probe NY por deparbnent NBW YORK - Fedcrallaw en­ fo�meIt o� me iIM'.stigat­ � aUcga!io of drug� by � of police officers in New YorkQty. � fbcus on conuption comes after acruwions 0 a cocaire � involving police officers in B100 - lyn ani wxJcIsc:ores a pervasive problem that has long been ac­ koowlcdged by ttl: oepernrent­ that despite increased internal monitoring over the last two decades, police officers still exist in a society that cWicourages th:m from tumingin �irfcl owofficers. In ItSpOIlSC to the allegations, Mayor David N. Dinkins has decided to rarre a pedal inves­ tigator to look into the crarges of conuption, es well ible lap­ ses in th! Police Department' in­ � iIMStigation metlDds, city officals said. � investigation is an �ual Federal intnsion into the wo� of the city am it raises ttl: specer of a departmental problem larger than tIIlt adaxJwledged by Police Dcpu1ImUo�. Officials say � investigation, is centered in Washington Heights, where Dominkandreggargscon­ trol many street comers, apartment � am stores, bnrmtly sell­ �� aIXiaack to apamde of cesorrers, Tbe otpdals sispect that several other precircs are in­ volved. MICHIGAN CITIZEN Published each Sunday by New Day Enterprl e 12541 S cond Street P.O. Box 03560 . Highland Park, MI 48203 (313) 889-0033 F�(313)889-0430 Benton Harbor Bureau 175 Main Str et Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (818) 927·1527 F�(313)927·2023 Publisher: Charles D. Kelly Editor: Teresa Kelly Managing Editor: Wanda F. Roquemore Contributors: Bernice Brown Mary Golliday Allison Jones Flodean Riggs Leah Samuel Ron Seigel Carolyn Warfield Vera White Production Manag r: Kascene Barks Production: KaJ Andrich Anita Irona Karen Kelly Nathaniel Lewis Accountant executive: Earlene Tolliver Marketing Executives: Alvin Clemons Nehru Johnson , NATION/WORLD ALTHOUGH MOBUTU' supporters fail d to keep the conferenc from opening inv Iv d to om ex nt," id do 0, pre ident 0 th Zai the Defe 0 urn n igh , h h en pe . t nt critic of Mobutu' polici . Lumumb w pellbounding orator nd chari m tic le der who found d th Con- gol ation I Movem nt nd be m th independent Con 0' first Prime Mini ter in Jun 1960. Within wee ofindependenc, how ver, the country w, on the verge of collap e. Lumumb declared m rtl I law nd i ued reque t for aid from th United ations to help put down a ec ioni t movement in what w th n Katanga Province. Senior State Department and C.I.A. offi­ cials, concerned about growing Soviet in­ fluence in Africa, poke openly of removing Lumumbainorderto" void notherCastro." A power truggle betw n Lumumba and Jo eph Kasavubu, who was Congo' Presi­ dent, led to a talemate. Mobutu, then a colonel who had been appointed chief of staff suspended political activity and ruled briefly as head of a military junta. ,. UNICEF UNITED NATIONS CHILDR�N'S FUND 100 o 198182 83 IH 85 86 87 88 89 1990 The years 1981 to 198:5 exclude ftgum for Chlna ...... WttO_UMCU.A ........ L LU U rst put under rre t by Mobutu. en h tried 0 to hi upporters in the north, e tured and flown, reportedly on orde from Mobutu nd vubu, to the b e of hi m in opponent, th t ng ece ioni t Ie cer, Moi e Tshombe. He killed upon rrival in Katanga. Asked in n ew Yor Tim intervie about llegation of hi Involvement, Tshi kedi declined to re pond, ying he would defend himself before a conference commi ion that been et up to inves­ tigate Lumumb ' death. Ileo, 70 ye IS old, aid in an interview that the document indic ting he igned Mr. Lumumba's arre t warrant was faked by Mr. Mobutu. But he aid he welcomed the fact that th �... is u were finally being dl cussed after 30 years of ilence. "There are many things I've heard in the national conference about Lumumba' death that I didn't even know occurred until now," he said. "A heavy burden is being lifted from my heart." ulani b ats Dani °1 in California rae RON DANIELS In 1988 Dr. Fulani was on the ballot in California, thanks to an in­ dependent petitioning drive, as well as in every otherstate and the District of Columbia - the first woman and the first African American woman ever to achieve that distinction. �t her celebration Dr. Fulani called upon all within the party to unite behind the mandate of the rank and file. DR. FUlANI'S VICTORY in Peace and Freedom parallels exit polls todfY which indicated that Ross Perot, the still undeclared inde­ pendent presidential candidate, would have won both the Democratic and Republican party primaries had his name been on the ballot in California. "The American people acros the political spectrum are sending a clear message," Dr. Fulani told a roomful of slated supporters. "They want to break up the two-party monopoly­ they support independent politics. I call on my opponents and all party members to join with me in eeing to it that today's vote is a step in the process of making the Peace and Freedom Party an important and powerful force in the left wing of thC independent political movement that is currently sweeping the nation. IN 1988 SHE received 36 percent of the vote in a six-day contest, though was denied the party's' presidential nomination by the party's old guard, which refused to abide by the popular vote in the non­ binding preferential primary. H L G TIO have b n mad mo tty by supporters of Pre id nt Mobutu, who have made no ecret of their intent to discredit the oppo ition. Tshisekedi and Ileo denied the allegations in interview ,but thus far, none have publicly defended th mselve . "From what we've een 0 far, they're all In the late 1970s, when vaccines reached only about 10% of the developing world's children,the intern tional community set the ambitious target of 80% immunization by the end of 1990. The charts show the result of that ten year effort. J . ILLION SAVED 3.2 million deaths prevented Coses of Poliomyelitis .1 . Artwork by Stephen HawkIns United States," says Africare Bxecu­ tive Director C. Payne Lucas, "to join with us and make this the 'best dinner yet. Africa needs us now more than ever. Participation in the 1992 dinner is one way we can all give tangible support to Africa - and send messages of moral support and goodwill, too." DR. LENORA FULANI Dr. Lenora Fulani, the chairper­ son of the New Alliance Party and an independent candidate for president of the United State, won the preferential presidential primary of California's Peace and Freedom Party with 50.9 percent of the vote in a three-way race. Her vote was well ahead of her nearest opponent, Ron Daniels, who received 32.5 percent. The third candidate, Alison Star Martinez, garnered 16.7 percent. "These results corroborate what the New Alliance Party has' been saying for over a decade," the African American independent said' at her victory party. "Independent politics has to include people of color, the gay community, and work­ ing people. My victory is a result of these communities having embraced the Peace and Freedom Party and made it their own." This is the second consecutive Peace and Freedom Presidential primary Dr. Fulani has won. For more information, contact: Carmen Davila, Coordinator, Third Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner, c/o Africare, 440 "R" Street, N. W., Washin�on, D.C. 20001.1' (202) 745-4578. Africare to honor Tutu, Mandela WASHINGTON D.C. - South Africans Desmond M. Tutu and Nel­ son Mandela will be principal honorees at the Third Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner, to be held Thursday, Oct.lS, 1992, in Washington, D.C. Proceeds from the event will benefit Africare's assi1stance programs in more than 20 African countries. Africare is the oldest and largest African-American organiza­ tion devoted exclusively to African development. "We'cc calling on organizations and individuals throughout the