TWO BLACK MEN
MADE TODAY'S EASTER
----- .. --TS FIGHT ACTIO
T Eel ESI DE TS
ALS,
BOR- The Concern­
ed Tenants Organization (CTO) called
a rent rike Tue ay, April 17, in
Action Rental to force repairs at 474
Pipestone.
The Ten nt lso nnounced that
they ill journey to Lansing to meet
ith repre ntativ of the Attorney
Gene I' offi requ "protection
of the law" for city r 'dent.
At a pr conference Tuesday, CTO
pre 'dent Rev. at hamel Gathright di -
tributed copi s of six p e inspection
report conducted by the city April 4
and April J 0 at the three-apartment
build in t 474 Pipe tone.
Th CTO had reque ted the in pee­
tion.
According to Rev, G thright, t 0
condition tri ered the rent strike:
he t.
worn-out and overfu d electri­
cal ystem.
During tour of the building Tues-
day aftern n, rong ga fumes were
detected by the pre nd CTO le der.
Rev. G thright phoned the Department
of Soc' I Services (DSS), yor. Wilce
Cooke and Michigan Ga Company.
Accroding to Rev. Gathright, only
the company responded. They shut
off the gas ove hich as being used
in on of the partment fOT heat, The
id the fumes were carbon
mono ' e, a d Iy a.
Action Rentals collect 636 a
month in rent for the three partments,
according to Rev. Gathright.
The CTO trip to Lan eng on on-
d y, April 23, and meeting with the At­
torney General' office will be an attempt
to get help for code enforcement, Rev,
Gathright tated,
"There are laws governing rental
property in this city and state," the
CTO president said. "And ate law
says there must be heat, It is the city
manager' job to enforce the codes and
laws in this city. He is not doing his job,
We will go as far a we have to to find
someone who will."
Cont" eel on P 3
Farrakhan'
real word
BULK RATE us.
POSTAGE PAID
Be 0 H r, MI
4IOU
.p 3
f25(
ow re en ne
JO
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By BO. G •. d
The Benton H rbor and surrounding
are s Post Offices are planning to estubl-
lish a ne register for job appli 'ant
interested in the po iti n of cler and
carrier,
Th local register in exi tence now
i being abolished bccau alar e number
of per ns on it are no longer int ere ted
or available to work in postal ervices.
The Postma tcr, WilJiam P. Truchan.
and hi ra f have decided to make a
concerted effort to help minority people
'ore higher on the qualifying ex rnina­
tion.
Truchan . id, "We hope to arncr
from the community, a i tance to help
in cc. ordinarine a pre-to t training pro­
gram."
His taff ha volunteered to train
member nf the community vim ·m·
help tutor person who eel inadequate
or lac confidence about . 'orin' hi�h
on this c uminati In.
Truchan .. id, "The reason fur pre­
test ing i thai many people perceive the
re I as very compli .atcd ." It i 'hi.
type of fear th a t dis .ouragcs many
people from taking the rc , ... nd hinder
many Irom doill� I heir hcst ,
Truchan and his ·talr arc xunmittcd
t u helping minori! ies \.':p 'l'i.tlly. so I hat
great lmprovcmcut m .. · he realized in
their . .orcs. The higher a per: on S4 • .orcs
the beucr "lUI the quickc the chance
are for being hired.
Churlc II\: "' � .• 1 lu�al Business Con­
sultant ;",<1 r�. lthcl tild ell. em­
bcrship I>it cct or HI" I he Chamber of
Commerce have volunt cered a coord i·
nator of thi pro 'ram. However. more
cc. rdinators arc ne dcd nd inter st cd
. per t n iould contact either Henry,
itchell or Truchan at their re pect ivc
number : 9�5-8281, 925·0044 and
926-8��7 ,
Truchan id, 7.000 applicat ions were
di Hi utcd in a five day peri d hen
the . me tc t given in the Battle
Creek lone, pplication will be di .
tributcd in the Benton Harbor zone for
five day only aJ o. Henry . ide •
anticipate between 7,000 to 14.000
upplicat ion :
The plan is to ucc cd at t 0 thin'
11m ince ever, thing cl � is rc dy.
Continued on Pa 3
STATE CIVIL
RIGHTS TO MEET
I B.H.
The Mkhigan Civil Right Com­
mission ill meet in 8cnh.l;l Harbor
Oil prj) 21, 4 p.m. and pril �.t,
<) a.m. TIle publi meeting \ ill be
held at the public Iibr:JTY, � 13 all
Street,
Per ms \ ith civil right con .cru
or p oblcms in employment. cdu 'a·
t ion, h lU ing. public a .conun ida­
tion and public service mao address
the Commi sion during the public
comment sect ion of the April �.t
:I�enda.
