A a result of
Discrimination in Housi
ho, . h Bruce S. Gelber
DH, Atty. Solomo Seay
repre nted th plain-
,
The ttlement eement specifi
bindl the . y to allocate 0
third of . s CDBG fundI, over the n t
five year to the ho . ,drainage
and recreational needs of the 10 er
. com B ne orhood' ont
gomery, accord' to Vamlel1lan..
IA Pre . eat, Johnnie Carr: a plain-
tiff the cue, the dement .
ment m that "The City of
on ornery fmally has recognized that
theneeds of 10 -iacome B fOT decent
ho . , par d drai e facilit·
are . er and that B s are entitled
to h e f ilitie comparab to tho
pro ided to e .. "
Under provisions of the dement
agreemen the city m repair pre ntly
boarded-up public hou' unit to
make them livab for 10 income fam
ille . ill aJIooate at I SI00,OOO
during e of the next four year to the
ontgomery Hoo· Authority for
moderoizin at lea on public family
ho . project; and allocate COBG
funds for recreational equipment, includ-
ba etball courts and playground
equipment, for all of the public ho ing
project in ontgomery.
oreo er, the city eed to earmar
a minimum of S300,OOO per year for the
next three ye for i s bou' re ilita
tion program, and to u CDBG fund
to prome a neighborhood par in
Greater on Par, 10 income
B communi y pr . sly un rved by
CD fund. Further, the reement
binds the city to provide adequate
drain e f cilities to the . e End Blac
community - an are long p ued by
ere draingage and flood 0 problem 0
and obligate the city to addre the
drain e problem alo� orth Rip y
Street and in Greater ashington Par ,
o 10 er income B Commun 0 ie
ith 10 -stand� drain e need pre
viously ignored by the city. Finally,
. the city eed to provide an elderly
B female plaintiff ith an $8,000
grant to co er installation of indoor
plumbing and other home re bilitation
ork.
According to Vann man, the agree
ment repre nt only the minimum
Ie el of commitment by ontgomery
to the 10 er income B community.
CHARLESTO , S.C. - The Seven-
Up Co. of St. Loui . ed fIVe-year
men! . hOper tion PUSH tur-
day to spend S61 million to develop
Bl busine inc ding the fa
d of a 7 -Up bottli franchise to
d Frantel
eotion of
Humanity.
o It . the third eement PUSH
negotiated ith Jar Il.S, corporation
in the la year. In the other t 0, Heu
blein, food and spirits company, signed
a S360 million 5-year p t, and Coca
Cola eed to spend S34 million ithin
the next year.
THE SEVEN-UP plio include
S 1 0 million guaranteed capital ecumula
tion program to help minority-group
busin en estab . d ership in area
here the company . expandin , Frantel
. . It calls for Seven-Up to:
- Hire a Blae vice pre . ent; appoin�
on 25th Annual Co
Southern
ference
L
another B a director and e bli
goal of IS percent employment of
member of minority group
- Spend 2.5 million each with B c
tr I &genae and vendors and buy S5
million orth of group life in ance
from minority-group inarrer
- Inv S4.35 million on advertising
medi ; IS p cent of all
deposi in minority bank and
channel S 1 5 million in payroll ccount
through B b
- Provide S250,000 for minority-
group charit· includ' a tunion
holar . program for B college
"_".Ic".�'_ CnttE GET A -..-._
After year of occupancy under
threat of bei c sed do n for b
ing code violation, the nior ci ize
of 'BH/BTwp ere deeded the pro-
perty at the com of aD
Pipe one in Ben on Harbor. The
city had eed I 1971 to pur
the building from the Upton and
South e ichigan Ab
Title Co. for approximately $8,000
acting city m er Bm y reports.
The funds ere HUD doDan, but
S2,700· ill d d 0 0 D'
Upton. Th City Commission oted
July 26 to deed th property to t
nior for S 1 and' a pr'omllall'Y
note to the Uptons for the 2,700.
The tjon frees up funds collected
by the �r to rep . the bun�'-
The Whirlpool Foundation in 1979
donated 60,000 to th St. Jo
Senior Citizen to pur a center.
r
our FO F
DODGE
City CI
nounced tha
OVES
atx,nal Baptist Con�tion; Co�
man Ronald Dellums; Rev. Je Jackson;
Coretta Soot King; arty King, Ill;
Atlanta ayor Andr Young; arc
Stepp, Vice President UA ; Rev. Ralph
Ab thy; ayor Johnny Ford, ayor,
Tu Ala; and the form V'
alter nd .
r
Benton Harbor city . p y the
Devri Agency $87,541 in premiUms
for insurance co rage 0 r th n t
ye . this year' an "errors and .
o 0 0 ns" policy offe 0 the ci y
S2 million cove e 0
due to error and 0 . 0 os of . y
commissioner staff, board and com
JJUSSIO Premiums ere 53 040
for general liability; 30,904 for fleet
co e e of city ehicles; S3,597
for errors and om' .
AIUTWITH
The ic an Employment Secur
ity Commission placed a 35,000
lien on the Berrien County Action
(DCA) h quarter at 170 Ea
in the city, DCA attorney D .
Peter n told DCA board member
at their regu meeti July 21.
The lien repre nts the ney'
liab 0 y for unemployment compen-
tion d ing ba to 1977. Pe er 0
told the board t S 10 000 of th
f.-ue could be reduced by h ... ","_
t t h
a
The anDO that the
Our te
be reopened' hopei of 'lall_
a !pOt 011 the 19M ballot
tive cam rhetoric," accord-
to V Bulen County Comm.· _',ner
Joan
er the Democratic candidate
22nd State e diltrict no
by • J 9. a.ny G ho