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A GIVE LIFE SE TENCE
e p rt, R.I. - Black Navy Petty Officer itchell Gar
ray, Jr. ntenced recently here to life in prison after
b ing convicted of murdering hi commandin officer. His
attorn y contend d that th 22 year old Garraway had been a
victim of r cism hile erving aboard the frigate USS iller.
The avy had ked for the death penalty in the case.
Ho ever, th life entence enable Garraway to become eli -
ibl fo parole in 1 � year .
FE BLACKS I TECH ICAL JOBS
W hiD ton, DC - Accordin to a report by the ational
Selene Foundation there has been only a mall increase in the
numb r of Blac in the ience and engineering professions
ince 1976. The report ho that in 1984 Blacks accounted
for 2.3% of all ientis and engineer comp red to 1.6% in
1976. The cience Foundation report also found that women
are incr ing their number in the technical fields. Curren
tly, 13% of the nation' cienti t and en ineer are omen
compared to 9% in 1976.
By T .. LSmlth
From
Off Journ I .. Gu
NORFOLK--- The date has
been branded-burned-into
their memorie .
To Laverne Sims and Louise
J me , ay 13 will be re
membered like some people
remember edding anniver-
ries, birthday and other
annual occ ions. For the e two
women, ho ever, the occasion
ill not call for celebration.
Last May 13 was the day
officials in the city of
Philadelphia dropped bomb
on their home, which as also
headquarters for a radical group
called OVE.
Sims andJame were in Nor-
folk as p rt of national tour of
college campuses, churches and
community group where the
two omen disscus the issues
of issue of homele and
hungry.
BOND FRO T-RUNNER
Atlanta, G . - Political expert hav rated Georgia State
Senator Julian Bond the front-runner in the race for the 5 th
District U�S. congre ional eat. The eat is being vacated by
hit congre man Wyche Fo ler ho has decided to run for
the U.S. Senate. Other Black eyeing the vacated eat are
Atlanta City Councilman John Lewis and State Rep. Ho ea
Williams. The 5 th Di trict has a 60% Black population vir
tually ensuring that there will b another Bla added to the
U.S. Congre .
BE TO
Alicia
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Though both ladie are for
mer MOVE members and
emphasized the point th t
neither of them ere MOVE
spokespersons, both offered
their view on the situation that
re ulted in the death of f mily
members, including James' six
year-old on.
Philad lphia Mayor Wi! on
Goode took re pon ibility for
the city's actions. Goode,
however, and the other city
official invovled came upon
loc 1 nd national ttack for
their actions.
Sims and James wer as ed
by the orfold audience if
MOVE did anything to provoke
the city' citons.
"That bombing that hap
pened on May 13 had been
comin for 15 years. They ju t
figured out a ay. W did noth
ing to provo e it ... I ill tell
you some of the things they id
we did to provo e it. They aid,
for example, th t we ere
haras ing the neighbor . They
id were u in prof nity.
They aid we u ed a bullhorn.
They id w tre garba e in
the yard. ow I m going to
allo you all of tho e thin .
Let's ay for the ke of ar u
ment that they'r valid... ho
me ho you can reconcile that
ub bombin and burning p 0-
ple alive.I profanity a re on to
bomb omebody? I a bullhorn
r on to burn 11 p ople alive?
What ould you sd em uffi
dent .to burn p ople out?
The ladie, ho ar si ter ,
al 0 10 t a brother in the bomb
in. . James aid the' city
off red her $2,000 to cornp n-
te for h r 10 , but doe not
plan to allo her to r turn
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PHILADELPHIA
Th draft report of a com
rni ion inv tigatin th
May 13 OVE b ttl calls
top city officials �'gro Iy
ne li nt" for approvin
the ault and accu es
police of usin exce ive
force, publi h d r por
id.
The tudy
critical of ayor
Goode. It aid the ult
on the OVE ho ,
hich left 11 peopl dead,
"reck! , ill con-
cei ed and h til
approved.'
Police dropped a
bomb on the roof of the
h avUy fortified OVE
ro hous after a daylong
gunb ttle and tal mate.
The bomb tarted fire
that killed 11 OVE
member, includin five
children, destroyed 61
home and left 250 p 0-
ple homel
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