FO
will meet in cauc on
Saturday, April 26 to the presidential candi
date of eir choi . Voting begin at 11 a.m. and
is open to registered Democra . Caucus locatio
e: Berrien County - Berrien County Fairgrounds
Youth Building; Van Buren County - Decatur Town-
Hall; C County - Co r Room,
C County courtho
Guyana Tragedy",
recently depicted on te
. on study in horror
almost beyond beli f. Yet it
is true ory b on
ctual h ppenings, involving
real people. The most fright
ening spect of the tr dy
in Guyana, i that with
perbap the excepti n of
the m icide , it might
ell have been titled 'Ben
ton Harbor Tr dy" . e
factor th t en bled Jim
Jo s to e blish him If
a modem day ose
for thou ds of disillu . n
ed peopl , exi in Benton
Harbor today. Too much
un mployment, <to much
crime, mad q te housing,
10 c demic chie ernent
general distrust in govern
ment, and too little hope.
P rty and oppre . n,
and the b ' c belief of deliv
erance ca many of us to
grope blindly for, and cling
de perately to, any promise
of v tion. e have been
robbed of the ' to think
CIlY 1'0 RAZE BUIlD S
J Ha kin
m to demol
the Bli Junior High
uden are using the
t d abandoned tructure for certain "il-
a} ac ivitie ' 0 t of th tructur are on Colby.
The Citizen in October carried pi ture of one of
the ructure aft T being no uled by a hool em
ployee of the dan to the tuden p nted by
the ou . I t that tim the city d to raze the
buildin .
ILLAG
F OVE P OPOSED POUCE CUTS
police and me citizen
pro tin city mana r Paul cC uley' propo
to half th rank of command om
has id t the cu the city som 500,
.000 d that tho cut will eligibl to re pply
for patrobnen pot openin up. Lt. Fred elli
union pre' ent, ys it is impo ible for laid off
command officer to hire b c in p trolmen
civil rvice requirem nts demand that starting
patrolmen be no mor than 31 years old and that
all comm d offi r be more th tha. Rellis also
id that fi� command officers will be eligible for
retirement 'thin th t ven months. Up for
retirement e Rellis, C pt. Harold Harris, Lt. Leon
Hardy, Lt. AI Ed rd and Sgt. Elmer Rhode. c
C uIy maintain the department , lop-sid d with
12 command office , one detective and only 13
patolmen. BH city' under orders from the ichi
gao unicipal Finance League to balance its bud
get.
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tETTE
Reader sees little hope ·
o
or to make cision for
ourselvei , e have become
dependent upon others to
deci hat . best for us,
Ironically, although e
realize that many of their
decision have resulted in
negati affec upon our
live , e have convinced
oursel they have done
so in· our be t intere t .
It is difficult to
Editor:
On Civil ' ts > I'm
afraid that If the poor
uneducated Blac s can be
victims of sy tern 'which
for over 116 years since
the Civil ar ' as there,
there' no hope for equali
ty today. If on isn't born
bite as the bite peo
ple, you aren't equal.
I can certainly under
tand that. I must remind
our BI c s that the very
veterans of every r going
Benton Harbor Area
Schoo elementary udents
needing help with their
home or can can
926-6620 from 3: 00 to
5:00 p.m. onday through
Thursdays and get an IS
to their questions.
School Voiun teer
der, rs. ary ilson,
. coordinating this spec'
telephone Hot line pro
gram. " e have' teac rs
and me cially trained
olunteers mannin the
elephones, 0 one is going
to give ans en to probl ms
tha students are expected
to work out for them-
. lve. t will gi
, help to tuden they
try to complete their
PA GFO CI1Y
ignrn nts," said r ,
ilson.
The de 'go of this t-
or ch that elemen-
tary tudent having diffi
cuI tie performing their
reading and math ign-
menta could ha meone
immediately nilab to
them. .
When stu den t calls
. the Hot Lin number, a.
record will be m de by the
volunteer of th que tion
the tuden t ed d the
answer gi en to the stu
dent. Co pie of this in
form tion will be forward
ed to the student's te -
so th t the teacher '
o th special problem
being experienced by
or h r tudent.
y
plain hy e contin
con tribute to our 0
de truction, hen the Bible
fore amed of f
prophets me nger of
tan, and the Anti-Christ.
aybe it' becau e re-
fu to ccept truth
our guiding light. e rely
OR the ord of man,
r ther than the deeds of
Guy i arning of
t can happen if e
nse,If
our 0
lives,
b c to odd ar I in
1914, orld ar II in 1944
and Vietnam 1963-1973,
the Democrats tarted
three. Yet e are I d to
bell e e Pre . dent of the
United State has our ans-
er hen they don't
e en ha e their answe .
On the candidate - I'
d cided non are any better
than the other. Carter tried
but he' just 13 and too
outta tune. ennedy PO.
bigger threat than any
other, Reagen i too d.
About th draft - I've
ed Se tor Sam uno
Georgia Democrat, a for-
J" y Ruff
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nton Harbor
L C announce
dead lines for mec
te ts
echani
e the June, 1980, i '
gan State echanics Certi
fication Te t mu t register
before April 30, rding
to the State Bureau of
Automotive Regulation.
Registrati forms can
be ob ' d from
ichipn Co
tive technol ' office d
from ichigan Employ
ment Security Commi 'on
offices ESC) th
Secretary of State om
All t will be ' n