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Bnk leads Consortium
Sammy Nmkmm! Bank of Chicago,
urn Inrjest and lending Blck-ow- nI
bank In the United State with
average asMts of $253.7 million,
fortified its position by being
pointed to lead a consortium of 75
nUnorfly-an- d woemn-wone- d fitwnatal
institutions, reports the Jackson
jidvocate. The consortium will pool
Jheir resources to extend credit
tommltmants of over $245 million to
Seven of the nation's leading
corporations. Through this
arrangement, Seaway, the othpr
partner banks ami the companies nrp
able to realize their mutual goal of
boosting the economic growth of the
Communities each serves. In making
the announcement, Walter Grady,
president and CBO of Seaway
National Bank confirmed that the
level of support for this partnership
Will ultimately spur economic
development and create one of the
"largest and most beneficial corporate
minority banking programs in the
nation." It it also anticipated that the
corporate support will provide
additional income to allow
consortium members to make
substantial contributions to looal
vendor programs, churches,
Bank-at-Scho- ol
initiatives and Adopt-a-Scho- ol
programs,
and summer college
youth programs
and high school internship
programs.
Participating corporationc are:
Colgate Palmolivc, General Electric
Company and General Electric
Capital Corporation, McDonald's
Corporation, Philip Morris
Companies, B.I. DuPont, Sara Lee
Corporation and Sears Roebuck &
Company.
African-American-Own-
ed
Businesses Increase
African-America-
Jhinking about
starting their own businesses should
lake heart. According to recent
federal government statistics, today
75 percent of all start-u- p ventures in
the U.S. survive to their second
anniversary.
African-America- n
businesses in particular are changing
the face of America's economy,
increasing 46 percent in the
five-ye- ar
period from 1987 to 1992, according
U.S. Bureau of Census data issued in
1996. As of 1992, there were
620,912 businesses operated by
African-American- s,
generating
revenue of $32.2 billion. The
majority of
businesses are concentrated in service
industries, retail trade and finance,
insurance and real sestate. Health,
business and
personal services
account for 61 percent of the service
industry revenue. California has the
most
firms,
at 68.968, with revenues of $5.5
billion. New York is second, with
51.312 and $2.2 billion in revenues.
The 10 largest cities with businesses
owned by
African-America- ns
are
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,
Houston, Washington. D.C., Detroit,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Dallas and
Atlanta.
Texas Southern Receives
$1.1 Miooion in NIH
Funding
Texas. Southern University has
received the third $1.1 million
Installment of a grant totaling $3.3
million from the National Institutes
of Health Research Centers In
Minority Institutions (RCMI)
programs. The award was presented
to the Center for tiie Study of Ollinlc
DImams (CSED) in the College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences to
continue its research directed toward
improving the health status of
minorities. The Cantor's program
director. Dr. Barbara B. Hayes,
assocUn professor of pharmacology
and assistan dean for academic
affairs, said the program "provides
tfee research knfnuiructw to fccUttatc-hiotiwMfn- l
research on duMM nd
disorders which have higher
ifktmr of morbidity
and mortality
ia minority population; dinbftns and
diabetic complication, hypertension
The TSU CSED
and HIVAIDS."
foeuses its research efforts ob
discovery and development of
solution to health problems Uui
ethnic minority populations. Dr.
Pedro Lnoen. dntn of ttw CaMny of
the
of tlie ejAne um$k in enrnerinc
support far cojneti mi nrotremt
Black Leadership Forum tells Texaco
to produce a "Blue Print for Action"
A delegation representing the Black Leadership Forum,
Inc. (BLF), a 19-yo- nr
old, organization Nov. 18
22-mam-
mot with Texaco's chairman and chief executive officer
Potor I. Bijur. The BLF called upon Bijur to produce a
"Blue Print for Action" by the end of the month.
The A. Philip Randolph Institute, Congressional Black
Caucus, the Joint Center for Political and Economic
Studies, the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and.
Education Fund, the National Urban League, The National
Conference of Black Mayors, the National Urban
Coalition, and the RainbowPUSH Coalition are all BLF
members.
Joseph E. Lowcry, a BLFs chairman and president 6f the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) said,
'The proposed settlement of the lawsuit is a tremendous
opening hymn in the ritual for justice.. .and chairman
Bijur's challenge to Texaco to become a model... is a good
and positive homily. Now we must surround the liturgy
with measurable goals and timetables and the old ship is
ready to sail. We will all be able to get on board."
The BLF representatives presented a three-pag- e letter
commending Bijur and Texaco on actions taken to date,
including the oil giant's recent settlement of the $520
million 1994 Roberts v. Texaco class action discrimination
lawsuit which awarded some 1,500 current and certain
former African American employees $115 million, three
quarters of which will be paid in cash.
Centering the meeting's agenda around the 11 --point bill
PIJPPORTING MINORITY
DRPORATE BUSINESS
& Nino, left, President and CEO
the JU.S, Hispanic Chamber of
dssaes business trends
it, vice Freeident,
ilCol staler, and Fred Canady,
ppujfct0nwriry Business Enterprise
iMthkHxMmiA-Q(i- i Co.. at recent
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heart-wrenchi- ng
Two stories, 500
miles apart. Different stories, but the
same outcdme. Different mothers and
children and the same pathos. It's hard,
really, to find words to convey the
sadness which attends both of those
stories, however little we will ever know
of them.
