National Headliners

Jet, March 8, 1999

New Jersey Rep. Donald M. Payne reprinted in the Congressional Record a speech of Pope John Paul II which he heard while visiting Rome with members of the House International Relations Committee ... Philadelphia's two leading Black mayoral candidates, John Street, former City Council president, and State Rep.

Dwight Evans refused to participate in an NAACP candidates' forum, fearing that its president, J. Wyatt Mondesire, could become a king-maker in the election. Only John White Jr., the city's housing authority director, agreed to participate ... C. Michael Armstrong, AT&T chairman and CEO, will be the keynote speaker for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies dinner on March 23 at the Washington Hilton Hotel.