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SATURDAY GETJTifKErj, sriirr YOUR EKSIu'ES SOAY Willy T. Ribbs is 1st black driver TIME TO GET THE LEAD OUT OF YOUR HOME Removing lead paint from your home requires special precautions. B1 May 25, 1991 Robert H. Bishop Jr. to compete in Memorial Day classic.

C1 Vineland BRANCH OF SER Jm mmm (s VICE: Marines, private first class AGE: 21 MARITAL STATUS: He and wife Damarus have two children, Raheem and Renee. EDUCATION: 1989 graduate of Vineland High School INTERESTS: Basketball, football, karate, Bishop little to close gap between rich, poor districts chess, singing. Member Apostolic Church in Franklinville. MESSAGE FROM HOME: From wife and children: "Hurry home." From parents Robert H. Bishop and Katie Johnson Bishop, father-in-law Orville Santigo, grandparents Bishop and evangelist Willie Johnson sisters Wanda and Marene and brother Jerrid J.

Douglas: "Trust your instincts! We are very proud of you! Remember God is still on the throne! We are praying for you! We just want to behold your face alive. Peace. We love you." Interested? Call the Volunteer Office at 691-9000, ext. 6300. ir brought the Abbott vs.

Burke lawsuit, in which the state Supreme Court unanimously found that the state's school-funding method discriminated against students in poorer urban districts. The Legislature enacted the Quality Education Act following the court's ruling last summer. But it was revised this spring following a tax revolt The revised act "takes us further 1 4 v. QEA has done By JOSEPH NEFF Associated Press Writer PISCATAWAY Inequities between New Jersey's rich and poor school districts have grown rather than shrunk since state lawmakers revised the Quality Education Act, an educational activist said Friday. Marilyn Morheuser, director of the Education Law Center, a non-profit education advocacy group, said changing the act to divert money from schools to property tax relief has exacerbated the gap between rich and poor districts.

Morheuser and her organization Smiling kids plentiful at Olympic Day By MICHAEL GARRAHAN Staff Writer MILLVILLE School spirit and patriotism ran deep in Millville during the 14th annual Olympic Day competition here Friday morning. As U.S. Army Pvt 1st Class Joseph McMahon watched the more than 900 fourth- and fifth-grade students from the Millville School District's seven elementary schools, he couldn't forget the red and white of his old school. "I'll cheer for Rieck Avenue a bit," the 20-year-old soldier said. Although Olympic Day included a parade and a competition during which students from the schools ran, threw and tugged against one another, the emphasis wasn't on winning but on having fun.

The competition consisted of 26 different events, including the softball throw, the 50-meter dash, an 800-meter relay, the tug-of-war and a volleyball tournament. Everyone participating in the competition received a ribbon. "This is what America is all about pride in the community, school spirit, patriotism and good, clean competition," said Rep. William Hughes, D-2nd District. This year's parade and competition honored the former students of Millville schools who served in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

McMahon and five other Desert Storm veterans marched See OLYMPIC DAY on A2 into the two New Jerseys which Governor Florio pledged to eliminate," Morheuser said at a forum at Rutgers University. "Those who need the most should have the best" Morheuser said she examined average spending per pupil on regular education, which excludes special and vocational education, transportation and other special needs. Twenty-seven of the state's 30 neediest districts fell behind in cake and a T-shirt from each of schools participating in the 1991 event including Bacon, Culver, Holly Heights, Mount Pleasant, -Rieck Avenue, St Mary's and R.D. Wood. "This wasn't on the program, thanks," said a grinning Salmon.

Salmon has served in the city's school system for 27 years. He resigned his seat in the state Assembly last month. He said he will announce his future plans next month. 1 Newcomb hospital needs volunteers Newcomb Medical Center is seeking volunteers to serve in departments throughout the hospital. Juniors, ages 14-18, and seniors, those over 18, are welcome.

Volunteers handle a variety of responsibilities including manning the information desk, helping patients and clerical duties. Volunteers will be trained by the personnel in the departments in which they work. Deborah M. Marko 3 Millville musician hits the big time From Millville High School to the bright lights and glitz of MTV. Merritt Gant, a 20-year-old local musician, recently signed on with the MegaforceAtlantic re-cordinglabel and is preparing for a world tour.

Gant was chosen from more than 200 other musicians auditioning for the leadrythm guitar slot with the New York-based power metal band "Overkill." The band recently completed its fifth album, "Horrorscope." From staff reports Patchy fog this morning becoming partly sunny and humid with a chance of late afternoon showers. High in the mid to high 80s. Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of rain. Low in the 60s. Mostly cloudy Sunday with a chance of showers.

