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Five accused of killing Steve Biko will not be prosecuted JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (API - The five policemen who were accused of killing anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in 1977 won't be prosecuted because of insuffi cient evidence, justice ministry officials said last week. A murder charge could not be supported in part because there were no witnesses to the killing. omciais saiu. Charges of culpable homicide and assault also were considered, but because the killing of the black con sciousness movement leader occurred in 1977, the time frame for prosecution had lapsed. "We can only prosecute if there is sufficient evidence to justify the charge, but there is not enough evidence. ... If at Bileo a later stage new eviuence emergeu tnai cleared the problems we've had, we would reconsider our decision. With a matter like this, we can't leave it hanging; we must have finality," said Chris MacAdam, a lawyer for the National Prosecuting Authority. The African National Congress took issue with the deci sion, saying it might give the impression that the post apartheid democratic government tolerated such "evil." Biko's message of black pride in the mid-1970s appealed to many young people in South Africa's townships, and his death made him a martyr in the struggle against apartheid. He died of brain injuries on Sept. 12. 1977, after being beaten. The case sparked an outcry at home and abroad and spurred activism that contributed to the end of white-minori ty rule, also inspiring the movie "Cry Freedom," with Denzel Washington. Georgia eighth-graders suspended for using racial slurs on Web site LILBURN, Ga. (AP) - Two Gwinnett County students have been suspended from school for running a Web site with racial slurs and threats about other students. The two eighth-graders were suspended from Trickum Middle School on Friday after hearing complaints from par ents and students. "The site was anti-African-American and included racial and ethnic slurs, as well as threatening language." said Sloan Roach, spokeswoman for Gwinnett Schools. The site also had information about students who were getting ready to fight. "The racial and ethnic slurs negatively impacted the school environment." Roach said. "The tone and nature of this Web site was certainly not representative of the Trickum Middle School community." The Web site was run off-campus, and the students removed it on their own when they learned they were getting in trouble. Roach said. Clarett, mother receive death threat YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (API - The mother of suspended Ohio State tailback Maurice Clarett has received a racially charged death threat addressed to her son. Michelle Clarett received the letter, which had no return address, at her home on Oct. 2, according to a police report. The typed message was from "OSU cheerleaders" and said that "black men should stay away from while women. It included other racial remarks and ended with a message that the writer will "kill and bomb the place." Police are treating the letter as an ethnic intimidation and aggravated men acing case. Lt. Robin Lees said the letter was sent to the state crime lab. "We do know that another similar letter was sent to the New England area. Lees said it was not directed at Clarett Maurice Clarett but it was a general threat against blacks basically." Clarett's mother declined to comment Friday. Clarett is suspended for the season for accepting money from a family friend and for lying about it to investigators. Next pope could be a Nigerian LAGOS, NIGERIA (IPS/GIN) - Senior officials in the Nigerian Roman Catholic church say there is a chance that the next pope will be from Nigeria. d?..i it a:~.. k:?. ?? iivii i vspv jv/iiii r aui 11 uits. ma successor will be selected from a con clave of 135 cardinals. "Nigeria now has two candidates to vote and be voted for the position of pope," said Rev. Father Emmanuel Badejo. a spokesman for the Nigerian church. "The more can didates you have; the brighter your chances at the con- , ^i clave." The two Arinze Nigerian cardinals are Francis Arinze, who was made cardinal in 1985 and now the fourth-highest Vatican official, and Anthony Okogie. who was appointed a cardinal just three weeks ago. The current pope, from Poland, is now 83 years old and is extremely frail. He has to be transported in a chair with wheels attached to it. and at one recent Okogie public event he was unable to read his entire speech and an aide had to read for him. The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Ernes H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is publishec 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 Airport renaming creates divide Blacks want name of former Atlanta mayor added to airport BY DOUG GROSS THh ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA - A push to add the name of former Mayor May nard Jackson to the title of this city's sprawling airport pits the legacy of two popular mayors against each other and has reignit ed simmering tensions of new Atlanta vs. OIU, Diai'K vs. white. The change seems almost certain. T w o - thirds of Atlanta's IS r itv Jackson Council members gave tentative approval earlier this month to a moniker that may be as busy as the air hub itself - Harts field-Jackson Atlanta Internation al Airport. Much of the opposition lead ing up to the Oct. 20 vole is com ing from the heirs of current air port namesake William B. Harts field, the city's longest-serving KRT Photo Plans sit on the tarmac at Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport. mayor who as a councilman in the 1920s was instrumental in select ing a blackberry patch south of town as the original site for the airport. "Plain and simple. Mayor Hartsfield fathered aviation in Atlanta," said distant cousin Dale Hartsfield, who has served as the family's spokesman. "A hyphenated name will water down the honor for both men," he said. "The Hartsfield family does not have a problem with honoring Mayor Jackson. Atlanta should honor him. But why take away an honor that was See Airport on A10 | Bugging opens old wounds for blacks by Patrick Walters THE ASSOCIATED press PHILADELPHIA - The bugging of Mayor John Street's office amid an elec tion campaign already marked by accusations of race-baiting has further heightened long-standing ten sion between blacks and the FBI, concerns that date>to the 1960s Civil Rights Move ment. Many in Philadelphia's black community say the mayor would not be under such scrutiny if he was white, and Street himself suggested this week that "racial biases" could have something to do with the FBI investigation. The FBI has refused to provide details about the hid den listening devices found last week in Street's office during a routine police sweep. Street said federal prosecutors have assured him he is not a target of the inves tigation. "If he's not the target of the investigation, why bug his office?" said Michael Coard, a black Philadelphia lawyer and activist. "He's the mayor, he's a black man. he's a lawyer." Black leaders long have alleged that there is a pattern of racial bias by the FBI. cit ing its investigations of Mar tin Luther King Jr.. Malcolm X. former Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry and oth ers. "There's been, and the FBI has admitted it at times, unfair investigation and sur veillance of African-Ameri cans," said U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah. D-Pa.. who is black. "There's less restraint on the l^fcsh." Callers to Coard's weekly Sec Bugging on A5 SQ KRTPhoio John Street answers ques tions from a throng on reporters last Thursday, short ly after a bug ging device was found in his City Hall office. COMFORT XV UOMEl FURNITURE You can be comfortable with our furniture because You can be comfortable with our prices. Solid Oak Bedroom Group. $999 While they LAST! Everyone PRE-APPROVED for financing UNBEATABLE PRICES ? HURRY IN FOR BEST SELECTION Name Brand Furniture Like Spring Air and Ashley at Unbelievable Prices! ? - ! - - The French inspired hand carved accents will bring beauty and comfort to ^uour home. comfort /\ | # 1179 Silas Creek Parkway home r w (336)788-4547 furniture Parkway Plaza ? Comer of Silas Creek & Peters Creek Parkway INDEX OPINION A6 SPORTS. B1 REU&ON. B5 CLASSIFIEDS B9 HEALTH. C3 ENTERTAINMENT....C7 CALENDAR. 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