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January 17, 1988 - Image 19

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Michigan Citizen, 1988-01-17

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B'&W
- Chart
Your
n portatlon
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(61 ) 345-4222
C IG
.r
r
would lo pharmaci II to
make therapeutic substitutions
in physician' prescriptions;
-The adoption of the ·Rcpo
'0 the Ad Hoc Special Commit­
tee to Study Housing Conditi ,
in the State of Michig n
(�ed by Rep. Harrison)" as a
model f r other state
II 1egislatqres' studies of 0 .'
co ditions;
-A �prehensive dom c
U:S. energy policy that wo�
keep energy COlts down, reduCe
instability in the U .S.
marketplace and lessen the ad�
verse imp ct of rising e ergy
costs Q lower-income people=
-The CIp&DSion of the federal·
law that regulates public rei -
burse eDts for damllC' resul -
iDg from nuclear power cd­
de and to include traaspo -
tation and or e of n,..clear
materials in the la ,
-A ban on unneeded u.S
gcwernment ,electricity produc-
,
_LegislatWe 7tition and
implementatio';�program
that ha\4e peoved successful in
. improviDg the teaching of B ck
en� .
. -A delay in the implementa-
tion of proposed rqulatio to
reduce the defa rate in th
federal Guaranteed Student
Loan program until more c­
curate d and professional­
input has beea coUected by the
natiQna1 Department of Educa­
tion;
-Increa ed effort by the
nation's public chools to
reduce the incidence of tee
pregnancies, through effectiYe
family life education;
-Coordinated' efforts by
paren schoo, government
encic& and community and
religious &rou to eliminate
drua aDd a1cobo1 abuse UDoag
children aDd teenagers;
-S e· de programs to for-
mally 'f'ecopizc public school C
t cheri aDd encour more·' 0 r,
people, eapecially youag Black
people, to pursue teacbiDg a 1
HARTFORD,
GOVemment d bUIIDCII
dak�amwuu� .. x.
chisel away the obstacles
confroot minorities, a �.
ClCaltiYe receatIy told the a­
tionai BI ck Caucus of St e
Legisl.ton.
� B. B scmor vice
• of RJR NabiIco, �
told the NBCSL ual COD-
fereace t he bodiea
and busiDe in ·tutio
, both held ACCOUDtabIe for
I
I i \
I
to attend col­
<1

·14_bo� actioa to euure
aDB �Jaa\'e
to adeciuate' aDd affor­
dable medical care thro . 1)
e ioaD-(!. prOF
for medical students aad other
iDitiativ to attract m'edical
profes ionais to health· man­
power short areas, aad 2)
state required aad subsidized
beaItb iDsurance programs for .
. -iDcome otbcr _0 _
urediadMd· 0
-a be on state la t t
IDa
� Re:prclCllltam..e
I Haniso Jr. (D-Po
�a1 resol
pnwed by the ational
Caucu of State Legis] tors
(NBCSL) their 11th Annual
Confere ce held t month in
Hartford, Connecticut.
_, "I tended the Confer ee
• SCYeral other Black
Michigan 1 a er ,. Rep.
Harrisoo said. e met with our
• counterparts from crosa the
nation todi the y
varied prOblems f· COD-
ituents aDd to develop p­
propriate IcgisIatM rcstMDei
to thOle COPCCI'DS.
"Many of these I'CSpOOSCS ar
expressed in the 23 resolutions
e pa sed during the Con­
ference. We are sking the
federal, and local govern­
ments to give quick and sen
eati to these social, �uca-
\ tiooal, medical, ecoa . c d
political cooccrns, • be . d. I
Rep, H rrison said the
I NBCSL Conference re&Oiutions
call for:
-local community and busi-
commitme to programs
that provide altemative recrea­
tional opportunities for poor
urban youth, to reduce the in­
cideacc of viole ee aDd'crime in
city neipborhooda d achooIa;
-Increased governmental
upport of programs that
provide upport for Black' .
E
CITIZE
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ADDft�A_� � __
-I
tion regulati�
verse economic
for American I
come persons and derfun
. minom, institutions, and 2) bt­
creased governmental sup�
of the development of "deb
coal" technology;
-The creation of a NB�L
legal defense fund to assi t
Black elected officials w 0 m y
be t rgeted for raciall - -
motivated legal harassment;
- Legislation on the state level
to impose 'penalties on perso
who establi h fraudule�
minority business CDtcrprises .

order to obtain govCrlllDeD
contract under "set a ide
program designed 0 a .
minority-owned enterprise ·
and }
-Inp by Bla elected om
ciaIs in the process that se
pe to conduct uy om .
ovel'lllDellt ee us, to CDS
ccuracy aDd �
shareholder ,employee and
the �mm . es re business
operates."
B . the group 0 rk
to rd " trengthening the un­
der tanding between b . e
and government. Working
together, we CaD help prepare
minorities for t future," he
said.
·Neither government nor
business CaD do uch about the
iadignity that co people'
uffered y years of
discriJniJUitiOD,· he coDtiD .
"But we caD do somethina to COI'­
rect the CCODomiccoascq��
of systematic discriminatiOll. .
, "We can p for trqer
upport of miDority cation,
wbi beeo iner y im-
poi1aDt the number of un-
skilled j dwindl. We

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