The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina (2024)

July 22, 1980

Publication:

The Charlotte Observeri

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Issue Date:

Tuesday, July 22, 1980

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18

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Tues July 22 1980 ack In Court Today I 211 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER I Violence Can Soar With Heat 211 THE CHAR! Vi0 et' Can With accepted the plan that July But that was the HEW of Richard Nixon and several groups felt the plan did little to promote integration One group the NAACP Legal Defense Fund sued the federal government ing its campuses If UNC should lose its case before Administrative Law Judge John Mathias it can appeal to a Department of Education reviewing authority and from there to department Secretary Shirley Hufstedler -CNC ES ----2- II 4 IC 2 lir tlie r11-: i' tt 11 I 4 4: L4 iti44-iviiA44a argues are such important principles as the right of schools to make their own decisions about what to teach where and to whom The government wants UNC to set specific goals for increasing the number of black students at its I I traditionally white campuses and the number of whites at the 5 traditionally black campuses One issue that has created the most resistance from UNC is the proposed elimination of course duplications at nearby white and black schools The university argues that such government demands violate constitutional guarantees of academic freedom And it contends it has made great progress in integrat argues are suct ciples as the rii make their own what to teach whom The governme set specific goa the number of I its 11 tradition puses and the nu the 5 tradition Puses One issue that most resistance I proposed elimina plications at ne black schools The university Ili By ROBERT HOD1ERNE Observer Washington Bureau WASHINGTON After 10 0000-K years of negotiations and near set- A'' tlements the UNC system and the 11 federal government square off be 1 fore a judge today in their battle over integrating the 16-campus if university 00- 44 The hearings grow out of the z- government's efforts to cut off nearly $90 million a year in feder'7 1' -i al funds because the university has failed to submit a satisfactory desegregation plan -e-- But more than money is at it i 1 Sf stake 1 1 45 --4 For one thing the government's 0 action challenges the "prom Friday reputation both the state and university have enjoyed UNC president Also on the line the university Friday By ROBERT HOD1ERNE Observer Washington Bureau WASHINGTON After 10 i3O0K years of negotiations and near set- 1 tlements the UNC system and the 1 federal government square off be fore a judge today in their battle i over integrating the 16-campus university -44 Th imo bearings grow out of the 17 efforts to cut off government nearly $90 million a year in feder- '7 l'' -i al funds because the university 04 has failed to submit a satisfactory 7 desegregation plan -v But more than money is at v' stake For one thing the government's ---4476 The suit known by the name of one of the plantiffs Kenneth Adams said HEW was doing too little to promote integration in 10 states including North Carolina If UNC loses all appeals there it can then go to federal court While the case boils down to a relatively simple question has the university done enough to erase its history of legally segregated schools? both sides believe the hearings will last into the fall On Feb 16 1973 a US District Court judge agreed and ruled that HEW must do more HEW was ordered to extract acceptable desegregation plans from the states William 0 By the time they end hundreds of witnesses will have testified and shopping carts full of documents will have been entered into evidence Speaking It Taft Institute In summer 1974 the department accepted a UNC plan But the Legal Defense Fund returned to district court and argued that the NC plan and others were inadequate In spring 1977 the court once again agreed with the Legal Defense Fund and HEW and UNC went back to square one Martin Says Congress 'Weakened' But prolonged hearings and mountains of paper are nothing new to this case which began Jan 28 1970 HEW came up with new guidelines UNC came up with a new plan On that date the then-Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) issued its first guidelines to be used by colleges in recruiting more black students and faculty In November 1977 HEW the UNC plan By JAMES ALEXANDER JR Observer Staft Writer Rep Jim Martin R-NC told a seminar