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August 17, 1995
Testimony ends in Abu-Jamal hearing
B The prosecution
and defense found no
common ground as
emotions soared in
the courtroom.
PHILADELPHIA
(AP) Shouting matches broke
out in the courtroom between
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s supporters
and opponents as testimony end
ed in the condemned journalist’s
hearing for a new murder trial.
Abu-Jamal, 41, smiled to sup
porters who jumped to their feet,
fists raised, and shouted “Free
Mumia!” as he was led away in
handcuffs at the end of Tues
day’s session. Across the aisle,
supporters of the dead officer’s
family raised their fists, thumbs
down. “Burn, baby, burn!” they
shouted. “Adieu, Abu!”
The emotion capped the three
week hearing in which defense
lawyers tried to prove Abu-
Jamal’s 1982 trial in the slaying
of Officer Daniel Faulkner was
flawed and that Abu-Jamal
shouldn’t face the death penalty.
Black activists dissatisfied with
phone company apology about book
LAS VEGAS
(AP)Black activists upset about
a telephone book’s depiction of a
black girl with spiked hair are
considering picketing and march
ing outside the MGM Hotel when
boxer Mike Tyson fights in an
effort to draw national attention
to their cause.
“Let’slet them know what Sprint
Central in Nevada, thinks about
African-Americans,” said JoAnna
Wesley.
Morethan 100 who believed the
illustration degraded and made
fun of black children’s hair were
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area code is changing.
Why Add Another Area Code? Due to a significant
increase in new telecommunications services — such as fax
machines, computer modems, cellular phones, pagers, and
residential second lines —Atlanta is once again running out
of telephone numbers. Even though Georgia added a third
area code — 706 — just a few years ago, another area code is
needed to accommodate the phenomenal demand for new
telephone numbers in the Atlanta metro area.
How Does Adding A New Area Code Change The Way |
Call Around Town.. And The Way People Call Me? First,
the new area code will not impact the expansion of the
Atlanta local calling area. Calls you make toll-free now will still
be tollfree after the area code addition, and you will not have to
dial a “0” or a “1” before dialing the 10-digit number. Here are a
few examples to show you the new dialing procedures:
*To call numbers within the same area code, you simply
dial the seven-digit telephone number as always.
*To call from the new 770 area code to the 404 area code,
you simply dial all ten digits, for example, 404-351-XXXX.
*To call from area code 404 to area code 770, simply dial
all ten digits, for example, 770-917-XXXX.
NOTE: You will not have to dial a “0” or a “1” before dial
ing the 10-digit telephone number.
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Pimps, police officers, cab driv
ers and lawyers took the stand to
explain why he should or should
not be cleared of the murder con
viction.
Abu-Jamal supporters, includ
ing celebrities such as Paul
Newman, Spike Lee, poet Maya
Angelou and “M*A*S*H” star
Mike Farrell, claim his case was
tainted by bias.
Prosecutors said he got a fair
trial and the defense broke no
new ground in their retrial fight.
The two sides remained as far
apart Tuesday as when the hear
ing started, though both agreed
the former radio news reporter
and teen-age Black Panther was
unlikely to win a new trial — yet.
Abu-Jamal had been scheduled
for execution Thursday, but last
week Common Pleas Senior
Judge Albert F. Sabo, who pre
sided over the 1982 trial, delayed
the execution indefinitely.
Defense attorney Leonard I.
Weinglass said Sabo has “amply
shown” he is leaning against the
retrial petition. He said the de
fense would “proceed to other
courts where hopefully we’ll get
urged by members of WAAK-UP
to cancel all but the basic tele
phone services and switch from
Sprint/Central Telephone-Neva
da to another long-distance carri
er.
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four young people of different rac
es. The black child is sitting at the
sect of two others planting a tree
“and looks like a creature from
outer space,” said WAAK-UP ac
tivist Lucille Bryant. The draw
ing was made by a high school
student and was chosen by a pan
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*update printed materials that list your telephone num
ber — stationery, checks, business cards, advertising, etc.
*whether or not your area code is changing, you may
need to reprogram or replace your telecommunications
equipment to accommodate the new area code —
speed calling lists, fax machines, cellular phones, PBXs,
etc. Please note that it may not be possible to program
some telecommunications equipment to recognize the
new area code formats which no longer contain a “0”
or “1” as the middle number. Check with your equip
ment vendor for more information.
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please call 1 800 544-1015.
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Thousands protest in Philadelphia last week on behalf of
Mumia Abu-Jamal. His execution has been deiayed.
a better hearing,” starting with
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
if the petition is rejected.
Assistant District Attorney
Charles J. Grant, who handled
part of the hearing, said he did
not think the defense “produced
any credible evidence, new or
otherwise,” to support the peti
tion. The defense says Abu-Jamal
was framed for racial and politi
Bryant said the economic boy
cott would let Sprint know that
“we will not let you embarrass our
children. Our children do not be
long down in the mud at no one’s
feet.”
WAAK-UP’s founder, Marzette
Lewis, said she was angered that
no one from the phone company
attended the group’s meeting
Wednesday, and that President
Dianne Jett’s letter failed to ac
knowledge that the picture of four
young people was offensive.
Jettsaid shewas unable to attend
the meeting because of a prior com
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cal reasons because of his past
affiliation with the Black Pan
ther Party and his criticism of
policein his work as a radio news
reporter.
The prosecution contends Abu-
Jamal shot Faulkner, who was
white, after seeing the officer
struggling with Abu-Jamal’s
brother, who was driving a car
that Faulkner had stopped.
mitment and didn’t want to send
anyone else to speak for her.
Jett’s letter was dismissed at
the meeting as insufficient. The
group wants a public apology and
a reprinting of the phone book
covers, which Jett said would cost
too much, although she didn’t
know how much it would cost.
Jett said she didn’t have any
other ideas about how to satisfy
those who have been offended.
“We are listening to what we’re
hearing and we are committed to
take the input and reflect that in
the next contest,” she said.
Lawsuit filed to bar
‘reb’ flag from display
GULFPORT, Miss.
(AP)Six Mississippi coastal res
idents are suing to force removal
of the Confederate battle flag
from an eight-banner display on
the beach.
The display features the eight
flags that historically flew over
Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. The bat
tle flag is a sea of red with a blue
cross with 13 stars, correspond
ing to the original states of the
Confederacy, inside the cross.
The lawsuit, filed against
Harrison County last week in
state court, alleges that officials
are insulting minorities by al
lowing the Confederate battle
flag to fly on the beach.
The lawsuit was filed by radio
talk-show host Rip Daniels, his
wife and four other coastal resi
dents. It asks the court todeclare
it illegal for the county to fly the
flag on public land.
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the Confederate battle flag for
six weeks on his radio show, in
interviews and during public
meetings.
The lawsuit says state law
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