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VOLUME 17 NUMBER 46
Who are top 10
Black models?
Who are the Blacks at the top of
the modeling world? How did they
get there and how do they stay
there?
Although Black women only
gained acceptance in the modeling
field 20 years ago, today’s super
stars like Iman, Wanakee and
Mounia stroll international run
ways and smile from magazine
pages for up to $2,000-per-day.
One of the top ten models, Shari
Belafonte-Harper, daughter of en
tertainer Harry Belafonte,
manages to juggle a successful ac
ting career with modeling.
Many of these women never
really considered modeling as a
career choice until they were
“discovered” or encouraged to try
it. They all agree that the glamour
of travel, meeting new and exciting
people and making great money
are wonderful pluses, but they add
that the work is quite demanding.
Their advice to young women
wondering what type of “look” it
takes to be successful: “There isn’t
a set sort of characteristics. It all
depends on what the public
responds to, and that changes
from time to time.”
Ten of the most beautiful Black
models are featured in the March
issue of Ebony magazine.
Coors boycotted by Blacks due to owners views
DENVER—SaIes of Coors beer
have plummeted under the AFL
CIO’s consumer boycott, and now
a string of racially derogatory
remarks by Coors Chairman
William K. Coors has prompted
Black religious and community
leaders to get behind labor’s “do
not buy” campaign.
Coors was quoted by the Rocky
Police officers patrol
Laney-Walker on foot
by Theresa Minor
“It will be a deterrent to crime
and will diminish the number of
people loitering in this area,”
stated Augusta Mayor Edward
Mclntyre, during a recent press
conference to announce stepped
up security in the predominantly
Black neighborhood surrounding
Laney-Walker Boulevard, through
the use of foot patrolmen.
Spurred by Black merchants in
the community, the foot
patrolmen were approved by the
mayor and Augusta City Council
last year, according to Mclntyre.
But he explained that a shortage of
manpower prevented placing the
sentries in the area until Monday.
Biondell Conley, proprietor of
Dell’s Dinner on 9th St., expressed
relief at the foot patrol.
“A long time ago, there were
police patrolling this area and it
really curbed crime. Lately there
have been a lot of break-ins,” she
said.
“Whenever you have police on
the move, you can bet the
criminals ar<going to move out.”
Laney-Walker Boulevard is the
second inner-city thoroughfare to
be targeted for beefed up security.
Patrolmen were placed on Broad
Street, downtown’s major retail!
zone, during the Christmas
Augusta
Mountain News as telling a group
of minority business owners that
“one of the best things (slave
traders) did for you is to drag your
ancestors over here in chains.” He
also attributed economic problems
in Black-governed African coun
tries to a lack of “the intellectual
capacity to succeed.”
Bishop H. H. Brookins of the
holiday.
“It’s been successful downtown
and I think we’ll have the same
success on Laney-Walker
Boulevard,” the mayor said.
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SUPERSTARS OF THE MODELING WORLD—Wanakee, a former Lansing, Michigan
fashion illustrator, began commanding the attention of the modeling world four years ago.
At 5 feet IVi inches tall, Wanakee does little runway modeling; most of her work is done for
magazines. She has five covers to her credit.
200,000-member Fifth Episcopal
District of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church said he will urge
his people “white and black,
brown and yellow” to stop
drinking “Mr. Coors’s beer...to
stop his profits and stop his
mouth.”
Bishop Brookins said he will
press for a boycott by the entire 3.5
The patrolmen will be on duty in
the area during periods of peak
traffic between 3:30 p.m. until
business establishments have
closed.
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March 10,1984
million-member AME Church was urging people to vent their
nationwide. anger “at the cash register.”
Denver City Council members
Hiawatha Davis and William
Roberts said their Black, con
stituents are incensed over Coor’s
remarks. Davis told the paper he
Max Robinson
quits ABC
CHICAGO—Former ABC
network anchor Max Robinson has
been named a nightly news anchor
on WMAQ-TV Ch. 5, it was an
nounced Monday.
Monte Newman, vice president
and general manager of WMAQ,
made the announcement last Mon
day. He said Robinson will anchor
the early and late news shows on
the local NBC station, effective
March 12.
Said Robinson, “lam delighted
to be joining Channel 5. More
hard news comes out of Chicago
than any other city in the nation.
Being associated with Channel 5
News gives me the opportunity to
return to a city I love and to a news
organization I respected as a com
peting newsman.
