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COURT Continued from Page 1A action plan aimed at ini renting black employment in the fire department to 2B pen»nt th«* share of blai ks in the county labor fort e The plan set a temporary goal of promoting blai k* to hall of all fire lieutenant opening* each year until 28 percent of those jobs want held by blacks A group of white fire fight era cued in 1982. saying the promo tion goal discriminated against them) 'Ilif fire department ended the 50 percent annual goal in 1989 because it had met the 2H per cent overall goal But the white firefighters' lawsuit continued Ihh atise they were seeking beck pay Tlie 11th U S Gift uit Court of Appeals ruled for the white fire fighter* last year, saying the pro motion goal violated the Constitution'* guarantee of equal protection and a federal civil rights law The appeal* court said it found no valid basis for the !>0 percent promotion goal when blai it made up a much smaller sham of the firefighter* eligible for promotion. In the Pittsburgh case, the court turned down Duquesne Light Co'a argument the award won by Frederick Claus should lie overturned because there was no evidence of anti-white bias Claus Joined Duquesne Light Co. in I 984. and since 1985 he ha* been its director of engi nearing in lain 19«7. Claus sought a promotion to manager of construction and engineer ing The job went to lames Griffin, who is black Claus later was denied anoth er promotion. EMU Board Candidates * Tuesday, April 18th 3-5 Pm ^ Gumwood Room A' °°o, Refreshments Provided Don't forfiet to UOTE! Primaries: April I9&20 General Elections: April 26 & 27 O 199S Ansot tnc 6 Enter the LifeStytes "Condoms and Safer Sex in the 90's" Video Contest Here s your chance to tel al those people hying to gel tnstde your bead, whafs reuflv an ywr mmd Alt you have to do is make a 30 second video on ho* you'd sel condoms and safer sex today, and you could be on your v*ay to *wung ufeSfyles grand paie or $10,000! 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Chicaners need a program like HEP bee .ium- many of thorn don't sua •shI in public schools, mainly for ee onomit masons, he said Same art* fon ed to drop out of school to help support their fatnili and others must follow seasonal crops Students who are m ent immigrants have an especially difficult time in public schools f»ec ausc most high school credit* from Latin American c ountne* cannot he transferred to U S schools, he said As a result, public sc hoots plac r ns ent immigrants in n lower grade level than they should he. he- said. Often, these students drop out bee ause they are uncomfortable going to school with younger stu dents -IThesel kids are dropping out of s< hex>! because they are not r»sHiv ing an adequate education." he said However, HEP < an enc ourage students to succeed in a way pub lic sc hoois c annul, he said The program offers instruction in both English and Spanish, making it easier for non-English speaking stu dents to learn. In addition, HEP provides students with classes in self-esteem and life skills, whit h will help them r ac h their full potential, he said He said the program places emphasis on counseling. HEP's counseling program is specially designed forChicanos, said HEP counselor Jose d« In Pena. The primary goal is to help students adjust to the dominant culture "'These students want) to be part of this tapestry that is called Amer ica with all of its wonderful hues and colors," Pena said. The HEP program has a high succ ess rate. Hernandez said. Eac h term more than 80 percent of HEP's students pass their GED exam. Hernandez said he fears if HEP is cut. Chiconos will lose a valuable educational opportunity that c annot he replaced. He believes gov ernment attempts to streamline students into the public school sys tem will likely fail "It is more or less a fallac y that these kids are going to be served 1 by the public sc hew I system).” he said. Eight die in Alabama jet crash Monday AI.KXANUKR CITY, Ain (AP) — An Air Force jet crashed Monday In a wooded ,»rt-a while trying to land al the airport in this eastern Alalmma town All eight people on board ware killed The plane was trying to make an uplanned landing at the Alexander City airport when it crashed near a subdivision 4 miles from Alexander City, said Lt Frances Sconi, a spokes woman for Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland The plane had (men en route to Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio. Texas, said Lt Col Johnny Whitaker, a spokesman for Randolph He said the jet. which had tak en off from Andrews, was based in Randolph and was carrying a crew of two and six passengers Tallapoosa County Coroner n&niel Phillips said eight people were killed. A Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that both military and civilian personnel were aboard the plane. The plane did not appear to strike am homes when it went down around 6.30 p.m. "it sounded like an earthquake when it came over our house," resident Miranda Wyckoff told the Alexander City Outlook Wvi koff said she heard three explosions, including one us the jet plunged to the ground Fire Chief Ronnie Betts said the plane broke into pieces "Not much is intact." he said Whitaker said he was waiting for a list of passengers Defense Department spokes man Kenneth Bacon in Wash ington said the plane was a C-2I. a military version of the l»ar)et executive aircraft I Add impact to your presentations. Computer Services • Transparencies Color Copies • Binding Options Finishing Services kinko's the copy center l?6S Wdbaeflc • 344 3S33 • la. 344 08/0
