ATO TO
U.s. Senator Carl Levin (D.-Detroit) ill be vi it­
Berrien County, Saturday, arch 22. He will be
t the nton Harbor Holiday Inn in the morning to
"t ith ocaDy elected otfici foll ed by a pre
conference. He ill dre the ich.igan Coalition of
Ci tize 'Participatio Orpniza' ons meetin 't the
�lUWL& Inn at noM.
(AUDIT SHO
UD S H D Y SI IUJO
A recently completed audit of the city of Benton
Harbo by the finn of Herkner, Smits, . . and
errifield 0 the city in the red by $997,787 for
1 year 1978-79 hich ended June 30, 1979.
AIm to-third of that amount repre nts what is
due the city for the of the fruit market. Finance
. Director Bryce attributed me of the city
problems to the "turmoil and reorganization in the
finance partment," the 10 of and
delinq ney in p ym n "ex-
ce rfund borro . g."
CITYTOS
The Battle Cree
that the city ref to rele bpoena d record
to t ichi Department of Civil. Righ in its
in . tion of police brutality by that city' police
force. A Calhoun County Circuit Judge had' d
temporary re training ord r blockin th city from
turning 0 r t records. Th order came r ult
petition by 11 P nt 0 former B ttle Cree
police om r. The city attorney to d the city that
to tum over the records in f ce of th re training
order uld be to invite contempt of court cit tion.
uhammed Ali m headline
with th announcement that w
rin to fight John Tate, the South fri celebri­
ty, and Larry Holme . The prize? 14 million dollars.
Th announcement nt our reporter into the
street to find out -
t
Ali
D VIS, 1 Columbus.. iIeIIlt01l
r: "I dmire r. Ali. but I feel
a great mist e. He ould r tire' gr
Editor:
The city of Benton
H . rbor . only a coup
of million dollar in debt.
A mall ption of one
to three quarters of a mil-
lion is ed to Bento
Harbor �ea Schools. T
re why I y an m­
tion is becau , City Hall
. not 'up to d te with i
figure and h not been
in four yeats.
C'mon you so-called
citizen of Benton Harbor,
hy don't you wake up
and 51 t realizing that
you don't have to ccept
this and you won't!
Providin , of cou ,
you your If a couple
b ic que tion : Where
doe the city of Benton .
Harbor tand? What can
"you" citizen do to
better our community?
I hope I don't und
sarc tic, but in plain and
. pi term, th city is
"zipped.jo ed, dried-out,
br e.' And, what do you
do? othing, To make it
much wo , sinister
thing, you di ntinue to
exercise the privilege to,
.wte.
It's gam . The well-
to-do .. ' the not- - ell
to-do and th purpo of
the gam i to condition
the 10 er cl to feel
awful and orthless, 0
th y can rub-off their
pie ures on the lowe t
of the 10 . r cl
I often onder what
it e to re down
the cia barriers that re
erected bet n us Blac
folk. I feel that we Bl ck
fo should become con-
io of ourselve and our
. city, and de lop an inter­
dependence of n ed and
strength. And mu t
op turning the other
y hen th city crle
out for help becau ,
after all B c fo , e,
the citizen of Benton
Harbor are itting OIl top
of a gold min - a Bl
mayor.
Beatrice Ann Si
JOYCE lL 9 19 E. , BeIIltOD
r. Ali but I think that
o d. I feel that is out of pee I feel that h
mo over and let the oung er tion come in."
If I ere
oin d
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