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It is at least debatable that divesture by United States cor- ?'•: porations will bring down apar theid in South Africa, but it is not debatable that 19 blacks were shot to death near Port Eliza beth by black and white police men defending white suprema Ana wmt£ supremacy is the bottoc ^BRe.gan ,—ions through the prism of foreign policy. How ' a he “constructively” engage * supremacy to stem a red fiold in southern Africa? That policy concern draws him to the erroneous conclusion that ; ■ wMfc jpjMHhfi: eith hs forces of ' ~ ~v and order and “those who do a peaceful settlement The blacks in South Africa are not dying from foreign policy; they are being murdered by a hateful Jpid immoral system. H And if the apartheid system denies blacks fhe right to vote, Including one who won the Nobel Prise, how can it represent democracy at work on that con tinent?,; 1 The 23 million black majority • cannot go anywhere without a X paas or own property in the 17 [ percent of the country designat ed as “white.” Some eight mil- ~ lion blacks are confined to so- h called “homelands” and ^ stripped of their citizenship. ^ A watershed evatt in oppres sion occurred at SharpeviUe 25 years ago when 09 blacks were slaughtered; 52 .of them were rfNt in the badt Qn the 25th .. i . . * anniversary erf that event, 17 more were killed at Uitenhage in a black township near Johannes. , burg. Does that sound like demo cracy? Or even a system worth defending-for any foreign policy objective? Secretary of State George Schultz made that point when he said that violence under apar theid “is only underlining, how evil and unacceptable that sys tem is.” The killing?, he said, utilized “a deplorable tactic” and he Is “not prepared in any >: J way to try to defend it” ' President Reagan, on the other hand, rested his case on the fact that “some of those enforcing the - law and using the guns were also black” and that “there is a black element in South Africa that does not want a peaceful settle ment...” s#ip|P*§mpp9i • Evil has always been integrat ■ ■ ed. He could also have pointed to white South Africans who op pose apartheid. The President also misses when he fails to re cognize a fight against an evil v system. If the contras are “free dom fighters/’as President Rea gan refers to them, why are not the opponents of apartheid? . ( f* , Jr, - -js ( v JS’' "*r' -« - ,» #». Mr. Reagan has a great op portumty to save thousands of lives and to present untold > misery in South Africa-if only he would iisten to his Secretory of “Tony!* Brown’s Journal’’ TV ***** can be aeen on public television Sundays on Channel 4i at 5 p.m It can also be seen on Channd SB, Sundays at 6:30 p.mf There are some indivi duals who have been grant ed a special gift Their voices have been anointed to bless, soften hearts and deliver special messages concerning tbe Bible, t. One *uch person is Stan ley Alexander. His Novem ber release, “Just Trust Him,” has been played on tbe most requested con temporary Christian song p on WPEG FM 98. - V . Alexander will be on* of tbe featured guests during WPEG's Gospel-Sing >85 to tan held at tbe Freedom Park Bandshel) from l until 5 p.ra., Sunday, April - ^fn addition to Alexander singing his aflbst recent release, “So> Glad He ^Changed My Life,” tbe. Napper Singers of Winston , Salem and,the Chancellor fflled with singing and jpy.”. . . :v. Choir of Catawba will also I render spintuu selections. •; Hie Voices Unlimited Gospel Singers of Greens boro and the Dynamic ; .■/ Echoes of Salisbury are on the program, as well as the Gospel Harmonettes of Morganton. y> Tbe Davis Singers of Newton and the Keys of Harmony of Shelby will also be at tbe park to do V h ..•w *> < WE'VE GOT IT ♦Church News- SmS!* ♦Business News Mon-Fri 4:00-8:00 >!' Thunday . Bddit,'Kthl
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