In October, the color picture of the
family was on the front page of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. A handsome
African AmericAn family: the mother,
her five and two year-ol- d sons and twin
14 month-ol- d daughters. The mother
and all but the five year-ol- d were found
dfftd in their rented house in Lorain,
outside of Cleveland.
All of those who
were dead hod been shot and the five
year0kJ was in critical condition from
rook Jaltflation. The family bad bet
found when flreftghtart responded to the
Qm whtan was pifiaf in tl front of the
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By Carla Sanders
Crusader Staff Writer
Wednesday, Nov. 20, when Willie M,, Stanfiojd, 49, m
And why 11
of particularin the letter, the BLF delegation aikod that
with his father.
Byur prow e quantifiable plans in the Texaco Blue Print named assistant to chairman Byur. His position is oflbatjVe
for mOrcl!lack new-hir- es
and promotions to senior immediately and places ? Black man responsible For
managemdm positions at Texaco; more Black dealerships, corporate-wid- o minority business plans and iriterafltfbrf"
consistent with community population profiles; venture with key civil rights andbusiness leaders.
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capital, t&jhnical and financial assistance for minority and "My concern would be that Texaco respect the Blffek
womert-onc- d businesses; and organization-wid- e diversity press, and once their 'Blue Print for Action is complete?
and behavior modification training. Texaco also was asked that they make full use of the National Newspaper
to make good on its intention to be an industry loadon, Publishers Association as the vehicle through which The'
helping other firms redress discriminatory and inequitable details for action are released to the African American
conditions within their facilities.
public," said NNPA president and newspaper publisher
Dorothy I. Height, president of the National Council of Dorothy Leavell.
Negro Wcttnen; Norman Hill, president of the A. Philip The NNPA, often referred to as the Black Press of
Randolph' Institute; Dorothy R. Leavell, president of the America, is a trade association founded in 1940 to bring
National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and together publishers of African American owned
publisher of the Chicago & Gary Crusader Newspapers; newspapers toward the advanoement of their mutual
and Dr. Yvonne Scruggs, BLFs executive director, were all interests and professional concerns. With over 200
part of the delegation that attended the Nov. 18 meeting member newspapers, the NNPA informs over 10 million
with Bijur.
readers a week.
"The emphasis clearly is on demonstrated Bijur has postured himself as Texaco's fighter fop the
accomplishments, goals,
time-tabl- es
and other specific good saying, "let not one mistake our intention: Texaco is
evidence of institutional change," according to tables and committed to developing and instituting specific, effective
other fpecific evidence of institutional change," according policies that will ensure discrimination is wiped out
to Dorothy Height. BLF offered to collaborate with Texaco wherever it may be; policies that will expand the positive
in helping the oil giant to keep its commitments and to economic impact we can have in the minority community.
deliver the "...scrupulously fair treatment for every These policies will be clearly defined and achievable- - with
individual" which Bijur himself promised, The latest measurable goals set out on a specific timetable."
evidence of institutional change at Texaco came
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Standing Nancy Kassebaum, R-K- S, and Rep. Jirrj
more than $900lni!giti in
with the President, from left to right, are: Hansen, R-U- T.
services from mid
Rep. Sherwood Boohlert, Rep.
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since it was started
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come into their home, even though all Jackson shoot him as well?
to come and Uve $1$ hej- ni. Ips
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the doors and windows were locked? The firefiglitars who found the family, new arrangement djd not seam io be
vHow had the, fire started and Was it to most of whom are fathers themselves, worldng out well. But was murdaf and
cover up the deaths?
had to undergo counseling. They suicide the only stJUiUOB sJie thought
It seems now that the mother, 31 year-ol- d brought presents to the hospital to the possible?
Una Jackson, shot her own children, recovering child. They will carry with Laurence Bgaj, gcji &th.aj of ihe
then set fire to the house and then, them always the vision of a family surviving sou ui'C&to ita that he liopjd
finally, shot herself with a stolen semiautomatic
destroyed for reasons we'll probably ior a normal cJilldhood frjr JiLs son noWi
handgun. The gun powder never know.
one of falling off bikes and going to
found on the mother's hand and the And now, the story of a mother in the scliool like all tht rest of the eliildrea, I
testimony of the recovering child that no Bronx who threw her three children, pray for that future for Laurence Jr. as
one else was in the house make the seven year-ol- d twins and a two year-ol- d, well. And for the Roveal children in
unthinkable seem thinkable.
