The Civil . t Commi
n, during it July 27 publi m ting
cond mned the recent flleboming in
Detroit that left a B oman ith
Benton Harbor
to a gro ri in r cial
o n cro th teo
C therine C. BI ell, Commission
ch . per n " Hfhis . the cond
ttac on Bl family in Detroit ithin
ppro imately 15 month. It' more
f than ju coincid nee hen th firebomb
ing occurred ithin th e predomi
nantly bite ar . In both incidents,
family member ained rious in
juri
"Th
yet
racial minorities are
h er t y chao ,
han ent and intimid tion. Recent
report to th Co n e indicated
the . u tion in Detroit . lated
B man
d
nton Harbor city comm n r
are e peered to pprove th City Venture
Corpor tion (CVe) propo UD G plan
followi th pub' hearin, ond y,
ugu .. 23.
Th evc plan will m tch 210,000
of HUD fund ith $ 1 million from local
pri te b to provide a bsi y of
four percent on th int e for mort-
ite millions of feder
life
ed.
th
gre ter imp t on the poor, ccor-
d· era! tional intere group
On of tho .' the Center for
Community C e. Guland Yate,
expert in Community Development
Gran ,belped develop a UDAG
involved community group
Troy, Yor .
According to Yat , t communi-
ty group . ed a revolvq
00 un G and priv te money.
community group on
the J1J and monitored compliance.
� a�n ofa
problem, thu
DOtbo
but could b
QOrnmunity peop
l'Ouch for them," Yates explained.
To further poor peop . to
mme 0 and decent hou· ,
uId "po
Communi
ty OnelOpment 810 Grant fuoos,
UDAG mo and private fund to
�e a deep enouah b y to al-
10 poor people to put' te, Yates
ill.
Benton bor City com.J1USD>11le
voted ond y, A u 9 to
Joseph E. Carver $2,500
ment for 18 ye 0 tran cti
that ne er ent through. In 1965
Carv�r g lYe the 'city 4,375 payment
on the property t 257 in, a
portion of the old ip canal. Carver
a to purcha th property for
$8,400, if the city filled in and P eel
the an exte . n of Terri or
ilL Bill Lilly, ti city m er
told th commission. In 1981, th
city ld th e piece to illiam
olf ho paid $2,500. Carver eed
to take olf' p ym nt to th city
lettl ment, Lilly '.
SAFETY DIRECTO
VIEW FO LO'�nD"�'III'U
RADE
Benton Harbor Pub' Safety Dir -
tor Sam at n pport Rivervi
Drive over in Street for th nnual
Blo mland Par de. Foll in
publi hearing t hi h only t 0
peopl commented on here th
parade ould go. ay r il
Coo e requ ed ff r ornmenda-
tion. t n, in a memo cited the
ea of controlling tr fi ith th
Rivervi route, but rned of th
da er pre nted by th riv r.
d
c
though many in the community ve
ra que ion concernin infr ction
to th current Benton Harbor Police
d dly force policy.
"In Bald in ten' n between Bla
and th Lake County Sherif'rs Dep
ment . incre' due to alleged vi 1 -
tion of th 1980 Sheriff Department
Community eement hich s
initi lly entered to ea tensions bet een
the minority community by providing
fair nd equal treatment.
UIn orth m an, reported
vigil nte ctivity ha re rfa in veral
h n Indi s ttempt to exerci
"The incident ppear to be incr
ing in verity am create a dim te
hich foster futher viol nee. I mu
believe human being are concerned for
the health fety and elfare of other
hum n being. Ho e er th problem
of society and th minor' y community
h e not gon ay me beli e,
and e gain mu fully commit our
efforts to re Iving the ten' n-cr tin .
ituation The Comrni . n has directed
Department of Civil Right aff to
continue orking ith city offi'
and community member to e that
aU citizens are afforded equal protection
under the 1 ."
em
so
OVFS P SO
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p
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On the Republican e of the
go rnor's tic e unlike the ate ide
ter , city citizens ca III ote for
J me r ith He dlee pulling in
74 city ote
In tn r ce for n or, Democrat
incumbent Don Riegl uooppo
and on 289 city vote. Phil Ruppe,
te kle inner of the Republican
primary earned 66 vote from Benton
Harbor.
In the 44th D' rict State Represen-
tive race, both Repu lican Lad cey
and Democrat Char eOy ere unop
poled and polled 179 and 249 raped-
ively.
The fourth congre . nat di r'
race hard fo ght r ce be n
incumbent ar Siljander and Pa
P attorney rold Schui maker.
Siljand er , moral majority candi
d te who earned but 20 percent rartlkirll
by the AACP for . voting record,
on only 56 percent of the ote
the u no n Schuit er.
City voter, ho ever, rallied to
Siljander in greater percen e than
the to al outcome. In Benton Harbor,
the incumbent n 138 votes to 60
ca (or Schuitinaker.
Benton Harbor City Comrni . n
ppro ed recommend tion by Fi-
Director J arne arli to hire
tiona! Bank of Chi 0 t 17
VOTE TO
AYS
A
THSTREET 0
re Iution pa the
city commission. rno e
. . . ted by a pet' ion from er
Terrace re . ent .