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Jet, July 26, 1999 by Simeon Booker

Confidential: The Black cook for the U. S. House whose rice pudding has become the center of controversy because she won't release the recipe may be one of the stars at the fall meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus. Janie Galmon, who has been a Hill employee for 36 years, hails from South Carolina where Rep.

James E. Clyburn, the Caucus chairman and the state's sole Black member, also lives. Supporters are urging members of the Black Caucus to pay tribute to the lady ... Already invitations are at a premium for the new millennium welcoming in the nation's capital. President Bill Clinton has called for a special celebration which will include a parade, fireworks and teach-in sessions along the mall during a three-day period. Quincy Jones is in charge of an outdoor program ... The Stanley S. Scott cancer center is only $45,000 away from reaching its 1998-1999 goal of $250,000 in New Orleans. The address: 1600 Canal Street, 16th floor, New Orleans, LA 79112 ... Now that NAACP President Kweisi Mfume decided not to run for mayor of Baltimore, 26 other candidates filed for the job, the largest field in history. City Council President Lawrence A. Bell, a cousin of Mfume, is considered the favorite ... Missouri state senator William Lucy Clay, Jr. announced his retirement after 16 years of "passing laws benefiting workers, families and senior citizens" and urged his constituents to support him for Congress to replace his father ... Executive Director Wade Henderson of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights urged a stronger Community Reinvestment Act to give more protection to poor and minority communities ... According to the Morris Memo, the El Paso Times newspaper of Texas leads in minority hiring with a 55.7 work percentage for over 50,000 circulation publications.