RBOR - Benton Har or
city goverrun nt f ce th p rmanent
10 of 2 million in federal Housing
d Urb n Development (HUD) fund
be u i h n t filed two reprot
ccordin to Erne tine Ford HUD
repre ntati e fr m th Detroit office
'ned to monitor the city's HUD
progr
Despite yor ilce
nouncement in D m er th
tter of credit h d been re
F rd ' the Jun 1980 su
"There
e id in
Thur ay.
ecording to r Ford, a Feb. 10
etter from HUD Project r Lou'
pp arned city offtc' t the
frozen fund "could be tured."
. Ford e plained the Tre ry
Department doe not to hold frozen
funds be u i ppe to the Office
of ement and Budget that the
HUD prOll doe not need the money.
Cooke denied on Saturd y morning
th t the arning th Rampp
tter. "E erythl they (HUD) need will
be re y by FBI y," Coo e '.
DUD need r . Ford , i
completion of ei t-p form called
Perform ce nt Report. She
, the report d ribe t progre of
hich HUn money
benefit of the planned
-incom per ns, and
, anee provided.
cond required form i Hou -
ce Plan.
e Chic 0 Police Department unl -
fuDy arre and jail thou d of B
and Hispanic on disorderly-conduct
ch e ery ye , the Ameri an Civil
Liberti", Union charged Thursday.
monty-group members are routin Iy
e ed in public-housin complexes on
public transportation d on the reets •
of their nei borhoods e en though
re ' no intenti n to pro cute in
rt, ccording to a it filed in U'S.
D' ri t Court by the A LU lllinois
ch pter.
The it ontend th t m ive
number of Bl and Hispani are
picked up d brought to police tions
for a fe hours or for the night and then
rele d ith no intention of bring'
to court.
en the rre ts ar m de ccording
to th it police officer "communi-
te their intention not to ppear in
c urt" by che ing certain box on the
arrest report. Judg thro out com
plaint when their box ' ch c ed.
re I rre tee un ble to m e
bail mu end th night in jail and tho
ho do po bond do not t their money
b c for bout month, th it rges.
Th suit m intain that the
arre are not given an opportunity
to c ar them Ive of the charge hich
remain on arre t records in police head
quarters.
Jay . iller, Dlinois ACLU executive
dir ctor, ',"While the Police Depart
Coo e c uld give no re n by the
ff h d not compl ted th forms.
"I've ed that que tion my If and g t
all kind of an ers,' the m yor id.
illiam Lilly ctin city man er
and community development director
told commissioner meeting Wednesday
in ial Tinancial crisi s or shop .
th t not h d time to do the
report.
According to r. Ford, ould the
form be filed, HUD ould isit the city
'before releasing th funds. She said
DUD ant to kno if the city h the
pacity to minister community
development program and the ability
to m it fm
yor Co e pointed out th t the
comrnis 'on h voted in ovember to
tum 0 er fmancial reeordkeeping of aD
grant to _ consulting fmn.
Of concern to some commissioners
is the he vy co of maintaining the
community de Iopment department
hile aiting for the fund freeze to be
lifted.
Th city' eneral fund h been
carry the co of . employee in
community de elopment, according to
Commissioner orval e' . In light of
the city' current fmancial crisi ei
said he ould IUpport I ying off the
dep rtment until HUD fund are re-
ored.
city could do community
de lopment," rs, Ford " "it ouId
h no imp on the nsion (of
fund ). I can understand ho they
couldn't carry the department."
-
ment might belie th t it i doing
something about the crime problem ith
the arrest th y cannot ju trample
on the right of people."
Dlinois ACLU legal director Harvey
Gro an said, disregard and indifference
to the rights of citizen! by failing to
e ecute ppropri te procedures for court
ppe nee and by failing to properly
train and supe ' their officer regard-
ing the constitution 'ts .. of the
thousand of Blac and Hispanics. '
Th it e an injunction ains
th practice of "bad faith" arrest the
deletion of th arrest record and
financi compen tion for tho so
arre ted during the last five year. The
it hich seek cl - ction atu
a filed on behalf of t 0 Bl ck and one
Hispanic ho ere arre ted, spent from
thre hour to entire night in jail
but ere never summoned to court.
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County Commissioner Fred Baird
(D-BH) d I c , but more help than
opponent J ame Tum r, in the ovember
election, ccording to records filed by
e ch candid te in the Berrien County
Clerk' office.
Turner received 1055 in contribut
ions, while Baird rai d only S660 in ca
but benefited from S719 orth of
'in ind contributions".
In-kind contributions are donation
of good or rvice �
Contributing to Tum r' bid for
office ere: Dr. Ba tf (0 n, S25·
Alfred illiarn 15; ati n
manager, JD. dan, S50' Whirlpool
executive rvin R dern, 10; Herschel
c enz, 25; hospit director Joe
c ey, ·S50; Re . T . ilkin
Jo Carver, St. Jo ph, 25'
belle Hoggett, S2; r. and n
Upton, S25; Dr. and r. Qu ' . 11,
25; Republican Party xecuti e Com-
mittee, S500; r. Orval 3·
beer di tributor Bud
AI Butzb ugh S150.
Baird listed th contn utio '
UA CAP Council, $200 Democr ti
Executive Conunitt , $300 (plu 500
of in-kind contribution); City Commis-
10' re t urant
n, 10; Percy
Carr, 100. Baird's t tern nt 0 h
rai d 15 from b e and recei
donated 1 bor from Cynthi Donald n
and Jamie Bell.
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to
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The Twin Cities branch AACP
on ring Bla History pr gram
Sunday Feb. 27, t 4:00 p.m. at the
t. Zion B p is Church, 831 cGuigan
where Re . J ohn t n is p or and
celebrating 74 year .of Civil Right
Service,
The theme is Looking B c and
Pre ing Forward' with a ub them of
"To Th ar of High r Calling:
There will be five peaker each
e ing fi minute on an individual
top' ,
Sharron adi n will ddre
"Learning To "Study Effectively'. She is
a Speech Pathologist in the River Vall y
School Di trict.
r. Christopher Davis' topic i
"Ch racter Building'. He is D igner
T or specializing in men women and
childr n ppearal and If employed
in Benton Harbor. -
r. Gene' I m' topic is
Her and 0 In Educ tion '.
te cher in the Benton Harbor
district.
einaldo Tripp} tt ill t on ' From
ence I arne and here I'm Go' "
He is b tute te ch r in the Benton
Harbor S hool distri 1.
Dade C1
BlI,
retired
hool
r .
al Pre 'dent.
Blanchard responds on Coo e call
Editor: The fotlowi letter from
Gov. James Blanchard bmitted by
BB resident Mr. Jimmy Ruff in the com
munity's interest.
Febru ry 18 1983
Dear r. Jimmy Ruff:
I ha e re d ith intere, you h v ,
bout the recent comments of
of Benton Harbor dvisin
protect them lve by purch
e can all under nd hi
I m of the vi th corr - tions poli i
whi h re ppropriate penaltie for
criminal beh vior, coup) d ith a job
policy hich will pu t people b c to
or and e ichig n's hard ti e ill
fety d
d businesses
do more to
of our home
armed citizenry.
han for t in
d to he