A III 0.0.
The h irper on of th
Unit d t t i il
i ht Commi io id
Iter tour of
meri n milit ry b e
in Germ ny, he found
evidence of perv ive r -
ci I di crimin tion.
h irper on rthur
. Fletcher told enior
Pent gon offici I I t
wee di crimin tion
ocuring in the hiring nd
promotion of both en­
li led per onnel nd
civili n d fen e
employe .
He I. 0 id r ci 1
di crirnin ti n w en­
demic in the chools for
employee' children.
They wer punished
more everly than
white , h d unequ I c­
ces to tr curricular
activities nd were
programmed into Ie
challenging c demic
pursuits.
Fletcher also said that
Blacks at m ny levels
were afraid to complain
for fear of ret liation.
Fletcher m de the
tour s ague t of the
NAACP.
I
BYJOH
DLI
..tSSOC1A TBD PRESS WRIT.
Calling a
Floridian a
'cracker' may
re ult in jail
PUNTA GORDA, Fla,­
Earlier, this summer in
this town 20 miles north
of Fort Myers, a white
police officer, Stephen,
Keyes, was called to a
HARARE, Zim - A trading
bloc formed as political lap at
South Africa mee Monday to con­
sider whether it can maintain
relevance in the face of Pretoria'
reforms.
TIle 10 members of the Southern
African Development Coordination
Conference would like to see a
reformed South Africa leading its
poorer, less-developed neighbors in
a regional economic community,
much like the European Community.
"It has always been umed ...
that a democratic South Africa
would join SADCC," the
organization' Zimbabwean
ecretary-general, Simba Makoni,
laid in an interview in March.
"South Africa has a pool of material
BY GREG MYRE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP)
-Two U.S. enators said today they
expect remaining American sanc­
tions to stay in place until it is clear
they no longer serve any purpose.
Democrats Paul Simon of Illinois
and Charles S. Robb of Virginia said
they believe economic pressure on
the white-led government will help
bring about additional political
reform.
"The sancti,ons that are in place
right now will remain in place­
until we receive a ignal from Black
and white leaders," Simon said.
President George Bush last
month lifted most economic sane­
tions imposed five years earlier by
congressional legislation. However,
ome sanctions remain, including a
ban on loans from the International
Monetary Fund to South �rica.
In addition, dozens of states,
cities and universities have imposed
their own restrictions to protes
apartheid.
South African President F.W. de
Klerk's government repealed the last
major apartheid laws in June, but the
3D-million Black majority still does
not have the vote.
Michael Hamm
domestic disturbance at
the home of Michael
Hamm, who is Black.
According to the 0(­
ficer, Hamm became
verbally aggressive and
said to the' officer, "I'll
shoot you white cracker."
Hamm now faces, not
only assault charges, but
is charged with violation
of the Florida Hate
Crimes Act and could be
sentenced to three years
in prison instead of one
, for simple assault.
Officials say it is the
first time, the act has
been used against a
Black man.
Philly says
no to
Columbus
PHILADELPHIA -
Plans to rename a street
after Christopher
Columbus have run
afoul of two groups:
neighborhood associa­
tions who like the cur-
-rent name, Delaware
Avenue, and Native
Americans who say it is
an insult to them because
of Columbus's mistreat­
ment of their ancestors.
The conflict over
renaming the street
comes as America
prepares to mark Oc­
tober 1 .. 4, 1992 the 500th
anniversary of Columbus
landing in America. Was
Columbus the hero-dis­
coverer of America or
the oppressor of early In­
dians?
"Even if it were one
block or a half block we
would not want to honor
Christopher Columbus
because of what he stood
for - the enslavement of
people of color," said an
Apache Indian active in
the coalition opposing
the renaming.
Fifteen Historically Black Col­
leges and Universities (HBCUs)
have been awarded $1.5 million in
technical assistance funds to help ex­
pand and improve Community
Development Block Grant activities
in minority communities, HUD
Secretary Jack Kemp announced
today.
