AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 5,1987 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
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ining company to U ·
strike dead oc n 0
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( IS -. Church, labor and
antiapartheid activists here are
urging a U.S. mining corpora­
tion with major shares in ami­
bia to help break the potentially
explo ive de dlock between
triking Black wor ers and a
South African mining conglo­
merate.
court injunction was pend­
ing at press time late last wee
that could determine whether
some 4,600 amibian worker
member of the Mineworkers
Union of amibia UN), will
edical shortage
is critical
IS) - Black amibians
pl gued by a measles epidemic
and other life-threatening
di ases, face dire health needs
that are compounded by the
disproportionate shortage of
medical per nnel.
ccording to recent reports
uth Africa' Admin' rator
General Loui Pienaar tated
that amlbia claim 293 medi­
cal practitioner. That figure
does not include army per-
nnel, which averages 4,095
p ople per doctor. In the
frican-inh bited northern
region of Owambo there are
15 653 people per doctor.
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C igan jo
Ca i 0
Former ichigan journalist
Lee Ivory has been named
editor and publisher of the
W tts St r-Review, one of the
oldest newspapers in Southern
California.
Ivory who worked s a
linotype operator in the pro­
duction department and w
feature writer for the Chicago
Defender, has been training
young journalist since he
moved ot California in 1968.
A former bass violinist with
Jack Teagarden and Errol Gar­
ner, Ivory began his newspaper
career as production manager
with the Detroit Tribune Pub­
lishing Company in his Michi­
gan hometown, where he super­
vised printing of the Tribune,
the Flint Bronze Reporter, the
Saginaw Valley Gazette, the
West ide Community Block Club
newspaper and helped to found
the Jackson Blazer.
He began writing an enter­
tainment column in 1960 and,
later his nationally-syndicated
column led to his being named
as flrst director of public re-
1 tions for Motown Record Cor- .
poration. He bec .... le inrcrested
in )'uu\h motivation w:�.il\! at
otown and continued his work
In Chic go with his partner,
i!�rr) Dale. From office s in
the Playboy Building in ' 966,
Lee Dale and Associates .rved
uch clients as arvin Gaye,
Minnie Riperton, Johnny ash,
be ejected from their ho tels,
A large police pre nee ha
reportedly built up aro d the
workers' living compound.
The r e began July 27
ain th T meb Co oration
Limited T L.
Gold Field of uth Africa
the m reh lder, has
dimi d of the workers
and refu d to recognize the
union. U issued veral
demands including increased
wages above the ba 50 cents
per hour, improved working
conditions and an end to
apartheid racial policies.
The United Mille Workers
of America recently joined other
organizations to pres the ew
York-based ewmont Mjning
Corporation, which holds 32 6
p rcent of TCL shares 0
push tor negotiations between
M and the company.
ewmont spokesman
James Hill maintained that his
company is in the proce of
divesting its TCL holdings. "We
have removed .ourself from
management responsibilities, We
have no control over the daily
operations,' Hill commented.
Bill Johnston of the Episco­
pal Churchpeople for a Free
Southern Africa in isted that
ewmont formerly the manager
at the T meb min scan
exert the nece ry pre ure.
ewmont's direc or include
Robin Plumbrid e b ard hair­
man of Gold F' I f uth
Africa and Rud lph I. J. go
board chairman of on r d ted
Gold Fields ndon-ba d
firm that is al L
shareholder.
Activists support Jackson candidacy
Chicago, Ill. - W:len t) ver ! ,200 Democratic party left­
wu.ger; met in Chicago recently �ilC listened to six of their
p.�nJ·� presidential contenders, they gave their applauds
ad •. -ost full-hearted upport to the Rev. Jes Jackson.
MeetlJ�g in Chicago were community organizers. peace
activists, feminists enviromentalist , and leaders of consumer
group. Jackson told those preser.' not to allow themselves
to be labeled "special interest groups." But he added, if you
are the special interest, "I would rather run to the special
interest as a Democrat than run from the special prosecutor
as a Republican."
rnalist named head
W IT'S HAPPE ING - Former Michigan joumali t Lee Ivory
(c.) h been n med editor nd publisher of th Watt Star-Review.