14-st- ory
off a building and then jumped New York. And I weep for those
What happened to force this mother herself. The 23 year-ol- d mother, mothers who felt they laid no where to
whom others say was devoted to her Gucqua Roveal, and one twin are dead. turn and, thus, turned on memaelves and
children to kill them? Tina Jackson and The other children are in very critical their families.
her family were scheduled to be evicted CttnYmtiOft.
from their home that day, but ftey had Another mystery of why a mother
secured other housing nearby. She was would be so desperate that she would Iry
a single mother and her calkfeesi all had to kill her ohiMsest Mat tfhtsi end ar own
different ffUhers, but at least one Hither lil. Her friends say she was food
had supervised visits with his ion and mother, who did eat Mae dates aad wto
iejeVgn
carried hint on his health iasuraaee
policy. He was u aon who survived
thw ww Iwiibnt ideal and n4w k aie ititant
TiaPrPaagf antra!, she had cejtly aiiowed her
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IN MEMORY OF THE CHILDREN
oji Baodsjcv Jiet lilejied flfoei arteoe

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The New Hope
Baptist Church, 2002
Birch Avenue, is the
"Church Where The
tapfe Care", and Rev. Billy R Moton is the
IcrVket were great last Sunday morning.
Services began at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday
School and all officers and teachers at their
pott of duty. Thirty minutes were allowed for
instruction. Afterwards, all classes reassembled
into the church auditorium. High points
of the lesson were given.
Secretary's Report: Ail classes reported a
rjemitfftil report. After this, Sunday School
vm dismissed tor morning service. Sunday
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Christmas
Follbvitip,wiU bhojd'Mtmday, flight,
December 16, 1996 bagirmiiig tl 5:30 p.m. in
Fellowship Hall.
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'fjie'frew Hope Church Family Christmas
to
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TEXAS - St. Mary Hospital's
- MIS Club will host the 11th annual "Breakfast
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With Santa," Saturday, Dec. 14, 1996, from 9:30
io 11 a.m., in the sixth-flo- or
Hospital's
Arnett
'
Room (4000 24th Street).
; The morning's activities will feature face
painting, Kids Club Mascot Krlsten the dinosaur,
and, as a special treat, Grady Good Day and the
Good Day Gang with music and fun.
Included : in the program is storyteller Janie
uray, wno wm narrate a special unnstmas story
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C lebritiofi wilt be held S
22, 1996 at 2:30 p.m.
rtday, December
, The Annual Church meeting will be held
Monday, December 9th at 7:00 p.m. Let's all
come praying with love in our hearts for one
another. Thank God ior bringing us this far in
1996.
Lucille Jackson said:
"I was just
Thanksgiving at all of my children were
home. What a time! What a time!"
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Keep praying for our sick and shut-in- s. God
is able. Sister Bernice Kelly is still jfehut in.
Sister C.H. Davis is back in the nursrjgg home.
During the month of December, the
Christian Education ScholarshipCommittee is
conducting the devotional period for prayer
meeting and Bible study from 7:00 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. each Wednesday evening.
St. Mary Hospital's Kids Club Host
11th Annual "Breakfast With Santa",
Saturday, December 14, 1996
pp.QCK,
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and introduce the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus
and their elves. Children from Girl Scout Troup
289 of Wolfforth and Lubbock, will play Santa's
elves.
.
Tickets must be purchased for the event at a
cost of $5 each, which includes breakfast. Every
child must be accompanied by an adult.
Reservations are required and can be made by
calling the Women and Children's Center at
(806) 796-666- 7.
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Life
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for Many Blacki
After a decade'of ri ing drug tne, growing vk
fence, md declining measures of health among
some segments of the Mack population, a turnaround
appears to be occurring among the
nation's 33.5 million African-American- s, reports
The New York Times.
While there is much debate on whether the
gains are temporary, and although wide gulfs in
opportunity, incomes and education still exist
between b'acks and whites, signs of Improvement
abound: The black teenage birth ; ite fell
by 9 percent in 1995 and has dropped by 17 percent
since 1991. Last year, the percentage of
black babies born out of wedlock fell to 69.5
percent, from 70.4 percent, the first drop in the
proportion of black children born outside of
marringe since 1969.
For the first time since the Census Bureau
began keeping track in 1959, the poverty rate fell
below 30 percent of all blacks in 1995. Median
income for black households rose by 3.6 parent,
far faster than the 2.2 percent increase for white
households. (Census data slfBwthat many of the
strongest gains in earnings are at the bottom,
rather than at the top, of the black income scale.)
Blacks are the only group whose inflation-adjuste- d
median income exceeds what it was in
1989, the year before the last recession. In 1989,
"households headed by black married couples
earned 769 percent as much as their white counterparts.
By 1995, the gap was 87 percent.
The rate at which black people were victims of
murder dropped an estimated 17 percent last
year, and the average life expectancy for black
men rose to 65.4 years, the highest since 1984,
when crack cocaine and accessibility of weapons
like assault rifles began to engulf many black
communities. The proportion of young black
adults, age 25 to 29, who have completed high
school has reached that of young white adults.
Verbal scores on Scholastic Assessment Test and
performance on other national tets have been
rising faster for black students than for whites,
but African-America- n students still score much
lower than white students.
"I think that this is a short period of really very
substantial and significant gains.: said Milton
Morris, vice president of the Joint Center for
Political and Economic Studies, a Washington
group that tracks trends among
African-American- s.
"In therMt ffJhpolitiejl
and atmosphere of tneslast year'orscf very fe
people have been paying serious attention. And
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yet when you do, you see that by virtually
vy
measure of well-bein- g, A4rkAmericam htte
been on a significant uptrend durinf the 9fc.
