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Articles in Oct 18, 1993 issue of Jet

• AT&T stops publication of magazine that depicted African caller as gorilla
• St. Louis mayor wants to stop school busing for racial desegregation - St. Louis, Missouri, mayor Freeman Bosley Jr
• Short black life span cites need for health care reform: Shalala - Health and Human Services secretary Donna Shalala - Brief Article
• Veteran U.S. ambassador Edward Perkins named new envoy to Australia
• Bo Jackson's comeback complete with dramatic home run to help White Sox clinch division title - Chicago White Sox - Cover Story
  by Dobie Holland
• Schmoke will seek third term as Baltimore mayor - Baltimore, Maryland mayor Kurt Schmoke - Brief Article
• Gravely lauded for his work recruiting blacks for U.S. foreign service - State Department policy advisor John W. Gravely
• Two black sisters, one, 104, the other, 102, share secrets of long life
  by Trudy S. Moore
• Black coaches angered over athletic controls - Black Coaches Association protests higher admissions standards and reduction in athletic scholarships - Brief Article
• Gen. Colin Powell retires as head of Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Three blacks trailblaze in district attorney posts - recently confirmed U.S. attorneys Gaynelle Jones, Vickie LaGrange, and Eric Holder
• John Jacob to retire from the National Urban League
• Texas NAACP dismisses lawyer for defending Klan - Anthony Griffin relieved from post with NAACP for defending the Ku Klux Klan - Brief Article
• Famed civil engineer Hermon Davis, dies in Calif - Obituary - Brief Article
• Rites held in Georgia for Minnie G. Walker, mother of 'Color Purple' author - Alice Walker - Obituary - Brief Article
• Cosby tells alma mater to confront its racism - Bill Cosby; University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Bernice Powell succeeds Ben Chavis as director, racial justice commission - United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice - Brief Article
• Black husbands most likely to be murdered by wives than any other racial group, says study
• Mandela makes plea for U.S. to end sanctions against South Africa - Nelson Mandela - Brief Article
• Chicago radio executive Bernadine Washington dies - Obituary
• Study defines racism on U.S. college campuses - Brief Article
• Racist party in London captures election win - British National Party wins seat in Tower Hamlets Borough Council in East End of London, England - Brief Article
• NFL players pay dues of $5,000 - football players required to pay dues to NFL Players Association - Brief Article
• Spike Lee exchanges vows with lawyer in New York - filmmaker marries Linette Lewis
• Stockholders of TLC Beatrice seeks public trading of stock
• William P. Grayson, retired JPC executive, 79, dies - Johnson Publishing Co - Obituary
• Black students complain of Ga. school dress code - Thomasville, Georgia, school dress code prohibits Malcolm X symbols - Brief Article
• Powell orders probe of why no black WWII vets got Medal of Honor - Colin Powell; African American veterans of World War II
• Phoenix Suns signs Green to 5-year pact - former Los Angeles Lakers forward A.C. Green signs $16 million 5-year contract - Brief Article