Shown honoring Ivory for community rvice to the City of Lo
ngele i, Charlotte sherry, aide to ayor Tom Bradley. (K S
photo
Amanda Ambrose, Aretha
Franklin, Little Milton Camp­
bell, the Dells, Raynard Miner,
the Spinners and Muhammad
Ali.
He served as public relations
counsel and press secretary to
comedian/social activist Dick
Gregory while in Chicago and
was a public relations con-
ultcnt to Lou �;w.'!c: before
bei, g named city editor ot the
Los Angeles Sentinel.
The Watts tar-Review will
erve as a trainin vehicle f r
y ung Bla k j urnalists in the'
. . uthern alifornia area.
Ivory is married to the
former Gwen Collins, a native
of Riviera Beach, Florida. He
has two sons - Knell and
Darryl - ho live in Detroit.
His daughter, Karen, is married
to Earnest M illhou and they
reside in South Holland,
Illinois.
d 0 s COO
boycott
by HUGH • SEMPLE
The AFL-CIO has called
for an end to the long boycott
of Coors Beverage products
that started in 1m when
members of Local 366 walked
off their jobs in a dispute over
management's desire to con­
duct lie-detector testing of
employees.
70 pet cent of the 1,500
members returned to their
outh
Atrica
detains
leaders
s
jobs in 1978 along with a num­
ber of minorities, according
to Union and Coors
managemant officials.The
Local Union was decertified
following a vote of 71 percent
of the employees under the
auspices of the ational
Labor Relation Board. The
vote was 71 to 29 percent in
favor of the decertification.
The end of the Boycott has
special significance to
minorities across the country
because Coors opened the
doors to greater opportunity
for Blacks, Latino's and
Women.
When Coors Beer was in­
troduced to the Michigan
market, Michigan unions,
claiming Coors to be anti­
union, succeeded in stopping
the sale of Coors Beer in
many bars and hotels, al­
though some including the
UA W, hired non-union
musicians.
. Coors signed an agreement
with minority communities
across the nation worth $350
million over a five year period.
The convenant guaranteed the
return of a generous percent:
age of Coors earnings to the
minority communities.
Representatives from the
NAACP, PUSH, THE
URBAN LEAGUE and other
minority groups participated
in drawing up the agreement.
Glen Howard, Community
Relations Field Manager for
Coors, said, "It will now give
us opportunity to market and
sell in a competetive fashion
without a stigma. It is a posi­
tive step and Coors is glad the
end has come which will now
allow more emphasis on help­
ing the disadvantaged."
Continued from Plge 1
tions slated to be held before
the end of the year. South
Africa occupies Namibia in
defiance of international law
and the apartheid-appointed
interim government" has
failed to achieve either inter­
nal or international recogni­
tion.
South Africa is hoping that
its elections will lend
legitimacy to the "interim"
rulers but SW APO secretary
of foreign affairs Hidipo
Humatenya says " ... its simply
an attempt to get new puppets
and to delay the implementa­
tion of resolution 435 which
calls for free and independent
elections as a first step
towards amibian inde­
pendence."
Recent polls show SW APO
commands the overwhelming
support of the electorate and
the massive strike of some
6000 workers is only
strengthening resistance to
apartheid rule.
The South African police
are now conducting surprise
raids throughout the country.
Commissioner of Police
Major General Koos Myburgh
stated that the raids and ar­
rests are in connection with
... possible assistance and in­
stigation of the committing of
deeds of terrorism."
Damu Smith of the
ecumenical organization
Washington Office on Africa
condemned the arrests and
called for people to " ... fight
for comprehensive sanctions
against South Africa and pres­
sure congress to pass the Del­
lums-Cranston sanctions bill
HR 158O/SR556.
Smith also asked for sup­
port to HR13l, a bill by Con­
gressman Mervyn Dymally,
chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus which calls for
the US to "take effective ac­
tion to implement resolution
435.'
Blac
newspaper
bombed
MIAMI The recent
firebombing of the Miami
Weekly may have resulted
from an article carried by the
newspaper on a Blac
religious sect known as the
Yahwehs.
The group had been a
source of controversy in
Miami's Blac community in
recent months and managing
editor David Clarke believes
his paper's generally positive
article about the Yahwehs
may have angered some others
in the African American com­
munity.
The Yahwehs believe
Blacks are the true Jews.
Their recent purchase of rent­
al and commercial property in
the Miami area bas placed
them in conflict with some
Blacks who feel they are being
displaced.