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Berrien County Action B A) ha
adopted .. new r ertificati n sy tern for
distribution of U.SD.A. surplus com­
modities, ccording to Loui Price,
BC Outreach 'ector people must
. be certi n or before Friday, Feb-
ruary 24.
The nnouncement follow on the
heel of a state report highly critical
of the agency.
The ne certification system is aimed
" t eliminating duplication and fraud,
curbing cost and simplifying the pre ent
distrubution proce , rs. Price said.
Under the ne system participants,
"mu be recertified every ix month :
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QUEST·TO 'p
Y ·ES SOOT
The pro cutor noted that the Ben­
ton To nship police had conducted "a,
diligent inquiry" into the ooting,.
but aloney id he as un ble to deter­
mine whether any e wa "culpable"
b d on the police investigation.
aloney warned that the police
had "encountered diffICulty in 10 tin _
and interviewing witne who the
police have rea n to believe have in­
formation regarding this matter. n
"I join Chief Drach in . g those
members of the Benton Harbor - Benton
To nship community ho h ve informa­
tion to contact the Benton Township
Police Department at 926-8221 during
busine h ur ,n aloney continued.
"If witne have been intimidated,
threatened or otherwise coerced into
not speaking with the police or into
misleading the police, that threatening
conduct may con itute a 20-year felony
offen for which this office will take _
action."
1 According to the police, Sayles,
31, 663 Madison A e., Benton Harbor,
was fatally shot in the che in the pool­
room of the East End Bar.
A seco d man, Roscoe Fleming,
24, 585 Pipestone St., B nton Harbor,
was ounded in the bac during the
shootout.
ST. JOSEPH - An inque will be
" held in the January 6 shooting death
of Ru 11 Sayle, according to Berrien
County Prosecutor Paul L. Maloney.
In making the announcement, alo­
n y said, "I am unable to conclude at
this time whether �e death of Ru 11
Sayles was the result of criminal action
by 0 or more p rSoDS or whether it
wa justified under ichigan law."
Maloney explained that an inquest
is a civil proce ding. A jury of six per­
sons will be selected to hear evidence
concerning the circumstance surround­
ing the shooting 'which occurred at the
East End "Bar in Benton Township.
Chief Disttict Judge Hugh W. Blac
signed an order scheduling the inque
to begin February 22 at 9 a.m. before
him as pre . ding judge.
Chief trial attorney Jack Banyon will
conduct the in�uest for the prosecutor's
office, aloney said.
Some 15 witnesse are expected to
r be called before the inquest jury .
Maloney said, 'The J iy will make
finding concerning the time, in wh t
manner and by what mean the decea d
came to his death. If it appears that
. unlawful means caused death, e jury
must state who is believed to be cul­
pable in the de th."
SPR G FU Benton HU'bor Schol ip Fund, th committee'
pl nnin Spring Flin Fa 'on 0 t Union emori A. .E. Church, Crystal and Empire, on Febru
11 at 7 p.m. Th $2't' ets are avail6le t th door. Among tho for the cc of the fund-rai r
.. are from left to right: atie Ro burgh, Reynold , cbairp Vaz, Aogi iUiam, 0
chairperson for the . Benton Harbor cont I
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