European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday August 19, 1991effort focuses attention on social problems Hartford Conn. Apr the Rev. Jesse Jackson led a half mile Long procession of thousands of supporters to the state Capitol on saturday capping a 64-mile, seven Day March to Call attention to americans social problems. Marchers chanted Jackson a Credo a rebuild America a keep Hope  some carried signs Reading a tax the Rich a a thanks or. Bush for neglecting me and a health care for  a now we have a Long term plan for the soviet Union a bailout budget for the savings and loan thieves and soon for the Banks. Where is our plan to rebuild America a Jackson said. Jackson urged both the Connecticut legislature and president Bush to Convene special summits to find solutions to the nation s problems. Connecticut remains deadlocked Over How to balance its budget. Gov Lowell Weicker jr., an Independent is demanding that lawmakers enact an income tax while the legislature is holding out for an increase in the state sales tax. In his speech Jackson did not say whether he a bored a state income tax for Connecticut but spoke about tax Reform in a general Way. A we can pay for the new priorities with tax Reform business incentives effective use of capital sources such As pension funds and breaking up the lock on military savings. But we need a plan a Jackson said. The March began aug. In in Bridgeport which became a Symbol of Urban decline when it sought bankruptcy Protection this summer. A Federal judge denied its petition and the City plans to Appeal. Jackson stopped in nine towns before reaching Hartford. At its Peak saturday the March grew to 5,000 people in a procession that stretched More than half a mile state police said. Near the front were about 60 people who walked the rep. Barbara Kennedy Leftd-Conn., the Rev. Jesse Jackson and sen. Christopher Dodd d-Conn., celebrate the end of the seven Day March by joining hands in Hartford Conn., the state capital on saturday. Entire 60 Miles from Bridgeport to Hartford with Jackson. A a about 7,000 people gathered on the Capitol a front Lawn to hear Jackson make his final speech. A Jesse gave me an Opportunity to invest a week in making a change a said 67-year-old Don Currie of Stamford who made the entire trek. A this is the Only Way i can make myself heard a said Marcher Carlton Robinson of Hartford. A a in a unemployed and no one is Ever listening to people like me. This lets everyone know that we re out  Jackson was joined at the head of the March by local and National officials but the most popular of his guests was Singer Stevie wonder. Crowds chanted wonders name and screamed in Delight when he led the crowd in a sing song chant of a rebuild America a keep Hope alive Over a  of Man who got wrong heart improves Portland Ore. A a Man who received a mismatched heart because of a Hospital mix up was doing better on saturday while he wafted for the right Type Organ and a second transplant operation. The Many a condition at Oregon health sciences University Hospital was upgraded from critical to serious Friday night said spokeswoman Sandy Poole. The Man who has Type o blood received a heart wednesday from a donor with Type a. Such a mix up increases the risk of Vio jct rejection by the patients body. But there was no sign of problems Poole said. A a he a doing As Well As any transplant patient at this Point a Poole said. A in fact he a doing better than some patients because he s a really Strong  doctors said the Many a chances for survival were enhanced because the donors blood Type was a-2, a subgroup of Type a blood that is similar to Type  of an investigation into the mix up should be known a in a couple of Days a Poole said. A a they be got quite a few people to talk to and a Trail to follow a she said. The Many a wife released a statement saying her husband did not look Forward to a repeat operation but the family retained Confidence in the doctors involved. The family asked the Hospital not to release his name. Officials determined the mistake was not made at St. Alphonsus regional medical Center in Boise Idaho where the heart was removed from the donor Poole said. A it was listed correctly in Boise and somehow in the Transfer of that Organ the listing was changed a she said. Or. Adnan Coba Oglu University hospitals chief heart transplant surgeon said Friday that officials were reviewing hundreds of pieces of communication among the 50 to 100 people involved in the transplant operation. The Hospital said earlier that eight other people worldwide had received mismatched hearts in transplants but did not know How Many survived. A Scottsdale ariz., Man Given the wrong Type of heart lived for 12 Days on an artificial heart before a successful second transplant in 1987. But in Minneapolis a Man died last fall a week after receiving a heart of the wrong blood Type. In that Case his blood Type had been incorrectly listed on a transplant Matching  reporter quits Dallas radio Job Dallas up1 a Veteran City Hall reporter Tom Olson ended his news broadcast on Kera pm on Friday with a stunning postscript. A a sad personal note this morning. This will be my final report on Kera. 1 have aids and my failing health has made it necessary to give up reporting a Olson said. The award winning reporter 39, said later he did not intend the announcement to be a political statement. A i did no to want to walk away without an explanation. I Wasny to trying to change the world. It was just an honest goodbye a Olson said. A a in a somewhat surprised it has been such an  after his sign off Calls started coming in from friends listeners and Fel Low reporters. Olson said he believes he contracted the virus through homosexual Contact at a time when Little was known about transmitting aids. Olson said he told Kera on thursday that he was quitting after eight years because he is losing weight and strength. Olson who won three Dallas press club Katie awards for his work at Kera tested positive for the his virus in May 1988. He had his first real physical setback in january 1989 while travelling Back and Forth to Oklahoma City to help care for his Mother who was dying from lung cancer. Now he is caring for his companion who is seriously ill with ads related  seek Boycott of . Public schools by the new York times new York a supporters of professor Leonard Jeffries jr., who has blamed Hollywood for conspiring to disparage Blacks in the movies called on saturday for a Boycott of Public schools in new York City. The group which included the Rev. A1 Sharpton linked the controversy Over Jeffries racially charged remarks to the debate Over the teaching of multiculturalism in american history. The crowd of about 300 people who filled the hot elementary school auditorium in Harlem applauded loudly As Sharpton and others vigorously defended Jeffries As a scholar. The speakers also denounced the Media elected officials and civil rights leaders including Hazel Dukes the National president of the a act who have been critical of Jeffries remarks. On Friday Dukes told the new York Post that after viewing a videotape of the speech that Jeffries gave at a Black arts festival in Albany last month she characterized some of his statements As a the height of  in his speech last month Jeffries chairman of the african american studies department of City College said the conspiracy to disparage Blacks was a planned plotted and programmed out of Hollywood by people with names like a Greenberg and Weisberg and Triglia in Quot he also said russian jews and a their financial partners the mafia put together a financial system of destruction of Black