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...Nightline? Jesse Jackson? BEN CHAVIS? That's the dilemma the N.A.A.C.P. has in picking a new executive director -- they have talented candidates, but only one marquee name. According to sources both on and close to the N.A.A.C.P. search committee, Jackson and Chavis (an official with the United Church of Christ) now head the short list for the top spot. A choice will be made April 9. It's a tough call: Chavis probably can't generate the kind of attention the N.A.A.C.P. needs, but the mediagenic Jackson may be too big for the job, since the N.A.A.C.P. is also considering...
Neither man seemed destined or even inclined to star in a national morality play. Gunn grew up in Benton (pop. 3,800), Kentucky, where his family was active in the Church of Christ. Old classmates remember him as funny, convivial, not at all self-pitying about the brace on his withered right leg, and smart. Beverly Beasley, now an insurance agent in Benton, says, "I remember once when we were in the fifth grade, the history teacher started talking about the Constitution. David stood up and said he could recite the Bill of Rights from memory, and he proceeded...
That morning he went to church with the Burts at the Whitfield Assembly of God in nearby Berrydale. During the service, Griffin offered a prayer. "He just offered his hope that David Gunn would meet Jesus Christ and stop killing babies," recalls Burt...
...group of regulars at Young and Yee is the Christ's Church choir. Choir members have eaten there every Thursday for the past eight years before choir practice...
...cult has stockpiled enough water, canned goods, grain and ready-to-eat meals to last several months. Even if electricity is cut off, the group may have its own emergency generators. Koresh is telling negotiators that he is annoyed by reports that he has claimed to be Christ, despite the stories of ex-cult members that he often did so. Though he is reported to have urged his flock last Easter to prepare for mass suicide, he now insists that they will not turn their guns upon themselves. But people who know them well are not reassured. Say the worried...