VOL. II NO. 7 JANUARY 23 • 29, 19 0
ILLIO
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Benton Harbor city i
ted to receive about
S230 000 of a ne S40
million tate aid p c
fo 33 "distr d com-
munitie in ichigan. .
The bulk or 76.7
percent - about 30.7
million - . to to
Detroit.
The plan unveiled
by Gov. iliken in hi
annual budget me ge
to the legisla tur on
day.
T program i de-
signed to upp men t ex' -
ting tate aid for local
go ernment But the ne
money would be limited
only to citie villa s,
and townships that quali­
fy as distre d under a
fiv point formula.
Legisla tive ex per
forsee a battle from state
na tors and Hou mem­
bers repre n ting t f­
flu nt, fast-growing ubur­
ban communi tie ho are
left out entirely under the
"di tr d ' qualifications.
The Citizen cont cted
Benton Harbor' Repre n­
ti e Lad Sta y who rom­
m nted "There 11 be
long fight befor it make
it. The program is eight­
ed alfully heavy to ard
th ea tern ide of th
tate with crumb going
citie like Benton Har-
found d in the
a tw day
end ference in
Gary.
G ry ayor Richard
G. H tcher is pte 'dent of
th or anization.
Ben n rbor may
J. 1 Patterson is member
f the of the group.
man id in denying th re- Rapid
q�t. and
The