European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. December 17. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 voters recall mayor Over racial charges Portsmouth. A Al the City s first blk mayor was removed from office tuesday in ii recall election prompted by charts he sent racist Hale mail to commune leaders. James w. Holies til. Who denied the charges and said he was framed became the firs Virginia mayor ousted in a recall you win some elect inns and you lose some said the 60-year-old dentist and lung Lime civil rights Leader Fie will he formally is ripped of his office when inc vote is made official possibly this week authorities said. With Al precincts reporting the unofficial vote was 1.1,438, or 57.7 percent in favor of removal and 9,861. Or 42.3 percent against despite rain half of the City s mate than 46,000 registered voters cast ballots. Holley told about 75 supporters thai he harbours no animosity and he urged them to come together As a family 10 work for  we can improve the Quality of life for everyone by working with whomever assumes leadership he said. Eugene Baldwin who coordinated the recall drive said the Vole was a message to politicians that the citizens of Portsmouth want clean  the City Council can pick a member to serve As mayor go outside the Council Tor 3 mayor or do nothing. If after 60 Days the scat remains vacant inc three circuit court judges will appoint a mayor to Fili out he term that a Spires june 30. Controversy has split this City of 111,000 since july when investigators found Holly s fingerprints on mailings to at least a dozen Black Community leaders and a White Juu a11 in ii. He a v i \ Btu / w c arc Noi gome 10 Sci junc30.jifca \ Jet  Shirley hints. Coon split Koft it for Portsmouth in support mailing and Ohio Down it s eliminating All recalled major James Holley Iii  atheist jailed for refusing to take juror Austin Texas a Robin Mur duty tuesday refused to Lake the oath inc god to assist one in civic  Swers make Ray of hair granddaughter of atheist that says so help me god and also the group had Laid. Propounded Jeader Madalyn Murray o hair was refused to take an affirmation offered As after her granddaughter was jailed in Tiki jailed for four hours tuesday for refusing an alternative for people who choose not tuesday mrs. O hair said that jury qualify Alibi newspaper editor who opposed tile closing of a predominantly Black High school. The mailings included scrawled racist epithets. Those leaders had unsuccessfully appealed to Holly 10 intervene in the school Board decision to close the school. In Virginia school boards Are appointed by City councils which also a prove school budgets. Hallcy had suggested his fingerprints were copied from a missing City department fingerprint identification card. Experts said that is nearly impossible and if possible easily detected. The one thing nobody mentions said Baldwin a re tired firefighter is that when he was accused of sending inc Hale mail it  the cily Council which includes four Whites and two Blacks unanimously called for Holly s resignation when the mulls of the investigation were released. To refused. Commonwealth attorney Johnny Morrison who is Black said he could not charge loll try because his fingerprints were not found on those mailings thai threatened bodily harm. A Federal grand jury has taken testimony in inc Case if i lose this election it won t be the end of the  Holley had said before tuesday s results were in. Houey had inc support of the City s Black churches and Black Community groups Many of whom believed the re Call was racially motivated. We e t going to id the Black leaders just be wiped out. Nines coordinator for concerned citizens for Portsmouth of Hilcy had said. If he Steps Down we have worked for for 200 years. Oath to take either inc juror s oath or an Saffir mation that does t mention god. Murray of hair 22, was released on her own recognizance after being ordered. By county court judge Guy Herman to spend Ihrck Days in jail for civil con tempt said her lawyer. Bill Allison. Allison said a hearing would be scheduled to dec Fine i Murray of hair Edi Tor of american atheists Magazine had been improperly jailed. Moray of hair summoned for jury dul tha refuse a to mention god in oaths. She said she could not in Good con science Lake the oath or affirmation. It is a question of Honor Murray o hair said. When you Are looking for honorable men and women for a jury Mohave someone lie to gel on a jury or breach their conscience to gel on a jury  in August american atheists founded by Madalyn Murray o hair filed a Federal lawsuit challenging the oath. There is no need to Call upon an imag Ine " in a said after her granddaughter was jailed tuesday. R Sai i Jur oaths arc unnecessary and that the affirmation is unacceptable As a substitute. All inc civilized slates use perjury Laws to make sure