European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes country music awards thursday May 5,1994 so a file by Jeff Wilson the associated press Universal City Calif. A it was a big night for Garth Brooks at the Academy of country music awards but it was an even bigger night for him at a Nashville tenn., Hospital. Moments before he was named entertainer of the year for the fourth straight time and his we shall be free video picked As Best of the year tuesday night Brooks wife Sandy gave birth to a 9-Pound, 3-ounce girl August Anna. Quot if Garth Brooks thinks being with his wife when she shaving a baby is More important than a piece of plastic and Metal i done to know where his values Are a Jay Leno joked As he held the trophy for the absent Winner. Leno in a Blue rhinestone suit and Cowboy hat strode onstage near the end of the 29th annual cer. Emony to announce the top entertainer just after producer  Clark told the audience about the couples second child. Alan Jackson did double duty As one of the shows Host 5 and As a Winner of two trophies for Best single and Best album a Well it sure takes the Edge off that hosting Job i la Tell you that a a he told a cheering audience after collecting the Best single award for his foot stomp ing summer fun. Tune Chattahoochee. He got the top album award for a lot about living Janda Little a bout love. Jackson and co Host Reba Mcentire were the nights most nominated performers with seven nods each from the 4,400-member Academy. Mcentire went Home empty handed. Naomi Judd accepted the female vocalist trophy for her daughter Wynonna who was bedridden with Back trouble. Kentucky newcomer John Michael Montgomery pulled in two trophies for new male vocalist and top song for / love the Way you love me. Quot it feels heavy and Nice i like it a Montgomery said clutching a trophy backstage. Vince Gill won his second consecutive male vocalist award. Merle Haggard who has won 15 awards from the Academy of country music More than anyone else presented it. The six member band Little Texas named after a Road South of Nashville that was known decades ago a As an outlaw hideaway was named Best vocal group. This group is Best known for its hit single my love. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn Riding the popularity of their album hard Workin Man won their Sec Brooks Faith Hill holds up her trophy for Best new female vocalist and Clint Black entertains the crowd. Gill Judd Jackson plus other top winners by the associated press Here Are the winners of major awards at the 29th annual Academy of country music awards entertainer Garth Brooks. Male vocalist Vince Gill. Female vocalist Wynonna Judd group Little Texas. Duet Brooks amp Dunn. New male vocalist John Michael Montgom Ety. A a. A new female vocalist Faith Hill. New vocal group or duet Gibson Miller band. Single record Chattahoochee Alan Jackson. Song j love the Way you love acc John Michael Montgomery. Album a lot about Livin a and a Little a bout love Alan Jackson. Video we shall be free Garth Brooks. Other awards Pioneer Charley Pride career achievement John Anderson radio station Knix in Phoenix disc jockey Tim hattrick and Willy d. Loon of Kyle radio in Phoenix country night club Toolie a country in Phoenix top promoter Bill Bachand of or. Bill presents in Phoenix. Instrumental category winners Bass Glenn Worf Drums Eddie Bayers fiddle Mark of Connor guitar Brent Mason keyboard Matt Rollings specially instrument Terry Mcmillan percussion Harmonica steel guitar Jay Dee Maness. Ond consecutive duet award Mississippi a Faith Hill was picked Best new female vocalist. She has the hit single piece of my heart. The five member Gibson Miller band picked up the trophy for Best new vocal group or duet. Singer Charley Pride won the noncompetitive Pioneer award and Singer John Anderson was Given the noncompetitive career achievement award. At by Steven a Holmes new York times Washington in a backlash against the recent fiery speeches at Howard University by Khalid Muhammad of the nation of islam the United negro College fund is being flooded with threats to Boycott fund raising for Black colleges officials say Quot we have received some pretty Nasty hate mail that has condemned All Black students calling them All racists and saying a what Good is education if All Black students Are emerging As racists and ,1 a said William h. Gray Iii president of the College fund. Quot we have received letters that have attacked Black colleges and have basically said they Are Breeding grounds for  Gray a former congressman from Philadelphia said he had so far not seen any reduction in contributions to the fund which raised $59 million last year for 41 historically and predominantly Black colleges around the country. But he said he was concerned that All Black colleges and their students would be stereotyped Over the actions of some people who attended two rallies at Howard this year. Interestingly Howard is not a member of the 50-year-old College fund. At the Howard rallies in Washington d.c., Muhammad expressed admiration for Colin Ferguson the jamaican immigrant who is charged with killing six people on a Long Island commuter train in december and said he would not be deterred by criticism of his opinions on Whites and jews. The threat of a Boycott illustrates both the difficulties that contentious remarks have caused some predominantly Black organizations and the tendency of some Whites not to differentiate among Black institutions some say Gray said there was a double Standard at work in the debate. On the one hand critics argue that administrators of Black colleges and universities should not provide a forum for people who preach an anti White anti jewish message Gray explained. On the other the vast majority of appearances by nation of islam speakers in recent years have been at predominantly White universities he said a list compiled by the anti defamation league indicates that of 55 appearances of nation of islam speakers on campuses since 1988, Only three were at historically Black colleges. Quot nobody is saying Columbia University a a hotbed of anti semitism because khad spoke there a Gray said. Muhammad spoke at the University in new York in 1990 and 1992, according to the list. Watchdog accuses scholarship test of Bias toward boys Cambridge mass. Up nearly three out of every five National Merit scholarships awarded this Spring will go to boys even though girls earn better grades in High school and College a private educational watchdog group said wednesday. The findings appear to support a Federal discrimination complaint filed ear Lier this year against the scholarships testers by the National Center for fair and open testing. The complaint charges the National Merit scholarship qualifying test which is taken each year by an estimated 1.1 million High school students is biased Iri favor of boys with its fast paced multiple Choice format. At stake is $25 million awarded each year to top High school students across the nation. The test is prepared by the College Board and educational testing service which also does the National assessment of educational Progress a the nations annual report card a for the government. If the lest is found to discriminate the testing service could lose its w Grants and contracts including the million assessment Cambridge based fairest said its s vey of nearly 16,000 semifinalists in 1 year s National Merit scholarship com tuition showed 57.1 percent were toys it 38.6 were girls. The rest could not determined by the students names it Sai it