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Monday Volume 80. Number 128 Duke University Durham, North Carolina THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Williams jazz festival crescendos Democrats debate again: By DIANA GLASBERG Pledges of mutual respect were made The second annual Mary Lou Williams by the three Democratic Presidential Jazz Festival, scheduled for April 13-16, candidates as they began a joint televi will feature two-time Grammy award win sion appearance in Manhattan. A brief ner Winton Marsalis, Winton's father the effort to rise above what Gary Hart "legendary pianist" Ellis Marsalis, world called the "penny ante" exchanges that famous trombonist Curtis Fuller, four local have characterized the New York pri bands and the Duke Jazz Ensemble. mary campaign was almost immediate ly upset as he, Walter F. Mondale and the Paul Jeffrey, director of Duke's Jazz Pro Rev. Jesse Jackson fell back into their gram and festival organizer, said he believes running feud over foreign policy and the "this year's festival will offer much more tactics used to attract New York's ethnic diversity, as far as events and artists, than and religious groups. See page 2. the last one." This year's fete also includes more bands, and thus higher costs and more planning. Last year's performances featured Marvin Gaye killed: Marvin Marion McPartland and Dizzy Gillespie. Gaye, the pop singer, died from a bullet The schedule includes: wound at a Los Angeles hospital. His • Friday afternoon, at the Mary Lou father, Marvin Gaye Sr., was being held Williams Center, a music class for children for questioning by the police, who said led by Brother Yusef and friends; the son had been shot in his father's • Friday evening, at the Bryan Center house. The singer was 44 years old. See Film Theatre, a film on the life of Mary Lou page 2. Williams; • Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m., "Jazz on The Israelis unmoved: The question Green" on East Campus (Baldwin of whether to move the United States Auditorium in case of rain), free perfor PETER HA/THE CHRONICLE Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is mances by the Duke Jazz Ensemble, Paul an issue that appears to have caused con Jeffrey, Danny Richmond (former drummer Quad bopping siderably less excitement in Israel than for Charles Mingus), Ray Coddrington Students dance out frustration to Cruis-O-Matic Sunday afternoon in the American presidential campaign. (former trumpeter for Eddie Harris), Israeli officials are approaching the issue Charles Dingey (bassist who worked with The festival and the scholarship honor a scholarship this year but there will be a with extreme caution and are wary of Ramsey Louis) and four local bands; Williams, who headed the Duke Jazz pro third jazz festival. If both shows sell out well making any comments that could be con • Sunday at 8:15 pm,, in Baldwin gram until she died of cancer in 1981. have more than enough money." strued as interference in American Auditorium, a concert featuring Ellis Mar Attendance at the performances will Also making important contributions to politics. They have limited themselves to salis, Curtis Fuller and the Duke Jazz determine the amount of profits, if any. The the festival are: David Bowser of WXDU, formal policy statements that Jerusalem Ensemble, general admission is $5 or $3 Duke Jazz Program, which faces limited who is giving support and publicity; Ella is their capital and the logical place for with a student identification card; funding, has received assistance from across Pratt, director of the office of cultural af any embassy. • Monday morning, a new master class the University. fairs; and Renee Hall, a 1982 Duke for piano and trombone taught by Ellis ASDU, at the request of Gary Gartner, graduate, who originally envisioned the Honduran chief ousted: Hon Marsalis and Curtis Fuller and consisting financier for the Mary Lou Williams Center festival. duras' army chief was ousted because of of a performance and a question/answer ses Committee, will donate more than $2,000 Jeffrey, a personal friend of Winton Mar the dissatisfaction of younger officers sion, cost will be $1. toward the festival. salis, gathered the accomplished artists. He with his autocratic ways and his plans • Monday at 8:15 p.m. in Page According to Gay Llewellyn, Duke said he "selected a wide cross section of ar to restructure the army, officials said. Auditorium, a performance by Winton Mar University Union program adviser, local tists, artists who would have more than Honduras announced Saturday that salis' quartet, general admission is $9 for vendors will donate food and money and average appeal to the students, especially Gen. Gustavo Alvarez Martinez was ask adults and $8 for students. Duke University Food Services will donate since Winton Marsalis is only 22. ed to resign. His removal does not appear Tickets will go on sale at fttge Box Office half the