WORLD/NATION 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. - 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 ��������������������� __ �� cid�dmmgtbe·Reagm-Bwmeraof , •