European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday june 1, 1980 key witness in shooting of Jordan now in hiding Verona Jordan Ltd National director of Ibe Urban league stands we fac Robert e. Williams jr., Prestat of toe fort Wayne lad. Urban league during � news conference before Jordan address to be league to fort Wayne. Shortly after delivering a talk Jordan was snot in the parking lot of a Model up fort Wayne. Ind. Up the key witness in the shooting of civil rights Leader Vernon Jordan was in hiding saturday and the e Fri determined that a Rifle confiscated from a motorcyclist was not used in the Fri said that a .30-06 Remington Rifle taken from a motorcyclist the Day civil rights Leader Vernon Jordan was shot was not used in the attack. The lands and grooves in he barrel of the Rifle do not match a Bullet that struck Jordan he stepped from a car in a Motel parking lot Early thursday said Wayne Davis special agent in charge of the Fri investigation. Roofs shootings bombings tempers in ghettos rising new York a each week the list seems to grow riots in Miami. Shootings in Rural Georgia. Firebombing i Michigan. Marches in Mississippi. With tempers in . Ghettos rising now from grinding inflation and unemployment and later from the summer real civil riels leaders across the country say they Are worried about the months ahead. I think this a general outcry by Blacks and i believe unless other cities hasten to address themselves to the crucial needs we re going to find that some of the flames from Miami and Wing Alsville Georgia Are going to Fly into the Yards of these other cities and set them on fire too the Rev. Abraham Woods head of the Birmingham ala., chapter of the Southern Christian leadership conference said Friday. Some Black leaders Sec a connection Between the shooting of National Urban league president Vernon e. Jordan or. In fort Wayne. Ind., on thursday and a fire Friday in the offices of the Urban league of greater Miami. My initial reaction was Tinl the fire had something to do with racial trouble Given what has happened to Vernon and Given what has happened Here two weeks ago said t. Willard hair director of the Ulm. Miami police however discount any connection Between the shooting and the fire which caused about $50,000 damage the Miami Herald reported saturday that investigators ruled the lire was deliberately set. Jordan was shot twice by a sniper he returned to his Motel and was listed in guardedly Good condition Friday. The Fri said it was looking into the possibility of a conspiracy. The Rev. Joseph Lowry president of the Southern Christian leadership conference told the Virginia chapter Friday that racism in America experiencing an unfortunate tragic t e in Phoenix ariz., the head of the nation largest hispanic organization concurred. The shooting further evidence of the revolting violence which becoming almost ingrained into he american social fabric said Ruben Bonilla president of the league of United latin american citizens. A.cln8s " racial confrontation this Spring have been in i i Villel �r3" we arc two Moths Acial conflict Over Black demands for economic Equality resulted in 16 per sons being indicted thursday including two White men for the wounding of a 9-Ycar-old Black girl. Natchez miss., where demonstrations and scattered vandalism have occurred Over the police handling of the shooting of of my we 2t by Snoe if "6 rom a store. After Crit Ca burned " no evidence found of army dumping Dod denies charges on love canal Washington not the de sense department said Friday that it had found no evidence in its records to support charges that the army had Ever dumped toxic wastes in the love canal area. The charges were made in a report by a task Force of the new York stale Assembly. That response brought the charge by assemblyman Alexander b. Grannis the chairman of the Assembly task Force that the army just stonewalling it in an attempt to avoid Legal liability. Grannis repeated his assertion that the army and other Federal agencies had dumped waste in five areas in and around Niagara Falls n.y., including the love canal itself. George Marienthal a Deputy assistant Sec relay of defense for Energy Environ ment and safety said in a statement Friday the task Force has provided no new Evi Dence to suggest conclusions other than those reached by the army in its report of August 1978 that the army had no pro Gram of dumping wastes of any sort in love canal. The department of defense takes exception to the new York state Assembly task Force report we found no evidence to suggest that previous comprehensive army and inter Agency task Force reports which found no defense department dumping program to have existed in the love canal area were although much of Marienthal statement referred specifically to the love canal he said later that his comments applied Well to the four other places listed by the Assembly report Sites of dumping by the army and other Federal agencies of toxic wastes. Love canal at Issue Mariem Alsaid. " i Here Are no Oiher silts at Issue from a health effects Point of the love canal has in the past two years become a Symbol of the problems faced by the dumping of toxic wastes in the unite states. The Federal government has a suit against the Hooker chemicals and plastics corp. For $124.5 million because of Hooker alleged dumping of wastes at the site and president Carter has declared an Emer gency in the area providing Federal funds to temporarily House 800 families who were thought to be living in unhealthy condition there. Marienthal alluded to the conditions and lawsuits there when he did speaking of the Assembly report it an attempt to lie the Federal government to the deplorable conditions there. It a rather blatant attempt to broaden the Burden of financial Marienthal said there no evidence of any regular dumping of any sort at any of those places by the defense when asked whether that meant that he was speaking for other Federal agencies he Eyfa lips my with by Solute train by that others did not dump " when asked if by referring to regular dumping he was not ruling out occasional dumping by the army have no evidence thai even isolated incidents occurred leu Grannis disputed Marienthal came in with eyewitness accounts and a presented our material to the Jushiro department. Justice said that the a inv earlier denial was not Correct in a Grannis said that the task Force counsel to r,.s pc Roffe identified the Justice authorities mid earlier that the motor cyclist was not regarded a suspect but they were looking Tor a Man who sold him the Rifle and two others Early thursday shortly after Jordan was investigating the Case stuck to heir Contention that a Lone sniper was involved in the shooting. The Fri weakened in Iti resolve that Jordan was the target of conspiracy but Laid it was still checking out that Tate Jordan 44, director of the National Urban league would be allowed to sit up and possibly try standing saturday although his condition remained very Jordan a shot in the Back he got out of a car at his Motel Early thursday. Fri agents interviewed Jordan briefly Friday and he was Able to give some information that was helpful Fri spokes Man Roger Young said in Washington. Young said Fri agents had not yet inter viewed Martha Coltman a White Divorcee who was hostess of a late night Coffee part several Urban league members attended after a dinner at which Jordan drove Jordan Back to his Motel alter the party and be was shot immediately after he got out of her car. Coltman heard the shot saw Jordan fall and dashed into the Motel to have the desk clerk Call police. Coleman attorney Charles Leonard said she was in seclusion at a secret location and would have nothing to say co police or reporters for the time being. Mayor win Field Moses said lie talked to Leonard and he was sure Coleman would talk to police in the near future police chief Leon Wolfe indicated that police were irritated because she would not reveal the name or location of her current l h83 4us a a a o m m Mougo sir Ujj h�rkum2 i
