based advertising firm of Mingo-Jones The original idea grew out of several meetings of the NUL’s Male Responsibility panel comprised of 12 outstanding black entreprenuers and corporate executives. The panel agreed that one of the most effective ways to reach young black males was through a visual approach and through radio. The uniqueness of the NUL,'s new campaign lies in the identification of young black males as the target - audience and ln_the usg af.language that speaks to the “macho” image While there are any number of teenage pregnancy programs aimed at females - and the NUL through its affiliates conducts over 30 of these - this is the first national program directed to black males. The campaign is also unique in that it is almost entirely a volunteer ’ JV>n E. Jacob '^...NUL president _A T . I . . . . Ill QUUIIIUII IU U1C uuilciuun OI creative talent by Mingo-Jones, a group of inmates at the Green Haven Cqirrec4qnal Facility collected their own money to buy the paper stock and then printed the first 2,000 posters on the institution's printing press with the approval and support of prison officials. The air time on radio and the space in publications will also be on a volunteer basis. The materials that have been developed for the campaign are in the process of being distributed to all the nation's black newspapers and magazines, as well as black oriented radio stations, with an urgent request from the NUL that they be used as public service advertising. “Since we have received strong endorsements from so many major black media groups, and we have every reason to believe that the campaign is so compelling and so vitally important that our black communicators will be eager to do their part, we are confident that the message will be spread throughout the width and breadth of this land," Mr Jacob declared. i ne groups that have endorsed the campaign are Black Media Inc., Black Music Association. Inner City Broadcasting. National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, National Association of Media Women, National Media Coalition, National Black Network, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Sheridan Broadcasting Network and the Newsystem Group, Inc In addition to the distribution to the media, the posters will be made available to each of the NUL's 113 affiliates and to other institutions within the black community such as churches, schools, youth clubs community centers, etc "The Natonal Urban League is not in this alone We are reaching out to other community groups and asking them to join in this campaign whatever way they can so that together we can turn the tide,” Mr.Jacob said. Duke Physicians Test New Drug For Prostrate Cancer By Catherine Macek Duke Medical Center Special To The Post ..Durham - Urologists at Duke University Medical Center are starting a clinical study of a new drug that may halt the spread of prostate cancer. I he disease occurs' aTmosr ex clusively in men over the age of 55 It's the second most common type of cancer and the third leading cause of cancer deaths among men And in about 60 percent of patients, the cancer already has spread to other areas (primarily bone marrow) at the time of diagnosis "We treat cancers that are lo calized in the prostate with either surgery or radiation therapy." said Dr. Philip Walther an assistant professor of surgery in the urology division at Duke and staff physi cian at Duke's Comprehensive Cancer Center But when the ..cancer has metastasized, we often can halt continued cancer growth by inhibiting the production of testo sterone. the male hormone "When blood levels of testosterone are lowered about 85 percent of prostate cancers respond substan tially with noted improvement of symptoms caused by the cancer.” Until recently there were primari ly two ways to decrease testoste rone production in the body with the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) or by castration "Although DES is ef fective. there has been concern that it increases the patient's risk of heart attack, stroke and bkxx) clots," Walther said On the other hand, castration can produce psy chological problems in some pa tients " in previous siuoies naierenn ace tate. the new drug under study at Duke, effectively lowered testoste rone levels but avoided the side effects of DES The drug is in its final testing phases before submis sion to the Food and Drug Ad ministration for final approval. “Drugs similar to naferelin also are being tested but require daily injections, since these compound* are destroyed in the stomach,” Walther noted “However, naferelin can be administered in a nasal spray, so it is as convenient as tablets ” For the study. Walther needs pa tients who have metastatic prostate cancer but have not undergone castration for the disease. Partici pants will receive naferelin and any blood tests required for the study free of charge. “The patients will continue to receive the drug for as long as it's effective, ' Walther said. Localized prostate cancer rarely produces symptoms. Most often phy sicians suspect it when they palpate a nodule in the prosta** rectal examtostlon.