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August 06, 1980 - Image 5

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Michigan Citizen, 1980-08-06

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THE MOVE
o


o
Berri n Springs where e
ed a Group Leader.
From there e went to the
Sub-grant Program - Youth
.. n and from there to
the Youth Service Bureau.
now heads up the
Youth Employment Train­
ing Program (YEW). s.
o h worked there for
two yean and enjoys it
greatly. .
"I oy orlting with
very much and some­
day hope to haft a job in
high 01 dminis1r -
tion," e '.
• 0 . very active
in her church, the e
Georgia 0, YETP
Coordinator, came to Ben-
on Harbor' 1966 d
ent to and Induated from
Benton Harbor Hi&h School.
loe the d'
by henelf at Briarwood
pt
over­
of
vice .
After the three-month
ineligibility period, perso
could re-apply for relief.
Pre ntly, recipien
re to join a ork pro-
ject are cut off from
"I
th t th Legi
- The 0 ernment , the mo t ub tantial one of it
aster Sergeant Samuel kind in fri .
Doe announced, followin The Fire tone Rubber
the coup earlier thi year, Company control nearly a
that there ould be very littl million cres of land for i
chan e in Liberia' re tion rubber p antation and em-
ith other nation. Thi ploy some 12,000 people in
policy continued, despite its Liberian oper tion .
m clear Deed fOT reform in The Liberian iron ore de-
term of Liberia' receipts �its have brought Bethle-
from U.S. and other in hem Steel into a major role in
tors in Liberian ra e- Liberia' ecooomi affairs.
ri . A t my prob em of orld-
T e U.S. h d the great- . implication f ces Liberia
est t ke and involvement, in it lucrative maritime fleet
a forei n overnment, in hich includes privately-
Liberian ffair. The U.S. 0 ned hip from other
h maintained the Omega nations re istered in Liberia
communication and moni- and representing one-fifth of
toring site in Liberia, which i the entire orld's shipping
nd
o
Par dUe Baptist Church in
Benton Harbor. She' a
Sunday School teacher and
member of the Bible
class. She also' a narrator
for the church' TV br d­
cast and . the Pre 'dent
of the Junior
Society.
In her spare time
o sings with the Sounds
Unlimited Gospel Group
and abo lOY s to and
. roller ate!
• 0 feels that
there is still hope for the
Benton tbrOOI area, es­
pecially the downtown area.
"I . people here
o

I
have a lot of giving to do
and there are people in this
to n who do have the
ability to do just th t,"
to , oh, no, not yet!"
''Change is defmitly
needed in Benton Harbor
md 1 am trying my best
to do my are to bring I
about change," 0
dded.
�eorgia 1·1088.
tance for 30 day , although
there is no te tatute
penalizing elfare recipients
ho refuse to ark or
cept employment.
Gnodtke noted that
there been trend to-
ard closing more gener
. of perso
ork in re-
cent mon He pointed
out that a Department of
Social Service survey f
the fint four months of
1980 0 ed that bout
900 case a month ere
ing terminated for 30
day of a Ii to
comply with the guideline
for receiving assistance.
In ay, Godtke said.
about 3,500 cue ere
do d. If the trend contin­
ue he said, the could
e about double th $8
million hich fi an-
ticip ted.
ob Kheder, deputy
director of the Department
of Social Service, hailed
fleet. Liberia deriv some
S12 million ye rly from this
type of "easy- ccess" regis­
try. Admittedly, this h
r ulted in far too little uper­
v' ion of ship hich increas­
in Iy h ve polluted and
otherwise endan red both
foreign ports and interna­
tional aters,
Palroniz
o
our
adv rli rl
y
th signed legislation
"balanced appr ch that
wiD provide opportunitie
for or. along with more
enforceable sanctions for
our field ork.er.
"Since the state of our
economy' in such tenuous
shape at this point, th
cost savings that this biD
will provide . extremely
important and I commend
Repre ntative 0 ling for
introducing it, the legisla­
ture for p . g. it, and
Governor Milliken fo .
ing it," Kheder '.
.y
or

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CO TACT T OOPE
COLE
Benton Harbor .. State Police Post.
926-7361

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