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Mrs.
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in at college. The Magna Cum Laude
graduate was also a member of
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor 8ociety, the
University Honors Program, and the
Criminal Justice Club She was vice
president of the Alpha Lambda
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc.; a student resident
assistant , secretary of the Char
lotte Social Club; and a Flag girl
with the Marching Band. Denise was
also Miss Honorees in Action 1963
84.
“I am an active person,” she
describes. Additionally, she adds to
her self-description: “happy, joyful,
flexible.” “I enjoy meeting and
associating with people and making
others happy,” Danise reveals.
Leisure activities for this pretty
young lady consist of swimming,
tennis, traveling and, of course,
socializing
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ine daughter of the late Wallace
E. Baynes and Bessie Baynes,
Danise assures that her mother is
the person she most admires. She
offers many complimentary
adjectives to describe her mother.
Says Danise, "She is a strong
woman and she’s generous, loving
and always nice and courteous to
others I would like to be the type of
person she is.”
Danise has one older sister,
Kristen. “We have a very good
relationship,” Danise remarks.
(OrWt’fe close and really relate to
each other " in fact it was Kristen,
also a NCCU graduate, who told
Daal^e many great things about the
college which influenced her to
attend.
Glad she pursued her education at
NCCU. Danise states, "I have had a
lot of exposure and the opportunity
to meet many people I otherwise
would not have met." She points out
people such as Jsaee Jackson.
Narva Collins, and the Rev Tyrone
, among others,
been a great year for me,"
decides, reflecting back on
‘ year in college And surely
attributes, tNr week's
,j* look fifrwgrtf to many
more ")grsat” yearn.
Joseph Lowery Believes Ted Turner
Won’t Be Jesse Helms’ “Puppet”
nje president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
says he’s been assured by Ted
Turner, that If he acquires the CBS
network that the broadcast tycoon
would not be controlled by Senator
Jesse Helmes or anyone else.
After meeting with Turner re
cently, SCLC President Jospeh E.
Lowery said, “I believe him when he
says that if he purchases CBS, that
he will operate it independently
from right wing interest groups.”
Lowery had sent Turner a mail
gram asking that Turner clarify
what role, if any, conservative
North Carolina Senator Jesse
Helms and the Fairness in Media
(FIM) group would have if Turner
acquired the network. Helms and
supporters of FIM have expressed
an interest in buying CBS because of
what they say is the network’s
liberal news policy.
However, Turner said in a letter to
Lowery that “TBS is acting entirely
on its own in attempttag to' ac
quire CB8, Inc. and has no past or
present agreement or understand
ing with any outside group, in
cluding FIM regarding this trans
action.” Turner went further
saying “TBS’ efforts have been un
dertaken exclusively to meet its
independent business objectives”
and is acting “entirely indepen
dent of FIM or any other politic
ally motivated group.”
Lowery, who heads the Atlanta
based civil rights organization once
headed by Dr. Martin Luther King,
says Turner’s personality won’t let
him be controlled by special in
terest. “While Turner often shoots
from the lip, he has convinced me he
will not be a puppet for Helms or
anyone else,” Lowery said.
Of New Headquarters
Democrats Set Grand Opening
By Audrey C. Lodato r---—.. _2
Post Staff Writer
The Mecklenburg County Demo
cratic Party will host the Grand
Opening of its new, permanent head
quarters Friday evening, June 14,
beginning at 5:30. The offices are
located at 1601 South Boulevard,
across from Family Dollar.
Lieutenant Governor Bob Jordan
will address the gathering at 6 p.m.
Mayor Harvey Gantt and Meck
lenburg Democratic Party chair
man Ron Harper will also speak.
Harper, who was elected party
chairman in March of this year, is
enthusiastic about the new offices
Noting that the local party has had
wily temporary headquarters from
time to time, the chairman related
that a two-year lease has been
signed for the new headquarters.
Harper himself put up the money for
the first month’s rent. Rent for the
second month is coming from the
party treasurer.
Harper, entrepreneur and busi
nessman, is optimistic about the
party's ability to come up with the
money to pay the monthly Mils Not
only is there the office rent to take
care of, but rental fare for furniture
and the salary of a new full-time
executive director. Dotty Copion
Admitting it's a risk. Harper
pointed oAt that risk-taking is a
primary element of success The
plan is based on his business experi
ence and antreprenaurial approach,
and he is confident he win be able to
encfxiragfe enough assistance to
meat the MBs
“What we intend to do,” he
explained, "is ask certain indivi
duals to commit for one month’s
rent” for the office space or fur
niture. He said he hopes to have
some sort of recognition system,
such as name plaques. Letting in
dividuals know exactly what they
are contributing to will encourage
contributions, he predicted. When
Harper was elected to the chair
manship, a number of well-known
buainees figure* offered their sup
port, and he intends to foOour
Joseph Lowery
.SCLC president
Some have tried to discredit
Turner among blacks and minori
ties by accusing him of being racist.
