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Terrorism- Hie No Win War Athletics: ‘‘At one point a man sat beside me who had been beaten. He was bleeding from a head wound...Later, one of them hit him in the head again with a gun barrel...I don’t know when I realized one passenger had - been killed. I heard only one shot fired... After....I saw a young black man walk down uie aisle...His arm was broken and he was in pain.” These traumatic words were uttered by Ann Summers, a black 32 year old sales representative for USA Today newspaper, and a now freed hostage from TWA Flight 847. The Boeing 727 jet with a full 145 passengers was commandeered by a band of Shiite Moslems in mid-air and forced into a flight of tension and terror 8,300 miles across the Mediterranean Sea On June 14, 1985. Such an event is an act of international terrorism, something from which there is no protection, nor defense against. While 105 of the hostages were eventually freed, 40 American men, including the flight crew, have been detained and are now in their 14th day of captivity. The terrorists claim thaHhey will release tha-40 Ameri cans only if and when Israel frees 766 predominantly Shiite Moslem prisoners from Lebanon. i ' >!•,,, , , _ -‘ Numerous and more frequent acts of international terrorism have and are oc curring andthere is no fail-safe way to prevent it. Terrorists don’t respect cm* ope rate within international law, they may range from single individual to a »m*n - qrmy, they may be the agents of a go ; • vernment used as a strike force, and they to be anti-American. Most tragically, of course, is that when terrorists innocent civilians as hostages, go : • vemments are almost powerless to do any thing of an aggressive nature out of fear the hostages will be harmed or killed. Unfortunately, too, in America, hostage crises have been used as a partisan po / litical issue. During the Iranian hostage crisis in 1960 then presidential candidate Ronald Reagan was critical of President Jimmy Carter for not taking forceful action to free the American hostages. Now, Pre sident Reagan finds himself likewise un able to take any forceful action without endangering the lives of those in captivity. Politics has led many in the Reagan administration, including the President himself, to be very critical1 of the news media by saying that wide publicity of the hostage situation feeds the ego of the terrorists. We sharply disagree because if wide publicity is not evident, governments, including our own, are less likely to press as hard to find reasonably quick solutions to freeing the hostages. It is for this reason we believe that some people allege that there are at least seven American hostages who have been in captivity in Iran for a long length of time and others who believe that —there are still American prisoners in South Vietnam. ~ —— — Former American Ambassador to the United Nations, Donald McHenry, has given a clear perspective on this latest hostage crisis for America when he said, “I think the major lesson we should have learned from the Iranian hostage crisis is patience, \ followed by a recognition that rash actions . are unlikely to result in any favorable outcome...you cannot copduct negotiations until there is authority which is responsible enough to carry out those negotiations. ” At this time such responsible authority clearly does not exist. Let us hope and pray for the • safety and welfare of the hostages and that somehow by the grace of God the entire nightmare will'come to a quick ending. Crisis Or New lining Last week 196 college and university chief administrators met in New Orleans and Sti^measu^SlS1 NCA/Urilte^ lators be they coaches, athletic directors, or \ Among the proposals passed at the NCAA special convention were requirements that participating schools conduct self-studies of their athletic departments every five years, report on the academic status of incoming tohmen, control and administer athletic H&gets, conduct outside audits of athletic programs annually, provide penalties for *— and athletes who break rules, and signed affidavits by student-ath ! end ooachss - ■ disclosing stance and athletically related bene fi C to he received. Unfortunately, a close look at all this • i tightening in collegiate sports appears to place a disproportionate burden on the student-athlete. After all, a very high per .. centage of these youth are blade who come from inner-dty high schools that have inadequacy prepared them for coUege academic life and from whom &Uegiat£ sports programs generate mega bucks - millions of dollars - yearly. For Notre Dame earns $16 million in football and $3.2 million in basketball yearly. Like wise the University of Michigan earns respectively, $13 million and $3 million. In coaches’ income the Texas A&M head foot- ' ball mentor earns a total of $287,000 including 495,000 in salary annually. The head basketball coach at Kentucky earns $285,000 including a $65,000 in salary an nually. On the other hand an 18 to 21 year old kid, usually Mack, can only hope to get a meager four-year scholarship if he can cope with the combined pressures of athletics and academics in that order. This is not justice. The Charlotte Post : North Carolina’s : Fastest Growing Weekly : 704-376-0496 ..- .—-— “The People's Newspaper’ 106 Years :pf Continuous Service JIB Johnson Editor, Pub. 3ernaid Reeves Gen. Mgr. Fran Bradley Adv. Mgr. Dannette Gaither Of Mgr. Published Every Thursday By The Charlotte Post Publishing Company. Inc. < Main Office: 1531S. Camden Road Charlotte, N.C. 28203 Second Class Postage Paid at Charlotte Member, National Newspaper Publishers’ Association North Carolina Black Publishers Association National Advertising Representative: Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. One Year Subscription Rate /One Year-$17.76 Payable Inj\dvance___ BE A PART OFTHEjgMAMARENfft? 