referrin to the 6.2 ere
of land by the city
to Darryl J cobs for 60,
000.
"lt s the men-
tality and vi· on of th
city official ," he observed.
"Building on the riverfront
h spoiled th be uty of
the river."
ult ld for 30
piece of'· ver - it
betrayal of the public,
Jo ph eommen ed.
Then in a remar he
declined to explain, the
city's fa t BI mayor
id, 'It's trange, th t
uThirty pie of ·1-
r" is hat former ayor
Char Joseph called the
price of the proposed Pop.
com Jenny's hotel and
taurant "1leftlopment on
the St. Jo ph riverfront.
In remar made to
The Citizen during a vi °t
to Benton Harbor for the
arch 22 meeting of the
ichipn Coalition of
Citizens Particip tion Or-
ganization meeting hich
he addreaed, Jo ph 'd
the city uld "never have
Id that piece of land.'
sold that piece of land,"
some peop g t in olved
tryin 0 mea deal -
if political peop m e
d with b
ould be
'._... .. _ "'_'-=--OLo ..... -Y CHIEF FINED
, former administrator of the Crystal '
cemetary. ordered to p y I S3SS fine
and court co for disinteJ!in8 a body ·thout a per-
· mi De Vall switched his not guilty p to no con-
in a trial before Berri n District Jud Hugh
B . T timony from cemetery (X' en re &led
that De Vall the remains of 0 tillborn
infants unearthed by di
pre
"Since F ere,
they might ve
it them there. There °
''P enon made
eommittment to th grou
that upported him ini .
I can't pinpoin ho
, but they
of ci ty . Hi tie-in 0
with mold Bolin 0
conditio d him to be-
coI11in8 ay or . Bolin'
�phy d 't m e
for good ernment,"
Jo ph dded.
In explaining
di redits "Bolio' P
phy," Jo ph ded, "Bolin
condescending to
peop - h s holie
than thou ttitude
ouldn't be on th com­
mi ion.
Jo ph currently r
in Chi go here h 0
an import-export company,
Ch r F. Jo ph Inc.
STATE
o
orscr LA
for job layoff: being drafted by
that ould offer me pro
tectio to B s d orne. 0 groups of n
t hired may not be the fust fried 1
up for and recei d a court m . budget cut­
be. Director of the Civil Service Department Ie­
ction bure u explained the De policy could give
or en the choice of a ary cut, Ie repon °bility
or the option of leavin their job.
CUI�PC CLE RS BH HOUS P S
The South e tern ichigan Regional Plan-
cleared notification of in­
'chigan State Housing Develop­
ment Apthority for the construction of 290
uni t the 0 d fruit mar et ite in Benton
Called River Terr ce partment, th
unit will be developed by - Capital
of Cruea and ill include e six- tory,
tructure for 150 nior citizen apartments and
140 0- tory family townhouse and par tmen t
urn . 0 co t e timate ere pre nted.
o
Cites racism in decline
of family life Con't from Page 4
St te Represen tive
Lad St cey -Berrien
Sprin ) will hold town
hall meeting for Ben on
Harbor are resi den on
Thursd v. April 3, t 8:00
p.m. at th Benton Town­
ship Hall, 1725 Territori
Ro ,in Benton To ship.
St cey ill open th
meeting ith brief remar
concerning current legist­
tive ctivity in the ichi
House of Repre ntati e
and . the effect it ill hav
n are citizens. Th re­
m inder of the evening on
be opened for que tions and
an rs. Staff m mber
from the ichigan Lesi -
ture ill al be on h d to
cleaned up an traighten­
ed up then e (Blac s)
canno mo e forwards. T
liber tion of our people
begins at home."
dhubuti tre
importance of Bl c
fern le relationship
foundation for the
ructure.
He concluded by ying
ill t a family's priority
ould be the children. "If
th children do not bee me
our priority th n ar
internally killing our-
I "
any dec 0 ion making and
"canno deal with white
politicians, businessm n,
the military, 0 en list and
technicians. Richmond
should ha own
tha!"
ecently Blae
politicians ministers and
community activist met in
Richmond, VA to plan
81 end a for the
1980s . Although invited.
none of the pre idential
candid te ttended the
eeting.)
"The f arnily i tb ey.
If the family life 0 not
in
DEVELO
urged to
GO
y
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