| Faces of the CIAA
Photos by Bruce Chapman
Thousand* of pooplo will travel to tho city this week for the CIAA Tourna
ment. Here are just a few moment* we captured.
| News Briefs
| Meek and Miller introduce
^Census bill
J U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, D-Fla.,
|?and Rep. Dan Miller, R-Fla.,
recently introduced the Decennial
Census Improvement Act of 1999,
a bill to allow those On public
(?assistance to work as temporary
rcensus workers without losing ben
."efits under federally-financed
? assistance programs.
"The improvement we are aim
ing for in our bill is a much more
accurate census count in poor,
! minority and immigrant communi
ks, which have been traditionally
? liidercounted," said Meek. "Our
I $11 is based on the theory that peo
J jje in these neighborhoods will be
j Much more likely to" talk to their
| Neighbors than to strangers. "We
j Jrn't afford not to pass our bill,
| fhich will make it easier for the
i jensus Bureau to hire enumera
j ers who actually live in the com
j | ^unities in which they work."
j J "Neighbors will be able to
{ jount neighbors. It means that a
| joor mother receiving food stamps
' jk Medicaid or other social ser
j fees can take a census job and
< irork in her own neighborhood
Without losing her health care or
Stther benefits. It means that coi
nage students and retirees can work
?& temporary census job and not
!$ave it count against their Pell
^Crant or Social Security benefits."
In the past, the Census Bureau
j, Jjjas had difficulty attracting work
g !3*s as temporary assignments in
I Ijflbor neighborhoods because indi
I .Sjduals could not earn additional
$Acome without exceeding income
jtmits on federally-financed assis
^Jince programs, such as welfare,
3j>od stamps, housing and health
5?re. The bill provides that pay for
Semporary census positions not
Sfcduce benefits from social ser
vices.
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kludge in Lenard Clark
jieating case threatened
Death threats against Judge
-ijan Locallo, who sentenced
^Frank Caruso, Jr. to an eight-year
>' Sentence for the racial beating of
I tenard Clark, were called "despi
;?aible" by State's Attorney Dick
3#evine. Joining him in his outrage
were Mayor Richard Daley, Jr. and
Police Supt. Terry Hilliard, who
said the threats are being investi
gated on the city, county and fed
eral levels,
"I was absolutely outraged at
anyone who'd make such a threat
against any law enforcement indi
vidual and the sight on TV watch
ing ajudge being escorted to his
house by sheriffs deputies is
absolutely sickening," Devine said.
Last November, Locallo was
the subject of a voter boycott by
black activists who passed out
posters denouncing him for letting
"two Whites boys go free from
Bridgeport's 11 th Ward," but giv
ing Caruso an eight-year sentence.
Hilliard said the FBI is investigat
ing the threats and said his men are
involved in the bodyguard detail at
the judge's home. - The Chicago
Defender
Couple sues for harrassment
Shirley Dunbar aqd Muham
mad Doka and the Fair Housing
Council of Greater. Washington
have filed a suit in U.S. District
Court for the state of Maryland
earlier this month against the
Greencastle Lakes Community
Association, Inc.; the Manage
ment Group Associates, Inc. and
John S. Turna for racial harass
ment.
The suit charges that despite
knowing about the extreme har
rassment perpetuated6 against the
Dokas and their children in their
Burtonsville, Md. community by
their neighbor, Turna, neither
Greencastle nor Management did
anything to help the family.
"Homeowners' associations like
Greencastle Lakes have an obliga
tion under the Fair Housing Act to
take all reasonable steps to stop
racial harrassment within their
communities. We believe that
Greencastle Lakes' failure to take
any steps to protect the Dokas vio
lated the requirements of the fed
eral fair housing laws," explained
John Relman, director of the
Washington Lawyers' Committee's
Fair Housing Project. - New York
Amsterdam News
Children at risk from global
air pollution >
WASHINGTON (IFS) - Most
of the world s children risk disease
and death because they afe growing
up in rapidly expanding urban areas
where they regularly breath polluted
air, according to health experts. A
preliminary' report by the World
Resources Institute and the World
Health Organization, to be officially
released this month, saytf that while
air pollution can affect the health of
all humans, the greatest impact is
likely to be among urban children.
