European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 21, 1988 the stars and stripes fair skinned block9 firefighters suspended Boston a the Case of two fair skinned firefighters who were hired under a minority preference plan after saying they were Black has sparked icily wide investigation of minority hiring. The 33-year-old,twins, Philip and Paul Malone who have been with the fir department for 10 years were sus Pended without pay in August for Alleg edly misrepresenting their race As a minority. They Are awaiting an Appeal of their Case in the state supreme judicial court. J. As a result the racial backgrounds of 36 other firefighters have  gated according to department officials. Eleven firefighters most of whom identified themselves As hispanic face near Ings but arc still working. The police department was investigated As Well but no evidence of minority misrepresentation was found. A re View of the City school department is ongoing. The Malonis have refused to discus their Case. They both arc working at other jobs but Hope to return to the fir department. Their wives Marsha and Janet have spoken briefly with report ers. It All comes Down to who says who is Lack and How Black do you have to be Marsha Malone Philip Malone s wife said recently. We re trying to be optimistic because they want their  the twins first applied to the fire department in 1975, identifying themselves As White. But their scores on the state Philip Malone civil service a am were too Low for acceptance into the department. They look the test again two year Slater and identified themselves As Black. They later explained that their Mother told them in 1976 that their maternal great grandmother was Black. At the time documentation was not required to Back up their claim. By 1978, when the twins got their Job there was a minority preference plan in effect and their scores were sufficient for them to be hired As minorities. The controversy Over their claims to be Black arose earlier this year when the twins took the lieutenant s exam and scored Well said fire department spokesman Matthew Corbett. When state civil service officials re turned the list of scores the Brothers were identified As Black. Corbel and fire commissioner Leo Stapleton who both worked with the Malonis in a station House have said they never knew the Malonis had been hired As minorities until they saw the indications on the exams. They look Llesi White Guys Irish Guys maybe a Little German because they Nave Blond hair said Corbett. Boston instituted a minority prefer inc hiring plan after a Federal judge or Decd the fire department in 1974 to coring minority representation up to Icv Els comparable to the City s population. At that time just 19 of More than2,100 City firefighters were Black or his panic. Today the department is 21 per cent Black or hispanic compared to 29 percent for the City s population. It s a very serious situation said City councilman Bruce c. Boiling who is Black and who represents a predominantly Black Section of the City. He had asked mayor Raymond Flynn to conduct an investigation of minority hiring after the Malone Case was publicized. The Malone Brothers characterize themselves As Black and took two positions that should have gone to Minori ties he said. Corbett said the department changed its guidelines after the Malone Brothers were suspended with incoming firefight ers now required to furnish More documentation about their racial Back ground. 8 cops suspended in fatal beating Miami a three of eight Miami police officers suspended after the beat ing death of a drug suspect were on a department list of officers frequently involved in violent arrests a newspaper reported monday. Detectives Pablo Camacho Ronald Sinclair and Nathaniel veal or. Were named in a july 1988 Early warning system memo which listed officers who had five or More extraordinarily violent arrests in two years the Miami Herald reported. / relieved of duly along with Cama club Sinclair and veal were detectives and Watson Tommy Trujillo and Charlie Haynes All of whom were at the scene Friday police said. The Miami Herald said Camacho Sinclair and veal were named in the 1988 memo which listed officers who had five or More extraordinarily violent arrests in two years. The suspected drug dealer Leonardo Cano mar cad 35, who was believed to have put out a murder contract on Camacho was fatally injured during a confrontation with police Friday a police spokesman said sunday. Six1 of the eight officers suspended with pay were with Mercado before he died Friday he said. The other two were supervisors. The spokesman sgt. David Rivera said Mercado died of internal bleeding caused by Blunt trauma to the  charges in the Case could include Mur Der Rivero said. The six undercover officers All Mem Bers of a special unit set up to fight Street drug sales confronted Mercado outside a relative s Home