Yet mere remain large gaps betwtin
Atrfetit-Amerka- ns
and whites in educational attornment,
infant mortality, income and poverty mas. Aad
soctoiogt stSjj economists, tietiKigrapnen ana civil
rights advocates caution that the improvements
should not mast continued problems with crime,
welfare dependency, discrimination and unemployment
that stilt confront the black population
in this country.
Some scholars also worry (hat the recent fains
may be reversed If the economy falters or, in the
short term, by the new welfare law. A number of
economists and sociologists note that in 1995 the
black unemployment rate tumbled underlO percent
for the first time in 20 years, though it has
Since inched up above that level.
And while a brighter labor market hblps
account for black gains in income and the drop
in, poverty rates for African-American- s, many
experts cannot fully4 fcxpluiri improvements i the
birth rate or the teen-ag- e pregnancy
rate. .
Researchers in New Jersey credit the drop In
the
birth rate among the state's
welfare families - about 46 percent of whom are
black - to its 1992 law denying increased cash
benefits to women who have more children.
Other states, like Delaware and Indiana, which
did not institute policies like New Jersey's until
recently, have also reported such decreases.
"Something
is going on," said Kristin Moore,
the executive director of Child Trends
HN4380handspet.qrg, a Washington-base- d
research group. "Whether it's cultural factors, Or
a thousand programs finally seeing some success,
we don't know."
Some economists argue that the closing of the
gap between blacks and whites is partly
explained by surveys that often count most
Americans of Hispanic heritage as whites.
Recent increases in the number of Hispanic
immigrants, many of them low income, thus
hold down overall white performance.
Some economists also say the nearly 800,000
black adults in federal and state prisons and local
jails are not counted when looking at things like
unemployment or high school completion rats..
'Stjithe meastfissf blacft improvements seem
higher than they aauallyJire.
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simple am elaborate meale.
Christmas
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Symbols include Star of
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Gifts and toys are given to sJ.
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purpose, creativity, and faith.
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Theory of a Conspi
Kill
Ron Brown Questions mm
BrDavM
Spactai It ti fWA. frott tin Jaduwai Advocsrta
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An intriguing Pelican Brief-styl- e theory has recently surfaced
claiming that the death of former U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron
Brc Mn was no accident, but rather a plan concocted by top government
officials in order to permanently distance President Clinton
from Brown's alleged governmental misconduct.
The theory, which is chronologically outlined in a 20-pa- document
titled, "Murder in the First Degree," claims Clinton knew of
ge
the plot to "mysteriously" assassinate Brown.
The Document asserts that top Clinton administrators, with the
help of top Croatian official, conspired to assassinate Brown
because of the embumiimsnt hit ongoing legal fealties oauatd the
Administration and the advene impact the legal battles woold have
on Clinton's rceloation.
According to Nicholas A Gnarino, author of the document and
editor of the Arkansas-baae-d
newspaper, The Wall Street
Underground, an inside UkS. agent named "BySThrea" leaked the
story. Furthermore, Guarino said "two dozen" other government
officials and military personnel gave information supporting the
conspiracy allegation.
All sources spoke on condition of anonymity. To date, these conspiracy
charges have not befin supported.
On April 3, Brown and 34 American business people were killed
after their Air force CT-4- 3 plunged into a mountain near
Dubrovnik, Croatia. The pla was leaving from Tuzla, Bosnia on
its way to Croatia.
The tragic crash immediately caused many to raise questions of
incompetence on the part of the Air Force pilots who were flying
the plane.
Nevertheless, early news coverage suggested that bad weather
was a major cause for the crash.
After an unusually long four month investigation, 16 Air Force
officers were "rsprlnfutded" on Aug. 6 in connection with the accident.
All of the officers wore temporarily striped of their commands,
including a three star general and a colonel,
However, according to reports compiled by Guarinov the weather
was not bad in Croatia. Additionally, Guarino contends that it is
highly b'zarre for, Air Force pilots to travel 1.5 miles off course
Without knowing it. Guarino says these inconsistencies, atong with
Otheis, support allegations "of a conspiracy.
Consequently, GuarinoRs theory claims that the plane was purposely
lead off course by the maintenance chief at Croatia's Cilipi
Airport. Guarino claims ihe chief, Niko Jerkuic, purposely misnav- -
igated the plane, leading it to its ultimate demise. According tt
Guarino, this plot was achieved by giving the Air Force pilots fee
wrong radio (HDR) signals. The NOR signal, or
non-directio-
"beacon" as Guarino calls it, was essentially die compass mat the
Air Force pilots were to follow for navigational instruction.
Based on the document, Jerkuic was supposed to receive a large
sum of money for successfully disposing of Brown. Days later,
however, Jerkuic was found dead with gunshot wounds to the cheat,
Guarino's document claims.
"In a couple of hours, (Jerfyfic) would be a rich man, the two
American operatives told hi j"
the document itatas; "if (Jerkuic
could) quietly send (the into Sveti Ivan (St. John's Hill), one
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of the highest mountains in the Km."
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It does not occur to us as just how much harm
so-call- ed
the gangster rap can do until we come
gafigcr
into a first-han- d experience with it. Being a
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public school teacher is as close as one needs to
lEaBW ajl come to see the negative effect that it has had
and is having on our youngsters today. Ask any
Black school boy, any age, who can speak a phrase or a sentence,
about Tupac, (not the African warrior) the young rapper
who was gunned down a little while ago and you start a loud
conversation and speculations which you never envisioned and
utterances from children you never heard say anything before.
