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I crimination
di rimination
idespre in . higan but mo t of
icitm don't kno it, the te
ight Commission id in opt­
ing a report on the problem.
re ould be many more com-.
plaint if peop really unde tood th Y
are bein dl rimin ted ain t," id
Don Buder, director of a tudy team
hich produced the report rei d..
Tue y
The commission intends to u the
finding a springbo rd for hearing
around the t te to increa a arene
of fair housin 1 . The fir hearing
will be Dec. 14 in Detroit. The remain-
in edule i not yet fmal.
A 12-memb r Department of Civil
hich complied the report
"almo unl er ignorance" of
d feder fair housing I . The
problem is mo t cute for renters from
minority group or ith children, id
Buder, the director of the department'
.Community Re tion Bureau.
Th te' 0 Fair Housing Centers
in Detroit d Grand Rapid found
di rimin tion in more than SO percent
of the p tm nt complexe they chec -
ed ccording to th report.
But usi g s th bject of ju t
3.4 percent of the di rirnination com­
plaint re eived by the Dep rtment of
Civil Right in the fi al ye hich ended
Sept. 30 the report said.
Refu to rent or n property due to
cial di rimin tion claimed in th
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ornc of School-Corn-
munity elations recently held its
inth nnual Youth-P ent Career Semi­
e . igan College Com­
munity Center in Benton To nship,
PUSH promo es 'pour pa
ies'
Pouring Anheuser-Busch product , in­
cluding Budweiser beer, into the treets
encou ged by Atlanta ayor An­
dre Young and the Rev. Je L. J c -
n last week to protest alleged di ri­
mination again Blac s by the nation'
largest brewery.
, e're not talking boycott, we're
talking about ithdra al of enthusi-
asm," they id in Atlanta.
They Black bartender
and liquor ore owner to p icipate
in "pour partie." J c son said
Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis has only
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hole 1 r of 950 and only
two Blac it on the fum's 3 -member
board of director. Bu h Vi e Pre ident
ayman SmithIII, h is Blac contend
the firm has re pon ible minority
community pro ram.
p
tudent
t majority of the complaint the
dep rtment said.
Of the 190 complaint, 130 were
flied by Blacks d 115 by omen.
" Are in hich vacancy r tes are low
tend to have higher incidences of dis-
crimin tion, simply becau the (hou
ing) industry can afford to man e it
(buyer or renter) recruitment practice
on more exclusionary b sis, ,t the
report said.
Government polices which encour ged
burban development bile allowing
the demolition of city housing have
worsened the discrimination problems
for residents of cities ch Detroit.
"The dual housing mar et (city and
suburb) continues to provide sanctuary
for di ppointed and frustrated pur­
ch IS and renters an alternative to
filing formal 'COmplaints of discrimina­
tion," the department id. ' any
persons appear to accept wh t housing
. vailable and here it is vailable. tt
Bauder id fe prospective renter
pp rently are are that it i illegal in
ichigan under the tate' 1976 Civil
Right Act for a landlord to deny 0 u­
paney to people ith children.
.' e h ve an attorney general's opin­
ion to b ck it up - it' age discrimina­
tion," Bauder said.
Apartment complexes may, he
restri t tenant ith children to one
area long s rental units are vailable
there.
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r
many Benton Harbor High School stu- •
dents and parents, ere in attendance.
Community Resource persons were
al pre nt to participate in the day
long career event for lected student
in the inth and Tenth grade. The
theme of the minar w "High
School. .. not Enough!"
any ork op were held including
Health Services/Voc tional A arene
HC ; Sales and anagement-
idwe tern In itute; College Repre n-
tative from Lake ichigan College,
e tern ichig n Univer ity, and
Andre s University; AB Die Products
Company; and U.s. Armed Force of all
branche ere pre nt to discu ith
udent todays preparation for a suc­
ce ul future.
. Anna Robin n, Parent School
coordinated the seminar which con­
. sted of pproxim tely 1 SO student
and their parents.
r. Gladys' E. Bur Director of
State and Federal Program for Benton
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Harbor Are Schools spo e during the
morning . ion as ell Reverend
Delano Bowman of the Union emorial
A .E. Church. Both spo e to the need
of students becoming better prepared
for the ork field of tod y.
r . Betty Illis i COP AC (Chapter
One Parent Advi ry Council President
and e gave the elcome. Keynote
e er for the noon luncheon as
r. Ralph Abbott id estern In titut
Pre ident. His to pi w "Information
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is Power" and the appreciative enthu-
. am by tho pre nt prevailed through­
out his addre .
Special musi cal lections ere pr -
nted by Alfreda Randolph and Re .
Ronnie London. r. allace Dunn
Jr., BIDlS Principal, pre nted ards
to the udent ho participated.
special attr tion t the end of the d y
w fashion sho conducted by em­
pllyee of C Comer Che ing,
and Jean icole, all tore of the Orchard
all in Benton Harbor.
C receives grants to .,ay
or -study
e ichigan College has been
warded grant totalling $78 879 by the
u.s. Department of Education to pay
wor - rudy tudents at the college and
provide supplemental educational oppor­
tunity grants for tho ho qualify for
them during the current school year.
According to Sylvi Coleman L
financial aid officer, of th total am unt
$ 16,903 . for pplemental educ tiona)
opportunity grants and 5 I 976 for
LMC or - udy udent.
Per int re ed in recemn fin-
ancial aid from the coIl during the