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Articles in Jan 9, 1995 issue of Jet

• N.J. Rep. Donald Payne wins election as Congressional Black Caucus chair
• Services held in NY for 'One Life to Live' actress Lillian Hayman, 72, who died of heart attack
• Daniels & Bell loses NYSE membership
• U.S. Census study reveals all Americans move frequently
• Dahmer killed 17 people but never handcuffed in court, unlike black man accused of his murder
• What's ahead for affirmative action?
• Diversity plan adopted at Rutgers University in New Jersey after series of racial protests
• Fund-raiser files $4.4 million lawsuit against NAACP
• Darryl Strawberry signs one-year deal with NY Yankees for at least $850,000
• Hootie & the Blowfish pop-rock soars to crossover success with black singer
• Use of illegal drugs up among youth across U.S.: University of Michigan poll
• National study says minority students doing better in school
• Charlotte Hubbard, first black woman deputy asst. secretary of state, dies in Maryland
• Black woman wins $8.7 mil. Virginia lotto
• Rosey Grier says his talks with Simpson were confidential
• Jesse Jackson urges young blacks to unite to fight for affirmative action
• Jackson re-records lyrics of song on new album
• Southern Baptists apologize to blacks for racism
• Hearing held on herpes suit against Spurs' Dennis Rodman
• Black police officer, Bennett College co-ed among 15 killed in commuter plane crash near Raleigh-Durham International Airport
• Col. Charles Young: Jan. 8, 1922
• Dr. Ruth Simmons named ninth president of prestigious Smith College
• Esther Rolle unfazed by critics; she's proud of roles as domestic worker on 'Maude,' 'Good Times.'
• Oklahoma State makes history by choosing first black coach in prestigious Big Eight Conference
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• VA. Rep. Scott seeks major honor for heroic black survivors of pivotal Civil War battle
• South Africa bans whipping of convicted youths
• Radio Shack apologizes for selling device offensive to black customer
• Detroit mother stops carjacker by beating him with steering wheel club
• Black employees charge Texaco with racial bias
• Dr. Joycelyn Elders returns to post as teacher, researcher at Univ. of Arkansas med school
• Wilhelmina Rolark to head United Black Fund charity founded by late husband
• Barry White makes comeback with hit song, 'Practice What You Preach.'
  by Robert E. Johnson
• Chicagoan finds back troubles easier to bear after winning $45 million Illinois LOTTO jackpot
• Mary McLeod Bethune: July 10, 1875
• Holly Robinson weds football star Rodney Peete in lavish ceremony
• Chicago Board of Education president D. Sharon Grant hit with tax evasion charges
• 10th annual mayors report shows more funds, food needed for homeless shelters
• School segregationist, former Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus, dies
• Detroit business leader Don H. Barden gets OK for one of two riverboat casinos in Gary, IN
• New York student admits she lied about being attacked by black man
• Famous black Alabamians help change state's image
• Lou Rawls hosts 15th annual Parade of Stars benefitting the UNCF
• Dark-skinned black men have hardest time finding jobs
• Young victim injured in Oklahoma City bombing goes home from hospital
• 17-year-old college graduate to work on doctorate at Stanford this fall
• Dr. Lonnie Bristow takes helm as 1st black Pres. of American Medical Assn
• Rites in Greensboro, NC for educator Dr. Grace Lewis, 100