Detroit-
- .argest U ..
city with a
Black mayor
DETROIT, MI - with little na
tional notice, America's major
. citi are losing Black mayors.
With the retirement 0 Tom
Bradley in Los Angeles and the
defeat of David Dinkins in New
York, Detroit has beoome the
largest city with a Black mayor.
Mayor-elect Denni Wayn
Archer made note of tba fact
during a recent press confer
ence. Just four years ago, the
five largest cities in America all
had Black mayors. Now, only
one of them does.
Jackson child
molestation case
set for March
SANTA ONlCA, CA - A Cali
fornia superior courtjudge re
cently set March 21,1994 as the
trial date for a civil lawsuit
charging that Pop music super
star Michael Jackson sexually
molested a 13 year-old boy.
Meanwhile, Jackson's difficul
ties deepened as two of 1Vs for
mer security guards issued
statements saying the 35 year
old used to sneak kids into his
room, if his parents were
around. According to guard
Leroy Thomas, "He instructed
us that we should keep (th ) kid
in the guardhouse until his par
ents or brothers would leave."
From a secret location, Jackson
has denied any wrongdoing.
Clinton
proposals would
target Blac
welfare mother
WASHINGTON, DC - The
Clinton administration has be
gun leaking some of its proposals
for reforming the nation's wel
fare program. The proposals ap
pear to be centered around
reducing welfare roles by giving
companies subsidies to hire
woman on welfare.
Clinton is also reportedly
seeking to limit the length of
t -. time a family can remain on wel
fare. The nation' principle wel
fare program -Aid To Famili
With Dependent Children -
currently provid cash p y_
ments to a r cord fiv million
famili .
A disproportionate number of
th families are headed by un
married BI women living in
the nation's inner citi . One
Clinton propos I would give
compani up to $5,000 for ch
w lfare cipient th y hi
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