According to these youngsters, Tupac is not dead. They just
made it seem that way, they say, because he was in danger. He
is still making records and videos etc. When the time is right,
we will see him again and hear from him. That sounds a lot like
the 'Elvis Presley is not dead' thing and here lately, the
President Kennedy is not dead' thing. For many years, there
was the 'Jesse James is not dead and sang at his own funeral'
thing. It is strange fhpw all of these 'nqdead people are never
really seen by any creditable sources after they are dead.
IN CINQUE
by Renetta W. Howard
Because youngsters believe that Tupac is not dead, it is a keen
indication that they need something positive or someone positive
in their lives to have faith in and believe in other than worshipping
a rap star. The gangster rap, noise with a beat, needs to
removed from the lives of young Black boys and girls. It not
only interferes with their morals, it interferes with.4iieir ability
to learn the basic skills of survival for the world of work. The
average young school-age- d rapper knows every line that Tupac
rapped, by heart, but barely knows the "Pledge of Allegiance to
the U.S. Flag" or a simple prayer. This is moral and cultural
deprivation. Something not only needs to be done, but something
MUST BE DONE if we are to salvage our younger generation
for a positive future. It is time that we get 'in Cinque' and
start the ball to rolling. Those of us who feel that we are not
affected only need to live a little longer and feel the sting of the
gangster rap. Some of the wannabe gangsters already have the
earring in their ears and they are still in diapers. Undiscerning
parents and grandparents ate fotenjng jhegangj&er c,uJiuag,.:
Believe me, these young gangstergan teaah the Al Caponeofv.
the world something.
Appreciate men, women of U.S. armed forces
REE MAX3N1 WATERS REACTS
TO HEARINGS ON CIJL
CONTRA, DRUG ISSUE
Former Contra Wltatww OmU Ficfr, Lam Mmy
Queatkm Uiiftmwtred
Pep. Maxim Waters
(D-C- A)
today renewed her call for intMHive
hearings 4nto die matter of the Nicaraguan Contra, drugs, aid C.I.A.
connections.
The Senate Intelligence Committee held its second hearing on matters
relating to charges stemming from a series of newspaper acrticles
in the cih Jose Mercury News in August. Those nicies have provoked
a flurry of interest, and muc'i publicity, as to the activities of
U.S. intelligence activities during the Contra War in Nicaragua.
Several major media outlets have reported on the controversy, and several
investigations into the allegations ire ongoing. Today's hearing
witnessed the testimony of Adolfb Calero, the former President of the
primary Contra organization, the Nlcafajtmn DemocraHc Front
(FDN), and Eden Pastors, the commander of the second front, the
Costa Rican-basa- d
so-call-
ARDS, the
ed
Democratic Revolutionary
Alliance.
Both Calero and Pastom have long and detailed histories of working
with Ui. intelligence officials. AS perhaps the twd most prominent
leaders of the Contra movement, both inert Worked closely with the
C.I.A. implementing their coordinated effort to overthrow the
Nicaraguan Sandinista government.
There have also been serious accusations made about each of their
involvements in the drug trade. Arecaht Washington Post' article
detailed the purported drug-relat- ed activities of Eden Pastors, including
determinations made by former C.T.A;employees that Pastors and
his organization were heavily involved in mdving drugs.
Calero. on the other hand, has a long history of involvement in
Nicaraguan politics. He is known to have associated with Norwin
Meneses, one of the prominent players in the drug ring whose activities
were highlighted in the San Jose Mercury News account, as the
attached, 1984 photograph of them together attests. Meneses is currently
serving a prison term in Nicaragua for a cocaine-relate- d drug
conviction.
"It is certainly important that Congressional committees exercise
their oversight and investigatory otyigajjons by conducting hearings
into the serious charges of C.I.A. involvement in drug activities," said
Waters. "However, given the uncertainty of Senator Specter's continued
service as committee chairman, I must wonder about the precise
purpose of today's hearing. We need investigation - we need hearings
- but we need continuity of purpose, position, and personnel, as well.
Without this type of continuity, it will be exceedingly difficult to
methodically uncover the facts of this case."
Rep. Waters has pushed for investigations into the C.I.A., Contra,
Crack cocaine connection. However, she has warned that, without the
proper tools, a complete investigation will be impossible. Given the
sketchy, often contradictory, testimony that is available from many of
the sources in this case, only a tenacious , organized, and exhaustive
investigative team will be able to obtain, decipher, and interpret all the
relevant information. Waters has also called for a Records Act, which
would essentially release all dQUjjents
w national security, to be reviewed by an apBQint9ftoUzenTeview'panel.
" "At the last hearing by "tKislSenaie clhftfffitee','ve were'W to
believe an interim report from both the C.I.A. and Justice Department
Inspectors General would be forthcoming. Unfortunately, the status of
those reports remains unclear," said Waters.
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Television can display the essence of
"war" in all its hypnotic fascination:
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Troops blitz behind enemy lines. Defenses
intercept incoming bombs. Opposing
troops are engaged in the trenches. One
ide launches an offensive. Then the other
side launches a counter offensive.
