Vol. 1
Board' positions cr ated
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The Benton Community
F deral Credit Union opened
it door onday, [anu ry 8, . �
ith me dr matic chan .l
Kno n formerly a the
P ople's Fed ral Credit Union,
the organization h so � ..
add d more positions on the
Bo d of Directors.
ifh re ·11 no be 15
I
Board m mbers, ereas
there e 11 at th time
the in titution ord red clo-
sed, d only nine members
r tJy n
Th Fed rat court ord -
ed th Credi Union closed in
October du to insol ency.
Th inority Contr ctors
sociation h d defaulted on
10 n and the Cr it Union
un ble to reco er the 10 .
The Minority Contr cto s
ha e gr d to satisfy th tout
s ndin debt. The Courts grant-
ed 0 day temporary opening
to allo,¥ the City of Benton Har
bor and he Board of Directors
o .. ork out .ccntsactual agree
mente
I Recommendatioas for t e
ne Board positions re now
'being ccepted. •
o e eligible to sit or the
Board, one must be member of
th sen ton Federal Credit
A five dollar deposit in t e
Q- dit . Union .qualifies n as a
membe'r.
... The Citizen urges all re i-
d n of Benton Harb and
Benton To nship to becom
members if ey are not already
one. If the r idents re mem
bers, . then e rge you to
inv t more in the Credit Union.
Th. Credit Union is the
only fin nciil ins itution th t
is truly' re resentative of the
people of e city nd town
ship
This' local control can
be strengthened with the
nomination of grass roots people
to . th newly created Board'
vacancies.
, _' Th .Citizen urges every
one in Benton Harbor and Ben
ton To nship to go to the
Credit Union and become a
member Of increase your mem-
bership . I
When . you are on the
premises to � e a deposit,
..
th n I ave the name of som
one to fiI . those Bo rd seats.
• True nity invol -
ment in the selection of tho
Board members means cornm
munity control of that Credit
Union.
The ne hou s � ill be
from 1:00 to 5: p.m. on
onday, Wednesda and F ri-
days. The Credit nion will
also be open on Saturdays
from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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THE CREDIT U 10 REOPE S ITH A
E BOARD PO ITIO S'
A E A 0 FIVE
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The spirit of Hoover is
abreast in the city. I t keeps teal
ing across from the courthouse.
, . Edgar Hoo er was the
FBI chief who �t out in thlsix-,o
ties to discredit or destroy any
. BI c leaders that emerged.
We've II seen the nation
al y televised documentaries of
Hoo r's criminal harrassment of
Dr. artin l. King; how F Bt .
OaMles Henderson
c
Victor Greer
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paid youths disrupted marches,
infiltrated the Ki inner circles, .
and sabatoged his efforts at
peaceful protest. �
We've all r:ead accounts of
the FBI lists of political activists .
- and the renditions by former
FBI agents of ho thev were
instructed to. diffuse the energies
sparked by emerging Blac lead
ers.
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pne of th local FBI
agents visited City Hall last wee
accompanied by the chief
investigator for the County. •
They went to the Commu
nity' Development dep rtment
concerning a CETA funded pro
ject that p id for the beautifica
tion of hom s of the economi
cally di dvantaged.
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It seems that th homes of
some politicians, some landlords,
nd some city orkers got beau
tified Iso.
I Th i . is what the govern
ment� calls "ineligible cost. It
By la the city is to p y b c
to CET A ny ineligible costs, man pointing th
only ould y th mon
b c I but should also clean it
o n hou so that this t pe of
favoritism and mi management
stops.
Ho ever, let th city do
the job. Let the elected le ders
t thing in ord r. That is here
the responsibility lies.
For hat e see in this
hat
e agree. The city not
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