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Clinton will replace that dollar limit with an equation that will en able families with little equity in their cars to qualify for food stamps, no mat ter the total value of the car. To figure a car’s equity, the govern ment will subtract outstanding loans from the car’s fair market value. If the equity value is less than $1,000, the car would be irrelevant toward detennining food stamp eligibility. The White House estimates the change will help 150,000 people own a car over five years. Two-thirds of all new jobs are now "If you want more people to work, you've got to help them get to work." CLINTON created in suburbs, but three-quarters of welfare recipients live in rural areas or central cities where public transit sys tems are often sketchy or nonexistent. The White House estimates that even in metropolitan areas with extensive tran sit systems, fewer than half the entry- level jobs are accessible by transit. “It doesn’t take Einstein to figure out that transportation is critical to matching the available work force with the avail able jobs,” Clinton said. The White House cites a recent Ur ban Institute study that shows twice as many welfare recipients with cars were working than those without cars. The food stamp program, which benefits 19 million people, is ex pected to cost $21.2 billion in 2001, up $ 1.4 billion from this year. The food stamp rule change, which does not require approval from Congress, goes along with a proposal in Clinton’s 2001 budget that the White House estimates would benefit 245,000 people over — five years. If Congress agrees, each state could set a different automobile limit for food stamps and key the amount to what they now permit in their respective welfare programs, federal officials say. Some states place no limit on the val ue of a welfare recipient’s car. In many states, the limit ranges from $7,000 to $9,000. The change would cost taxpay ers an estimated $132 million a year. Civil righ stand gain recognitiu iursday, Febi m ip) News in Brief Prison riot curbed CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) — Guards shot nine inmates, killing one, during a riot Wednesday at one of the state’s toughest maximum- security prisons, a spokesman said. The half-hour melee at Pelican Bay State Prison involved about 200 inmates using handmade weapons, Lt. Ben Grundy said. He did not know what sparked the vio lence, but believes it could have been a racial incident. Inmates stabbed each other while guards used tear gas and pep per spray to try to control them be fore they began firing, Grundy said. One of the eight wounded inmates was in critical condition, he said, but he would not give details on the na ture of the other inmates’ injuries. Deliberations begin for NYPD cops trial ATLANTA (AP) - who refused induction intottiC; in the 1960s because the al draft board wouldn’t address “Mr.” was returning totheli States for the first time in 39; Wednesday after receiving dential pardon. Preston King, 63, fledhisfe town of Albany, Ga., in 1961 afe ing sentenced to 18 months inpii Over the years, he made a lili himself as a professor in Engl where his daughter is a memk; Parliament. On Monday, President Clii granted King a pardon sohes jjng water li return to Albany for the fia jakedback o Thursday of his oldest brother,G non W. King Jr. King’s family — including daughter Oona, a member of Bras 1 louse of Commons — planned!! union at the Atlanta airport Wei] dav afternoon, when Kins wassci rom the cit\ c uled to arrive from London. “I can't express to you how e!j ground in the the family is,” nephew CheveneKi Station, said before his family left Alta SAN BLR They sharks in a s jy stripped iroud this pa These wer man-made. A week aft two dozt ictives.They , coming f Moving o hey’d been r In place of grove ofemi ill bloom. On two ac teles, thes As money drive to Atlanta. “I'm sure to a la Southwest boi ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Jurors be gan deliberating Wednesday in the case of four white police officers charged with killing an unarmed black man, af ter the judge said the panel could acquit if they believed the officers acted in self-defense. The officers could be cleared if ju rors believe their claim that they fired 41 bullets at Amadou Diallo because they thought he had a gun and wanted to shoot them. Latest attempt to boost airfare fails FORT WORTH (AP) — The latest effort by airlines to boost fares by up to $30 per round trip has stalled, with several airlines declining to go along with the move. Houston-based Continental start ed the latest round of increases on Friday, citing escalating fuel prices, which have doubled in the past year. Five other large airlines, in cluding Fort Worth-based American, matched the increase. But Southwest Airlines, North west Airlines and America West were among the