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Chris Webber, star rookie forward forth Golden State Warriors,
is not only exemplary in his performance on tb court, but has taken
the lead where contract negotiations are concerned by hiring Bill
Strickland, a Black attorney, to procure a I5-year, 75 million deal
on his behalf.
The socially-conscious rookie was damant about ethnic repre­
entation, according to a re rt in the Chicago Citizen by Barry
Cooper.
Webber demanded of his paren that he "wanted somebody
Black. " According to Webber, "We (Blacks) are under-represented
in that area. There should be more Black agents."
Although about 85 percent of the NBA's players are Black, most
are represented by white agents.
Ho ver, if other in-coming players
St. Senator Joe Young Jr., 8 chair of the Senate Ta k Force, will launch
the Lottery beginning with a arl of hearings to h held in February.
See DEA 86
"I wanted
a Black
agent. II
75
million
at t ke
- Chrl. Webber
8y CRAIG HILL
Michl .n Citizen
House Democratic Lottery
Task Force under the leadership
of Chair Joe Young Jr.(D-De­
troit) will conduct an inv iga-
io 10 d to
complai agai t the te Lot-
tery Bureau and its ne Michi­
gan Lotto Game.
Currently background or
is being done before the Task
Force committee meeting-on the
lottery takes place February 1,
Young said.
Young believes Lottery Com­
missioner, Jerry Crandall has
made arbitrary decisions based
on poorjudgment which are cost­
ing education dollars for tbe­
children in the state of Michigan
"If the lottery was' properly
".
NEW YORK - An independent
investigation, conducted over
five y .. "IS by an attorney in New
York, shows that convicted killer
James Earl Ray did not assassi­
nate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. The investigation also
poin to evidence of a conspir- .
aey in the killing of the slain civil
rights leader.
Attorney and consultant Jack
E. Robinson first conceived of
th idea while watching the 25th
Anniversary of J.F.K on TV and
said to himself, "Why don't we
h r this about King?"
"After the House Select Com­
mittee on Assassinations re­
I� its findings in 1978, the
case appeared to be closed. But
in tb late 1980 , after reviewing
the committee's findings and
talking to some of the witnesses,
I decided to investigate the case
myself," Robinson said. "What I
found was very disturbing. The
House investigation was sloppy
and incomplete, and its findings
misleading. James Earl Ray, in
my view, is innocent." .
The official case, endorsed by
the House Select Committee on
t\.82::J85iSl·, nations (HSCA) in 1978,
is that Ray, a small-time petty
thiet: killed Dr. King with one
shot from a high-pow red rifle
fired from the bathroom of a
boarding house overlooking-the
balcony and room of the Lor­
raine Motel in emphis where
King was staying. King ex­
ited his room at 6 :00 p.m. on
April 4, 1968, and pped onto
the balcony, h was hot.
RAY THEREAFTER fled to
CanadaandthenLondon,wh re
he was arrested and extradited
back__!o Memphis. H pleaded
y
guilty and received a 99-year
nt nce. Today he is 65 years
'Old and is being held in grega­
tion at the Riverben maximum
ecurity facility in Nashville.
Although HSCA claims that
th fatal hot came from th
bathroom in th boarding house,
a computer simulation con­
ducted by Robinson of th fatal
bullet's trajectory sho that it
is equally likely that th shot
was fired from th bush out-
id be!IDYth window. "If it can-
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managed it would in �ct double
the amount of revenue for educa­
tion," said Young.
"We want to know whether
the lottery is exploitingpoorpeo­
pie since few rich people don't
play the lottery and instead go to
Las Vegas or Atlantic City," says
Young.
Al It
i t
lottery players w t they
lik to play as opposed to him
coming up with a game and hop­
ing people would like it.
ACCORDING TO YOUNG,
citizens complain that it is
bard to t j ckpo
are smaller ban t Ralme�
lot ry' crooked, ke, and
somebody is running ofl'with the
money.
"In the past, the jackpot has
increased by $2 million or $4 mil­
. lion, and now the increase i only
$100,000/, says Young.
Young said the commissioner
changed the jackpot to back up
the sales from lottery players.
Along with the complaints,
Young said how the advertising
dollars are spent will be looked
into as well.
YOU G REMIND th e
people who play the lottery that
it . voluntarily regressive tax
on those people who play.
Young said the speaker of the
hous has extended the Demo­
cratic Lottery-Task Force inves-
Se LOlTERY,A2
NAACP president
found dead
By TERRY KELLY
BENTON HARBOR-A life­
time dedicated to the struggle
for justice came to an end
Tuesday, Jan. 4 when Benton
Harbor police found the un­
conscious body of Freddie Lee
Moore, 48. .
Moore, a decorated Viet­
nam war veteran, former Ben­
ton Harbor School board
trustee, president of the
NAACP and a Berrien County
employee union president
was found in his van in a par -
ing lot at Kline nd McAllister
avenues, near St. Matth ws
Lutheran Church, after a call
came into 911 around 9:49
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FREDDIE MOORE
How
would
you grade'
ill Clinton?
- Floyd Ho ea
. .
"He's doing a good job so far. I
like his Health Plan."
·Clinton is looking out for big
business interest. His
introduction of universal health
his best endeavor
·1 pray that God leads him to
strengthen the economy for.
. everyone, espeCially the youth,
I'm worried about the youth.·
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