European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 28, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Whitney Houston wins three music awards los Angeles a Whitney Houston won favor Ilc pop album favor Ilc soul album and favor Ite soul video single at the nth annual american music awards monday night on the strength of her nearly 2-year-old Sitf Lilleo album. Alabama also was a multiple Winner taking awards for favorite country album with ils great til hits and for favorite country duo or group. I want to give thanks to almighty god for love and strength. Houston said As she accepted the video single award for her performance in great est love of  Houston had seven nominations and Janet Jack son sister of Michael had nine. All of Houston s victories came at the expense of Jackson who was dominated in the same categories. Huey Lewis and the news and the vocal quartet new edition were winners in group or duo categories. Other winners in he favorite video single category were Lionel Richie for dancing on the Ceil ing in he pop Rock division and the judds for grandpa in the country division. Lewis who has hits with his current album fore and the single hip to be Square expressed his thanks for he top Rock group Honor via television link from a san Francisco recording Stu Dio. We know this is a people s award Lewis said. Without you there would t be  Alabama nominated in three categories this year has picked up seven american music awards in previous years. Favorite soul rhythm and blues group went to new edition a stylish quartet thai mixes smooth vocals with revival tunes such Asoh what a  feels like we re on the map now said Michael ivies of new edition. We always thought groups that won knew in Advance we re shocked after referring to the audience As looking like a Rainbow Naomi Judd looked at her award and said it s like a pot of  Diana Ross was Host of the 14th annual american music awards show at the shrine auditorium with performances by genesis appearing via satellite from Cleveland Houston Jackson the judds Robert Palmer run dec George Strait and Bruce Willis. Elvis Presley was honoured with a posthumous award of Meril for his career contribution to music the King of Rock v Roll died 10 years ago this August Ai his Memphis tenn., mansion Graceland. American Musk awards winners in 27 categories Are determined by a poll of 20,000 people represent ing various Ages geographic locations and ethnic origins. The list of nominees was determined by Chart Success As followed by the Industry Magazine cashbox. Grammy award nominations and winners Are determined by a vote of members of the National Academy of recording Aris and sciences. The grammy awards will belied feb. 24. Whitney Houston holds award for winning album. App Tota Meese defends rights activist seeks payments Reagan on Iran for a. Blacks who lost properly Detroit a president Reagan has properly handled disclosures of the Iran Centra scandal attorney general Edwin Meese Iii said monday after delivering a commencement speech for the Dir Oil College of Law in he Long term the Public will see hat this is on president who when something went wrong that was beyond his knowledge and beyond his Power to control this is one president who did what he could to publicly Correct it Meese said at a news conference. About 300 protesters marched and chanted hands off Nicaragua outside Rackham memorial building where Meese spoke we feel that Meese is anti Black Ami civil rights and anti Constitution in his professional life said one of the protesters Winston Lang executive director of the Detroit chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. Meese told the 90-member graduating class that As new attorneys entering their profession in the Bicentennial year of the Constitution they will have a duty to explain the living document to the Public. Our founding fathers came up with a system that if kept intact would provide for a government Strong enough to overcome the deficiencies of the articles of confederation and yet not so Strong As to threaten the sovereignly of the individual slates he said. Report Liberace has aids denied Rancho Mirage Calif a the manager of liberate monday denied that the pianist hospitalized for anaemia triggered by a Watermelon Only diet has aids. Seymour Heller said a report in a Las vegas nev., news paper that liberate 67, had acquired immune deficiency syndrome was based on gossip and false information ube race who was admitted Friday night to Eisen Hower memorial Hospital in Rancho Mirage is in satisfactory condition and his discharge is very Immi  Heller said. Liberace became anaemic from malnutrition after he went on the Watermelon diet for about two months last year Heller said. He started o lose weight and thought it was great but then it did t Slop. He wanted to lose a few pounds but he went Down about 25  anaemia was diagnosed during Liberace s annual physical examination. Heller said. He said the Anemi persisted because of Liberace s exhausting schedule so he decided to Lake Oil six months to a  he said Liberace had to cancel six weeks of performances at Caesars Palace hotels in Lake Tahoe nev., is vegas and Atlantic City n j. Atlanta a a civil rights activist who led25,000 marchers through All White Forsyth county said monday that More protests will follow unless local officials compensate he heirs of Blacks driven off Hei Laud by vigilantes 7i years ago. A team of attorneys already has requested tax an property records from the county to locate Blacks who May have lost land said Rondel Osbaum program director Al the Southern Christian leadership conference. The Rev. Hosea Williams reiterating statements made at saturday s March demanded that a biracial committee be formed to oversee Forsth s transition from racial bigotry to democratic Justice he called for a grand jury investigation into a White vigilante movement that drove about 1,000 Blacks out flee county in 1912. We further demand that the committee see that All Black people who lost land and other personal posses Sions be identified and the land resumed to their proper heirs or be compensated properly based on today s values he said in an interview Cov. Joe Frank Harris told a meeting of Georgia mayors in Atlanta earlier monday that he was concerned about the negative message about Georgia the controversy had caused. Forsyth county which has 38,000 residents has been All White since 1912 when three Black men were accused of raping and murdering a White woman. Gun phones draw Consumers fire App alg Tom Tjaard displays phone thai looks like gun. San Dimas Calif. A gun fans and foes alike say a Telephone that looks and feels like a .45-caliber Coll automatic handgun is not something people should be putting to their Heads. The gun phone displayed his month at the consumer electronics show in Las vegas Nev has come under fire by gun control advocates the Cott company and the National Rifle association. We re seeing one child a Day under the age of 14 killed by a handgun said Susan Whit More spokeswoman for he Washington  handgun control inc. By having phones thai look like handguns you re just going to confuse children  National Rifle association spokesman Ted Lel Lanzio added hat the person who buys them gun phones could become very lax in gun  and Bob Morris vice president of Markel ing for Coll firearms said you Don l place guns to your head in fun. 1 love guns and i m around them every Day. I use them for target and sporting practice but i would never use one for a  despite the criticism entrepreneurs Tom Tizzard and Frank Chen Hope to Market the phones by next Christmas season for t 50 to $200 each. We re catering to the Man who used to have a gun in his House but his wife won t let him have it anymore Tizzard said. So he brings a gun phone into the