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There is a bad odor flowing from
City I fall these days, and it is spread-
ing all across the Alamo City. We
hear about the Dome Dirt and the
law suits the city has filed against
five companies. This action was only
taken after State Rep. Karyne Conley
began to dig into the situation.
During all the tests of the soil around
the dome even before the dome was
built, where was the so call dome
development head--the person who
was to oversee dome development.
It is rather odd that how former
Assistant City Manager B ill Donahue
was treated after the police received
a very, very favorable contract.
Donahue was the man in charge of
the police contract--the one who was
suppose to look out for the city’s
interest. But the entire City Council
had to vote on the matter. Somehow,
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Bad odof coming from,City Hall
fid city fathers will raise ourtaxe? ] the boycott and that was the end of
to com the cost Blacks getting their fair share of the
Ibe bod odor from City Hall sends t; pic. Maybe those in attendance rc-
4 awftil smell to the rest of the ceived special consideration, but for
Black community oitbpiw Black em- many of us, we are still waiting to be
ployees in high fxjsitio^ treated ^ included in the budget process. We
compared to other City Staffers. • - ’ are still on the outside looking in
the figures were not tabulated cor-
rectly and it cost the city a whole lot
more than it had anticipated. Donahue
was raked over the coals for such a
mistake.
Bill Amette, who was the head of
Municipal Courts, was demoted and
his salary cut, when a member of his
family's traffic ticket was dismissed
or something to that effect.
Those two City Employees were
Black and their feet were put to the
fire and publicly ridiculed and em-
barrassed. But nothing has happened
to Roland Lozano, the man the city
put in charge of Dome Develop-
ment. Was he not aware of what was
happening around him?
But the City Manager nor others
are calling for his head on platter like
they did Donahue and Arnette.
This dome dirt situation will cost
the city millions in our tax money
Point Two:
Someone asked what ever happened
to the botched boycott last year be-
fore the Olympic Festival?
Several Blacks-the ones who are
leaders in our community-called for
a boycott because Blacks were do!
getting their fair share of city con-
tracts. During a meeting between
some of the city's Black leaders and
the establishments (those holding the
purse strings) one of the Blacks head-
ing the boycott said, "as far as I am
concerned the boycott is off. All the
news media present packed up their
cameras and left. That was the end of
are still on the outside looking in.
Point Three:
Summer is here and our teenage
children will be out and about, many
with nothing to do. Parents we must
open our eyes and ears and pay atten-
tion to o,ur children and their friends.
Trouhie so easy to get to, but hell to
cet out of. The juvenile judge Carmen
Kelsey is seeing too many of our
teens standing before her charged with
serious crimes. If we don't keep up
with our children now, it'll be too
late and he/she will slip into a life of
crime and regret.
Many parents know their children
have five; to 10 pair of expensive
tennis shoes, and will not ask where
did you get the money to buy such
things? One parent said my son does
not want any body in his room, so 1
don't go in.
You are the parent and he's the
child. That child must abide by your
rules, if not, then he's too grown to be
living with you-be needs to be out
on his own.
We don't need another summer of
murder after murder after murder.
Parents pay attention and listen and
talk with your children before its too
late.
Well folks. This issue
completes the Register’s
62nd year of publishing
San Antonio's #1 Black
newspaper. We Feel Good!
tonio Register
San Antonio's Leading Community Newspaper for Right, Justice, Equality, and Community Progress Since 1931
Thursday, May 5,1994 Vol. 62/52_____ , 350
Gaffney votes
with majority on
Superintendent
The San Antonio Independent
School District Board voted to offer
the position of Superintendent to an
Iowaschool SuperintendentMonday
night. However, three of the trustees
say Diana Lam was not the most
qualified for the job.
Lam said she would meet with the
opposing trustees before deciding
whether to accept the job.
The board voted 4-3 to offer the job
to Lam after a lengthy closed door
session —-------—
Voting for Lam were Board presi-
dent Connie Rocha, Margaret
Mireles, Tom Gaffney, and Oscar
Hernandez.
Trustees Gene Garcia, Tom Lopez,
and Sylvia Ward cast votes against
Lam.
Also in contention for the job, after
a nationwide search, were James
Spagnola, former head of the Virginia
Public School System and David
Alvarez, a California School Super-
intendent.
