Show I Page 2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April — A EfMW 26 2001 r In brief nnir TW IJHlhn I ’ crusader and creator of ‘Sullivan Principles' dies at 78 Anti-aparthe- id PHOENIX (AP) — The Rev Leon Sullivan a pioneering civil lights crusader credited with helping end South Africa’s system of apartheid has died of leukemia at age 78 The former Philadelphia minister best known for developing an international code of business conduct called the Sullivan Principles died Tuesday in a hospital in Scottsdale Ariz said his daughter Hope Sullivan Rose Kofi Annan praised Sullivan on UN Secretary-GenerWednesday and said he “was known and respected throughout the world for the bold and innovative role he played in the global campaign to dismantle the system of apartheid in South Africa” The Rev Jesse Jackson called Sullivan “a tremendous source of hope and vitality and moral authority” He praised Sullivan’s work in Philadelphia that became the basis for Operation Breadbasket the economic arm of Martin Luther King’s civil rights organization Sullivan devised the Sullivan Principles in the 1970s after becoming the first black board member at General Motors Corp He described them as “a code that companies of America and the world came to follow to end apartheid peacefully starting with the workplace’'’ Companies doing business in South Africa were encouraged to give opportunities to their black workers and help local communities AP photo “When I started this program a black man had no legal standJohn O’Donnell Stadium floods after dikes and levees built to protect the ballpark gave way to the rising waters of the Mississippi River on ing in South Africa!1 he once said “Literally you had to break a Sunday in Davenport Iowa The city lacks a floodwali along the river bank and some residents like it that way whole system of inequity throughout South Africa” '“If you take a hammer and a chisel and pound a rock 100 times it’s going to crack I pounded and pounded apd it cracked” Sullivan once said Sullivan was born in West Virginia and recalled the racism he faced trying to buy a soda at age 8 in his hometown of Charleston DAVENPORT Iowa (AP) avoid obstructing the river “That was my first real confrontation with' segregation and black and white” he said “So I decided that I was going to — In a town where manicured view Tourism much of it stand up against that kind of thing the rest of my life’ d walkways line the riverbank brings $100 milfor miles and summer jazz feslion annually to the Quad tivals draw hundreds of thouOn the Net: Cities — Davenport Betten-- : sands of people to the water’s International Foundation for Education and dorf Rock Island and Moline http:wwwifeshorg edge it’s hard for residents El like Kami Rathbum to imagine In 1984 the Davenport City a long cement floodwali Council voted against a flood-wa- ll in blocking the view that would have cost WASHINGTON (AP) — Settlement talks could end hundreds “It’s worth it to have access million with the city $338 of lawsuits brought against BridgestbneFirestone Inc by alleged to die sight of the river” Rath-bu35 percent of the cost paying victims of Firestone tire failures 24 said A wall could cost $50 new Company spokeswoman Jill Bratina and plaintiffs attorneys Their only view right now million according to the U S characterized the talks Wednesday as preliminary Another ses- - however is of a 1 t' Army Caps of Engineers y sion is scheduled for levee long Allbaugh's criticism angered “We're always open to discussions that include a fair and rea- Flooding pushed the MissisAP photo Like other parts of Yerington sonable settlement for all involved” Bratina said sippi River to a crest of 223 Sandbags and an earthen dike protect John O'Donnell Stadium surthe nation to tornadoes The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has colprone st feet its level on hurricanes and earthquakes lected reports of at least 174 fatalities and more than 700 injuries record and third flood in the rounded by the flooding Mississippi River Davenport city personnel built the plastic and sand dike after sandiagging attempts during the riverside taxpayers deserve among more than 6000 complaints citing tread separations past decade — yet the city has flood of 1993 failed and the stadium flooded federal help when flooding blowouts and other problems with certain Firestone tires rejected permanent flood con' hits foe mayor said NHTSA is investigating the tires but is not expected to trol cost estimated an to American have Davenport taxpayer By this morning waters “We pay our share of the announce its findings before August"’ had dropped only slightly to $100 million and Federal step in and take care of this Most of the accidents involved rollovers of the Ford Explorer 211 feet load" easiYerington said “I feel Emergency Management flooding which could be ' the world's sometimes the people infoia ' vehicle on which Firestone levto aid the sport utility region ly prevented by building Many business owners are Agency tires were standard equipment have area been swelled 2 $1 said to billion and dikes?” ees singled out and Allbaugh is saying enough enough The tires also have been linked to at least seven deaths in die are punished just because we FEMA director Joe “In a business district like Monday Middle East and 46 in Venezuela Ford Motor Co replaced Firea straight-talkin- g The government's point man ' happen to live along the this you shouldn’t have to go stone tires in those countries with Goodyear tires months before who grew up in on natural disasters was to river” through this every four years’' Oklahoma has inspect flood damage along In a statement Wednesday BridgestoneFirestone issued a recall last August Critics have said Kenny Hagge a furniture tornado-pron- e said Ford should have notified US authorities about the foreign store owner who moved his chided Davenport for not the river today and meet wife Allbaugh offered some reas' recall so the domestic probe could have begun sooner Gov Tom Vilsack and Mayor surance for d showroom upstairs after the building a floodwali long ago The city of 98300 is the Phil Yerington Midwesterners: “FEMA cares 1993 flood On the Net: Unlike its neighbors includIt’s an argument of money largest urban area on the upper and FEMA will be there to Saf8tyfommcom: http:wwwsafetyfoaifncom vs beauty that’s not expected Mississippi without one' ing Dubuque and Rock Island help” he said “We will be BridgestoneFirestone: http:wwwbridgestone-firestoneGo“I mean the question is: 111 Davenport has opposed a their partner in the flood’s subside anytime soon to Fort: http:wwwfordcom '' Record flooding in 1993 How many times will the permanent flood barrier to aftermath” National Highway T raffic Safety Administration: httpwwwnhtsa al nr boilim o Town’s troubles £U£kuLJiJLil o renew old debate - river-base- Self-Hel-p: Tire firm talks to end lawsuits m 200-foo- mid-Ma- third-highe- top-selli- ng All-bau- gh Mid-wester- ''' flood-affecte- - m - - gov V Lawmaker plays Cupid to singles JEFFERSON CITY Mo (AP) — A state lawmaker is hoping to inspire legislative love connections with the latest edition of his quirky “Capital Report” newsletter Louis singled out 28 eligible bacheRep Jim Murphy lors and bachelorettes for his April “Solo in foe Statehouse” edition including photos office phone numbers and commentaries that read more like personal ads Next to the photo of Sen Harry Wiggins City Murphy notes that Wiggins is a former majority floor leader “Perhaps his leadership experience will lead him to that special someone!!! 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