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Volume 19, No. 26
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11,1993
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I And Notes Prom Charlotte
And The Rest Of The World.
Caucus Retreat
In Raleigh
The N.C. Black Leadership
Caucus is having a retreat
this weekend.
The organization will meet
Feb. 12-13 at the Brownstone
Inn in Raleigh. All officers
and members are asked to at
tend Friday's 6 p.m. session.
On the agenda are a review
of the mission statement and
bylaws: adoption of new
goals and objectives and to
discuss ideas for the future.
Rooms have been reserved
for the caucus. To reserve
one, call the Brownstone Iim
at (919) 828-8011. For infor
mation about the retreat,
call (704) 782-5845.
Focus On Vision
Statement
The Focus 2010 task force
is ready to share Mecklen
burg's vision of the future
with you.
The group will hold a cele
bration Feb. 16 in the meet
ing chamber at the Char-
lotte-Mecklenburg
Government Center.
Focus 2010 held a series of
community forums last year
to gauge residents' Interest In
topics such as crime, trans
portation and education. The
results of those forums are
the basis of the vision state
ment.
For more Information, call
547-2307.
Peace Caravan
In Charlotte
Part of a caravan taking
humanltailan aid to El Sal
vador will stop in Charlotte
next month.
Pastors For Peace will load
trucks with food and sup
plies later this month for the
trip to the South American
nation. Three of the vehicles
will stop in Charlotte March
2, part of a 100-clty U.S. tour.
Volunteers will talk about El
Salvador at St. Peter's Cath
olic Church at 507 S. Tryon
St. at 7:30 p.m. A covered
dish dinner will preceed the
talk at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, call
Kathy Sparrow at 399-2480
or Jan Valder-Offerman at
375-5398.
Exhibits Explore
Wonders
Discovery Place is inviting
teachers, club sponsors and
scout masters to preview its
traveling exhibits.
Group leaders are invited to
preview "It's All In Your
Head" "Bug's Eye View" and
"Lub Dub, A Happy Heart"
Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.
"It's All In Your Head" ex
plores the most complex ma
chine in the universe: the hu
man brain. "Bug's Eye View"
takes a look at the world
from an Insect's perspective
and "Lub Dub, A Happy
Heart" Introduces children to
the benefits of having a
healthy heart and body.
The preview is free and in
cludes light refreshments
and handouts for teachers.
Free parking is available in
the Discovery Place lot.
For reservations, call Dis
covery Place at 337-2620 by
Feb. 12.
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mrting Charlotte buses will be more expensive after city council voted this week to raise
fines ftom 80 cents to $1. The increase win take efifect Ju^ 1.
Never Profitable To Begin With,
Charlotte's Transit System Faces
An Uncertain Future. Will Inner
City Passengers Pay The Price?
by Cassanora Wynn
THE CHARLOTIE POST
ome July 1,
Johnnie Mae
Boderick will
have to fork
over 20 cents
more per ride
on Charlotte
buses.
She has no choice. Bode
rick depends on public trans
portation.
City Council voted this week
to Increase bus fares from 80
cents to $1. Although 20
cents doesn't seem like a lot,
for Boderick it could be cru
cial. She has to use the bus to
look for a job.
See BUS On Page 2A
FUNDING CHARLOTTE TRANSIT IN 1993-S4
(IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
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U.S. stance On Haiti Brings Uneasiness
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON - President
Clinton has Inspired both
hope and anger in the Afri
can American and Haitian
communities over his newly-
unveiled policy on Haiti.
While agreeing to work
more forcefully for the re
turn of ousted President Jan
Bertrand Aristide, Clinton
HAITI
also reversed his promise to
change former President
Bush's policy on retummg
fleeing Haitians to the is
land.
Clinton's decision to ring
Haiti with ships that rou
tinely return escaping Hai
tians has engendered a fire
storm of criticism from such
noted black leaders as Coret-
ta Scott King, SCLC president
Rev. Joseph Lowery, Rev.
Jesse Jac^on, TransAfrlca
director Randall Robinson
and Commission for Racial
See HAm On Page 2A
He's Not
Interested
In This Job
Gantt Denies NAACP Candidacy;
Kelly Alexander Among Prospects
By Herbert L. White
THE CHARLOTTE POST
Two Char
lotte men ru
mored to be
in the run
ning for the
NAACP ex
ecutive di
rector's job
have differ
ent opinions
about their
chances.
Kelly Alex
ander would love to have it.
Harvey Gantt says there's
no wav in the world he'd
want It.
Published reports placed
Alexander, president of the
N.C. NAACP
Alexander
and Gantt, a
former Char
lotte mayor
and U.S. Sen
ate candi
date, among
the candi
dates to suc
ceed Benja
min Hooks,
who will step
down April 1.
Gantt said
he's never interviewed for
the job, nor would he accept
it. Generally considered to be
a contender for another run
at the Senate, he supports Al
exander.
See SEARCH On Page 3A
Gantt
Ashe Had-Heart Of
Champion, Charlotte
Contemporary Says
By Herbert L. White
THE CHARLOTTE POST
Arthur Ashe wasn't the
most gifted black tennis
player Dr. Melvin Plnn saw
during the days of segrega
tion.
But he had the heart to win
most battles. ,
Plnn, medical director at
the Neighborhood Health
Center in Charlotte, followed
Ashe on the Junior Develop
ment circuit for black
players in the late 1950s and
early '60s when southern
tennis facilities were off-
limits to African Amerlcems.
"There were
a bunch of
players who
had more
talent, but
Arthur had
more stlck-
to-lt-
tlveness," he
said. "He had
the best and
most level
head of any
athlete I'd
ever seen."
Ashe, who was buried Wed
nesday after losing a battle
See ASHE On Page 3A
Ashe
Good Public Relations
Photo/CALVW resomoN
Charlotte Post Publisher Gerald Johnson spoke to Char
lotte's public relations professionals on the role of black
media Tuesday at the Radlsson Hotel Uptown. See story on
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