Lam was an assistant superinten-
dent in Boston before being named
superintendent of the Chelsea, Mass.
Public Schools.
Lonnie Hysaw's Midtown got a na-
tional TV plug Wednesday when
this mother (1) and daughter (r) and
Midtown D. J., C.J. (who says he is
also an ex-policeman) talked on the
Jane Whitney Show about the
daughter's unhappiness with Mom's
fast lifestyle. The DJ was on to brag
about how he used the daughter to
get next to the mama.
Photo bv Ferrero
Jackson says Black
church has to be
'rope for hope'
Speaking recently in at.
Petersburg, Florida, Jackson said that
Black churches have to be a "rope
for hope” alternative to jail for
youngsters who have a brush with
the law.
Jackson’s “Reclaim Our Youth”
plan calls for Black churches to assign
mentors to troubled youth, a plan, he
says, that will give judges an option
when salvageable children appear in
their courtrooms. •
He wants 100 churches to mentor
ten troubled youth each.
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Tom Frost III, Jean Dawson, Clarice Jackson, and Stan Deckard look on as Bishop E. T. Dixon presents a check
for $1,200 to George Clark to kick off Phase I of the fundraising campaign for the MLK Arch Committee.
Photo by Ferrero
Bishop Dixon gives $1200 to kick off MLK
Arch Committee fundraising campaign
The Martin Luther King Memorial
Arch Commitee kicked off Phase I of
its fundraising drive Friday with a
$1200 pledge from Bishop and Mrs.
Earnest T. Dixon.
Bishop Dixon made the presenta-
tion to Tom Frost III and George
Clark at a press conference at the
Martin Luther King statue. Banker
Frostand East Side businessman Clark
are the honorary chairman and chair-
man, respectively, of the Commitee,
which operates under the auspices of
the City-County Martin Luther King
Commission.
The $1200 donation by Bishop and
Mrs. Dixon,which was donated in the
memory of Ethel Reese Dixon, is the
first of the $110,000 needed to erect
the Memorial Arch, which will be
erected over the New Braunfels Street
Bridge. The arch was designed by
UTS A student, Jason Fasone, under
the supervision of local architect Ri-
chard Mogus. The arch has been
approved by the City Council, the
Fine Arts Commission, and the City
Parks and Recreation Department.
Frost has committed to raise $75,000
in corporate donations once the com-
munity has raised $35,000, Clark said.
Other charter contributors are the
San Antonio Chapter of Links, Inc.,
$300, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Poston, $ 100,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. and Henrietta
Stevenson, $100, and Mrs. Bertha S.
Koch, $10.
"The committee members will be
approaching clubs, organizations,
churches, and individuals for dona-
tions in the coming months," said Stan
1 )eckard, project coordinator. Deckard
said that Phase I of the fundraising
drive will culminate in the Juneteenth
Freedom Breakfast on Saturday, June
18. More details about the breakfast
will be released later.
To make a tax-deductible donation,
sent a check or money order, made
payable to the City of San Antonio,
and mail to MLK Memorial Arch
Committee, PO Box 1884, San Anto-
nio, Texas 78297-1884.
UT Austin suspends Alphas for hazing
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity is one of
two student organizations that has been
disciplined forhazing at the University
of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Sharon H. Justice, dean of
students and assistant vice-president
for student affairs, announced last
week at Alpha Phi Alpha has been
suspended from campus activities until
January, 1995. The other organization,
the Texas Cowboys, has been placed
on probation for one year. These
penalties bring to 15 the number of
organizations that have been penalized
forhazing since 1986.
The suspension of the Alphas means
that the fraternity will not be allowed
to sponsor events, use University
facilities, participate in intramural
activities, or raise funds on campus.
The fraternity will also be required
to have all current members reviewed
by a membership committee that will
screen out members who have
participated in hazing activities and
those who will not agree to a “zero
tolerance” of future hazing, submit
recruitment standards in writing, and
have all members attend a chapter
brotherhood retreat.
The organization will be placed on
one year probation following the
education and community service
activities and participate in University-
sponsored fraternal education
programs.
University officials began
investigation in Alpha Phi Alpha after
suspension, during which time all
members must complete 10 hours of
receiving several reports of hazing
activities this semester. The
investigation determined that pledges
were blindfolded, hit, punched,
paddled, and required to participate in
calisthenics, and line-ups.
