European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes thursday january 23, 1992georgia redistricting plan rejected by the new York times Atlanta a the . Justice department on tuesday rejected As racially discriminatory a redistricting plan approved last year by the Georgia legislature. The decision was hailed by Black legislators who had criticized the earlier plan which redrew congressional and state legislative districts to take account of the 1990 census. A this is a great Victory for those of us who have been working for fair reapportionment and to make sure the 1965 voting rights act is not violated by the state of Georgia Quot said state rep. Tyrone Brooks one of two Black legislators who Drew up a competing plan that was rejected by the legislature. Georgia is one of 15 states that Are required by the voting rights act to obtain Justice department approval for changes in voting procedures. Over the last year the department has challenged All or parts of plans in Louisiana Mississippi new Mexico North Carolina Texas and Virginia. The Justice departments decision on Georgia announced in a letter to state officials from assistant attorney general John r. Dunne added a new level of complexity to the political scramble set in motion by the redistricting plan and the addition of a new congressional seat As a result of the census. Michael Bowers the states attorney general and Thomas Murphy speaker of the Georgia House both democrats said they believed politics had played a role in the decision by the Republican controlled Justice department. Some democrats contend that the voting rights act is being used to create Black majority districts that make nearby districts overwhelmingly White and Republican. A i done to say that it was a conspiracy but its obviously an attempt to create More Republican districts a Murphy said. Ten years ago a similar objection by the Justice department led to extended court fights that delayed the states 1982 congressional primary and general elections. Georgia whose legislature is overwhelmingly democratic now has 27 Black state representatives out of a total of 180 eight Black state senators out of 56, and one Black member of Congress John Lewis out of 10 in the states congressional delegation. The redistricting plan approved by the legislature called for 35 Black majority districts for the Georgia House 10 Black majority state Senate districts and two Black majority congressional districts for the 11 scats Georgia will have in this years elections. The plan proposed by Black legislators called for 51 Black majority House districts 15 Black majority state Senate districts and three Black majority congressional districts. Georgia has the option of redrawing its districts to meet with Justice department approval or to file suit in . District court in Washington to contest the departments finding. New welfare limits for mothers become Law in new Jersey wrapped up Tamara Taylor tuesday before others gathered right and about 300 other people had to wait in the morning chill they could pick up assistance to pay their Energy Bills. Taylor and the outside the May Park Community Center in Augusta a. By the los Angeles times new York a new Jersey on tuesday became the first state to adopt Laws denying additional benefits to welfare mothers who continue to have children while on government Rolls. The sweeping package of welfare revisions was signed with great fanfare by new Jersey gov. Jim Fiorio. Under the new regulations the state will no longer pay the current $64 monthly increase for each additional child to women who have More babies after they begin to draw welfare payments. The state s new welfare Laws also Call for welfare recipients a men and women alike a who refuse to Lake part in educational or Job training programs to lose All or part of their benefits. Only mothers with children under 2 Are exempted. New jerseys new welfare provisions Are due to take effect july 1. However provisions such As the ban on payments for additional children require a Federal waiver before they can be implemented. Opponents said they will fight the Laws in court and Hope to persuade the Federal government to reject them. The Laws backers contend the measures will allow welfare recipients to reduce their dependency on government subsidies and to gain More control Over their lives. A this legislation is guided by compassion and crafted in common sense a Flor formula to replace rfcs hailed to said tuesday As he signed the act at a private non profit literacy and employment services Center in Pennsauken. A we want to rebuild new jerseys families and replace the hopelessness of welfare dependency with the Hope of but critics described the abolition of Grants for additional children As unduly harsh and expressed fear that the Laws will add fuel to what they see As a dangerous National trend. They also predicted that the approach will backfire in its intended goal to Foster stronger families among the poor. The state department of human services which administers the welfare system said it does not know How Many women Bear additional children while on welfare. Across the nation welfare programs and recipients increasingly have become the targets of politicians and state officials fretting Over soaring state budget deficits and mounting taxpayer resentment at the Cost of social programs. In Louisiana David Duke a one time Kun flux klan Leader recently made dramatic welfare cutbacks a Centrepiece of his vigorous if unsuccessful Maverick Republican Campaign for governor. In Michigan lawmakers abolished the states $247 million general assistance program for people who do not qualify for federally financed welfare Aid. The move stopped payments last october to More than 83,000 single adults. By the los Angeles times 1tjllerton, Calif. A in a development heralded As a major breakthrough in protecting Earth a Ozone layer Hughes aircraft co said tuesday that it has de eloped a Tor Mulu to replace Ozone depleting chemicals used in the electronics and aerospace industries. Considered a Low tech solution to a High tech problem the new non toxic Tor Mulu for replacing chlorofluorocarbons or cd pcs has a Citrus and water base and is considered Safe for the Ozone layer As Well As efficient enough to meet the rigid standards of the . Military. Hughes officials declined to discuss details of the formula before news conferences scheduled for today. Jop officials with Southern californians South coast air Quality management District who have seen demonstrations of the new process at Hughes Fullerton Plant hailed it As a creative environmentally Safe discovery that could end the industries Reliance on rfcs. Aerospace and electronics industries Are among the nations largest sources of rfcs which react in the upper atmosphere to consume the planets Ozone the Ozone shield safeguards Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Rfcs also help form smog. Manufacturers have been struggling for years to find substitutes that Are environmentally Safe yet also capable of producing Safe and reliable aircraft and defense equipment. The patented process has already been used on the company a Assembly lines and has been approved by the . Navy for defense projects a Hughes official said. 1 he Pentagon has reportedly agreed to change its specifications to allow wider use of the substitute. A Hughes official said the company will share the technique with other companies at a a minimal lie said that Hughes plans to charge other companies Tor installing the process but that a we Are not about to make a lot of Money off this. Anybody can use it and its so held in plot to sell $16 billion in Foke Bonds Tampa Fla. Apr Federal prosecute tuesday revealed the arrests of three people officials said was a scheme to peddle $ billion in counterfeit japanese govern me it was too much Money to even fathom a a Distant . Attorney Gregory Kehoe said of to investigation that began four months ago with e informants tip. Bruce Hansberry 42, and Roger Allen Hill 5 were arrested at a brokerage office Saturn after Selling $100 million Worth of the phor a8ents posing As brokers authority said that same Day Hansberry smother b. Loo was arrested in los Angele Kehoe said. Officials did no to immediately say we she was charged with
