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'VOLUME 18 No. 885 Focus On KWANZAA © See 94 R ‘ & B TR 3 i h s : R L & ; ey RRR G 3 B 3 pol i £ K fl;.?fi? b Bt 3 P RN 9 ¢ R i RN b 3 . = i =1 . N .. , \ . i ! : ) BT i & LY RAR 4 v l!“ kY W R RR o 3 " TR A i A @:‘: 4 : % , 1 President Clinton makes a statement as first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on at the White. House, Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998 thanking those Democratic members of the House of Represen-. tatives who voted against impeachment and vowing to complete his term. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) CLINTON TO CONGRESS: “I ’t g ) BSenators agree on quick civil action, but not immediate censure. By Glen Johnson ASSOCIATED PRESS Writer WASHINGTON With the impeachment of Presi dent Clinton now in their hands, senators vowed Sunday to move quickly although they disagreed on the format — speedy trial or immediate censure. Sheriffs finding phones in jail cells lucrative Dublin (AP) The days of one call from jail are over — sheriffs statewide are encouraging inmates to pick up the phone. Under agreements with phone companies, local jails can get as much as 40 percent back on toll calls made from phone units located inside jail cells. . Telfair County Sheriff David Williams, whose jail features a phone in each of its seven cells, said the trend is growing across the state. : | “It’s like a lucrative business,” Williams said. "Wc‘ get a good bit of money out of it, even though our jai is not large.” . | Most jails now allow inmates to make as many calls! asthey would like, as long as someone accepts the toll ‘ on the other end of the line. : - All calls are paid by the person receiving the call and even local calls are toll calls. - Bibb County gets “big money” from its phones b} way of a 40 percent refund from the phone company according to Bibb County Sheriff spokesman Elliot Dunwoody. The Bibb County Law Enforcement Center gets the money, which helps make up shortfalls in the budget. “We use that money with money from the commis sary to supplement our budget,” Dunwoody said. Williams had the phones put into his jail in 1993 anc. hag averaged as much as S6OO a month since then. That could go up substantially as Williams has renegotiated his refund from 25 percent to 37 percent. — Laurens County’s agreement with Bell South calls for a $2.65 charge for each local call, and more than .that for long distance, meaning revenue of more than .$150,000, according to county administrator Will .McDonald. . ; ' Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton estimates hustd will pull in $60,000 from phone usage. heriff Kenny Webb uses the phones as incentive for good behavior--income or no income. “If they act up, we can cut off the phones,” Webb said. : : Worli: Peace Corps worker slain in Gabon Page 2\ Health: Local physician uses holistic approach Page 5 Serving m&ml\uggo Sout&:fioond the Central Supnnuhkuiver§ Democrats generally favored censure; Republicans leaned to ward at least a brief trial. Both said the upper chamber of Con gress had to restore civility and “political sanity” to the process. “I don’t believe the challenge was faced adequately in the House,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D- Vt., said on NBC’s Meet the Press. The president, meanwhile, pre pared for a defense that his chief of staff indicated could include a challenge to the legality of the House’s action, given that the impeachment articles were ap ®Nationa)/International .................2A lLocal/Regional News .........coivenneni A lPeople4A WLbang . it ainesiis B WSROIt ... ..couneirivinivusnnsosmssommisnsssssions 188 mEditorial/0pini0n..................... BA-9A BChurch........ccooieiennrnsuensennees 12A-13A IBusiness Gosibinsasinsinirsisini TA 10 ARTbeat TV listings ............. IBSB ®mClassifieds’/Emp10yment.......... 68-7 B proved by departing members of * the 105th Congress, but a Sen ate trial would bethandled bythe 106th. : “I think that our legal team with take a look at that in the days to come, as you know, some of the constitutional experts who have reviewed that matter be lieve that it is not consistent with the Constitution to have done this in a lame duck Congress, especially in the partisan way that they did that,” White House See CLINTON, page 2A [ :v’. i! x~ :11 / . Z?