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Hands Across America gives first grants totaling $576,665

c. 1986 N.Y. Times News Service LOS ANGELES As rising numbers of homeless people prepare to face winter, the Hands Across America organization Thursday announced the distribution of its first grants from last spring’s nationwide hand-holding campaign against homelessness. The grants totaled $576,665. The grants come almost six months after the May 25 event sponsored by U.S.A, for Africa, which appealed for money and a human chain across the nation with the announced goal of raising SSO million to SIOO million to ease homelessness and hunger in the United States. That followed the organizers’ efforts for famine relief in Africa through the song “We Are the World.’’ Millions of people were stirred to give by U.S.A, for Africa’s dramatic appeals for humanitarian aid for the poverty stricken, both at home and in Africa. To date, Hands Across America has raised about $32 million, according to the most recent report U.S.A, for Africa filed with the city of Los Angeles. After costs, about sls million is left to help the poor, according to the report. The African project has raised about ssl million since late 1984, according to the organizers, $1 million more than its goal. But some who have worked with U.S.A, for Africa are critical of its speed in getting help to those in severe need. While such critics call the organization’s grant-making process cumbersome and overly cautious, others defend it as solid and innovative. At the same time, agencies such as the Los Angeles Social Service Department and the Better Business Bureau in Washington have asked U.S.A, for Africa for a detailed breakdown of expense items for Hands Across America, for now the organization has confined its reporting to a single page referring to general categories of costs. No one has suggested any wrongdoing, however, on the part of the fund-raisers. In announcing the grants, Martin H. Rogol, executive director of U.S.A, for Africa, said, “We are moving this money as fast as we can and doing it responsibly. If we spent the money too fast, we would find people complaining on the other end that we are being irresponsible in the way we are distributing it. ” Charles Moed, a critic of U.S.A, for Africa who traveled to Africa as a consultant for the organization with the title of director of field operations, said grant-making was too slow, given the disastrous famine conditions that existed, because of overcautiousness by the U.S.A, for Africa board of directors, which included some big show business personalities. “When word started getting

Reformatory guards indicted by federal jury

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A federal grand jury has indicted two state reformatory guards in the beating of an inmate which sparked a bloody prison riot, U.S. Attorney John D. Tinder said. William E. Wicker and James B. Myers were charged Thursday with willfully assaulting inmate Lincoln Love, thereby violating his civil rights, Tinder said. He said Wicker also was charged with making a false statement to the grand jury during its investigation of the incident.

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Anne McGrath, a mental health worker with Project Reachout in New York City, travels Broadway on Manhattan's Upper West Side talking with the homeless. She tries to gain the trust of street people around in December 1985 that they hadn’t spent much money, they started to frantically spend money on projects,” Moed said. “As a result of trying to find projects that were unassailable, they wasted a great deal of time. “There was a theme among some of the U.S.A, for Africa board members that all they wanted was to make sure that the talent wasn’t embarrassed by anything they did,” Moed continued. “That translates into very modest programs in the field.” Rogol defends the organization against such charges, saying “You can spend it fast or you can spend it right.” Rogol said grants were made first to agencies in the 15 states with the smallest populations because their smallness made the choice of recipients easier. The grants ranged from $7,500 to New Hampshire Catholic Charities to create a revolving fund to provide

Love was beaten Feb. 1, 1985. A few hours later rioting erupted and seven guards and two inmates were stabbed. Two reformatory employees held hostage 15 hours were released unharmed after officials aired inmates’ grievances. Inmates at the maximum security prison at Pendleton said they started the riot in retaliation for Love’s beating. Love, who was imprisoned in 1975 for murder and robbery, was treated for head injuries and cuts. Wicker, a 10-year Department of

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by offering food. “We use sandwiches as bait," McGrath said of efforts to engage the homeless in conversation. The talks, she said, sometimes lead to ways Project Reachout can help. (N.Y. Times photo) security deposits for apartments, to $72,000 to the Food Bank of Lincoln Nebraska. The organizers said the big cities would probably receive the bulk of their share of the funds toward the end of winter. The Hands project’s creator, Ken Kragen, a Los Angeles musical talent agent, had organized the African famine relief effort fueled by sales of the song recording, “We Are the World,” by many of the biggest stars in popular music. Officials interviewed from international relief agencies were of, differing opinions about whether the money donated for Africa in the group’s previous project was being used promptly and used well. Rogol, a public interest lawyer who runs the U.S.A, for Africa foundation here, said that detailed accounting for both projects was not available because the organization was in the process of converting its accounting procedures.

Correction employee, was fired in March. He was accused of ordering Myers to beat Love. Myers was suspended five days without pay in October 1985. Wicker’s attorney charged the prison administration failed to train guards in proper use of force.

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The assault charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a SIOO,OOO fine. Wicker would face a maximum five years imprisonment and $250,000 fine on conviction of making a false declaration to the grand jury.

Court orders halt to Open Door abuse

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Republican members of the CityCounty Council have been ordered to stop discussing city business in private caucus meetings. Hancock Superior Court Judge Richard T. Payne has issued an injunction against Republican leader Donald W. Miller, ordering him to abide by the Indiana Open Door Law. Miller was sued by Indianapolis Newspapers Inc., which publishes The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News, after reporters for the papers were denied access to caucus meetings. “We’re delighted with the outcome,” said Frank Caperton, managing editor of The News. “It is a victory not only for the newspapers and their reporters, but for the public as well.” Records of private GOP caucuses show Republicans have heard public information from elected officials and have taken votes on public business. The lawsuit contended that because Republicans hold 23 of 29 council seats, any action taken in the GOP caucus effectively decides

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