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SHINGTO , D.C. - The
ational ciation of Housing
nd Redevelopment Offici s
AHRO) . d recently that
propo by Office of anage
m nt and Budget Director David
. Stockman to entirely wipe
out Community Development
Bloc Grant (CDBG and Urban
Development ction Grant
(UD G) ould repre nt a
'Dev tating blo t to the
nation t capacity to me t critical
infr tructure need nd u t in
the vatality of citi and town.
AHRO Pre . dent illiam J.
tzl ff . d of th propo d
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budget cuts, "This would be a
devastating blo to our �bility
to meet critical infrastructure
need and to ustain vital com
munitie. It is a 'penny wise,
pound foolish' propoals."
R tzlaff id the primary use
of CDBG funds has been for
phy 'cal development ctivitie
uch as reet improvement
water and wer lines, clearance
of deteriorated tructures, and
rehabilitation of housing. Se
condarily, CDBG funds have
b en u d for coun eling, cial
ervice , 'and technical istance
to local communi tie .
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'The UDAG program has
been a phenomenal succe and
one of the most cost-effective
federal programs e er enacted,"
said Ratzlaff. 'Since the pro
gram began, 3 billion in federal
funds have leveraged more than
S 17 billion in commitment
from private ector inve tor and
more than 1.6 billion from
other governm nt source.
Cumulativ ly, more than 1 900
active "or completed projects
have resulted in more than
400,000 new permanent jobs
and have generated annual tax
revenues of more than 470
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Dancer: Apartheid polley crippled
me
EW YORK - A 130
million lawsuit has been filed
in Federal District Court for
Manhattan again t South Africa.
The promising career of a 23·
year-old Black dancer ended on
the ide of a South African road,
said the man's attorney when a
white ambulance driver refused
to pick up the injured man.
Barry artin was on a tour
with an English dance troup per
forming before integrated audi
ences in Bophuthat evana, one
of four Black "homelands" given
nominal independence by South
Africa, on September 26 1983
when his car went off the road.
The ambulance picked up the
white driver of the car, but left
artin on the ide of the road.
"They didn't come near me,
when they aw me,' said rtin.
A passerby too him to a ho -
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million. UDAG funds have
been carefully targeted to cities
and urban counties that are
most distressed and ha:-e been
a critical f ctor in urban revitali
zation."
AHRO represents more
than 2 200 local public housing
and community development
agencies throughout the nation
and more than. S,OOO individual
professionals in the hou ing
and community development
field.
100 Council I
The Council of 1 oo Black
Republicans will hold its second
Samuel C. Jac on Midnight
Inaugural Breakf t in Wa hing
ton on January 21, 1985,
Elaine B. Jenkins chairper n
of the Council, and Pre "dent
of One America, Incorporated,
announced today.
The inaugural breakfast is
named in honor of the late
Samuel C. Jackson, prominent
Republican lawyer and g vern
ment executi who f unded the
aug
ra
Council of 100 in 1975. The
ouncil is "dedicated to provid
ing °th Republican Party its
Bla k Am rican awaren sand
conscience nd ha d ne far
almo t a decade,' ac rding to
H. Minton Fran is. one of it
spokesmen. The Council ha
establi hed Ta Force to moni-
tor most of th maj r en ie
and departments of the Federal
Government, and rom it m n
it r hip it develop and pre nts
pr gram intti t ive n b half of
25t
pital where he sat for several
hours in the waiting room.
"They didn't treat me."
Dr. Harvey achsman, a law
yer and neuro �urg on ho filed
the suit said artin had a
fractured cervical pine hich
resulted in a vertebr e lipping
foreward and de tr ying the
spinal cord. Accordin to the
attorney immediate attenti n
would have prevented th injury.
artin is no a quadriplegic.
"Thi goes a little past mal
practice" said the attorney"
Wach m n said he has al
filed a uit in the u t h f rican
courts and ha mobilized lawyer
specializing in international la .
"I just feel very st rongl
against South African racial
policies, and the way I wa
treated resulted in the way I
am today,' artin said.
Martin wa transferred to
Black section of a hospital 65
mile away from where he had
ought treatment.
The Black nurse "realized
at that p int I was a quadriple
gic and they told the nur e in
the white section since the Blac
section did not have the facili ties
to treat me" Martin said.
After spending t 0 month
in South Africa, artin was
tran fered to a ho pital in Eng
land.
Martin had trained for five
year with the Alvin Ail y dance
troup on cholarship. Shortly
before the South African tour
he had graduated with honor
from the State University of
ew York College.
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Black Americans to Cabinet
officers agency he ds and th
White Hou Staff.
At th January 21 bre -
f t veral prominent persons
who be t exemplify th pirit
and purpo of the Council
will be honored. A reception
will b held at 11 :30 p.m. t
the Shoreham Hotel in shin-
ton, n th breakfa t and
a ard remony ill be con-
d ted teen I � midni ht nd
�:OO a.m.