jurors do not lie she said you get up and say. I testify under the pain and Penally of perjury thai i will Tell the truth the civilized Stales use that. Only Texas and some of the South pm backwards states Don  the jury oath says do you and each of Wei Upo you solemnly swear Hal you will True answer to such questions As May be propounded 10 you by the court or under its direction touching your service and qualifications As a juror so help you god the affirmation asks inc same ques Tion hut deletes so help you  Murray of hair was on a panel of 18 prospective jurors for a sin member jury in a civil Case. She is the granddaughter of mrs. O hair who also has adopted her As a daughter. If an atheist has to go to jail an atheist has logo to jail said mrs. O hair. I be been to jail 11 times. We know exactly Whai it is to Challenge christians. Somebody has to stand up and say no to these  town s Street of heroes seeks National recognition Silvis Iii a a tiny Street spanking Only i Vij blocks in this Northwestern Illinois town has produced 110 . Servicemen and servicewomen including eight who died in world War ii and the korean War. In 1978, the Community of 6,400 renamed it hero Street and now residents Hope it will become a National Monument. You talk about heroes that Street s got it said Alderman Joe Terronez who Heads inc drive for congressional designation of inc Street As a National Monument. He said he believes that no other Street in the United Stales can match its record. The Street is crowded with 36 Small Wood Frame Homes and a Park dedicated to the veterans who lived there. In november City officials met with a member of . Rep Lane Evans staff and Are now wailing to be told what needs to be done to gain support in Congress Terronez said. If it has to be idlers Well write letters. Well make Calls. Whatever it takes he said. Steve Selzner an aide in Evans Washington office said no Steps have been taken so far toward drafting legislation to make hero Street a nation Al Monument. Nebraska selected for nuke waste dump new Orleans a represents lives of five Stales tuesday picked Nebraska As the Sile of a new disposal facility for Low level nuclear waste. The Central interstate Low level radioactive waste compact commission voted 4-1 to pick Nebraska to House the wastes generated in Louisiana Arkansas Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma. Nebraska s representative East the no vote. The commission members were under Federal mandate to choose a Host stale by Jan. 1. The disposal facility is to be operating by 1993, . Ecology which will build the facility recommended  Grams Nebraska s representative said he voted no because his state s officials have said All along hey do not want the facility. However he said the stale will live up to its responsibility. We feel the facility to be build and operated safely Grams said. Each slate entered into the compact with the understanding that it could be chosen As the Host. Now a Community within the stale must be chosen. The commission agreed to a condition by Nebraska gov. Kny Orr that the Plant be accepted by the Community selected said Grams. Hall Bohlinger of Louisiana the chair Man of the commission said members Wilt work with . Ecology to select the Community. He said the company Hopes to pick a site in he next year. The disposal Silc will House items such As protective clothing used in nuclear Power plants or around medical equip ment. Go with aids jailed for having sex without condom fort Sill Pula. A an army sergeant infected with the aids virus received two years in the stockade after pleading guilty in military court tuesday to having sen with a woman Soldier without using a condom. Under the Pica bargain sgt. Vincent Stewart 29, also will be demoted to private receive a dishonourable discharge and forfeit pay. He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and being absent from his Posl. Charges of larceny disobeying a lawful order and acts prejudicial to Good order and discipline were dropped Stewart was accused of having intentionally inflicted grievous bodily harm on a Soldier by having sex with her without a condom earlier this year even Hough he knew he had tested positive for exposure to the aids virus. Maj. Jane Bell inc Posl chief of preventive medi Cine said the woman Soldier has tested positive for exposure to the aids virus but has not developed the disease itself. Attorneys for Stewart said he is in the Early stages of the Falat disease. Siewart said he had a Slid positive for the aids virus in 1986 and was informed of the possibility of transmitting the virus through sex. He said he did not use a condom because he was afraid it would destroy his relationship with the woman. He said the pressure from the Lesi had caused him to use bad judgment Stewart was a rested july 31, accused of leaving his unit without authorization on july 17