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BRIy T N T S L 5 ; AN b | <<NEW FEATURE L kS o ,)) . b . & | Fashion News L 8 you can use! ® ~ S @ o R ] R AR POLITICS M Civil rights organization says more county contracts for women and minorities is vital goal for economic development and should be political priority for county commissioners. By Rhonda Y. Maree AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer AUGUSTA In an uncharacteris- ol tic comment on the ac- =4B tivities of a local politi- | g~ cian,the NAACPblast- g& L ed the Jan. 2. vote by § - Commissioner Freddie ".s '%) Handy that gave Com- [% =, missioner Larry Gl e Sconyers the chairman- :~o ship. e According to NAACP officials, Mr. Handy’s Q‘ agenda“lacks a thought 5 process” and that “he ’ «e‘ car:i’t make decisions Risidt NAAcP‘. . under pressure.” : .n.fldm"'" Officials say that, if gz:\::n“yoh, > Mr. Handy represented the interests of blacks, which constitute the majority in his district, he would have voted for Commis sioner Willie Mays for chairman. Like many concerned black business own erswhoarethreatening a recall of Mr. Handy, NAACEP officials contend that Mr. Handy’s political moves should be “watched, chroni cled, and used to elect someone of responsi bility as commissioner of the 2nd District next election cycle.” One official said, “If commissioner Handy would like to get things done for the future of African Americans in Richmond County, he should keep the issue of the disparity study on the front burner. “He and the other African American com missioners should vote ‘no’ on everything See NAACP, page 3 AugustaSHigh Schod § - - b >3 . 4 »‘9,% See Sporis page 12 B International NBWS .........cccceineecnnsnires & B LOGBI INEWE ... i viiioiiimisinnessaniopunii O W People........nuusfioninsnsnsnnnisnissnsssnsisssosios 4 B Editorial . oot iiniiiniesnin B B A Closer Look /OP ED.........cccceee0000000 9 B ARIBERt o 0 i eniainiD B ATGUNA TOWIL 8 (o vviivisidinneninin 9 B LiVlng BBtUer &gt 20 B Bashion i it niriivg L W BRorte ... i aiiih spiaitissioiisisiseii B B Raligion ..ot cislivininiiiotisiitin 48 B Employment .. cdviinnnianid 58 B Clasatfledn i iiiiiiiiiiiinunannia 1990 D e I HYDE PARK RESIDENTS PRESS FIGHT AGAINST ISXIG WASTE M Residents in the predominantly black neighborhoods of Hyde Park and Vir ginia Subdivision vow to picket the Masters Golf Tournament if action is too slow on their demands. By Rhonda Y. Maree AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer AUGUSTA If Hyde Park residents aren’t assigned a court date before the Master’s Golf Tour nament, there will be a repeat of last year’s demonstration at the highly profiled event, according to Arthur Smith Jr., a Hyde Park resident and member of their advisory board. The residents of Hyde Park and neighboring Aragon Park and Virginia Subdivision filed a S7OO million lawsuit against ITT, former owners of South ern Wood Piedmont. Promised a federal court date in April 1994, residents have not yet had their day in court. See HYDE PARK, page 3 THE KING PHILOSOPHY M.L. King & the Newt’s Contract with America W Martin Luther King would waste no time in shredding Newt Gingrich’s Contract With Ameri ca. The Republican lack of com passion for the poor and toler ance for corporate and individual greed would find no place in Mar tin Luther King’s philosophy. By Frederick J. Benjamin Sr. AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer As the most conservative Congress in memory gets back down to the nation’s business, it is difficult to overlook the irony of preparing for a national celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. While much of the verbiage that sur rounds the holiday has been reduced to rank rhetoric about dreams, and love, Dr. King’s out look in his later years began to burst from the tight confines of civil rights. Dr. King was an unabashed believer in eco nrlocal newspaper sponsored by your local grocer. January 11-18, 1995 VOL. XIV NO. 682 Metro Augusta's Finest Weekly Newspape U oNG A By R e g 7o A % B _,_,/- G - 3 "’w o gL S ii Bl SO ‘*’%} % O i e BAR e 4 Gt o, 35 N s T e i [ SRR R A R ’ G e L A s :"'%ii;.;ézsefs*-*fifi: ‘ : AR L \”6~‘., TR B ok : oot by RPR g e T ¢ i 4 o ey M | * 5 b ; : o *&f%f Oy _— Vg ; ‘4 1; ,x{ * 4 e S . S b r