L Toya d n t YORK, - Ou pok n and often controversi I ctivist Rev. Al Sh rpton appears ready to announce his intention to run for th U.S. Senate. One Sharp­ ton upporter ys the formal announcement will come on February 22. But Sharpton has refused to announce an exact date. He would be running against veteran New York democrat Senator Daniel Pat­ rick Moynihan. Currently there i only one Blac in the 100- member U.S. Senate. nti- arrakhan "campaign appears to fail LO GELES. CA - In the till controve ial wake of his out-of-court ttlement of a child mol tation uit, Michael Jack­ son' older ister LaToya added to the controversy. ntly by su ting that her uper-star brother was a child molester who "preferred little white boys" Her comments came during the taping of a segment for the The controversy began this tabloid television show "Inside Ron Brown , month when Jewish groups and Edition." Asked if she felt Mi- some media organizations pres- chael was a child abuser, she cleared of sured Black leaders to denounce ans ered "he's capable of doing anti-Jewish remarks made last that." She also asserted that Mi- bribery. charges November by top Farrakhan chael once told her he preferred aide Khalid Abdul Muhammad. "little white boys" and did not MlAMl,FL-Duringthesame Muhammad blasted Jews as want to "waste my time with w�k President Clinton decided "thieves" and "bloodsuckers" of women." to lIft the .19-y�r-old trade em- the Black community. Even Far- According to La Toy a , Michael bargo against VIetnam, the na- , rakhan denounced some of the also kept a human brain in a jar tion' first 'Black Secretary of remarks "vile and mean-spir- Commerce Ron Brown was ited." at his home. Meanwhile, the pop cleared of charges that he ac- super-star is trying to repair his cepted a $700,000 bribe to get That denunciation and demo­ damaged reputation - after the embargo lifted. The charge tion of Muhammad was appar- �ing an !mated 50 .��Ui0!l w mad by Vietnam busi- ently enough to ati, fy most nessman Ly Thanh hili all! - wit blic a =::..JL.� had .. an . The most prominent will be the" Jackson Family Honors" show scheduled to be broadcast over the NBC network February 22. " , , ., " ., eglected Chicago children may reflect growing trend CmCAGO, IL - Entrenched poverty, growing out-of-wedlock births, drug use and parental neglect all combined to produce ' a recent horror story in Chicago. Police, on a drug raid, found no drugs, but instead 19 dirty, hun­ gry children living in a squalid Chicago apartment in a poverty­ ridden, drug-infested neighbor­ hood. The children (all Black) ranged in age from 1 to 14 and two of them were said to b com­ peting with the family dog for food lying on the floor. All the children were apparently the offspring of four sisters. Two women and one man were ar­ rested. Child advocate Patrick. T. Murphy said such neglect is in­ creasing nationwide: "The num-: ber is unusual but the scenario is a daily occurrence. That's th real tragedy." Meanwhile, some critics blamed both drugs and the war against drugs for such situ­ ations. In this cas ,for example, police and child welfare officials had failed to adequately respond to neighbors' complaints about treatment of t�e children. They only acted when a report of drugs being sold from the apart­ ment was filed. No drugs were found. .... ., · • · · Upper income & poor Blacks move in dill r nt direction ANN ARBOR. MI - According to an analysis of C nsus Bureau data by a r s r h r with the University of Michigan Popula­ tion Studies Center, college edu­ cated and poor Blacks are moving to different U.S. cities. , a Miami grand jury. WASIDNG • DC - Efforts by various Jewish groups to break an "alliance" between tra­ ditional Black leaders and Na­ tion of I lam leader Louis Farrakhan appears to have failed. 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Meanwhile, during a press conference, Farrakhan accused the ADL of being "anti-Black" and added, "If we can repudiate Khalid for his words, who will repudiate America for its deeds (against Blacks)." VtMlVu for 411" pt'''''' copy .. s l 2 IW, il12 "\Vf'dn day prior to Pf.bli�'l1ti" lht Mi Itip" ('uiu" IS d"flilGbk eM Ww t1tr0f4p EiII� N�WIIIdt I1nd 10 su cnber» of MtiJd !Jam (',Mill (ISSN 1072-2041) Published e ch Sunday by NEW DAY ENTERPRISE 12541 Second St P.O. 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