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ho ha moved in later, they
ill igniflCaIlt, Sholly said.
"Obvioualy thi is not the
gross picture you in New
Yor • Sholly said. "But any­
thi�g you that tak place in
New York will eventually reach
here in some form."
Th area a trong preven-
tion and education program,
Sholly aid, integrated into
bools, a premarital program
anyone obtaining a marriage li­
cense ha to complete, and
through prenatal and family
planning clinics. The tri-oounty
agency also provides confiden­
tial anonymou mv te ting.
Sholly emphasized that trends
SeeAIDS,A8
By JENNIFER VAN DOREN
graphic group that d
t 1 at' It, id te
Public Health Director V rniee
Da . Anthony.
And to help this most recently
defined group th roots of the
problems, must be add
Anthony said.
"What we are seeing with
AIDS now' that the population
with the great t increase i
omen, particularly young
black gir ,. Anthony id. "We
lso have a tronger increase
concerning drug use and fe­
mal . To me this points out a
LANS G (eN ) - Th face of
AIDS' changing.
Th (act that hundred of
tho nds nation-wide are diag-
nosed ith acquired immune d
(iciency yndrome ha not
changed, but lowly, the faces
. th. the' is.
In the public' image, the face
used to be one o( a gay white
male, later joined by that of th
Black. IV drug user. Now, this
(ace i changing to a demo-
THE TRI·COUNTY of
Br nch, Hill dale and St.
Joseph have had a combined to­
tal of30 cases offull-blown AIDS
ince 1981, id Jenni Sholly, a
family nu practition r with
the district h Ith d partment.
St. J ph has the high t AIDS
incid nce o( the three . th 16
So far, 19 total have died in
the three counti , and while
th numbers are not always
representative ince they only
count for those who have resi­
dence in the county, not those
AID�
In Michigan
tepped Up efforts to cut
fant mortality rates
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TOTAl MICHIGAN CASES AS OF NOV. 1, 1993
5,083
By BART ORBAN
H th to cOmbat infant mortal­
i r u1 m 1Q bhth
weigli among Blacks.
.INFANT,AS
�:�DI"V(C )-
m nt o( ublic Health i 1
ing its efforts to reduce infant
mortality r ulting from low
birth eight in Detroit.
A review o( low birth weight
babies from certain sections of
the city' planned in order to
identify factors that contributed
to their problems.
In addition to the study, en­
couraging teens to abstain from
sex is one of several new efforts
by the Department of Public
OF OV. 1,1 3
AID R LAT D 0 JH
2,771
MICH
Survey:
Schools
lack
di, cipline
In Michigan 87 percent of AIDS cases
are men, 13 percent are women. Blacks
comprise 52 percent of Michigan cases,
whites 45 percent.
Cocaine
source: Michigan Department of Pub Ie Haith
eNS: Seth Erickson
By RON SEIGEL
Sp!c/.' to tit MlchlQ!n CItizen
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DETROIT - A survey by the
�it Federation of Teachers
(DFT) indicated that in certain
schools administrators did not
adequately provide punishment
(or disruptive or violent behavior
or counseling for students with
problems and learning disabili­
ties.
100 out of 400 teachers an­
swering a union's questionnaire
id students were not expelled
for violent behavior or bringing
weapons into school, according to
the November 18' ue of The
Detroit Teacher, the union news­
paper. Union newspaper editor
Lois Vagnozzi said failure to
punish violent tudents makes it
hard for the others to learn.
"Teachers and udents are on
edge, if violent tudentB are al­
lowed back," he said "You don't
ever feel ecure in the clas
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WINSTON (AP) - Sen-
tences for crack cocaine offenses,
which are stricter than those for
powdered cocaine, discriminate
against Blacks, says a woman
challenging the constitutionality
of the difference in senten
Latoscha Ronice Fisher, 21,
will make that argument
through her attorney, Paul M.
Jam in the first constitutional
challenge to the federal crack-co­
caine law ever filed in North
Carolina. Fisher was convicted
inJuly on two charges of traffick­
ing in and possessing crack c0-
caine.
The difference in enten is
discriminatory because Blacks
are the overwhelming majority
of tho convicted of federal
crack-cocaine offenses, he said.
Th.e law at' ue imposes the
same 10-year mimmum en­
tence for anyone convicted of
trafficking in 50 grams of crack
or 5,000 grams of powdered eo­
caine.
. Robert Mathis, the city aldermen representing
Concord's predominantly Black Ward 4, agreed
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) � Community leaders
urged calm Wednesday after the district attor­
ney issued a report saying police did not use
excessive force during the arrest ora man who
died after being sprayed with pepper gas.
District Attorney Bill Kenerly said Angelo
Robinson, wb arrest and death on July 11
triggered riotingin Concord, did not die because
of criminal negligence.
-We have really been hurting and don't need
any more violence," said Mary Blakeney, chair­
man of the human relations committee of the
Conrord-Cabarrus County Chamber of Com­
merce.
The report is "an outrageous miscarriage of
justice, • but not a surprise; she said.
Civil disobedience will not help, she said.
I HER FACES 24 to 30
years in prison without parol
under federal sentencing guid
lines.
"To ay that someone who
trafficks in crack cocaine is 100
tim more dangerous to society
than someone who traffiaJ in th
me amount of (powdered eo­
caine) is absurd," James id.
Fi her, a 21-y r-old Blac
woman from Winston-Salem,
was a girlfriend of a man de­
scribed by prosecutors a part­
n r at the top of a crack-oocaine
KENERLY'S 13-PAGE report included de­
tails of the findings by the state medical exam­
iner and the State Bureau of Investigation.
"Mostly, remain calm," Mathis said. "This is
the State Bureau ofInvestigation report. I don't
know if the U.S. Justire Department or the
Federal Bureau of Investigation will have a
report .... there are still questions."
Mathis said the city needs to 100 at the
Concord Police Department's policy or proce­
dure on handling prisoners and the use of pep­
per spray.
"If there is nothing criminal, I am concerned
S SURVEY,�4
Bye
Do college
prepare
uden
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"No, We don't have many job
fairs, job recruiters or
professional people in the fields
at the school (college) I attend.·
"No, The things learned in
college might not be the same
in the job market."
·No. It (preparation has to
art from grade scho I. To go
a step further, it should start at
home ...
·�o. The college ;.sn't
responsible for preparing you
for the workforce. "
- Dominique M y
- Fr nk Adkin
rry H rria
-0 k rita Blu
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