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