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ba et before deliver re da H
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Ro of Sharon o. 7 Order of Ea em Star'donated
the wee end befo e Otri.stql . SIlo cheeki the
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ASH GTO , D.C. ( NPA) - The
ational Confere ce of Blac yors
( CBM '. represen in$ 251 Black Mayors
'aero s th country, testified before Con·,
gre in support of the Enterprise Zone
Employment and Development Act of
1983 (H . 1955) and certain. features ,
ofH.R.17 5.
, e strongly suppq the concept of
a comprehensive Community Deve op­
ment, Employment and T incentive
policy for the nation' urban and rural
ites and towns," id ayor John Smith,
of Pri hard I Alabam and Chairm n of
CB 's : Resolution Committe. "The
potential of the Zo concept to ere e
If-reliant enconornicl enviromen re-
gardle of size ,'" offers tremendours
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advant ge t cities nd towns repre ent-
d by B.'
The City of Prichard h s e ablished
It's own Enterpris Zone and according to
. ayor mith the experience generated .
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I and irin ative activitism in promoting
empl yment and busine v development
opportuniti s in hi city.
The 16 page te timony highlighted
the following recommendati ns which
ayor • Smith caned "e . nti intere t
and ben fit to CD members":
- Th e t bli economic
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zones with investment. incentives for
industrie to relocate or develop cites
and towns:
-The organization of Enterprise Zones
to arrest and stimulate de clinging stag­
nating area within the cites:
-The establishment of provisions for .
municipal incentives and fuitiatives in
housing, community and econontic
dev lopment, small busirie involvem nt,
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WASH) GTO - ichigan . will get
approximately 3.4 million of the '40
million to be distributed aero the
. country next month by , the Federal
Emergency anagement Agency F MA
f r emergency food and elter for' the-
needy. Sen. Carl Levin ha announced" '
Levin was a co-spon r of the amend­
ment to the emergency job legislation
last year that reated the f d and helter
program, and of an amendment that
,dded the 40, million for di tribution
this winter. 'I'm pleased that ichigan
getting a g od share 'of this money,"
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By Larry Still '
W ASH I GO' p.C. - Black re­
pre ntatives of several major denomina­
tions held a historic se . n in the
nation's capitol to outline a multi-billie
.dollar educational and e onomic develop­
m nt program for their rnembers.. It was
t e first time many of the ministers had.
talked to one nether.
Religious organizations which have
traditionally provided tile support or
*edominantly Blac cl>lIege I the civil
rights movement nationwide I oral
1 adership and international mi sionarie
are ,now becoming more involved in
economic education 1 and politi I pro­
jects according to tion taken h re
last mo
eeting at the How�rd Uni ersity
Inn, leader of the ati nal Baptist
Convention, Inc.; the African thodi t
EpiscoQal (AME) Church' the istian
I ethodist (CME) Episcopal Church; the
Progressive ational Baptist Convention'
the Episcopal Church Black inisters:
the Black Catholi Clergy Caucus and the
ation of Islam di ussed comrrumity
development proposal , to be presented
at First National As mbty of Blac .
Churches scheduled tat the ew Orleans
Superdome, April 5-6.,
, Rev. T J. Jemison, e ly elected
president of the tional Baptist Con:
vention, and the Right Rev. Frank Cum­
mings, secretary of thet E Bishop's
Council, are chairmen of t e assembly.
. Jemison said at least hree repre ntatives
from each of the nation' 50000 Black
churches will be invited.
Attending the Ianning se si n were
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Bishop' C.A. Kirkendoll Bishop
rank M. Reid A ; Bishop Quincy
Broomfield Sr. CM ' Rev. SI an A.
Hodge , Progressive Bapti ; Rev. Harold
. Lewi , coordinator of Black ministers I
f the Epi copal urch; Rev. D nald
M. Clark, presid nt, ation I Bla k
Catholi Clergy
X. Fox
eration ith the p rti ipatmg
denominati J me ,Hurt. hairm n
of the firtn announced.
Officials empha ized that tea n bl .
will not di us politic or endor e any 1
pre idential candidate although individ-
ual patti ip nt m be inv ved in
u . I t
po tics,
During he same wee • Re ,Jemi n
announced hi upport of Rev. Je
Jackson f r he Demo rati party n mi­
nation for U.S. President and urg d
fello members of t e ationalBapt t
Convention to support the Blac candi­
date. He al urged church s to or anize
ban s and other inve tent programs
to pro ide jobs, b t dec1ared 'w cann t
isolate ur elves.'
Also t t wee Presiden t and IS.
Ronald Re gan i ited the Shiloh Bapti
- Church here to particip te i a ltural
program beirig pro uced for televi ' n.
Rev. Henry Gregr p tor, id the
visit did not change conditions much
but 'I h pe the President w' J get the
spirit e ob rved.'
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1 Levin commented.
FE A distributes the mone ace rd­
ing to a formula based� argely on unem­
ployment in .state. ithin each tate,
the money i allocated by state and local
boards of repre ntatives of, United W�y
nd other volu tary agencie .
The money is scheduled to go to the
state starting nextmonth
The arnoung area count ies will re-
f
ceive includes.Berrien County, 6,538;
Calli un . County, 54 2j5.54� Muskegon
Coui ty � 70292.91; and Van Buren
County, 26,699.
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Lebanon
rviceman Held capt' e in th
.. is Lt. Ro rt O. Good-
man of Portsmouth, .H .. Goodm n
pt do non i being
�Id i� d "" I r until U.S. troop