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Mediator Bell
COLUMBUS, b/t ? Former Attorney General Griffin Bell, right,
shakes hands with itoney Dennis falter and other representatives of
the NAACP prior to V cktfedmeetinfc with the Muscogee County School
Board in Columbus. Ga., Wednesday. Bell is mediator in desegregation
talks btqtoen the NAACJ* and the school board. The White House also
announced Wednesday (Ml President Bush has hired Betl in die Iran*
Contra affair. Vr ?^'1
*<* Bill Clinton's 15-member
number of African Americans
? wa / liiivHii / Niiviivwvf
t io U.S. history. Fulfilling ?
"which looks like Americ$l|
lite females, three black men^
*|jWtim run. the executive
ars. The blacks in the cabinet
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ife Department; and Hazel?
f the nominees is expected tof
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five wnite
t Marijuana 'lO.K. For Medical Purposes
! LITTLE ROCK. ARK ? Rra*ldertt-?fcet BiH CKnton's appointee as
MS. Surgeon Genegd says she ^advofcate fa use of marijuana for
medical pwppses. According to Joyp^ynJHMn^ cutrenU^the director at
the Arkansas Health Department, "Jf the doctors fed iifjiijuart^would be jj
. beneficial, to the ptfintt it dKwU be fmSHit. "The 59-year-old black
pediatrician iwfafrd out that there ii strong e^deobt marijuana canbe of
benefit to persons suffering from glaucoma, cancer and AIDS. The
Elders* appointment could be delayed, however, because die term of cur
lent ^5ur^p^^^i^? >es pOTend tuttil March, 1994.
But Clinton aides hint Novello may be asked tOKresigh so Eiders can
' take the post this comma summer. Elders fclso favors distribution of con*
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Hariett^f Mother Hale Dies
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sd Recently of coufrpgatfoiia from a stroke. She was 87. Clara
9 began her effort* in 1963 with a single drug-addicted baby,
o open a home that helped hundreds of babies. She was
ionally when former President Ronald Reagan labeled hefc*an
tiero." Hale respo?kd,MI am simply a person who loves dpi'-.
fe*i Harlem Home has grown into a $3.^ million a yea^ .opera
Mortgage Lending: Fair Treatment ^rom page ai
Herbert Wayne, a Wachovia
senior uce-president and compli
ance manager of the Community
Reinvestment Act. said they were
concerned'about the number of
rejected minority applications.
He said the\ recenth pulled a
statistically valid sample ot" loans
and found that they were turned
down due to flaws in the applica
tions."
The Comptroller of the Cur
renc\. the federal agencs that o\er
sees bank*. was also concerned, and
survesed a larger number of loan
applications.
The> found no evidence that
the bank had discriminated against
Mack loan applicants, Wayne said,
r' Creditj history and debt-to
mcome ratio are the primary reasons
that black loan applications were
denied, he said.
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New Year's Eve Party Was Fun from page A1
inony and uplifting song selections.
They nearly "had church" rigju
there in the coliseum education
building.
Another crowd pleaser was
blues singer Willie Lockett, who
had no trouble in getting a crowd of
9.000 to jump to its feet and hap
pily mimic his gyrations as if he
were a lusty Pied Piper. Lockett
and his band. Blues Krewe, hail
from New Orleans and played a
pulsating, heart-pumpkin version of
the blues .
Janice Price, Walkertown's
most talented, glamorous native,
performed perennial jazz favorites.
The children's pavilion
included a weightless simulator,
moonwalk, a professional clown
and a carousel.
STEP ONE, Winston-Salent's
alcohol and drug abuse prevention
and treatment facility, sponsors
First Night, which is a franchise
concept from a consortium in
Boston. STEP ONE owns fran
chise rights (or the Triad region.
Craig W. Ewing, event pro
dutex^ proclaimed the visual art
show a tremendous success.
?"At 8:30. you couldn't get into
an art booth, and some of the arr7'
work had price tags over $5000,'.'
he said.
? ? -Ewing credited the Jaycees
with prodding the backbone of the
operation, including primary* chair
positions.
He will put out a call for partic
ipating artists in the next few
months.
- Ewing wants the production to
become a national event, and hopes
to attract a few big name groups
such as Boyz 2 Men.
Next year he plans to invite 30
marching bands, urge participants
to come in costume, and expand
arts participation. December per
formances would be published in
the First Night calendar and dis
tributed the first of the mbnth.
Bert Wood, president of STEP
ONE. said First Night is one of sev
eral (drug-and alcohol-fre^) SAFE
Initiative events, such as^Project
Graduation.
"This is an example of corpora
tions, business and government
leaders who have put their money
where their mouth is," he said. "We
? can't just say we want a drug-free
community.
We have to provide .drug-free
? eveiit^-JA^i^^frrl^nrthat we
change the tradition of^ifinkirig. We
need to recognize that people
shi^uldn i go out and get?f)lastered. showed that 74 percent of people
and that families are important. stay home on New Year's Eve.
I He said a national study That's our market," he said.
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The fyrtstnw & Gwyn familie v enjoyed First Night. (L to R) Ronald Bristow
Sr., Charles Gwyn Sr., ( middle-) Ronald Hristow Jr., Brenda Gwyn, Jana
Bristgw. {front row ) Ashley Hristow and Asia Bristow.
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