New Pittsburgh Courier back issues from December 1998:
The View From Row V: Holiday holdout
Dec 02, 1998; ... The View From Row V: Holiday holdout Deepak Karamcheti 'Tis the season for giving thanks and sharing joy. It is a time when all of us reflect on the past year and look ahead to the next. It is a time for love, for sharing, for demanding a multi-zillion dollar contract. It ...
Bill's Book: Nursing home care in Pennsylvania
Dec 02, 1998; ... Bill's Book: Nursing home care in Pennsylvania Bill Robinson According to Pennsylvania's Department of Health, every nursing home resident in Pennsylvania is entitled to quality care, safety from physical and emotional abuse and a periodic accounting of their personal fund money ...
Center City: Murphy's law
Dec 02, 1998; ... Center City: Murphy's law Sonya M. Toler There's a law of nature that says anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. That's what happened with the mayor's plan to push through Plan B funding by hook or by crook. Mostly by crook. The elected officials who supported ...
Mother, daughter new pageant owners: Former Miss Pittsburgh title winner now co-owner
Dec 02, 1998; ... Mother, daughter new pageant owners: Former Miss Pittsburgh title winner now co-owner by Treshea N. Wade Courier Staff Writer For two years, they have talked about how they would operate their own beauty pageant. Now, their dream has come true. Michele Alexander ...
From volunteer to business owner
Dec 02, 1998; ... From volunteer to business owner by Khadija Woods For New Pittsburgh Courier Elijah Walker's dedication to "give back" to his community, the Hill District, inspired him to start his own information services business. It all started in 1996 when Walker quit his job ...
Seniors have more options now than before
Dec 02, 1998; ... Seniors have more options now than before by Jeanne Johnson For New Pittsburgh Courier Many options are available today to cope with life's transitions in later years. These run the gamut from senior community centers to home health care, retirement centers, assisted ...
Initiative on health, violence commendable
Dec 05, 1998 ... Initiative on health, violence commendable Health alert. A large group of Americans are in jeopardy. Infant mortality rates for African-Americans still are 2-1/2 times that of the majority population. African-Americans are much more likely to contract diabetes, heart disease, prostate ...
Buffalo Soldiers deserve recognition
Dec 02, 1998 ... Buffalo Soldiers deserve recognition "Bully" for Teddy, but what about the Buffalo Soldiers? President Clinton recently signed a bill that forces the U.S. Army to reconsider a snub rendered more than 100 years ago on then-Col. Theodore Roosevelt when it refused to award him with the ...
McDonald legislation to curb TIF spending
Dec 02, 1998; ... McDonald legislation to curb TIF spending by Sonya M. Toler Courier Staff Writer Pittsburgh Councilwoman Valerie McDonald wants to put some checks and balances on the city's ability to use a creative financing tool for economic development. During the Dec. 1 ...
Carn-Robinson bill helped stall Plan B
Dec 02, 1998; ... Carn-Robinson bill helped stall Plan B by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer Plan B now sits on the sidelines, awaiting another chance to get into the legislative game when the state assembly convenes its 1999 session Jan. 5. Part of the measure's downfall ...
African-American women's health conference `a healthy success'
Dec 02, 1998; ... African-American women's health conference `a healthy success' by Marilyn J. Kondwani For New Pittsburgh Courier Over 225 women gathered Nov. 14 for the "Sister To Sister: Getting to the Heart and Soul Conference" dedicated to promoting the prevention of hypertension, ...
Why Republicans can win Black votes
Dec 02, 1998; ... Why Republicans can win Black votes Earl Ofari Hutchinson With the gloomy prospect of more political carnage in 2000, many Republicans claim that they will reach out to Black voters. But they probably won't because they believe that Blacks are inherently Democrats, liberals and ...
France says do it yourself
Dec 02, 1998 ... France says do it yourself PARIS--France's president urged African nations last week to do their own peacekeeping, an abrupt departure from past practices that put the burden on France and other Western nations. President Jacques Chirac's proposal officially opened a summit of ...
