European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes tuesday november 19,1991relief, anger unease grip Louisiana Edwards Duke Battle leaves state split by Dirk Johnson the new York times Garyville la. A from an easy chair in his living room Cleveland Johnson stared at the television picture of David Duke As the former Kun flux klan Leader delivered his Concession speech. Finally it was Over and Johnson began to chuckle softly at first and then in great Lusty gales. A i Felt like rejoicing a said Johnson a 44-year-old steel worker who recalls the Day in 1970 when he was reprimanded at work for using the restroom for Whites. A Duke can say whatever he wants. Fact is he lost. And he lost in this tiny Rural town Southwest of new Orleans surrounded by Oil refineries and sugar Cane Fields there Are six streets three a Black streets and three a White All that differs Between the two sides of town is the color of the residents but that is almost All that matters Here. Sharon Duhe who lives a Short walk from Johnson was angry about Duke s loss. A they just have those babies and go on welfare a she said making it Clear who a a they Are. Duhe a 22-year-old single unemployed woman held her 1-year-old child Ralphie on her Lap As she talked furiously and Drew hard on a cigarette. She receives welfare payments. A but the Blacks get More Quot she said. From new Orleans to Shreveport voters expressed Relief that the torturous Campaign which has cast this state in an unflattering Light had finally come to an end. But supporters of Duke vowed to fight another Day. And Many Blacks say they now feel a bit More uneasy around some of their White neighbors. A when i see a White person in the grocery store now i wonder a is this a Duke supporter a a said Bill spikes a 23-year-old accounting student at Louisiana state University. A for me this has been the last Straw. Most of the White people actually voted for Duke. I done to have the patience for people who think like this. As soon As i graduate in a moving to at the Campaign rally for Duke on saturday night where the Only Black people in the ballroom were serving the drinks there was Little question about the Central theme behind the candidate. As Duke spoke one Man hoisted a hand lettered placard Complete with misspellings that read a i voted for a do wite Man not a do Wong a a what a wrong with being proud to be White a asked Tonya Mcqueen a 35-year-old Baton Rouge woman who came to the Duke rally with her 9-year-old son Ruston. Mcqueen who recently lost her Job As a dental hygienist wore a sweat shirt emblazoned with the slogan a a it a a White thing you in Shreveport where support for Duke was solid voters pored Over the newspapers sunday morning with their breakfasts at Georges Grill on Kings Highway. A i think the National Media and the others in the state did a Good Job of persuading people of the dangers of a Duke election a said Andy Shehee 32, who works in the funeral Home business. But Duke hardly shied away from Media put the signs Down a Duke told his supporters As he prepared to deliver his Concession speech Fuso that people around the county can see this. The emergence of Duke did not Surprise Huey Fleming a 56-year-old Black who lives m Garyville. A a whole lot of White people feel the Way Duke feels a he said. A the just came out and expressed a people say that David Duke has made race an Issue a said Edward l. Richmond a 38-year-old owner of a heating and air conditioning business and a supporter of Duke. A but he does no to say anything different than Patrick Buchanan says. Most republicans think just like late saturday night at the Hilton hotel in Baton Rouge Duke said that while a the candidate May have lost the message goes in a Small Brick House in Garyville meanwhile Johnson the steel worker said he thought to himself a yeah the voters delivered a message All right. The message is that they done to want will never be divided Shamir vows by the los Angeles times los Angeles a israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir speaking on his first trip to the United states since the Madrid Spain peace conference three weeks ago pledged sunday to work for peace in the Middle East. However he said israelis annexation of Arab East Jerusalem is not open to negotiation. A Jerusalem is one City United never to be divided again a Shamir said at the Stephen s. Wise Temple. A it was and will always be our National capital a the heart and soul of the entire jewish later addressing students at the Yeshiva University High schools of los Angeles Shamir likened israelis current struggle with its Arab neighbors to the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem by the maccabees in 165 b.c., an event celebrated by jews each year during the festival of hanukkah. A i must say that at Madrid when we stood alone opposite the arabs. We understood better How the maccabees Felt when they pleaded their Case nearly 2,000 years ago a Shamir said. A but we knew that As in those Days ultimately Good triumphs Over evil right Over greed and the Justice of our cause will surely Shamire a remarks came during the third Day of a four Day visit to los Angeles intended to promote economic ties and discuss the historic peace process in the Middle East. Shamir led the israeli delegation to Madrid for the unprecedented three Day conference which the Bush administration and others Hope will result in bilateral negotiations Between Israel and each of the Arab parties. But during his Public appearances on the weekend Shamir also directed attention to the huge influx of soviet jews resettling in Israel a a message largely directed at president Bush and others in Washington. relations plunged to their lowest level in years when Bush delayed action until Early next year on an israeli request for $10 billion in . Loan guarantees to help resettle the soviet immigrants. Although Shamir did not mention the controversy Over the loan guarantees he emphasized israelis obligation to encourage the a ingathering of jewish exiles from around the Globe. He also stressed his country a need for support from abroad. A Israel is a Small country. We Are not one of the world Powers a far from it a Shamir told about 35 evangelical Christian leaders from across the United states during a meeting saturday night. A we need friends and we need the help of Many people. I Hope that your Veteran communist Dies in new York new York a Carl Winter an activist with the american communist party who was sentenced to five years in prison in 1948 for advocating communism died of a heart attack after delivering a speech saturday. He was 85. Winter collapsed at the party a Headquarters said Sigerson a communist party Usa spokesman. Winter who lived in Detroit joined the communist party in the 1920s. He held Many posts in the party including chairmanship of the Michigan communist party. A a a a Iii a Iii i Jowui a. Voices will be heard everywhere and will minister Yitzhak Shamir right receives an honorary degree sunday convince More and More people to stand bom Alfred Gottschaik president of the hebrew Union College Jetteh Institute of re with us. A Ligion during a ceremony in Stephen s. Wise Temple in los Angeles. Texas report illuminates police related deaths Dallas apr nearly 450 people have died in Texas jails or while being arrested by state police since 1987, but during that period Only five officers have been convicted of killings committed while on duty a newspaper reported sunday. Of the 445 victims 173 a or 39 percent a died during confrontations with police including gun Battles and attempts to resist arrest the Dallas morning news reported sunday. The other 272 died in jail from suicides or natural causes according to records compiled by the newspaper. Of the five officers who were convicted of killings three were found guilty for the same beating death of a truck Driver in 1987, records show. Yet Texas ranks As the state with the most investigated and prosecuted police officers in the nation. Texas police have been the focus of 2,000 Federal civil rights investigations since 1984. Civil rights experts said there is a widespread reluctance among homicide investigators grand juries and District attorneys to indict prosecute and convict police officers. Ron Delord president of the combined Law enforcement association of Texas disagreed. He said the Low indictment and conviction rate of police officers shows that Only a handful of these cases warrant special scrutiny. A you hire police officers to Deal with violent people and to forcibly arrest peo ple even if it Means taking their lives Delord said. A you use whatever Force i deemed necessary to bring that Perso into custody even if you have to kill Delord said deaths in police Custod should be weighed against the risks offi cers face. In Texas an officer is killed roughly every three weeks he said. Texas Secretary of state John Hannah who As a former . Attorney in the stat prosecuted Many civil rights cases sail there is a reluctance among police to investigate fellow officers. A in Small Rural counties in which ther Are allegations against local police a i said a a you re asking grand jury member to sit in judgment of the local police Chie or sheriff who May be a longtime person Al 5