Participants sometimes are carried off the
battlefield. Each faction fires its cannon to
signal the scoring of a major strike against
the "enemy."
This is war. Televised war. War on a
battlefield in historic Philadelphia. 'War
between highly disciplined foes who
Someday may find themselves fighting
together against a common foe.
' This is the annual Army vs. Navy football
game. It's a contest wiiich at once
tokes up American patriotism,
alma-mat- er
: allegiences and national pride in a select
group of young Americans. The players
are a few of the kids who take an oath, don
uniform and stand tall freedom's gate-'keepe- rs.
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Among television viewers are men and
women of the armed forces assigned overseas,
keeping the peace in a world of
reflashing hostilities. The players-a- s well
as the eyewitness midshipmen and cadets-somed- ay
will become leaders,in
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outpost where now reside thousands Of
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troops watching them on television. All of
these uniformed Americans deserve our
support.
God bless our men and women of the
armed forces. Before you and your family
partake of the holiday meal, pause and
reflect on our nation's guardians of peace
and freedom, most of whom are young. If
you know members of our armed forces or
military veterans, give them a special holiday
gift: a simple; "thank you," on behalf
of a grateful "nation. Pray for those who
either were carftured hi combat or died
while serving our great nation-an- d pray for
their families.
Many U.S. troops in Bosnia will return
to, their families this holiday ueason.
Others either will guard the backs of
departing troops or will take their place in
the multinational peacekeeping mission.
The nearly 3 million members of the
American Legion can't bring the tfoops
home. But Legionnaires can-an- do-bri- ng
d
a sliver of home to the troops.
Legionnaires at American Legion Post
334 !n Tampa, Pla., "adopted" the Army's
205th Military Intelligence Brigade. The
post sends care packages which include
games, reading material and snacks.
Thanks to Americna Legion Post 123 in
Santa Monica, Calif., our forces in Bos Ma
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received 342 shoe boxes stuffed with
goodies as well as audio cassette tapes and
batteries, so the troops can send the sounds
of their voices to their loved ones.
American Legion posts nation-wid- e are
offering free, one-ye- memberships to our
ar
troops in Bosnia. Benefits of the organization-including
periodic contact from
hometown-base- d Legionnaires as well as
receipt of entertaining and informative
American Legion Publications-ca- n comfort
a servicesmember during the miseries
of precarious isolation.
The American Legion Family Support
Network assists the families of deployed
troops in countless ways, including bridging
communication gaps between separated
loved ones and providing someone to
talk to when the burden of loneliness
becomes heavy.
We can sleep, plan fpr uur futures and
send our children to school weekday
mornings nvore easily because of the
efforts of our men and women of the
armed forces.
God bless them all, as well as you and
yours, during ihis holiday season-Josep- h
J. Frank is national commander
of The American Legion, the nation's
largest veterans organization.
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OJ.: USA Today Reporter Set Htei Up
In Alleged Harrassrnent Incident
O.J. Simpson said an
blonde
woman who claimed he sexually abused her is a
"liar" and that a reporter for the USA Today
newspaper set him up in the alleged incident.
In a one-on- e exclusive interview with the
National Newspaper Publishers Association about
the alleged interaction between he and Amber
McGrath. Simpson said "All of you see me all
the time. Have you seen me harrass anyone?"
According to Simpson, who is currently the
subject of a civil trial in the death of his ex-wi- fe
Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald
Goldman, "the reporter (Jonathan R. Lovitl)
always comes up to me when the goes by and
says 'man how about that? Isn't she a looker?' I
told him he wasn't going to get me to comment
on anything like that. She always smiles at me. I
talflTHo everyone. I don't just limit my people," he
said.
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in my chair. She was smiling and telling me she
was leaving this job to go to acting school. All of
the guys who work here smile and talk to her and
have heard her say she is leaving," Simpson said
of the incident which allegedly took place just
before Halloween. The chair to which Simpson
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confirmed that "I've never seen anything."
Simpson denies motioning McGrath to lift up
her skirt. He further denies asking her for a date.
"Why would I ask her for a date or. Halloween
when I had a date, and the only onea at my house
were my housekeeper and my lister? My date
had been planned weeks ao. Anyway, how could
I do anything with all of the press following me
everywhere?"
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McKnown shook haf l)agp j Shajpon wing
hint to stop, J&ffipstm said, "Sits (McKnown) i
friendly person, wo play around. She is always
shaking her finger at me in a playful mood."
McKnown declined to speak with the NNPA
about the incident. But said only that her comments
had been "blown out of proportion."
Meanwhile, McGrath and liar boss, court
administrator Jcrrianne H&yslett aren't talking to
the media after being called into Jtidge Hircuhi
Fujisaki's chambers.
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"Christmas for Christ or Merchandise"
"CHRISTMAS FOR CHRIST OR MERCHAN-
DISE???"
Isaiah 9:6, For unto us a child is born, unto us a
son is given: and the government shall be upon
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his shoulder: and his name shall be called
WONDERFUL, COUNSELLOR. THE
MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING
FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
As the woman bought stumps at the post office,
just the other dty. A FROWN OF DEEP MAD
NESS; overcame the smile, that was on her face.