Carn-Robinson bill helped stall Plan B: House holds vote until late January
Dec 02, 1998; ... Carn-Robinson bill helped stall Plan B: House holds vote until late January by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer So what's Plan D? That may be the most important question now that the state House of Representatives closed this year's legislative session, ...
Douglas `kicking' fear into WPIAL soccer foes
Dec 05, 1998; ... Douglas `kicking' fear into WPIAL soccer foes by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer To look at him off the field, you might not be afraid of Louis Douglas III. After all, he looks to be yet another tall and lanky teenager, pretty much unassuming and ...
Court denies home rule injunction: Ucheomumu vows to continue fight
Dec 05, 1998; ... Court denies home rule injunction: Ucheomumu vows to continue fight by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer Allegheny County Common Pleas judges Robert P. Horgos and James H. McLean denied a motion by three Black men to grant a preliminary injunction and halt the ...
`New Jack' preacher out to make a difference: Macedonia Baptist's youth pastor works to the beat of a different drum
Dec 05, 1998; ... `New Jack' preacher out to make a difference: Macedonia Baptist's youth pastor works to the beat of a different drum by Khadija Woods For New Pittsburgh Courier Pastor Andrew Lee is organizing a crusade to save Pittsburgh's young people. As the new youth pastor at ...
Giants' Gray experiences history firsthand
Dec 05, 1998 ... Giants' Gray experiences history firsthand For New York Giants cornerback Carlton Gray, a lesson in history is never far away. Gray's grandfather is Benjamin Hooks, the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1977-93 and a ...
Naval men receive overdue honor at Arlington
Dec 05, 1998 ... Naval men receive overdue honor at Arlington ARLINGTON, Va.--Highranking officers planted a tree in Arlington cemetery recently in honor of the stewards, cooks and messmen who served in the Navy when African-American and Asian-Pacific sailors were relegated to positions of ...
Strike closes Wilkinsburg schools: Teachers haven't had contract in five years
Dec 05, 1998; ... Strike closes Wilkinsburg schools: Teachers haven't had contract in five years by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer Nearly five years after their contract expired and a day after their latest contract proposal was rejected for the second time, Wilkinsburg School ...
`Knowing you've done a good job is what counts': Elaine Effort, over 20 years of quality radio news reporting
Dec 05, 1998; ... `Knowing you've done a good job is what counts': Elaine Effort, over 20 years of quality radio news reporting by Genea Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier The radio station at KQV is a hub of activity at 9:15 a.m. as veteran news reporter Elaine Effort prepares for her work ...
To Tell The Truth: Need still exists for NAACP
Dec 05, 1998; ... To Tell The Truth: Need still exists for NAACP Louis `Hop' Kendrick For over two decades I was an active member of the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP. I was privileged to work with a number of people who, by their actions, demonstrated how much they loved the NAACP. Most ...
Zimbabwe to bring fugitive Banana back
Dec 05, 1998 ... Zimbabwe to bring fugitive Banana back Fugitive and former Zimbabwean President Canaan Banana would be brought back to the country if he is found in South Africa, where he was reportedly seen, a senior Zimbabwean government official said. The official, who didn't want to be ...
State NAACP probes Stevens
Dec 05, 1998; ... State NAACP probes Stevens by Treshea N. Wade Courier Staff Writer The NAACP state board is looking into allegations that Pittsburgh Branch President Tim Stevens went against procedures during November's election. "There have been (election) problems throughout ...
`Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis'
Dec 09, 1998 ... `Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis By Jack Chambers. Da Capo Press, $21.95. The ultimate book on the life and work of Miles Davis (1926-1991) gives such a complete account of the legendary trumpet-player that Davis himself "borrowed" large sections of it for his ...
Downsized, Reid starts own business
Dec 09, 1998; ... Downsized, Reid starts own business by Treshea N. Wade Courier Staff Writer The constant flow of customers in and out of Reid-Tech Automotive Services means one thing: The shop is always busy, and that is just the way the owner likes it. Dennis Reid, 41, admits it ...
Will promises be kept?