Increased urbanization and rapid
industrialization in developing
countries is causing a virtual epi
demic of diseases related to air pol
lution among young children, says
the report. More than 80 percent of
the world's children under the age of
15 live in developing countries, and
half of them live in urban areas.
"Most children who live in large
cities in the developing world
breathe air that is the equivalent of
smoking two packs of cigarettes a
day," says Devra Lee Davis, an epi
demiologist with the Washington-,
based World Resources Institute.
*
Already, air pollution in the
developing world is responsible for
at least 50 million cases of chronic
cough in children under five, the
report says. Respiratory disease is
now the leading cause of death in
children worldwide. - Danielle'
Knight
Casinos could boost tourism
in St. Lucia
CASTRIES (IFS) - When it was
in opposition, the St. Lucia Labour
Party vigorously campaigned
against a government move to intro
duce casino gambling into the east?
ern Caribbean island. But now, just
over one year after being swept to
power, winning 16 of the 17 seats in
parliament, SLP is contemplating
introducing casinos as a means of
attracting tourists, particularly from
North America. Like the Roman
Catholic Church and other religious
bodies, the SLP originally warned
of a wave of crime, prostitution and
other social ills which it was con
vinced would befall St. Lucia, if
casinos came to the island.
But, the idea of boosting the
number of tourists, which stood at
600,000 last grear, is changing
minds. The tourism industry is a sig
nificant player in St. Lucia's econo
my. It has surpassed the vital
banana industry, and last year it
accounted for 12 percent of the
country's Gross Domestic Product.
It brought in more than $350 mil
lion in foreign exchange earnings. - '
Peter Richards
pouth Carolina finally does away
fvvith ban on interracial marriages
tE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The
uth Carolina Legislature has
ified a constitutional amend
nt to end the century-old ban
interracial marriages.
Voters in November approved
iing the ban against the "mar
ge of a white person with a
Negro or mulatto or a person who
shall have one-eighth or more of
Negro blood."
The measure, now ratified by
the state House and Seriate,
became law last week.
The prohibition had remained
in South Carolina's 1895 Constitu
tion even though the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled in a 1967 Virginia case
that states may not enforce bans
on interracial marriages.
Alabama now is the only state
with a ban on interracial mar
riages. A measure to remove it
from the state constitution and
add an equal protection clause will
be introduced when the Alabama
Legislature convenes March 2.
WELCOME
disa^ni
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PUBLIC NOTICE
REVIEW OF THE DRAFT 2000-2006 METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM(MTIP)
AND THE
DRAFT AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY ANALYSIS REPORT
AND CONFORMITY DETERMINATION
FOR THE WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY
2025 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Urban Area Transportation Advi
sory Committee (TAC) encourages the general public to review and
submit written comments regarding two transportation planning doc
uments: 1) Draft 2000-2006 Metropolitan Transportation Improve
ment Program (MTIP) for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Urban
Area, and 2) Draft Conformity Analysis Report and Conformity
Determination for the Winston-Salem/Forsvth County 2Q25 Long
Range Transportation Plan. The documents can be reviewed at all
Forsyth County public libraries, each municipal town hall, the North
Carolina Department of Transportation Division 9 office at 2125
Cloverdale Avenue, and the City of Winston-Salem Department of
Transportation office (Room 380) in City Hall, 101 N. Main Street in
Winston-Salem.
All request for appropriate auxiliary aids and services to review and
comment on the draft MTIP and the uraft air quality report should be
made to Greg Errett, City of Winston-Salem Department of Trans
portation, P.O. Box 2511, Winston-Salem, NC 27102 or by phone at
(336) 727-2707, TDD 727-8319.
ONLY WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. THE
DEADLINE IS MONDAY MARCH 1,1999 AT 5:00 P.M.
Written comments may be mailed or faxed to: Loretta Barren, TAC
Secretary, City-County Planning Board, P.O. Box 2511, Winston
Salem, NC 271-2. Fax Number (336) 748-3163.
The TAC will review both documents at their Wednesday February 10
and Wednesday March 24, 1999 meetings. The general public is
encouraged to attend the TAC meetings, which will be held in the 2nd
Floor Council Chambers of City Hall, 101 North Main Street in Win
ston-Salem. The TAC meetings will be held at 4:15 p.m.
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