Lowery says Turner “is probably no
more racist than the top officials
running any of the other networks.
»
Turner Broadcasting has probably
shown more sensitivity and fair
ness in placing blacks in positions of
authority and in reporting black
news and issues of concerns to black
Americans,” said Lowery.
New Democratic Party Headquarter*
••At South Boulevard and And Patk Avenue
through on those otters.
The new Democratic facilities
include a conference room, rest
rooms, and a large open area which
will be partitioned to serve as office
space for candidates on a first
come, first-served basis AJoi« with
the office space, candidates will
have use of the conference room and
support services, such as recep
tionist, telephone, and typing assist
fcnce. There will also ba an area for
seminars and large meetings.
Harper hopes that everyone who
wants to sea the Democratic Party
"turned around" in Mecklenburg
will come out for the Or and Open
ing. Somewhere between giving all
to everyone and gtvti* nothing to
anyone, there's a compromise," he
stated "We’ve got «e appeal to the
pubHc as ong Mg ‘special interest’
group We need to look at the
problems of different groups, but we
have to approach in moderation." he
explained "*M»4y wants to be f*
welfare We have to create op
portunities and inspire .people.
We’ve got to let people know life has
more to offer if they just step
forward.’’
Up until four years ago, Harper
admitted, he and his wife,
Katherine, "just voted in presi
dential elections." Then the couple
was introduced to Jim Hunt, "the
first real live governor I ever met. ”
Hunt asked for their help Later,
they met with former mayor Eddie
Knox, who asked for help in his
gubernatorial campaign
The couple's subsequent Involve
ment in politics has shown than “a
lot of wonderful, honest, hard
working people who truly want to
•ea better goveram—1” Politics, he
continued, is “full of hard working,
•Mrage people."
Harper remarked, "Tee many
Ele out there are like Katherine
I were a few years ago Thay
; politics >» a dirt* word "
However, the civil rights leader*
does not give any of the networks
~^H8kHiEad£S_when_itcornes to sen
sitivity to black issues! "Ah—the-_
major networks have been found
wanting, including Turner's when
weighed on the scale of sensitivity to
the black perspective on the news
and adequacy of coverage of black
events,” said Lowery.
Officials at CBS, Inc. have pu
blically rejected Turner’s offer and
indicate they're not interested in
selling the network and would fight
any efforts to take it over
VA Home
Loan Rate
Drops
The Veterans Administration an
nounced this week that it will lower
its maximum home loan interest
rate from 12 percent to n«* percent,
the lowest in more than two years.
The change was effective June 5th
and is the second decrease in less
than three weeks and the third this
year. The last change occurred on
May 21, when it was reduced from
12'-2 percent to 12 percent
VA Administrator Harry N
Walters said the drop will lower
monthly payments on an average
VA loan of $64,000 by about $25 This
is about $125 less than the paymoffl
required on monthly payments at 14
percent which was the rate in
August 1984 Walters said the drop in
the interest rate reflects continued
investor confidence in a stable ecn*
nomy and the elimination of ftTgh
inflation.
ine va win also decrease by ^
percentage point the maximum
rates for Graduate Payment "
Mortgages (GMPs) to 11*, percent
and home improvement loans to 13
percent In addition, the rate for
manufactured home loans were also
reduced to 14 percent for unit-only
loans and 13‘4> percent for a loan to
purchase either a unit with the lot, or
for loans to purchase a lot on which
to place a unit already owned by the
veteran
The rate change does not affect
existing loans, whose interest rale
remains the same for the life of the
agreement VA home loans may be
used to purchase construct, alter,
improve, repair, or refinance a
home This includes the purchase of
condominiums and manufactured
homes, with or without a lot
Neighborhood Gram*
Program Offer*
$50,000 In Grant*
The Foundation For The Carolines
announced the second year of a'
Neighborhood Grants Program
which will again offer $50,000 in
mini-grants to low income areas of
Charlotte and the Metrolina area I
Interested neighborhoods must
submit applications for mini-grafts
by July i. Grants may be used to
assist neighborhoods in addressing a
variety of problems in their com
munities
Information about how to submit a
grant application can be obtained by
calling Dr. William J. McCoy „
Mary Tefdon at the Urban Instl
tide at the Ihtiyersity of North
Carolina at Charlotte at 597 2W
The Urban Institute provides
technical assistance to the Fowj
rtotion in administration of the
grants program. '■ \
th* Neighborhood Grants Pm
gram was initiated in 19M as a j
mom than *50.000 to to
beautification to crime prey, I