YOR - '-capital pun­
ishment does not ter crime.
The death penalty is uncivilized
in principle and unfair and
inequitable in pr ctiee." So
y Hugo Adam Bed u, Pro­
fessor of Philosophy t Tufts
University in a chu Us in
study ne ly rele d by the
American Civil Uberties Union.
otwithstanding recent
Le de
y . in Hay
SOUTH HAVE - The Black
Le dership Society of South
Haven honored three women
ho ha made outstanding
contributions to their churche
d to the South Haven and
Covert communities.
The theme of the program
h ld Sunday t Emmanuel Com­
munity Church in South Haven,
w • omen of Kno ledge,
i om and Strength." The
three om n whom the Society
paid tribute to exhibit t
qualities.
t, SO, EV. JO E
o G ork an older
or er specialist at the . chi­
an 'Employment Security Office
in South Haven. Vivian Butler,
who introduced
id R .
rs. rgan
pent
provid­
ing paid and olunteer rvices
to the elderly. Her volunteer
FEBRUARY 20 - 26.1985 THE CITI�EN
I
public-opinion poll which show
that a mas ive m jority of the
American public support the
dealth penalty, the A LU has
recommitted itself .to educating
the society and its policy makers
about what it e a the con ..
titutional, social, and moral
infirmitie of capital punish-
ment.
Henry Schwanschild, direc-
hip
ociety honor
three
ork include service the the
Michigan Department of Social
Service in Hartford, the Berrien
County Sheriff" Department
with th Forgotten Man -
Inisterials Service, founder of
. Senior Activitie Inc., Covert,
and ork with United Against
Hunger providing emergency
food and elter.
Butler told the udience
a mbled for the program that
r. Morgan' motto is "Say
hat you mean and mean what
y u y."
rs. organ i a resident of
Covert To nship. She repre­
sented the to nship at the
White Hou Conference on the
ging in 1980.
ROS A TOI,;UVER at 80 i
an cti member of Emmanuel
Community Church in South
Haven and nds her time
. ce her retirement painting,
wing and m king quilt .
B
ASHINGTO , DC
To-third of voting-age
Blac said they registered and
56 percent reported c ting bal ..
lot in I t ovember' pr ._
dential election, ccording to
a survey by the Commerce
Dep rtment' Cen us Burew.
The Black voter re . tration
rate of 66 percent matched
previous hi� recorded in 1968
and 1972, nd the actual turn­
out wa the highe t since 1968,
when 58 percent reported vot­
ing.
total of 12.2 million Blac
reported being registered and
10.3 million . they voted in
1984 compared with 9:8 million
and 8.3 million in 1980.
The 1984 registration rate
as . percentage point higher
than in 1980 and eight over
197� the turnout wa five
point h gher than in 1980
and ven over 1976.
• Y oung Blacks under 25 m de
the most dramatic gain, in­
creasing 12 percentage points
over 1980 Ul registration and
10 in turnout, both highs ince
the voting age wa lowered to
18 yean. In 1980, the under 25
BI c registration was 41.3 per­
cent nd turno t 30.1.
In the uth, Black voter
regi tration ro six percentage
points over 1980 to 66 percent
and in the orth and e t
combined, it went up from 61
to 67 percent. Black voter
turnout in the South rose from
•
I
ASHINGTO ,D.C.-
Comedian' Bill Co y ill head­
line a r- tudded line-up of
n tiona} celebriti and uppor­
ten for the lst Annual ational
R inbo Coalition R diothon
to be broadcast n tionwid on
Feb. 23rd. The r diothon, with
a theme of 'Come Alive in
85 with the ·ational inbo
Coalition,' '11 be br dca t
live from r dio tation WBLS
in e Yor City from 4 to
7 p.m. Ov r 200 r dio 51 tio
are expected to participate.
re listeners c n tune
KWM Gr nd R pids
oting that monies raised will
go towards esgablishing an oper-
ting budget for the ational
Rainbow Coalition, "the
radiothon will be the Coalition'
fint major fund raising effort,"
said Lavonia P. Fairfax, national
coordinator for the radiothon.
She noted that the event is a
cooperative effort of tional
Public dio, Inner City Broad-
ca ting, tional Black etwork,
Sheridan Broadca tin and the
ati n BI ck usic Associa-
tion. ' Pledg ill b licited
via nationwide 1-800 number,"
she said.
. ( .. - - - - -
ce
tor of the ACLU's capital
punishment project. id that
rofe or Bedau' tudy, The
Ca!e Against the Death Penalty.
is brief and utterly p r ua iv .
Killing human beings in order
to achie some social purpose
is deeply uncivilized - and doe
not wor ."
Profe or Bedau show in the
udy that: -
According to J net Smith,
who introduced Mrs. Tolliver,
she is a oman who had to
truggle to get an education.
During World War II she attend­
ed Peter's Busin ss College in
Chicago while working in a de­
fen plant. Later she trained
to be a radiological technician
and wor ed in Chicago for 15
years.
After moving back to her
home state, Atlanta, Georgia,
he started another career as a
teacher. After teaching in an
Atlanta elementary school for
two years, she took a job as a
counselor at orris Brown Col­
lege. Several year later she
moved to South Haven where
she live today.
