European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday january 19,1986 president recalls Martin Luther King s color Blind views Washington a president Reagan quoted Martin Luther King or. Saturday in support of King s cont Liun that a truly color Blind society in which All people have the right la succeed should nol Nave quotas. The president resting at Camp David my. Following a visit Friday o Lite bathes a naval Hospital for it nost cancer surgery checkup used his weekly radio address to press the argument that Blacks have benefited under his administration. And Reagan made Clear that he remains opposed w quotas or minority hiring goals. An Issue hat has provoked healed debate within the White House in recent months. Reagan s Cabinet is embroiled in a de Bate Over changing a 1965 executive order and barring the labor department from using goals and timetables in pushing Feder Al contractors to hire More minorities and women. At several appearances last week Mark ing King s Jan. 15 birthday and he Federal Holiday on monday honouring him Reagan has either refused to comment on he Dis Pute or say Only that the matter has not been put before him Tor a decision. Martin Luther King believed As i and so Many americans do that our country will never be completely free until All americans enjoy the full benefits or free Dom Reagan said. Reagan said that the United Stales has come a Long Way in the Pursuit or racial fairness and that even though there is much to be proud of there is nothing to be complacent about. We Slid have a Way to go. We arc Cam melted to a society in which All men and women have equal opportunities to succeed and so we oppose the use of quotas Rea Gan said. We want a color Blind society. A society that in the words of or. King judges people not by the color of their skin but by the Content of their character the president went on to argue against critics that have charged that his administration has attempted to do away with affirmative action and anti poverty programs and to weaken civil rights enforcement. The president said that Blacks have shared widely under the robust Economy that has marked his administration thai he has backed fair housing and has pursued civil rights cases. He noted that Blacks have gained new jobs and enjoyed a Rise in medi an family income under his administration. The answer to the question How Are Blacks doing in America is better than Ever before but not Good enough Reagan said. A added if we continue to allow the Economy to expand and continue to work for a More perfect society then people of All color will Prosper and in t that what or. King s dream and the american dream Are All about Slack joblessness reached nearly 15 per cent at the end of last year compared to 5.9 percent for Whites. The median family in come for Blacks in 19b4 was si5,432 while it was 127,686 for White families. In the democratic response. Rep. Wil Liam Gray of Pennsylvania also cited Fig ures. Gray said " we Are producing fewer jobs in the first five years of your administration Dun in the previous one. Thus Black adult unemployment stands at is.6 percent today when in 1978, it was 11.3 percent. Biack family median it comfy is 56 percent of while family income. The fuels Are Clear or. President. Thirty two percent of Black families lived in poverty in 1980. Today 42 percent of Black families live in  meanwhile Reagan received z copy Over the weekend of a first draft of his state of the Union address which officials said would attempt to explain drastic budget cuts in  taxpayers keep More of their own Money. The traditional annual speech to a joint session of Congress is scheduled this year for Jan. 2s, undone official said it would be considerably Shorter this year. Wintertime lunchtime a horse ventures out of its barn to try to nibble a few bites of grass in Snow one red pasture in Elk Park nx1., which to near the Tennessee stale line. Several inches of Snow fell in one afternoon throughout the area making driving conditions in the Northwestern mountains very hazardous. Charges against 5 dropped in child molesting Case los Angeles a angry parents blasted prosecutors for dismissing child molesting charges against five of seven defendants in the Mcmarlin preschool Case and said the formerly accused were still at risk from i he Public. They d be better off with the trial otherwise t Don t think they arc going to live Robert Cupric Parent of a child who attended the preschool said after prosecutors dropped the charges Friday citing in sufficient evidence. I would t want to be one of those defendants walking the Street said Arvin Collins another Parent who added that he would never get involved in any vigilante More than 200 whales die in South Pacific beaching Christchurch new zealand a More than 200 whales beached them selves in the Remote Chatham islands 435 Miles East of Here and wildlife officials unable to re Cuc them shot those that had nol already died newspapers reported. Australian newspapers said Many of the 270 Pilot whales were dead or dying when they were discovered beached in Petrie Bay fisheries officer Barry Lanuze was quoted As saying we probably could have saved some of the smaller whales but these were smothered underneath larger  Type  District attorney Ira Reiner said moles tation charges would stand against Ray mond Buckey 27, and his Mother Peggy Mcmartin Buckey 59, of the defunct pre school in suburban Manhattan Beach. Children testified about rape sodomy satanic rituals and mutilation of animals. Animal Bones were dug up in a lot next to the school but were never conclusively linked to the Case. The bizarre Case triggered nationwide scrutiny of sex crimes against children and resulted in Many Nursery school closures and charges against teachers aides and other adults involved with child care. Best Sellers compiled by the new York times fiction i the Mammoth Hunters by Jinn w. Aua