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BENTO HARBOR - ton Harbor
, among 10 diltre d, incblltrial com­
munitie in IlHno', ichipn, Ohio d
Pennsylvania hich will recehe ance
. through a $191,974 technical ' tanee
grant, according to Samuel R. Pierce
Jr . ., retary of housing and urban
de lopment.
'The citie share some of the great­
'�ama f: ced by America's indu t·
'_�I"II.ftIt," Pierce 'd. "Because
cotlDllaon economic b been
by technological chang over
p 10 to 15 years, they suffer from
'gnificant unemployment and wide-
di stment. .
'7his ' an opportunity to test and
demonstrate -ho local economic b
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Tim Horan, the former South H ¥en
mayor ho' seeking the Republic
nomin tion to ark Siljander' 4th
District congre ional at in the Aug. 7
primary, accu d Siljander of being
politically vindictive," beca of cir-
cumstance nounding the Enterprise
Zo d gn tion for Benton Harbor.
Horan ' reported in South Bend
Tribu article charging that SUjan-
der pulled field repre' ntatiYe off
ttempts to 0 tam free enterpri zone
ltion for Benton Harbor .fter re­
eetvin disappointing voter support in
e
LANS! G - Legislative approval of
the tax rollb ck for Michigan citizens
may not be much of a rollbac for most,
ccording to State Representative
Carolyn Chee Kilpatrick, Chairperson
of the Michigan Legislati e Blac Caucus,
(D-Detroit).
Under the plan greed to by the legis-
ture, the state income tax will be rolled
back from the current rate of .1 percent
to 5.35 percent, beginning September 1,
1984 - three months sooner than the
scheduled rollbac .
"I, along with 13 of the 14 'chigan
Legislative Blac Cauc members, did
not support the tax rollback passed by
the House. I believe the citizens I repre­
sent would bear the burden of deer d
services should budget deficits occur
ter," Kilpatrick said.
The legislature dopted program
two years ago which would inere
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can be revitalized, to generate ne
busine investment and create ne
permanent job," the HUD cretary
said.
William UlIy, director of community
rvices for Bent n Harbor, said the
technical a 'nan will be utilized in
developing and marketing the orth of
ain Industrial Park. "We could handle
the job," said lilly, "but we hope e
can expedite development of the park
through the added technical assistance,"
Other communitie . receiving money
are Joliet, m.; Jackson and u egon,
Mich; Cleveland, Toledo, and Yo
town, Ohio; and Allentown, John own,
and Youngstown, Pa. .
''The e have the b ic require-
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Benton Harbor in the 1982 primary,
Horan also reiterated his misgivings
r rding Siljander's 10 percent flat rate
'come tax proposal, charging it' a
"grand standing" move brought about
by t upcoming el ction. He said the
propo would produce $20 billion
annu deficits and' unfair emotionally
to the taXpayers.
While he'd he believe tax reform
, nece ry t Horan 'd he favors a
re pon 'hie approach that ould not
pi ee the tax burden on lo-and
moderate-income groups.
ment to tum around their economic
environment," Secretary Pierce aid,
"and we ould like to help them ccom­
plish their goals through this project.
"While no I vel of public or private
effort can reverse the changes the
areas have experienced, e hope to help
them begin or expand public/private
activitie designed to suur new growth,"
he added.
When the 10 projects have been corn­
p eted, the ational Council for Urban
Economic Development will report to
HUD on the re Its of the local programs,
and successful new approaches learned
through the proce will be shared with
other commW'litie .
,
funding for spe projects in the st teo
The money would be u d to fund
programs in human and health service ,
job development and other urban prob-
ems in the tate, '
"The legislature of this state set
priorities two yean 0 to mere
effort and mo y to ' t citizen and
the state regain their stability. ith
the adoption of the tax roDbac , thi
three-year program will slight th ho
need . stance the m and the legis­
lature will fall ort of their commit­
ment to the citizens", id IGIp trick.
In June .. the number or unemp oyed
citizens in the state ood at approxi-
tely 503,000 peop e, hich i a 11.3
percent rate. In April unemployment
figures for the Detroit area ere, approx­
imately 206,9000 people which,' a
10.5 percent rate. The unemp oyment
rate for Black ' 26.2.
I unemp oyment ures
for our ate and the city of Detroit at -
uch high rate and public . tance
caseloads continuing to be problem,
I could not 'upport a tax roUbae de­
pending on optimistic economic Pro­
jection ,''Kilpatrick id.
"Supporting a tax rollbac this
point ba d on the economic projection
seems premature. If economic recovery
occuring in ichigan, I am afraid it
may be leaving many of 'cbigan' cit­
izens behind who can Ie t afford to be
left, , said Kilpatrick.
PEACE GROUP
TO CA VASS B. H.
BENTO HARBOR - embers of
the Fourth District Peace and Justice
CoaHtion will meet at the Benton Har­
bor Po Office at 10 .m., Saturday,
July 21 to begin a can of oter
in the city, according to e urphy,
spokesperson.
"Although the Fourth District Co­
alition a group h not endor d any
candidate, there' a consensu among
the majority of members that OUI b t
chance to obtain congre ional repre-
ntation more r ponsive on peace and
justice issue will come from lping
elect Tim Horan over ark Siljander
in the August 7 primary," Murphy said.
"Tim support he Freeze, p ge of
the ERA, and has expre d trong en­
vironmental concern'. His stand 0 n the
issue is b eked up by solid political
- and busine experience." �
urphy Id the group ho to in-
volve city 'ent in th primary e c-
tion. urhough t city of 0 belm-
ingly Democratic, hope to get
in d in 'pink slippina' SiJj del,"
"It'IA
for that."
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