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Trial postponed in plot to kill Mandela Mandela PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - A judge decided last week to postpone for a second time the treason trial of 22 white men in connection with a plot to kill then-President Nelson Mandela and overthrow the counyy's first democratic government. Judge Eben Joraaan postponed the trial - the first treason trial in post-apartheid South Africa - until June 9 to give the Legal Aid Board time to reconsider applications for legal assistance from the defendants. The judge had originally postponed the case to Mon day to allow defense lawyers to sort out state-paid attorneys tor some ot the accused. Seven of the men were granted legal aid but objected to having to share one legal representative, saying they had clashing interests. One man said he had run out of funds and now required legal aid. The men face 43 charges, including high treason, murder, attempted murder ter rorism and the illegal possession of arms and ammunition. They made an initial court appearance last week amid tight security in the recently restored Palace of Justice, where Mandela and others had been sentenced to lite imprison ment in 1964. The alleged members of the extreme right-wing group called Boeremag. or Fanners Force, are charged in the murder of Clau dia Mokone. who was killed in a bomb blast in Soweto in October 2002. Prosecutors also alleged the group conspired to kill Mandela with a plan to blow up a car transporting the president to a public event. Mandela foiled the alleged plot by choosing to travel by helicopter. The state alleges that the 22 men plotted to kill all blacks or drive them from the country and to set up an Afrikaner state. After decades of racial oppression under the apartheid regime. South Africa had its first multiracial election in 1994. A small group of conservative whites remain opposed to democratic rule. Events planned to remember Evers Evers JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - At least two events are planned for the 40th anniversary of the death of civil rights leader Medgar Eveis. On June 16. friends, family and fellow activists will gather at Arlington National Cemetery, said Barry Bradford, who is helping coordinate the event. Bradford was 8 years old when Evers, field secretary for the NAACP, was assassinated June 12, 1963, in Jackson. "My dad sat down the three of us," recalled Bradford, who was living in suburban Chicago. "He was shaken by it. He told us Medgar was trying to do the right thing for the right reasons and that whoever killed him had great evil in his heart, which we later found out was true." The other event takes place in Newton County, where residents are recognizing their native son. bom in Decatur on July 2, 1925. Delores Bolden-Stamps. executive director of the Medgar Evers Institute, said the institute hopes Congress will recognize this National Week of Remembrance. Both events came about through grass roots organizing, she said. "We never intended to try and do this by ourselves," Bolden Stamps said, "but rather to generate continued interest in legacy and things that Medgar Evers stood for. the challenges his work still presents to us and the things we must address if we are to ful fill the promises written in the Constitution." On June 10, Newton County residents will host a homecoming for the Evers family at East Central Community College. They will announce a historical marker at the courthouse, where Medgar and his brother. Charles Evers. were once turned away from registering to vote. "It's an opportunity for our county to express to his family our appreciation to them for his life and his legacy and to remember and reflect," said Bill May, one of 10 people on a planning com mittee for the event. Tycoon joins Republican race for Senate Cain ATLANTA (AP) - A famed black restaurateur from Atlanta is joining Georgia's crowded race for U.S. Senate. Herman Cain, who once ran the Nebraska-based Godfather's Pizza chain, wants Zell Miller's Senate seat. But he has never run for office before, and he must beat two sitting congressmen and another black businessman to get the Republican nomination in 2004. The race is the first statewide election in post-Reconstruction Georgia to pit two black Republicans against each other. Cain will face fellow Atlanta businessman A1 Bartell. who ran unsuccessfully for lieu tenant governor last year. Cain, 57, had a hardscrabble childhood in Atlanta, but worked his way through Morehouse College. He worked for Burgef King and The Pillsbury Co. before taking the helm of a struggling pizza chain in 1986. Within two years. Godfather's Pizza was out of debt, and he bought the Omaha. Neb.