European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday August 24,1994chavis files suit to get his Job Back Baltimore a ousted a act director Beniamin Chavis went to court monday to try to get his Job Back filing a lawsuit that charged his dismissal violated the civil rights organizations bylaws. The suit filed in District of Columbia Superior court asks for an injunction prohibiting the a act from removing Chavis from the $200,000-a-year Posi tips until the matter is resolved. According to the lawsuit Chavis was treated unfairly the nations oldest civil rights organization because its Board a did not satisfy the standards adopted the a act for Chavis said the Board did not properly record its vote to remove him and did not Grant him a proper hearing before his dismissal. The interim head of the National association for the advancement of coloured people moved quickly monday to return the group to its mainstream focus and close any rifts that might Divide the Black Community following Chaviss ouster. A those who believe in the cause of the a act will stick with the a act a said Earl Shinhoster the new interim senior administrator. Shinhoster appearing at a news conference announced a 30-Day membership and fund raising drive to help erase a $2.7 million deficit left Chavis. Chavis was fired saturday the groups Board of directors who objected to the deficit his use of a act funds to Settle a sexual discrimination claim and his overtures to Black nationalists pan africanist and More Radical groups. _ Chaviss Alliance with nation of islam Leader Louis Farrakhan also upset some Board members. Chavis criticized the a act at ally sunday that included Farrakhan and hinted at future division. A Between now and the end of this year Blacks will have to decide which direction the struggle should take a Chavis said at the rally part of a Black leadership Summit from which the a act has distanced itself. On monday about 250 supporters gave Chavis a standing ovation As he walked into the auditorium of an East Baltimore High school for a a town a panel of 10 Black leaders including Chavis said it would not answer questions about his dismissal but would focus instead on issues affecting Black americans such As economic and Community development health care and the Media. A never again will we allow forces outside of our Community to Tell us who we can meet when we can meet and what we can talk about a Chavis told the cheering crowd. After 16 months of being stretched into new directions under Chavis the a act tried monday to snap Back into the moderate shape it has held for much its 85-year history. At his news conference Shinhoster stuck to traditional themes of membership fund raising economic development and voter participation in outlining the focus of his interim administration. He spent 17 years As the a acpt a Southeast regional director and competed with Chavis for the executive directors Post. Ben Andrews jr., Board vice chairman said that while he supported much of what Chavis did his leadership Drew fire and a being Able to withstand that fire became an Issue that affected his management. I done to think he gave enough attention to the dynamics of the politics of the Chavis and Farrakhan criticized the a act on sunday for giving in to corporate sponsors a reference to the Ford foundation decision last week to delay awarding a $250,000 Grant to the a act. P a How can you have a Freedom movement if somebody else is paying for your Freedom a Chavis said sunday. Andrews rejected the allegations of corporate influence and said he suspected Chavis a spoke out of turn or was emotional at the Andrews also said he did not believe Chaviss firing would split the Black Community but conceded time is needed to heal the stars and stripes10 years ago aug. 24,1984 a a United Republican party nominated president Reagan and vice president George Bush to press ahead for a second term and carry on the conservative revolution they began four years ago. 20years ago aug. 24,1974 a the House killed a Compromise Bill that would have increased Vietnam Era veterans education benefits on a technicality then revived those benefits in a new proposal and passed it unanimous iy-30 years ago aug. 24,1964 a the swelling ranks of democrats fretted Over Dixie delegates on the eve of their National convention and word that president Johnson could denied a unanimous nomination. 40years ago aug. 24,1954 a Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told West German leaders that France must now decide whether it is willing to accept the Quot entire responsibility for de straying the european army project. C world War ii50 years ago today aug. 24 1 a 9 a 4 4 German bombers attack. Quot Bucharest to retaliate for Romania a making peace with the soviet Union nazi troops in Romania begin quickly retreating. German soldiers attack in Paris in an unsuccessful Effort to regain control of the French capital free French troops reach the City s outskirts and the americans push across the Seine River at Melun and Monnereau to the East. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smitn publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981gage Star sidelined hopping in crutches sports minded vice president Al Gore pays the Price of playing basketball a bit too hard. In a game saturday he Tore his Achilles Tendon and was hauled off to the Bethesda National naval medical Center in Maryland where he underwent surgery to fuse the split Tendon. He left the Hospital on monday.11 bum to death in 2-Vehide crash Wenatchee Wash. Apr a Chevy Blazer crossed the Center line of a Highway and crashed into a Sedan carrying a family returning from vacation in Mexico killing 11 people state police said. Five victims were children. The collision ruptured the blazers fuel line spewing gasoline on both vehicles and incinerating the Drivers and passengers police said. No one survived the crash late sunday. Authorities did not know whether any of the victims were wearing seat belts. A they were All burned to death so you can to Tell. We even Tell whether they were male or female. It was really grisly a said patrol it. Bob Dale. Authorities said they did no to know How fast the vehicles were travelling or Why the southbound Blazer veered across the Center line into the northbound lanes of . 97-a, just North of this Central Washington City. The weather was Clear and dry at the time. The Blazer was carrying two people nine people including five children ranging in age from 2 to 6, were in the four door Chevy Caprice. A apparently the family went on vacation to Mexico last week or the week before but they were on their Way backs when the Accident occurred Dale said. Killed in the Sedan were Driver Rigoberto n. Pacheco 31 his wife Norma p. Pacheco 27 daughters Norma a., 6, and Lucila a., 4 and sons Rigoberto b., 3, and Daniel m., 2, All of Manson and Hector Sandoval 22, a relative of Norma p. Pacheco a. Two of the passengers remained unidentified monday. The Driver of the Blazer was identified As Danny j. Adamson 18, of Cashmere. Adamsons passenger Wasny to immediately identified. Adamson s sister Tonya was devastated his death. He was returning from Riding Jet skis with friends at Lake Chelan. We were really dose a she said. A the was great. He was just really energetic athletic really popular. He had a lot of Rigoberto Pacheco was a seasonal worker at Blue Chelan inc., a fruit packing House in Chelan general manager Tony Davey said. A the was a Good worker very quiet a Davey said. Activists mourn killer elephant Honolulu apr animal rights activists placed Flowers at the. Site where a rampaging elephant was gunned Down police and a Man who survived the fatal attack praised the officers for saving his life. V a a it a because those officers opened fire that in a alive today a Steve Hirano a publicist with circus International said monday. Hirano suffered a broken foot and cuts when the 9,0q0-Pound elephant named tyke charged through a Chain link Gate. Animal rights activists who began a Vigil for the 21-year-old african elephant on sunday saw the incident in a different Light. They said they would sue the City the circus and the Illinois based Hawthorne corp., which owns the circus elephants. A a this Majestic animal wanted. To free and it fought for its Freedom and it died for it a said Cathy Goeggel president of animal rights Hawaii. The hawaiian humane society opposes use of wild animals As entertainment and plans to investigate the incident. But the group said it supported the officers. V a a a they did what they had to do to protect people but it never should have happened a said Pamela Burns the executive director. Tyke went berserk during circus International a saturday matinee. She tossed a Groom into the ring and was attacking him when Veteran elephant Trainer Allen Campbell tried to Stop her. The elephant crushed Campbell to death. Tyke then broke through the main exit of the circus and went on a 30-minute rampage through City streets before being killed. A necropsy failed to find any illness that would explain the violent behaviour said Thomas Sama of the state department of agriculture. ,
