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or ization'?
Federal Revenue sharing fund mu
be distributed by the Berrien County
Co " n only fter holding a public
hearing on how those funds will be u d.
Commi 'on, Fred Baird (0- B.H.)
announce that ch a public hearing will
be h 'd January 19 at the Courthou in
th third floor commis ' n meeting room.
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God I Ble Rev. Je e Jac n!
, the people of the U .sA., ould
thank Rev. Jack n. He took I the steps
to go a d e if he d free Lt. Robert
Goodm. I
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c son's body, he a ab to accom-
pli hat he went to do.
Some people thought he ould
not m e the trip; that 'no 'good would
com of it.
To the churches nd community
organizations of Benton Harbor and
other commuruty grdu in t e urround­
ing are :
e, the. members of the Guardians
of Pea e re eking fund to support
ur or niz tion. I,
e need the pe pIe's help of churche
d community organizations to help
rai vailable money that the Guar-
di n of P ce n buy uniforms f r it
member ike b ret, t-shirt and ID.
card . This willi allow the' citizen of
the community and the police ep
ment to no ho the G.O.P. members
are whe patroling the community.
The uniforms beret t-shirt and ID.
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The hearing begins at 9:30 a.m,
Baird dvise that intere ed group
ubmit their funding propo s priQr to
the Jan. 19 hearing.
Baird id proposals ould be sub-
mitted' to the Human Resources Com-
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Comrni ioner illie A ew D.-B.H.
i a member of the Human Re urce
Committee.
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God with u e will never fail. I
There i no failure in God.
Let us alk with Rev. Jack n
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and help him in whatever work at God
for him to do.
Your comment are welcome. '
Mrs. Sewilla il n
806 Ptpestone '
BB., Ml 490�2
926-6752
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card) will identify the members of the
Guardians of Peace, so that the citizens
from young to old eople can com­
fortable and fe when they e OUI
members patroling the streets.
- Training for the Guardians is at the
Charle Gray Rec Center at 7 p.m. until
9 p.m. Officer meeting is at 6 p.m.,
members come at 7 p.m.
For anyone wanting to donate funds
contact co-founder, director and coor­
.dinator of the Guardians, Roger Lane ,at
925-3852 or the undersigned at 519 E.
Britain. ·
Eugene Jordan
Founder, director and coordinator
Guardians of Peace
JANUARY 11 - 17, 1984
THE CITIZEN
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low interest re ab loans
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BEl, 1'0 HARBOR - The City of
Benton Harbor has announced a new
home loan program. ' I
In conjunction with the ichigan
ational Bank Pipestone Branch and the
ichi an State Housing Development
Authority, the city IS offering a below­
mark t interest rate housing rehabilita­
. tion 0 n program for residenti pro-
perties in the City of B nt n Harbor,
ceo ding to Ernie J hnson ommunity
Deve opment Department.
Homeowner who occup a one to
four ni dwelling are eligibile to apply
for the program.
P ns buying their home on land
cont act may al apply.
Applications will be taken in 'the
Communi y Servic Department at the
Benton Harbor City Hall.
For more information contac Ernie
John on at Benton Harbor Cit t Hall
927-8 23, or Shirley Roush t i hi an
ational Ban Pipe one Branch at
925-7018,
BENTO
ARB R DDA ON ,HOLD
Action on the reation of a Down­
town Development uthority DDA is
n hold for t e cit of Benton H rbor.
City anager E lis itchell Said that
staff must fi st prep e a egal description
of the DDA area pri r to holding public
hearings on the creation 0 a DDA.
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E YORK - The Reagan drnini-
tration s both criticized and de ended
Benjamin L. Hook Executive Director
of th CP, clashed with larence
Pendleton, De ignate Chairman of the
u.s. Civil Rights Commission on a tele­
vi d "Fa'ce-Off' recently on the B­
TV pr gram, "Po itively 81a k." ,
r. Hooks charged that r. Reagan
had wanted to fire three members f the
U.S. Civil Ri ht Commi i<jl 'because
he did not like their p Ii ies' nd th t
the runningl di pute that followed had
's ver ly damaged" the cornrnis ion.
on't- nse that at Il,' r. Pendle­
ton id in reply. ven before I was
appointed r nominated e President
id that he wanted to change the make­
up of the entire commis in."
derated by the 'Positively lac '
ho Gu Henin burg the half hour
debate as provocative and often heated
as the two participants brought thei)"
different p ints of view to e r on the
Pre i ent's civil rights pol' ie .
Formed in ] 957 a bi-p rti n
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The, previou commission' term ex­
pired at the end of ovember and,
following a comprom!se between the
Administrati n and the Congress it wa '
gleed that the commission would be
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reconstituted with eight members, four
named by the President and fi ur by the
Congress.
r. Pendleton h d been chairman of
the earlier commi 'on and h been
de ignated as the Pre 'dent's hoi e
for. chairman of the newly structured
body. I
S ed by Mr. Heningburg if it as
necessary to ta e the President' view
into con deration as a commis ion
member r. Pendleton id, "I have
never had any ma r ching orders from the
Pre ident. I am not one who believe
fully like the Pre ident - I am indepen-"
dent.'
oting that he had di greed publicb
with the Pre ident before, r. P ndleton
appointment , '
. Pendleton criti alof hat h
said wa the refu 1 by th ivil right
community t accept Mr. Rea n
on civil ri hts n ting, "if the rnmi .
sion is to be indep rident , then eve -
body s vie . hould III to tab} ,'0
r. Ho ho i Pre ident f
the 150-member group. the Le derslup
onfe men ivil Ri hts. t . i ue
with the point,
He ill: '(
appoint p pie