Dec 09, 1998 ... Will promises be kept? "If I am elected, blah, blah, blah ..." We--and you--have heard it all before, incessantly. The votes have been counted and decisions have been made. Now, comes the interesting part--will the politicians hold to their campaign promises, or ...
Center City: One is too many
Dec 09, 1998; ... Center City: One is too many Sonya M. Toler Now that the Pittsburgh School District has reorganized and Ron Suber has returned for a third time to the position of president, all nine board members need to understand one thing: Our district is in trouble. This is not the ...
Wilkinsburg appeals removal of `distressed community' status
Dec 09, 1998; ... Wilkinsburg appeals removal of `distressed community' status by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer The resurgence of Wilkinsburg may be in jeopardy if a Commonwealth Court judge does not reverse the state's decision to remove the borough's "distressed community" ...
`It's a miracle I was elected': Suber wins school board presidency after record 10 ballots
Dec 09, 1998; ... `It's a miracle I was elected': Suber wins school board presidency after record 10 ballots by Treshea N. Wade Courier Staff Writer The leadership of the Pittsburgh Board of Education is in new hands--but it wasn't easy getting there. According to school district ...
`American Life' on display at Frick Art Museum
Dec 12, 1998 ... `American Life' on display at Frick Art Museum PITTSBURGH--William Sidney Mount (1807-1868) was the first American-born artist to achieve widespread fame for his paintings of "ordinary people leading ordinary lives." Yankee farmers, rustic dancers, country musicians, and mischievous ...
Maxie, Mills begin second careers with Panthers
Dec 12, 1998 ... Maxie, Mills begin second careers with Panthers The trademark of success in the short history of the Carolina Panthers--highlighted by a trip to the 1996 NFC Championship game in the club's second season--has been strong veteran leadership. This season the Panthers have ...
Zambia leads Congo peace efforts: Kabila calls South Africa `U.S. puppets'
Dec 12, 1998 ... Zambia leads Congo peace efforts: Kabila calls South Africa `U.S. puppets' SOUTH AFRICA--Zambia is leading efforts to forge agreement on a truce in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo before a summit in Lusaka next week, Organization of African Unity head Salim Ahmed Salim said ...
CRB says city won't provide police reports
Dec 12, 1998; ... CRB says city won't provide police reports by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer The Citizen Police Review Board got down to business during their December meeting, but problems in obtaining supplemental police reports prevent the seven-member panel from functioning ...
Reaching the upper echelon of his career: Earl Woodyard proves Blacks can do the job if given the chance
Dec 12, 1998; ... Reaching the upper echelon of his career: Earl Woodyard proves Blacks can do the job if given the chance by Genea Webb For New Pittsburgh Courier Assistant Police Chief Earl D. Woodyard Jr. has reached the top of his career, and is looking forward to retirement although ...
To Tell The Truth: Religion or old-time religion?
Dec 12, 1998; ... To Tell The Truth: Religion or old-time religion? Louis `Hop' Kendrick Very often, people who have no religious affiliation have a tendency to call radio programs, write letters, sit in barber shops, etc., and criticize organized religion. Let's dismiss these people because I ...
NAACP board installation Dec. 15
Dec 12, 1998 ... NAACP board installation Dec. 15 The Pittsburgh Branch NAACP will hold an installation service for the 1999 Executive Committee officers and members Dec. 15, 7 p.m., at Bethel AME Church, 2720 Webster Ave., Hill District. The service is open to the branch's general ...
Original gift ideas: Neighborhood stores offer Afrocentric holiday choices
Dec 12, 1998; ... Original gift ideas: Neighborhood stores offer Afrocentric holiday choices by Lisa L. McNair Courier Staff Writer Christmas is a time of utter confusion, an anxiety attack waiting to happen, a pure and unavoidable shopping nightmare. Every year, shoppers rush to ...
Guillaume returns to TV in hit `Sports Night'
Dec 12, 1998; ... Guillaume returns to TV in hit `Sports Night' by Darlene Donloe For New Pittsburgh Courier Robert Guillaume doesn't view himself as an actor. Not as a good actor anyway. He views himself as lucky. Luckily, he's alone in his appraisal. Guillaume is one of ...
