r
"w
nee," Thorn on
D xamina ion
state attorn y Bill Goodm n
asked Thorn on if Missi ippi
should Bow every Mississip­
pian the arne opportunities.
Thomp on r pond : "Mi -
issippi wouldn't be here in court
today if that were the case. I
have a 13-ye r-old daughter in
this courtroom. I want to give her
the t ucation po ible."
U.S. Distri Jud ea1 Big-
gers is h aring te timony in the
cas that ks mo mon y nd
E·gh P c of chool
child en are horne alone
About 1.6 million child n comprising eight pe nt of grade
h I child n of mploy mothers me hom to empty
ho in 1991, ccording to a U.S. C nsu Bu u report, ,
inding th Kid. hild rran m nts: F 11
port aid n arly on -third of h childr n w re five to
11-y r- I , whil th remaining two-third wer aged 12 to
14. An tim ted 21. billion w pent on child care in 1991.
amili paying for child care pent an verage of 63.30 per
w kin 1991.
ElDp oy es needed for
Clinton health Plan
A tudy don under th dir tion . of a former Offiee of
Mana ment nd Bud official conclud that President
Clinton' H Ith S urity Act would require 55,623 new state
empl y s, 11,123 new fed ral employ , and 31,400 new
worke for regional allian-ces. Copi of the tudy summary
can obtained from Amy Moritz at The Nation I Center for
Public olicy R rch (202) 543-1286.
Political' group call. for Black
WOIDan on supreme. court
Tucker, National Chair of the National Po-
litical Con of Bl ck Women, Con women Card
91lins of Chicago and Bar ra ROSe Colh orne Toit, i-eCe'ntly('
eonv . ill pr nferen to ur P ident
Clinton to appoint an African American woman to the Supreme
Court,
Dr. Tucker stated to the group that, "Women are 53 percent
of the population nd hou ld have r:to I than four seats on
the Supreme Court." h al 0 tated that African American
women gave linton 6 r nt oft heir vot - higher than any
other group,
Arkansas State Press is 30'
The Little Rock-based Arkans s State Press newspaper
celebrates its 30th year of publishing in May. Started by Mr.
L.C. Ba nd his wife, Daisy, who gained n tional fame for
her rol in the school desegregation cri i of Central High
School in 1957, he Bl k-oriented new. paper is now published
by K rney Publi hing, In .
Janetta K rney is th current publi
bought th p p r from Ms. Bat in 19
mernb r f the oard of dir 0 of th
Publish rs iiation. J ni: K
W shington, D. an ppoint
str tion.
her. Her ister, Janis,
nd has erved as a
National New paper
urrently is rving in
linton/Gore Adrnini-
from what he call "pull the lever" politics.
"1 think Blacks in m ny ways, pecially in
this area, re more or 1 imitating the white
pow r tructur that ruled' before th y were
allowed to vote," he aid. "Back in gregationist
politics, the egregationists were D moerats
and they u ed to advert' to �ust pull the lever,'
To rtain extent, Blacks have adopted the
arne kind of stra egy."
Di trict 28 includes all or parts of Barbour,
Bullock Henry, Macon, Ru ell and Lee coun­
ti
IN T TO Settler's quest for pub-
lic offi , th Democratic primary has developed
into a batt I t with the white incumbent, state
n. Danny Corbett of Phenix City, matched
against Black state Rep, George Clay of Tus­
kegee.
The more the two Democrats fire their politi­
cal canons, the happier Settler is.
"Neither of those individuals has done very
much," h said.
id
con ounty
EG T
con County h
tion.
He id Republicans in the county ar "few
and far b w n."
But ettler said he wants to f Black voters
o Republi n from M -
n elected inee R constru
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