-based pizza chain from Pillsbury for $50 million. Cain's rdsumd includes a short time as chairman of the Feder al Reserve Bank in Kansas City. Mo., and co-chairman of Steve Forbes' 2000 presidential bid. Fle's also a motivational speaker and author of three leadership books. Also in the bidding are U.S. Reps. Johnny Isakson and Mac Collins, both seasoned state politicians from Atlanta's Republican leaning suburbs. But Georgia Republican Chairman Alec Poitevint said the two black candidates have a decent shot. "It's wide open." Poitevint said. "We have been proactive for a long period of time to let people know our party is open." The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. Peri odicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. Annual sub scription price is $30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NC 27102-1636 Jackson collides with NASCAR fans Some disapprove of Jackson's involvement in trying to make sport more diverse Jackson BY STEVE WILSTEIN THE ASS0CIAT1 D PRI ss NASCAR is caught in the middle of a relentless attack by a dogged critic of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. At stake are NASCAR's commitment to diversity and the allegiance of some fans who are riled by Jack son's opposi tion to the war in Iraq, resent him for other reasons, or sim p i y don't want the complexion ot the sport to change. So far, NASCAR has done the smart thing. It has avoided the political issues without backing down from support for Jackson in their joint efforts to draw more minori ties to auto racing at all levels - as fans, drivers, crew mem bers and owners. "NASCAR does not endorse political views," pres ident Mike Helton said. "NASCAR endorses diversi ty." Dora Taylor, hired by NASCAR to head its diversity program after she helped turn Denny's from worst to first in its industry, said NASCAR remains serious about going after new markets by attract ing minorities. "It's a win-win scenario all the way around." she said. Mot if it involves Jackson, countered one of his most vehement critics, activist Peter Flaherty. Flaherty is president of a tiny outfit with a pretentious title, the National Legal and Policy Center, in Falls Church. Va., which purports to promote "ethics in govern ment" while exposing the "hypocrisy of the left." To this end, Flaherty, con servative cohort Ken Boehm. and their staff of three have been waging a campaign against NASCAR's relation ship with Jackson on the Inter net. radio/television and in newspapers. "We have an ongoing cam paign to dissuade corporate America from supporting Jesse Jackson." Flaherty said. They have been trying to bring down Jackson for a cou ple of years, alleging his non profit Citizenship Education Fund is crooked and that the $250,000 NASCAR has donated to it over the past two years - among the contribu tions of many - is going into his pockets. "It's basically a slush fund for Jackson." Flaherty said. "One thing that is indisputable is that it has nothing to do with broadening the base of NASCAR. This is not a non profit: it's an entity that's run to push the financial benefit of Jesse Jackson, his friends and family, some of whom have become quite wealthy." That's a charge that Charles Farrell. director of Rainbow Sports, a division of Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, called "an absurd accusation ... ridiculous." "Mr. Flaherty's attacks have no basis in fact," Farrell said. Farrell works closely with NASCAR, as well as with major league baseball, the Sec NASCAR on A11 Cars make pit stops at the recent Pole Coca-Cola 600. Plaintiffs want court to overturn results ofMcKinney's 2002 election . McKinney . / BY ERIC TORE MTJHAMMAD FINAL CALL ATLANTA(NNPA)- As a lawsuit challenging the validi ty of the vote that unseated Rep. Cynthia Mc-Kinney (D Ga.) winds through the courts, plaintiffs are hopeful that an opinion by conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antho ny Scalia actually will help their cause. The suit charges the state of Georgia, the Board of Elec tions and Registration of DeKalb and Gwinnett coun ties and the Georgia Democra tic Party with interfer ing vith the rights of voters o n account of race. The suit further declares t n a t Republicans engaged in a "malicious crossover" when they voted in the Democratic primary. The suit seeks to declare the crossover vote of more than 47.1)00 votes unconstitu tional. Named as defendants are Gov. Sonny Perdue, who assumed office orf--Jan. 13; Secretary of State Cathy Cox; Linda Latimore and Lynn Ledford. board of election supervisors in the counties of DeKalb and Gwinnett, respec tively. The Georgia Democrat ic Party is included in the suit because it is responsible by state law for conducting dem ocratic primaries. While first-term Congress woman Denise Majette would not comment on the lawsuit during a recent meeting before the Richmond Democratic Party breakfast in Augusta, and later during a town hall meeting of supporters in DeKalb. plaintiffs of an amended suit filed in March said they are hopeful there could be a re-election. Those plaintiffs include Rev. E. Ran del Osborne. Linda Dubose, Brenda Lowe Clemons. Dorothy Perry and Wendell Muhammad, the Southern regional protocol director for the Nation of Islam. The controversial Aug. 20. 2002, election saw a massive White Republican crossover that practically equaled an all white state primary. Democ rats and blacks overwhelm ingly voted for McKinney. White voter turnout was cal culated at 38 percent with 90 percent of that crossover vot ing for Majette. Blacks repre sented a 32 percent turnout. Majette was included in the original suit filed shortly after the election in 2002, but has since been dropped as a defendant. In her loss, McKinney joined former Rep. Earl Hilliard of Alabama as the second black lawmaker target ed by crossover votes and tremendous opposition from pro-Israeli groups in support of their challengers. Hilliard lost in a special runoff to Artur Davis. The suit, in part, relies on the opinion of Justice Scalia and the cases outlined by the high court in "California vs. Jones" and "Gore vs. Bush." "A single election in which the party nominee is selected by nonparty members could See McKinney on A9 INDEX OPINION. A6 SPORTS. SI RELIGION. 85 CLASSIFIEDS. B8 HEALTH. C3 ENTERTAINMENT....C7 CALENDAR. 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