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rly illio people i it
Ii ry e ery ye .
ou e voted
u p nd
rep r tion of it i
refu ee , but tho e till
itin to return re Ii ely
to be b c in t eir trife
torn ho el nd before
Con re complete c
tion on the bill.
The bill, p ed 2
165 Ion p rty line ,
f ce en te fi lit nd
pos ible Bu h dmini r -
tion veto.
Democr t rgued th t
the bill, which would im
po e i-month
mor torium on the
rep r tion progr m, w s
needed to protect·
H iti n from politic I
per ecution. Republic ns
n wered it might en
cour ge more H iti to
try to ris flight in le y
bo ts.
Ne rly 16,000 H itian
h ve fled H iti ince
Sept. 30 military coup top
pled President J ean
Bertrand Ar t i s t i d e .
About 3,300 H iti ns re
helter d t the Gu n
tanamo, Cuba, naval base.
Another 5,300 are cleared
to eek political asylum,
and 7,000 were returned
to Haiti.
2 ,
boo ,the F mily . tory Lib
cont in 1.7 million reel
microfilmed reco , eq ent
of i million O-p ge bound
volum. lib . co tly
ddin to th ir collection, hich
gro t the 0 5,
rol of film boo per
month.
The Ii br ry' boo nd
microfilm collection contain more
than 0 billion
The library continu to tively
microfilm v ilable record of
dece ed individu 1 both in tbe
United Stat d around th world.
Modern comput r technology h
been put to good e in the Family
Hi tory Library. A newl y de loped
computer y tern called Family ..
Search aUow library p trons to use
I ibrary computer to ma e
automated earche of the extensive
genealogical fil , record nd in
dice .
Stored on comp ct di cs, Family
Search provide rapid acce to th
library catalog, the International
Genealogical Index, and to the
library's Ancestral File, collection
of linked genealogies contributed to
the library ince 1979. It also in
cludes ocial Security death indexes,
and death records from the Vietnam
and Korean conflicts.
o
inform lion alre dy in . Par '
po ion professional genealogist
J y Roberts and other library taff
members howed her how to begin
the exciting search for her roots.
U ing clues found in U.S. Census
records, Mrs. Par w ble to stan
tracing everaJ branch of her fami
ly tree to pin down e ct birth dates
and marriage records.
During her visit to the library,
Mrs. Par found information which
extended one family line back a
whole generation.
Exci ling discoveries are everyday
occurrences at the Family Hi tory
Library, which was founded in 1894.
It contains the world's largest collec
tion of genealogical records.
The library i open to the public
ix days a week at no charge, and
Family History Centers. Nearly two
miJJion people use the centers e ch
year.
heritage and family tree," says Mrs.
Parks. "I've always wanted to know
as much of my family history as po -
sible."
The Family History Library is lo
cated directly west of Temple Square
in downtown Salt Lake City. For
more information write: Family
History Library, 35 North West
Temple street, Salt Lake City, Utah
84150.
Family History Centers, allover th
United States and in 50 countries
around the world.
These centers, usually situated in
church meetinghouses, can borrow
microfilm from the main library,
enabling tho e interested in family
history to continue to use the
library's facilities while reaming
close to home. FamilySearch is also
available in most U.S. and Canadian
ROBERTS ALSO noted that the
Fred Hart Williams Genealogical
Society, which pecializes in Black
American research, i based in
Detroit, and could be a valuable
resource for Mrs. Par .
"It's important to know your
AS MRS. PARKS returned to
her home in Detroit, Roberts gave
her advice on how to continue her
genealogical research in that area.
The Family History Library
operate branch libraries, called
Exll d . Haitian
Pr Id nt Ign
agr ment
Nearly five months
after he was ousted in a
coup, the exiled Haitian
President, the Rev. J ean
Bertrand Aristide, signed
an agreement Tuesday
with a former political
rival who is now his Prime
Mini ter, pledging to form
a "government of national
unity" and to begin a
timetable for the
President's return to
Haiti.
Father Aristide and his
Prime Minister-desig
nate, Rene' Theodore,
agreed to meet again in a
month to discuss a multi
party cabinet as well as
the mechanics of the
President's return.
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outhern and older Black 'voter turnout lnereases
These figures compare with a lO
p reentage-pom doaeue nation-
In the North abd West regions,
white voting fell flom 62 percent iri
1966 10 48 pcrccnt in 1990.
Voting by BI cb ovcr6S yem of
age increased from 3S percent to Sl
percent from 1966 to 1990. The in
crease in voting among whites over
age 6S during these same years w
from 58 percent to 62 percent.
Other highlights of the report in-
Voter turnout rates mong
Southern and older B� inacased
significantly durin congressional
elections from 1966 to 1990, accord
ing to a report released by the Com
merce Department's Cens Bureau.
