•ohe could beat Atlanta Mayor
Andrew Young while he was in
But his best-laid plans went
Kwty.
Oantt is now the lame-duck
mayor, having lost to Republi
can 8ue Myrick in a dose elec
tion on Nov. 3. . /
Now IBS.* Myrick, who Is
white, is hying to prevent the
city from being disqualified as
the host of the April convention.
At this years meeting in Miami.
the convention voted to hold the
gatherings only in cities with
black mayors.
At the requestor the Charlotte
Convention ft Visitors Bureau.
Mrs. Myrlck sent s letter to the
conference stressing that Char
lotte Is still Interested In host
ing the meeting. - ,
^ThebSrsta their court," she
••Id last week. "But we went
them to know that they are still:
very welcome." J
Charlotte won out over such
chics as Atlanta. Philadelphia
•nd Roanoke, Va.. for its 14th
annual meeting next April 12
17. Conference officials expect
600 to 600 people. Including
moat of the country's approxi
mately 300 black mayors and
dozens of other elected officials.
The conference has been hosted
in recent years by Atlantic City.
New Orleans and St. Louis.
...
Conference President John
Smith, mayor of Prichard. Ala.,
said no decision has been made
yet on moving the conference.
“We were happy to come to
Charlotte." said Parmele, N.C..
Mayor Milton Andrews, a direc
tor and president of the N.C. As
sociation of Black Mayors.
But Andrews added: “I'm sure
there will be a lot of discussion
on the issue. I’m sure other alter
natives will be looked at "
The conference started In 1974
as the Southern Conference, of
Black Mayors. Its members now
lead cities with populations to
taling 15 million people.
Doug Stafford, president of the
city's convention and visitors
bureau, said Charlotte business
es would reap about $500,000 or
more from the meeting.
Mrs. Myrlck, who takes office
Nov. 30, believes the mayors will
meet elsewhere.
"I don’t know what their deci
sion will be." she said. "It de
pends on whether they will
change their policy. I would be
surprised if they came.”
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On lMt Wednesday, the parents
of Chicago Bulls star Michael
Jordan opened doors to their
near NIKE Sporting goods store
lb thje Matthews Windsor
Square shopping center. 4*.
' Starting shortly alter noon,
admirers formed slngle-Oled
Unes outside the store. Flight 23
by Jordan, araltlng to get a
signed poster by Jordan.
~i The NBA's leading scorer was
scheduled to appear from 2-4
pm. but K was 4:30 p.m. when he
endorsed the last poster. He re
flected on his day-off from play
tag basketball.
"It was work but It was fun, he
said while on his way out the
door. T would rather be playing
basketball than running a busi
ness. but this is What my family
Is Interested in doing. It's a fam
ily effort and everyone who
works in this store is a part of
the team."
The store offers an assortment
of NIKE athletic shoes ranging
from size zero to size 17. Accord
ing to Michael's father, the stare
is very different from other
sporting goods.
"We're taking the headache out
of shopping by offering a broad
•election otonfy NIKE shoes and
a parrel," says James "Poppa"
Jordan, co-owner..
"A lot of stores offer a variety
of goods mads overseas but we
want the people to know that
what we offer is as good or better
than our competition."
NIKE Director of Athlete Pro
motions. Fred Schreyer said
that the store Is one of a kind.
"It's very unique because there
are no other family owned NIKE
•tores In the worid. It’s also the
only store to my knowledge that
carries a complete line of NIKE
products."
Bob Davis Named To City
By Hub White
Post Staff Writer
In an Ironic twist of fate, Bob
Davis has reentered the political
arena by replacing the man he
lost a city council seat to on the
Charlotte's most powerful com
mission.
In one of his Anal duties last
week. Mayor Harvey Oantt ap
pointed Davis to the Charlotte
Planning Commission, to re
place Dan Clodfelter. who beat
Davie for the District 1 city
council seat last October. .
Davis was notified of his ap
pointment last Wednesday and
was sworn In the following day
in time to join the board for his
first meeting. * ’
It Went beautifully.* Davis
stated. "Everyone received me
weD. It was an interesting meet
**. commission la charged
with overseeing the city's
growth, ranging from zoning
regulations, building permits
and water and sewer services,
Davis said. . v'¥^
White Officer Wi
CHARUJTT* (API — A U.S.
District Court Jury ruled In favor
of a white Charlotte police offi
cer who sued the city last year,
claiming reverse dtoclmlnation.
The lurors awarded Officer
Keith Johnson $25,000 In dam
Johnson, 2$, sued the dty In
October 1066, claiming he was
discriminated against wheft a
black officer. Sam Brawn, was
chosen ahead of him for a hell
oopter observer job. ,