The Register, 1988-01-29

              pack your car hop on a tour bus or catch a flight on delta eastern american continental or piedmont a travel agent can make all the arrangements at no added charge so call 800-854-1234 for more information follow the road to mfi u day tons beach on aimnuvs spring break sizzles at oaytona beach concerts games parties exhibitions freebies golf tennis jai alai greyhound racing great nightlife and the best beaches in florida it all happens in the daytona beach resort area the spring break capital of the universe lay-away available collectibles gift items alternative cards plush toys & animals lot more but smith said conven tioneers will honor gantt in her family and white friends her father a bartender has refused to speak to the media johannesburg south africa upi)-police escorted a white woman from her black lover's home and returned her to her family but the lover accused authorities of forcing her to leave him a black newspaper reported thurs day he said police told him that if he went to her home in the white town of wesselbron he would be arrested for trespassing i was not keeping her at my place by force and that is why i do not believe the police story that she asked for their help he said our decision was based on that and nothing else con ference president john smith said wednesday charlotte upi)-the national conference of black mayors will hold its annual convention in philadelphia instead of charlotte because charlotte's voters ousted the city's first black mayor in november officials said tsie said he received mid night telephone calls warning him that a lovers hit squad was preparing to kill him he said the caller speaking in a heavy afrikaans accent said they knew the route he took to work and they would get him avail tsie said his efforts to trace his fiance had been to no heunis took the tribal name palesa which means flower moved into the black township and vowed to have a church wedding after her 21st birthday heunis told the sunday star newspaper two weeks ago that i've found true love and i'm not about to give it up because of people's narrow attitudes marry her she was never arrested and she accompanied the police of her own free will the spokesman said the police merely afforded pro tection to a person who believed that her personal safety was being threatened by a lovers hit squad for be ing in love with an afrikaner woman and planning to police said annette heunis who had left her family to live with jerry tsie asked to be escorted out of the black township of kutluanong in the orange free state once they discovered one of their members was not go ing to be hosting the meeting the bidding started again said smith mayor of the conference had been set for charlotte but conven tion members voted in 1987 to hold annual meetings only in cities with black mayors in november sue myrick upset two-term mayor harvey gantt who is black on the same day philadelphia voters re-elected the city's first black mayor wilson goode that was a real promi nent large convention for that time of year said doug stafford president of the charlotte convention and visitors bureau we're going to work to try to replace it i'm sorry they've chosen not to come here myrick told the charlotte observer on wednesday although there's no black mayor we are noted for harmony and goodwill among our citizens recognition charlotte officials had estimated the conference would pump about 500,000 into the local economy and bring the city national philadelphia the city bea out atlanta chicago detroi and los angeles as many as 165 mayors are expected to attend the con ference june 15-19 in some manner ters but he said he will not give up i do not love her because she is white to me she is not white-she is the woman i love and she loves me too that is all that mat the romance between tsie and heunis began last february on valentine's day the couple kept it secret until after the new year when heunis went public and immediately was shunned by balloons and a whole for free spring break information call 800-854-1234 or write destination daytona p.o box 2775 daytona beach fl 32015 name school ph 621-6138 carolina circle mall 3 eb address city _ afrikaner woman leaves black lover convention set for philadelphia state