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0.9 JAN. 30 - FEB. 5, 1985
S G - Four depart.'
ment of th State of Michigan
do not employ minoriti or
women in proporti n to their.
pre nc in the popul tion.
That i th finding of th
ichigan D pt. of Civil Right
rep rted in J nuary issue of
the departm nt Let r. "
The four departments are:
th ttorney General the Legi -
I tiv uditor General, tural
Re ources and the State Police,
the ewsletter tate .
The dep rtm nt 'operate
in traditionally hite mal areas
w, la enforcem nt, and
finance. There i a poor
repre nt tion of women in
other than clerical area " the
Commi ion found.
7he four department cite
rity of women, Bl cks and
panic with the required
experienc and education"
the Comrni sion said.
The four department have
not met 50 percent of the
popul tion represent tion. Of
21 dep rtment running the
t te, 14 of them "no meet
or ex d" the combined re­
pre ntation of minoritie in
the tate population which is
16 percent, the Commission
The report continue:
In 1981, Department of Civil
Right t ff prepared a imilar
report hich reveal d ix de­
partment - riculture, Attor­
n y Gen ral, Auditor General,
ilitary Affairs, atural Re-
and State Police -
lag far behind"
Th Citizen i
the ate tandard of 14.8
percent for minority repre en­
t tion.
The latest report concluded
"Other depart ent in tradit­
ionally white) es .areas of
ervice: Transportation Agri-
culture and Military Affair,
ha de r pr gre and
no have chieved nearly 75
percent of the current minority
repr nt tion standard. De­
partment operating in area
of human rvice _II health,
education and elfare - have
con i en tly shown the highest
representation of both women
and minoriti .'
Although there ha been a
general incre in the p rcen­
tage of minority nd female
orkers, the report cites dis­
paritie in the I vels of repre-
ntation. "There are con-
centration of omen in clerical
and paraprofe ional po ition ,
an underrepre ntation mong
profe ional in some depart­
ment and among officials and
dministrators- in all depart­
ment.
"BI ck re concentrated in
paraprofe ional and rvice
mainten nee job and under­
represented in killed crafts and
mong te hnician. Statistical
analy are ethan tisfac­
tory where represent tion is
under two percent. Thi
includes Asian and American
Indian, and Hi pancis when
m n and women re considered
parately. "
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announced Angi illiam, chairp n. Among the youn omen p icip tin
P el Jon ,Wilma Crump and Tren Sande . For ory of th Queen Con , tum to p
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By Ron Leuty
BENTO HARBOR - Th
Benton Harbor City Comrnis-
'on voted to nine to nothing
at onday night' meeting to
approve the orth of Main
Industrial Park Irnplem ntation
Plan.
The pi n which hit nag
at last week s meting when
Commissioner Charles Yar­
brough questioned whether citi­
zens living in the project area
had been contacted of the city's
plans, sailed through thi week'
meeting without opposition,
City nager Ellis Mitchell
tated that a meeting was held
with a group of citizens living
in the area and that there were
no rious objections to th
city's pi s.
City Economic Development
Director Alex Little said that
there was "a free exchange
of information", and repeated
that there were no serious ob­
jections from the citizens of the
project area.
Approval of th park plan
means that Ph I of the
project may begin. P I
includes an area bordered by
ain Street, PI w Avenu
Riford Street, and Third Str t.
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It would require that the city
buy property, relo te citizens
living in the area, clear he
propertie , and begin construct­
ion of buildings.
The project al calls for
"adequate greenspace, water,
and park benches" for a more
ttractive park-like atmosphere.
The plan also say that the
city should 'build some ne
ffordable hou ing for the
displaced citizen. . . Some
middle income housing must be
planned and ready to con-
truct."
The commi ion als ap-
proved a request to vacate part
of orth Street part of the
orth of in plan. A public
hearing will b held Feb. 19
for citizens to voice their opin­
ion on the vacation of orth
Street.
The entire orth of Main
Industrial Park hich will be
developed in three ph
bordered by ain Street,
P Pa Avenue, orth Street,
the C 0 Railroad tracks, Fifth
Street, P rk Street, and Third
Street.
t a public hearin ld I t
night the commission approved
a
t plit of the former Farmer
erchant ational Ban
b ' ing at 92-94 e t
Street. Controversy w
tarted when Comrni ion r Yare
brough sked the owner of th
building, John Dickey, what
was to be the u of the build­
ing.
Dickey tated that h planned
to n the middl portion of th
building to the ain Street
Community Health Center
which plan on locating a
dental clinic on the cond
floor.
The Main Street Community
Health Center pre ently ha a
medical clinic located on the
first floor and is leasing the
building from Dickey.
ayor ike Cooke and Com-
mi ioner Juanita Echo joined
Yarbrough in concern about
dentist th t presently rve
Benton Harbor. Yarbrough
questioned th need for the
facility. Die ey adamantly
repeated that he only own the -
building, nd i not connected
ith the in Street Center.
Commissioners ph re-
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