Since her retirement, RUTH
HODGE ha stayed bu y sing­
ing in area choirs nd working
Continued on p e 8
48 to 53 percent. For the re t
of the country it grew from 53
to 59 percent.
The White registration in
1984 was 70 percent, or one
point higher than in both
1980 and 1976. The White
voter turnout of 61 percent
howed no change from 1980.
Hispanic turnout was 33
p-rcent in 1984, not statisti­
cally different from 1980. But
the 1984 rate ri s to 48 percent
when ineligible non-citizens are
excluded.
This survey wa conducted
two weeks fter the ovember
6 election. Th percentage
and number of people reported
as voting are con iderably higher
than th official counts to date,
which indicate that 93 million
people voted for President in
1984. Therefore caution should
'be used in interpreting small
difference in the percen tage
reported "Oting and registering
among different population
groups and between different
election years.
As in all urveys, the d ta
are subject to sampling vari­
ability and errors of response.
Copies of Voting and Re­
gi trati n in the Election of
o mber 1984 (Advance Re­
port, P-20 o. 397 (GPO
Stock o. 003-001-90796- ,
are availabl for $1.00 each
prepaid from the Sup rintcndent
of Document. U.S. Gov rn­
ment Printin Office, Wa hing­
ton, D. . 0402.
-There i no evidence that
the death penalty has any
deterrent effect upon crime.
-The death pen Jty c n­
tinues to be imposed with
unaccept bl degree f di crim­
ination on ground of ra e
gender, and class.
-Some inno nt per on h ve
be n executed in th pa t, and
this is bound to happen in
becau of the inh rent fallibility
of the criminal-justic process.
-The effect upon iety of
executions is to m ke people
even le sensitiv to the pee­
tacle of premedit ted, violent
homicide ecutions a well
as murder).
Almost all oth r We tern
demo ra ·je h ve lished the
death penalty without ny ill
effects.
4 Le al execution giv
ciety the unmistakabl m -
g th t life cea es to be red
hen it i thought useful to ta e
it," ay Profe or Bedau. Add
hwarz hild: 'Our litical
in tituti n hould not kill.
Th de th p nalty sh uld b
b Ii hed.
Copie of The Case A ainst
th Death Penalty, a 3_-P4; e
bro hure are av il bl fre 0
charge from the A L 132
43rd Street
1003 , m
'5 ffice
. around the untey.
UD to observe,Black
History Month
, 0 group has a dee r
tradition of 'family' than Blac
Americans ' he added. "It is a
tradition in hich peopl should
take pride, and one hich
should never be neglected. '
Thi year's HUD ob rvance
of Blac History nth will
include prominent pea er : a
Family Health Fait; a c I rful
display of African clothing,
jewelry and artifacts' peci I
foods in the cafeteria ea h Tues­
day throughout the m nth and
a celebration with the H D
Family Choir.
WASHI GTO D.C. - Hou- celebration.
sing and Urban Development
Secretary Samu 1 R. Pierce, Jr.,
has proclaimed February as
Black History Month, and
announced upcoming events to
comm morate the occa ion.
Secretary Pierce, urging all
employees to share in the annual
observance of Blac Hi tory
onth, praised this year' theme
- Afro-Amrican Family: His-
torical Strength for the e
Century.
'The family is the keystone
of America,' the HUD Seer -
tary said, "and that theme is
the perfect focus for this year's
.'
Dlearinqhouse for minority
energy information opens
WASHI GTO , D.C. - The
Department of Energy has open­
ed the ational Minority Energy
Information Clearinghouse, a
central repository for informa­
tion about energy pro rams and
the economic impact of those
programs on minorities, minor­
ity bu inesse and minority
edu ational institutions.
Service available from the
Clearinghouse are:
-Referral 10 urce of
mana ement and te hnical a sis­
tance for minority busines es
and educational in titutions, and
to ource for procurement and
re arch opportunitie .
-Identification of minority
vendors.
-Searches of DOE Depart-
ment of Commerce, and Small
Busine Administrati n data
ba es.
-Provide regional 0 io=
economic nd demographic data
on minorities and their ener
use pattern .
-Referrals source that
a i t in energy development
for minority communitie .
Th Cle ringhou may be'
reached by writing ational
inority Energy Informati n
Clearinghou e/Office f in r­
ity Economic Impact/ .S. De­
partment 0 Ener / 1000
Independence Avenue,
Room 5B-l 10/ ashington, D.C.
_0585' or calling fr m : 0
a.m. to 5 p.m., nday thr ugh
Friday: 202) 252-5876.
Great King and Ilueans of
Africa.on· exhibit
RIVER ROUGE - Th inter­
nationally acclaimed Budwei r
Gre t Kin and Oueens ' of
frica art rie will be on
exhibit in the River Roug
ity Hall Feb. 26-28 in ob r­
ance 0 Black Hi tory onth.
Th art 011 ction will be on
di play Tue day thr u h Thurs­
day fr m n n to 5 p.m. in the
10 ( f the Cit Hall at 10 00
If r n t •
Thi i the 10th nniv r ary
of the Bud wei r Great in
and Qu en of fric
f paintin hi h
mou frican I der.
Th rt coil
a on
during
Am rican Hist or r
th nati nand f r eel ratin
vari u fr -Arn ri an cultural
ev nt .