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National Briefs Anti-Affirmative Action Berkeley, Calif. (NBNS) - Encouraged by the success of Proposition 187 and a Repub lican-controlled Congress in Washington, conservatives in California have lunched a drive to ban all affirmative action programs in their state. Such programs normally give preferential treatment to blacks, minorities and women in hiring, school admissions and business contracts. Affirmative action pro grams were originally designed to in part compen sate affected groups for past discriminatory practices. But they have come* under con- ! certed attack in recent years as more and more "angry white males" have started to vote for - Republicans who frequently oppose such programs. Ironically, the college pro fessors who wrote the measure which would ban the pro grams, are calling it the "Cali fornia Civil Rights Initiative/* Traditional civil rights advo cates are especially fearful of the measure because it bypasses the courts and the . state legislature by going directly to the voters in the form of a ballot initiative. Fur ther, if it passes in California, conservative groups in other states are likely to launch sim ilar initiatives. California voters just recently passed Proposition 187 which banned most ser vices to illegal aliens. Black Caucus Attacked Washington, D.C. (NBNS) - If the leadership of the Republican party has its way I Ith e power of-t h e Gong res-, sional Black Caucus and 27 other congressional caucuses will be severely reduced. Party leaders last week pro posed to take away the bud gets, dtaflf and the Capitol Hill offfcfcs', t>F alf 2fFWWdseS\ Those hardest hit would be the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Women's Caucus. The cau cuses could still exist but without budgets, staff and . offices their clout would be severely restricted. Kansas Republican Pat Roberts is spearheading the effort. Last week he labeled himself an "equal opportunity termina tor. M But Congressional Black Caucus member William Clay of Missouri said the Republi can effort was primarily aimed at the Congressional Black Caucus. Nigerian Sanctions * Atlanta, Ga. (NBNS) - Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka last week called upon world leaders to impose economic sanctions on his native country of Nigeria in a bid to force the military lead ers to step down and restore democracy to the populous .West African nation. General Sani Abaca seized power a year ago after refusing to rec ognize the results of a democ ratic election. The oil-rich . nation has been in political chaos since. Even America's black political leader Jesse Jackson was criticized by Nigerian human rights activists when he visited in a bid to help resolve the crisis. Activists accused him of being too close to the military leaders. Soyinka was in Atlanta to attend a meeting of former President Jimmy Cater's new Human Rights Council. Racial Bias in Jury Miami, Fla. (NBNS) - A new landmark study suggests that black plaintiffs receive smaller amounts in jury awards even when they suffer the same injury, lost of income or file the same type of claim. Department of Justice to Probe Regional Bankruptcy Officials from page 1 to take over management if the company defaulted on certain financial obligations. In July 1985, with a possible default imminent, panel members agreed to take over the management early ? at Lane's request. How ever, the Lanes understood that' the reorganization plan permitted the panel members to take over management only. A document was submitted to Middle District Bankruptcy Court Judge James B. Wolfe Jr. stating that Lane relinquished his stock ownership to the private panel. However, there was no colirt document, statihg that Wolfe had approved such a sale to the panel. Jay Alix, a corporate turn around specialist and investiga tive accountant in Southfield, Mich., reviewed the case and said it warrants investigation. "Having been both a trustee and an examiner in major bank ruptcy cases, I believe the receipt of millions of dollars by the examiner and other court-j approved experts without bank ruptcy cuuit approval docs merit scrutiny by the justice depart ment, as well as by the bank ruptcy judge himself," he said. Mike West, a bankruptcy administrator in Greensboro, identifies misconduct and poten tially fraudulent schemes. West was administrator during the Lane case and did not make a report to the chief bankruptcy judge identifying as improper' any aspect of the payoutj to the panel members. In 1990, after the Lanes had exhausted their appeals, the panel members went to a chancery court judge in Little Rock. Ark., for permission to distribute $24.5 million of the sale proceeds. Alix says this is a highly unusual move. - ? "You don't go to a state or local court to get approval for a $24 million payout in a bank ruptcy xase," he said. "The fed eral bankruptcy court still retained jurisdiction over this company and matters related to its plan or reorganization." However, according to court documents, the judge permitted the distribution of over $20 mil lion from the reorganization, with panel members receiving $7.8 million. According to prior court pro ? * . '?*? ' ? \ ? 1 "* ' " ' ceedings. Lane did not believe that the panel members owned his stock by Virtue of his signa ture on what he thought to be an authorization to permit the panel to manage, but not own the assets. The purchaser of the Lane solely-owned stock is Tyson Foods Chairman Don Tyson. Tyson was a rival in chicken farming in 1990. The justice department reports that it will look at all aspects of the pur chase. Currently, the department is fuL using en whether the failure to get Wolfe's approval of the transfer of ownership of the Lane privately-owned stock to court appointed panel member? for personal ownership during an on-going reorganization consti tute^s fraud on thfc bankruptcy court. The private panel mem bers contend that Wolfe's approval was not required. Don Tyson is the same busi nessman investigated by the jus tice department in reference to Hillary Rodham Clinton making approximately $99,000 on a $1,000 investment.The justice department is also investigating former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy for making decisions that are believed to have posi tively influenced poultry rules in favor of Don Tyson while Espy was receiving private perks from Tyson s company. ' * ( This article was written by Phillip S. Banks III , based on an article frdm the Wall Street Journal and conversations with Larry Jones and Clift Lane.) Barkery Firings not Racially Motivated from page 1 an interview last week. "They don't have much space over there, but a lot of that will be gone when the new jail opens." Several African-American officers had previously com plained that there was a lot of tension in the jail and they were fired unfairly. Barker said out of the nine firings, five were white and three were black. A white officer and a black officer were fired in November for allegedly stealing newspapers from a rack inside the jail 1 uo v owned by the Win ston-Salem Journal. Tm not in a position to give * the reasons why they were fir$d, but more whites were not rehired than blacks," he said. "I believe in fairness and I have made spe cial efforts to promote minorities in this department. I received a lot of support from the black community and I strived to put role models before the commu nity." Barker, a Republican incum bent, won a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Joe Pitts and dominated most black precincts. County Commissioner Ear Ron Barker line Parmon said Barker has run a fair department and that the fir ings: were a matter of personnel not race. "I think the sheriff wai fair in his assessment," she said/ "I don't think any of his actions were racial. He received a lot of suppdrt from the black commu- c nity and in response he Has done a l6t to help the black employ ees." * Robert Joyce, Barker's administrative assistant, said the sheriffs department has done a lot of promote blacks and will try to fill the slots where blacks were fired with other blacks. In addition to trying to upgrade the department, Barker says his deputies have disman tled major drug families that were preying on the black com munity. I "We have gone after the larger drug dealers, We're riot going to overtook the small guys either, but our narcotics division has broken up two major drug families that were in East Win ston," he said. "I have always been fair and I will continue to be fair and help the minorities and the total community." SHOP WEDNESDAY 9 A.M. -11 P.M., THURSDAY 9 A.M. -12 MIDNIGHT CALL TOLL-FREE 24 HOOKS A OAT 1 -100-424- V20S HECHT'S " VI HECHT'S BRUSH COLLECTION, MO Collection contains ? 8 Makeup Brushes ? 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