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Los Angeles - The two former Los Angeles
policemen who served two and a half years behind bars
for the Rodney King beating won't have to go back to
prison, a federal judge has decided . At a resentencing
hearing by the Supreme Court, U.S. District Judge John
Davies affirmed the prison terms he handed out to
Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell in 1993. In June,
the high court ordered Davies to reconsider his
departure from the federal sentencing guidelines,
which called for five to seven years in prison.
Macon - Lurenda Holland, 89, had just polished
off her bowl of turnips when the vice cops raided her
house and arrested her in a drug bust. Officers found
28 rocks of crack cocaine in Holland's housecoat and
66 more in a peanut brittle can, police said. They also
found 54 dime bags of marijuana in the house and a
.22-caliber pistol stashed under the sofa. "Granny's
been wide-open selling some crack," said Macon-Bibb
County drug squad Lt. Charlie Gunnells. Ms. Holland,
who turns 90 next month, was charged with possession
of crack and marijuana with intent to distribute after
Wednesday night. She denies the charges.
Boston - A judge has overturned the election results
in Massachusetts' 10th District Democratic primary for
the U.S. House. William Delahunt was given the party
nomination over Philip Johnston, the original winner,
in a dispute over challenged ballots. Johnston has
promised to appeal.
Washington, D.C. - Michael Moore wanted to test
the moral fiber of the presidential campaigns, so he
sent in contributions from various dummy
organizations. President Clinton's re-election
campaign cashed a $100 check from "Hemp Growers
of America" while Bob Dole and Ross Perot returned
contributions from "Satan Worshipers for Dole" and
"Pedophiles for Free Trade," respectively.
Lake Buena Vista, Fla. - In an effort to protect
employees at their amusement parks, Disney officials
plan to install tiny cameras in the costumed characters
who greet visitors. "The characters get knocked down.
Sometimes they are literally pummeled by teenagers."
said Rich Baker, Disney's director of creative
costuming. Children also yank the tails of Pluto and
Simba, sometimes hard enough to rip them off.
Sometimes they throw up on the expensive handmade
costumes. And performers who play Snow White must
be trained to deal with men who occasionally grab at
their breasts or talk dirty to them.
Holy War Threatens Middle East
Despite United States Efforts
By Arthur W. Conquest IV
W & L News Co-Editor
On September 24th, as
ordered by Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
workers put the finishing
touches on renovations to an
ancient tunnel. The opening
of a tunnel between
Jerusalem's holiest Muslim
and Jewish sites sparked days
of fighting in Israel. The
tunnel located in the Old City
section of East Jerusalem
marked an attempt by the
Israeli government to boost
tourism.
Israel captured the Old
City in the 1967 Middle East
War, but Palestinians, who
want East Jerusalem as their
capital, argue that this action
is in violation of the peace
accord. "It is escalation from
the Israeli government against
our people who are protesting
the breaching of the [peace]
agreement and especially the
tunnel under our holy, sacred
places in Jerusalem," says
Palestinian Leader Yasser
Arafat, of the causes of Arab
discontent.
The opening of the tunnel
ignited days of the most fierce
fighting the unstable region
has seen in years. Frustrated
with the stumbling peace
process, Palestinians took to
the streets. Civilians and
police fired weapons and
hurled stones at Israeli
soldiers. The
soldiers
responded with
gunfire and tear
gas grenades. By
the time the battles
subsided 73
people, mostly
Palestinian, were
killed.
Officials from
both sides were
unable to meet at
the negotiating
table until a hastily
arranged summit
was convened at
the White House.
Yasser Arafat and
Benjamin
Netanyahu met
for several days
while President
Clinton and
Jordan's King
Hussein mediated. When the
summit finally broke, little
progress had been made.
President Clinton took heat for
the lack of progress. He was
accused of using the talks to
grab the election year
spotlight. "This is not foreign
policy, it's public relations,"
said Clinton's opponent Bob
Dole.
Palestinian patience with
Israel is running thin. Some
Muslims believe that the
volatile situation could
explode into full scale war.
"Unfortunately, I think the
jihad [holy war] will come
soon," says Mohamed Rafiy,
the President of the Muslim
Student Organization at the
American University in
Washington, D.C. There is
strong concern among
Muslims that a war would add
to the image of the religion as
an extremist one. "There are
many public misconceptions
of Islam," says Khaleel Abdur-
Rahman, a senior at
Morehouse. "We are all
hoping for peace."
Knight-Ridder
Playoffs and Trade-offs: Modem Day Slave Labor
By Trevor A. Baptiste
Staff Writer
Every morning Haitian
factory workers wake up with
the sun only to look forward
to a long day of horrid
conditions. Women can expect
to be sexually mistreated by
their supervisors, and no one
can expect to be paid more
than twenty cents an hour.
There are no bathrooms, no
clean drinking water, no
health benefits and no sick
days. Who could condone
such sweat shops so close to
the twenty-first century? The
answer is the United States
Government along with large
companies like Wilson, Worth,
and Star Sports. Each of these
entities exploit the people of
Haiti for labor in producing
athletic products.
Ignatius Wallace, one of
Morehouse's best-kept secrets,
and a staunch political activist,
is currently on an educational
campaign to make baseball
fans aware that America's
favorite pastime doesn't live
up to America's so called
humanitarian standards.
During the playoffs, Wallace
will greet people at the West
End station, on their way to
the stadium with a banner that
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Each of these entities exploits the people of Haiti
for labor in producing athletic products.