profits it earns that day. "It will give a little more of an educational to have been motivated by discontent today. Jeffrey, who anticipates that about perspective and supply entertaiment too," with the his close ties to the United Proceeds from the festival will fund the 5-6,000 spectators will attend the festival Jeffrey said. States, the authorities said. Mary Lou Williams scholarship, awarded to of 60 musicians, emphasized that the But main attempt is "to tie together the talented students who wish to further their festival is in fine financial shape. cultural interests of the students and the More firing: Israeli artillery units studies in jazz. "At worst," Llewelyn said, "there won't be community," he said. fired on positions in the Syrian-held ter ritory in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon, It was the first such shelling in months. A cease-fire was generally Georgia's Bond lambasts Reagan holding in Beirut, where there was only- sporadic shooting. By DIANE PINSOF where he was nominated as a vice presiden tial candidate. "This is a time in our history when the Bond has received a good deal of exposure No elections in Brazil: Direct issue of race appears to have come back to elections were ruled out in Brazil by the outside of the political arena as well. He the surface again," said Georgia state Sen. writes a nationally syndicated weekly head of the military government. Presi Julian Bond in a speech Sunday night dent Joao Baptista Figueiredo said newspaper column. He also once hosted before about 300 people in the Bryan "Saturday Night Live" on television and ap direct elections for the next president Center Film Theater. "are inopportune at the moment" but peared-in the movie "Greased Lightning." said that the successor of the next presi In his speech, "Black Politics in the '80s," Bond, recently named to Time magazine's dent would be chosen freely. Bond strongly criticized the Reagan ad 200 Leaders List, said that the current ad ministration's stands on civil rights and ministration "has surrendered the general human rights. Bond cited examples of good to corporate will and has sacrificed Weather policies pursued by the executive, human rights for mineral rights." legislative and judicial branches of govern It's Opening Day!: As befits the ment that seem to be "marching the United PETER HA/THE CHRONICLE Despite his current disillusionment with day in which the only true major league States backward into the eighteenth Senator Julian Bond, D- Ga. recent political and social developments under Reagan, Bond was optimistic about sport returns, today will be mostly sun century." got a candidate who can win, and expect to ny with a high in the mid 60s. Low the future of both human and civil rights. "Three years ago we thought our civil go forward with him and win with him." He urged youth to participate in social and tonight around 40. Partly cloudy Tues rights might be in jeopardy, now we see our Bond, 44, participated in the 1960s civil day with a 30 percent chance of showers. political activism. "We must mobilize youth civil rights slipping away," Bond said. "This rights movement. He then moved into against barricades of apathy and indif administration threatens to turn back the politics, riding a wave of black voter ference," he said. civil rights clock until it becomes a sundial." registration into the Georgia legislature. He Inside Bond, a supporter of Walter Mondale for has served four terms in the Georgia Bond's speech was sponsored by the Chicago Shines: Hoof 'n' Horn the Democratic presidential nomination, legislature since 1967 and has been a state Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholars explained, in response to a question, why senator since 1974. He has.achieved in Organization, Duke University Major brings Windy City atmosphere to Duke creasing national prominence since the in latest musical. See review on page 4. he has not endorsed Jesse Jackson. "In Speakers Committee, the Black Student 1984, I want to win," he said. "I think I've 1968 Democratic National Convention Alliance and the Bassett Fund. Democrats debate in New York pearance Sunday, he said this amounted to a "patroniz World & ing" and "pandering" approach to Jewish voters. NEW YORK - The three major candidates for the On WNBC, Jackson also repeated his apology for refer Democratic presidential nomination opened a joint ap ring to Jews as "Hymies." But advance copies of the up pearance in Manhattan Sunday with pledges of mutual coming Newsweek magazine contained statements that National respect, but almost immediately fell back into their run could give the incident new life. The magazine quoted ning feud over foreign policy and campaign tactica Jackson as referring to the remark as "non-insulting col Page 2 April 2, 1984 Some of the sharpest differences emerged over the en loquial language" that had taken on unwarranted dorsements by Walter Mondale and Sen.