Monday night that recent changes in congressional structure have lead to a weakening of Congress and the two-party system Martin a Lake Norman resident who is seeking a fifth term in Congress spoke to UNCC's Robert A Taft Institute of Government seminar Congressional ineffectiveness he said is directly attributable to the "decline of discipline parties can have over their ot 1 1: ''i' i 1- -1r 0 4: cannot function as a two-to-one majority should" Martin said referring to House Democrats The Taft Institute directed by UNCC political science chairman Dr Schley Lyons is in its I Ith year The two-week institute examines the two-party political system through seminars led by government press and labor officials Thirty-five teachers from NC public and private schools were selected for this year's program They will each get three hours graduate credit in political science Lt Gov Jimmy Green is scheduled to close the institute with a speech Aug I in the Cone Center On Feb 16 1970 HEW told North Carolina it was operating a "racially dual system of higher education" and demanded a plan to put an end to it 'two months later UNC President William Friday outlined what the university was already doing and what it planned HEW In March 1978 after further negotiations failed HEW ordered proceedings to cut off federal aid Further negotiations led to a "provisionally" acceptable plan that spring but a year later the negotiations collapsed the state hired a Washington lawyer and formal hearings begin today Martin "We have a two-to-one majority that City's Relocation Program Mishandled Lawyers Say Continued from Page IB months generally exceed reports during cold months by almost 20 percent in Charlotte and 15 percent statewide In Charlotte in 1979 for instance there were 665 reports of violent crimes for July and August compared with 538 for January and February said Lanny Hoskins of the Police Information Network in Raleigh Here are some of the violent crimes reported to Charlotte and Mecklenburg police last weekend: Ruthie Prioleay 50 of 1732 Hawthorne Lane was found beaten to death in her living room Police have charged Johnny Barrino 45 with homicide He is being held without bond in Mecklenburg County Jail Annette Arbrey of 1620 Carfax Dr said her sister Ms Prioleay and Barrino had "been going together for more than a year" A 25-year-old Huntersville man was stabbed with a butcher knife Saturday night when he apparently argued with some men at a Huntersville convenience store A 14-year-old south Charlotte girl was beaten with a belt by her uncle Saturday night Police report the girl had welts on her legs They said the two had argued before the beating Moses Agurs 34 of 930 Yellowstone Dr was arrested early Sunday charged with beating another man in the head with a hammer He was released on $400 bond A 32-year-old southeast Charlotte man was beaten and cut with a knife after leaving a downtown bar A 29-year-old Charlotte man is charged with assault after his mother was hit with a chair late Saturday night James Edward Crawford of 310 Davidson St is in Mecklenburg County Jail on $400 bond Virgie Harris 51 said her son struck her on the shoulder "He was drunk" she said "He came in the door and we had one word after another" A 36-year-old North Charlotte man was shot three times early Sunday apparently after an argument at a gambling game A 34-year-old North Charlotte woman was beaten by her husband early Sunday morning Police report the fight resulted from an argument about "there not being enough food in the house" Bobby Joe Wilson of 2017 Renner St 23 was charged with assault after a 15-year-old girl was choked and thrown into a bathtub early Sunday He was released on $200 bond A 31-year-old southeast Charlotte man's nose was slashed with a knife late Sunday night when he was shooting pool at an east Charlotte lounge A 17-year-old northeast Charlotte woman was beaten up by two other women late Sunday Police said the woman was kicked in the head and stomach after an argument beside her apartment swimming pool A 20-year-old North Charlotte man was beaten on the head with a tire tool Sunday night Police said the beating happened when several people fought over a traffic accident on 1-77 Continued months generall: during cold mon percent In Charl cent statewide In Charlotte I stance there we violent crimes gust compared ary and Februe Hoskins of the Network in Ralei Here are som crimes reported Mecklenburg pot Ruthie Pri( Hawthorne Lane en to death in he lice have charge( 45 with homic held without b( burg County Jail Annette