European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 29, 1990 the stars and stripes . To Mark 30th anniversary of first Black lunch counter sit in Greensboro. . Apr Joe Poole stood in the rain outside the downtown Woolworth store where the first lunch counter sit in took place in i960 and recalled what it was like then for a Black Man to try to get a meal at some lunch counters in the South. Quot there was a time when they would t wait on  said Poole who is 85. Quot we be come a Long Way but it won t be perfect until we get to  thursday will be the 30th anniversary of the sit ins. Which began when four freshmen from the then All Black North Carolina agricultural and technical College sat at the Woolworth stores Whites Only lunch counter and asked for service. Their refusal to leave when they were denied service sparked similar sit ins at other segregated lunch counters and helped establish passive resistance As a tool of the 1960s civil nights movement. The stale has since erected a historical Marker at the site and. On wednesday Greensboro will begin five Days of activities commemorating the anniversary with a panel discussion at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. When the four students a David Richmond. Franklin Mccain. A Ell Blair or. And Joseph Mcneil a planned the sit in. Greensboro was a segregated City. Public buildings had separate water fountains for Whites and Blacks. Heaters had separate entrances for Blacks who were forced to sit in balconies. Blacks also were required to sit at the rear of buses. The first sit in will be re enacted at 7 30 . Thursday. A plaque and footprints will be dedicated in front of the Woolworth store and a sculpture will be unveiled at North Carolina a amp to state University. The four students targeted Woolworth because it was a National Chain that allowed its lunch counters to be segregated Only in the South. Quot we fully talked about the Prospect of going to  Mccain said in an interview five years ago. Quot in fact we did t think we d come Back to  they were allowed to go Back to school and news about the sit in flashed across Campus. The next Day More than two dozen male and female students showed up at the lunch counter. They too. Were denied service. On the third Day. The demonstrations spread to the Kress five and disc store Down the Street. The sit ins quickly became National news. Gov. Luther Hodges called the sit ins Quot counterproductive and a threat to Law  order. The sit ins quickly spread to James Baker left prepares to enter the Woolworth store in Greensboro  where four Black students effectively began the civil rights movement 30 years ago. Other North Carolina cities. Restaurant owners resisted efforts to persuade them to change their policy saying they feared integration would drive away White customers. On july 25. I960, nearly six months after the first sit in. Woolworth agreed to serve Blacks at the lunch counter. Later accounts a ported the Chain lost about $200,000 in business during the sit ins. Today the lunch counter looks about the same As it did in the 30-year-old news photographs but Black and White customers sit Side by Side on red Viny l seats. Page 5 a Robin Hudz will accept plea bargain Baltimore apr a real a state agent dubbed a Robin Hud Quot after admitting she stole millions of dollars in Federal housing funds and gave some Money to the poor says she has decided to accept a bargain with prosecutors and plead guilty to two counts. Quot i Don t want to spend taxpayers Money in a court proceeding Quot Marilyn Louise Harrell told a the Sun in Baltimore on Friday. Harrell 46, of Waldorf has admitted taking millions of dollars i department of housing and Urban development Tonev. And said she has prepared herself for imprisonment since 1985, Harrell when she first started diverting Hud funds. Scheduled to appear monday in . District court Harrell said she Hopes to be sentenced to perform Community service but regards prison As a Chance to get a College degree. A i told the kids her son. John and his wife Vicki just think of it As mom going away a few years for  said Harrell who becomes a grandmother sometime next month. In a Deal with the . Attorney s office Harrell said she will plead guilty to stealing government property and failing to report income for taxes. In return prosecutors will drop two other tax counts two counts of lying to Hud and one count of lying to a Bank on a loan application. Harrell said. She was to go to trial on those charges monday. If convicted on All counts she would have faced a maximum of 31 years in prison and More than $ i million in fines. The two charges she says she will admit to monday carry a maximum sentence of 13 years in prison. Under sentencing guidelines. She could serve 2 / to 3 years in jail. Harrell a attorney Anthony r. Gallagher declined to comment Friday As did Gary p. Jordan first assistant . Attorney the newspaper said. Harrell who confessed her crimes to government officials in december 1988, became a Symbol of mismanagement at Hud. Harrell went against the advice of her attorney and freely discussed taking the Money in testimony before Congress and in several nationally televised interviews. A i never did have a problem with pleading guilty on no. I the embezzlement charge a Harrell said. Quot obviously that s something that a known  Quaker starts and Campaign to counter oat bran study Chicago apr Quaker Oats co. Is using full Page newspaper ads to Challenge the credibility of a recent medical study that found oat bran supplies no special cholesterol lowering effect. The Cereal manufacturer has bought full Page ads in seven major newspapers nationwide to cite 10 previous studies supporting its claim that eating oat bran helps reduce blood Choc Sterol Levels and the risk of heart attack. The Black and White ads published Friday in some papers list the studies individually by author title publication and Date. Quot Quaker oat bran can help reduce cholesterol. Look at 27 years of  say the ads which ask Consumers who want details on the research to write to the Chicago based company. The ads were bought in Usa today the Wall Street journal the new York times the Washington Post the Boston Globe the Chicago Tribune and the los Angeles times. Quaker holds about 70 percent of the oat bran Cereal Market. Its sales of oat bran original hot Cereal went from 1 million pounds in All of 1987 to 2 million pounds per month in 1989. In All. 218 new oat bran products were introduced last year according to Gormanos new product news an Industry newsletter. Now some analysts predict the oat bran Boom will go bust or stall because of a Harvard study claiming that oat bran has no special cholesterol lowering  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 29. 1950 a president Truman told a news conference that he alone would make the final decision on whether the United states would develop a Hydrogen bomb.30 years ago today. Jan. 29. I960 a strategic air come chief Gen. Thomas s. Power theorized that the soviet Union had enough Long Range missiles to permit a massive missile attack on the United states.20 years ago today Jan. 29, 1970 a the first commercial jumbo Jet flight landed at Frankfurt West Germany International Airport. Among the passengers on the pan am 747 was new York millionaire Michael j. Brody who claimed to have Given away $10 million to anyone who asked him.? 0 years ago today. Jan. 29, 1980 a president Carter sent Congress a budget totalling $616 billion that proposed major military spending while putting a partial lid on Domestic spending