EYCO G
Some community a ncie di tributing aid for
h ting bill 0 ichigan's poor and elderly are running
10 on cash - but the tate Department of Labor
y help 0 on the way. While some 45 000 people
in 19 000 hou hold have b n rved by the federal
Energy Cri 0 si lance program, 7.8 million of
ichigan' 9.7 million share h been pent, the depart­
m nt id. But oth r $9.3 million will arrive shortly.
The program supplie from 240 to 400 in 0 stance
to household net receiving any oth r social service
yments.
GOVE 0 BLASTS D OCRATS
Republican Gov. i1liam illiken contends Demo­
cratic 1 ders are unfairly blocking ichigan re Ident
from voting in the Democratic pre identi primary.
o en bl ted Democrat for heduling caucu to
allocate national convention delegate instead of using
the y 20 primary. 'If e do not ha nuine bind­
ing Democratic pre idential primary in ichi an the
only reason .. : will b th t the ichigan Democratic
Party lead rship doe 't ant us to have it," iliken
id. St te Democrats t the caucus for April 26 after
the Democr 1i tiona! Commit te prohibited u of
any primary hich permits non-Dernocr ts to vote.
POE SA IT y. F ED
Th J.H.G. Corp., owner of Par Party tore 450
in Benton Harbor, h been fin d for unsanitary
conditi t that tore. It is the cond fine within
18 month for un itary condition at the tore. Th
oro p c d on . month probation. Jam
Gideon, 1735 Golfvi Ro d St. Jo ph Township
p d d guilty to th misdemeanor charge hich id
that J .H.G. orp. d failed to take effective me ure
to e elude pe t from the processing and tor e e
and to protect ain t th contarnin tion 0 food in
or on th premi of food e tablishm nt,
- S LE ID Y F S THREE 0 BUYE
Three of the en parcels of the bankrupt V
Corp. of Benton H bor previously ld to Berrien
Sprin de eloper 0 n Tric ett er ordered d to
other buyer riday during hearing in U.s. Bankruptcy
court before Jud David E. im. im also ordered
I Tri ett to be held respo ib for the other four piece .
ri ett ref to pay the full amount of . 0 0_
ginaI bid of $282,300 for th ven parcel because of
t h ys· extensi dam to the properti s
that allegedly too place t a Sep emb r auction of
per nal property located in th building. The ne
pure rs are: 375 . ain St. to Harbor etal Treat­
in Co., for 42,500; 285 Territorial to Donald Corb ,
o r of Lakeville (Ind.) Office Furniture for $47,500;
and a parking lot ich runs from Fourth to Fifth St .,
o.S8JOO.
LIFE S B
for the propo d etropolitan life
building in the Pipe tone Develop­
ment are on pprov of tlu Benton 0 ship Plan-
ning Commission Thursday night. etropohtan, cur­
r ntly I ted at 03 Ri ervie Dri , Benton Harbor,
propo 5,000 uare foot, singl tory offi
build 0 to be 1 ted off Pipes ton Ro d e t of
)
ANlS
of the F . nd of the
Court office for Berrien County, named "Citizen
of the Year" by the Benton Harbor Ki . Club.
e tfield, ho on the ich.igan ental Health
Board, the Ri rwood ental Health Board, and the
vation Army Board WI honored for long and acti e
rvice to Benton Harbor and Berrien County.
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a urn it say amounts to
over 100 000 it claim it
h comin for ter and
wee rvice provided to
Fairplain re ident and col­
lected by the city of Ben­
ton Harbor.
The St. Jo ph board ------------------------
id no accurate fi ur
could be given ince the
city h n read meter and
nt ccurate bills in over a
year.
Benton Harbor city h d
announced lay-off effective
February 15 in its efforts to
cut b c .
Tho cuts include the
following departments,
n and annual salary):
City anager's office-
cler -typis Tracy White
( 9969 Shirley Jone
11 ,540, Regina Dancer
7810 .
Office of the Cler :
one cler -typist, J. Pro ell
($7810)·
Fire Department
four firefighters -Steve
the on ( 13,184),
Eugen Seat, H. Gat-
chell and Robert ard;
Building ainten-
ance three parttirne
maintenance orker
J .B. Blakamore ($5,495),
Jame WIli ($5,495�,
illiam ($5,233); and
le man orman Guess
(SI2724.
Police Department -
thr patrolmen all
$13,333 - d igala,
D vid Huntley, iDard od-
dy; d three radio
patchets - D. Singleton
(S9 fJ), Jamie Ruhl
(S 1 0,467), ary ite
(S 1 0,467).
In the ater
ment one laborer -
Reed ($8901);
Community
. t Depar
(S 1 0,799) Cecil Scott;
Cathy Holliday, Pub 0 In-
forma . Cle (S9,969);
HIIO At ood, Adminis-
trative t (SI3,050);
Spring Robinson, Conununi-
ty Relation S .. t ( 12
525); .
Public 0 DepUt-
ment - ix maintenance
orkers - illie Anderson
($12,117), John Atcher
(412,117), Geor S itt
($9,494), Raymond R
bUll, James Lewis and Herb
•
I
illiarns (all 9,494 ;
Deborah Vaughn, cler ty­
pi t (8,611)· illiam Evans
Account Clerk 9,494);
Economic Development
- Jeanette Cald ell, ere­
tary ( 12,724 ;
Another major
breakthrou h as made here
in black frica's ren ed
re tions-buildin with the
e of I rael. The national
labor fed . on of Israel
and Zaire Igreed to resume a
variety of cooperative pro-
m y d to an
early resumption of dip-
ic re tions bet een the
countries.
The cement igned
by oakam 0. head
of the trade union mo ement
. Zaire. and Ueruham h­
el, secretary eneral for
Histadrut, the I rael nation
bor orpnization.
0, a graduate of the
drut- pon ored Afro­
itu e of 'Israel, to d
that his mission
ed by Zaire's Prime
ni er, ho also pduated
from the Institute· in the
1960' . 1be qreernent calls
for t to help p 0-
mote vocatio traininJ in
Zaire. said he is con-
vinced t ill
In pection Departm nt .
Daisy Holmes cler ty­
pist 9 042 . Fred Ludlam,
Electrical inspector 16
239 0 Elain Petry in pect­
or 14 728 ; and Leonard
Reed, plumbing in pector,
16,239 .
The vin to the city
amount to e tim d
145 000 for th remain­
der of th current fi
year and an annual am unt
of 4050000
iron ore, and oil.
U - W tern yle
democracy is reported to
have on other victory in
this American-oriented b
African republic.
though founded a
democracy by formerly
ensl ved Americans. Liberi
been ruled by an elite
group of b s belo ·n to
bu one legal political party
and not ntially represen­
tative of the n tive African
blacks.
hen the Pro ressi e
Alliance of Liberia on the
right to register an opposi­
tion party, kno as the Pro­
&r j e Peop e's Party, the
tOO-year 0 d dominance by
th ruling b ac Ametican-
oriented elite ined its fi
official challen e. e Tru
Whig Party has been, until
o ,the only legal political
party in Liberi .