L C YOUTH CLA ELD
The Hamtrainck Police Dep nt mu com-
te a youth injured in hat th te Civil
ts C . ·011 detcn an t of race discri-
mination. commission· Andre imbu of
Hamtram u charged ith re·· arrest June 25,
1974, after a Hamtramck police officer commanded
him to "Halt, boy. ' wbu d two other people
ere lighting fuec hen police appro hed
his home to in te report of gu , me
. . The trio ran a ay from the offi-
imbu claimed ral officers,
phys1cally, mentally and lerbally abu d him"
in th aIley behind the police boon, and ld tb y
m de comment. "There· little que tion
that claimant unlawfully ulted, suffering
injurie to his face and oulder ... after the arre t
as > m de," Commissioner Th odore arre' d
in the order. "The racially derogatory language
d... st that unlawful conduct w r ially
moti ted, id. The commission ordered
th department to p y irnbu 689.70 for medical
expense and 10 ting from his injurie .
.coo DE L
HUD ignored neeati e comment of the
South estern ichigan Regio Planning Commis-
. on r arding th . er Terrace Housing develop-
ment no und r co truction be een et d
Britain Stree behind the Rivero K- art Store.
tannin Commissi , Vice-Chairperson aney C1ar
expre d anger at the HUD ub, sayin HUD
ignored local control. HUD' position that the
n gative comment against the location of the b-
idized housing ere ill-timed d should have been
mad rlier in the planning process, rs. C
claimed the lanning Commission under the
impre . on the housing for the elderly and middle
income, not bsidized. The Planning Commission
too ctions on arch 25 and gain in Jun hich
helped the d elopment m e progre when busi
ne en on Riverview Drive in June prote ted the
home , the Planners scheduled a public hearing and
gath red th verse conun�nts to forward to HUD.
SHERIFF CLE S GU BEA G
Sheriff F orre 'J ell announced on-
d y, that there ere no ground to b tant· te a
claim by Roy D. Bloc er, Eau Claire, that jail go rd
u d exc . force against him. J en said that
Bloc er sustained a to the forehead "in a ffle
hen the guards ere removing him from the cell."
Blocker' b eye were ca d b t foreh d
injury, Je ell id. He claimed to ha tate
ments _ from 0 inmate of Blocker' cell that
Blocker "started 6gb with them and they fought '
b ." Je ell continued, " t all time there
more thin one officer there. And the 0 involved
in thi are not the type to u excessive force. Bloc-
er appeared in Fifth Di riet Court F . ay to plead
guilty to a reduced charge of malicious destruction
of property under S 100 and w ntenced to pay a
fme and co of ISS and e restitution to the
atervliet Police t. for dag�
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Along with the
regular Pre chool tten-
dance are in the Benton '
Harbor Area Schools (Bard,
Boynton, Calvin Britain,
orton, Seely eCord and
Sterne Brun n), pre- hool
will also be available for
four year-old children in the
Hull, Sorter and columbu
hool attend are
ccording to Claudia Ve
colani, Coordinator of th
Pre-School Program,
Student m the HuD
attendance area will ttend
pre- hool c t Boyn
ton School and studen
th Sorter and
ttend
attendin
School. pre- 001
cia begin on September
15, parents in th Hull
area will need to tr rt
their children to the Boyn
ton building and Columbu
attendance ar tudent
ill be bu d to Sorter
School.
Parents in th ne
attendance are may m e
pplicatio an have their
children reened from
9:00 . 11 :30 .m. and
12:30 - 3:00 p.m. on
September 3 and 4 at tn
folio ing loea . on : Hull
are children - Boynton
School: Sorter area chil
dren - Sorter School: and
Columbu area children -
Old Colurnbu School.
All oth r Pre-School
buildin B d, Boynton,
Calvin Britain, orton,
Seely eCord and Ste
Brunson, ill be t g
appli tion and reening
of students on Sep em
ber 3 only, from 9: 00 -
11:30 a.m. and 12:30 -
affirm live ction is office
holder in th state party.
Bl a Holly poin ted
out, comprise 20 percent of
the tive Democratic in
the state, yet hold Ie party
office than Jewi Demo
crats ho comprise only
three percent of ti
democrat
"That' ... ho contro
the Democr tic party and
tho ho control deci ded
ho many (Blae ) are
nomin ted t the ta te
con ntion" Holly id.
"In the pre identi
election," Holly h ned to
d, , e've got to ge
Carter reelected com hell
or high
And ichi-
gan Bl get the state
party t the con ntions
to readju tits prioritie to
reflect greater emp .
Detroit's particul
b ems?
Georg Atchins fi
paren
Scho
during
hour
day.
Black Democrat leader C lis For Bigger Role
predominantly B , the
13th with 104 ote and
the First with 107 .¥Ote .
That', no e n enough
to e c e have to
build up a ate ith other
district and e h n't
been able to do that,'
Holly said.
But tho gh the party
. committed to progre . e
princip me might think
placing its affirmati e tion
and in the b c of the
platform is indi tive of lip
Democr ts from around rvice to BI dvance-
the state met to nominate menu in busine and
candidates for the many politics. Just ho much
educational and judicial clout do the B party
post on statewi de basi delegate have in getting
and to confirm the ichlgan their concerns cro ?
ver ion of the national plat- 'e have to do it in
form adopted in e York. caucus (an informal g ther-
Ordering of te ing of politicians to develop
Democratic priori' is not program stands," Holly
unu despite the party's 'd.' e can't do it in an
liberal image, according to open meeting like this.
F' Congre 'onal District 'e have to ge gie ter
committee chairman Hubert entry into the caucus on
Holly. caucus nights and we ha e
.'7he B population failed to do it in number
. only 10-12 percent in the' of years.
stadunngt�,,, the c�.an 'd _ "T y ha a sy em of
nomm tin roll alloting hat they think the
call vote, "but Blac Bl ould ha
participation in ·the Demo- candidate here too y
cratic proce . probably and that' h t they g
bout 20 nt. us."
o congre A ca
tht are the . t
te
(th in
e ction in 0 ber.
"There are state .
e are orking . th
tax reform, that
try to resol in th
centr committee after
con tion.
"Our policy i de lop-
r period of
Atc .
"It' b
vention.
dull co
By .A. Good·
Le than thr ee
after the e York national
Democratic convention the
ate Democratic
party held its 1980 con
vention ee end and
opened and clo proceed
ings with a whisper. eet-
at Cobo Hall for t 0
day the tate conv ntion
did everything that might
hav been predicted and
nothing that w unexpect
ed.
or
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