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Show & Mountain West Minority Reporter & Sentinel, May 26, 1990 Police arrest 3 white supremacists in plot Presidents of black colleges urged to see schools as business ‘*Your historically black colleges and universities are businesses and they must operate as ‘for profit’ businesses,’’ said Dr. Percy J. Vaughn, Jr., Dean of the College of Business Administration, Alabama State University. An internationally acclaimed authority on marketing, Dr. Vaughn addressed the 15th Annual Conference of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) in Washington recently. _ During the Pepsi-sponsored Marketing Excellence in Education Workshop, Vaughn told the educators that as businesses they should use pro- ven marketing techniques to ac- comp;lish such institutional goals as the recruitment of students and the raising of funds. Vaughn told the group to assess the competition and then determine their own approaches to marketing their individual institutions. Think big! After doing all the background work, just prior to star- Seattle (UPLI) — Two men iden- tified as members of a _ whitesupremacist group were arrested in Seattle in a bombing plot aimed at minority groups, homesexuals, or both, and a third suspect was arrested ting your marketing plan, thing big!”’ says Dr. Vaughn. John Moorhead, vice president, Marketing Services and Public Affairs for Pepsi Cola, said, ““We are proud to be a part of the NAFEO program. We find that education and educators are under close scrutiny these days and that many schools, programs, and concepts are being reexamined. These factors add significantly to the importance of our initial and continuing sponsorship of the Marketing Excellence in Education Workshops.”’ Motown’s hottest new singing group, ‘“The Boys,’’ made a special guest performance during the NAFEO’s Performing Arts Expo. They had been in attendance during the conference as the NAFEO officials told hundreds of high school students about how to prepare for entry into college. ‘“The Boys’’ are strong believers that education is the key to success and they all have goals of continuing their education beyond high school. The FBI surrounded the motel and arrested Winslow and Nelson in the parking lot as they left a van to enter the building, federal authorities said. nations member,. Northwest a whites-only homeland, A third Aryan Pomerantz said. The intended targets were not specifically identified, but Pomerantz said, ‘‘The best information we have Boise, Idaho, the FBI said. motel near Seattle-Tacoma InternaAirport, said Stephen Pomerantz, head of the FBI office in Seattle. | Agents seized gunpowder, blasting caps, a propane gas canister, and other explosive components they believed were to be set Saturday night, is the targets were minority groups and/or homosexuals.”’ The esplosives were not assembled, Pomerantz said. Authorities said they also seized two loaded guns and ammunition, as well as white-supremacist literature. | James P. Baker of Couer D’Alene, tinuing counter-terrorism investigation, FBI spokesman Eugene Glenn said in Salt Lake City. Winslow and Nelson were to be arraigned Monday before a U:S. magistrate in Seattle on charges of conspiracy, illegal possession of firearms, and possession of an explosive device, an FBI spokesman said. Baker, whose charges were not specified, also was to be arraigned Monday before a federal magistrate in tional locations, federal officials said. Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler, who has advocated making the Idaho was also arrested Saturday night in Idaho, the FBI announced Sunday. John Winslow, 29, of Laclede, _at Coeur D’ Alene in connection with Idaho and Stephen Nelson, 35, of the case, agents said. The three agents were part of a conHayden Lake, Idaho, members of the Hayden Lake-based Aryan Nations, were arrested Saturday night at a pound near Hayden Lake in northern Idaho and other undisclosed Idaho was not arrested, but the FBI did not reveal whether anything was seized at the compound. Aryan Nations spawned a violent splinter group, The Order, which was involved in counterfeiting and carried out bank and armored car robberies in the 1980’s that netted about $4 million to finance a plot to overthrow the U.S government. Some of the two dozen members of the group were sentenced to up to 100 years in years in prison after they were convicted in Seattle in 1985 of racketeering and conspiracy. Bill Cosby and Universal sign Agents made the arrests after receiving a tip from an informant, Pomerantz said. Universal Pictures has signed a twoyear, exclusive first look production agreement with Bill Cosby to produce and star in motion pictures. for theatrical release, it was announced by FBI, federal Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau agents and Idaho state police officers executed searches in and around the Aryan Nations com- Tom Pollock, chairman of the MCA Motion Picture Group, and Casey Silver, president of production for Universal Pictures. ‘*Bill Cosby is one of the world’s most talented and influential entertainers,’’ says Pollock, ‘‘and. we are ou want to improve your lot and the hom ~ that's ont) we know where | - youcan get — We MOHey, | AVALLEY WBANK Member FDIC 481-5000 extremely proud to be associated with him.”’ The agreement gives Universal first look at all feature films developed by Cosby, who stars in the studio’s upcoming summer release, ‘“‘Ghost Dad.”’ Stanley Robertson, executive producer on “Ghost Dad,’’ will join Cosby at Universal. Spike Lee speaks at U of Georgia Spike Lee drew a crowd of 2,000 —and a bomb threat— for a lecture at the University of Georgia in Athens. , Lee’s informal talk at The Coliseum on Thursday night was delayed about 45 minutes while police inspected the arena and found nothing. ‘“‘This is my second bomb threat this year,’’ Lee told the students. . Lee, director of films including ‘‘Do the Right Thing’’ and ‘°‘She’s Gotta Have It,’’ said he is starting to feel a bit put upon by the media scrutiny. - ‘Because filmmakers there are so few black out there, I’ve been elevated to this level of a messiah,”’ he said. ‘‘And I’m really uncomfortable with that. It’s not something I’ve asked for.”’ One student criticized Lee for endorsing a brand of athletic shoes when some young people have been killed by thieves for their expensive sneakers. ‘‘In my heart, I have no problem endorsing a product I wear,’’ Lee said. It Pays to. Advertise with the MountainWest Minority Reporter. 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