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BENTO T.WP - The Benton To n-
ship Board of Tru t tangled with repre-
ntati of Pyramid Oil over who would
'" pay the co of w ter and sewer line in­
tallations, at a regular meeting, July 3.
rtin Edinborough, repre enting
Pyramid Oil, t ted that if the Board
stay with it' pre ent plan, Pyramid will
not build it propo d truck plaza and
motel on apier Ave. Th current pro­
po . to remov the 8 inch water line
from Crystal replace it with a 12 inch
line, and continue with this line to and
under api r, then head east on apier to
the property tte.
The township Id it will pay to re­
move the 8 inch line, and Pyramid would
p y the $ 120,000 to bring the 12 inch
fine to their property.
Treasurer J arne Colby aid he doe
not expect Pyramid to p y the entire
cost, and ugge ted the Board find a y
to share the expen . Cler J alee Scott
tated hi original sugge tio to con-
tinue e t on api r with th 12 inch line
t Pipe tone which ould co t "a good
deal le " he said, than the plan ap­
proved.
CharI B r, engineering con ultant
for th to nship, aid that the Pipestone
route ould provide adequate water pre -
r , but a line from Crystal i part of the
original ater plan, and would provide
more pr ure, in of a large fire,
Edinborough expr d hi iUingne
to ccept th co of th Pipestone line.
The bo rd oted to refer all the propo
to the engineers, and ed them to corne
b c with reconunendation.
TIl board decided not to take c-
tion on the hiring of an dditional fhe­
man for th F airplain ation. Fire Chief
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BENTO HARBOR - Piactical poli­
and ho local omen can have a
ro r voice in the Democratic Party
s the theme of a Political Action
Seminar this ee ponsored by th n
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South . chigan Democratic o-
men's Caucu .
Special guest, Susan Jon ,Chair of
the . chigan Democratic omen's Cau­
cus, told the gathering of Democratic
omen party pporter and candidates
that the ne move to form men'
in the Party aero the country
ked by Pre dent Reagan's negative
policie to ard omen's i es.
Jon said more and more omen are
looking to the Democratic Party to re-·
co er the ground 10 by omen during
thi reactionary Republican dministra­
tion. ' e have become a ocal grou
ithin the party on omen's issue,
d e intend to influence it:' she ld.
The . chigan Democratic omen '5
Caucu has notified all . chigan De­
mocratic convention delegate that it
pports a om n Vice-pre 0 dental nomi­
n e, a have many other t te Caucuse .
Larry ielsen, Chair of the Fourth
Congre ional District Democratic Party
and Executive Director of the Berrien
County Democratic P rty, briefed th
group on ho the stat and county
Democratic Party function and how
their Caucu can or effectively within
it. • e are p rty of groups, f ction
nd intere ts. Therefore, th cce or
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Bruce Garrett said the tation is currently
manned by one firem n, and colunteers
do not ri until five minute after the
call arrive .
Supervi or Charle Zollare iuggested
the Fire Committee 100 into r . ing the
volunteers pay a an incentive to i t
on a call. Volunteer currently receive 8
the first hour, and 6 thereafter. The pro­
po d increase is to S 10 to $ 12 an hour.
Police Chief Jack Drach announced
the formation of block watch program in
the Fairplain area bounded by apier t
ickerson, Coif: and Union Streets.
Drach said they're putting up signs no .
The board re cind a motion to put th
question of acquiring a police disp tcher
on an dvi ory ballot. The t wn hip
wishe to enter one year contract with
the Berrien County Sheriff's office to
handle all dispatch calls, and anted to
put the que tion to the public vote.
ary Ann Pater, an 0 e with and
representing Sam Henderson, township
attorney, stated an advisory ballot i
illegal, ccording to a 1980 Oakland
County Court decision.
Th board voted to remo the item
from the ballot, ith Trustee artin Lane
d C rk Scott ab taning.
Th board 0 pproved rebidding on
th properites at 1344 Radcliffe and
13SS apier. The origmal bid were
a ed to athro B ckhoe Service.
Building Inspector Che ter Shuck Said
that athro had underbid, and could
not no afford to demolish the pro­
perties.
Attorney Pater uggested the board
ccept nre bids, and then investigate the
'bility of legal action against
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failure of coalition politic within the
Democratic Party dictates th succe
of the Party and the people within it
and the succe of tho it repre nts,"
he said.
