"judicial
. D.C. takes
'Murder Capital'
title again
W H1NGl N,DC- Ac-
cording to the ju t-relea ed
Uniform Cri me Report,
Washington, D.C., i on again
the nation' "murder capital"
with a per capita homicide �J ., I
higher than any other city:
However, citi s with high mur­
der rates c ming Immediately
after Washington were, in
order, New Orleans, S1. Louis,
Detroit nd Richmond.
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WORLD/NATION
By BARRY RE FRE
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BA TO RUE. - (AP) - A
law ui t by Black voter a k a
federal court order redi tri ting in
four pari he to end a talemate over
minori ty repre entation on police
jwi .
Ea t Carroll, Madi on, P inte
Coupee and We t Feliciana parish
official h ve refused to orne up
with ac epta Ie plans to in rease
Black voting irength, the law uit
clai . " ,,., f .' ,..,'" " .....
P li j ur rs In the four pari be :
have remained in office pa t their
four-year term becau e 1991
elections were p tponed after the
U.S. Jus nee Department rejected
redi - tri tl n 'J plan .
The law uit claim the police
june have deliberately refu ed to
draw ac cptable plans required as
the re ult f the 1990 Cen u .
think the law uit is probably
ornething that needs to be done."
Roy Jarreau, pre ident of the Pointe
Coupee Pari h Police Jury, said
Tuesday thata propo ed redistricting
plan i being reviewed by the Justice
Department.
"We've done everything we're
uppo ed to do, "h aid.
Madi on Pari h Police Jury
Secretary-Treasurer Jewel Claxton
aid"pan ""om I ar Il)fi'ng ti "
A i 4-A.t t\1:toJ' .(I.1o:.net': � C . U)1w tlt'an 1 r'P1 r f"; T",
Angie LaPlace aid Tue day that
McKeithen could not allow elections
in those pari h . Balloting without
Justice Department appr val would
be illegal, he aid.
Ms. LaPlace said the lawsuit
seems neces ary to resol ve the is ue.
"The police jurors have not
gotten off dead center," she aid." 1
Under the Voting Right Act of
1965, the federal government must
approve any electoral change in
Loui iana.
TH IA W UIT fA 0 name
Secretary of State Fox McKeithen
and Att rney General Richard
- Jeyoub 'defendants for their role
in allowing the police jurors t stay
in office.
Poverty leader pleads
for Florida's poor
By RON SEIGEL
Correspondent
IIIGlllAND PARK - Marian Kramer, a leader in the National Up
and Out of Poverty movement, aid p orpeople in Fl rdia were facing
dcva raton by Hurricane Andrew and. called on I cal re ident t help.
"The rich w re able to get out, but the p or were hard hit," she. aid.
"Babic' born three day a 0 have nothing to eat."
Kramer noted thar Black people were erverely affected, but
ernpha ized that he wa - concerned ab ut people of all race.
"If anyone can unite with the people of Florida, it should be the
people of the Detroit area," he aid, because of the problems the area
is going through. .
Kramer urg d checks be forwarded to the National Farm Workers
Ministry, P.O. Box 1589, Delane, Rorida. Donation should 'be
specifically marked to the Emergency Service Fund.
Pre ident Georg B�h wa: criticize<.J for delaying help to Flordia,
even though new of a hurricane heading toward Florida wa broad­
cast by the weather bureau orne time in advance.
Barry wins council sea't
Marion Barry Jr.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Former
Mayor Marion Barry Jr. won 70 per­
cent Of a record high voter turnout in
Tuesday's primary City Council
election.
. Barry defeated incumbent Coun­
cilwoman Wilhelmina Rolark and
now goe on to almo t certain victory
in the November race.
Barry will represent the city'
poore t ward, Ward 8, although
critics ay the council victory will
only erve as a step to running again
fdr may r.
Barry w' indicted on 14 charge
related to drugs, but was convicted
on only one mi demeanor charge of
cocaine pos e ion. He erved ix
month in prison.
Barry ay the Africari attire he
ha donned not only replace the
busin uits he formally wore, but
is representative of a spiritual change
after confronting and treating his
drug and alcohol addictions.
wan
Mail. \ hich ha
ral covert
, 'aid B nd
ought outh Afri n aid us
rmy c uld n t be
r lied on to uppre
anti-government prote t .
South Africa and Malawi have
h d cl e ti over th yea .
South African poli e have b n
accus d by tb African National
Congre of u ing violent and
illegal tactics to weaken the Black
oppo -tion in South Africa. The
South African gov rnment ha
denied the charge de pite
documentation to how police
armed the perpetrators of violence.
South African police official
confirmed Smit visited Malawi last
year, but said it wa to "di cuss
MN TY AlDm arrests,
as well a raid of office and
homes, began in May hortlyafter
the anti-government riots wept
through major citie .
We tern donors in May froze
$73 million in aid to press for
reforms, The government released
some poli tical prisoners afterward,
and parliament recently voted to
retax a law that permitted indefinite
detention without Charge or trial.
di
r
Che ter Di 1. 0 Campaign
Opinion and Resear h Analysts Inc.,
aid his company was reviewing two
rejected redi tricting plans from
West Feliciana Pari h.
"We're working with all haste to
get omething back to Justice," he
aid.
lawsuit, said sitting police jurors in
Pointe Coupee Parish, insisted on
protecti ng their incumbencies.
"We were trying to get· omething
that everybody could be sati fied
with," said Ms. St. Cyr: "But.
basically, what they want is to keep
their districts intact. I think that this
lawsuit is our shot to get the i ue
resolved.'
The lawsuit asks that the federal
court draw new di tricts and
schedule elections for the fall.
POLICE JURY officials in East
Carroll Parish declined comment.
B tnAdirte St. CYt' tie Ne "Roads,"
one of the 23 people i�"fi4�(!.llR �
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