A one-year old child is
ot and killed by the South
African military during a peace­
ful rally in Windho , the
capital city of Namibia:
- ovember 30, 1986
A northern Namibian teen­
ager files charges against South
Afircan soldiers ho he accuses
of roas.ing' his bac over a fire
durin interrogation.
-July 7, 1986
A l S-year-old boy suspected
of bein a member of the South
We t Africa Peoples Organiza­
tion ffers evere facial bums
after South African troops push
his face against the exhau t
pipe of an idling truck.
un 24,1986
The atrocitie went unre-
ported in the U.S. pre . The
hidden war in amibi is virtu­
ally unknown to the U.S. public.
South frica ha impo d a
blanket cen rship on the coun­
try. The pre clamp down i
p of the partheid sy em
th t retches beyond South
Africa' borders into that neigh­
borin uth we frican coun­
tryof 1.5 million people.
The amibia Information
rvice IS a project recently
launched in ashington, D.C.
aim to pierce the curtain of
cen rship by providing regular
inform tion to the Black Pre
bout event in arnibia.
The e alatin violence and
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LA G - Repre ntative
Carolyn ilpatric (D-Detroit
ppointed today by the
er 'of th Hou to chair
an d Hoc Special Committee
on Youthful Offenders.
"It i an honor to be ed
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eague chief
hi s speech
- J hn
pre 'dent of the
ti nal rb n League criticiz­
ed Pre 'dent Re an's State of
the ti n ddre for wh t it
didn t y.
Jacob' rernar s printed in
full:
The Pre 'dent' State of the
Union ddre w deeply' dis­
appoint in to the hungry, the
homele and the joble who
plight and need ere totally
red.
nd it w doubly di
appointing to tho citizen -
Bl c and hite, Demo r t
and Republican - who were
hopin to hear their Pre 'dent
condemn the re rgence of
r cism in How rd Beach
Forsyth County and else here.
Hi . ence n cruci an
i e t thi time is morally
. unju liftable."
THE ICHIGA CITIZEN
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repre on in amibi are ex­
pected to become more widely
known this ye antiapartheid
group , human rights advocate
and the United ation focu
greater ttention on the illegally
held • South African colony.
The Congre . onal Bla Caucus
will call for the independence
of amibia a part of it 1987
outhern Africa legislative·
rategy. nd leaders of u-
th rn fric will become more
vocal about South Africa' con­
tinued occupati n of arnibia.
IS plan to keep reader in-
formed of tho and other
event.
Report from the U. . Coun-
cil for amibia document a
o chair
ee
brutal ege. An e imated
100,000 South African troop
occupy amibia. The country
also rves a "buffer" ain
neighboring frontline ates and
the staging area for many of
South Africa's military raid of
Angola.
amibia i al ri h in natural
re ource: diamond uranium
cooper lead and other mineral .
The partheid regime and
We tern corporation reap large
profit from the open ce
and plunder of amibia' re-
urce its land and it cheap
Blac 1 bore
amibia produces one quar­
ter of the world' diamond
and claim the orld's I rgest
open pit uranium mine. The
worker in the facilities endure
deplorable working condition
and poverty level wages. ean­
while amibia's white popula­
tion, numbering le than
76 000, are concentrated in the
highly paid skilled and manager­
ial position .
partheid's inhumanity ha
produced aunch labor and
political org niz tion . The
ational Union of amibi
Worker and the uth
We t Africa Pe ple Organiza­
tion SW PO b th f reed to
op rate cretly and under­
ground have led the resi tance
at home, thro gh trike pro­
te ts and guerilla war and
abroad through diplomati c n­
tact and support from the
international community.
'One of the mo t important
offen ive' said APO
Foreign Secretary Theo-Ben
Gurirab mu t be waged on the
information front. We don't
have a powerful propaganda
machine like the South African
regime. Our only weapon are
our determination to be free
and the truth."
to rve as chairper n of thi
important committee, said Re­
pre ntative Kilpatrick who i
beginning her fifth term in the
Michigan House. 'The other
member of thi committee and
and I are committed to inve ti­
g ting the ays and mean by
which a y tern including youth
camp detention facilities and
ntencing alternative can pro­
vide creative, effective
which to reh bilitate
delinquent y uth.
The pe er ha charged the
mmittee with rep rting it
recommendation to the Hou
of Representatives within 90
day.
Other member of the pecial
Committee are Repre ntative
ichael Bennane of Detroit who
will rve Vice-Chair; Re­
pre nt tive Floyd Clac (0-
Flint; Repre ntative David
Gubo (D-Huntin on Wood ;
Repre ntative H. Lynn J ondahl
(O-East Lansing . Repre ntative
John aynard D-St. Clair
heres): Repre ntative Debbie
Stabeno (O-Lansing � Repre-
ntative James Connor R-
Iron ountain); Repre ntative
Bill Martin R-Battle reex i:
Repre ntative Thoma Power
R-Traver City' and Repre-
ntative illiam Van Re en-
morter (R-Jeni n.
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