BH CITY HELPS CADlLL C DE LER The Benton H rbor city commi "on ppro d resolution t its April 21 meetin tran ferring jurisdiction 0 er an economi development proj ct from th Benton H rbor Econorni Development Corp. to the Berri n County Economic Development Corp. According to the re lution the BH group h be n unable to me t for 1 c of quorum and th t qu rum ems unlikely in the ar future. State demand the transfer. Richard leValley toner of leV All y Old dillac, Inc. h ed the Berrien County EDC for the' ce 0 tax-exempt bonds to Ip him pur buildin h no rents. The building' owned by Burton Pearson, of Pear n Con tructi Company. re tore th POLICE P COURT F GHT AGAINST LA Y -OFF The rgeant and lieutenan i tion of the Benton Harbor Police d partment announced that it will court injunction blocking the lay-offs of " of their member by the city in co t cutting effort. S hedu d for I y-off effective the cond ee in ay are Harry Lenardson, Alfred Ed rd, and Philipp Schneider, all lieutenant; and Char e Ham n Dwight Clau re and Elmer Rhode, r- eant. ccording to city personnel report, the salaries of the lieutenant re S23,165 e ch and th r an S20,999 e ch. Th figure do not include frin . City anager Paul cCauley lso . announced lay-offs 0 II more raj employee . The city reduced its payroll from 0 er 200 in 0 ember to 114 currently. d April 23, 19 0 Editor: Did you kno that there are people who have sustained a positive atti­ tude for over fifty years even in th face of poli­ tical campaign divi ivene ? ould you like to know ho they did it? I would! I'm riting .to call your attention to a resource that can tirnulate your paper's circul tion a t very lit tl co t. Your of thi re ource can open the op­ portunity to giving and learning the vital pects of our herita . The re urce i our older m turer, and wi r people. Th have a posi­ tive rol to play in our , Am clean w y of life," a ound ork ethic, and the ability through their remini to commit SA their energy to ustaining th vitality of our nation and building togetherne in our ci ty. Illinois Representativ Paul Simon recen tly ugges­ ted that e take dvantag of the marvelous blessing of our older citizens by getting them to trace their family history or to recall -much of their live a they can - just remini - ing either on paper or on pe recorders. The' recol­ lections, be ides being in­ tete ting, give our heritage vitality that cannot be found in history boo . Shall e t e this oppor­ tunity to build communi­ ty spirit? Ho can you u this re urce? Devote a ingle column of your n wspaper to uch inform tion. You could for and get letter or t pe 0 you ouldn 't e en h ve to n re­ port r to g therin it -ju t edit it a lit . Your edi- torial could . CIVIC' group churche, youth group and e en th Sen­ ior Citizens th m lve to gather the inform tion. T 80rrega Spring, California High School did it project last year and it attracted much interest that they continu d it this year and are publishing a booklet. I have an ddre for anyone who ants to cont ct tho hool for fur­ ther inform tion. Here ar som stimula­ ting que tion for Letter­ to-the Editor writers: at do you rem mb r of your childhood? 0 is the fir t President you recall? t do you remember of th beginnings of any local in- D STO TED LETTE mann r in which you have taken editorial censorship libertie as regard my re- ent tter comparing the Guyana tragedy ith the" City of Benton Harbor. It had been my under­ andin that the ' ditor' ailbag - was for the pur­ po of allowin your rea­ der hip th opportunity to express their vi and opinions a long a th ir Continued on P 10 THE CITIZE ditor following letter in the April 23 i ue. letter a addre d to the Herald-Pall dium by Carl Editor: Brown after th t paper I wish to express my edited th I tter written di ti f tion ith the by r. Brown concernin the sirnilari ti bet een the Guyan tr dy and B nton H rbor. The Citizen carrl d the full te t of r. Brown's parent I co did I t is th of yo r tion: re from? Or g t in there? outstanding life? Gorge ashington said in hi ircular to til St tes" dated Jun 17 3: t tho u pic u period, the ni ted S te cam into e istence ation, and if their Citi­ zen uld no be com­ pI tely fr and happy the fault ill b entirely their LETTE c Editor: I have been a re ident of Benton Harbor for some time and kno veral peo­ ple ho work t City HaU. I folio the commission and or shop meetings in the new paper. I am be­ coming more and more concerned wi th th way the city is being run. I a very disturbed to e that the city h to in­ validate th residency or­ dinance due to poor managem nt and poor legal advice in enforcing it. But it angers me to e that th city administration pays lip rvice to a policy of employing city residents whil in fact ignoring it completely. They lay-off .the rub­ bish truck workers and then contract tr pic -up to a firm in Benton Township. If th Y had properly ad r­ ti d th t they ould fur­ nish two or three trucks nd pay t balance of .the bid for year contract, me enterprising city resi­ den ts could ha e tarted a n busine. The city ad­ mini tration and commi on con tantly talking about ho to encourage busine and indu by to come into the area. Then in thi . tua tion they on t give local citizens chance. I very conf d