4 IF BLACK POWER IS TO HAVE ANY RELEVANCE FOR BLACK KEN AND WOKEN IN THE STREET, IT MUST BE TRANSLATED INTO DOLLARS AND CENTS: ' ^ MACK DOLLAR MMAZJKt Vt/ t One of the big debates now is the effect the media has on terrorism. Many argue that the media exploits the acts, thus encouraging the terror ists to be more aggressive. Other argue that the media preys on the grief of the hostages’ families to in crease revenues and au diences. * Former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, feels the media should stop carrying news about terrorist inci dents. He views terrorists as being cynical and use the media to transmit their demands. journalists know that ter rorists try to use the news media for their own purpose and benefit* As a result of that, journalists have been increasingly careful in crisis . reporting - such as the pre sent situation - to report the facts with care and certain restraints. An example of such reporting is that the media has not and did not report sensitive military in formation during the TWA hijacking, as asked by the Administratiotti They also handled all the unconfirmed reports of behind-the scenes negotiations responsi bly and prevented the spread of true and false rumors. > Sabrina Frankly speaking, when terrorism strikes, journal ists tow a fine and fragile fine. * — The media must report the facts but hot help {he ter rorists meet their demands ' or voice them. They inust not invade the private lives of the hostages’ families but the news of a Navy man’s fu neral, who was brutally mur dered by the terrorists,* must be reported to the public. Reports of hostages’ fami lies have made public that the families rely and .take comfort in the media' co verage of the TWA event. It allows them to voice iheir opinions, frustrations qpd views for a safe return. from Capitol Presid v By Alfreds L. MadiMa Special To The Past William Bradford Reynolds, As sistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, has been nominated by President Reagan for a promotion to Associated Attorney General. ' Reynolds’ nomination is opposed by more than 90 civil rights groups. After appearing for a day end a half before the Senate Jucflciary Committee for confirmation, Mr Reynolds wee celled beck later be cause he was accused by some Democrats and Republicans and some of the civil rights erganiza ' Hons of giving false information to the committee. The Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights very quickly fired off to the members of the committee, in ra *ponse to Reynolds misstatements. The Attorney General esid to Ms first day’s testimony that this Ad ministration has always been against tax exemptions for schools that discriminate - that Ms only concern was that legislation was needed to clarify authority of the IRS to withhold exemptions. So the Administration submitted cor rective legislation, authorizing denial of exemption*. The Lawyers Committee states that in September 19M, the Department of Justice had filed a brief with the Supreme Cowt, uring it to review the Bob Jonas cans to clarify IRS authority to with hold tax credit. Pour montlw later, the Justice Department asked the Treastoy Department to grant Bob Jones University an exemption. Concurrently to the Treasury re quest. the Justice Denartment filed a second memorridum with the Supreme Corart, urging tt not to review the Bob Jones case tt was * not until 10 days later after such a Alfreds ' outcry again* tbs Ad ’s ectloBs of reversing policy, that legislation '• The Lawyers Com mittee siated, “Against this background, it is difficult at best to credit Mr. Reynolds’ claim that the Administration has always advo cated, as a matter of policy, denial of tax exempt status to education al institutions with racially discri minatory policies ’’ The Lawyers Committee attacked Reynolds’ ex planation of the Stotts Memphis Firefighters case on which he basso his assaults on affirmative areas that have long, bean settled With consent decrees While Reynolds told the Judiciary that Stotts ruled out the previous consent decrees and that race cannot be taken into consideration In deciding reme dies, the Lawyers Committee proved conclusively that Stotts de cided only one thing, end that seniority must be taken into ac count when layoffs are concerned • It purely stated that race consciore nere can be considered in remedies for correcting discriminatory practices. The lawyers stated In their response that all of the seven cues that Reynolds has brought to overtam the consent decrees have been deckled against Mm and1 that ' the decrees have been upheld. The Birmingham caae where Vv black children were promoted un der a consent decree, and the Justice Department was a signa ture to the decree. Later white policemen filed a lawsuit claiming reverse discrimination The Jua tlce Department intervened in the case , but did not officially take the tide until this year. It la, le gally, required to defend the Coil sent Decree from attack. The De partment informed the Courts that it is investigating the white polka men's claim and if they were true it would Join the white police, ft was learned that the Justice Department has used FBI confidential files to uncover derogatory information about soma of the blacks and that tMs information was given to law yers for the white. Reynolds said that he had no knowledge of this ac tion. Mary Mann, a lawyer la the Justice Department, stated that she secured the FBI files by making a telephone call without Reynolds’ knowledge and that the information was given to lawyers for both ridso Lawyers for the blacks said that they never received the informa tion, even though they had been requesting h since November it was only after the first hearing they waft allowed to sea the information la the office. Reynolds’ statements on flUm '* cases on Voting Righto violations ware refuted. Ha stated that ha filed M lawsuits Frank Parker of the Lawyers Committee said that Rey nolds had only filed 10 and Inter vened In nine for dm purpose of defending the conriltuttonSSy of Section t and not to litigate their tXSmlfX' Originally, Reynold* had told Senator Kennedy Out he had kept no record of conversations on eeraEv caaaa. However at »:«. the day before the second hearing, Rey nolds sent to the Senator record* on theoeeases. n\ ]■ Pmldeot Reagan haa pulled out an the atofw In lobbying certain senators to get Reynolds confirmed, but at present the nomination la in trouble Keynolde was supposed to have been voted on by the Judiciary Committee on June », but b* cauee hie nomination Is In trouble, ft has been postponed for a week i • ems Others strike out against the invasion of privacy and personal despair. Is thfere an alternative to careful, responsible re woukTbe no news. A^co^ lumnist recently 4ffQte that the United States govern ment should impose or use its emergency power and order crisis until it is ovdr. Is this the United States of Ame rica or the did occur, * families do 1 the U.S. be? The United > society. It w order was pend cover be on Soviet counterparts who know nothing or very little about the war tta' USSR conducts in Afghanistan. News Of Terrorism Must or nothing _ tho hostages
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