The Charlotte News du lieu suivant : Charlotte, North Carolina • 36

sit 1044'40011OP tpb4v416e4ita PO 'P ir i l' 41116-0101401Wil Wt100agmeiorOsolowM 416144 apiLmar Ijoii-01A004-0400 --4-Aamirlfrks--10---tavogrerwri 1-1 --ro-W4b- WOO -4 Pa -4-- 4-0 CHARLOTTE July 3 1972 4 Firing Spurs Action These Doctors' Patients Have Green Leaves Blooms Pickets Protest Vont lii lird From Second Front pine bin les?" he geese "to add color hi tho landscape" he urn( on ad the beasts "are ornery Th kiss at yloa" r-E e-0 i 4 A' 1 re- 1JA i(-1') t- "1 1' 41''' 4'7 J' '44 1 It lt' 11 If 4 clf e' (''' tt' Nfo 'N- i ''41' 1 11 411 LA1 '1 ''6 iiii Lind cape ns PS coniing in handy for rPseitruh "I don't kl)OW IA hiti 1 hid is kit I think JCS 'Niel NI" said liam I iining out a lov i II cvcrarrn tiouishing in th Iah uryry 10v de I 11-g I' I cvcraren llourishing ill the lab tiuryry Fairview and that Mrs Blocker he zillowed to continue her duties there Tenants of the project nre now charging that Johnson anti other Housing Authority officials conspired to get rid of Mrs Mocker rot pkilos ire s1111 1111tr1 aid 111(y come 1rom the exotic om-z "We try to kot) the rdilro lito the once Ijivid evinet lool4ing nice" 111111rs 1y)(11z0(111011 till tret to revt11ir old 'Fliere's even a lave 11'114 or pine old (10wood' Aulhority officials lAroulti not COMMent (I the sit 10011 except for saying thot Mrs Blocker has bren "trans terrod" not fired And they nre asking that Johnson he dismissed from his post as resident manager of These Rook 1111 Help Teach Counting By MIKE DEMBECK Nowa Staff Writer Picket lines were thrown up Around the office at Fairview Homes on Oaklawn Ave today in apparent protest over the n'ported firing of a cominunity aide there Friday About 10 residents of IIfl low-income housing project gathered around the tnain office of the development early today asking for the immediate dismissal of Douglas Johnson resident manager of the project Johnson reportedly fired Mrs Bmhara Blocker a community aide assigned to the project Friday afternoon for insubordination Math Teachers Don't Spare The Rod NC Trooper Killed While Chasing Speeder viEnrs NO scientific basis for that belief he Added hut it may work because shortly afterwards he found that a neighbor had tried the sa MP I rick with her dogwoods rending about it somewhere One arca in which the laboratoies have hcsin working is in trying to find a core for Dutch blhT) Disease The recent otulawing of DDT insecticide used extenskiely to kill the disease-carrying beetles is a sethack Baines said hut researchers here and elsewhere are looking into other solutions which hopefully will (lid the prohlem "Dutch Elm Disease has become a great problem In (ilarlotte" pointed out Dr Donald Ilam research pathologist and is probably the most spectarular kind of research now going on But there are other problems to be solved ahout tWO By JANE ROEIIRS Nowa Stall Writer The ohl saying about sparing the rod and spoiling the child has a new meaning for today's educators The rods in use these days are small colored cylinders invented by a Belgian schoolmaster George Cuisenaire in the early to teach tO County WOW youngsters number relation- ships Cuisenoire rods tie in with the increasingly accepted view that youngsters need concrete materials to help develop core cepts anti skills COLUNIFICS NC A North Carolina highway patrolman giving thaiin to a speeding ear Ncils killed late last night when his patrol car went out of control on Highway 19 and struck a tree Teacher Going To Workshop No Hike Expected In County Taxes As the Charlotte-Merklenburg schools' science and mathematics director John Smith puts in "Children don't count unless there is something to count They use their fingers if there is nothing eke" come aware that the orange rid is the longst and the m'hite rod is the shortest and that the rods can be laid out so they go up one step at a time staircase fashion As local teachers will learn in workshop here July 1I-14 the child can develop basic concepts ot addition subtraction and place value through Use of the rods too A representative of the coinpitny that makes the rods will conduct the vorkshop al Attieniarle Road nior School for 50 teachers at the kindergarten hr ou gh third grade level The rods tire generally used for primary students -hut I have used them in remedial work with high school kids" said Smith NEITHER DOUCLAS nor 1 Lowman executive director of the Housing Authority were available for continent today on the reported firing of Mrs Blocker Ilowever a sp(diesman for the housing board said that reports of Nils Mocker's dismissal wore in error Capt IJ Ulo(e of Trniq) in Asheville identified the trouper 8S Clyde Stephen Per ry 28 a five-year veteran of the pamd Lance said arrests ha VP been madr in the case hut the suspects ii ere Tint innnedliociy Went Wed Blaisdell could alter (he figures some before he turns his final request but he said today he does not expect any changes drastic enough to change the proposed tax rate Continued From Second Front his final budget recommendations in a few (lays so the commissionttrs can begin their