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■ 1994 J ory 2rs Super wboys ampi- e San e NTPC A'ith a iunday Green i inter- id un- d divi- 64,790 :he San Sunday : in the e Lad)' i strug- 75-74. 5-poirt behind irough 1 Mari' d a ca ts on 6- •shnia 11 led her d Erica d 18 in ia Hen- a knee ruin' i thre® ■°*c~ Monday, January 17,1994 The Baitalion Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. Several events planned by state for MLK holiday The Associated Press Parades, recitals and addresses by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and a former United Na tions ambassador are among the activities planned around Texas to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King, a Baptist minister, would have been 65 Saturday. The na tional holiday is Monday. King preached "nonviolent resistance, and in 1964 won the Nobel peace prize for leading the blacks' civil rights struggle in a nonviolent manner. Despite his anti-violence stance King was gunned down April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tenn. He died at age 39. In honor of his holiday, Ms. Reno will visit sites in Port Arthur and Fort Worth Monday. She'll address the American Cele bration of Civil Rights in Port Arthur in the morning, and the Martin Luther King Multipurpose Center in Fort Worth in the after noon. The Dallas Park and Recreation Department is sponsoring several activities, many of them for chil dren, to mark the day. The celebra tion includes free refreshments, films about Dr. King, art and essay contests and a parade. A dance recital and basketball tournament are scheduled for later in the night. Admission to all events is free. In San Antonio, the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom March is scheduled to proceed along Martin Luther King Drive. In Plano, Andrew Young will be the featured speaker Tuesday at a Martin Luther King Day pro gram called "Capitalizing on Dr. King's Dream ... Winning Togeth er." Young, the longtime mayor of Atlanta, is the co-chairman of the Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games. He is also a former United Nations ambassador. Several have already spoken out or paid tribute to King. In San Antonio Saturday, a rally organizer said an undying opti mism has sustained minorities in the 30 years since King led his march. "One of the things most minori ty populations have is a thing called hope," said Nancy Bohman, chairwoman of the 1994 Martin Luther King March. "They say to themselves, "Most things are go ing to get better. I'm going to get better, and the world will get bet ter.'" On Friday, the Rev. Gardner Calvin Taylor, dubbed by Newsweek magazine as "the dean of African-American preachers," said King would "weep that we've done so little with the dream he left us." Page 9 !$18 AUTHORIZED DRIVING SCHOOL DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASSES *18 Ticket Dismissal J $ 18. 00 With this coupon Insurance Discount ^ 0 Every Sunday At Post Oak Mall For Info or Reservations _ S 1 o 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Call: 1-800-767-3677 *18 UP! The Rev. Martin Luther King jr. leads a Civil Rights march through downtown Detroit in June 1963. Officials say many people see King holiday as day for blacks flcapnko & Cancan \ii' V- i i ^ 4¥ ^ from $329 plus tax ITS TOURS & TRAVEL 1055 Texas Ave. / College Station 764-9400 / 1-800-533-8688 HOLIDAY EXPRESS (800) 235-TRIP The Associated Press ATLANTA — This ninth annual holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. still finds supporters of the observance struggling to win credibility for King Day. All 50 states are observing the holiday Monday. But most companies do not give workers the day off. Sup porters say part of the reason is the holiday is per ceived as a day for blacks. "That's a perception we need to change," said Alan Minton, director of the Martin Luther King Federal Commission in Atlanta, which was created to encour age observance of the day. "There's no need for the federal government, the state government and corpo rations to give off a day if it just belongs to just one group." "The white community has not embraced the holi day as much as they possibly could, but they certainly are embracing it more and more," he said. A survey in 1990 found that only 18 percent of For tune 500 companies observed King Day. That number is slowly increasing, Minton said. "Every year we do see some progress in the obser vance of the holiday," said Greg Moses, a spokesman for the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, the center led by Mrs. King. "Consider ing that it's been less than 10 years since the holiday began, I think we're reasonably pleased with the progress but hope things can continue to improve." A spot check of a several corporations found that General Motors and Atlanta-based Coca-Cola observe the holiday, while IBM, AT&T, and Turner Broadcast ing System allow workers to take the day off as a per sonal holiday. "Just as we think Columbus Day is an important day and Abraham Lincoln is an important day, so is Martin Luther King Day," said Burke Stinson, a spokesman for AT&T. "Our employees seem to appre ciate the option of picking and choosing what holiday of a religious nature or civic nature they may so chose." Stinson estimated that 10 percent of AT&T's work force takes King Day off. "King Day came after all these other days and how many days do you add before you deduct from vaca tion and sick days?" asked Jon Goodman, director of the Entrepreneur Program at the University of South ern California School of Business Administration and an expert on business practices. "If you look at the 18 percent that do give the Mar tin Luther King Day off, you will find there is another holiday they are not getting off." Kaspin Alii, an associate professor of business at Clark Atlanta University business school, said money is the issue. "If they give the day off, they still must pay em ployees," Alii said. In attempt to increase the popularity of the holiday, supporters are suggesting King Day is a time for com munity service. King's widow, Coretta Scott King, says the nation must confront businesses that promote violence, rang ing from gun makers to video arcades, in order to re duce violent crime. "We must recognize that while violence is ultimate ly committed by individuals, it is promoted and en couraged by a massive violence industry," Mrs. King wrote in an article published in Sunday's editions of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 1 -ON Discount^ Office Supplies I n I Insulated Drink Holder any PAPER MATE. OFFICE PRODUCTS purchase. 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