Arbre Dr said her sisl and Barrino had gether for more A 25-year man was stabbe knife Saturday parently argued a Huntersville co A I4-year lotte girl was IN by her uncle Sa' lice report the her legs They argued before thl Moses Ag Yellowstone Di early Sunday ch ing another man a hammer He $400 bond A 32-yea Charlotte man with a knife afte town bar A 29-yea man is charged his mother was late Saturday ward Crawford son St is in Me( Jail on $400 bond Virgie Harris struck her on ti was drunk" she the door and after another" A 36-yearlotte man was early Sunday ap argument at a gai A 34-yearlotte woman wa husband early Police report th from an argum( not being enou house" Bobby Joe Renner St 23 assault after a was choked an bathtub early Su leased on $200 Ix A 31-yea Charlotte man's with a knife la when he was sill east Charlotte lou A 17-yeai Charlotte womar by two other woi Police said the wi in the head and argument beside swimming pool A 20-yearlotte man was be with a tire tool lice said the IN when several peo traffic accident oi of 265 black families relocated to private housing all but 67 were moved to areas where the population is at least 75 percent black About 10 percent of all relocated families were moved into houses with no heat But those figures are wrong according to Sadie Jordan relocation supervisor with the city's Community Development Department "They're listed so they look good for them" she said She said community development officials are compiling their own figures Other city officials could not be reached or would not comment By WENDY FOX Observer Staff Writer Lawyers in a housing suit against Charlotte officials have filed a motion to reopen the 10-year-old case charging the city has not followed the terms of a 1977 settlement The original suit filed in 1970 charged city officials with not providing adequate housing for people relocated from urban renewal areas and with relocating blacks mainly into areas populated by blacks That suit and a similar one filed in 1974 were settled in 1977 when city officials were ordered to scatter public housing throughout the city instead of confining it to predominantly black or low-income areas The settlement also required the officials to relocate residents within a certain time and to provide more housing for relocation programs The motion filed Thursday in US District Court charges the city has not honored that settlement and asks District Judge James McMillan to reopen the case In the motion lawyers George Daly and Ted Fillette ask that urban-renewal and community-development money be used only to rehabilitate old residential buildings or to build new housing Specifically the lawyers object to the city's recent application to the federal government for $77 million to build a new hotel on College Street and to the planned use of $14 million in community-development money for street and sewer improvements in the First Ward redevelopment area They call those projects "an arbitrary use of governmental power and an abdication of the defendants' duty and commitment to provide low- and moderate-income housing" Other charges in the motion are: The Charlotte Housing Authority has "refused to allow any governmental relocatee to occupy any of these units" of scattered-site public housing Charlotte News Editor Shifts Job Mecklenburg Deaths Circulation of The News the largest afternoon paper in the Carolinas has declined about 9 percent since 1975 from 59465 to 54113 last year (Over the same period The Observer's daily circulation grew about 3 percent to 171769) In recent months however News circulation has shown some improvement Many US afternoon and evening newspapers have suffered declining circulation in recent years "Nobody has the answer to the problems that affect evening newspapers around the country" Bernhard said However Bernhard said he doesn't foresee major changes in The News "We'll continue to be as aggressive as we possibly can" he said "And we'll continue to produce a good local evening Elliott Arnold 76 of 1600-B Tinsley Dr died Friday Funeral is 1:30 pm Wednesday at Liberty Hill Baptist Church Survivors are wife Elmira sons Harvey Arnold Alton Arnold Elliott Arnold Jr Paul Arnold daughters Miss Edna Mae Arnold Miss Dorothy Arnold Miss Tressie Arnold sister Mrs Estella Wright Alexander is in charge Mrs Elsie Harvey Bradshaw 88 of 5100 Sharon Rd died Monday Funeral is 3 pm today at Harry Bryant Chapel in The Oaks Survivors are sons Harvey Bradshaw of Grand Prairie Tex Claude Bradshaw of Richmond Malcolm Bradshaw of the Philippines daughters Mrs