March 4-10, 1990
If you see the Census as only a bean count·, look alain.
Companies large and small use information sup
plied by the Census for planning and expansion. Which
, just may translate into more employment
• opportunities for you 'and your community.
Answer the Census. It counts for more than you think.
ETA
D
R'
STF
B
I
ade in iami, thi TEC-9 assault
pi 01 is the choice of drug dealers b -
ca it' easilyconcealableandcom
equipped ith a 36-round ammo clip.
One in every five a ault eapon
"The Anti-Drug, Assault apon
limitation Act." This mea ure auld
prohibit the import, manufacture and
sale of ult eapon.
The nation's la enforcement
traced to crime a a TEC-
9, accordington datafrom
the Bureau of Ale-ohol,
Tobacco and Firearms
compiled by COl e papers.
An as ault apon is already
20 time more likely to be
in crim th n another
AYI
c
Y
(2 2) 22
,., II ·un
SLACK
STAR
BEAT
(Law- TayNews
Service/Potomac )
A battle royal continues to
rageaverwhichoDCofhis wives
will get hundreds of thousands
of dollars left by 1950' s music
star Frankie Lym . Lyman,
who recorded the 1956 hit" Why
Do Fools Fall In love" when he
was only 13 died in 1968 at the
age of 26. However, during his
brief life he married three dif
fernt women and never
divorced any of them. Royalties
on his hit songs stand at close to
$1 million. lis three wives have
been locked in a bitter legal bat
de over who will get the money.
Songtress Patty La II will
be the principal host of the
Fourth Annual Soul Train Music
Awards. She will be joined By
Dionne Warwick and Luther
Vandross. The show- based on
the popular television dance
show - will airs from Los An
geles on March 14.
Song and dance man "y
D vi , Jr. was hospitalized in
Los . Angeles last week, shortly
after completing treatinent for
throat cancer. Th 64-year-old's
most recent problem resulted
from g� disease.
There are published reports
(Los Angeles) that superstar co-
median Rich rd Pryor has
entered the Betty Ford Center
after a recent cocaine binge.
Quincy Jone (Paris) has
been awarded the French Legion
of Honor for his multi-musical
career. The French Secretary of
State called Jones, "A man who
reconciles the rythms of rock,
jazz and bop."
The Rev. Je J ck on'
(New Yo ) ne television talk
show "Voices of America" has
been cleared for broadcast in 71
television markets cross the na
tion. However, the late night
talkshow has not yet been
cleared in ew Yo k, Los An
geles and Chicago- the three
largest TV markets.
J net J ck on's (Lo An
geles) first world tour begins
this March in Miami; March 15 .
in ew York City; March 2 in
Washington D.C. area; March
31 in Hartford; Api! 2 in In
dianapolis; April 3 in Detroit
(Mo tweek).
Mich elJ c on' (Los An
geles) pet chimp Bubbles died
suddenly recently. Friends say
J ckson secretly has the chimp
stuffed and is keeping him in his
bedroom.
Old you' know
By Robert . Taylor
DID YOU KNOW ... that
women" smell" better than men.
That's right a study of people
aged 5 to 99 showed that
throughout their lives girls and
women are able to detect and
identify more smells and odors
than boys and men. Researchers
are not sure why females are bet
ter at smelling than males.
DID YOU KNOW ... that we
mu t be a clumsy nation. of
peQple who do not pay attention
to what e are doing. Example,
57 million Americans are in
jpredeadlyear. And 143,000 of
cie a result of accideDtal
injuries.
DID YOU KNOW ... that
there DOt been a single truly
ignificant· medical advance
meat in the battle . DSt cucer
in the I 30 years. It would
seem thIl with billio of dollars
aDd sOme of the natioo's best
die cal commuaily
auld ave ideadfied a cure by
of gay white men and mo th
shift in media re rting. As of
this writing than 90% of all
people who have died of AIDS
are either gay or interveneous
drug users.
DID YOU KNOW ... that the
world's largest McDonald's i
now located in the Soviet Unio
The Moscow store seats up to
900 people and is expected to
serve 3Q,OOO people a day.
CONTEST
Standing Up for
Peace
$100