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Show Tueaday, January 17, 1989 Chronicle - Page Two IN BRIEF.., America joins together to keep King's dream alive "I see it as a historical event because it has never hap- retired county school teacher. "Dr. King would see this as an accomplishment of the efforts that were put forth at that time." Pope joined King in a second march in 1965 after mounted state troopers had used tear gas and clubs to turn back an initial effort at the Edmund Pettus Bridge just outside Selma. That infa- pened before," said Pope, a Selma-to-Montgome- joined in prayer and protest Monday to keep Martin Luther King's dream of equality and justice alive at holiday ceremonies com(UPI)-Americ- ans memorating the 60th birthday of the slain civil rights leader. ry mous clash, know as Bloody Sunday, spurred to pass the Voting Rights Act, which gave In Philadelphia, NAACP Executive Director Congress blacks widespread access to the ballot box in the deep Benjamin Hooks and Wilson Goode, the city's first South. black mayor, tapped the Liberty Bell in Pope, Minor and Varner joined Doug Morrow and a symbolic ringing ceremony at noon. Deans Barber, both white, in taking the oath of office The historic, cracked bell could not be struck but administered by U.S. District Judge U.W. Clemori of another bell nearby sounded. The symbolic ringing Alabama's first black federal judge. was echoed by bells across the nation in keeping with Birmingham, 'This is a great and glorious day in Dallas County," King's theme of "Let Freedom Ring." Clemon said. "It is the fourth remembrance of the birth-dat- e At a prayer breakfast before a primarily black audiof the 20th century's greatest national moral leadence in Washington, President-elec- t George Bush er. We bring to Dallas County the harvest of the Martin hailed King as a "great gift" from God and pledged to Luther King Act." work for full equality and justice. glass-enclos- ed "What becomes of Martin Luther King's, dreams is up to us," Bush said. "We must not fail him. We must not fail ourselves. And we must not fail the nation he loved so much and gave his life for. This must be our mission together. It will, I promise, be my mission as president." President Reagan took no part in any formal obser' vance Monday. At an service in Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church-whe- re King was a pastor with his father and where his mother was murdered as she played the organ-religiand political leaders prayed, sang and remembered the civil rights leader. "Every birthday was a milestone in God's allotted time," Jesse Jackson said. "He spent it planning to fight for justice." Jackson marched with King during the turbulent days of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. He was with King when he was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. ous Selma, Ala., swears in 3 black commissioners seeds of the 1965 Voting the birthplace of the hisbore fruit in Rights Act finally toric legislation Monday with the swearing-i- n of the first three black commissioners in Dallas County since Reconstruction. . D.L. Pope, Erskine Minor and Perry Vainer marked the national holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., by taking the oath of office in Selma, the Alabama river town where King led bruised and battered blacks on a march for voting rights 24 years ago. SELMA, Ala. (UPI)-T- he . ... , -.-.'- ' Tight security becoming a Super Bowl tradition ld Senate committee opens hearing on James Baker Bowl coaches stricken elaborate with paranoia adopt security measures including giant tarpaulin walls and fake practice plays to thwart spies eager to assist the other team, TV Guide says. In its Jan. 21 edition, the Radnor-base- d publication said tight security is becoming a Super Bowl tradition. Several coaches in recent years have halted practices fearing that students, golfers, or even an airport control e tower, were being used, to gather valuable intelligence. Although espionage has never been credited with helping one team, or giving a substantial advantage over its opponent, NFL coaches say they would rather be safe than sorry. "I've always believed you can't have too much security, whether it's football or any other business," said George Allen, who coached the Washington Redskins in the loss to the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VII. "Security at the Super Bowl is more important than ever because there are so many people wanting to watch you practice and you don't know who they are," he said. Despite the threat of espionage, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana, who will play this week in Super Bowl XXHI, says the game is won by the best team, not the team with the best spies. RADNOR, Pa. pre-gam- pre-gam- . WASHINGTON Senate Foreign Relations (UPI)-T- he Committee will open hearings Tuesday on James Baker's nomination to become secretary of state, with swift confirmation likely for the seasoned political pragmatist and Cabinet veteran. The public hearings, the first exercise of the Senate's advise and consent power for the George Bush administration, will begin three days before Bush officially nominates his old Houston friend and 1988 campaign chairman to the No. 'l Cabinet job. That formal action will come Friday, shortly after the vice president is sworn in as the next chief executive. Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Claiborne Pell, request for agreed to the president-elect'- s the early hearing and, reflecting good relations with Baker, is expected to lead his committee in approving the nomination Thursday. The full Senate, however, is not expected to vote before Jan. 25. Baker,; 58, has carefully advanced his nomination with visits to Capitol Hill in recent weeks, meeting privately with every member of the committee. D-R.'- L, There should be no surprises in the hearings, although Baker may draw some sharp 'questions from Democrats regarding his role in the bitter and personal White House campaign gainst Massachusetts Gov. ; Michael Dukakis. Still, even if there are fireworks; they are likely to be muffled. Since his election, Bush has reached out to congressional Democrats to forge political peace, and there may be not better practitioner of the art than Baker.' v.'":;:'z .? . Gun man sentenced to lyear, fined $5,000 y NEW YORK gunman Bernhard Goetz, who in 1984 shot four black youths in a case d that came to symbolize the frustration of many to sentenced was one city dwellers, year in unlifor fined an and $5,000 Friday, carrying jail censed pistol. Before he was sentenced, Goetz told the judge, "I feel this case is really (more) about the deterioration of society that it is about me." Pointing to prosecutor, Gregory Waples, Goetz said he "seems to be concerned that society needs to be protected from me and I don't believe that's the case. Society needs to be protected from' criminals." Goetz, 41, with touseled blond hair and wearing his (UPI)--Subwa- crime-plague- , :" trademark jeans and open-collshirt, stood trembling as he listened to Acting State Supreme Court ar Justice Stephen Crane's sentence. As he was led out of the courtroom to be transported to the city's correctional facility at Rikers Island, he smiled meekly at a court officer and bowed his head. - -" . ; 'Cr (UPI)-Su- per e iBMmmi fcpta Evers from page one As one born and raised in Mississippi, Evers said she knows what it was like to have her home firebombed, to be denied entrance to a restaurant or movie because of the color of her skin or to have friends and relatives beaten, chased by police dogs and "locked up in cells not fit for human beings." In the early days of the Civil Rights Movement, Evers said racism was blatant and t. "There were no ifs, ands or buts about it," she explained, and blacks knew where they stood. However, even though racism today may be; more subtle, it is just as dangerous. Evers challenged her listeners to make the meaning of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday more than just a two or three day celebration of his birth- udy; lo not omy remember trie past, but to learn by it. yr-'ifty-K-:- up-fron- Available at: NIGHT FLIGHT 272-834- 3 Cottonwood Mall Meet Tom DeFalco, editor-in-chiof Marvel Comics and Ann Eagan Of Marvel Comics on ef - January 28th. mum - |