Elsie Kintner of Elkhart Ind Mrs DT LeGrone Mrs Mary Jo Adams Clum 48 of 2211 Highland St died Sunday Memorial service is 2 pm today at Mc Ewen West Chapel Survivors are husband Gus father JH Adams of Decatur Ga mother Mrs Pauline Adams of Blairsville Ga sister Mrs Alice Brumbalow of Meansville Ga Dr Arthur McKee Dye 84 of 1641 Providence Rd osteopathic physician died Monday Funeral is 11 am Wednesday at Harry Bryant Chapel in The Oaks Survivors are wife Mildred sons Arthur Dye Jr of St Louis Kenneth Dye James William Fant 32 of 1617-B BrOokvale Dr died Friday Funeral is 2 pm Wednesday at Galilee Baptist Church Survivors are wife Margie sons Robin Minor Jimmy Minor Continued from Page IB and city and county government He became associate editor of The News in 1968 directing its editorial pages and in 1970 went to the Detroit Free Press another Knight-Ridder newspaper as an editorial writer In 1971 he returned to The News as editor Bernhard 37 worked 12 years at the Chicago Daily News starting as a reporter and rising to assistant managing editor In 1977 he came to Charlotte as managing editor of The News In 1978 the Chicago Daily News an afternoon paper ceased publication Bernhard grew up in Perryville Mo After graduation from the University of Missouri journalism school in 1964 he worked for two years as a reporter on the Commercial-News in Danville before moving to Chicago Leroy Minor James Minor daughters Miss Sy Nia Minor Miss Marilyn Minor parents Mr and Mrs William Fant brothers Arthur Fant Herman Fant Fletcher Fant sisters Mrs Bessie Clyburn Mrs Brenda Burch Alexander is in charge Boyd Frye 63 of 4304 Wilkinson Blvd died Sunday Funeral is 3:30 pm Wednesday at Mc Ewen West Chapel Survivors are wife Bertie daughter Mrs Trish Smith brother Ralph Frye sister Mrs George Shiver of Graham Mrs Corinne Kelly 58 of 3401 Ross Ave died Thursday Funeral is 2 pm Wednesday at Grier Funeral Chapel Survivors are husband Sam son James Part low stepdaughter Mrs Dorothy Houston niece Mrs Sadie Miller Clarence Moore 34 of 1004 State St died Sunday Funeral plans are incomplete Beasley is in charge James Cicero McGill 37 formerly of Charlotte died Sunday in Harrisburg Pa Funeral plans are incomplete Grier is in charge cllOgh Jessica Michele Smith infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Steven Smith of 7622 Dayberry In died Monday Funeral is private Survivors are parents grandparents Mr and Mrs Jake Smith of Asheboro Dwight Mingus Mrs Ellen LaMoure Mc Ewen is in charge North Carolina Deaths 11111MMMINISIIIIIIIIIIMMiel AlecklenburoRejects Power For Officer Rejects For Off The PS ABank Summer Clearance Salem United Methodist Church Survivors are sons William Bryan Gibbs of Burlington Leon Gibbs of Charlotte Eugene Gibbs sisters Mrs Eugene Loushee of Greensboro Mrs Ernest Cheek of Durham stepson Raz Smith of Malvern Ark stepdaughters Mrs Opal Waldrop Mrs Pauline Cul Ilford Mrs Mildred Gullett all of Malvern Ark Citty is in charge LE We save you 30'70 all season long Now we save you even more CONCORD Charlie Floyd Strube 70 retired textile worker died Saturday Funeral is 4 pm today at Bright Light Baptist Church Survivors are wife Do 'lie son Jack Strube of Kissimmee Fla daughters Mrs Doris Ruff of San Antonio Mrs Brenda Milem sisters Mrs Ethel Goodman Mrs Mary Crump both of Charlotte I lartsell is in charge EAST LAUR1NBURG Mrs Zettle Allen Hardwick 72 died Friday Funeral is 4 pm today at East Laurinburg Baptist Church Survivors are son James Hardwick Jr sisters Mrs Tina Spears of Charlotte Mrs Georgia Anderton of Roanoke Rapids Mrs Christine Bell Mrs Lillie Huggins both of Conway SC stepmother Mrs Mollie Allen of Conway Butler of Laurinburg is in charge South Carolina By MAE ISRAEL Observer Stan Writer The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 Monday to reject the Lake Norman Marine Commission's request for arrest power for its lake patrol officer Instead the commissioners called for an ad hoc committee to develop a law enforcement plan for the lake within a month Committee members will come from the four counties surrounding the lake Lincoln Iredell Catawba and Mecklenburg and will include law enforcement officers Lake patrolman Norman Lutz doesn't have arrest power Sheriffs deputies and police officers from counties surrounding the lake say they are hampered by distance in enforcing laws at the lake The marine commission asked for arrest power for Lutz after residents charged Lutz misused his authority The board voted a one-month allocation to the commission's budget pending results of the