Pacl Lc Cltlzcll June 15,1984 (Riot Poiiipaks) News the National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League ISSI: 71 / Wboii MD
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• JACL Track Me~t Results •• •• Pages 9-10 paCl lC CltlZCll June 15,1984 (riOt POIIIpakS) News The National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League ISSI: _71 / WboII MD . 2,213 / VII . " No. 23 Stand: 9!:n,.,.", Detroit jury to hear new charges against Vincent Chin's slayers DETROIT or the second time, but on different charges, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz are facing trial for having killed Vincent Chin in Jun 1002. This tim the federal government is trying to prove, not that they killed h.in-an admitted fac ut that they kiUed Chin because he was Chinese. Specifically, U. pt. of Justice attorneys must persuade a jury that th two defendants violated Chin's civil rights as tlley conspired to " threaten, intimidate and assault VincentChin because of his race and national origin and because he had been enjoying the accommodation of the Fancy Pants Lounge, a place of entertainment open to the public." Conviction carries a maximlDll sentence of life imprisonment. Jury Ie tiOD Jury lection began June 5 and was expected to continue through at I st eight or nine days. Th trial itself is expected to last for about two weeks and d liberation another week. U .. distnct court judge Anna Diggs Taylor has indicated that the jury pool, from which the 12 Jurors and 4 alternates will be selected, may compr about 80 indiViduals. Attorneys for the prosecutioo and d ~ nse can then ex rcise a total of 55 preemptory challenges, which excuse an individual from Sitting on the jury, in tbeir questionmg of th 80 persons. urtroom observers have reported that those selected for the jury pool thus far have been asked about their views 00 Japanese auto Pacific Obzon Ardlives imports, w th r they know about the case and have formed anyopio UttJe Tokyo Ufe (No. 21 r-Looking east from los Angeles St. (lower left comer) in this 1940 panorama taken from LOns about It, whether they would be offended by profanity, and whether the City Hall Tower are sights familiar to p ar Uttle Tokyo residents: (1) Union Depot tracks. (2) old Eastside, the lh y could belJeve testimony from a nude dancer. last br6\Y9I'Y in the UttJe Tokyo area, (3) the city gas tanks Which were removed several years ago, (4) old Aliso for Defense St.-i10W the widened Santa Ana Freeway, (5) old Commerc al Street, (6) Ducommun Street and (7) Alameda While attorneys have not yet made th ir arguments in court, press Street with its railroad tracks. In the 162(}'80s, farmers grew grapes In the vineyards between Alameda and the Los ac ounts r v al their probabt lines of defense for Ebens and Nitz. Angeles River (a block east of the gas tanks); in the Aliso-Alameda corner lot were reed huts or locallndlsns In the irst. tal ttac may be charactenzed as an especially violent 1690-1920s, shops, bath and rooming houses run by Chinese and Japanese had lined Alameda. Since then, the barroom brawl, but not a racially motivated one. Defense attorney area has been zoned tor manufactunng-industrial, meaning no more residences. Story on Next Page Frank Eamon lS quoted in th June 5 Detroit News as contending that I there is no credible evidence that they (Ebens and itz] were racially motivated." Asians among California delegates to politick at Democratic convention Defense is also expected to allege that Olin hunself may have been the instigator of tlle Mateo),Arthur Wang of tbe 35tll ( anBemar LOS ANGELES--Asian American support to be appointed "add-ons " Hart may ask fight. Eamon has told a Detroit Free Press ers of the three Democratic presidential can dino and parts of Los Angeles), and Joann Mondal to rnak up a portlon 0 that number reporter that • Vincent Chin's role on the Y usi of the 43rd district ( range, an Diego) didates were among delegates elected in the In MondaL ' add-ons. night of the incident will be a key at this trial" About sue other AslaIlS for Hart ran unsuc 15 June 5 state primary, whicb garnered 205 del Los Angeles attorney bbi hon A major weapon is a letter from U.S. attor egates for Gary Hart, 72 for Walter Mondaie, cessfully. peeted to be on ofHart 's appomtments. Mon ney Leonard Gilman, written July 6, 1003, and 29 for Jesse Jackson. ter y Park mayor and Hart d legate Lily Lee More A ians Mu t Be Appointed four mooths before a grand jury indicted Among the delegates from the 33rd con Chen will attend the convention as part 0 the Ebens and itz for civil rights violations. gressional district (Pomona, Whittier, Glen Hart won 133 delegates in the election and contingent of elected officials. According to the