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Powell: Failure to save children will mean more prison construction By BILL BASKERVILL ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER HOT SPRINGS. Va. (AP) ? Fun damental values, or prison. Americans must provide one to avoid the other for millions of children, especially . those in decaying inner cities, retired Gen. Colin L. Powell told the annual meeting of the Southern Governors Association on Monday. He urged restoration of the same values he was taught growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s and 1950s: Knowing the differ ence between right and wrong, hard work and education, belief in God, belief in one self. "That is the system we're trying to put back in balance today," Powell said of his "America's Promise ? The Alliance for Youth," a nationwide effort to imbue 2 mil lion children with such values. But Powell said there are about 15 million who need intervention. Failure will only result in construction of more and more prisons, he said. "All we will be doing is creating farm teams for our jails," said the former chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and archi tect of the victory in the Persian Gulf War. Powell told those attending the confer ence at the posh Homestead resort that all Americans must get involved in his save-the children campaign. "Each of us enjoying the wealth and promise of this country" should play a role, he said. "America's Promise" goals are to: ?Ensure that at-risk children have a responsible, loving adult in their lives. ?Provide a safe place for children to go and play. ?Give children marketable skills. ?Provide good prenatal care, immuniza tions and access to family doctors and hos pitals. ?Find ways for young people to serve their communities. "I see nothing wrong with the virtue of service being put into the heart and mind of young people," Powell said. Powell spoke in conjunction with a year long focus by the Southern Governors Association on urban revitalization. "Increasingly, the Souths vitality and well-being is linked to its cities," said Virginia Gov. George Allen, chairman of the association. He said the best ideas have come from the people who live in blighted areas, not from the federal government or even the state capitals. "People innately have a desire to lead a self-reliant and independent life," Allen said. He cited numerous success stories in Southern cities, all produced by grass-roots initiatives. "They weren't doing it because any gov ernment told them to do it. They were doing it because it was the right thing to do," Allen said. Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating told the governors that Southern cities have focused so much on growth that they have dropped behind northern cities in improving the quality of life, including environmental cleanup and expansion of cultural activities. "We have to develop a sensitive ... inter est in the quality of life," Keating said. Powell also told the governors the South has made great strides in racial relations. "The states represented here would not have allowed me in a restaurant 35 years ago," he said. "This shows how far we've come." The Southern Governors Association, established 63 years ago to dis cuss .the repeal of discriminatory rates for transporting goods by rail, coordinates regional initiatives and advocates Southern governors' policy agenda to Congress and the president. |AP Photo /Sieve Helber) Retired General Celin Powell shakes hands with Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Ronello, right, as host for the Southern Governor's Assoelation meeting, Virginia Gov. George Allen, applauds, left, at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va? Monday, Sept. 8. Powell delivered the keynote address for the three-day meeting. Black Mayors name Welton E.W. Webb head of Africa Task Force The National Conference of Black Mayors Inc. (NCBM) this weekend named Mayor Welton E.W. Webb of Denver, Colo., to head a new task force to explore economic and trade opportunities between businesses in America's cities and the nations of Sub Saharan Africa. The NCBM held its quarterly boards of directors' meeting this past weekend in Mt. Ponocono, Pa. "This is an historic opportunity and a challenge I gladly accept," Webb said. "I believe this effort will help to support congressional efforts to open up the doors of trade to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is clear that there is much incentive not only in economic benefits to American business but in helping the countries of Africa to become economically self-sufficient and socially stable." Webb hosted a successful National Town Hall Meeting on Africa in Denver this past June. The meeting was co-hosted by the Constituency for Africa and several other groups. That meeting led to a statement which called for emphasis on market access, capital availabili ty, technology transfer, capacity building and continued support for economic aid. The statement was presented to world leaders at the Denver Summit of the Eight one week later. Headquartered in Atlanta, NCBM is a nonprofit, nonpartisan service organization that provides management and technical assis tance to 420 members nationwide, who represent over 20 million peo ple. DAVIS from page A1 Grammy nomination for his song, "Never Can Say Goodbye," which was per formed by The Jackson Five. Seminars on affirmative action, strategic technology, outsourcing, purchasing and discussions between CEOs and the Minority Business Enterprise Committee were offered earlier in the week, and National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) president Harriet R. Michel provided the conference luncheon with a keynote address on Wednesday. Michel, the for mer president and CEO of the New York Urban League, is also a writer, lecturer and minority advocate. The NMSDC network has matched more than 15,000 certified minority businesses with their 3,500-plus corpo rate members, many of which are Fortune 500 companies. In 1995, NMSDC member cor porations purchases from minority businesses and con tractors added up to almost $30 billion. Both the NMSDC and CMSDC are private nonprofit business organizations. Five affiliate councils from North and South Carolina comprise the local organization, which is based in Charlotte, N.C.; 44 regional minority purchasing councils make up the NMSDC. Over 200 exhibitors and more than 2,000 business owners and purchasing offi cials are expected to attend the Trade Expo. J , ' . &xelaA 4 vein cut V, r f TEFLON? microfiber .SPORT SEPARATES ^NX VALLEY PANTS OR SKIRTS: $38 / BOMBER JACKETS: $68 ftfutti and iktiiti tit: i2 ? BLACK ? KHAKI ? NAVY ? HUNTER ? BERRY ^ iombe/i jacketi tit: i ? BLACK ? 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