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RE sro WSS OUNTS TO 33 ILLIO
report' ed July 23 indicated th t a pre lim i­
n ry figure of $33 million th price of the July
16 torm in th tri-county south estern ichi�
are�, According to the eriffs department, non-
gncultural damage w about 8 million in Berrien
3.6 million in V Buren, $2 million in Ca and j
milli in All gan. Damage to crops in Berrien Coun-
ty e tim ted t 7.8 million ith 3.1 million of
th t in dam e to tart ch erie . Since Governor ill­
iam . en h declared all of uth e tern ichi­
gao a disaster area, Farmers are eligible for federal
'd.
PO IO SUES H CITY
Th union repre nting the police Ii utenants
and rge 18 of Benton Harbor has food suit in Ber­
rien County Circuit Court. The suit see s to force
th city to honor bargaining agreem nt which grants
p y e of 8.3 percent. Accordin to City anager
P ul cC ul Y th re i 't enough money to imple-
ment til ment re hed in December, 1979. Th
unl n repre nts four lieutenants ho ould make
25,08 year under th ne contract, and ffve r-
t 0 ould ch m e 22,742 annually. Th
city's neral employ sere heduled for, s
y t unreceived, pay hike July I of 10 percent.
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By . Li in
"Rent strikes don pro­
perly are gal," Vicky Gil­
lette told the audience gath­
ered for the Housi Sem­
inar spon ted by the ichi­
gan Department of Civil
Righ S turday, at Pro­
gre ' Baptist Church.
"If your hou or
partm nt need repair,
notify th landlord give
Other item discussed
ere the HIP and
program hich pr
fundin through local b
for Ho Irnpr ernen and
eighborhood Improve-
mente State b 'm for
renter eighborhood
" tance program" discrim-
inati n in housinz: ort-
g e Redlining bill" and
Citizen and Tenant group .
renee Cro et t, District
Executive Director, Ben­
ton Harbor offi Depart­
ment of Civil Rights- Lil­
lian Benbo , Housing Con­
sultant for th Department"
Howard ile ichigan
Housing Development uth­
ority, Lansing; and, liff
Shrupp, Fair Housing
ter of Detroit.
o LDE
LARS RECEIVE LO G
The ichigan Citize Lobby gi n
South estern lawmakers poor score for
their position on "ation ranging from item
pricing to oter registration in high school. State
Sen. Harry Gast, Jr. (R�t. Jo ph) one of four
egi tors to receive a zero. In the Hou Rep.
C 1 Gnodtke (R-Sawyer) t- d with three other Re­
publican for the bo tom ranking of 12 percent. Lad
St cey (R-Berrien Springs) scored 29 percent. The
Citize Lobby has a tatewid membership of
86,000 fam.ilie • The Hou score as 54 per-
cent bile Senate w 49 percent.
oro ESC OVE TO 00 0 H
The Fairplain Development Co. wiD purchase
; and rennovate the building at 133 - 145 . ain,
Benton Harbor, a site for the MESC office if its
plans for obtaining a $750,000 bond are approved.
ccording to commen m de by e Senecal,a
Fairplain esman, the do to site chosen
under orden from Go. iUiam Millikin 0 two
years go commanded MESC to limit its search for
bi r quuten to downtown BlI. MESC has only
fm month in hich to mo from it St. Jo ph
location. The Fairplain group will e the basement
of the ain St. build.ing to MESC for $9 a uare
foot, or an annual rate of 72,900 for 10 years,
Currently, ichipn BeD occupie the fust floor of
the building, d 0 county program· - 70001
and YSB - occupy the nd floor. Fanners and
erchant presently owns the building. Ac-
cordin to Senecal, the proposed bond ha re-
ceived preliminary approval from the county'
Economic Development Corporation Board.
him or her thirty days
to m e repairs, put the
rent mon y in escrow. If
the landlo d fails to make
repair, take the rent money
and do it your If," the
Hou of Repre ntative
staffer told the listener in
respon to a question.
ith s. Gillette on
the panel were Rev. La -
D
It as politicians
ing to politician, candidates
conferring with candidates
at the AACP Candidate
Forum, Saturday, July 26
at Benton Harbor Library,
AACP Committee
Chairper n Barbara L.
Jone and ill Bran umb
pre ided over aero d
sparisely dotted with civil­
ian .
Percy Carr, running
against illie A e for