o j i }M e : t _‘Z:': sAT v sk ;‘}v& ' : co g e i S ' WATER-BORNE HAZARDS Photo By Jimmy Carter A drainage ditch near the site of Clara Jenkins Elementary school is discolored with chemical contamination. Residents complain that when there is a heavy rain, the contamination from the Piedmont Wood Processing Plant site increases. nomic justice. It is important to note that he did not rest on his laurels and accept the accolades without continuing to challenge America to awak enits conscience and act out its creed —ln God We Trust. When King chided corporate America for its aggressive assault on the world’s natural resourc es, whether it be in Southeast Asia or South Africa, he lost many formerly sympathetic sup porters who could applaud his stand against rac ist Southern sheriffs, but could not stomach his call for the redistribution of their hard-earned wealth. Such an outlook is anathema to the majority party currently pondering economic strategies for the nation. There is sufficient evidence from King’s recorded thoughts to believe that he would be appalled at Newt Gingrich’s compassionless out look on the poor and the nation’s responsibilities toward the struggling masses. King’s public stance on economic issues became prominent in 1966, a year after the Voting Rights Act and two years prior to the Civil Rights Bill of 1968. As the civil rights movement languished in the controversy stirred by its radical “black pow- See KING, page 5 MR. 808 HENNEBERGER e BULK RATE ‘ GEORGIA NEWSPAPER J.S. POSTAGE PAID / UNIVERSITY OF GA NO. 302 ATHENS GA 30002 123000 | AUGUSTA, GA F: } ri//. N B Ba High Court 11th District redrawing WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court has added Georgia to its study of the tactics state legislatures employ in designing election districts to benefit racial minorities. The justices said Friday that they would expand the study beyond a case from Louisiana, . 4 which they voted to include last oo °’ month. o 3@ @ Rulings in both cases, expected ‘B | byJul could carry enormous im |.« ¢ byJuly, could carry i 35 x ;"3 pact for efforts at all levels of gov + ~ 4@ " ernment to give minority voters 4 © moreclout. - & The high court has taken no ac il & tion in two similar redistricting I disputes pending before it — from xd - /R Texas and North Carolina. * s . Clinton administration lawyers McKinney: N the Georgie had urged the court to add thp Legislature gets a chance I€Xas case because, they said, it to redraw the districts, raises a legal point not contained in m%"r‘g";:;?:::’nfl"d the Louisianadispute. Instead, the Valdosta. court chose to combine the Georgia case and leave the Texas case in limbo. In Georgia, a three-judge court last September struck down as unconstitutional the state’s congressional reap; r tionment law. The lower court said Georgia’s current re.ap portionment amounts to unlawful racial gerrymanderin The Supreme Court postponed the effect of the three Jjudge court’s ruling so the state’s congressional elections could be held under the invalidated plan. The reapportionment map drawn by Georgia legislators was challenged by white voters within the state’s 11th congressional district. They said the district’s shape, creat ed to give black candidates a better chance to be elected to Congress, unduly takes race into account. The district stretches 250 miles across east-central Geor gia with finger-like extensions reaching into Atlanta, Au gusta and Savannah to group black voters. The boundaries split several counties, cities and neighborhoods. About 64 percent of the district’s voters are black. “lam elated that the Supreme Court will give us a chance to win,” said Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who represents the 11th District. Besides her own seat, that of new House Speaker Newt Gingrich also is at stake in the case, she said. See SUPREME COURT, page 3 S \T v L T A\ .~~.\§>x§x\} S | People ought to come to Washington, sit | down if necessary in the middle of the street and say, “We are here; we are poor; we don't have any money; you have -made us this way; you keep us down this _way; and we've come to stay until you do OPEN SEAS®N O 5 RN T S .‘4!1;& geil!l ' "M')fit " M vl Yy - ,\_.,,.,f_’ wify ‘ P Grow More ™ B o i L B A" ""’v’"‘eu., s SR R A