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Blacks boycott Max Robinson Inez Wylds 11 Laney-Walker Coors Beer over quits post formally am ~' ice owners racial views with ABC forma v men Page 1 Page 1 Page 1 II Page 1 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. • ; Wk JJ .*•*•**— jqylniiiiii i. : i w 7...... .j '' f wSR j 1 PATROLMEN GENE BOSEMAN (left) and Shane Capitosti walk beat on Ninth Street. /JO 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. Neuis-Meuteuj 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 30C