"With our shared dream of em­
powering local, communities and un­
lea hing a new generation of
American entrepreneurs, HUD is
pleased to select these historically
Black COlleges and universities to
help reach that goal," Secretary
Kemp said.
The HBCUs selected today will
deliver a wide range of technical as­
sistance ervice to nearby com­
munities that participate-or would
like to participate=-In the Com­
munity Development Block Grant
program.
Working with these re peered,
historically Black COlleges and
STATE AND NATION
De Klerk says sanctions have
slowed reform, caused increased un­
employment among Blacks and
bampered an economy uffering
from two years of recession.
But African National Congress
President Nelson Mandela says
sanctions have belped produce
change and should stay in place for
the time being.
Simon and Robb met with Man­
dela as well as government leaders
on their' three-day visit to South
Afiica. The enators said the time
was promising for Black-white
negotiations on a new constitution.
"Right now, South Africa has .
key ectoral leaders who are. com- _-----------------------------:----------,
nutted to working together for the
future of South Africa, and leaders
who are not ideologues," they said
in a joint statement. "That may not
always be the si tuation."
The senators left Thursday for
neighboring Namibia, which gained
independence from South Africa last
year. They also have visited Ethiopia
and Kenya.
Both men are on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and
Simon heads the subcommittee on
African affairs.
r
Senators say remaining
sanctions to stay
Grant to aid Black college in
boo ting HUD involvement
nd n tural re urees, cientiflc nd
technical ... resources mong i
citizens which I would call t other
tim the capital tockofth regional
economy.'
But ome of the mainly Western
upponers who have pumped $3 bil-
lion into the SADCC question
whether it will be relevant once
South Africa's political future is
resolved.
The SADCCwa formed in 1980
by states eeking independence from
South Africa' economic
stranglehold and wanting to signal
opposition to apartheid. Now South
African President F.W. De Klerk i
promising a non-racial future for hi
country.
"Some donor are already
saying that after the death of the
apartheid sy tem, SADCC wlll be-
universities, neighboring citie and
rural communities will benefit
through peer-to-peer consultation,
creation of economic development
plans, and workshops to enhance the
effectiveness of existing block grant
programs.
THE IS HISTORICALLY Col­
leges and Universities selected to
share $1.5 miUion in HUD Technical
Assistance Funds are:
Alabama A&M Univers ity,
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff,
Howard University, Flordia A&M
University, Xavier University, Mor­
gan State University, University of
Maryland Eastern Shore, Jackson
State University, Elizabeth City
State University, North Carolina
Central University, St. Augustine's
College, Fisk University, Prairie
View A&M University, Texa
Southern Unive ity, and Virginia
State University.
r
r
come just another African economic
grouping de erving of no pecial
priority where aid is concerned,' the
organization's own m gaz ine,
Southern African Economist, aid
recently.
The upcoming ummit, to be held
in the northern Tanzanian ci ty of
Arusha, is expected to focus on what
role a democratic South Africa can
play in the economic development of
the region and its 120 million people.
Some of the Southern African
Development Coordination Con­
ference members favor following the
United States and the 12-nation
European Economic Community in
lifting sanctions.
But others,. led by Zimbabwe'
President Robert Mugabe, argue the
blockade hould be retained until
South Africa has been fully tra -
formed into a non-racial, democratic
society.
Of the bloc's 10 member,
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland,
Zambia and Zimbabwe have strong
trade and transport ties with 'the last
of Africa's white-led nations.
Angola and Tanzania stand to
benefit from South Africa trade, in­
vestment and technical expertise in
the future. Intra-SADCC trade from
1983 to 1986 was only $950 million,
while deals with South Africa totaled
$9.5 billion.
