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DID YOU KNOW ... that
Black males may be geneti­
cally predispo ed to high
blood pre sure. A University
of North Carolina tudy found
that the hearts of Black male ,
during exerci e , beat 8 times
a minute more frequently than
.white ma�es. A a general
rule, the more heartbeats per
minute mean the heart is
having to work �arder lO
pump blood through the body.
DID YOU KNOW ... thal
. California' Stanford Univer-
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Suprem
court to
upho d fir
amendmen
Th AACP has ed the
U.S. Supreme Court to declare
the Rag Protection Act of 1989
unconstitutional on the grounds
that it violates. the free speech
clause in the Firs Amendment.
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AACP
challenge
rad 0 len e
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Kan as, Oklahoma and
ebr State conferences of
the AACP, and several
branche within those ates,
have filed a pe .. on with the
Federal Communicatio Com-
o for bearings on
the renewal of the licenses of a
number of the ta es' r di sta­
tio because of their aile edly
, poo minority hiring records.
The petition charges that the
t tio have had no more than
token employment of Black�
and other minorities during
their current license period,
they don't appear to be operat­
in under me ningful equal
employme t opportunity
programs, nor h ve they
proposed me ningful EEO
programs.
e are taking this ction at
this time since radio licenses
have to be renewed every ven
years nd the application from
all stations Kansas, I Oklahoma
and ebr a are now pending
before the FCC," Herbert
Henderson, Interim General
counsel of the NAACP, ex­
plained.
Henderson and David
Honig, NAACP Participating
counsel are the named ttor­
neys for the petitioners.
The petition reque ts tbat
the Fcc hold hearing and "based
e
s
p
on the evidence expected to be
adduced at these hearings, to
deny the applications."
Congr passed the law in
response to a public outcry after
the Supreme Court ruled the
burning of the flag as a protest
is constitutionally protected by
the rlfSt Amendment.
In the current case before
the court which originated in
Texas, it is being asked to pass
on the constitutionality of the
Congressional act.
In its amicus curiae brief, the .
NAACP said flag burning as a
part of a political pr is, to
many citizens, and offensive
form of expr . on, but it is an
apr ion of ideas and thus
protected under the Free
Speech clause of the Pirst
Amendment to the United
State Constitution."
Noting that the rust Amend­
ment had been a "primary in­
strument" used by the NAACP
in its struggle for equal rights,
the brief . d th t while the flag
. "bu a symbol of the important
rights embodied in out: Con-
titution, Bill of Righ and
their Amendments", the VII'St
dment comes close
anything in our governmental
legacy to being chiseled in
ODe."
The brief continued: "Just as
the predictio of social ruin
which accomp nied past at­
tempts to limit free political ex­
pre ion have failed to
materialize, the burning of the
flag part of a political protest
will not destroy the fabric of our
democratic institutions and the
moral core of our society."
"While it is difficult to im-
gine that the NAACP would
ever organize a demonstration
that would include the burning
of a U.S. flag, are not willing
to see encroachments on the
right (or wide-ranging political
protests which include expres­
sive conduct."
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D D YOU KNOW ... th I
"ne wave" intere t in Voo
000 s said to be weepi ng the
nation. One Richmond, Vir­
ginia group is a he vy player
in the "new" Voo 000 move­
mentL If you believe .in the
ort pf thing, write PIBLC,
P.O. Box 12044, Richmond,
Va. 23241. Include $2 for
handling and po tage.
DID YOU
K OW?
ity last year
private donan n than any
other college 0 university.
Overall, Stanf rd received
nearly $190 mi lion. Other
top money sch I are Har­
vard, Cornell, ale an the'
University of Pe n ylvania.
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DID YOU K OW .• that a
new report con lude th t a
majority of Ame ican women
are "j usa a ma away from
poverty." De pit the Reagan
year of o-call d economfc
recovery, the r port by the
ali�nal Di place
Homemaker N t ork ai
fin ncial 'con ilion r�r
women improved hardly a aU
during the 1980' .
DID YOU KNOW ... tha.t
the leading cau es of fire
death are moking materials
uch as Cigarettes and
matehe. followed by faulty
heating equipment and a on
- people deliberately e Ing
fires.
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