Study: Students taking unethical shortcuts
Dec 12, 1998 ... Study: Students taking unethical shortcuts FOREST, ILL.--Four out of five teens at the top of their classes say they got there the easy way, according to this year's poll of students honored in "Who's Who Among American High School Students." A full 80 percent admit to having cheated ...
Dawida must lead on diversity issues
Dec 12, 1998 ... Dawida must lead on diversity issues Leadership trickles down from the top of any organizational flow chart. This concept has been missed by Allegheny County Board of Commissioners Chairman Michael Dawida and Commissioner Robert Cranmer. Responding to a request from Allegheny ...
Integration pioneer speaks at Shady Side Academy
Dec 12, 1998; ... Integration pioneer speaks at Shady Side Academy by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer It was 1960. The country was in a state of turmoil as segregationists and civil rights activists battled daily over equal opportunity. There were marches and protests, ...
McKees Rocks Terrace residents want new homes, not promises
Dec 12, 1998; ... McKees Rocks Terrace residents want new homes, not promises Treshea N. Wade Courier Staff Writer The residents of McKees Rocks Terrace are tired of waiting. For years, the public housing residents have worked to revitalize the streets of their community, ridding ...
`Sacred Bond...'
Dec 16, 1998 ... `Sacred Bond ...' "Black Men and Their Mothers" (Little, Brown and Company; $25 hardcover) is like the best kind of family reunion: It serves up a feast of family stories and photographs, and everyone who participates feels both moved and amused, nostalgic and proud. In the revealing ...
Mission: Increase economic activity; North Side Civic Development Council helps cultivate business start-ups
Dec 16, 1998; ... Mission: Increase economic activity; North Side Civic Development Council helps cultivate business start-ups by Tawanda W. Johnson For New Pittsburgh Courier Juan Garrett is in the business of helping business owners flourish on the North Side. As finance director ...
The View From Row V: Life is hard
Dec 16, 1998; ... The View From Row V: Life is hard Deepak Karamcheti It must be hard being a professional basketball player these days. I would maybe go so far as to call it a pure, unenviable, unadulterated hell. I pity professional basketball players, or at least those in the ...
Republicans shouldn't fear an accurate census
Dec 16, 1998; ... Republicans shouldn't fear an accurate census Earl Ofari Hutchinson It was probably inevitable that the Supreme Court would be asked to settle the squabble over how Americans should be counted. Clinton and the Republicans have battled over the census ever since it was revealed ...
Center City: Play together
Dec 16, 1998; ... Center City: Play together High on the holiday wish list of most pre-teens and teens this holiday season are video games. The more violent, the more blood and gore, the better. Names such as "Duke Nukem," "Die by the Sword" and "Cardinal Syn" are among the popular games ...
Aston celebrates 100th birthday
Dec 16, 1998; ... Aston celebrates 100th birthday by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer If Amelia Aston knows the secret of long life, she's not telling anyone. Among a crowd of friends, family and neighbors at Wilkins House in Wilkinsburg, Aston celebrated her 100th birthday ...
Wilkinsburg teachers return to classes
Dec 16, 1998; ... Wilkinsburg teachers return to classes by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer Classes resumed for the first time in two weeks in the Wilkinsburg School District, but it is unclear whether they will remain in session or if teachers in the eastern borough will resume ...
`In the Garden of our Dreams'
Dec 16, 1998 ... `In the Garden of our Dreams' Award winning author, Shirlee Taylor Haizlip published "The Sweeter The Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White" in 1994. "The Sweeter The Juice" won the inaugural Simon Wisenthal Center Book Award, the Gustavus Myers Center Human Rights Award and earned ...
Women's health care research targets elderly
Dec 16, 1998 ... Women's health care research targets elderly With the aging of America's population, much research has focused on one of the most mystical and misunderstood times in women's lives--menopause. Once shrouded in myth and shied away from, only recently have there been inroads in ...
