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Show We. Mountain Peepoe : TT. 2 ss. ou se : iInorit and Sentinel Keeping Hope Alive as We Fulfill the Dream Serving more than 200,000 VOL. 1 NO. 2 MAY 25, 1990 ‘‘Let Mr. Bojangles rest,’’ said the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who eulogized Mr. Davis as a man who forged new attitudes about blacks in America. ‘‘The world of segregation had to stop ... to let him get on and change the world,’’ said the former presidential candidate and civil rights leader. ‘*How lucky we all were to have Sammy in our lives and how dearly I will miss him,’’ said his widow, Altovise, who spoke briefly to those in attendance. : The non-denominational service heard the Rabbi Allen Freehling tell the mourning throng, “‘He was a constant and enthusiastic presence and fought the good fight of faith in battling the disease that took his life,”’ said the Rabbi. Gregory Hines, who co-starred with Mr. Sammy Davis Jr. Davis in the movie ‘“‘Tap,”’ recalled being 10 years old and seeing his idol performing several shows a day in 1966 at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre and being inspired in a backstage meeting. ‘It was indescribable. He could do “Mr. Entertainer” Services for sammy Davis Jr. held everything,’’ Hines recalled of Davis, At the age of 64, after a long battle with cancer, Sammy Davis, SJr., known all over the world as “‘Mr. Entertainer,’’ passed away in his sleep at 5:59 a:m. May 16, 1990. More than 15,000 people filled a hall at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills and hundreds more couldn’t get inside for the services. A cheer went up when a recording of Mr. Davis’ hit ‘‘I’ve Gotta Be Me’’ was played. who not only sang and danced but played many instruments. ““He could do all of those things and he could tap. I could only tap.’’ Little Richard called Sammy the greatest entertainer who éver lived, bar none. Jazz break ground on Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller, along with his wife Gail and many government civic and _ business leaders, turned the first shovel of earth in an impressive noon ceremony Tuesday, for a $60 million Utah Jazz arena that will also house the Golden Eagles hockey team, concerts, and many other projects. : ‘It started out at $45 million; now it has grown to $60 million dollars,”’ said Mr. Miller. Seated among the platform guests was the Rev. France A. Davis, Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Salt Lake City and chairman of the board of UOIC Utah Oportunities Industrialization Centers. The Rev. Davis was accompanied to the event by the Rev. H.J. Lilly, Pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church, It is scheduled to be completed by October 1991 ‘‘under budget and on ing Company, announced by Mr. Miller in a May 11 news conference. time,’’ Mr. Miller chided architects Sumitomo Trust’s managing director of its U.S. Business Administration Department Kaneaki Hori was among those who wished Mr. Miller success. Governor Norman Bangerter led a delegation of city and county as and construction representatives. Ohbayashi Corporation, one of Japan’s top five construction contractors, will manage the project in a joint venture with Sahara Construction of Bountiful. Ohbayashi Corporation will fulfill a clause in an agreement on a loan with Sumitomo Trust and Bank- well as state officials, who praised the work of Mr. Miller and distinguish- ed him as a man with a visi also of Salt Lake City. Utah Jazz star player Karl Malone was introduced to the crowd by Jazz president Frank Layden and master of ceremonies simply, ‘‘Karl Malone.”’ The crowd cheered wildly to receive the popular Jazz power forward. Work could start with excavation for the new arena in three days to a week, Miller estimated. In addition to singer Little Richard, arena Bart Barker, Mark Eaton, Karl Malone x = SS xSS many celebrities were in attendance including government, business, and church leaders from all over the United States. Barbara Tompkins, 53, came from Kansas City, and said, **He broughtso much joy to so many people, I just had to fly out to Los Angeles for this service.’’ Sammy Davis Jr. remembered This editor knew and appreciated _the life and legacy of Sammy Davis, Jr., who died May 16 at his home in Hollywood Hills, California. He was a dear and warm friend. worked and the Will Matsin trio lived on F Street, down the street from where I lived, with a lady named Mrs. Wilson. : a: porter in the casino and theatre. On many occasions, we walked to work together along with another enter- Sammy Davis was truly a great man who achieved so much for himself and indeed for all black Americans while entertaining everyone around the globe. Not only was he a great entertainer, but he became a very successful businessman, serving as president of several business ventures and on the board of directors of large companies, tainer, the late Jackie Wilson, bank holding companies, T lived in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1949 through 1958 and in 1953, and 1954 I worked on the strip, Las Vegas Hotel Row. While Davis worked at the Sahara Hotel in entertainment, I worked as from the west side of Las Vegas. _ During those days, blacks were not accepted to live in hotels where they and com- mercial banks. We will all miss our dear friend, SAMMY. House clears way for King Day Phoenix (UPI) — The Arizona House gave final approval Wednesday to legislation creating a holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and reinstating Columbus Day as an opponent complained of the “‘tyrannical action by despots.’’ The legislation repealed last September’s bill that implemented a King Day while repealing the paid state holiday for Columbus Day. Opponents of the King holiday and Italian-Americans obtained enough signatures on referendum petitions to force a vote on that bill in this November’s general election. Once Mofford signs the new bill into law the vote on the previous legislation will be canceled. Because of the referendum, King Day was not celebrated on the third Monday of last January pending the & public vote. Julian Sanders, a Tempe architect who was instrumental in the earlier petition drive, pledged to stage another petition drive to force a public vote. Former Gov. Evan Mecham has pledged to join the petition drive. Much of the House debate centered around whether the Legislature was taking the vote away from the public. Rep. Karen Mills, R-Glendale, was among the critics. ‘“‘Tyrannical action by despots is what is being considered today,” Mills told her fellow legislators. Minority Leader Art Hamilton, DPhoenix, defended the Legislature’s decision to repeal the previous holiday bill and thereby eliminate the public vote. He said the new vote was a ‘‘public admission of a mistake’’ made when the Legislature repealed the Columbus Day holiday. Father France A. Davis and Rev. H.J. Lilly Dinkins tells N.Y. New York (AP) — In an impas- sioned speech to a city divided by racial conflicts, Mayor David Dinkins on Friday called on New Yorkers to end the city’s long history of ethnic conflict. ‘‘This city is sick of violence and we’re aching and we must heal the pain,’’ Dinkins said in the 27-minute speech broadcast by several of the city’s television and radio stations. Dinkins, under fire from the media and supporters, offered to intervene personally in a confrontational, fourmonth-long boycott by blacks of two grocery stores owned by Korean-Americans. ‘‘All of us want to live our lives in peace and dignity — free to walk any street and shop in any store, at any time, in any neighborhood, without any person to turn to violence or the fear of force or violence,’’ the city’s first black major told about 300 invited guests. | ‘*We will never allow any group or threat of violence to intimidate others no matter. how legitimate their anger or frustration may be,’’ Dinkins said. Frank Layden to end racial strife superiority. A Columbia University sports banquet was disrupted by a soccer player’s verbal attack on gays and Jews. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jimmy Breslin was suspended for two weeks by New York Newsday after slurring an Asian American co-worker. Guests at the speech — including religious leaders, city officials, and representatives of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith — listened as _ Dinkins spoke in City Council chambers. Dinkins noted that New York has many problems, including expensive flicts, including the boycott in Brooklyn. That controversy has spilled over into the courts, wherea judge chastised Dinkins for not intervening. housing, crack, AIDS, ing economy. and a ‘Unfortunately, some _ smallminded people prey upon these pressures, spreading a message not of unity but of division,’’ he said. ‘‘I challenge all of the people of this city to reject these calls to bigotry.’’ He mentioned several racial con- - Dinkins said blacks, Jews, and im- Also, a brawl erupted last week at migrants from Ireland, Italy, and other a Brooklyn college during a speech by a professor who believes in white Karl Malone and Bart Barker falter- countries faced violence as they arrived here. Don’t drink and drive |