while on duty Friday. Witnesses said the officers took mar Cado inside his relative s Home shut the door and closed a curtain. The officers did t have an arrest warrant police said. Ruben Mercado 15, a Nephew of the dead Man said he saw his Uncle carried away on a Stretcher by paramedics. He looked bluish he said. There was blood coming out of his  he said a 14-year-old Stepson of mar Cado s climbed in through a Back win Dow but was thrown out by police. Mercado died Friday night at Jackson memorial Hospital and the department decided to suspend the officers after an autopsy saturday. � police originally said Mercado was injured in a struggle that broke out when three officers approached him for questioning and he ran into the House and tried to grab a knife. On saturday rive to said a knife had been found. Byrne does t file for Chicago primary Chicago a seven Democrat Sand 11 republicans Are now seeking the mayor s office in Chicago but the re Mored candidacy of former mayor Jane Byrne did not materialize before the monday deadline for filing nomination petitions. Byte a Democrat who was the City mayor from 1979 to 1983, had been re ported in recent Days to be a potential Republican candidate. But her daughter Kathy showed up at the Board of elec Tion commissioners minutes before the deadline monday with a denial. Jane byte is not a candidate. Merr Christmas Kathy Byrne told reporters then departed. Edward Vrdolyak a former demo cratic powerhouse turned Republican who was also said to be thinking a outrunning sent an aide to Tell reporters minutes before the filing deadline that he too was t interested. Leaders in the Republican part urged me to consider a candidacy and i did so As a Courtesy to my party Vrdolyak said in a statement. Instead 1 will concentrate my time and Energy on my Law practice and on assisting to build the Republican party in Chicago and  on the democratic Side mayor Eugene Sawyer named to the Post by the City Council after Harold Washington died in november 1987, squared off against a Field that included Cook county state s attorney Richard m. Daley son of the late mayor Richard j. Daley and Alderman Timothy Evans. Though the deadline for primary candidates ended monday Independent candidates have until mid january to file for the remaining two years of washing ton s second term. Other democratic candidates Are Al Dermen Lawrence Bloom and Juan Soli. Former state sen James Taylor an Sheila a. Jones a Follower of political extremist Lyndon Larouche. Republican candidates include her Bert Sohn a physician lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for Congress three times against Veteran rep. Sidne Yalcs Kenneth r. Hurst who filed an unsuccessful lawsuit to try to get the election put off until 1989 and John j. Holowski a former Democrat employed by the City s department of economic development. Winning the democratic primary has been tantamount to winning the general election in Chicago s recent history Al though a White Republican made a Strong showing against Washington the City s first Black mayor. The racial Issue remains alive Inthis Campaign. Sawyer and Evans who arc Black arc battling to rep resent the Black Community although Daley has begun campaigning hard for the Black vote. Evans has criticized Sawyer and said he not Sawyer,.is Washington s True political heir. The City s population is a Little More than 40 percent White 40 percent Black is percent hispanic and less than 5 per cent of other races. Bodies of 5 americans returned Washington a the bodies of five americans killed Ina missile attack on their plane by Polinario guerrillas in the Sahara desert have been returned to . Authorities the state department said monday. The bodies were handed Over Friday by the guerrillas to . Officials in Algiers where the soviet armed group has its Headquarters. They were then flown to Torre Ion a Spain for a forensic examination and will be returned to their families As soon As the proce Dure is completed said a stale department official. The five americans were work ing for to aviation of Chandler anz., which was under contract tothe . Agency for International development on a Locust spraying operation Over the Sahara desert. The Polinario front which has been fighting Morocco since 1975 for control of the Western Sahara accepted responsibility for the Downing of the dc-7 aircraft dec.10 and the crippling of a compan Ion plane that landed safely after the attack. Polinario leaders apologized forthe attack which occurred Over re Mote desert terrain on the Borde Between Morocco and Mauritania saying it mistook the planes for moroccan military reconnaissance aircraft. But the state department offi Cial said the team has not been Able to get to the crash site because of concern for safety in the combat zone. The team has interviewed the five survivors of the other plane and examined the damage he said