,- .
,
Admin
ator
(.;ot�:asIlDaD K . i Mfume' once . seeking to elevate
of the M' ority Busine Development Agency
'th' the Commerce Department
u.rvtt.nd Democr t has reintroduced h' �inority
B' DeYeIo t Act, icb would restructure the agen-
cy, d place it UDder the supervision of an' seaetary,
be t binet leYeI, and who ld be man-
dated to report to the Congress on DC)' oper tio . At
prCSCDt, the agency' beaded by a director and can be abolished
by the president' ut Congressional approval
. MBDA provi ement, mar eting and technical as­
istance to about 9,000 minority entrepreneurs a year through
knowing the girl wa
underage. However, a
ecret tape recording
Luke offu' g .
the girl' moter a job
after he confronted
him a t food r -
raurant for "mes ing
round" ith. her
daughter.
The 58 year old
Lukens faces a $1,000
girl
a c er of
U.S. Rep'
x tr al
the balance after h'
trial last week on char­
ges of coatribu . to
the deliquency of a
minor. Luke a .
conservative, as
charged ·th giving al­
cohol to and having sex
with, a 16-year-old
Bla girl last ovem­
her.
Lu en denied
COLU BUS,
OHIO - The fate of
Oh io Re publican
Donald Luken hanp in
WASHI GTON,
D.C. - ne Coasres­
sional Blac Caucus
(CBC) did somethiag
week it UDabIe
to do duriag the ei&bt
years of the Reagan ad-I
mini tra tion - The
group met it e
Pl'esident of the United
States.
Led by caUalS cbaii'-
man Ron Dell
of Califoraia, aJC
attempted to p h
President Geoqc B I
to e more propa-
sive posi . .
ranging fro pcMZty,
housing, drugs a .. d
South Africa. De
also urged the IJI'I i­
dent to respond more
f vorably to the arms
reducti .... of
Soviet President ik-
hail Gorb mev. 18
member of C
re generally pleased
ith the meeting but
appeared to ugge t
that while B a
nicer man that It,.".... .......
h neverthe seemed
to be committed to COIl­
servative Reagan type
po ioes.
PRI"NCE
GEORGE'S COUN­
TY, MD. - The ap­
parent bea . dca of
a Black man at the
hands of police in
Prince George' Coun­
ty, Maryland has
prompted the local
NAACP to caD for the
resignation of the
police chief.
P.G. County i a
middle class subuib of
Washington, D.C. with
a Black population ap-
proaching 50%. t
poopulation h fre-
quently complained of
mis-treatment by local.
police who are . d to
rese t the movement of
increasing numbers of
middle income
Washington Bl cks
in to the, once
predominantly hite
OOUDty.
The con trover y
ca to a head last
wee when a medical
report confirmed at
37-year-old Gregory
Habib had died of
blo to hi ch t and
stomach who in poli
cu tody. Habi t na­
tive of Ghan h j t
moved into the area.
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