In addition to the suspension of the
fraternity, several members will face
disciplinary actions including
disciplinary probation, deferred
suspension, and suspension from the
University.
Harry Johnson, Alpha Phi Alpha
regional vice-president, said the
national organization will impose its
own plan on the UT Austin chapter.
The plan, Johnson says, will include
individual penalties and strict chapter
probation.
Hazing has become a problem across
the country, often with disastrous re-
sults. A gang of Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity brothers allegedly used their
fist to beat a Soutlieast Missouri State
University junior, Michael Davis, to
death in February. Seven members of
the fraternity have been charged with
manslaughter.
In Indiana, an Omega Psi Phi pledge
was hospitalized after he was beaten
repeatedly with a wooden paddle. Five
members of the fraternity arc charged
with criminal recklessness, and the
university has expelled the fraternity
from campus for three years.
Michael Gordon, executive director
of the Panhellenic Council which
oversees eight national Black
fraternities and sororities says their
organization iscommitted to stopping
hazing. Five months ago, the Council
agreed to discourage hazing by
eliminating pledge activities. Hedges
are now called “candidates for
initiation”, and if the fraternity is
interested in the candidate, the
candidate attends a two-day “in-take
procedure” after which he becomes a
member.
However, tradition has made the
elimination a tough battle, although
36states, including Texas, ban hazing.
We're 63 Next Week!
Ex-postal supervisor,
Windcrest woman found
within hours of each other
A 59 year old Northeast S ide woman
was apparently killed by the same
gun that a 54 year man used to com-
mit suicide.
Dan Albert Banks, a retired postal
worker, was found with a .38 caliber
revolver m his hand around 7:45
p.m. Friday at Interstate 10 East and
Woman Hollering Creek.
Sheriffs investigators said Banks
suffered a gunshot wound in the right
temole.
About four hours before Banks'
body was discovered. Sheriffs
deputies were called to the 7900 block
of New World Drive in the Came lot
II Subdivsion where the body of
Bernice Dupree was found.
The 59 year old woman had been
shot several times, deputies said.
Deputies said the grandson of Mrs.
Dupree discovered the body when
he came home from Roosevelt High
School.
"When the grandmother did not
answer the door, the teen crawled
inside through a window and found
her body," said SgL Sal Marin. A
u. ^ " room window was broken near
the kitchen where her body was
found, Marin said, but nothing was
taken and the house was not ran-
sacked. Mrs. Dupree's car was miss-
ing but was later found at an elemen-
tary school, which was few hun-
dred yards from where Banks body
was found.
Thp invpctigarinn hy thp Sbpriffg
office indicated that the Banks and
Dupree were friends. Mrs. Dupree is
a widow and lived with her grand-
son. Banks is married and lived in
Windcrest.
The St. Hedwig Volunteer Fire De-
partment discovered Banks' body
Bernice Dupree
during a call for a possible chemical
spill. They found Banks lying face
Up on a concrete embankment at the
creek. His car was found nearby in
some thick brush.
Dupree's death was ruled a homi-
cide and Banks death was ruled sui-
cide.
"Test firing the gun indicated that
both of them were shot by that gun,"
said Lt Kenneth Bilhartz.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dupree
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Main
Post Chapel at Ft Sam Houston.
Arrangements by the Lewis Funeral
Home. Banks services are being
handled by the Anderson Funeral
Home.
Police still looking for traffic light killer
Police are still searching for the
killer of a 42 year old man, who was
shot to death early Sunday following
a traffic accident
Police said Larry Newton of the
900 block of Iowa, died around 2:40
a.m. Sunday, just after a his car col-
lided with a car at Mittman and
Montana Streets.
Police said both drivers got out of
their respective cars and the suspect
pulled a gun. Police said three shots
were fired and Newton was also
beaten about the head and suffered a
targe gash. He was shot in the hand
and head.
Police the suspect fled the scene,
but minutes after the shooting, po-
lice received a call from a man who
said he had been a carjacking victim.
Funeral services for Newton will
be Friday at St. Gerard Catholic
Church. He is the son of Carlos and
Larry Newton
Joyce Cot ten Newton.
He graduated from Wheatley High
School. He lived in Oakland, Calif,
for 10 years before returning to San
Antonio. He was employed by B&L
Building at the time of his death.
Arrangements are being handled
by the Hardy's Mortuary.
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