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Disease and famine
decimate African nations
By DAVID BRISCOE
WASHINGTON - Population experts now believe that.several
African countries may achieve zero population growth in just a few
years. But family planners are not cheering.
The reasons are gruesome and worrisome: populations devastated by
AIDS and further threatened with food shortages water depletion, eco
logical collapse and social chaos
Family planners have been trying for decades to halt the population
explosion in countries projected to double or triple populations by 20S0.
But they didn't want it to happen this way. They don't want allies that
kill and destroy societies
"A lot of countries will not see expected population increases
because of rising death rates" said Lester Brown, president of World
Watch and author of a new report on world population problems
Revised United Nations projections for population growth will be
out at the end of October, and U.N. demographers confirm that the
impact of AIDS in some African countries will be dramatic, even
"unbelievable."
AIDS, which killed 2.3 million adults and children last year, will not
slow worldwide population growth, however. That will reach 6 billion by
the middle of next year and is expected to rise to between 7.7 billion and
11 billion by 2050.
Hardest hit by AIDS is Zimbabwe, where 25 percent of the popula
tion now carries the AIDS virus Brown estimated its population will
stop growing and possibly begin declining in just four years '
Current U.N. projections made in 1996, have Zimbabwe more than
doubling in population, from 11 million to 24.9 million, by 2050.
Larry Heligman, assistant director of the U.N. population division
that draws up the long-range projections said demographers are closely
watching deaths from AIDS in 34 countries These include countries ?
where the infection rates have hit 2 percent or where the affected popu
lation is large, such as India which has more than 4 million of the
world's estimated 30 million people now infected by the virus
"When you begin to look at the projection* beyond 2005, what we
are seeing is just unbelievable," Heligman said in an interview. He said
some revisions were made in projections two years ago because of
AIDS, but the 1998 impact will show "even stronger devastation."
Ironically, alarm over the impact of AIDS on population in the
worst-hit countries comes as the spread of the virus has leveled oft* or
declined in the United States and other wealthier countries and is slow
ing even in some poorer countries: Thailand, Brazil and Uganda, for
example. ? <
Fueling the concern are the first detailed global figures on AIDS
infection percentages released at an international AIDS conference in
June. In addition to the impact on Zimbabwe, the U.N. data show
Botswana with 25 percent AIDS infection, Namibia with 20 percent,
Zambia with 19 percent, Swaziland with 18.5 percent and several other
African countries with 10 percent or more.
By contrast, the AIDS infection rate in the United States is 0.57 per
cent. The global rate also remains below 1 percent.
Groups working to control rapid population growth around the
world are concerned the new projections will be viewed as support for
the cynical view that the world's problems will take care of themselves
no matter what humans do.
"We must not let people think that an epidemic is going to solve
problems. It's going to worsen them," said Amy Coen, president of Pop
ulation Action International, which conducts research and supports
efforts to slow population growth worldwide.
Coen, in an interview, noted that AIDS usually hits people in the
prime of life, in their most productive years. In some countries, the num
ber of AIDS oiphans - children who have lost both parents to AIDS -
is in the hundreds of thousands.
In Uganda, where the impact of AIDS is acute despite recent gains,
there are 1.7 million AIDS orphans.
"No country can afford a generation of throwaways," Coen said.
"The next generation isn't just going to pop up fine."
Brown, in his Worldwatch report, cites a number of pressures in
addition to AIDS that may pull down populations down by pushing up
death rates, including the environmental effects of population growth: i
deforestation, soil erosion and falling water tables.
The challenge, said Brown, is to keep families small before disease, <
environmental deterioration or resulting social chaos force tragic popu- |
lation declines. , <
"We had hoped we'd be able to stabilize populations by bringing I
down birth rates," Brown said. "Now, some of our worst fears are being I
realized."
T . ? 1
Bradley, L.A.'s first black mayor, dies
By MJCHAfcL fUEMAN
TygAMOCIATEPWtfcSg
LOS ANGELES - He took
over a city divided. He left a city
divided.
