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J CKSO L -Georgia State Sen- ,
tor J ullan Bond ill deliver the eynote
ddr t the 47th Annual Convention
ichigan State Conference of
CP branches, announced Carl Breed­
te pre 'dent.
The S ptember 9 through 11 meeting
ill be held in J c n at the Sheraton
Hotel ith the theme "There Shall, Be
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Bond ill t the turday,
ptember 10 banquet.
Election of te conference officers
will be held on Sunday September 11
cording to Breeding.
Dele te to the tat convention are
to ele ted t Branch m ting. The num-
ber of delegate from e ch Branch is bas­
ed on the number of members in the
Branch, Breeding announced.
A sene of pre-Convention activities
are planned including: .
- dvance Re lution Committee
will con ene Saturday, Augu 13 at 10
am. in 1 ckson.
-Convention Planning Committee
ill meet with the total Jackson County
CP Convention Committee on Satur-
day, ugu 13 at 6:30 p.m. All
CPer are elcome Breeding noted.
- Th ichigan State Conferenc of
AACP Branches ill meet Sunday,
ugu t 14 froml to 3:45 p.m. in Jack­
son.
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At the State Conference n
Augu 14 nominating committee and
nomination for state officer will t e
place.
Breeding id any AACP unit or
member may bmit resolution for
consideration ..
Per ns intere ed in the Convention
may contact their local Branch pre 'dent
or Breeding, P.O. Box 361 J ckson
149204.
Chairper n of th Resolution Com­
mittee i Henry ickleberry 2330 Kip­
ling Sagina I 8602. His phone
numbers are: 517-792-1441 home or
313-926-5481 (business).
Great La es Vets mark 41 years
gregated units until 1945 when the
avy followed the Army in integrating
its forces. ore than 70,000 trained
in Great Lake gregated camp. Today
they rve unre ricted in every phase
of avy activitie .
For registration and information con­
tact Wayman . Vaughns at 6812 South
Cornell venue hicago ID. 60649
312 752-7853 or Le is R. illiams
at 17 8 East 92nd Place Chic go lll.
60617, 312) 768-2466.
PORT OF SP AI Trinidad - Prime
ini er Ed ard ga of Jam ica, in
an addre to the fourth meeting of
he d of government of the Caribbean
Community Relet .. recently in Trinidad
urged that human right and demo­
cratic principle should be a criteria for
m mbership in Caricom.
. e we 100 to ards widenin
our relationship" . Seaga said ' e
ould not reI our vigilance with
re ct to value hich e can never
compromise. Paramount among the
. our stand on human rights and certain
dernocr tl principles. The ould
be the inalienable criteri by which we
decide to hom e should open our
door to membership within our system.'
. Seaga pointed out that although
political pl urallsm is an accepted principle
of the Community treaty it hould not
be the excu for tolerance of viol tion
of e ntial human rights by such mean
detention without charge or trial and
the elimination of free speech through
the supre . on of th Press.
r. Seaga further stated that the
democracy of the Caribbean ommunity
demanded that no sy em be found
acceptable which not chosen by it
citizens in election free and fair and
free from fear, for this" he id "is
the sovereign right which is at the heart
of individual fre dom."
The cond reunion of the Blac
avy II Veterans of Great Lake
ill be held Augu 5-27, 1983 at the
Hyde Par Hilton Inn Chic go, Illinoi
and at the avaI Training Center Great
Lake Illinois,
Historically Great Lake avaI Train-
ing Center the training site for
thou nd of Blac sailors. Before
Pre 'dent Roo velt opened General r­
vice to Blac in 1942 they were trained
only in non-combat role uch a
offi er' coo nd te ard - and in
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The meeting, r. Se noted. m d
the tenth anruver ry of the e tablish­
ment of the Caribbean Community a
ystem hich allo s for the re lution
of re ional problems thr ugh on ulta­
tion the con en u .
He considered it operation of parti-
ular ignifi neat thi time hen
vere e onomi problems ere bein
experi n ed by all the mem er untries;
economic roblem hich r. a
ttributed to the di location f th
po t OPEC era' spirallin co t of manu­
factured g d nd ra materials from
industrialized countries, t ether with
declin in prices for the ommoditie
of the member countrie and the or t
global rece 'on in fifty years.
Referrin to the 'imminent p
of the Ion - aited trade protion 0
Caribbean Basin lnitiativ '
id th t the Caribbe n