deliberations On them next week A schoolteacher Irian Charlotte has been selected to participate in a notional environmental workshop hying conducted I his summer al he Iniversit of Nevada Las Vegas Jesse I Belch an English instructor at Garinger High is one of elementary and high school teachers in the counrY chosen to attend the special o-weck prow a tn The vorkshop funded by a $35000 grant from I he US Environmental Protection Agency will invest igat a Wide range of pollution problems Coordinating the sessions are staff members of the uniTrsity anol of I he EPA's West PM Environmental Research (fl Through use of the rods learning to count from one to El is like building a staircase And addition is making a two-piece train Youngsters are usually given the rods vithout any specific directions at first except "to look at them and move Mem around" Smith said Some may start buikling patterns on their own But with -others a teacher may have to ask questions to arouse an interest in the different size relationships 'We've got a lot of problems we can diagnose but don't know how to cure or control them" he said Although their jobs may appear as frustrating as those of medical researchers seeking to cure heretofore incurable diseases the tree researchers haven't forgotten the beauty Of the plant with which they work Rhododendron azaleas camerrios and flowering trees have been planted to provide bright splashes of color during the blooming season DAYEILIES LINE the dirt road leading to the modest building containing offices and research labs and peonies roses daisies also decorate the The captain said Perry began chasing a car near Columbus shortly after lo pm and the cars turned up a NJrld road about two miles from Columbus The trooper lost control of his mito just atter the turn and the car plunged off the left side of the road down a hank striking a tree according to Lance Perry was originally from Zionville in Wautaga County Lance said and had been transferred from Gaston County County Delays Crosland Plan OK Again CLASSROOM sets of the rods are already in use at Highland School at the Seversville Child Development Center awl at the Clear Creek school So 1ar there are no plans to equip all schools vjth them butt after the workshop classroom use of them may "Mr' Blocker has been transferred from her work at Fairview Homes to perform functions at Southside Homes Those reports that Mrs Blies' er was fired are wrong" the spokesman said Nearly 30 residents of the low income housing project met on the lawn of the developulent yesterday afternoon At that meeting Mrs Blocker told the group that she was dissatisfied with the reasons given for dismissing her from her duties She charged that Ilousing Authority officials were angry over her participation in meetings at Windsong Trails another low-income development here GENERALLY it ci oesu 't take long for the child to be As expected a sizable chunk will be removed from tile school systems budget request Blaisdell's figures do not include any specific cuts in the school board's budget request but reflect the desires of the commissioners to hold the school budget increase to about $21 million he said PETERSON A I the $21 million schools increase was about the same as was granted last year if the $500000 added to this year's budget for school buses was included The School Board had requested nearly $5 million increases The commissioners were reluctant to judge the budget request by Blaisdeirs lump-sum figures SITE ADDED that she believed she was fired for voicng opinions concerning situations I hat could be improved at Fairview Homes But Commissioner Harris said he fell it was "un reasonable to assume that we could" lower the tax rate any My Job was to go into the community talk to the residents and relate their grievances to the manager This is what I did The next thing I knew was fired" Mrs Blocker said yesterday By BILL FURLOW News Staff Writer The Mecklenburg Board of county Commissioners has postponed again making a decision On the John Crosland Co's plan to develop the Quad Hollow-Carmel Rd area The decision was put off until the commission's July 17 meeting because the commissioners said they had not realized exactly what they had approved when they decided to allow Crosland to build "approximately 415" housing units in the development At that time the board decided to eliminate a proposed office building in the development and reduce the number of housing units from about 500 to "approximately 415" The company has to get a site plan approved by the commissioners before it can begin construction Today commissioner John A (Gus) Campbell quoted from the ordinance the board passed that (lay saying no severe traffic problems or adverse effects to the neighborhood were expected to be caused by the development Campbell said the board had not found that to be true at all It was explained that every ordinance anProvina developments like Crosland's contained that language Campbell moved that the board delay a decision on the matter until information could be furnished the commissioners supporting the ordinance they had already