European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7drive seeks to save historic Black College Sites Atlanta apr Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan announced wednesday a Public private partnership aimed at preserving historic buildings at 11 predominantly Black colleges and universities. The buildings were deemed the a most historically significant and critically threatened by age and neglect Lujan said during a visit to Morehouse College. The National Park service will spend $200,000 assessing the conditions of the 11 structures. Then the venture Hopes to raise $20 million or More in private and Public funds for preservation efforts Lujan said adding that the Interior department a does not have the financial resources to carry this Burden All by  at Morehouse the building slated for preservation is Graves Hall. The building erected in 1889, was the first on Campus. The other Sites Are a Gaines Hall Morris Brown College Atlanta. Dating from 1869, it is the oldest building in the Atlanta University Complex the nations largest historically Black educational institution. A Leonard Hall Shaw University Raleigh . It was built in 1881 to House the nations first Black four year medical school. A Walter b. Hill Hall Savannah state College Savannah a. Built with student labor in 1901, it is the oldest building on Campus. A St. Agnes Hall St. Augustine a College Raleigh . Constructed by staff and students in 1896, it is where George Washington Carver lectured and heavyweight fighter Jack Johnson died. A the a mansion a Tougaloo College Tougaloo miss. This Plantation Home built by slaves in 1848, was purchased for the College in 1809. A White Hall. Bethune Cookman College. Daytona Beach. Fla. Dating to a la. It is the oldest building on Campus. Quot a Howard Hall Howard University. Washington. It is the Only remaining original building and was built in 1807 As initially the president s Home. A Virginia Hall Hampton University. Hampton. A. Built in 1874, it is the University s first building. A Packard Hall. Spelman College. Atlanta. The building dating to 1888. Is named for Sophia b. Packard first president of the nation s oldest College for Black women. A Loockerman Hall. Delaware state College. Dover. The 1730 Birthplace of the school is believed to have been a Stop on the underground Railroad that brought slaves to  offers settlement to sex companion fort Worth Texas a Martina Navratilova made a settlement offer tuesday to a former companion who has filed a Alimony lawsuit against the Tennis Star. Judy Nelson emerged from a courtroom late tuesday and said she would consider the offer overnight before deciding whether to accept it and end her Legal quest for a share of the nine time Wimbledon Champion s assets. Nelson said both sides have compromised in trying to reach a settlement. Nelson lived with Navratilova in fort Worth from 1984 through 1989, and the couple then lived in Aspen Colo. A neither of us Ever wanted this to happen. It has and we re in it. And i think that we would both like to see the pain and the suffering Stop so that we can both recover from it and get on with our lives a Nelson added. Navratilova publicist Linda Dozoretz said talks reached a halt after both sides could not reach agreement on non Finan Cial aspects of the settlement. A court will resume again tomorrow morning a said Dozoretz who added that she was a a optimistic both sides would come to terms. Nelson said the lawsuit is about More than the millions of dollars she could win in judgment. A a it a about Martina honouring a contract an agreement that she did honestly and that we both wanted a said Nelson a former Beauty Queen. Nelson met twice privately with Navratilova on tuesday calling the discussions the first talks the two have had since ending their relationship earlier this year. Earlier tuesday the women returned to a state District courtroom for the second Day of a preliminary hearing in the lawsuit. Both women cried when a videotape was played monday showing them agreeing to a non marital cohabitation agreement. Nelson contends Navratilova reneged on the 1986 agreement in which Nelson was to get half of the estimated $5 million to $9 million the Tennis player earned during their relationship. A i would like to have settled this before it Ever began a said Nelson 45, of fort Worth. A every Day and every night i Hope that tomorrow will be the last Day and the last  Navratilova 34, formally ended the relationship in april with a letter to Nelson after an initial breakup in february. Judy Nelson talks with her lawyer during a preliminary hearing tuesday in fort  lose bid for revised census figures by the new York times san Francisco a the . Supreme court on tuesday blocked the release of revised data from the 1990 census that had been sought by the California Assembly for use in drawing new political boundaries for the 1992 election. The ruling comes As a blow to this states democrats who believe that the revised numbers would increase democratic representation in state legislative districts where members of minority groups were under counted. Other states had also hoped to seek the new data for their own reapportionment process. In its 6-to-3 ruling the court without comment granted a request by the Bush administration to suspend orders by lower courts to release the revised data to the California legislature. The ruling allows the information to be withheld until a full hearing on the Issue by the 9th . Circuit court of appeals in san Francisco. That hearing is not expected until Early next year. Joe Krovisky a spokesman for the Justice department said a we re gratified we were granted the stay and we will be Hack in the court of appeals. A the Case was brought by the state Assembly and Willie l. Brown jr., a Democrat from Sau Francisco who is the speaker of the Assembly. The suit sought the readjusted census figures under the Federal Freedom of information act. The revised data would raise the states population by about 1.1 million people to 30.88 milion. Inc census Bureau has said it overlooked about 5.3 million people nationwide. Stolen Alamo document found in failed a amp a office Austin Texas a the state of Texas reaped a Small a but historical a dividend tuesday from the savings and loan debacle. A document signed by a Leader of Texas forces at the Alamo shortly before he died there was returned to the state after turning up on the Wall of a failed savings and loan. The paper signed by it. Col. William b. Travis had been taken from the Texas state Library and archives commission during a rash of thefts in the 1960s. Officials from the Resolution Trust corp. Found the framed document hanging on the Walls of the Travis Federal savings and loan association. The Etc which handles assets from failed savings and Loans closed the Thrift june 21. The paper verifies the Sale of 65 head of cattle to the Texas provisional government. It was dated feb. 19, 1836, five Days before Travis led 186 soldiers in defending the Alamo against thousands of mexican troops. By the end of a 13-Day siege Travis 27,and All his forces had been killed. A this is not an overwhelmingly significant document in terms of Content but it is a very Fine Travis signature a said Chris Laplante director of the archives division at the Texas state Library and archives commission. He said it was Worth several thousand  for american Nashville Tenn. Apr nine airline mechanics designed a tamper proof Airport door that won them $37,5 k for the years top suggestion. The american airlines mechanics were to pick up their award in Nashville on wednesday at a conference of the National association of suggestion systems. A a everybody a got a Little greed in them a said Larry Crowley who invented the Security device along with co workers at Detroit metropolitan Airport. The mechanics installed a device inside a revolving door that automatically traps anyone who tries to move from the baggage claim area to the Gates. A a it a 99 percent effective a said Charles Clendening the mechanics supervisor. Federal aviation administration in door pays off airlines group sectors fooled the door once but after a change in the devices fiber optics pronounced it a Success. American airlines said it has saved $316, at Detroit and Dallas fort Worth airports by installing the modified doors to replace Security guards at the baggage carousels. It is setting up the system at eight other airports. The doors Are monitored by closed Cir Cuit television and guards can override the device if for example a child tries to go the wrong Way. More than 1, xxx members of the suggestion systems association a from general motors corp. To companies with fewer than 30 employees a saved More than $2.3 billion through employee suggestions in 1990, conference organizers said