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Early Blue Lake-Dalton history:
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poll in ovem r.
The publi ti n, authored by
P ul C rton, political con ult nt
nd r e rch r wi t h th t n
firm of rttil and Kil y,
n or d by th J int Cent r
for P liti I tudi .
C rt n' b , w hi h i b d
n a ca tudy of the Detroit
ichi n city inc me ta referen­
dum in J un 19 I, out line peci­
fic technique for getting out the
Bl ck vote. (ORe i tr tion i only
nly-half of the equation," y
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HARBOR - Jame
F .A. Turner h announced he is
a candid te for the Lake ichigan
Colleg rd of Truste .
Turn r �, . Executive Di­
rector of the Community Edu­
cation Council. The CEC i th
court appointed minoriting arm
for community and school rela­
tions in the Benton Harbor,
Coloma and Eau Claire School
desegration plan.
A retired Air Foree Captain,
Turner i a 1960 gr duate of LMC
here h served on th student
senate and captained th ba et­
ball team.
Turner h a er degree
in Executive De elopment for
Public Service from Ball State
the foreword to the udy. "The
oth r half is voter turnout on
election day. '
Specifically C rton found th t
fa -to-f ce appeals by c mpaign
v lunt r d mmunity Ie der
in Detroit's BI k precinct in­
crca d Bl k voter turn ut
lIy. The n
in
"Th
ne
voters," Carton .. y .
cverthclc , accordinu to Dr.
Carton' re. carch, t h 'r
University, uncie, Indian. He
has a asters de Tee certificate
in Urban Ethnic Studi {planning
from the Univer ity of ebra k
a B.A. in law enforcement and
security from Omaha University.
Turner, his wife, aria 0
Lo Remid , and their three
children re ide in the city of
Benton Harbor.
Three ats on the LM
bo rd are up for el ction in
ovember. Filing dealine is
4 p.m. on September 7. Petition
can be obtained at the county
clerk's office. There are no Ben­
ton Harbor city residents, nor
no Black currently rving on th
yen-member board.
ac
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a mall but i nifieant ina a
in Black v ter p rticipat ion in
precinct wh re printed material
were d· tributed t th elect r te
with a minimum f f ce-to-fa .e
inter eti n.
arton' I cific r .ommcn-
dati n for getting r gi tered
Bla k to vote include:
- ncourag volunt e rs and
c mmunity leader to en a re in
a much fuc -to-Iac interaction
with th Black el ctoratc a
po ible. Campai n leaders hould
clo Iy upcrvise volunteer to
en urc a hi h d zree of inter­
action.
-Use campaign volunt 'r in
Black precinct. of all incom
level, incc the,' worker. are
effective in all segment of the
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DALLAS - An aide to the
Rev. Jes Jack n confirmed la t
week that Jack on will lead n
interreligiou worship rvice sch -
duled to coincide with t he Repub-
lican ation Convention in
Dalla . Planned for Sund y,
Aug. 19, the rvice is part of a
three-day action out ide th Con­
vention to prote t Presi dent
Reagan's policie and register
thousands of ne voter in
door-to-door canv of 10 -
incom Dallas neighborhoods.
ary Summer ,J ac son' com­
paign aide, a quoted in a
Dall newsp per la t week: "I
think you can say he's ured
the ACORN people who worked
on hi campaign that he would
be in Dalla. He did make that
personal c mmitrnent." A OR
did not endor Jac son' cam­
paign for the 0 mocratic presi-
dential nomination, but m
10 a] CO or nization en­
dor d and wor ed with 1 c I
Jack on campaign cro th
country.
Confirmed p aker at march
and rally cheduled f r Saturday
evening, Aug. 18, are former
Attorn y General Ram y lar.
a tivist Dr. Benjamin Spock , and
Texa nucle r fre ze ctivi I Cis:�
Farenthold. Performer Ronmc
Gilbert and Holly ear were
invited to perform.
Black communit .
-R .ruit . unmunit
to .ontuct vot r ithin low r-
and 10 r-middle-incom Blue
pre inct . It i ithin the
r that cornmunit leader
have the gre t t impact o th
Bla vot
In hi for ird to th rudy,
Eddi illiam , pr ill nt of
the Joint C nt r , prais ohiliz­
in the Blue Comruunit ,noting
that it ma e a iguificunt con­
trihution to p .,Iiti °al sci IlC .
,. t rcovcr ," h . id, "an on
running or ob rving a campai m
in a predominantly Blac juri-
diction ill lind Mr. anon'
discussion in ormatlv and higl�ly
rei vant to the nut -and b .,11.
d ci ion of I iliticul organizing."
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Participant from aero the
c untry will pitch tent in a Dal­
p r for the weekend to
dr m tize the effect of Reagan's
on 10 -income Ameri-
ized by CO (A ci-
o Community Or niza­
tions or Reform 0), the
{'U n e for J tice i national
campaign to edu te, r . t r nd
mobilize 10 -inco voters. It
includes commu ·ty oup 1 bor
union , church ,an i-nucle r and
pe ce group and minority organi­
zatio .
Th Alliance h registered
over 50,000 new voter nee
Janu , and it ha p rticipated
in legal and direct ction earn­
pai ns again t barrier to voter
regi trati n aero the country.
Bi hop died undav,
H pital
en c mfin d for
awe. rvice ere held at
t I a.m. aturdav,
Baile Cathedral, 7
Bishop J .0. P Her lit of em-
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