As she looked at the posted stamps, OF MARY HOLDING BABY
JBSUS, She said: THEY'RE PUTTING RELIGION INTO CHRIST-
MAS; I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
Mark 7:6, Jesus said, Well hath Esoi as proplfosicd of you HYP-
OCRITES, as it Is written, This people HONOURETH me with THEIR
LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM MB.
(And you know many PLAY THE XMAS GAME, Saying I love you,
and will BUY THINGS TO PROVE IT. Buying presents, trees, toys,
lights and drinking; it is NOT GOD'S BUSINESS! The BUSINESS
MAN; He makes a killing this time of year. THINK! If there was a
BIRTHDAY PARTY CELEBRATION, would you give GIFTS TO
ANOTHER, OR TO WHOM THE CBLEB RATION IS FOR? GOD'S
BUSINESS IS SAVING SOULS; YOUR SOUL TO HIM WOULD BE
A GOOD GIFT.)
WILL XMAS ROB GOD???
That another TRICK OF THE DEVIL; WE'RE NOT TO CELE-
BRATE JESUS' BIRTHDAY, GOD WANTS MANKIND TO BELIEVE;
THE DEATH, RESURRECTION OF JESUS; TO BE SAVED.
John 3:17,18, JESUS SAID, For GOD sent not his SON (JESUS) into
the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him (JESUS)
MIGHT BE SAVED. HE that believeth on him is not condemned: but he
that believeth not is condemned ALREADY, because he hath not
BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF
GOD.
JBSUS DIED FOR THE WORLD; AND ALL THEIR SINS; AND
THSY BELIEVED HIM NOT, PEOPLE LIE TO THE CHILDREN;
TELLING THEM SANTA CLAUS GAVE THE TOYS THEY GOT.
Matthew 4:10, JESUS SAID, Get thee hence, SATAN: for it is WRIT-
TEN Thou shalt WORSHIP THE LORU THY GOD, AND ONLY HIM
SHALT THOU SERVE.
GIVE TO SANTA THAT WHICH IS SANTA'S; AND GODTHAT
WHICH IS GOD'S
(Here is WISDOM: THE BIBLE tells us, when the angel was sent: in
the SIXTH MONTH. Being PREGNANT for nine MONTHS: then a
baby would be BORN IN MARCH OR APRIL; that's a good time for
' shepherds to be in the fields, with their sheep. NOT IN DECEMBER!)
Luke 1:26-2- 7, And in the SIXTH month the angel Gabriel was sent
from GOD unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused
to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and VIRGIN'S
NAME WAS MARY.
The WISE MEN, to show RESPECT, gave GIFTS, FRANKINCENSE
AND GOLD, BUT KING HEROD: LIKE SANTA CLAUS; JESUS
fcLORY HAS BEEN STOLE.
Matthew 2:16a, Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the
wise men, was exceeding wroth (MAD), And sent forth, and slew ALL
T$E CHILDREN THAT WAS IN BETHLEHEM, and in all the coasts
tfiereof, FROM TWO YEARS OLD AND UNDER.
fJOW AMERICA IS TRYING TO KILL JESUS; LOOK AROUND:
"0U CAN PLAINLY SEE, THE COMMERCIALS; OF CARS. TOYS,
CLOTHES, APPLIANCE. NO JESUS ON YOUR TV.
I John 2:15, LOVE NOT THE WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS,-THA- T
ARE IN THE WORLD. IF ANY MAN LOVE THE WORLD,
THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM.
Tday is the day OF SALVATION; SO BECOME ONE OF THE
$J$E PERSON, LET THE LORD JBSUS BE BORN INTO YOUR
HjsART; THAT'S WHY GOD SENT HIS SON.
J$in 3:J6, JESUS SAID, For GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
CHJAT'S YOU), that he gave his only begotten SON (THATb JESUS),
that, whosoever (THAT'S YOU) BELIEVETH IN HIM (THAT'S
JUS) should not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE (THAT'S
Wc order our lives by our priorities and our
objectives. We devote more of our time.
beyond those hours devoted to earning a livelihood, to doing
or to accumulating thai which we want tlie most. Certainly
we who are followers of Jesus Christ should be expected to
live withipur priorities in harmony with our faith.
1 he tragi truth is that we get our priorities mixed up at
times. Satan convinces us that we can be Christians and still
retain a bit of the world within us. The sins we read in the
Bible did not die with the death of the persons who commit
ted them. Covetousness, hatred, selfishness, inhumanity - all
of Satan's devices are still alive and healthy.
However, a very patient, loving God, tries to gain the
unswerving love of His wayward creatures; and through His
only Son Heltas initiated the process by which we may
return His love. But the choice is ours, whether we follow
Satan's invitation to a life ruled by our selfish interests or
allow God's love to determine our course of conduct. In all
the affairs of daily life the Christian must make this choice;
Place:
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The Herdmans are Back!
The Saint John Baptist Church Presents
The Best Christmas Ppgeant Ever
by Baibara Robinson
Texss Tech Matador Room University Center
December 14, 1996
6:30 pm
Contact persons: Ozella Barnett 793-808- 6
Francis Shepherd
741-018- 6
Stephanie Shepherd (tickets) for the Drama and
Banquet.