Analysts note that South Africa's
gross domestic product is three times
that of its SADGC neighbors. It is the
continent's industrial 'and mining
giant and its network of highways,
railroads and ports already handle
much of the region's trade.
c r d th
the r th t
lled child drun h n
t cid nt occurred, i i ted
. group ould ot provide wit­
ne e or cooper tion until
Hy repl ced.
Moore i loth Cato f rnily
attorney. "Thi i n t n
c demic exerci e. The e
people h ve experienced the Rev. AI barptoD
double t ndard of the
idim," id Moore. "Now you're going to come in, hands dripping
with conflict, and y you're going to be fir?" ..
Hyn di mi ed the llegations nd expres ed confidence 10 the Job
his taffw doing on the c e. "Th t' just plain silly ... It' an attack
on my integrity, nd you have very little in life but your int grity," h
id.
The Black ctivi ts involved in the automobile accident and the unrest
that followed h ve regularly decried local pro ecutors and demanded
pecial pro cutors. .
Cuomo' appointment of state Attorney General Robert Abrams in
the Tawana Brawley case failed to placate Sharpton who till ref ed to
cooperate with the investigation. Th governor declined a similar request
in th Bensonhurst racial murder of Yusuf Hawkins; Hyne ' office
p cuted that e.
A grand jury began investigating the Cato a�ident last Frid .y, �
i work will not be done until next week, td Hynes. Th JUry I
considering po ible charges against the car's driver, Yosef Lifsh.
Hynes w to meet Thursday with Lifsh's attorney, Barry Slotnic to·
discuss whether the ultra-Orthodox Jewish man will te tify before the
grandjury. Slotnick aid Tuesday he was certain that Hyne could handle
the case.
But the Cato family advisers vehemently disagreed. Moore suggested
Sterling Johnson, a former special drug pro ecutor awaiting a federal
judgeship, could replace Hynes. "We have absolutely no confidence
in Mr. Hynes," Moore told a Brooklyn news conference where the
demand for a special prosecutor was made. Moore insisted Lifsh was
drunk at the time of the accident and charged there was a cover-up.
The Cato family attorney also charged Lifsh was speeding at up to
70 mph, ran a red light and attempted to flee the scene of the accident.
"You can bet I will never get anyone from that crowd to give evidence
about the commission of a felony. So what they have done is slandered
people without any basis," Hynes said.
Lourdes Centenos, a spokeswoman for CUQmo, said there had been
no official request for a special pro ecutor.It was Cuomo who appointed
Hy pecial prosecutor in the Howard Beach case.
Sharpton cited Hynes' trip last week to Israel as an example of the
pro ecutor's ties to the Jewish community. The district attorney said he
had made similar trips to Black communities in an effort to better know
. his constituency.
Both Hynes and Slotnick denied allegations that Lifsh was drunk
when his car struck Gavin and a 7 -year-old cousin on the evening of Aug.
19, and Deputy Mayor Milton Mollen has aid a breathalyzer taken by
the driver had a reading of 0.00. A reading of 0.10 is legally drunk.
Blacks in the neighborhood charged Lifsh was whisked from the
scene by a Jewish ambulance which ignored the dying Black child.
Earlier, Hynes' office unsealed an indictment in the murder of the
only person killed in the neighborhood violence, a visiting rabbinical
student, and charged a 16-yeac-old Black youth with two counts of
second-degree murder in the slaying.
Lemerick Nelson Jr. also was charged by a Brooklyn grand jury with
criminal possessionofa weapon in the Aug. 19 stabbing. Nelson is being
held without bail in the slaying of Yanke I Rosenbaum, 29. Nelson faces
25 years to life in prison If convicted.'
Rosenbaum's death was classified as a bias crime last Thursday, said
Inspector William Wallace, head of the Bias Incident Investigation Unit.
City officials announced the total cost to the city in overtime during
the week of racial unrest was $4,336,000. Another $11,000 in damage
was inflict� on Fire Department e uipment during the rioting.
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