In the 20 yean in between, Tom
Bradley, the firm and only black
mayor of Lot Angela, lelt the
warm glow of the Olympic (lame
and the tearing heat of riot fire*,
The tall, quiet Texas sharecrop
per's son and college track star
who rose through the ranks of the
LAPD to become a city council
man and then a five-term mayor
of Lot Angela died of a heart
attack Tuesday at age 80.
Bradley never fully recovered
from a hart attack and stroke in
19%.
As mayor from 1973 to 1993,
Bradley was credited with opening
city government to minorities and
women, expanding social services
to the urban poor and spurring
economic growth.
Under his administration. Lot
Angela surpassed San Francisco
as the Wat Coast's economic
power in Pacific Rim trading, sym
bolized by the downtown skyline
that grew during his administra
tion, i
"He made us proud to be pari
of this city," nid City Attorney
James Hahn "We were prowd of
him as our mayor - his dignity, has
grace and Ins willingness to get
t bines done.
The 20 yean be
wu mayor will
probably be the
years when Lot
Angeles really
pew up and
became a
world-class
city."
Bradley was
first elected
over Mayor
Sam Yortv in a
bitter, racially tinged election con
ducted when the fears of the 1965
Watts riots were still fresh!
The successful 1984 Olympic
Games stood out as his crowning
achievement.
The economic ruin and traffic
gridlock many feared never materi
alized.
The low point was in 1992,
when riots broke out after four
white LAPD officers were acquit
ted in the beating of black
motorist Rodney King.
Bradley appealed for calm, but
some and hia angry denunciation
of the verdicts may have provoked
violence. He would later dcachbe
the violence that left 55 people
dead ae "die most painful experi
ence of my life."
A soft-spoken man, he gov
erned quietly, by building coali
tions instead of using die bully
pulpit. His long hours and energy,
even into his 70s, were legendary.
It was a style of leadership that
served him well for much of hia
two-decade rule - until he could no
longer keep up with the changes,
some gradual, some convulsive, in
the late 1980s and early m
In the end, after a political
scandal in 1989, the King beating
in 1990 and the riots two years
later, his political supporters would
leave him, inner-city leaders would
feel abandoned by him, and the
voters would feel it was time - per
haps past time - for him to retire.
At 75, he announced his retire
ment, avoiding an election he
probably couldn't have won.
Richard Riordan, a white conserv
ative Republican, succeeded him as
mayor.
Born in Calvert, Tern Bradley
moved with lue family to Lot
Angeles, where he Hfftdnf the
Utuverwty of California at Lot
Angeles The 6-foot-4 Bradley
?toned on the track team.
He joined the Police Depart
ment and rote to the rank of lieu
tenant while earning lue law degree
at Southwestern Univertitv.
at tPttt ? aata't tt W9w wt wt T *
He won a City Council teat in
1963 and ran for mayor hi year*
later, toeing a bitter election tinged
with racist rhetoric to Yorty. In
1973, Bradley ran again and this
time beat Yorty with 56 percent of
the vote.
In 1981, Bradley, running at a
Democrat, lost the governors race
to Republican George Deukmejian
by lest than 1 percentage point. He
lost a second bid for governor in
1986
Beginning in 1989, Bradley,
became embroiled in a political
scandal involving hit acceptance of
a fee for serving at an adviser for a
bank doing business with the city.
After leaving office, he joined a
law firm in Lot Angeles. ,
He it survived by hit wife.
Ethel, and two daughters
Funeral arrangements were no(,
immediately announced.
Blacks protest Rebel ceremony
oy BAR I JANSEN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ELLICOTT CITY, Md.
Descendants of Civil War veter
ans honored their ancestors by
rededicating a monument, but
critics viewed the ceremony as a
celebration of hatred instead of
history. /
About 150 people, some
wearing historic uniforms and
costumes, participated in the
Sons of Confederate Veterans
event Sunday.
-It's important to me because
I have 20 ancestors who fought
in the Confederate army," said
Elliott Cummings of Baltimore,
who wore a major's uniform
from the Army of Northern Vir
ginia, complete with sword and
gold brocade on the gray wool.
