BE HARBOR .: City :
re "dents ceived a bit of Christ
rna cheer this year: t City'
application for a S 1.5 million
grant from HUD to help finance
the opening' of a foundry was
pproved.
I The propo d St. Jo ph
Foundry will provide 400 new
jobs. The best ne s is that Ben­
on Harbor city residents are
being promised 75 percent of the I
jobs.
That are i up from earlier
discus Ions of the foundry pro­
ject. • t the public' hearing bel
prior to the application for the
Urb n De elopment Action
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Grant (UO G), residents re
t ld their guaranteed are ould
be 50 ercent.
According to illiam Lilly,
city Community Development
Director he increased are wa
due to city effort . ' .
In addition, for the first time,
the city ill monitor the h . g by
the foundry to e -that those
ired actually live in the city
. limit and n t in the zip code rea
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BLACK FARM POPULATIO
CO TI UES DECI E
49022� That-zip code area is list­
-ed a Benton rbor b t encorn­
pa s a much larger area, inclu-
. ding Benton Township.
. Lilly said that his staff i cur­
rently working out monitoring
methods based on practices th t
have been ccessful other places.
I The foundry will be located
in the former Auto Specialties
plant in St. Joseph. .
The entire project hinges on a
numbe of financing packages,
including a loan from the state to
the cit of St. Joseph of, HUD
mall Cities funds. ..
S. Joseph dropped out. of
HUD programs in the mid- 70' .
rather than provide low and
middle income housing. The city
. of St. Joseph doe � not employ
any Blacks, according to St.
Joseph city m ager. The Twin
Cities area has a 30 percent minor-
. ity population.
. Becau only Benton Harbor
is eligible for UDAG's, the city of
St. Joseph agreed to share 50 per­
cent of the ne taxes with B.H. in
return for the. UDAG, fund .
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TO ROUG , La. - The ation-
I Baptist onvention US ,Inc. BC)
ill conduct a nat' nal fundraising drive
to id the fin nci rapped Fi Uni­
ver ity, B pre ident Dr. T J. Jemi n
nnounced.
I uing \ an SOS call, Dr. Jemison
id, "Our theme i The Convention
1 h t Cafe .' lthough Fi is n t a Bap­
. tist ins ituti�n, it i 0 ned and operated
by and for Blac people and we must
go beyond ourselves to help others."
Dr. Jemison i� requesting that a Sun­
day be de . nated as. "Christmas Gift to
Fi " Sund y and that ch affiliated
church make donation of 100 or 'more.
I All hec s ould' be made payable
to the ti nal Bapti t Convention USA
Inc. nd m iled to his offic or taken to
the. B Bard meeting which opens Jan..
16 at the entrex Centroplex in down­
town Ba on Rouge.
Ca ng the 1 17-year 'old Fi k 'one of
the tst nding univer ities in the coun­
try," Dr. J mi n id he expects an 0 t­
upport in thi effort to aid
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payoff S750,OOO in bii} that are due
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immediately and another � 2.8 million in
outstanding debts. . . ,
Among the plan to raise money
are a "Fl Sunday' the ir Sunday in
. February. On that day allBlack churches
will be a ed to take a special collection
for Fi .
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lncluded on the executive committee
of the Fis committee are Carl Holman,
president of the ational Urban Coali­
tion; Dorothy Height, president of the
ational Council of egro Women; John
E. Jacob 'president of the· alional Urban
League; Social commentator Die Greg­
ory and actor Ozzie Davis: .
Jesse . - Jackson. concerned over
the severe financial probl oms that threat-
.' en the existence of . University came
formation of a ational Committ for 0 ashville recently or a special onvo-
th Preservation of Fi University. cation, "to encourage n itional sup rt
. The ommittee a formed 'by 70 for the uni er ity and to encour e i
BJ ck leaders meeting recently at Howard students to let nothing and no one turn
Un ver ity in Washington, D.C. . 1Yo� fr�m 7:our eason for bing at the
The group plans to raise 5 million t umver ity.
through a variety of nation ide projects. Jac son, a candidat for the Demo-
Howard University President Jame cratic nomination for Presi ent id he
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. Chee s said the plans are to help Fi - changed hi .travel plan to include th
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I '�100 PER AFFIUA TE
visit to Fi after he w a net ork news
ory on'Thanksgiving.
"I sat there on Thank fvi g anl w
you standing on the street corner holding
out cups ppealing to this community to
spare you the option to develop your
minds," Jac so told the Fi peg pIe .
"to allow you heat and light that your
mind' might develop and J felt sen 0
-disgrace. 1 felt ashamed. 1 kne th t 1
must come to ashvill to stand - ith
yo ."
Dr. Walter J. Leonard, pre ident of
Fi has an oun ed that he is resigni g
at th end 0 this ter -. a mov he id
ne essary t in major d nations from
benefa tors.
I Recently, heat a turned off t the
d rm and th ch I had t ra i
170,000 f r 0 erdue utility bill t get
it back on" P yment f salarie h be n
delayed and the taff a d f cult h ve
been drasti ally reduced. ·
Enrollment ha dropp d fr m 1.600
in 197 _ t 6 no. The n 0 -rnent h
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b en tapped thr u h the ar that it i
do n to 3.1 mill" n fr m 14. milli 11
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