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JA UARY 21 .- 27, 1 1 THE CITIZE
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Contin eel from 1
The Jan. 14' e of The
Citizen expo the gasahol
fe ibility tudy but did not
t th t ve copy
of the proposal.
The City anager's of
o flee released a copy of th
udy to The Citizen on
January 15. The grant
propo Abon-
m che bmitter and
ben f ctor of the $83,675.
Re mes of Abonmarch
personnel ere included
in the pplication to
trie ' the A\x>nm
study say , hich ha e ex-
pr a 'OUS intere t in
purchasing th tearn. Th
indu trie include: Whirl
pool Corporation, Auto
Specialti, e
and odem PIa' "
". . . The industrial
o
ce de', layout and
con ruction drawin
"Determine total
pi and operating co s.
"Identify per nnel
requirements,
- "Prepare environmen
tal imp ct analysi .
"Secure financing
from private sector.
- "Evaluate capabilities
of waste hau ers and grain
ippers,
''Prepare nece
mar et analy , .
-' Coordinate develop
ment of this project with
on going ec omic develop
ment program in the city
of Benton Harbor."
All the items on this-list
were co red in prelimi-
nary manner in the 45 pa
grant appli tion. There
are tw 0 operations in
Abonrnarche's proposal -
re urce recovery plant and
an ethanol/ga 01 product
'on plant.
The Abonm rche grant
application states that th
re ource recovery plant -
a plant that ould bum
solid waste to generate
earn - ould 11 that
steam to surrounding mdq
tries. "A portion of the
stearn would be piped �o
serve surrounding indu
f e expr d
an in p � __ ��,
earn . lpool Corpora-
ti , Auto Special'
odem P and e
Products! are illing to
discu long term contr
and po ihly . ting in
demo rate the fum' expre d concern over the
ability to conduct th fe - Commi . ner's being
bility study. unaware of the study and
At onday night' City directed cCauley to pr
Commissio meeting om- pare an "in-depth study'
nu oner Charle Yar- of the allegations of the
brough referrins to the Jan. Jan. 14 Citizen article which
14 article in The Citizen listed a variety of question-
ed cCauley,« ho did able bills submitted by
he (Abonmarche employee Abonmarche to the city.
Ron Schult) do th study . In the grant application,
for? ' Abonmarche listed what it
, e did th rvey for ould do with the
us,' cCaul y re nded. 83,675:
ayor Patterson .also - "Formulate final pro-
Contin eel from p
The 1/3 of th co s
the tim spent on the study
up to thi point. Abon
marche Con ltants, Inc.
funded th remainder of th
application proce cost.
"5. Th application
submitted to the Depart
ment of Energy.
"6. Abonmarche Consul
tant , Inc. received ord on
December 12, 1980 that the
application not accept
ed.
"7. Through our con
tracts ith Congre an
Stockman and his taff,
this application is still being
considered. Additionally,
considerable attention' be
ing given to Bento Harbor
for potential energy pro
ject due to the intere t
o n by both the City
and private enterprise on
this pplica tion."
of pre time
ana r Paul cCau
office had not located
Janu ry 18 memo.
50,00
Conti eel rom 1
cretary of St
it out in
, t tim
granted the I n to Quali
ty Stampin Chry ler
e plained in an intervi
it should hav filed a
fin cing tern nt with
the Secretary of S te'
office in Lansi . Tha t
d hem d them a
cured creditor in the eye
the court. T y would
en be entitled to their
coll teral, or the arn unt
of th an. U DC failed
to me the paper .
In . related m tter,
UCDC Pr 'dent Forre t
P r on . d that th
50000 loaned to P
arty Sto s not been
collected. Par P rty ore
burned last fall and 0 ner
Gideon has been
char ed ith in th t
. H oe to trial J anu
ry 21.
'The H rtford Com
pany i denying the claim
for Park Party Store," Pear-
on told The itizen. He
e plained that owner
Gideon h d never listed
U DC in the policy .. as
holding mortgage.
Gideon purch d the in r
ance from th Flaugh en
cy. Dan FI gh is a UCOC
board member and voted
for th loan to Gideon.
, e will ait the
au tcome of the criminal
proceeding before filing
for foredo re,' Pe r
id.
c inney announced his
resignation from the local
development company on
January 14. e t on the
loan committee when the
Par Party Store and Quali
ty Stamping loans ere
m de.
In 1979, group of
40 minority businesspeopl
ttempted to participate in
the then mostly trite,
mostly non-re . dent organi
zation. Their efforts to
participate ere blocked by
legal technicalities from
St. J 0 ph ttomey hired by
Pe n.
A t their annual
meeting in February, 1980,
there w not quorum,
but the group elected offi
cers anyway.
Pear n id member-
ship is do n about 50
percent from a year ago.
LARGE SELECTIO OF
LADIES OE!!
WT OFLA G
lZES !
e h U
REFRIGERA TO
STOVES
SbI'li)IIM�nt of
f I
. :
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UCDC record re listed
on the subpoen rved the
city of Bent n Harbor by
th federal grand jury in es
tigating the city' use of
HUD fund UCDC is a
non-profit group t up to
m e loans in th city of
Benton Harbor to increa
the tax base and employ
ment opportunitie .
UCDC Loan Commit-
tee Chairpers til Vic
I'
.
, '
. ,
credit, that hundred billion
dollar could po ibly be
doubled before leaving the
black community.
But thi ould call for a
"caucu -con ciou ne ";
that i ,the n e of bein
primarily or e c1u ively blac
for limited and agreed upon
practical and trategic pur
po
hi Democracy in Am rica
that 0 much of the geniu -of
arty Arneri an life to be
found in the give-and-ta e of
group po er and interc . ng .
ithout coalescing as a
kind 0/ black' caucus, lac
people cannot hope to move
ond their presently pre-
cariou tatu of urvi at and
into th ecurity and pro r
hich com alon through
being dealt ith, to u de
Tocqueville's phr , 'a a
po er seen from afar."
Becau black American
have a hundred billion dollar
annual spendin po er: th
have a trernendou le erage
for social, political and eco
nomic chan e. From an eco
nomic point of vie ,if blac
did busin ith on another
and u ed bl k ban nd
credit union for and
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need to
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1 ICS's new Action
The Acuon 0 account gives you the convenience and service 0 a ch
mg account. yet pa s you 5' 4 • merest. added to your ccount mon Iy
There IS no service charge If rmrurnum balance of $1,000 IS rnamtarn d. If
balance falls belo $1 000 t ere lS S rvice charg of $5 offset by anterest
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earned.
ICB' Regular Personal Chec ing Account
We offer you personal chec 109, free of service charg, en you ep a
balance of $300 an your ch c 109 account. or rnamtain a $1.000 balance 10
your Passboo or Golden Key savmqs account.
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need to ct. in ommon or
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ICS' Special Checking Account
It's deSIgned for customers ho don t write many ch c s There IS no mini
mum balance, only a charge of 25 for e ch chec ou CIte.
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ICS' Student Checking Account
There ts no servic charg for students ose parents hav an ccount
ICB. AI 0 no minimum balance IS required.
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ICS' Senior Citizen Account
For customers 62 years or old r there IS absolute! no s rvic c arge or mini
mum baJance required for regular c ec Ing.
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month on au
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