-&,_‘ 7 ?E"; o ‘ et % ¢ Th Sy NO LIMITS Mystikal returns ARTbeat on page 1B DECECEMBER 24 - 30, 1998 Feds blast racism in police ranks By Seth Hettena ASSOCIATED PRESS Writer BALTIMORE The Baltimore Police Depart ment has disciplined black offic ersmore harshly than white offic ers, creating a pattern of race discrimination in violation of civil rights law, federal investigators say. Black officers have faced more disciplinary action, been found guilty at a higher rate and have been punished more often than their white colleagues, said Gerald Kiel, acting district direc tor of the Equal Employment Pro players scrimmage : for charity 3 Red Team's “ / - (33)' ..“" . j’g p # Miller(3l),and . . BV , . team coach N » Charles ' Barkley meet AR ‘} Dh P 4 ; during a J{; PR If s ; ot 0 A ] timeout in the : , n third quarter 3 3 E | P against the ' ,4 R ’;E # a charity bas- AN RINEY 2 ketball exhibi- rF. 7 . 3 1 ’ tion game in «% ; Atlantic City, ~ 4 NJ., Saturday, i/ 9 ‘r, AT T/ r Dec. 19, 1998. e . ' (AP Photo/Chris % Games) _‘f',‘,-,»i Texas octuplets surviving so far ENigerian woman gives birth to eight babies nearly two weeks apart. By Mark Babineck ASSOCIATED PRESS Writer HOUSTOR ‘Doctors knew the infant deliv ered two weeks ago was just one of several babies Nkem Chukwu carried in her womb. But none knew the girl was just one of a remarkable — and historic — eight. Mrs. Chukwu delivered her 2- week-old daughter’s five sisters and two brothers Sunday to com plete the first known surviving set of octuplets. They ranged from 11 ounces to nearly two pounds, and all were in critical condition after birth. “We're very hopeful all of the babies will survive, but they’re critically illnewborns and we can’t say for sure everything will be OK,” said Dr. Patti Savrick, a pediatrician at Texas Children’s Hospital. The first girl was 12 weeks pre mature, and the others were 10 weeks early. The survival rate for babies born so young is 85 per cent, doctors said. The babies were whisked one by one to Texas Children’s from the operating room at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. About 30 medical personnel were involved in the 45-minute Caesarean sec tion. Seven of the babies were on ventilators today to help them Opportunity Commission’s Balti more office. The agency's report, released Tuesday after a two-year investi gation, also said black officers who complained of discrimination were often targeted by the department’s own watchdog: the Internal Investigation Depart ment. Police Commissioner Thomas Frazier was unavailable for com ment Tuesday. His spokesman, Robert Weinhold, said the depart ment is addressing its “historical pattern of inequity.” “There’s a number of measures that have been taken to address the issue of racial disparity and a Texas ChildrengHospital AyogP i i > i Se T . oo ; ! B ;3: :%g'fsa G g iy 3 ; G 4,*:l&&*@’? W . ‘ % B e w N ; ""3 %f) vg ” p : I‘-5; '"ifii’? £ *‘ih 7. " \ b e s ¥ L : ' v SRS Doctors Brian Kirshontalks, left, Patti Savrick, center, and Leonard Weisman take part in a news conference about the multiple birth of octuplets Monday, Dec. 21, 1998 in Houston. Nkem Chukwu became the mother of the first known surviving set of octuplets, giving birth to five girls and two boys Sunday. The eighth child, a girl, was born on Dec. 8. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) breathe, and all eight will likely remain hospitalized for two or three months. Dr. Leonard Weisman, chief neonatal specialist at Texas Children’s, said he will watch for lung and heart problems over the next few days. After that, meta bolic problems and infections are a danger. The babies are critically ill, but they are currently all stable, Weisman said this morning on the NBC Today show. Mrs. Chukwu, a Nigerian na tive who lives in Houston with her husband, Iyke, could be out of RN TIE Forecast : Partly Sunny, - Highsos See 24 | ysrosticerno U.S. POSTAGE PAID NO. 302 AUGUSTA, GA number of measures to address the inequities in the disciplinary system,” Weinhold said. Weinhold said the EEOC’s rul ing confirms earlier findings, which the department is address ing. The department has pro moted black officers, trained minority officers to hear disci plinary cases and created a sys tem to make punishments more uniform, he said. A city commission in 1996 found evidence of racial bias in the ranks of the department’s 3,200 officers. Gary McLhinney, president of See FEDS, page 3A ; the hospital by week’s end. Her husband, a respiratory therapist, was not present for the deliveries but has seen the babies since then, doctors said today. “He’s very excited about the pregnancy,” said Dr. Brian Kirshon, a specialist in high-risk births and one of three doctors who delivered the babies. As a result of drugs taken to forestall labor, Mrs. Chukwu re quired surgery this morning to stop internal bleeding. Kirshon called the bleeding, a side effect of See OCTUPLETS, page 2A