European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine a scandal Mushro Oit in Atlanta by William  new York times hat began As a distraught wife s visit to the police to accuse her husband of cocaine abuse has mushroomed into a broader scandal in Atlanta involving race polices and the reputation Oblack leaders who had inherited the legacy of the Rev or. Martin Luther King or. As a result mayor Andrew Young die former congressman Diplomat and longtime aide to King has emerged As the target of a Federal grand jury Hal wants to know whether he sought to hinder a police investigation into accusations of drug use the allegations involve not Only Julian Bond the former Georgia stale senator and civil rights activist but Young himself they were made in March by Alice Bond the estranged Wile of the former civil rights Leader. According to confidential Polica memorandums Given to Atlanta newspapers and television stations mrs. Bond said her husband was a habitual cocaine user. She also named several other prominent Public figures including Young and Hia brother or. Walter Young As having used cocaine on at least one occasion. Not Only have Young and Bond denied Ever using cocaine but mrs. Bond has since made a Public retraction of her allegations baying they were untrue and the result of stress brought on by her marital difficulties. Or. Charlesh King who Heads he Atlanta Urban crisis Center said the disclosures of the last two months have virtually slaughtered Black reputations Buffi up Over a  the Story he said was and continues to be a personal Hurt of most Blacks in  a1 slake finally is the reputation not Only of political luminaries like Bond and Young who Are longtime friends and colleagues but of a local political leadership that has historically been associated with the highest values and aspirations of the struggle for Black civil rights. Over the last 20 years there has always Boon a special affection across the nation Tor Atlanta s Black leadership in politics in dec Lubaton in business said Stoney Cooks a Washington political consultant who is a former aide and longtime Friend of Young. People i know Are alarmed and concerned Over what is happening in Atlanta. They want to know is it All True or is this an attack on the City s Black leadership some Blacks in Atlanta believe the latter they argue thai ins scandal was engineered by a Julian Bond former Georgia ataxia senator lashing out at Newt Media la april Tor publicizing his estranged Wile allegations that a hot a cocaine habit group of White police officers who. Chafing under the department s Black supervision deliberately gave reporters the confidential Polica memorandums containing mrs. Bond s sensational and largely unsubstantiated assertions. And Young himself suggested last month that Republican politics might be a Factor in the decision by Federal Lii vials to Call for a grand jury to investigate. With a National election looming next year Young said there is speculation among democrats that one of the Republican strategies is to keep something going from coast to coast so someone else will have to share the bad front Page news with president  the Central Issue in the Federal inquiry is not whether Bond of Young Ever used drugs but whether efforts a photo did mayor Andrew Young Yaek to hinder police investigation into allegations of drug use wednesday june 10, 1987 were made by Young and others to impede a criminal inquiry. The focus of the grand jury appears to be a Brief Telephone Call Young made to mrs. Bond nearly a week alter she went to the police with her original allegations the mayor an ordained minister and longtime Friend of the Bonds said Mutual friends had informed him of mrs. Bond s Visil to the police and they described her As being distraught and in need of emotional counselling. According to the police mrs. Bond went to the detectives after she had been involved in a physical altercation with a woman she described As her husband s Girlfriend and drug supplier. Ii turned ouf that the women Carmen Lopez Butler was facing charges of cocaine distribution in a neighbouring county. Young has described the Telephone Call he made to her As pastoral an attempt to Comfort and Calm a troubled Friend. And at the time he made the Call he said a did not know mrs. Bond had identified him As a cocaine user. However the memorandums written 6y the police that same Day characterized the Telephone Call As threatening in Lone. In describing the Call mrs. Bond told agents of the Fri and narcotics detectives that a Friend had warned her thai continued cooperation with investigators could Hurt the City s Black leadership the memorandum said. The grand jury May Al of look into other matters. For example the two narcotics detectives who interviewed mrs. Bond say they were abruptly transferred out of the narcotics unit before they could Complete their investigation. Moreover there have been reports in the Atlanta newspapers that mrs. Bond twice Belore went to the police and alleged that her husband had a drug problem but there was no follow up investigation. While mrs. Bond has Given the police the names of at least eight people Only a Lew of those names have been made Public. Young who has always enjoyed a Strong reputation Tor Public rectitude appears badly shaken by the inquiry and he says it has been especially wearing on his wife and children. Recently a Friend said a school bus drove by his House and children shouted out the window Andy does  while Young has remained in the Public Eye. Defending himself at news conferences and in Public meetings Bond the original locus of the controversy has made few pubic appearances in Atlanta in recent weeks. He did show up at a Debutante Ball recently to introduce his daughter Julia who is 17 years old. Although the Bonds Are Sill separated. Bond did dance with his Wile singing As they waltzed to let is Call you Swee Wheatl. The stars and stripes Page 13