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TL - The ringing
of the hi ori nd symbolic
Liberty Bell and the Inde­
pendence Bell in Phil delphi
on January 19th will signal
bell ringin aero the land
andin other part of the world
a unique n n tribute to Dr.
art in Luther in Jr. on the
c nd n ti nal holiday h nor­
in hi birth.
in ee' 7 ill be ob-
rved J nuary 14th through
January 19th ith pe ial pro-
nd celebrati n in t-
Philadelphia a hingt n
nd in th 50 tate
territ rie nd in nati n
und the world mar ing the
5 th birthd y anniver y of
Dr. in.
The in e ob rvan e
will be 1 unched January 14th
in ashington, D. . with a
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diplomati reception to be held
at the Or anization of American
State and, a rally of federal
employee in the auditorium of
the U.S. Departm nt of Lab r.
In tlanta veral event ill
b held on the 14th includin
a pr ram of Rededicati n t
Pe e and Ju ti e at hi t ric
Ebenezer Bapti t hur h and'
a Cultural ight perf rman e
at The King Center. r .
ing id' e invite everyone
to t e part in the a tivitie
in tlanta r in your own city
if you are unable to t e part
in the national event ."
Corett tt ing hair-
p r n of the Federal Holiday
Cornmi 'on, a well a Pre i­
dent of the artin Luther
in , J r. Center for onviol nt
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NEWS BRIEFS
comment on in came in
1969 hen ixon reportedly
desired to op n up better
communication with Ameri­
can Bl c. t the time
Buchanan was a top White
Hou aide. In a very harsh­
ly worded memorandum to
ixon Buchanan urged ixon
to cancel a planned visit
to Mr King becau many
hite considered King the
Devil incam te." He al
said, King' per nal bac -
ground i rdid one. "
Buchanan' comment ere
revealed when nearly 1 �
million p es of. ixon ad­
ministration documents ere
m de public I t wee. fter
leaving the ixon White
Hou Buchanan became a
widely read ne sp per
columnist who wa later
hired by President Reagan
to be White Hou communi­
cation director. Buchanan'
con rvative view are ell
kno n but hi harm, nearly­
raei t attitude to ard Dr:
ing were ju t recently re­
vealed.
BL C . USTRAL S
Alice Springs u rali
In the most controversi I
tatement during hi recent
.two-week foreign tour Pope
John Paul II called on the
Au tralian government to give
full legal and land right to
the country' minority Bla k
population. It i believed
that Australian Blac s -
known a Aborigine
num ered about 300 000
priori to the white man corn­
ing to ustralia bout 200
years a o. Today however,
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STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY"
tudy finds:
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WASH{ GTO - Govern-
ment just Im't getting the job
done. What job? Lifting citi­
zens out of poverty.
Thirty percent of the in­
ere in poverty among families
ith children since 1979 - and
half of the increa W1 1981
- i due to the declining irnpa t
of government program in re­
moving families from poverty
ccording to a ne analysi
issued by the Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities.
"Ba d on hard data from
recent Census reports, the
analysis demonstrate that the
f ilure of mo states to keep
benefits up with inflation and
the budget reductions made dur­
ing the Re an Administration
have been a major factor in the
large increa in poverty since
1979" Center Director Robert
Greenstein said.
The analysi find that in
1979, nearly one of every five
families with children ho
would otherwise have been poor
wa lifted out of poverty by
cam benefit such a 0 i I
Security unemployment in-
urance or public assistance.
In 19 however only one
of every nine familie with
children w lifted out of
poverty by the programs,
'H d the program continued
to lift out of poverty the $3Jl1e
proportion of familie ith
children a in 1979 me
458000 fewer uch families
would have been p or in 1985,"
the analysi finds,
Earlier analysis by re arch­
er at the Institute and the
In titute for Re arch on P ver­
ty at th Uni ersity of i on­
sin have also found reduction
in benefit programs to be one
of the t 0 prin ipal f ctor
in the lar increa e in poverty
in the 1 te 1970' ith the
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