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De Editor:
On Au 26, 1982, the ichigan
CiVil 't Commission nt a fact
fmdina team to the City of Benton
� Harbor. The purpo of e team's
to meet lth public om ial
d concerned citizen bout the u of
deadly force in the ooting of Hardy
J arne Jr. on June 20th in that city.
e "t meant to pro ide foUowup
inform tion in conn tion with the
te . e or don by the Department
of Civil Right in i report and the
sub uent in e . tive hearin& con­
ducted by the Commi 'on durin& 1981.
A you may be e, the Civil Right
Commission has made certain recom­
mendation hich ould re . ct the
use of deadly force in a felony. Our
f ct flOding visit's purpo to revie
recommendations Ike dy made by us in
the Benton Harbor context. A report
of our finding will be issued ortly.
On behalf of the Michigan Civil
Right Commission and it fact finding
team, I ish to extend our sincere
'thank to the public officials ho too
time to meet . th u an er our
que ions, and provide u ith a con-
. erable number of ltten report
complied in connection with the shoot­
ing.
I especially ant to expre our
appreci tion to the numerous citizen
in the community ho ere willing to
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Did you kno that hen you go to
the poll in 0 ember th t Propo E
will give you a chance to vote for
uclear Freeze in icWgan?
Human Service (medic e edic e)
o er charged 64 millio do I
for p cern er - Gue h many
doctors are going to jail? . . ' h
do you put on fD'St in the morning?
, h stockin or c? (If you don't
ear th item you don't ha e to read
any farther). Did you kno that
people believe that the order in
you put your De on h a e t d
to do ith the amount of
you attain in life? 0, some of us are
oppy and unorganized, e ju
out and gr b a De, slip it on y
e go blithly una are that e m y be
pa' up chance at fame or fortun .
A great deal of re arch' being don
in the Psychology Dept. of one of our
ajor E Co Unive 'til thi
very bject. e can only
preliminary result beca
respondent
laboratory ,
no on el 'around. Our re
that one cce in p' .
ho , lottery tic et etc . dir tly
reI ted to the hich 0 e
mom­
Left
NTY YEARS AGO, in Sept.
J arne eredith as the fi
per n to enroll in the Univer ity
of .. ippi - and since in this country
things happen with a]] deliberate speed
the hool already has its fir Blae
cheerleader (ho ou d h e belie d
th t a Blac pe n could learn some­
thing so complicated in ch a ort
time).
The young man John Ha kin (home
to n unkno n) after being cepted,
immediately announced that he a
OT going to go out on the field aYing
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Confeder te flag - let' hope that his
attitude ill rub off on th good
Blac footb and b etball pi yer
ho play for th college team ho
m on insulting every Black per n
in America by waving tho flag and
extolling the virtue of the onderful
confederacy.
Since rno of the young men
are going to 001 on an athletic scholar-
. p it uld 100 they could accept
a schola ip from a hool that ould
o more nsitivity and concern for
that part of them If that l not football
pi yer.
e do wonder ho much influence
do tb parents ha e in decidi hich
hool their children will attend? What
role do coun lor and coaches play?
Since e ha e b orne so integrated
do Black peopl ho ho d the po itions
think that they no longer have an obliga­
tion to encour e our youngsters to
ttend Bl or predomin tely Bl c
hools (Grambling Tenn. St. Univer-
ity tum out a many profe ional foot-
ball player any hools in th U.s.)?
What's wro ith te bing re ct ,
for Blae value and BI institu tion ?
Do e have to ct like e enjoy moun­
tain musi and 'moral majority politi
to pro e that e are good American ?
BUSE OF PO E
De Editor:
Po er corrupts. Ab lute po er
corrupts lutely.
E er ince Lord cton ote tho
immortal ord, they h e plied
. hout except" n, and with amazing
ur y to individual and group ho
t ed po er.
obody u po er . Iy. F
men u it inte . ently.
A h mb m hen he get t e
of po er cannot help but feel I
tu. Deference' paid him, peop
li ten to his mediocre; . ted ide and
obey his mo ridiculou command.
th r it' fin cial or political po er,
men re u ally corrupted by it glo in
pro . of more po er to come.
, H y ,and ill are
ju e ample of tho ho u
their po er: un . Iy. Ignoring the
I . of compro . , they rammed
their id do n the thro ts of tho
ho oppo d th rn. The tro er they
came, the more they abu their
po 'lion.
- Our eL ted official in Benton Harbor
might ell remember th t the orld i
nobody' oyer for er; he ho hoard
it pearl my' d up choki on them.
Our elected official might n
EVIVE
GHOST TOW
They call it a T in City.
But isn't it quite a pity, ,
That ister St. Joe flourishin
e Benton Harbor i perishing?
One city . majority of Blac ,
almo empty d full of
bile the other city' lilly bite
and to the eye pretty . t.
Y can't thing be better?
Can't Blae and bite or together?
I it becau we mu segregate,
Refusi to 10 e and . teo
th t th sequence
mu ccur tely for thr
co cu tive d ys and that every quence
day and that e ery quen e i ery
lective in h t it determines. Th e
containing te re It i il y locked
e have not been abl to verify ho
many days can be u d be een
w or h t if any difference it
will m e bu t obviously thi inform t 'on
cruci to the hoI experiment be­
cau not only i it guarded more clo Iy
bu t the kind of deter nt u d and
even the color of the fi d
information. "
Contrary to might ha e
heard or re e here b om tric
pre re and sun spot tivity on
CoDtiII· aed
Are the white only to blame,
Or mu the B c are the shame?
To get our ct together, no is time.
m united d amp 0 t crime!
ene
F. Lee oore
536CoU
Benton Harbor, I
B . F.Coe
926-1151
LAST YEAR the Dept of Health and