holdouts that chose not to raise prices. Faced with rivals offering lower prices on the same routes, Ameri can rolled back its increase two days after putting it in effect, and so did Continental, Delta Air Lines and several others. Just three weeks ago, Continen tal led a successful run at higher prices, boosting fares $20 per round trip to help compensate for the increased fuel costs. Airlines are expected to try to raise fares again next weekend. Justice Joseph Teresi said. “A person who acts in self-de fense is not guilty of any crime,” he said. The judge spent more than three hours going over the legal instructions for each of 24 criminal counts before deliberations began. He gave the jurors the op tion of consid ering charges other than mur der, and told Earlier, Teresi replaced a female ju ror for talking about the case outside of court. The jury is now composed of four black women, one white woman and seven white men. Sean Carroll, 37, Edward McMel- lon, 27, Kenneth Boss, 28, and Richard Murphy, 27, each have pleaded inno cent to second-degree murder. They face a maximum prison sentence of 25 years to life if convicted. Lesser charges being considered include sec- degree it won’t actually sink ii we see him home.” In an interview with CNN Ml ^federal go' he left London, King said he was'i ing w ith great expectations.” “I’m a little bit numb.butl’iii ing back,” said King.apoliticalffl into tl professor at Lancaster University. He said that he expectedtoi comm ^ .i it *, j c * „ j- I, , attention to on the United States radicallv tffl "You should figura tively put yourselves in the shoes of the defendant and con sider how the situa tion appeared to him. You should con sider what Amadou Diallo did before or during the en counter” Justice Joseph Teresi Albany judge ond-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, which could result in a sen tence of proba tion. The de fendants were members of a roving unit of New York City plainclothes of ficers that has been accused of stopping and frisking young black men without cause. Diallo’s slaying sparked such intense publici ty and so many protests that the formed” from when he was last ta and that the memory of leaving ki home is still painful. “There are very elemental thmt LI"//,/, that make you a human being,"ij said. “All that was stripped away." In 1958, King, who had bed granted time by his draft board ft ) v j ronmenta / pursue a master’s degreu\kLon-L a p Sorenco( don School of Economics rftiVi a mar jj Uana ( ical Science, was told to repot!'Ly//;/; Bsucrs ountry, traffic iuana right he The reason free. There'sn to trace, and s est Service's d The White Policy estimat sinned in the try’s 155natic Pesticides and waterway induction. King noted that the draft boaii sometimes exi The public dressed him as “Mr. Preston Kit igentpullingb before learning he was black lauer said. “1 "Preston” after that. He refusedw igent crawling port for an Army physical board addressed him as “Mr.,” a did white draftees. He was event! With each plain ly convicted of draft evasion. During his three-day trip to! rated street va TlieU.S. Ct them the law allows police officers to stop and question someone if wrong doing is suspected. “You should figuratively put your selves in the shoes of each defendant and consider how the situation ap peared to him,” the judge said. “You should consider what Amadou Diallo did before or during the encounter.” case was moved to Albany. Prosecutors allege that Diallo, 22, was accosted in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment building on Feb. 4, 1999, without warning or justification. He was hit 19 times. The defense claims Diallo ignored the officers’ repeated orders to halt and pulled out a black object in a threaten ing manner. It turned out to be a wall. United States, King plannedt the president and to thank retiredtlnanjuana aloni District Judge William A. Booi nhiletheBordi who presided over his trial inl9i winds, and petitioned Clinton to pardon> The judge, now 97, saidKiiri ptsmanning suffered enough, having miss/ Mhas 7,761 a funerals of both his parents andi® brothers. He said that the sen® signed to 192 was appropriate but that King bail 1 tablished himself as a “You know Rosa Parks? S® 1 ; ^ orcenicnl - thing,” Bootle told WMAZ-T Macon. “Except she wouldn’tgiv* 1 her seat, and he wouldn’t got* physical because of racial discrii % rcenl m 11 nation. He might wind up a heroy’ 76GUMBY 764-8629 Pizza Hours Sun - Wed 11 am -2am Thurs. - Sat. 11am - 3:30am GUmy ()f)LUL MNU Choose any one of the following (p ^ 1.14” Cheese Pizza 3. 10” 2 topping + soda 5. 10” Pokey Stix + 5 wings 7.12” Pokey Stix + soda 2. 12” 1 topping + soda 4. 10 wings + soda 6. 10” Cheese Pizza + 5 wings 8. 10” Cheese Pizza + 2 pepperoni rolls 9. 5 Pepperoni rolls + soda * LAST CALL!!!! 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