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Articles in August 16, 1993 issue of Jet

• Blacks arrested more on drug charges, study says - report by USA Today comparing arrests on drug charges for African Americans and whites - Brief Article
• New Orleans removes controversial monument - portraying 1874 uprising by whites against biracial Reconstruction government - Brief Article
• Blacks less likely to get physical therapy services - study by Penn State University reveals discrimination against African Americans with disabilities - Brief Article
• Study confirms link of Agent Orange, diseases - causal connection between chemicals used in warfare defoliants and cancer and other diseases - Brief Article
• Payton heads list of Hall of Fame inductees; son, 12, introduces him - Football Hall of Fame inductee Walter Payton
• Bridges pleads guilty on drug, weapon charges - former TV star Todd Bridges - Brief Article
• Actor Davis Roberts, 76, memorialized in Chicago - Obituary
• Celtics' Reggie Lewis collapses, dies at 27 - Boston Celtics player - Obituary
• Phylicia Rashad returns to Broadway in 'Jelly's Last Jam.' - actress stars in hit play - Cover Story
• Disney, New Line feud over filmmaking Hughes twins - Walt Disney and New Line Cinema dispute over which studio ha a filmmaking agreement with Albert and Allen Hughes - Brief Article
• Jones tabbed as 1st black U.S. attorney for Texas - Gaynelle Griffin Jones
• Clinton selects Chisholm for ambassador to Jamaica - President Clinton nominates former congresswoman Shirley Chisholm - Brief Article
• Life growing harder for black Pennsylvania kids - Penn State University study based on quality of life indicators - Brief Article
• Elected officials caucus installs new president - Wilbert D. Minter, new president of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials - Brief Article
• Rollins says run-ins with cops helped his acting - actor Howard Rollins - Brief Article
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• D.C. tennis advocate named USTA secretary - Dwight Moseley, new secretary of the United States Tennis Association - Brief Article
• Tarpley opts for Greek League instead of NBA - basketball center Roy Tarpley signs one-year contract with Greek team Olympiakos - Brief Article
• 76ers' Bol tangles with U.S. Marines in Nairobi - Philadelphia 76ers center Manute Bol gets into barroom brawl - Brief Article
• Slugger Reggie Jackson enters Hall with grace - Baseball Hall of Fame
• President Clinton wins support of top business execs at White House - Clinton's deficit reduction plan
• Nation's NAACP chapters on alert after recent attacks on west coast
• White contestant claims she's barred from pageant because hubby's black - Mrs. Michigan Kathi Perry, who is married to an African American man
• Michael Jordan and his celebrity guests play softball game to benefit 40 charities
  by Dobie Holland
• L.A. city council scolds theatre chain for not opening 'Poetic Justice.' - Los Angeles City Council reprimands Cineplex Odeon theater chain
• Photog Griff Davis dies in Atlanta at 70 - news photographer - Obituary
• Eric Holder Jr. picked for U.S. attorney post in Washington, D.C
• Senate group approves $11.8 million to aid Atlanta King center - Senate Appropriations Committee approves funding for historic site in Atlanta, Georgia, honoring Martin Luther King, Jr - Brief Article
• Judge dismisses part of woman's $2M lawsuit against Magic Johnson - Waymer Moore, woman accusing Johnson of knowingly giving her AIDS - Brief Article
• Atlanta city workers will face drug tests - employees of the city of Atlanta, Georgia - Brief Article
• Miami Dolphins release Pro-Bowler Mark Duper - veteran Pro Bowl wide receiver - Brief Article
• Reginald Hudlin buys $1.42 million home - Brief Article
• Eddie Murphy to make movie about woman who discovered the Shirelles - singing group - Brief Article