The CauCUI m ts the cond· ond y
of each month and is open to all De-
mocratic omen in South estern
·chigan. ore information . availabl
from Virginia ivens (92S�207), Pro­
visional Chair of the Caucus.
Urges support
for Meharry
ASlDNGTO - Health and- Human
Services (HHS) Secretary argaret M.
Heckler has urged both Tenne e Gover­
nor Lamar Alexander and ashville
ayor Richard Fulton to ccelerate tate
and municipal support for Meharry
edical College.
In releasing th letters, rs .. Heckler
aid eharry h made a "unique contri­
bution to the nation." eharry estab­
lished in 1876 has trained some 40 per­
cent of Blac physicians in the United
St tes.
Speci federal pport has bee unde­
undertaken under Pre ident Reagan's
1981 executive order to aid hi torically
BI c colleg and univer ities. In 1983,
the pre . dent' direction, the federal trea­
sury paid off the outstanding $29 million
mortgage on eharry' Hubbard Hospital.
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ible" the recent tatements of inister
Louis F arrakhan which a ulted the
Jewish faith and questioned the legiti­
macy of I ael, John E. Jacob, President
of the ational Urban League, ha
pointed out that the minister's views are
not reflectiv of the Black community
and should be condemned.
At the same time, h raise the ques­
tion to whether the medi ha not
contributed to the furor created by the
Farrakhan statement by operating on the
suppo ition "that tements by virtually
any Blac person must be re ponded to
by other Blacks?
Mr. Jacob comment appear in his
weekly column, 70 Be Equal", dated
July 4, 1984. He states in part:
"It doesn't m to matter to the
media that such st tements are the opin­
ion of but one Black minister and hi
relatively small group of followers.
Would the media be so anxiou to publi-
o the view of white minister who is
not repre ntative of the larger white
community?"
He continues:
"Once the remarks become ne s
storie, reporters and talk silo ho try
to corral Blac leaders into denouncing
tho statements.
'Just imagine the po ition that puts us
in. Being a ed whether you agree with
statement insulting the Jewish religion or
the legitimacy of the state of I el is in
itself insulting, like being asked if you
beat your wife or take drugs.
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"I can understand the anger of the
JeWISh communuty which finds it If the
bject of thnic slur and ugly, ra . t re­
marks. Blacks too, are outr d by th
remark and re nt being ed to c­
count for statements they do not are.
"I have no hesitation in affinning my
support for Israel, the emb diment of
Jewish national aspiration and an 0 . I
of democracy in a de rt of dictato
And mu deep respect for th J
ligion is ba d on it high ethical te
ings and on the recognition that it 0
foundation of both Christianity
I am.
"I continue to object to t id that
Black leadership must always repsond to
extremist remarks of other Bl c , e n if
the onlu prupo they serve 0 to pro Ion
a media circus."
He conclude :
"The current controversy
tragic proportions when e
come on the twentieth anni__"t��
the brutal Iynchin of
Goodman, Michael Sch emer, and J
Chaney - Two Jews and a Blae
marched hand in hand for Blae freedom
and died together in the ca
"Their sacrifice embodies th spirit of
a Blac -Je ish coalition for justice that
will endure long fter today's te 00
forgotten. Anti-Semitism and r· are
an insult to their memory d to a free
society being dam ged not simply by ex­
tremi t st tement of a h dful but
by th irresponsibility of the media.
to work with
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ASlD GTO , D.C. - Housing and
Urban Development Secretary Samuel R.
Pierce, Jr., today announced that 1 S
historically Blac college and univer­
sitie will share $ 1.S million in grants to
help smaller communities participate
more successfully in HUD programs.
This is the second tune in les than
two years that HUD funds are bein
m de vailable to in titutions for the
purpose of helping eligible communiti
plan, develop and administer their Com­
munity Development Block Grant
(CDBG) and Urban Develo ment Action
Grant (UDAG) project .
"Historically Black in titution have
made pricele contributions to our
country. I, have great re pect for the
outstanding job they have don , and
continue to do, in educating B c and
other American youth, and in
them upwardly mobile. Th p
dents," the HUD Secretary conti ed,
"represent absolutely vital institutio
in the progress of our nation."
E ch Black college or unive °ty
- receiving an award ill develop man
ment plan for a cooperative orkin
relationship ith the local government
they will be rving. �
"Each of th e educational in itution
will ork with sm II citie to better
inform them of th grant pro r rns
how they wor , and ho to m e th
best use of t ho �rograms.