I’ve always been fascinated by
-ie no-nonsense competitiveness ot
Chicago’s news shops. Channel 5
News is the epitome of that
philosophy.”
Commenting further on Robin
son’s appointment, which comes
as good news to many of the
veteran newsman’s staunch sup
porters, Newman said, “Max
Robinson is one of the finest jour
nalists in the country. His im
pressive credentials, which consist
of covering major national and in
ternational events, as well as a
strong local background, can only
strengthen Channel s’s already
outstanding news organization.
“Max Robinson will bring an
added dimension to Channel s’s
newsroom. His network experience
and worldwide reputation with
national newsmakers will prove in-
Less than 75 percent Advertising
NAACP and Urban League of
ficials in Denver and a number of
Colorado legislators called Coor’s
comments “stupid” and
“shocking.”
valuable to WMAQ-TV as the
station expands its coverage of
world events. He’ll be a Chicagoan
with global contacts.”
Robinson became the center of a
controversy in 1980 when he
criticized some aspects of the news
media while he held down the tri
anchor spot of ABC’s World News
Tonight. At that time he was based
in Chicago and served with Peter
Jennings and the late Frank
Reynolds as co-anchors.
His outspoken manner was
viewed by many as paving the way
for the articulate newsman to be
shifted to occasional news updates
on that network.
After coming to Chicago in ’7B
as a network news anchorman,
Robinson gained a reputation as
an exceptional abstract painter and
often exhibited his works in
various museums and other
galleries. His work was featured
during the Black Esthetics Festival
held at the Museum of Science and
Industry which was sponsored by
the Chicago Defender, the
Museum of Science and Industry
and Continental Bank.
Prior to joining ABC, Robin
son, for ten years, was early and
late news anchor for WTOP-TV in
Washington. He also served with
WRC-TV, the NBC-owned station
in Washington, as a general
assignment correspondent for
Capitol Hill, the White House and
the District Building.
A native of Richmond, Va.,
Robinson received his un
dergraduate degree from Oberlin
College and attended Indiana
University.
Mclntyre
trial delayed
until April
U.S. Magistrate John Dunsmore
has ordered a five week delay in
the federal racketeering trial of
Augusta Mayor Edward Mclntyre,
City Councilman Joseph Jones,
and real estate broker Mary
Holmes.
Originally scheduled to begin
March 19, the trial has now been
pushed back to April 23 according
to the order filed in U.S. District
Court Wednesday morning.
In reaching the decision, the or
der noted, “preparation for a
criminal trial is not a simple mat
ter.”
The order also stated that the
federal prosecutors had no objec
tions to the request for a delay.
The document concluded “the
fair administration of justice will
be best served by permitting both
government and defendants ad
ditional time to prepare for trial.”
Though the delay was granted,
the continuance fell short of a
request made by Mclntyre’s attor-'
ney, John Ruffin, for the trial to
take place May 1.
Mclntyre, Jones, and Holmes
face charges of “conspiracy to
commit extortion” and “aiding
and abetting” for allegedly using
the mayor’s office to receive bribes
in the sale of city-owned riverfront
property.
Wylds seeks
mayor's post
by Theresa Minor
The Augusta City government
should be led by a “weak mayor
and a strong council” according to
announced mayoral candidate, fir
st ward Councilwoman Inez
Wylds.
In an interview with the Augusta
News-Review, Wylds, who has
served on city council through two
Administrations, said “I wouldn’t
go as far as saying they (former
Mayor Lewis Newman and current
Mayor Edward Mclntyre) were dic
tators. Maybe strong willed would
be a better description.
“The mayor is supposed to offer
guidance, but he is not suppose to
take over the entire government.
“I would be willing to make that
change.”
The 58-year old councilwoman
formally enters the race at a time
of turmoil within the city gover
nment as Mayor Mclntyre goes
before a federal jury on
racketeering charges March 19.
“I’m planning not to let it (trial)
reflect on my campaign,” she said,
“It puts me in an awkward
position, but I have been planning
my campaign for about a year and
I will not wait till the last minute to
proceed with it.”
Wylds describes her campaign
strategy as “grass-roots” and in
tends to organize her committee
with one chairman per precinct.
“Usually people have a minority
chairman and a professional per
son chairman and all of that. I’m
not planning on doing that.
“Os course, I’m not going to
write off the professional people,
but I’m sure they already have
their choices, I’m not going to rock
the boat.”
She said she believes her chances
of winning are enhanced by a 53
percent female registered voter
see Wylds page 4
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