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vice-president; Jane. Woods,
S 1.0' Sentinel, secretary
(re-e cted), and Waverly Eas
ley, president, Philadelphia
Tr we, NNP A secretary.
Publisher elected board
member included John
Holeman, Los Ange
Herald-Dis tea; Ibn Shar
neff, Tri-City Journal
( . 0); William Garth,
Olicago Citizen ne papers
(re-elected); Garth Reeves,
Miami Times (re-elected) and
Bennett.
Continuing board meuibers
are Oaretta Blackmon,
obi Beacon; Lenora
Carter, Houstoo Forward
Tunes; Dr. Carlton Goodlett,
San Francisco Sun Reporter
newspapers; Ernest Pitt,
W· on-Salem Chronicle, and
John Smith, Atlanta Inquirer.
Mayor Young said Black
owned publications are still
needed to counter racism in
the white-ow.ned, metropolitan
daily newspaper
Many NNPA members
pledged to support to Project
Exce1leoce started by Rowan
and other Black jourulist to
provide $4,000 scholarships to
piriDg B co11cge stu ..
dents. -Sut, we're .
ey from the white p
too" be added. The NNP A
tel' aDDOUDced esabf1Sbment
of a -profit foundation for
fund-r .. projects.
Judge HastiDgs urged the
o
ead
puolishers to eliminate the .il
lusion of in . in a racist
ciety . ch does not focus
on the positive achievement of
Blacks.
Although he acquired
of bribery charges in a Florida
court in 1983, Judge H tings
outlined continuing cam
paign to impeach him in the
U.S. Congress on the basis of
all ged charges and miseon
duct- ccounts leaked to the
media.
Many Bla officials are
facing imilar ampaigns be
cause they are outspoken and
use their power for the
benefits of the people they
serve, Hastings declared.
Empabasizing that he
does not consider himself a
victim of a "media ooospiracy",
HastiofJi said he is being vier
timized by traditiooal racism
of white officia1s ud judges
who do no wish to concede
po r to Blacks.
However, the impeachment
charges are pending before
the subcommittee on criminal
justice of the House of
Representatives Commitee on
the Judiciary.
Rep. John Conyers (0-
Mich) is subcommittee chair
man and Judge Hastings
urged pOblishers and readers
of the Black to demand
public hearings to provide es
posure to the "false charges·,
which included reported en
dorsemeat of a Demoaatic
Party presidential candidate at
a churcll service.
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NNP A publishers re
urged to publicize the con
troversy and support a Hast
ings Defense Fund Sup
porters are urged to write
their menbers of Congress.
A record number of
A members participated
in the convention, including
many publishers of new com
munity publications, said Steve
Davis, association executive
director.
Applicatio from seYCral
newly established De paper
have been received, indicating
the continuing growth of
Black-owned media, he
added
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LV DA, GOLA IS)
When the international com
munity unanimously decided to
end South Africa's mandate over
neighboring South We Africa,
a United ation body was
created to act as the temporary
dmini rator until that terri
tory, known as amibia gained
independence.
Twenty years and scores of
resolution later, the United
ations Council for amibia
remains the legal admini rator,
although its authority ha been
consi ently blocked and re
buffed by South Africa which
reigns over the be iged coun
try.
embers of the Council
compo d of 31 permanent
member ate and an e i
mated 150 guest gathered here
last month for a special se . on
on amibia that also marked
the cond decade of the coun
cil's exi ance.
Repeated dmonishments
were leveled against the con
tinued resistance of the United
States and other Western power
to the international consensus.
The council convened the
ssion in this capital city to
underscore the United ation'
pport of Angola, the ' b
for the amibian liberation
movement, SWAPO, and an
There were representatives
of 70 NNP A publications, as
well as Black Media, Inc, and
Amalgamated Publishers, Inc,
present
Olarles Morrison, vice
president of Coca-Cola for
Black and Hispanic Consumer
marketing said he ordered his
agents to place advertising in
NNP A publications only, be
cause of their integrity and ser
vice.
Henry Brown, Anheuser
Busch. Inc; vice- president,
said corporations placing
beverage and tobacco advertis
ing in Black owned media
s ouId not be critcized for sup
porting the community when
major advertisers give nothing
back to Blacks.
Various recep ions and
dinners were sponsored by An-
peace
e timated 50 000 amibian
exile
Angola i also a country
under attac from South Africa,
the CIA and apartheid-bac ed
rebel group ITA.
We should be here cele
brating the 20th anniversary of
a free amibia," intoned Zam
bian President Kenneth aunda
to a packed udience on the
cond day of the five-day
ssion. "But inspite of the
unanJrnity of the international
community, apartheid South
Africa has not only ignored the
deci ion, but ha entrenched
it pr nee in amibia."
Kaunda president of the
Frontline States al blamed
the U.S. for stalling amibian
independence by supporting a
linkage policy" which con
ditions the independence of
amibia to the ithdrawl of
Cuban troop from Angola.
" amibia and partheid are
fast becoming worri me thorns
in the political flesh of the
Reagan Administration," main-
tained Kaunda. "The t 0
issues may al prove to be
the fmal dividing line of politi
cal relation between the United
State and free Afric ."
Calling the link ge policy
pretext", Angolan Pre ident
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos noted
grou
heuser-Busch, Millers Brewing
Co; General Foods Corp.;
Coca-Cola, Adolph Coors.
RJR abisco, Brown and Wil
liamson Tobacco Co., Moet
Hennessy and General
Motors.
Rowan's appearance was
sponsored by the K-mart Cor
pora . on, which has never at
tempted to censor my remarks
or tell me what to say at any
time,"he emphasized in urging
the Black Press to maintain
the credibility and loyalty of
their readers.
In addi . on to the advertis
ing workshops and editorial
discussion, sessions ere also
conducted on Tax Reform and
Des -Top Computer publish
ing by the App Mcintosh
Computer Co.
The Pittsburgh Couri r
ewspaper was selected as
the John P. Russwurm Award
winner fOT general all-aroung
excellence for the past year.
The award is named for the
first publisher of a Black
owned newspa r in the U.S.
in 1827.
The NNP A was invited to
hold its 1988 convention in Sl
Louis by the st. Louis Sen
tinel, St, Louis American, St,
Louis Argus and the E. St,
Louis Crusader. The id-
Winter meeting slated for
Miami in January . being
reconsidered becaus of
Florida's announced plans for
an advertising tax.
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Angola
that the Cuban tr ops ere
invited to Angola in 1975
to protect the country gainst
South frican invasion. He
stre d that the Cuban pre-
nee predate by thre years
the adoption of Re lu
tion 435 the internationally
accepted plan for amibian
independence .
, Since that time
frica has transformed
bia into a p rmanent ba
re . on again t ngola," Do
Santos tated bia ting uth
Africa for stepping up vio
lenc " throughout the region.
On san tions the Angolan
president declared, 'The rgu
ments ainst sanctions are onI
an attempt to hide the rna sive
fmancial ... and trade co per
ation bet een the est and the
South Africa regime. The
effect of the san tions on
the le s favored population
would not be any or than
the effects that the apartheid
system (is having on them.'
A high point of -the council's
on was commemor tive
ceremony at the Kwanza SuI
refugee ttlement in central
Angola. It i home to approxi
m tely 43,000 amibian exil