four-county study Tom Marshall Mecklenburg's representative on the marine commission disagreed with the commissioners' action "I think the right way to go is to use the commission and give their patrolman arrest powers" he said Marshall does however favor the study In other action the commissioners adopted a fee schedule for women who seek help at the battered women's shelter in southeast Charlotte There have been no fees since the facility opened last December Fees are based on the ability to pay A woman with an income between $9000 and $11000 for example will pay $1150 per day The first slay is free By MAE I St The Mecklent County Commissi Monday to reject man Marine Comr for arrest power officer Instead the called for an ad develop a law er for the lake withii mittee members the four counties lake Lincoln I and Mecklenburg dude law enforce! Lake patrolmai doesn't have arre ills deputies and from counties si lake say they ar distance in enforc lake The marine co for arrest power residents charged his authority The board vot( allocation to th( budget pending four-county study Tom Marshall representative on 1 mission disagreed missioners' action "I think the rig to use the comm their patrolman he said Marshall favor the study In other actior sioners adopted a women who seek tered women's sl east Charlotte no fees since the last December Fees are based i pay A woman wil tween $9000 and ample will pay The first slay is ire HICKORY Jack Robert Johnson 63 retired Hickory service station owner died Sunday Funeral is 11 am today at Bass-Smith Funeral Home Chapel Surviors are brothers Dan Johnson of Charlotte Stewart Johnson of Asheville Kenneth Johnson sisters Mrs RR Clontz of Charlotte Mrs LA Davis Mrs Larry Dennis Men's Men's Poly-Linen IMells ash and weir sport Coats a and-v eat Seersucker Poplin Cord and Seersucker Suits reduced to reduced to $85 $65 Sport Coats V-Y1 ''4" ''IY 1 reduced A 5 ''(s i (15'-17411LI 1 Y4 Z'-'' '''t'''' -5N5 Sele ted grouP 1 of ues to $6 4 '''''''''''Isri oade si'Y' '11' 41 -1'( i'-? oSnPet ca idasileorse' dStuucemtonna) Int essr 1 r10-1's 4'4 sli' 0: 44 c'k Suits ()I- shirts poit's- 2-- i slacks and '1 -s11-1-- 111111111111111111111111111111P 111111111111121111 LANCASTER Mrs Fannie Mahaffey Green 74 retired seamstress died Sunday Funeral is 2 pm today at Springdale Baptist Church Survivors are husband Frank soil Jack Mahaffey of Charlotte daughters Mrs Frances Jackson Mrs Eva Ghent Mrs Kathryn Dole brother Theron Bowers of Heath Springs sister Mrs Iva Caskey of Heath Springs stepsons Ralph Green of Wilmington Clayton Green of Charlotte stepdaughters Mrs Irish Maye Mrs Doris Bryant both of Charlotte Mahaffey is in charge Other SC Deaths CHERAW Mrs Dora Shields Smoot 67 MARION Miss Emma Sawyer 76 NICHOLS Daniel Badger Frye 36 SHARON Mrs Ola Mae sh*tlinglaw 66 WALLACE Mrs Corrina Little 69 WALLACE Miss Mary Louise Brown 22 Other NC Deaths ALEXIS Mrs Anna Helderman McClure 88 CHINA GROVE Mrs Rosa Kluttz Harrington 81 CHINA GROVE Ryan Michael Tarlton infant son of Mr and Mrs Michael Tarlton CONCORD Mrs Mary Jordan Mills 91 CONOVER Mrs Nora Lail Keller 59 HICKORY Mrs Carrie Miller Carlton 83 LANDIS Haden Brown 47 LEXINGTON Mrs Edna Haynes Leonard 79 LEXINGTON Michael Ray Redmon 23 LEXINGTON Robbie Woodle 11 MARION Harry A Woody 64 NEWTON John Luther Hill 61 PINE BLUFF Vincent Masten 65 RAEFORD Mrs Sarah McVicker Haire 85 RICHFIELD Lee Mock Loftin 81 SALISBURY George William Yarbrough 72 SIIELBY Christopher Evans Hamrick 22 SHELBY Billy Ray Hull 37 SHELBY Mrs Aileen Black Wilson 80 STATESVILLE Miss Etta Olivia Daniels 87 STATESVILLE Mrs Minnie Mitchell Jarvis 91 TAYLORSVILLE James Eugene Hayes 48 LEXINGTON Mrs Bertha Morris Clayton 76 died Monday Funeral is 1 I am Wednesday at Christ Chapel United Methodist Church Survivors are son William Morris of Charlotte: daughter Mrs Betty Sessions of Winston-Salem: sister Mrs Howard Hicks of Thomasville stepsons Robert Clayton Jr of New York Ralph Clayton Jim Clayton both of De Land Ha stepdaughters Mr Evelyn Eberhart of Orange City Fla Mrs Nancy Meeks of High Point Piedmont is in charge REIDSVILLE Mrs Carolyn Holt Gibbs Smith 93 formerly of Reidsville retired teacher died Sunday Funeral is 4 pm today at Death Elsewhere Not every st le and color in every size Limed quantity on some items Specialty Shops in the Park (opposite SoothPark Mall) 6101 Morrison Blvd 365-0290 Master Card and VISA Honored Maria Martinez 94 world-famous potter: Sunday in San Ildefonso a suburb of Santa Fe NM 0-7-22 1.

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