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son Campaign to begin
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news service
LOS GELES - Th Jackson for
Pre 'dent Campaign will begin on
y 17th a telephone call-in ne service
about the Jac son Pr idential bid.
In a eff ort to respond to the large
number of reque t from the news media
and the public, the California J kson
Campaign has installed a service available
tionwide. By dialing 1-900/410- VOTE
from any pi ce in pte United Stat .
Listener will b able to get up-to-date
campaign information. This vice will be
managed by Paul Broc , long time politi­
cal medi consultant and former p
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A cl aringhou d igned to help fmd
financing for urban economic develop­
ment proj cts has received a grant of
S116,OOO from the Department of Ho -
ing and Urban Development, Secretary
Samuel R. Pi rce, Jr., announced to y.
"In many citie throughout the nation,
m commercial and industrial develop­
ment proj ct never get off the drawing
boards b u they lac long-term
growth capital," Secretary Pierce ld.
. "Th Financial Advisory Service,
hich I am ple d to y i co- ponsored
by HUD, can help identify sound project
and give them direct acce to national
capital mar e ," the HUD Secretary
dded.
The Financial Adyisory Service (F AS)
repre n n twor of major n tional
and regional b , with ts exceeding
o 200 billion. For a small fee, the clearing-
ho revi pplications from de-
frican
co
in arch to p rticip te in national and
rnultin tional pre-Olympic training camp
in four frican countrie .
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The Benton Harbor City Commission
oted 6 to 2 onday night to grant an
Ind rial F cilitie • Exemption Certifi­
cate to Benton Harbor Engineering
HE).
The vote allo Benton Harbor
Engineerin to qualify for a tax bre
on it planned move to, and expansion
in Benton Township. City anager
EO. chell °d,''TIt mo e ould be
ooked t through the eyes of the bu
De an. It' a good busin
The city will 10 clo to $70 000
195
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chance a
Th Private
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p te in Go mor BlIlncltw
If-Reliance.
minimum
retary to Robert Strau when he wa
Chairman of the ational Democratic
Committee.
The program Will use a ne AT T
Dial-It Service hich allow anyone with­
in reach of a telephone instrument to
automatically li en in irregardle of
their location. Up to 14,000 callers may
gain cce to the program at any time
during a 24-hour day. programs will
begin at midnight (PDT) each evening,
e t Coa t Time.
John Floyd, California State CaIap ign
anager for. the Jac n Committee, id
or proj ct
y oubl
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a year in taxes when BHE leave .
Commissioners Charles Henderson and
Ralph Crenshaw voted against granting
the Tax Exemption Certificate. Hen­
derson id,' e're giving something
and getting nothing in return is my
main point."
Crenshaw ld, "It ] bout time we
vote the conscience of the people in this
area. We're concerned with businesses
taying in this ar a d ould not
permit them to m in nee
ith our b
ti e director 0
. uth e tern
the purchase of the national telecommun­
ications system "became critical e
realized it w becoming increa . ngly dif­
ficult to re pond to this "red hot cam­
paign'."
Broc , producer of the daily programs,
announced that not only will listeners
pay to hear me g from Reverend
J ckson, but also announcement by Cali­
fornia Chairperson, mblywoman
Maxine aters and ational Chairperson
yor Richard H tcher, a ell a oth r
distinguished supporter of the Jac son
effort.
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"For th fir tim ",
250 million American
hare ctly ha J
posing for this country. For the
the general public will ha e in' 1f000rnatio
directly from .the candidate bj-imlldt:
mitered by th bi d in,accuo�
are all to evident in our daily net,.,..-n
and in our nightly ne "
Th innovative electronic
will be known the JA�,.. .. � ...
PAIG E S SERVICE (J
Tenth Senior Po
More than 250 older persons, includ­
ing Herit ge Award winner, ill repre­
sent the Region IV Area Agency on Aging
on M y 16 at Senior Po er Day on
ay 16 in Lansing.
This tenth annual Senior Po er Day
will stre the: growing number of elderly
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a
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veloper or other participant in project
unable to obtian fmancing from local
source . An eligible application is referred
to participating bank for a final decision
on financial feasibility, and action by the
bank. F AS receives no more than one
point of the loan for a ccessful referral.
''While local financial sources may be
reluctant to loan fund for ne economic
development ventures or project which
Include Federal development programs
ch Urban Development Action
Grants, banks which are part of the F AS
networ are not," td Stephen J.
Bollinger, nt Secretary for Com­
munity Planning and Development. "F AS
under tand the d to provide capitalJor
sound projects, and it can do so at attrac­
tive terms."
The F AS clearinghou , operated by
the ortheast Economic Action Research
Corporation, expects to be fmancially
self-sustaining by the end of 1984. Bu o_
ne owners, developers, or public entities
tra i n ho ish to u the services of F AS may
. contact the group by telephoning (617)
ASH I GTO - Eight American . 434-5286, or writing:
done tr iner left for Africa Financial Advisory Service
100 Federal Street
17th Floor
Boston, a . 02110 .
voted unanimously to dopt the pro­
posed budget for the fi cal year begin­
ning July 1.
E timated revenues totall d $7,658,
322. General Fund accounted for
$3,773,919 and other funds accounted
for $3,884,4030 Included in the other
fund estimated revenues are 394,855
from Federal Revenue Sharing, which
will be allocated for Public Safety and
Fire Safety.
According to a report from itchell
to the commission the proposed budget
included four proposed new staff posit­
ions; two housing and one sanitary
inspectors in the Community Service
Department; on operator and one main­
tenance worker in the Water plant.
itchell said, 'The e additions will
greatly off et the amount of dollars
being spent in over-time."
itchell's report listed veral 0 e
that will face the City in the coming
year. The list included increa /deerea
in affing levels and related wages and
benefits; needed capital improvements
including police a city owned vehicles;
ater plant and distribution sy tems;
onn drain; public and recreation
equipment and city owned parks.
Other capital improvement listed are
er Day
and their rength in votin
Dolsen, director of th St. JOIeIJD.4r..�
agency _ About 6,000 older J)eJr'IOIIlII··lllOllII
aero 0 chigan are expected to C01llftl111e
on the Lansing Civic Center for
which is the largest gatherin of-
in the nation.
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fire equipment, City Hall impro
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pa t ind btedne , cemetery f
age and economic development of th
downtown, the orth of ain.
The report id, 'The primary r-
tainty facing the city in the coming
year remain the potential of
Federal Enterprize Zone n
Rev. athaniel Gathright,
of Concerned Tenants Organiza . n re d
a letter commending yor Cooke and
the City Commi 0 on for their efforts
toward stricter code
reflected by the prop t
but offered a suggestion.
Repre nting the ero, Rev. G t
recommended, "that budget inere for
dditional inspeeto be ppropriated to
the fire department for a full-time fire
inspector and that necessary fun be
appropriated to the fire in or for
the purch of equipment to te fur-
n es."
Rev. G thright said a rue' ctor
ould be more effective housing
inspector.