IE JO LESS ATE HITS IS PERCE
Figure rele d 1 show a ri in the
Berrien County unemploynient rate of 1.6 percent
aving 11,300 people offICially unemployed. ichi-
gaD Employment Security C�mnussion fllUres show
75,840 people in the ork force, but only count as
unemployed th ho actively k employment
through that cy or dra benefits. The De rate
of 14.9 percent remains below the record rate of 17.2
percent t in 1974. The Berrien rate is also almost
one percent over the State ra but ill far behind
the uto-intensi are of Flint where unemploy-
ment' no 23.1 percent. .
Lo tri ge
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Benton Harbor City
Clerk John Lottridge said
recall petition flied again
ayor Joel Patterson and
Co�oner onnd e'
ere lacking enough valid
signature to have the ques
tion ppear on the baDat.
Earlier; Lottridge h d
told reporter he thought
there were enough, but
after nding the petitio
to Patterson, ei and
City Attorney Gavin, he
found the Patterson peti
tion ort 22 . gnatures
and the petition
lacking 17.
� Gray, Recall co
chairperson owed to dd
this most recent rejection
to the pending lawsuit re
garding the recall petition
filed against Commi ioner
Arnold Bolin.
Depositions taken . in
that have restored 11
signatures discounted by
Lottridge.
Gray issued the fol
Io ing atement:
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P L ARY CE SUS F URES S 0 S BH
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Unverified figure from the Census Bure u sho
Benton Barbo City dropping in population from a
1970 cen fi re of 16,481 to 13.920. The fIgUres,
re pub . A 1 in the local daily
pre are � ode fJlUfes" ccording to county
offici If the fIlUm stand, the fmancially rapped
city ill 0 federal d tate funding hich is d'
tributed on population b '. Other tatistics re al
t county' 0 r all population gro at a mere in
ere of 2,248 over the 10 year period with a popu
I tion of 166,188. St. Jo ph city ows a drop
from 11,042 to 9,411 according to the early figure .
VOTE REGI-
BE 0 TO SHIP FACES BUDGET cur
Benton Township Board of Trustee heard
Tre rer James Culby announce that the Township
f a I in state revenue aring fund that will
force a cut of 5 per cent in its bud t. Colby ex
plained that increased orkers compen tion pre
mium ill abo contribute to the cut b . Super-
. r Be ppointed a committee of argaret
Cri , ora Jefferson, Chade Zollar and Colby
to study here cuts orld be f ib.
CH E OF CO E CE TO FLY CfIY CO -
lSSlO ERS TO CITY VENllJ SITE
Benton Harbor City mager Paul c Cauley
announced t the onday night commi on meet
ing that the Chamber of Commerce' flying another
group to inneapohs-St. Paul to tour the City Ven
ture ites there. City Venture I profit corpora
tion found d by Control Data that offer to "com
prehena Iy" rebuild distressed fee. They are
currently studying the fe . ili'ty of developing a
project for Benton Harbor. Cummi . oners ichael
Govat , Charle Yarbrough and orval e' said
they will m e the trip. Commissioner Ed Eaman
joined a Chamber trip to Toledo in July to study
City Venture . e there.
TISD L FA ILY SUES DEATH OF SO
The family of cEldon Tisdel, 28, have fIled
suit in Federal Court, Grand Rapid , 0 er the 1977
shooting of their n by Oron 0 To nship police.
In July of that year, three officer responded to
call of a disturbance at Ro Hill anor, an part
ment compl x. Police reports at the time . d when
officer opened the door of Tisdal's hom , he as
sitting f cing the door, holding eapons. He wa
ordered to drop th eapons refused, and raised
th 12 g uge pump otgun when officers opened
fire. The suit s I million in dam es, citing·
en count of civil right vi 1 lion , for a tot 1
of 7 million.
ugust 2, 19 0
E rly in the wee ity
Cle John Lottridge as
quoted by the m dia a
stating that there did appear
to be SUfflC' nt ture
to permit the recall of
Cornm eiss and yor Pat
terson. However, at sam
point after 8 poll workers
had checked all of th
petitions there apparently
a a change in the number
of approved . gnatures.
This occured after the City
Cler allo ed Patterson and
ei to .che over th ir
own petition. The City
Clerk's final report, hand
delivered to th County
Clerk's Office contained
many remark written on
extra slips of paper which
alluded to various reason
hy signatures should no
be allo ed on particular
petition . Ho ever, it i
impo "hie to determin
from his report hich
name they decided try and
aliminate.
Over the past veral
months it ha become quite
obvi u that th yare deter
min d that th citizen of
Benton Harbor re not to
be allo ed to exerci their
civil and political right.
They mus feel that th
citizen of Benton Harbor
re unabl to e through
their political tric s. They
mu at feel that the
sam citizen are no mtel
lig nt enough to figure out
just exactly h t . go'
on. The members of th
Citizen Recall Committee
are determin d to to it
that the per ns are not
permitted to continue to
rul the city in ch a 1-
fish and di tatorial manner.
Th credibility of our
e cted officials is at an all
time 10 , and their current
beh vior does not bring any
honor to our city. The
citizens of Benton Harbor
e to r
th citizen of Bent Har
bor that thi Committee
intend to relief from
the cti ODS of City C
John Lottrid d oth r
inth rts,
It i up to th citizen
of Benton Harbor to decid
ther they re goin to
control th ir n city or
h th r they ill permit
the indivi du to die
to them hat y can or
cannot do.
Citizen