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Page 2A - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, January 7, 1988 Sumter To Appeal Judge's Fine Continued From Page lA The case. Fox said In his order, "was the most extensive, and quite probably costly, litigation this district has ever seen." Fox's 482-page order Imposing the sanctions was unprecedented In the Eastern District of North Carolina. Peter Loewenberg, now an as sistant U.S. attorney In Tampa, Fla., said he and other Army lawyers had wanted sanctions Imposed as a lesson to those who would file frivolous suits In the hope that a defendant would settle out of court "We felt that If people were shown this could happen If you bring frivolous claims. It would not deter people who have good claims, but it would deter those people who want to misuse the system to advance themselves," Loewenbeig s^d. Loewenberg said that Cham bers "may be the most notable black lawyer In the country. He Is obviously a very well-known person and a good lawyer. To line him, from our perspective. Is very significant." Efforts to reach Chambers for comment were unsuccessful. The case began with two law suits filed in 1980 and 1981 In U.S. District Court by six black civilian employees. The workers attacked almost every aspect of Fort Bragg's merit promotion system, ^leglng that blacks had been passed over for promotions and had been discriminated against In training. Job evalua tions and discipline. They also claimed that blacks had suffered harassment and retaliation for complaining. The workers' lawyers asked the Judge to certify the suits were a class action, which would have allowed hundreds of other plaintiffs Into the case. Fox, Flag Dispute Continued From Page lA It Is a legislative matter," said Abbott. "If the Legislature tells him to take It down, he'll be out there tomorrow taking It down." Hunt has said previously he felt most Alabamians viewed the flag as part Of the state's heritage and did not want It moved. In 1976, former Gov. George C. Wallace ordered the U.S. flag moved to the top spot on the staff atop the Capitol dome, above the state flag and the Confederate flag. His action came after a black lawmaker filed a suit In 1975 contending the Confederate flag should be removed from atop the staff. The suit later was dismissed by a federal Judge.' however, denied class certifica tion In 1983, but allowed 44 ad ditional black workers to Join the suit In a 1984 trial. Fox heard the claims of six of the plaintiffs af ter the others. Including some who had reached a $75,000 settlement with the Army, had withdrawn. Eventually, all but one plaintiff dropped claims, and the plaintiffs returned the $75,000 to the Army after the Army had agreed not to pursue sanctions against all but two of them. In his order. Fox said allega tions of racism by the twd plain tiffs — Sandra Blue, a former dental assistant, and Beulah Mae Harris, a former personnel clerk —were groundless. He said they had changed their testimo ny, had accused superiors of con spiracies that did not exist, had produced no statistical evidence of discrimination and had al leged that whites with inferior qualifications had received pro motions without knowing any thing about those who had been prompted^... "It Is with great reluctance that the court finds It must hold that to the extent any racism was proven In this case, such dis crimination was generally per petrated by the plaintiffs upon the defendant, not the reverse, for It was the plaintiffs who con sistently saw every criticism and action in a blindly racial context," Fox wrote. Ihe lawyers. Fox said, should have known through research and information provided by the Army that the claims were frivo lous. "If this had been done to any professional degree. It Is In conceivable that many of plain tiffs' claims would have been filed and clearly none would have been maintained after the close of discovery," he said Fox said the plaintiffs obvious ly had hoped the Army would "surrender" rather than fight the case In court. “When the defendant refused to bow down and fought back, plaintiffs went to trial, glaringly unprepared and without a case, apparently hoping to teach the defendant a lesson and force a favorable settlement," Fox wrote. "Neither occurred. Abet ter case for an award of attor ney's fees against counsel could not be made." Support Our Advertisers SHOP THE POST! ALLTRONICS TV & VCR SERVICE 553-7658 See Coupons on Pages Cedric Jones takes the oath as he files to nm for County Commission at-large.His wife. Clara, looks on. Jones faces a tough challenge since.no Hioto by Calvin Kerguaon blacks have won an at-large seat on the Char- lotte-Mecklenburg County Commission before. ^^ieW§ On Cental Healtti MICHAEL GIVENS, D.D.S. WHAT IS ROOT CANAL? Years ago, a badly infected blood and nerve supply from the sur- tooth was doomed to be pulled. Today, that's a last resort. Root canal treatment consists of: 1) the removal of the infected pulp that lies within the root canals of the tooth, and 2) the sealing of the root ends to prohibit any further infection. The pulp is the tooth's center core of soft tissue(nerves, blood vessels and fibers). When the dentist removes a "nerve" from a 'tooth, he really removes pulpal tissue that contains the nerve. Removing the pulp from the 'tooth does not produce a '"dead" tooth. It will be very much alive and functioning because It has a source of rounding tissues that hold It In place. The tooth will have no sense of feeling because the nerve has been removed, but the tooth Itself will be fine: it should last as long as your other teeth and could even eventu ally used as an anchor tooth for a denture bridge. ***•© 1987CCS**** Prepared as a public service to promote better dental health. From the offico^of: Michael O. Givens DDS. COMPREMf NSIVE DENIAI care 7021-G Newell-Hickory Grove Road Charlotte. NC 28215 (704) 536-2299 Racist Leader Gets New ID Continued From Page lA Manning would not say wheth er Miller's willingness to help authorities meant that he had abandoned his white suprema cist philosophy. - Miller testified at a hearing Dec. 2 that he had "changed my views on a lot of things" since he mailed his "race war" declara tion and was arrested in April in Springfield, Mo. Miller, a former Green Beret, gained national prominence in racist circles after forming the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan In 1980. 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