Detroit ews, Gilman's A ian Moodale legate dora, LaVerne, La Mirada, Diamond Bar), was awarded 72 " add-ons" on the basis ofhis letter reads in part: which Hart carried, was Mary Miyashita, a showing. To make sure that California's 345 Although Mondal had a nwnber of Asian , I have carefully reviewed the preliminary member of the California and Los Angeles delegates to the Democratic convenhon re delegates on th ballot, only one of them, Continued 00 Page 1% Democratic central committees. Miyashita, flecttbeethnic makeup of the state's 6 million Michael Yamaki, was elected on June 5. whose political activities date back to 1948, registered Democrats, national party rules Yamaki won In th 25th district (East lAs was a delegate to the 1972 and 1980 Democra dictate that 55 16%) must be Latino, 44 14%) Angel , Eagle Rock, P adena). Collin Lai, tic national conventions. She is also well must be Black, 21 (6%) must be Asian/Pa who ran as a Mondale delegate in the same known as a community fund-raiser. cific, and 4 (1 %) must be Native Americans. district, was not elected but will attend th White House may take The other winning Asian delegates for Hart Since nearly all of Hart's delegates so far conventi n as an alternate. position on redress soon were Robert Yee of the 11th district (San are white, some 13 Asian Americans will have ntinued 00 Page 12 WASHINGTON-Republicans in the House and Senate are resisting legislation that Few surprises in primary races for congressional seats, judgeships would provide compensation to former in LOS ANGELES-Both the Democratic and 13th Santa Clara) Echo Goto ran WlOPPOSed by other Repub ternees, reported the Wall treet Journal Republican parties fielded Japanese Ameri Incumbent Norman Mineta did not face any licans and will challenge incwnbenl AUgustus June 1. can candidates for the U.S. House of Repre Democratic challengers in the primary, but Hawkins in No ember. In the primary, Haw 'The GOP backs an apology,' the Jour sentatives in California's June 5 primary may be vulnerable in November. The Repub kins received 64 ,304 votes compared to Goto's nal said, but opposes paying $20,000 to race. Results by congressional district are as lican primary winner, J .D. Williams, gar 7,141. each of 60,000 survivors. to The Journal added that the administra follows: nered 27,328 votes, nearly as many as Mineta 31st (Gardena, Compton, Hawtborne, tion seems to share that view, but quoted a did, 27 ,412. Another Republican candidate Bellflower, Lynwood) arson, White House spokesman as saying, " We 3rd (Sacramento) received 5,687 votes. Mineta was one of sev Mas Odoi lost to Henry Minturn in his bid to haven't announced our opposition yet." Incumbent Robert Matsui is a shoo-in for eral incumbents in California who failed to become the Republican challenger to incum RespoOOing from JACL headquarters in another House term, winning 91% of the votes win at least 50% of the total votes cast in their bent Mervyn Dymal1y. Odoi received 5,644 an Francisco, redress director J ohn Tate cast. Fellow Democrat B. Watkins received districts. votes, compared to Minturn's 8,234 and Dy ishi said that, Neither the GOP position only 8%, and the Republicans could find no 29tb (Huntington Park, Southgate, mally's 50,100. one to run against the Sansei law-maker. and portions of L.A.) nor the White House reactions are sur Nikke Judges prising in themselves." Their positions Japanese American judges also won elec showed the need for greater constituent tions in two counties. In Fresno County, in input, he added. ALOHA 281h Biennial Nat'l JACL Convention cumbent Anthony Ishii, an appointee, was Tateishi encouraged the public to ex elected to his post on the Parlier-8elma Jus press their views to President Reagan Aug. 12-17, 1984- tice Court, securing 2,139 votes to defeat his within the next few days. , 9 Weeks Until . .. two opponents, who received a combined total Letters should erention the redress bill WATCH FOR OONVENTIONHOTEL Pacific Beach of 1,848 votes. numbers, HR 4110 and S 2116, and should be REGISTRATION INFORMATION In Placer County, challenger George Yone addressed to : The' President, The White ANOTAAVELPAOKAGE Hotel * Waikiki hiro defeated incumbent-appointee W. Jack House, Washington, D.C. 20500.) P.O. Box 3160, Honolulu, Hl96802 • (80S ) 531-7453 son Willoughby for a seat on the superior court by 11),662 to 15,038. 2-PACIRC ClnZEN I Friday, June 15, 1984 Festival is berry successful OXNARD, Calif.-' 'We will be back next year LITTLE TOKYO UFE: (No.21) By Harry Honda with an even bigger and better California Strawberry Festival, agreed the hundreds of volunteers who held a successful weekend celebration at Channel Islands Harbor Park Looking East from City Hall on May 1~20 .