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AACP FE1E
VOL. VII
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for B.H. city seats
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Several
ideast nations' p� dges told
CHICAGO - A 5 million
loan from Libyan leader Col.
oammar Khadafy f just th
fir t trickle of flood of Arab
money intended to aid Bl ck
economic development in thi
country, ation of Islam mIS
ter Louis Farrakhan announced
Sunday, June 2.
F arrakhan said he h re-
ceived verbal commitments
from Syria, Juwait the United
Arab Emirate and Saudi Arabia
to invest money in Black ban s
and bu ine ventures in this
a
By Ron Leuty
BENTO HARBOR An
increase in the Benton Harbor
City Commission's' travel budget
w also approved along with
the 1985-86 general fund bud
get.
The commission also voted to
ask the tate Emergency Loan
Board for a 1 million loan.
The budget with its incre
of over 7000 in commi ion
tra eI, w not approved with
out deb te, as Commissioner
Arnold Bolin bl ted the in
ere se by ying th t the funds
could be allocated in some
other area of the budget.
B lin, in tum wa criticized
by Commissioner Charles Yar
brough, who brought to men
tion Bolin's city-paid insurance
policy. Cornmi sioner Charle
Henderson got on the band
wagon by calling Bolin a "Hypo
crite."
Bolin responded to the
charges by stating that the
insurance policy i open to any
commi ioner and is equitable.
Equity. Bolin said,' what he
is trying to achieve in the tr vel
budget, too.
When the vote came, though,
the budget, calling for an
overall 11.6 percent incre
over the 1984-85 budget, was
approved by a 6-1 vote. Bolin
voted against the budget, while
Commissioners orval Weiss and
Michael Govatos abst ined.
In other ction, the com
mi ion voted to a k the t te
Emergency Loan Bo rd for a
. 1 million 10 n. The city h
Ire dy bono ed $1.8 in state
emergency fund, said City
country over the ne t fe
year.
F arrakhan Ie der the
ati n of Islam religiou
made hi remark during rvice
at the Final Call dministration
Building 734 . 7 tho The
mini ter returned a 30-day t ur
of erveral Ar b countries.
Leaders of the oil-rich Arab
state pledged to a ist Kh dafy
in contributions to Farra han'
People Org nized nd orking
for Economic Rebirth or
POWER program he id.
e
n. ,
Commis ioner Ralph Cren
shaw said that the 10 n i needed
o that the city won t h ve to
borrow against anticip ted t xe
By Deshorn Wat' Jr.
USKEGO -For the first
time since its beginning, the
uskegon chapter of th
AACP will ho t a Life ember
hip Luncheon.
According to Bernice Sydnor,
Chairperson for the us egon
AACP Life ernbership, the
event will ta e place at u e
gon Heights iddle School, June
15, at·2 p.m.
rs. Sydnor said the purpo
of the luncheon i to get more
people involved in the AACP,
to recruit more lifetime mem
bers, and to help rai funds.
. Presently, the u kegon AACP
ha III lifetime members.
Among the peakers at the
luncheon wilJ be Edi Holli,
from Detroit, and Emily ord,
from Battle Creek.
The principal peaker, rs.
Hollis, Life embership Ch ir
per on for the State of ichigan
State Conference of the AACP,
will re th importance of
life membership within. the
AACP; he will al 0 mention
th succe of the Detroit branch
and will spea on i ue relating
to Blacks and hites. Mr. ord,
on th other hand, will comment
on the traveling church trophies
and the hi tory b hind th
The I an fr m fy i
intere t-free F rr h n id. H
id he pl nned to repay the
I n and return the money t
Khadafy, even th ugh he i
ure Kh dafy uld redonate
the m n y t the PO R
pro r m.
Farr kh n
progr m by hich Bla k c rn
panies would pr duce g d f r
Black com umer would b
irmly est bli hed by the year
000.
Ci '5 1.6%
spencrng hike
every year. Cren h wi mem-
ber of the cornmi ion's finan
committee.
Commis ioner Govato 1 n
Continued on p g 5
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veryon is welcome! Don -
tion i 10; however reservati n
hould be made by calling 739-
3211 or 722-2479.
MUS EGO BWPC
PRESENTS YOUTH
y 0 Leuty
BE 0 HARBOR - City
Commi loner Charle Hender-
n' t only incumb nt to
to ta e-out election petit
ccording to City Cler
r t Bowman.
Henderson, ho in February
of this year, said that e "pro
b bly on t be rving on thi
commission" by election time, is
among . people who have
en out petition to fill six
of nin City Commi 'on seats.
The de dline for filing petit-
ion Tu v, June 18 t
� p.m., for ugust 6 pri-
mary. All City Commi 'on
ts re on an t-Iarge ba i .
Oth r ho- have t en-out
petition are City Commi . n
w tchdo George Wy Inger, city
busine man illiam Wolf, city
busine oman DOrothy Die ey
Citize ' dvi ry Board mem
ber nold Smith, and form r
m yoral candidate James F.A.
Turner.
rently filled by Commi ioners
Randall J uergen n and Ralph
Crenshaw (both two-year terrn ,
and Commi sioners Arnold Bo
lin, Juanita Echols ichael
Gov to , and Hender n (four
year term). Bolin announced
in arch that he would not
e re-election, after 10 years
of cornmi ion rvice.
Signatures of 25 registered
city voters re needed in order
for th candidate to be placed
on the ballot. 0 more than
50 ignatures will be accepted,
according to the City Clerk'
office.
Other seats open are aU four
Ward Supervi r eat. Th
ats are currently filled by
Ernestine Thompson, Jam s
Dudley, and Elizabeth Minott.
There is one vacancy. City
Cler Bow n id that no one
h tax n-out petitio for the
Ward Supervisor ats (four.
ye r terms), OT the four-ye r
at of Con table, pre ntly held
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