IN
BRIEF
",",,, .. .Eo F surr - Def � Benton Harbor
mayoral candidate ike Coo e flied a civil
·t in Berrien Circuit Court . g that yor
Joel P tter be "ousted" from office and Co e
be declared mayor.
The . an the City of Benton Harbor is
guilty of civil e ction fraud for not permitting four
perIOns to .ole. Tho four hne signed affadavits
t y would have voted for Coo e in the
o .6e,_,�
The county board of canva rs after a recount
certiiJe<i P ttenon the winner by a 738-735 margin.
amed defendants in the ·t are Patterson and
the city. Th uit identifi the four ho ·gned the
aff: dants Steward G. itfi Id, Annete Fultz,
Anna L. Hanno and Iseah Jo ph Jr.
TO OVES FIRE SVSf
Benton To .p Fire Chief Bruce Garrett
id mo of the prob ems with the department's
emer cy teleph system h ve ended with the
in allatioo of ne equipment and the elimination
of unne line .
"I feel the· . n i much better," id Gar-
rett. He dded that 'minor problems" till
exist . ce ichigan Bell put in Jlj wiring · d
telepho s d cleaned up the line . ...
Citizen raised the question in October
. g the deaths of three persons in a fire
hose respon ·bility it to the phones
WOIrkir12 properly. There ere t Ie t en c
reported in October, including the fatal file, here
peopl had troub tel phoning the fire department.
HUD TO CO cr ENTO BARBO AUDrr
TIle U.s. Dept. of Housing and Urban De lop-
ment pi to conduct an audit in January to de er-
mine if city of Benton Harbor h diverted the
HUD funds for the use of city operation . The audit
00 a respo to complaint by the Citizen
Advi ry Board.
Cle illie J. Soott told the bo d that the
Dep. of Transportation h informed th
ip that there 4-inch pa�t
t ship t there is a inch pa ment depre ·011
along aiD St. by Bard School. Soott id this
could dicate that the 2-inch pipe under the
h vily-tra d street may colla d.
board oted unanimo y to uthorize
cott to con ct fum in Kalamazoo that peciJ.ize
in running ate· . on system through the line to
pinpoint any ibl collapse.
Scott the 8-inch lin alo Britain
near HuD' Terra part. collapsed Saturday. Scott
d ibed the colla an emergency th t must
be re ired at once. Th c t will depend on ho
. and come from the town-
LOYEES PAID UP - The Benton
Co n approved the sale of
$376000 in no to Farmen and erchants ational
Bank of Benton Harbor, d Finance Director, Bryce
eeks . employ received all paycheclc owed
to them on Friday.
F the lone bidder to purch the not
t 8 percent - the maximum intere t rate t by the
city commission. The note will be dated Dec. 1, 1979
and will mature Feb. 1, 1981.
TIle sale of the note, hich a appro d by
the ·dligan unicipal Finance Commission, .
expected to temporarily the city' financial
prob em . The city I pledging state revenue sharing
for the next fJSCal year to payoff the note.
eanwhile, Acting City anager AI Whitfield
tol �commi loner at the Dec.l7 commi ·00 meetin
that he taken teps to cut telephone and e ctric
ills. Whitfield said he bad cancelled all telephone
credit cards, removed all unneccesary -phones, cut
do n lightiq at municipal buildin by 50 percent
d put loeb 00 thel1llOltats.
.
reins a es
illiams
CETA
laVern
laVern illiams, 127
Catalp , Benton Harbo , has
been rein ated to her po .
tion an Employment
and Training Technician
at Berrien County CET A
ccording to eldon
Burden eETA Dire tor.
illiams, who had
been fired in J uly for
pposedly leaking inf orm -
tion to the pre r garding
program, ent ba to
ork Dec. 17.
Form
epu
lac
lica
The Progre e A
sembly of Republicans
(PAR), a De ly formed
organization of Blac Re­
publican, at a conference
in Detroit recently, called
upon Blac Americans to
"fully participate in the
growth and deci . on making
proce of both (m �or
political) partie ."
In a meeting at the
Detroit Plaza hotel, PAR
dopted ami ion tement
which challenge the Re­
publican party to expre
ideal and principles that
reflect a nuine intere t
in, improving th conditions
of life for all American . '
Ace ing the Demo­
cratic party of taking Bla
America for granted and for
not ring the needs of
minoritie in this country,
the group' n ly e cted
chairman, Dr. Aris AD ,
at nator from ary-
land and former aryland
GOP ate chairman, ed
e Republican party to
cifieally "addre the i
interests and concerns of
Bla :Americans in the for­
mation of dom tic and
foreign policy .
Dr. Allen ·d the
GOP offer full particip -
tion for all American in
the party's political
ctivitie and urged voters
to "get involved in the
coming crucial election
year."
The Progre .
A mbly of Republican
formed to "develop a
more harrnoniou and pro­
ductive relationship
between the Black com­
munity and the Republican
party."
Th organization is
m de up of members of th
Patroniz
r
rli
a
r
"In revie ing the
fac ,n id Burden, 'I
could not fmd meient
grounds."
Zelm Jay orri
th n CET A Deputy Director
had terminated s. Illiams
ccording to Burden, orris
re igned from Ceta in
ovember.
illiarns will be
paid retroacti ly cording
to Burden. " e're in the
process of orking tha t
out," he explained. She re­
ceive 11 ,866 per year.
At the time of the
firing, all media who had
carried the story of the
youth program shut do -
the Citizen, WHFB and
The Herald-Palladium- in-
die ted s. illiams
not the urce of th ir
information.
rou
Bla Republican COID­
gre ioaal Staff Assn .. Re­
publican gubernat�
appointees and staff aides,
Black Rebuplican elected
officials, Republican
pre idential appointee and
party dvisers.
ha
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book Savings account you can enjoy
service charge free personal checking
privileges by simply maintaining a
1,000 balance in your Regular Pass­
book Savings. n added p us is t e
fact that your savings ill earn the
highest interest rate, from date of
deposit to date a· a , allowed
on a regular passbook savings ac­
count. Remerrt>er, you can add money
to or withdra money from your
Regular Passbook Savings accoun ,
at any time� .. ·thout penalty! S0me­
thing else to remember, at ICe, your
savings account is insured up to
0,000 by the F.O.I.C.