c
c
the general fund and 27,
000 was (or will be) reim­
bur d by v . us agencies
of the federal go ernment.
For the sums, the City
of Benton Harbor and the
rvices of firm of more
than ten (10) employee,
partners and iate , in­
cluding two profe . nat
engineers, registered sur­
veyor, a certified planner,
draftsman, and pport
personnel. 0 fringe bene-
fit are involved.
I also feel tha,t the pro­
ject work done by Abon­
marche during 1980 will
be extremely valuable and
u CuI during th coming
months.
The fi picayune item
on their billings hich may­
be questionable can be
explained. I think
ha e a good
eep it that y!
orval e'
BH City Commissioner
I
Editor:
Due to some long stand­
ing criticism and a recent
art' Ie in Iy new
p per, Citizen, regard-
ing th arrangement
be een Abomnarche and
the City of Benton Harbor,
1 ould like to make a
comparison of the co s and
efflCiency of an in-hoe
profe . onal engineer.
oppo d to Abonmarche or
similar consulting fum.
median starting salary
for professional engineer
is in the rea of 25,000.
He ould require ere­
tary t minimum of
10,000 to start. Fringe
of 4OJ> ould b ring the
total to 49,000, and Ben­
ton Harbor ould have an
engineer and that' all!!
bonmarche received
pproxim tely 42,000 in
calendar 1980 for i ser­
vices to the city. In round
figure $15,000 came from
In Port Gibson, Miss.
pI
Their opinion
Conunon La
dam judgement rendered
by the Chancery Court ex­
ee and remanded it to
e lower court for further
proceedinp.
The MiII�lJ)j
gr con rvative t-
Mis:5issi':ppi titude permeating this
the country ith re ct to the
rigb of b
minoritie .
u Klux
an can 00 citize in
th streets and the courts
find them not guilty; b
omen in Chattano
Tenn. can be ot and
. ed and the cour t
the perpetrate free, and
an insurance executive in
iami can be beaten to
death by city police officials
and the courts find them'
not guilty - yet bl
citizens in pi a
brought before the bar and
m de to pay an even greater
price than any of the
defendants did in attempt­
ing mayhem. '
e
z
y . Lipk.
Lenzy Eugen Bell is
li ed in Who's Who Among
Student In American Uni-
In unprecedented
mo e, iog the vote
of the ational E ecuti e
Board of 0 J.C. of America,
Re . Leon Sullivan, founder
and chairman of the nation-
ide ne ork of job train­
ing center, has announced
the formation of p I
of indu ry dvisors to re­
vie the performance and
fiscal accountability of
every OJ.C. in the country.
"In time e the ,
Sullivan maximum
co -effective operatio
and fJSCal accountability in
an of our OJ.C. operations
is absolute De ity.
"Our moral d gal
re nsibility to protect the
taxp yer' money and 't
the be rem} po ib for
the money spent' c r.
"I am determined
chairman of the board to
eliminate any po ibility of
negli nee or que inab
mana ment practice on
the part of OJ.C. locally,
regionally or nationally,"
he continu d.
or 0
dra
b
aum
•
Honors bly at the
Henry C. orton School
w occa 'on fo the
young and their elder , F ri­
day, January 30.
Returning alumni shared
memorie ith the students
and urged them to hieve
cce no and in the
future.
Addressing the ruth and
sixth grader ere: amie
Yarbrough, Director of Ber­
rien Homes; Whitfi Id,
Director of Public ork
Benton Harbor City; Ren e
illiam , . tant Princi-
, HuD School; Arthur
Bell, f: ther of orton
secretary Patri . Hur who
spo e; and . Benton
Harbor of 1981, Vernell
Hull, a 1974 gr du te of
orton.
She told of
Ernest 'Poochie'
ho no appear on
na . onal tv. illiams con-
cluded by ying, "Life .
very ort. Do me thing
important and don't give
up. You can m e it
count."
Arthur Bell, the f: ther
of orton School' ere-
tary, Patrici Hurse, remind- .
ed th studen ,'Be deter­
mined and don't give up."
r � Hur , in addition to
her sdlool duti
director of a tutorial pro­
gram for tudents at St.
atthe 's Church of God
in Christ, 156 0 t
IDee edn y
after
.
Whitileld told of having
to w to hool through the youngsters.
neighborhood that were "You better study,'
multi-ethnic and mulit- Benton H or Ver-
na ional. ''It an inter- nella Hull, "it will help
national community and you."
everyone med to g t About 150 orton stu­
along ju fine," recounted dent ere a arded certifi-
Whitfield. ca and trophie for de-
Renee illiams recalled mic hi vemen t speci
that all her te chers ere complishrnents, attitude
unmarried hite men. and attendance for th
"They were not permitted P t me er's or at
to be married" e id. Frid y's honors mbly.
e I
amed
gram in .. ippi
indo 'dual defendants cited
. the originalla it.
Th it gr
ou t of a 1966 boycott m­
volving b de citizens who
racial m.
Claiborne
County, The Prot
n merchants in 1966
ed the national and local
CP, the .. ippi
ction for Progr d 129
priva te citizen clamin& in
their la suit that th e er
fo the. of the boycott conspired to
utter cr te illegal monopoly
ith th for b busin . T
Chancery Court of Hind
County ruled in favor of th
hi merchants three ye rs
later.
AACP Excecu tiv
uld not Director Benjamin L. Hooks
compared . he 'both saddened
lid fac and extremely disappointed
e cannot upon re . wing th evidence
accept the high court's and te imony the high
de . . on on liability and
court proceeding. But we
will per · ... t in our defense mu continue our struggl
ainst th charge in to the next level - the U.s.
order to circumvent the Supreme Court - in order
potentially damaging effect to achieve justice not only
of the fmdings on our for ounel¥ bu t for other
civil rights ctivitie in the civil rights group and indi­
fu ture. " vidu riving to eliminate
The State Supreme Court racial discrimination in this
found th 1.2 million country.'
Another local MCP
official, Southe t Regional
Director Earl Shinhoster,
said "The outcome of this
d . .. is yet another pi ce
preme of 'eVieence confhnt the
annu honors program
recognizing the le ding col-
ge tudents. of estern
ichigan University.
Ben is th n of r.
rs. Junior Bell, 371 But­
ternut, Benton Harbor.
He' Communications
Arts and S . nee ajor and
will graduate this year, one
year earlier than expected.
l..enzy is an exampl that
studying pays off. H h
been a studious person from
elem ntary school through
coBege.
According to his mother
an Jean Bell the
ten in the flniily
r
other
o
o'
d him about
up for
H duated from Ben-
ton rbor High School in
June 1977. in high
hool h cameraman
for the b etball and foo -
ball team.
man er of the
te
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all OJ.C.
ordering
of fiscal
to
to report to
indu try d the eric
public that both feder
fund and private contribu-
are y dl
ccep ab bu . e
dard and p ctiees.'
Sullivan reported to
OJ.C. tional Indu .
Ad . orr Council headed by
Geor Ch pion, retired
chairman of th d
C anhatt
annu ation
eeting.
t
choir.
reeeiv d the Brother of t .
rd in 19 0.