Deadline for the tickets sale will be 12796.
Come and see the transformation of the Herdmans come alive through
the dramatization of children in our community.
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either he chooses the way of Jesus Christ and that which
enhances his spiritual growth, or he chooses to patronize his
own selfish ends. By his choices he mw exchange his eternal
heritage for the momentary glitter and tinsel of this
world.
Too often the ungrateful, rebellious creature turns from His
Creator and follows alter the pleasures of sin, ths deceptive
attraction of riches, the temporary prestige of power, and he
trades his soul for pottage.
The Bible admonishes the followers of Jesus not to value
highly the things of this world. Being redeemed by Jesus
Christ, the citizen of His kingdom is urged to seek the things
of God, not those of this world.
The words of the great prophet Isaiah are appropriate to
every person who has suffered estrangement from God
because of his sin: "Seek ye the Lord while he may be
found, call ye upon him while he is near" (Isaiah 55:6).
The primary work of God has been to provide the plan and
the means by which those who seek Him may find Him.
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ither in the name of Jesus I bring before you the body of I
mmfmm all over the world. We confess with our movm
llfemgh faith in your word. We won't allow foul or foliating
e, no evil words or unwholesome or worthless talk
fcome ou of our mouth, but such speech that is good and ben--
ftfMal to tile need of the occasn. May our convention be a
blessing and give grace to those who hear. We have let go of
Ittemess and indignation and wrath and rage, bad temper and.
t resentment, anger, animosity and quarreling, brawling, clam--;
aptifr ,Contention, slander and evil speaking, abusive blasphsf;
Wnovis language. Banish from us today. We thank you that we
are kinder and more tenderhearted, more useful, compassion
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made righteous through Jesus. Thank you for watching ov&
m: your, word to perform it. We believe .that we have receive
according to Mark 11:22-2- 6. In tjieitame of Jesus, Am;
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Music featuring kids from the Kids Club
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Concessional Black Caucus
Members of the Coflgraaitanat Black
Caucus I must share wiln you my profound
thanks and gratitude for the way
each of you has received me as I have
attempted to share my vision for che
future of the Congressional Black
Caucus.
Ron Dellums told me serving as
Chairperson of the Congressional Black
Caucus was a humbling experience.
Allow me to add to his impression --
campaigning for the office of Chair of the
Congressional Black Caucus is a profoundly
humbling experience, as well.
I have indeed learned a lot about the
deep concerns of many oT our caucus
members. The overriding one, and the
one to which members continually return,
is leadership.
Leadership is not about one person. It
is about raising the staturs, the energy,
and the effectiveness of everyone.
People say one must choose between
working inside the system or otf&ide it.
All my public life, I have worked both as
an advocate and as a leader. As a member
of the California Assembly, I chaired its
Democratic Caucus.
At the same time - linking up with the
divestiture movement - I passed legislation
which divested all of California's
pension funds from South Africa. I
authored the legislation that was signed
into law which opened up California's
contracting programs io women and
minorities. I also introduced and passed
the state's first enterprise zone law.
In Congress, I have served in various
Democratic Caucus positions - as an
appointed member of the Whip organization,
as a member of the Organization
Study, and Review Committee - to m'y
recent appointment as Vice Chair of the
Democratic Steering Committee.
That, coupled with my ability to raise
Over $275,000 to elect Democrats is a tes--
tament to my ability to lead, legislate,
support, and advocate.
Working with.pthers ifl.Qnjgrj&gs, I
have secured millions of federal' dollars
for. cities, advanced consumer interests,
and negotiated the appointment of people
of color to the highest levels of the
Executive branch of government. All the
while, I have held true to the principles
which compel me to public service.
I believe this balance characteritei the
institutional role of the Congressional
Black Caucus. We are elected members
of the House, just like any other member.
But we are also the conscience of
American politics. Our task therefore
transcends that of any other groups of legislators.
It is what jnakes us special.
We all know that as members of the
Congressional Black Caucus, we do not
have the luxury of representing only our
constituents. Wejire expected to be the
voice for many in America who, without
us, would have no representation.
We must be principled and capable legislators
- prepared for tough negotiations,
reasoned debate, and the instincts to reconcile
our core values and political reality.
We must work as a unit, even when, at
certain times, we may differ in issues.
We must find ways to more effectively
combine our talents, pool our collective
resources, and raise the profile of every
individual member of the CBC. That is
what leadership is all about.
I believe we can develop concrete
strategies to insure the protection of
members in vulnerable districts by amassing
resources for successful campaigns.
But we must also work more effectively
in conjunction with the DCCC and other
organizations to better access those
resources.
We must also plan for power, building
and CBC expansion through enhanced
candidate recruitment and development
for election to Congress.
As I've travelled across America, I have
become convinced that there is a craving
for bold, assertive, and creative leadership
from the Congressional Black Caucus.
No one person can make this happen.
Working together, we can successfully
engage America to help us develop an
agenda forjustice, equality, and fairness.
We know how gifted, talented, and
accomplished our members are. We need
to show America, and the wdrid,.what jt
is we do. Our advocacy must be relT.
Our successes must be known. And our
vision must be shared.
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together, I believe we can succeed.
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