European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday january 27, 1992 democrats woo Black voters at . Forum Washington apr democratic presidential hopefuls courted the crucial Black vote saturday with promises of jobs better schools and affordable health care for inner cities a and by heaping Praise on Host Jesse Jackson the Jackson led Rainbow coalition forum offered candidates the Chance to lobby Many of those who helped Jackson gain nearly 7 million votes in the 1988 democratic primaries. With Jackson and former candidate Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder on the sidelines for the 1992 Campaign Black activists a who make up the bulk of the Rainbow coalition a Are migrating to other campaigns. Arkansas gov Bill Clinton has been the Early beneficiary. But Many of those at the forum said they were undecided and eager to hear the candidates address Urban racial housing poverty and other issues that have gone ignored for the most part in a Young 1992 Campaign dominated by appeals to the Middle class. In opening the event Jackson warned the candidates they face a big risk if they ignore the Black vote and other Rainbow coalition constituencies. A we must come together or we shall fail and perish apart a Jackson said. A this year the republicans will learn that the party of exclusion is the minority party in a country of  in their appeals the candidates mixed policy proposals and promises with Praise of Jackson. All backed statehood for the District of Columbia help for joblessness and school problems in the inner cities appointment of minorities and women to High posts and health care for All americans. Former California gov. Jerry Brown when the subject of a vice presidential Choice came up looked at Jackson and said a one of the Best candidates is right Here in the front  Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton Center left meets with Jesse Jackson before the Rainbow coalition forum. Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey told Jackson his candidacy has a better Chance now because a a there a no doubt in my mind if you were in the race you would be the front runner  Brown opened his remarks by asking for a moment of silence for Rickey Ray Rector who was executed in Clinton a Arkansas on Friday night for killing a police officer. Clinton later tackled the Issue head on saying he respected opponents of capital punishment but that he believed it was appropriate in some cases. Clinton promoted the earned income tax credit As a Way to help the working poor. He said he believed that with More education and training most welfare recipients could be a liberated from  and Clinton won loud applause at the close of his remarks when he said that a was a southerners he knew racial politics All too Well and would not allow president Bush or other republicans to play the race card. A there is no them in this country there is Only a us a and we want our government Back and our country Back a Clinton said. A if they try race bashing on me i will Jam it to them and bring this country  Kerrey opened with a powerful account of his Vietnam experience and quotations from the Rev. Martin Luther King. Kerrey a War hero turned protester said that while he could not personally know the pain of homelessness discrimination or joblessness a i know what it s like to have a government save your  later Iowa sen. Tom Harkin said the records in office of his rivals fell Short of traditional democratic ideals. He blamed Clinton for Low ratings for Arkansas in the areas of Job safety and environmental policy while condemning Kerrey for alleged child labor Law violations at restaurants partly owned by the Nebraska senator. Fonner Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas declared Harkin a says we Haven to done enough to help the corporate Structure in this  in his remarks Tsongas promoted his support for human rights abroad and women a minority Gay and lesbian rights at Home a a and said social peace would come Only through economic  sex worker retracts Clinton allegations by the Washington Post Manchester . The fired Arkansas state employee whose unsubstantiated allegations of marital infidelity have dogged Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton a presidential Campaign for two weeks said he was dropping efforts to reinstate the lawsuit in which he had made the claims. A i want to Tell everybody what i did to try to destroy governor Clinton a Nichols said in a signed statement dated saturday. The statement was released by the Clinton  came to us a said George Steph Nopoulos Clinton a Deputy Campaign manager Clinton and his wife Hillary were scheduled to appear sunday night on lbs newsmagazine 60 minutes after the super bowl to answer questions about their marriage and presumably about his Fidelity. In the statement Nichols said he wrongfully accused Clinton of extramarital affairs in a 1990 lawsuit because Nichols believed his firing was unfair. A i never intended it to go this far. I hoped All along that the governor and i could sit Down and talk it out. But it just kept getting bigger and bigger a the statement said. Nichols who was fired in 1988 from a state Job for misuse of government telephones added that since the original tabloid Story based on his allegations was published a several women called asking if i was willing to pay them to say they had an affair with Bill Clinton. This is crazy. One London newspaper is offering a half million dollars for a Story. There Are people out there now who Are going to try to Cash  in August Nichols said in an interview that he had no Concrete evidence of a Dalliance by Clinton but was relying on depositions to be taken from women named in his lawsuit. The suit claimed Clinton had used state funds to finance extramarital romances. A everything in be got is Rumor and innuendo at this Point a Nichols had said at the time. No depositions were Ever taken and news organizations that investigated failed to find evidence to support Nichols  s poor Are victims of toxic Sites experts say Ann Arbor Mich. Apr poor and minority americans Are victims of a environmental racism when their neighbourhoods Are chosen for hazardous waste facilities researchers say. Sixteen studies since the 1980s found income and race to be major factors when dump Sites Are chosen for toxins experts said at the one Day symposium on race poverty and the environment at the University of Michigan. About 300 people attended mainly Law students and environmental scientists. A the evidence is Plain. The pattern is absolutely Clear Quot said Michigan environmental professor Paul Mohai in releasing his own study. The scientists lawyers and activists on the panel said the term a environmental racism is a new name coined for a practice that dates Back to ancient times when garbage was dumped outside cities where poor people lived. 1 killed As Singer Patron Trade gunfire at California nightclub Coachella Calif. Apr a nightclub Singer pulled out a gun and started shooting into the audience Early saturday in response to a Patron who leapt to the stage and shot him said police at this desert Community 100 Miles Southeast of los Angeles. One Man died after being shot on the dance floor and 10 others were injured authorities said. The Singer the gunman and another person were in critical condition. About 400 people were at the Plaza los Arcos dance Hall when Edward Gallegos jumped onto the stage just after Midnight and shot Marcelino Sanchez who uses the stage name Chalino police said. Quot he just jumped up on the stage pulled a gun and shot a said police it. Joseph Murillo. Most of those injured were hit by bullets but some May have been Hurt in the resulting panic said police sgt. Vince Singleterry. Sanchez who was taking requests at the time pulled out his own gun and shot Back. The singers gunfire apparently missed the alleged attacker but May Nave hit Otic people on the dance floor Murillo said. Meanwhile other patrons restrained Gallegos we was shooting toward other people. An unidentified per son grabbed Gallegos gun and snot him Murillo said. Rene Carranza 20, later died at John f. Kennedy me mortal Hospital in Indio said nursing supervisor to Schwartz. A Bullet hit a major artery in Carranza sigh thigh and he had lost a great Deal of blood by the time h reached the Hospital Schwartz said. Sanchez 31, was in critical condition after undergoing surgery at desert Hospital in Palm Springs where Galle gos also was listed in critical condition said nursing Supei visor Efren Vargas. Two others were hospitalized at do sort Hospital one in critical condition and the other in Fai condition Vargas said. Another Man was at John f. Ken Nedy in Good condition Schwartz said