"They fought for independence. "I
About 75 protesters, most or
whom were black, silently
marched past the ceremony.
Countv and state notice kent the
two group* separated.
The Rev. John Wright of
First Baptist Church of Guilford
wore a sign hanging from his
neck on a chain that said, "Auc
tion For Sale."
"When evil shows up ... there
needs to be a response," Wright
said.
Patrick Griffin III, national
commander of the 27,000-mem
ber Confederate group, criticized
Gov. Parris Glendening for
refusing to proclaim Sunday
"Confederate Heritage Day."
In contrast, Griffin said for
mer Gov. William Donald Schae
fer issued a proclamation for a
similar event in Montgomery
County and sent his secretary of
state to attend.
""County Executive Charles
Ecker approved the heritage day
proclamation for the county, say
ing he knew black residents
might take offense but that he
felt the event was to recognize a
historic milestone.
In a statement. Secretary of
State John Willis said the event
would unnecessarily inflame
emotions and divide residents.
To whoops and rebel yells.
Griffin urged participants to
punish Glendening politically,
suggesting they "grab a bucket of
hot tar and some feathers and
head to Annapolis."
"There is a lingering cloud of
political correctness on this itate
that impairs Gov. Glendcning'i
vision," Griffin said.
The granite memorial beside
the Howard County Circuit
Court building bears a bronze
plaque with the names of 92
local soldiers who died in the
Civil War. After years of false
starts and fund-raising, it was
originally dedicated Sept. 23,
1948, and officials sought to
revive interest in it for the 50th
anniversary.
"It's to show the people of
. Howard County their history
and they should be proud," said
Joseph Bach of Hagerstown,
commander of local chapter of
the Confederate group called
Col. William Norris Camp 1398.
Richard Oark, vice president
of the Howard County Histori
: eg) Society, said while slavery
whs an issue in the war, soldiers
fought to preserve their families
> and communities.
"What the hiitorical society it
about it acknowledging history,
warts and all," said Clark, whose
godfather helped dedicate the
memorial originally.
Sherman Howell of Cohtm
bia, the vice president of the
African American Coalition of
Howard County, said the goal of
Sunday's protesters was to
demonstrate that the county is
open to all races. He compared
the grbfe? to civil rights march
es he participated in during the
1960s in Mississippi and Wash
ington, D.C.
"We're still seeking libera
tion," Howell said.
Cummings said each group
must be allowed their own cere
monies.
"I don't care," he said of the
protesters. "We have, as much
right to our cause as they do."
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justice department agrees to settlement
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - The Justice
Department has agreed to pay $4.1
million to hundreds of immigra
tion workers who claimed they
were denied promotion because
they are black.
Under a proposed settlement,
back wages would be paid to about
800 past and current employees of
the Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Service and 26 will be promot
ed, the Los Angeles Times report
ed Friday, citing a copy of the pact.
Without admitting wrongdo
ing, the government also agreed to
pay SI .5 million in legal fees and to
hire an independent consultant for ,
three years to monitor the hiring
and promotion of blacks.
If approved by a federal judge
in Washington, it would be one of
the largest bias settlements against
the federal government.
"The settlement is completed,"
said David L. Ross, an attorney
representing the plaintiffs.
INS spokesman Greg Gagne in
Washington said a preliminary set
tlement was reached but declined
to release details.
"We're hoping it will be final
ized and signed within the next few
days," Gagne said.
However, it could take the
judge months to grant final
approval.
The case began more than five
years ago when 19 INS investiga
tors in the Los Angeles area
alleged that they were denied pro
motions because of racial bias.
That eventually led to a class
action lawsuit. v
"I feel relieved, but 1 can hardi
ly say I'm happy about what hap
pened," said Norris Potter III, the
lead plaintiff. "This case has hum
bled me. But I feel I'm a more com
passionate person now."
Under the settlement, the Los
Angeles-based INS criminal inves
tigator would receive $90,000, a
promotion and transfer to Seattle.
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