After 12 yean of
SKUDWlIles the Benton Har­
a plan
·1egJ!'eDtiOO.
It's P that has ft
th Coloma and Eau Claire
Anti - b . foe
d AACPdisp
US. Judge Do
Hillman' oluntary plan
affects dergar
through high 001 in
Colom, E u Claire and
Benton Harbor include
folio' remedies:
- Return to Benton
Harb district the Eaman
hool from Colom here
it tran erred' 1968
to pre nt integration.
- To 0 ercome mo
pre prob em of 'chro-
nic I
Sen. Donald Riegle'
om Friday announ d the
City of Benton Harbor h
been granted 13 million
federal grant for Rey-
nold e Co. pr� ct.
The Urban Developm nt
ction Grmt, from the
US. Dep rtment of HOll&­
and Urban De lop-
t, will be I to
ynold ch'tendsto
and rehabilitate
e vacant ichigan Stan­
ard Alloy aluminum plan
. Benton Harbor.
The grant will be
ministered by
schoo in each of
affected district til t
offer enriched d uni-
ue edu tional program
desirab to attract
dent of all racial b de
grounds regardless of loea-
'ty.
- Create a three-district
vocatio , technical and
xX y program in con-
junction ith ocal busi-
n d industry.
- Provide free tran
porta . n to any hi
E Clai or Colom stu-
dent wishin to come to
001 d
student
Coom or E
- Bring the mber
of B te chers in the
Colom d E u Claire
sy terns up to 10 percent
of the f culty. E teacher
volunteering to cr dis­
trict lines wiD. rece "
SI,OOO boous.
- Re .
th
De
of Ber" Jud
Jud iIliam S. e.
Judge ite ruled I
that the recall peti­
tio ainst Benton Har­
bor City Commissio r
Arnold Bolin be certified
sum 0 nt to call an
e ection.
White ordered B0-
lin' recall election to be
held 00 th y
tha of orval e" .
Th city c office
had refu d to certify the
. goatures 0 the recall
petition for eiss, Bolin
and ayor Joel Patterson.
Recall organizer Annie
Robinson, . n Gr � and
Amo d Bolin filed suit to
overturn the city clerk's
. 3
d
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I 0
gan Department of Com­
merce rather than th city.
HUD officials earlier id
the city ouId 0 t be
aIlo ed to dminister the
grant b i fm c
and gran recor have yet
to be aigh oed out.
The money wiD. be loan­
to Reynold to be
'd be 0 er a fi -year
period t 1 � percent
interest.
Reynolds earlier this
year said th to tal co
of the Ben on Harbor pro­
ject will be ab 18
milli The company "
a racial balance of approxi­
mately 75 percent B ,
25% bite to rellect the
racial compo ·tion of the
en tire area. To cheive
this, the predominan tIy
bite Eaman, Millburg and
artind schools will be
cl d.
- S dent in grade
1 to 4 will remain with
the same teacher for 0
year , to develop clo- r
. relationship in an effort t
boosting overall acme e­
mente
- Conduct intensrv in­
rvice training for all
te chers before next fall.
The Judge in "ted that it
ouId be clear "there" no
p within the districts
for cher ho are not
committed to de gregation
in public schoo .. "
AACP president ary
DeFoe has . the remedy
ruling will likely be
ppealed. E Claire and
Coloma forces are re" ed
o mandatory bu .
included.
r cee
de " " n.
La month I udge Ches­
ter Bym ordered the
petition on ei and P t­
ter n be certified. He
ordered the recall election
on Patterson be held pend­
ing an Appeals Court ruling
on still another in
bich Patter on's 1979 3
vote victory over ilce
Co e over turned.
- If the Appeals Court
uphold Judge Byrns ruling
in that ca , Patterson will
to f ce ne election
anyway.
Tat Parrish, attorney for
the recall organizers,
it ppears the earli t po
ible date fo the
Bolin recall" Jun 30 .
u
also eking up to 15
milli n in tax-exempt
reven bond ed
through the Berrien County
Economic De elopment
Corp. part of that 18
million.
Reynold officials
th plant will employ 75-
100 peop by mid-1982
d up to 200 on the p y­
roll in the future.
The Reynold plant will'
recycle aluminum. T
ichigan Standard Alloy
aluminum pl t h been
clo d since 1979.
rB es of racial d econo­
mic polarization endemic to
contemporary Arne
. ty. In the regard,
Benton Harb . no dif­
ferent than doze of
Am rican citie currently
The economic plight of afflicted ith precisely the
the City of Benton Harbor, same financial prob ms , until
city in south e tern emming from th common will to f up to
ichigan, has be the - cau . i and to begin to d ith
ject of recent commen- Th 967 erner Com- it. G" en th
tary broadcast from WKAR. .. on report, thorough co d fact 0
Listener were ed to study of American society life, puttin
be . ve that Benton H - commissioned by th U.s. the deterio tion of urb
bor' trouble ere go ernment, made it plain America upon th rty-
by people on elfare ho th t Amen stric en w en of tho
have de nd d upon that the proce immobilized in our central
unfortunate city to eo' tie in our coon- citi , " akin to blaming
advanta of lchigan's pre- try - one predominantly th p tient for th
sumably generou welfare white, affluent and subur- Today it is Benton Har-
benefits. othing could ban, and th oth r b , bor' tum. Tomorr it
be further from th truth. bro n poor d rei gated m � be Flint, S· ,
Benton H rbor, a once- to the central citie . Whi e Ponti or n Detroit"
thriving, pleasant city on flight from the citie in- To parap the late Joe
the ore of L e ichi- volved more than ju Louis,
upon hard people. A they left, the- our problems, but
of the out-migran took ith really no p to hide.
Albrath "Sonny" dam,
o ner of Adams and Sons
Construction Company,
responded to charges con­
tained in an April 29
article' this ne spaper.
In ee '5 Citizen,
it reported that the city
had opped construction of
dam's two unit 00 High
St. after earning that
Adam's contracto liscen
had been ded by th
teo
Ad been charged
ith taking p yment for
remodeling ode done in
Eagle and St. John', ichi­
gao, hile failing to p � for
materials u d. The p-
plier have . ce IDed .
against the remodeled pro­
perty. A hearing on the
charges. t for ay 15.
in Lansing.
Adam made th follo -
in statement ond y, ay
4:
"The money being u
(on the High Street
project) is my 0 money
and I do intend to .
the 0 units I started.
''I can build for my
o n private u ,but I can't
build for public e.
"Th ork (on High
Street) . proceedin on
1 "
b
infor­
thought
d my
tract.
er r Ad