AmongBlacb in the South, voter
tumout rose from 33 percent in 1966
to 40 percent in 1990.
Outside the South, Black tumout
�pped from S2 percent in 1966 to
38 percent in 1990.
Perc nt R port d Voting, By R c
Nov. 1 6 To 1990
49.9
57
56
White
DBloCk
47.3
47
46.3
46.7
Voting by Blacks over 65
years of age increased from 35
. percent to 51 percent from
1966 to 1990.
Black Caucus
condemns
remarks
The Congressional
Black Caucus last week
condemned a federal drug
abuse official who com
pared violent behavior by
inner city youths to the be
havior by inner city youths
to the' behavior of "male
monkeys" in the "jungle."
In a letter to Health
and Human Services
Secretary Louis Sullivan,
the 26-memb'er caucus
said the theory was a
"dangerous and simplistic
explanation for the
violence in our cities" and
"a smokescreen fro the
separate and dis
criminatory treatment of
African Americans."
1990
1970
1974
1966
1978
1982
1986
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
wide in white voter turnout During
the period 1966 to 1990, among
Southern white voteD there was a
decrease in voting from 4S to 43
percent
As with all surveys, these data arc
subject to sampling variability and
other sources of error,
clude:
- Voting among Blacks aged 45
and over rose from 45 percent to 50
percent from 1966 to 1990. Whites
in this age group showed a decrease
of the same age.
- There was no major difference
in voter turnout rate between Black
(27 percent) and white college stu
dents (29 percent) in 1990.
from 64 percent to S9 percent
_ Black;s aged 18 to 24 had a voter
turnout rate of 20 percent in 1990.
This was not significantly differelh
from the voter turnout rate of whites
Capital Mayor demand
more job
,
By LARRY A. STILL
dance at the sites.
ment that 35 percent of the jobs and
contrast will go to minorities, in addi
tion to D.C. residential participation
in construction decisions.
An outline of Mayor Kelly�s
"Privitization" proposals werespeUed
out in a ceremonial State of the Dis
trict message before city-wide and na
tionalleadeIS and officials, following
a briefing on the District's projected,
startling $429 million, 1993 budget
deficit
Alluding to the city's initial loss of
home rule (self-government) when
the "Territory" went broke under
Gov. William':Boss" Shepherd, who
reportedly overspent available
government funds, Mayor Kelly
declared, "We can't let that happen
again. We'll never get Home Rule.
(Complete self govemment with
voting reptesentatives in Congress).
The mayor said he only expected
tofiDda$l00mllliondefldtwhenshe
w elected in the fall of 1991, "but, I
w 'shocbcl to learn it over a
S3OO'mlllion deficlL..And, e don't
bave anything to show for It, .. Our of�
flees. in the District building are
undcr-eqwpped, our telephone sys
temisnotwolking, themotorvehiclea
are all in need of repair .. l don't know
where the money went," she tated
without making any reference to he
predecessor, Mayor Marion Bury.
'We cannot
continue to
operate with
millions leaving the
city each night'
THE "STICKING" POINT in
completing the deal, Kelly confirmed,
is the city's insistence on an agree-
AIDS pr adlng
rapidly In Africa
AIDS is spreading 100
times more rapidly in
African then in the United
States or Europe.
The World Health Or
ganization (WHO) es
timates that AIDS already
has killed 1 million
people, and at least 6 mil
lion more have been in
fected, imperiling weak
economic systems, arrest
ing.Third World develop
ment and altering forever
the rhythms of African
society.
The agency forecasts
that by the late 1990s, 15
million Africans will be
infected with the human
immunodeficeincy virus,
or HIV, which causes
AIDS.
low taxes and decreased federal
govemment pending.
When former D.C. Mayor Walter
Washington, the first, elected chief
executive of the nation's capital, in
troduced the fiIStwomanmayorat the
public rally, he declared "I inberl1ed
104 years of stagnation. .• Tbis m
w generations in developing and
now we expected her in one year to
cure the ills that bave taken all thJa
time. She can't do it ovemigbt.- -
Mayor Keny's budget propoeala,
scheduled to be unveiled later in the
eek, called for 10,000 summer
youth jobs in 1992, restoring drug
abuse treatment programs, new
Youth and Crime �uction 1Ditia
tive, MainIaiDiDg Increuccl Fedeml
and Regional Cooperation on Qime
and MalntaiDlDg Senior CtizeDI Sup
port and Security Programs, in addi
tion to inaeIsing private contrICtiDa
of Street Ceanin& Vehicular SeIViJia
and Public Houalng Maintenance
Programs.
HOWEVER, SHE added that
many of the nation's new, Black
mayors have inherited near-bankrupt
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