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Li. uoi. Lee »rener, a world war II tighter ace and member o f the Tuskegee Airmen, shares i
moment with 14-year-old Kenny Roy (left) and 11-year-old Jimmy Haywood after the two boys
became the youngest African-Americans to ever fly solo. (AP photo)
Tùskegee airmen welcome adventures
(A P)— When Jim m y Haywood
and Kenny Roy flew from C alifor
nia to C anada and back, they saw
Polls Favor
Kerry after
Debate
livestock, lakes, a snow capped
m ountain - and set a couple o f
w orld records. Jim m y, at age 11,
(AP) - National opinion polls show
Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry
running even with President George
W. Bush just days after the first of
their three debates, and less than a
month before the Nov. 2 election.
A Newsweek magazine poll, the
becam e the youngest black pilot
to m ake an international flight,
and 14-year-old K enny passed
C an ad a’s flight test to becom e
the w o rld ’s youngest black pilot
licensed to fly solo.
T h e ir th re e -d a y a d v e n tu re
ended Setp.25 w here it began, at
the C om pton/W oodley A irport
near Los A ngeles, with a hom e
c o m in g a tte n d e d by fa m ily ,
friends and even the legendary
T uskegee Airmen.
Jim m y was unabashed about
his accom plishm ent, piloting a
C essna 172 for 10 hours each way
betw een Southern C alifornia and
Vancouver, B.C. A certified Hight
in stru c to r acted as the b o y s’
chaperone but did not fly.
K enny was m ore restrained
about his feat, executing stalls,
spins and spiral dives to get his
license to fly solo. He took the
test in Vancou ver because Canada
allow s pilots to be licensed at 14;
the age is 16 in the U nited States.
The boys got their training in
the youth aviation program at the
C o m p to n -b a s e d T o m o r ro w ’s
A ero n au tica l M useum , w here
they volunteered to w ork in ex
change for instruction.
The world records are som e
thing the boys can be proud o f
forever, said O scar York, p resi
dent o f the Los A ngeles chapter
o f the T uskegee A irm en o rg an i
zation.
“Even if they d o n ’t w ant to fly
later in life, it show s you can do
som ething,” said York, who w el
com ed Kenny and Jim m y home.
“And th ey ’re on their way to a
good career, because they have
heads that are already turned to
the fu tu re.”
first taken since Thursday night’s percent. It was a significant change
televised debate between the candi form the magazine’searly Septem
dates, showed Kerry had gained on ber poll, in which Bush led Kerry
Bush, increasing his support to 47 six percentage points.
percent o f those polled while the
The latest CNN-USA Today-
president had 45 percent. Indepen G alluppoll shows Bush and Kerry
dent candidate Ralph Nader had 2 even at 49 percent each
Kerry Guards Voting Rights
Bitter memories from 2000 recalled
(AP) — Republicans have been
trying to suppress voting in states
where the presidential race is too
close to call. Democratic nominee
John Kerry said Sunday at one of
the largest predom inantly black
churches in Cleveland, Ohio.
“In battleground states across
the country, w e’re hearing stories
of how people are trying to make it
harder to file for additional time, or
how they’re making it harder to
even register,” Kerry told an enthu
siastic congregation at East Mt.
Zion Baptist Church.
“W e’re not going to let that hap
pen because the memories o f 2(MX)
are too strong. W e’re not going to
allow 1 million African Americans
to be disenfranchised.”
At a stop in Ohio earlier Sunday,
Kerry told a voter concerned about
ballots cast by military personnel
overseas that Democrats are aware
o f voting problems and are con
cerned.
“W e’re seeing efforts by the
Republicans, unfortunately, in vari
ous parts of the country to sup
press votes and intimidate people,
to do things that bring back memo
ries that are pretty bitter in the
American mind from the year2000.”
With just a month left in the
presidential campaign, Kerry said
the cam paign would take steps
nationally to ensure voters access
to the ballot box.
Kerry has said he has thousands
of lawyers around the country pre
pared to monitor the polls and chal
lenge voting irregularities on Nov. 2.
Toprevent Ohio from becoming
this election's Florida, Democratic
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones gave
the churchgoers some advice.
“When you go to the ballot box,
if you make a mistake you can get
another ballot,” she said. She also
urged voters with punch card bal
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before turning them in.
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Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
addresses the audience at the East Mt. Zion Baptist Church in
Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday. Seated behind him are Rev. Dr. Otis
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