Broncos, Vikings continue to roll over NFL opponents
Dec 09, 1998 ... Broncos, Vikings continue to roll over NFL opponents On just another routine Sunday in the NFL, the Denver Broncos won and there was another officiating controversy. Well, it wasn't that routine for the Broncos. The Broncos joined the 1934 Bears and the 1972 Dolphins as ...
`Walking Through Mirrors'
Dec 09, 1998 ... `Walking Through Mirrors' By Brian Keith Jackson. Pocket Books, $23. Jackson's awardwinning de-but novel, "The View From Here" established him as an important young talent in American fiction. Now in his much anticipated second novel, he returns to the rural South to tell the bittersweet ...
Break the conspiracy of silence
Dec 09, 1998; ... Break the conspiracy of silence Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson It was the week before this year's World AIDS Day, Dec. 1 and the young Black minister worked his congregation into a near frenzy as he railed against the evils of drugs, alcohol, tobacco and adultery. But he got the ...
Burundian refugees head for new life in United States
Dec 09, 1998 ... Burundian refugees head for new life in United States TANZANIA--Oscar Niyiragira would love more than anything for his family to be able to go home to Burundi, but returning to his ethnically segregated homeland would mean almost certain death. Instead, Niyiragira, his wife and ...
`I did nothing wrong'...or `improper': Stevens calls election allegations `foolish stories of lies and deception'
Dec 09, 1998; ... `I did nothing wrong' ... Or `improper': Stevens calls election allegations `foolish stories of lies and deception' by Treshea N. Wade Courier Staff Writer Pittsburgh Branch NAACP President Tim Stevens dismissed allegations that he ran an unethical reelection campaign as ...
`I Am Jackie Chan, My Life In Action'
Dec 09, 1998 ... `I Am Jackie Chan, My Life In Action' By Jackie Chan with Jeff Yang, Ballantine Publishing, $24.95. As one of the biggest stars to burst into U.S. theaters, Jackie Chan has put America's hottest heroes to shame, wowing audiences with the breathless, death-defying stunts that are the ...
A very reachable, commendable goal
Dec 09, 1998 ... A very reachable, commendable goal America's penal institutions are jam-packed with inmates whose only crime was getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong (illegal drug) substance in their possession. Countless persons living behind bars are hapless ...
The View From Row V: Graduation anyone?
Dec 09, 1998; ... The View From Row V: Graduation anyone? Deepak Karamcheti I had this crazy notion when I went to college, a notion instilled in me by fear of my parents and fear of failure. It was a notion I carried with me through my four years on campus, through frat parties and bar ...
How parents can help educate their kids during school strike
Dec 09, 1998; ... How parents can help educate their kids during school strike by Deepak Karamcheti Courier Staff Writer A contract dispute between teachers and the Wilkinsburg School District has parents wondering when their children will resume classes. According to one local ...
ALCOSAN board may remain all white: Roddey asks commissioners to appoint a Black
Dec 09, 1998; ... ALCOSAN board may remain all white: Roddey asks commissioners to appoint a Black by Sonya M. Toler Courier Staff Writer One of the final items on the agenda for Allegheny County commissioners Michael Dawida and Robert Cranmer this year will be making two appointments to ...
Bill's Book: Student credit card debt
Dec 16, 1998; ... Bill's Book: Student credit card debt During the recently concluded session of the General Assembly, I introduced comprehensive legislation aimed at strengthening Pennsylvania's laws regarding credit theft by tightening restrictions on the buying and selling of people's personal credit ...
Happy 27th anniversary - and keep on PUSHing
Dec 16, 1998 ... Happy 27th anniversary--and keep on PUSHing We remember it well, very well. The "baby" was born on a cold December morn and the proud parents were Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and some key aides. It was a shock to some, a surprise to many, but a welcome addition to the civil rights ...
Puerto Rico says `No!' to statehood
Dec 16, 1998 ... Puerto Rico says `No!' to statehood PUERTO RICO--Puerto Ricans have rejected statehood in a vote that appeared to reaffirm a desire to retain U.S. citizenship and federal aid while enjoying some of the trappings of an independent nation. Final results of a nonbinding referendum ...