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Associated Press
| HOUSTON — Security was being
tightened at Houston’s Islamic mos-
oues after a pipebomb ripped
tnrough a Moslem pra; er room over
the weekend in what officials believe
was retaliation for the American
ostage incident in Lebanon.
Police said witnesses reported see
ing a man speeding awa) in a pickup
tick jelling “We did it, we did it,’’
after the bomb went off late Satur-
g J da; at the Daar Us Salaam mosque
in a shopping center in southwest
be about a'^ ouston -
“We believe this was an emotional
action b; an unknowledgeable
rson who doesn’t know who he is
talitating against,” said Sa; ed Go-
Bah, president of the Islamic Societ;
of Greater Houston.
1 Two homemade bombs exploded
at 11:30 p.m. Saturda;, an hour af
ter worshippers had finished their
evening pra; ers and left the mos
que, authorities said. No one was
hurt but damage was estimated at
$50,000.
Houston Fire Department senior
arson investigator Bill Sammons,
however, said it was uncertain
whether the bomb was a reaction to
the Beirut hostage situation.
“We’ve had a pipe-bomber in that
area for three months,” Sammons
said. “Whether he decided to hit the
mosque because of Lebanon, who
knows?”
Societ; officials sa; their group,
which includes 30,000 Moslems and
six mosques in Houston, has been
the target of numerous telephone
threats in the past week.
But Gomah said the group is non
political and has no ties to the Shiite
Moslems who are holding the Amer
icans in Lebanon.
“When it comes to Moslems, the
American public is ignorant,” Go
mah said. “People think that all Mos
lems are like (Iranian A; atollah)
Khomeini, which is not the case.
“We are Americans, we love
America, and we are part of Amer
ica. We are not affiliated with an;
foreign organization,” he said.
Associated Press
DALLAS — U.S. Labor Secretar;
William Brock, faced Monda; with
the job of representing the Reagan
administration before the NAACP
convention, defended his depart
ment’s efforts to put black teen-ag
ers to work.
Brock, praised b; NAACP Exec
utive Director Benjamin L. Hooks as
an official whose door is alwa; s open
to minorities, challenged charges
that Reagan ignores minorities and
is “turning back”, the civil rights
clock.
“I think there have been missed
opportunities for communication”
between the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
and the administration, Brock said
in a news conference after his noon
speech to convention delegates.
“I don’t believe there’s an; one
who believes Ronald Reagan doesn’t
want the maximum opportunit; for
ever; one in the countr;,” Brock
said.
When asked if he agreed with the
administration’s handling of civil
rights issues, he said, “The president
appointed me. I share his views.”
Tension during questioning b; re
porters in the press room — where
Hooks shared the podium with
Brock and listened as his own words
attacking Reagan were repeated —
contrasted sharpl; with Brock’s ear
lier speech.
Brock’s talk received polite
applause at the Dallas Convention
Center ballroom, Brock had spoken
of a need to curb teen-age unem
ployment, which he said has climbed
as high as 50 percent among blacks
and steadily increased over the past
30 years.
In his ke; note address Sunda;
night, Hooks blasted the Reagan ad
ministration and accused it of “open
hostilit; to equal rights.”
But on Monda;, Brock side
stepped the controvers;, sa; ing he
wouldn’t get into a “debate with the
Justice department” or an; other de
partment at odds with the NAACP,
which is holding its 76th annual
meeting.
Brock focused on the Labor De
partment’s efforts to solve the prob
lem of out-of-work ; outh.
“The; are in this horrible Catch-
22,” Brock said. “The; don’t have a
job because the; don’t have experi
ence. The; can’t get experience be
cause the; can’t get ajob.
Brock pointed to the new Job
Training Partnership Act, which re
placed the Comprehensive Emplo; -
ment Training Act as the federal
jobs-training program for ; outh, as
a significant step. He said JTPA has
doubled the number of job place
ments after training.
He also said a planned “; outh
wage,” a reduced minimum wage for
teen-agers during the summer
months to encourage emplo; ers to
hire them, will also put teen-agers to
work.
Restrictions will keep the program
from displacing adult workers, as
some labor and minorit; leaders
fear, and “400,000 new jobs” will be
created, Brock said.
At the end of the news confer
ence, Hooks placed his arm on
Brock’s shoulder and said he’d
known Brock for 20 ; ears.
“Without asking ; ou to commit
; ourself, when ; ou sit in that cabinet
meeting chair, let all the rest of them
know we’re still here,” Hooks said.
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DALLAS — A sample of Mexi-
can-st;le cheese found in the refrig
erator of a Fort Worth woman who
died last week was contaminated
with the bacteria that ma; be linked
to 43 deaths, federal authorities said
Monda;.
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