European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes monday october 14, 1991 Gen. Lee civil rights leaders May soon stand Side by Side Richmond a. Apr in the Century since thousands cheered the unveiling of a 60-foot-High statue of Confederate Gen. Robert e. Lee the confederacy a former capital has undergone Many changes. Now City officials want to Honor civil rights leaders with statues on the Street that has the memorials to Lee and four other Confederate heroes. A the heroes of civil rights and the heroes of the civil War in a democracy could stand alongside one another a said councilman Henry w. Richardson who proposed the additional statues. The Confederate statues stand every few blocks along Monument Avenue a wide tree lined Boulevard of Homes nearly 200 years old. Tourism brochures Call it a a american a most Beautiful  wags have dubbed it a a loser a lane.�?�. The City Council which has had a Black majority since 1977, plans to decide monday whether to seek recommendations for new statues. Councilman William i. Golding said he would prefer the civil rights statues elsewhere in the City. A Monument Avenue years ago was conceived As a Monument to the confederacy a Golding said. A the whole Road is considered As the  John v. Mouser a Virginia Commonwealth University professor in Urban studies who researched the City a turbulent racial history summed up the Monument Avenue dilemma a the glory Days for some Ric monders Are painful memories for  in l%8, when racial riots were tearing apart other cities while state legislators worried that Richmond Blacks might seek vengeance on the Confederate statues Moeser said. They passed a Law to allow the state militia to guard the statues if they were endangered he said. Their fears never materialized. Richardson said he and other Black residents accept the Confederate monuments As Art yet feel uncomfortable because of what they represent. A there is no Hue and cry against Monument a Richardson said. A there is a quiet reservation however that i think can be satisfied if we were to balance  the conservative editorial Page of the Richmond times dispatch said new monuments would be Fine As Long As funding is private As it was for the other memorials. A neither Virginia a history nor the justification for honouring individuals who have played an important role in it ended at Appomattox a the Village where Lee surrendered to end the civil War the newspaper  statue of Lee astride a horse was unveiled in May 1890 before 25,000 people Many of them Confederate War veterans. Seventeen years later statues of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Gen. James Ewell Brown a a Jeby Stuart were added. A Monument of Gen. Thomas a Stonewall Quot Jackson followed in 1919 and a statue of Matthew Maury an oceanographer who worked for the confederacy joined the ranks in 1929. Since then other statues have been proposed but none has been added. A a it a certainly time for Monument Avenue to endorse the idea of a new Monument a said Millie Jones chairwoman of last years Monument Avenue Centennial Celebration. Richardson suggested statues of Oliver w. Hill and Samuel w. Tucker two Black civil rights lawyers from Richmond. Hill 84, and Tucker who died last year led the fight by the National association for the advancement of coloured people to end racially segregated schools. In 1948, Hill became the first Black elected to Richmond City Council this Century. The statue of Gen. Robert e. Lee on his horse Bottom is one of Many monuments to the confederacy along Monument Avenue in Richmond a. He declined to comment on the statue proposal. Richardson also suggested that the Monument Avenue commission consider when it would be appropriate to add a statue of gov. L. Douglas Wilder. Wilder a democratic presidential candidate who became the nations first elected Black governor in january 1990, said he supports statues of civil rights leaders on Monument Avenue but believes they should not be erected until the Honoreen Are dead. A i done to propose anything being named after me a he said. Swaggart s ministry on shaky ground author says a by John Dart los Angeles times evangelist Jimmy Swaggart accompanied by a prostitute when he was stopped in Indio Calif., on traffic charges May be facing the a beginning of the end of his television ministry an authority on to preachers said saturday. Sociologist Jeffrey Hadden of the University of Virginia author of two books on televangelists said that Swaggart a Only Hope is that Public scrutiny of fridays incident May be overshadowed by the nationally televised Senate hearings on sexual harassment accusations against supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas. Hadden said Swaggart had a managed to stabilize Quot a reduced television following after the 1988 scandal Over his encounter with a new Orleans prostitute. His teary televised confession of an unspecified a a sin was accepted by Many loyalists. A but the second time around hell find they wont stick around a Hadden said. To make matters worse for the Baton Rouge  evangelist he faces a series of lawsuits by his creditors and a $10 million court judgment against him and co defendants for defaming preacher Marvin Gorman. Swaggart s latest troubles followed minor traffic citations Friday morning in Indio. In a Section of the desert City under surveillance for drug and prostitution violations the evangelist was stopped by police and cited for driving on the wrong Side of the Street operating an unregistered car and not wearing a seat Belt. Swaggart signed a Promise to appear in Indio municipal court on or before nov. 15. The passenger with him identified As Rosemary Garcia by Indio police chief Jerry Graves told Knic to in los Angeles that Swaggart asked her if she wanted a ride. What he wanted Garcia said was sex. A i mean that a Why he stopped me that a what i do. In a a prostitute a she said. She told Mir to and the desert Sun both in Palm Springs Calif., that she asked him a your place or mine a but she said Swaggart was nervous and replied a a let a just drive  Garcia said Swaggart asked if there was a Motel nearby that showed pornographic movies. Noticing a police car behind him Swaggart allegedly tried to push Playboy and some other magazines beneath his car seat but was stopped for driving erratically. Graves said Swaggart was a a cooperative and passed a sobriety test. No statement has been issued by Swaggart who was staying at the Indian Wells Calif., Home of Clyde Fuller a Board member of the Jimmy Swaggart ministries. On saturday William Treeby Swaggart a new Orleans based attorney said a i really have nothing to  Treeby said Friday that Swaggart was in California with his wife Frances and that he was Between speaking appearances in san Diego and san Jose Calif. Costly fingerprinting system finds Only 2 welfare cheats los Angeles up a$9.6million fingerprinting system designed to Weed out welfare cheats has identified Only two cases of intentional fraud. The 4-Numth-old program has come under fire from civil rights activists who claim the program will discourage some from applying for assistance amid fears the information will be shared with police. A a it a going to scare people away who want Aid Quot said Robert Leonard an advocate for the homeless who works with the Legal Aid foundation of los Angeles. Quot its a deterrent definitely but not a fraud  so far about 700 people on general Relief have refused to be fingerprinted and county officials said they believe most of those cases were fraudulent. All of the county a 75,000 welfare recipients Are required to submit to the fingerprinting to receive benefits. Overall officials say the system has identified about 200 cases in which fingerprints matched with others in the system but nearly All the instances were due to innocent mistakes or computer glitches. Veteran actor Toomey Dies shared in longest movie kiss los Angeles up Regis Toomey who appeared in More than 200 movies and is credited with participating in the longest on screen kiss in Hollywood history died saturday at the motion picture and television Hospital. He was 93. Toomey a Best known for his Man of action roles in such films As a corf a Vest mounted police dive bomber and the big sleep a died of natural causes said a spokeswoman for the Woodland Hills Hospital. Another film in which Toomey appeared was you re in the army now made in 1941, and co starring Jane Wyman. Their 185-second kiss has been called the longest on screen kiss in Hollywood history. Wymans sex husband former president Reagan and Nancy Reagan visited their longtime Friend at the Hospital sept. 22. Toomey also appeared in Many television series including Dante a inferno the Mickey Rooney show hey Mulligan Richard Diamond private detective Burke s Law Shannon and Petticoat Junction. He is survived by two Brothers Ord and Jimmy and Niece Kathleen Toomey. Memorial services were pending