I LOCAL NEWS) Light-years apart from any other lighting sale of the year ... Primary Continued from preceding page Michigan Court of Appeals, second district. Fischer has been an Oakland County assistant prosecuting at- torney for five years. And in West Bloomfield 'Ibwnship, where 33 residents were fighting it out for township offices, current Supervisor Dorothy McIntosh defeated other Republicans Ronald Berman, Lawrence WITH A DIFFERENCE Attu , • ulta:I§.. An unusual storewide event designed specifically for the enlightened few who will not settle for less than the best. Selections are virtually unlimited. Prices are extraordinary. Opportunities are tremendous. STOREWIDE REDUCTIONS OF Everything is on sale, including the finest chandeliers, pendants, torchieres, and floor and table lamps. - Lighting for every decor is reduced, including hi-tech, neo classic, traditional, southwest, contemporary, and post modern. The best names in the industry are represented, including Forecast, Koch & Lowy, Sunset, Casual, Bauer, George Kovacs, Frederick Cooper and more. Sale ends August 31,1988 ORCHARD LIGHTING CENTER ■ Pninav Al 1111 1ST 1988 FIRST IN FASHION LIGHTING 28801 Orchard Lake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48018 (313) 553-8540 Friedman and Vincent Cytacki. She secured another four- year term. Dr. 'Herbert Bloom was unable to land a trustee posi- tion in the township. In- cumbents Gordon Allardyce, Raymond Holland, Dennis Vatsis and newcomer Judith Holtz defeated other Republican candidates to win respective four-year terms. Blacks And Jews Continued from Page 1 to speak out, he said. The problems in Chicago apparently began after a black with less than mainstream views made remarks Jewish leaders label- ed anti-Semitic. Steve Cokely, an aide to ac- ting Mayor Eugene Sawyer, said that Jewish doctors are infecting black babies with AIDS and that Jews are in- volved in a conspiracy to rule the world. Cokely made his comments before followers of Nation of Islam leader Louis Far- rakhan, who said Jews were upset by Cokely's remarks because "the truth hurts." Sawyer waited a week before dismissing Cokely, which further antagonized the Chicago Jewish communi- ty. Only three of the city's 18 black alderman called for the dismissal. Blacks in Detroit reacted with incredulity to Cokely's charges against Jews. "That's ridiculous," Rome Muse said of Cokely's claim that Jews are infecting blacks with the AIDS virus. "I can't believe a black man said that." Hearing that Cokely made his comments at meetings of the Nation of Islam, the 37-year-old Muse made an ex- pression of sudden understan- ding. "The Nation of Islam," he said. "No wonder:' A Baptist deacon, Muse car- ried a copy of a book called "75 Bible Questions," and said he wishes blacks could learn to emulate Jewish unity. Barbara Ossman, 50, shook her head and muttered, "Oh, my God," when she heard of Cokely's comments. She said she doubts the majority of blacks anywhere support such statements. Yet some leading blacks in Chicago contend there is much hostility toward Jews within the black community there. Lu Palmer, a newspaper columnist in Chicago, told the New York Times that, "I defy anyone to deny that Jews as a group are greatly disliked in our com- munity. Cokely said it public- ly. Most blacks say it private- ly." Indeed, a Chicago alderman spoke of a "Jewish hit list" of black officials, while the Rev. B. Herbert Martin, the head of Chicago's commission on human relations, said he saw a "ring of truth" in Cokely's charge of an international Jewish conspiracy. Jewish leaders in Chicago countered that claims of widespread anti-Semitism by blacks are unfounded. "It's not accurate to say that (anti-Semitism) has grip- ped the entire black com- munity," according to Michael Kotzin, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in Chicago. And Rabbi Herman Schaalman, president of the Chicago board of rabbis, add- ed, "I don't think at the pre- sent moment things are critical:' One of the factors that ap- pears to continue to have a positive influence on black- Jewish relations is history. All blacks interviewed knew of Jewish involvement in the civil rights movement, and the majority said they believe the two groups are working together now on social pro- grams, although they had dif- ficulty naming anything specific. One who did cite an exam- ple was Muse, who said he has a friend who is working to encourage Jews to become involved in projects with blacks in inner city Detroit. Examples of blacks and Jews working together on social issues may be difficult to trace, but this is not the case in the professional work field. A number of blacks in- terviewed expressed positive views of Jews based on their experience at their jobs. Marion Mays, who lives in Oak Park, said she has "a good rapport" with the Jews with whom she works. Bar- bara Ossman, 73-year-old Continued on Page 18 4 1