passed His motion carried unanimously and the embattled proect already delayed more than a year was delayed again Commissioners A (Gus) Campbell said he would be willing to bet we don't get it (the tax rate) up any higher" Blaisdell said next year is going to be a year to hold the line on spending and to "evaluate the programs we've put on in the last few years" and see if they should lie continued Between $3 million and million was cut from th? department requests before he submitted his estimate to the commissioners Blaisdell said Holiday Will Close Many Offices Since most of Charlotte will celebrate America's independence on July 4 all federal Si ate and local government offices will he closed tomorrow District Court 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RCA PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED IN THE CAROLINAS BY 1 71 CHARLOTTE SOUTHERN RADIO CORPORATION COLUMBIA otheatiatioae077Mitiema77-Are7Miitioilidemaialualaseentiamioaemmeriatairat iitiaaa There is an old tombstone its name broken off leaving against the walls of the police station here It was brought to the station after suspected vandalism occurred at the Middletown Cemetery An enterprising person has attached a handwritten note to the bottom of the stone The original lettering read: "Died Aug I 1849 Aged 29 years Pmember me as you pass Ity as you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare for death and follow me" The added note read! ''To follow you is not my intent unless I know which way you went" The Al int Museum as well as the Nature Museum will be closed tomorrow Most stores will also observe the holiday All Belk's stores will be closed tomorrow and all Ivey's stores will be closed with the exception of the SouthPark branch Harris-Teeter grocery stores vitt be closed but several stores such as Park 'N' Shop General and Big NI stores will be open on holiday hours The Recreation and Parks Commission reports that all area swimming pools and parks will be open as usual tomorrow BEYJAVIK Iceland AP The International Chess Federation postponed the start () the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spas-sky world championship series until tomorrow after Fisher failed to arrive in Iceland over the wekend The American champion was believed still in New York Fischer 's 24-game match with the ussian worlds champion was to have begun yesterday and the president of the world federation Dr Max Euwe announced if the American challenger failed to show up by noon tomorrow he would risk or eit in his chance at the title Euwe said this personal opinion was that "there will be no play at all" The Russians reluctantly accepted Euwe's decision to delay the match Asked what he thought of the situation Spas-sky replied: came to play" An Icelandic chess player and longtime friend of Fischer Freystrinn Thorberbergsson flew to New York and said he would try to persuade Fischer to meet the deadline Fischer continued to bide out from newsmen in New York but was reported to have stayed until Friday at the home of friends on Long Island Icelandic Airlines had four flights to Iceland last night but said Fischer was on none of them The airline has more flights on tonight that would put Fischer in Reykjavik early tomorrow about 12 hours before the deadline for him to start playing Teacher Surplus Not Only In City Continued From Second Front appeal of this section of the state as a job market "The Piedmont Li more attractive to a preponderant Of the folks" said Brown In recent years we have had a considerable number of year according to local personnel spokesmen Statesville Superintendent Kornegay says "fewer children and more teachers is statewide A lot of systems are losing On (state) teacher allotments because of lower enrollment We lost nine teachers hut picked up on four of them wRh local funds" County Eligible For Flood Help BROWN AND other principals said they had fewer black teachers 'apply this year and thought the shortage due to the fact that opportunities have opened up for them in other fields and professions lancointon's Propst said despite the increase in applications shortages still exist in library science special educaion and a few other areas Ile said unlike other places in the state where teachers showed a reluctance to turn loose their jobs the turnover has been a normal 10 to 12 per cent in his area WASHINGTON (Al The Small Business Administration has declared Rockingham County eligible for long term low-interest loans to help repair flood damage caused by Hurricane Agnes US Sen Everett Jordan's office said Saturday that it had been informed of the decision by SBA Administrator Tom Kleppe The office said a request for a similar designation for Forsyth Yadkin Stokes and Surry is pending lie added that turnover Is toter than usual but there may be SOMP turnover later in the summer if teachers line tip Other jobs "Jolts are scarce so until they get anoth er position they hold onto their jobs" he said Brown attrihuied the Gaston Courtly increase to more teachers entering the field some curtailment nf federal rrngrams nationwide and the IS I I 0.