favon "and told J ett to go
ercy Hospital ... to Berrien General. Jett
--il-onder_ went to Berrien Ge ral
doctor not and before midnight of the
ita! policy, d y underwent emer-
y P tric Dyson, execu- ncy rgery for a rep-
tive vice-pre' ent at ercy. tured lene.
s reported in I Dyson confirms that Jett
e 's Citizen, Jett nt examined in the
to ercy d claims that emer ney roo on
after being diagno d . October 29.
din tre tment, he w "He evaluated by
told by Dr. Sanford Polan- the emergency room phy '-
that 800 as required. clan and Dr. Po y,"
According to Jett, Dr. Dy n id "He (Jett)
Polan told the emer- got up and ft without
ncy room doctor that being discharged or taken
"h through doing care of," Dyson continued.
Colin Jett
turned
I •
o
e
tditor:
Judge Byrns certainly hit
e nail on the head. I'm
referrin to th artiel
entitled, : Byrns Criticizes
H �ity F ther ' 0
Stayed ay" that ppear­
ed in the 0 mber 20th
of the He d-
ium. H' statement
y point out ho city
go ent can be abu d
by el ted officials ho are
or COIl! med ith their
. tere than that of
the city s they ere elected
to repre nt.
Bolin and his folio en,
on th city
d ided to
of Ir ' Ho To Boo ,
th only difference being
that they tried to hold
o 'r ther than
. dividu ,Benton Harbor
, in riou trouble hen
per n can pparently
ence oth r co�
rs to- the point here
they are willing to enga
in actions that are detri­
ment to city government
and ap in the f ce of
E
Dear Editor:
f name is Lorenzo
Ill, I'm sending ou
to you, plus your
staff for doing such a
good job on publishing my
in your paper on
July 1, 1981.
Title of the tory was -
for help; Found
guilty of Aiding and Abet­
a murder for hich
. not murderer."
So to tart this tter
off, I ould like to say
expre g gratitude is
civilized and ju . It also
e til p of money.
Id cl y
i citizens. I think Judg for him.
Byrns p t it quite ell Commissioner Bolin h
h he ,".. th frequently grumbled pub-
commission h a duty to lically about tho peopl
meet and conduct city busi- ho on't cooper te with
ne no matter t rumors him and the city com­
may be circulating. The mi on. If this boycott
city police force to sample of his efforts
deal ith any disruption to ork construe . ely for
at meeting." There cer- Benton Harbor then all I
tainly has never been any can ¥ is hurray for u
problem using the police nasty people. I think
force before legally 0 that the e ents of the p
othe Regarding this fe moo have fmally
called "rumur". I ha ho is really con-
a feeling it m t ely cerned about our city. Our
originated in the fertile medicine may ha eben
imagination of Bolin and hard to e, the truth
his littl clique. usually " but we never
I can understand th have had to resort to the
difficult po ition Bolin no poisonou tactics e ha e
find him If in. Previo y witne d recently,
he h b en able to u I'm going to be a tch-
Joel Patter n to run city ing the Bolin group ju
rnment. 0 t ho - to ho con tructive
ever, he doesn't h ve any- their effor are going to
n in the mayor' chair be under the Cooke
th t he can rite little dministration. B d on
note to, ow he is in the late effort I don't
po ition where h mu do expect to much.
his 0 dirty wor or ilen CoO Gray
find another p tsy to do it 235 Parker
Benton Harbor, I 49022
ACP
o
... In this spirit, 1 must
come 1 have done
great deal of rong in my
life time. But this· one
crime I didn't commit.
y mother' like aU of
our mothers. They under­
and everything about u
d they understand noth-
ing about us. But one
thing I can y for my
mother- has been a great
deal of help to me for my .
fight for my freedom.
I must admit it has been
a long 7 yean in this place
of d plu
AI . jury found
me guilty of this crime,
there is no hard feeling
in my heart for them for
the great deal of injustice
th t I got in my case.
But I must admit with
the help of God plus my
famDy, it 100 like I will
be setting my freedom
So now let me t to
the main point in hy I
thanks to your office
for doing ch a good job
on the story on my case.
I too the article iliat you
wrote on my d nt
it out to 10 of peop
"The B community
has never really had any
po er in politics, they h
ays been too busy trying
to make living for them­
es and their famille ,"
id ilce Coo e, winner
of the recent mayoral elect­
ion in Benton Harbor.
Cooke came to Lake
Michigan College to talk to
political ence
according to Putri,
part-time instructor at LMC.
Accordint to Coo e, he
has been a registered nur
t ercy Hospital for th
last 13 ye in the emer­
gency room. He h served
on the Berrien County
Planning Commission, Ber­
rien County Commi . n
and been Vice President of
the Berrien County Hear
elation.
"I have b n in olved
in government for a num­
ber of years, 1 ran for
mayor before, not so much
to in but to get the
media expo re, 'this i very
important to politician,"
he explained,
Cro
"1 th started to pre-
pare my If for the politicial
life by going to college.
I graduated from C and
also e tern Michigan Uni-
versity. A politician ds
to be a profe tonal d'
you can only get to be a
pro if you or to ds
and obtain an education.
Benton Harbor needs an
educated person in office,"
he said.
Right n ,accordin to
Cooke, he and other ea
politicians are trying to
make Benton Harbor an
enterpri zone. This ou d
m an that through ate
and federal community
de lopment programs bu '­
ne s ould be granted
variou tax incentivl and
breaks to open their
busin in the Benton
Harbor ar. Therefore,
Cooke y, both th
re "dent and the busin
ould profit from the
program ,
e feel th t this m y
help me of the economic
problems of th are. s I
am pe fri lth
both Budget Director D '
Stockman d Repl1*�wlfe
Siljander,
also trying to pu this
program through in ho
that it can help Bento
Harbor," he explained.
The m important
thing as politician' to
be in touch ith the
on
to rve on boards and
take part in publi rneetin
representative of their
area, h id.
mo t important
thin e ha to do .
Benton Harbor' to bi-
lize the political em.
This will add credibility to
the office of or d
to the city in g eral.
no busi e do
not tru the politi-
cally or economically,
explain d.
"Benton Harb r " a
unique city. I t received
o er 23 million doll
in feder mom and an "­
po rty pr gram and her
" th t money'?' he "
"I t is ridiculou. I intend
on mg th . t to co
and ighten out
boo s once d for
and then go from
I wiD b pe nally t-
able for the federal fun
ould
that I fJgUred could be of to drop me fe line.
help to me. But mo of all I'm not
too proud to for
h lping hand.
Before I. cIo "letter
I ould like to nd out
special thank to e ry­
body ho re d this article,
If you ant to help, p e
write me t this addre :
The AACP rote me
b to d me that
they ill help me in my
fiPt for my freedom. So
t I this present time my
ca . in the hands of
the AACP.
But it reaDy hurt me
no one in Benton
Harbor too out the time
to rite me to offer their
help. But if there is any
one in Benton Harbor ho
want to help me, pie
take out fe minu
Lorenzo Cro m
142680
P.O.Bo E
J 49204
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