High in the low 80s. More details on A2. BusinessA2 ClassifiedC6-C8 ComicsB6 CommunityB3 CrosswordB6 EditorialA7 Ann LandersB2 LivingB1-B8 NationA8 RegionA3 ReligionB7-B8 School Menus A2 SeniorMenusB3 SportsC1-C4 StateA6 WorldA8 OBITUARIES A6 James M. Charlesworth, 93 Matthew J. DeCinque, 76 Michael J.Kandle 22 Julio Medina, 78 Maria Leonor Nazario, 51 Harry C.Phillips, 26 Gantisa 1989 Millville High School graduate and is known by his previous work with the bands, "Drastic Measures" and "Faiths of Fear." spending when compared with the state's best districts.

The original QEA earmarked $1.1 billion for schools by raising income taxes on the wealthiest 17 percent of income earners. But following a tax revolt, state lawmakers revised the law and diverted $360 million to property tax relief. Morheuser said she would "soon" file a lawsuit challenging the revised law. "State-elected officials have totally rejected the unanimous verdict of the court," she said. "You must stop neglecting and abandoning the poor and minority children of this state.

WM Congress extends president's power on trade pacts By JOAN MOWER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Congress on Friday extended President Bush's authority to make trade agreements free of amendment, providing the strengthened hand he said he needed to tear down barriers with Mexico and other trading partners. By a 59-36 vote, the Senate followed the House's lead in extending Bush's "fast-track" authority for two years, despite opponents' arguments that it could eventually cost American jobs. Bush, who had made the issue a centerpiece of his 1991 legislative Bush program, lauded the action as "the best economic news in months." "I am very, very happy indeed," he said in Boston, where he spoke to a business group en route to a Memorial Day weekend vacation in Maine. After the vote, Bush telephoned congratulations to Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who hopes a free-trade agreement with the United States will spur economic recovery and modernization in Mexico. White House spokesman Mar-lin Fitzwater said trade negotiations with Mexico would begin soon, perhaps as early as the week of June 11.

Bush had argued that without fast-track, America's trading partners would be reluctant to negotiate tariff reductions, fearing the agreements would later be changed by Congress. Under the fast-track concept, trade negotiators complete agreements with foreign countries and submit the full package to Congress. Lawmakers have one take-it-or-leave-it vote; they are prohibited from changing individual sections. Ossie Davis, actor Jackson said the business community's demand for a cap on workplace discrimination settlements is tantamount to an admission of guilt "Here are guys who are saying, 'We know we're guilty of race and sex See RACISM on A2 The high Sunday: Staff photo Adrian Wecer School children from Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Carmel Road, waved the flag enthusiastically at Millville's Olympic Day on Friday.

Ed Salmon bids farewell to program he started hometown, school spirit and sportsmanship. "I'm going to miss it," Salmon said Friday at Wheaton Field. "It is as American as mom and apple pie." During -ceremonies at the field, the district's teachers said- Salmon thanks by presenting him with a Pirates overwhelm the Phillies, Journal ontrlos A graphic diary of our time By MICHAEL GARRAHAN Staff Writer MILLVILLE Edward Salmon, founder of Millville's Olympic Day, said goodbye Friday to the event he started 14 years ago. Salmon, 48, will retire from the Millville School System in June. Head of the district's Health Physical Education Department, he created the event in 1977 to instill in the district's elementary school students pride in their Jesse Jackson ByCHETLUNNER Gannett News Service WASHINGTON Jesse Jackson and actor Ossie Davis urged blacks Friday to end "the paralysis of ysis" and solve the problems of young black males by boycotts, marches and street demonstrations.

"We as a people must fundamentally go on the offensive," said Jackson, president of the Rainbow Coalition and the non-voting Senate representative of the District of Col says blacks must take active role to halt racism Kjraveling the speed of Indy The fastest lap at last '223 mph v3mph Tlmotoflo r0Tnew YorK to lot, 4 Ins time has come when we must begin to put our teet In the street, raise our voices and march to the barricades. 9 9 lul lit ('1 I UUIII ma umbia. "There must be action beyond the analysis." Winding up a three-day convention seeking solutions for the problems of young black males, Jackson urged economic boycotts, marches, demonstrations, and political activism. He said such tactics are "properly directed rage" at racism. "Twenty years ago, when Ossie and I marched in Alabama, the opposition was symbolized by George Wallace and Bull Connor" the former governor of Alabama and a police Bob Laird, USA TODAY chief notorious for unleashing dogs on demonstrators.

"That is not the opposition (today). The opposition to the civil rights bill is the National Association of Manufacturers and the Chamber of.