F nd 0 increa
H
to
IMrJ House to the White House . Wilder; Dr. Dorothy Height,
WASHINGTON, D.C. emphasized at the third annual president, National Council of
(eNS) - Increasing Black Bethune-DuBois Fund dinner Negro Women; and William
. political power from the State as VU'ginia Lt. Gov. L. Douglas cy, presideDt, Natioaal Coali-
Bac
I
I
I . LYNN"s' I
SHOE REPAIR
I Orthopedic WOrkJ
I
·13546,Wood ard
Highland Park
(313) 883-5948
14227,r w. c Ichol
Detroit
(313) 835-1378
"i:io���·io·�5;30·Mo�:S�t·
···UJ .. iii·······························
.... "
... -\:::::�Q�:$.m�=
�.... . _ .. _ -.
�:��:�::����:::p.y.������::�.
ALPHA SUPER MAR ET
12325 Ham
DELUXE FOOD CENTER
13643 Hamilton
GAA UQUOR HOP
12921 WoodWard
.REDAPPLE
52 BartJ
GARDE IA PARTY STORE
13550 Woodw d
REPUBLIC DRUG
1�Woodw d
SILVER STAR
& Woodw d
BARGAI BASKET
A
RKET
n CITYCOU
C fr 6 •.
a new clerk to co leet taxes, but gestioDs fo redUctio ofSS,OOO
it only unfroze funds for six in their travel, but went further ep. Ter ell to
months ($8,soo). At the end of than she asked in QI� udit
the siX months they will deter- expenses, reducil;1g the money honor mini te
mine whether Jones w t�t by SI4,OOO rather than lite SS.OOO tate Rep esentativ Ethel
in saying th t the money game� she suggested Terrell's Legislative Task Foree
from delinquiat taxes the clerk - Council rejected her re- Committee and Friend are
collected could more than pay quest th t S24,OO) be added (0 ponsoring their Third Annual
for the cost of the salary in-- pay a lobbyist. Council did add Mini ter's Award Ceremony
volved This expenditare was not $6,000 for the state monitor, Reception on turday, June 11,
in Mayor Scot 's b dget or in her $30,000 for legal consultant ser- at the St Regis Hotel, 3071 W.
later recoIDJDCndatio . • vices, and added $20, to the Grand Blvd, Detroi from 6:30
- Council agreed to the council oont.ingency fun p.m. until 9 p.m., ho oring min-
mayor's suggestion about un- - Under labor rei tio , ., ter in the metropolitan dis-
freezing SII,2S0 for an . council did nO( go along . th the tria.
Ubrari in the Mc Gregor mayor'srequ tocUlSS, for Terrell stated, "A Min' ter's .
Library and an dditional S2,SOO arbitration and coatr cts, and calling never seems to be fully
for capitol outlay. However, 0 contrary to 1.be mayor' planned a ppreci.ated or recogn.iz.ed to th
mention de either by tile budget, froze $43,914 to set up extent th t he or e deserves for
council or mayor about the postofdirectorofl borrela- commitment and cifices. We
children' librarian. tions.. are pIe sed to pre ent this
- For ., 'Sc t'. ad- , - III the de ceremony to publicly ckno _
1III ... ntIOil espe item., they council foUo ed the mayor' edge the great and many con-
granted her reque t to add suggestion to cut $2O,boo &om tr utions our" you, we
SS,OOO for lie relatio and case �nse and part time help. lov you!"
55 000 for capital outlay, but - In the • According to representative
fr�ze the S34 271 her budget" e t, they agreed to reduce Terrell legist tors'joiaing in this
slated for a dePuty for public in- S5,000 in medical payments.- recogntion are: Mike Bennane,
formation and 162,712' lated Council agreed With the mayor:s floyd Clack, Morris W.Hood,
for t 0 deputy program requesttocutSS,OOOfr m semi- Teola Hunter, Raymond M.
mapager . r and coefereaces and ad- Murphy, Nelson W. Saunder ,
Under the city council 4ing 5100,000 to the Rdal Estate I lma Stallworth, Ilona Varga,
budget, coUD� ignored her sug- Disposition Fund oseph Young Jr. and Senators
. -It did D act 0 er re- David Holmes, Jr., V ... gil Smith,
---------�-�---�----, quest to rut $2OO,cm &0 Jr. and Jackie Vaughn D1.
item of e�ement . __ ---:��
ments or S38,6S0 &om Bu In Opportunlt
est on the e rgency D velop Yo, Own
-It rejected her re u t of DlstrlbutOl'lhlp
$30000 for financial co hing, L U. Show You Ho
:It cut S3�900 more she. Guaranteed Earnings
a ked from the trict. Independence I
• G od Potential
e Write: E min % i
Citizen I P.O. Box 3!60 I
H d 'I 03
VOLU ERS kw
·1111111��"- of DAVID, POll
May 22 - Arthur T; pan,
abolitionist, born 1786. Paul
Winfield, ctor, born 1941.
May23 - The BI ck musical,
"Shuffle A It opened in ew
York City, 1921.
May 24 - Lincoln Univer
sity, the first Black college,
founded, 1854. Congress passed
the first Enforcement Act, 1870.
May 25 - Memorial Day.
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, "King
of Tap Dancers," born 878.
May 26 - Freedom Ride
�dinating Committee estab
. ed in Atlanta, Ga., 1961.
M Y 27· - Lou Gossett,
actor, born 1936. Dorie iller
awarded' Navy Cross of
Courage, 1942.
May 28 - Gladys Knight,
, bom 1944.
A
. Nigerian Knights present a
Nigrian Night at the Sierra Afri
-que Hall, 19325 Plymouth Rd,
Between Southfield &
Evergreen in Detroit
Friday evening, May 20, 9:00
p.m. until U drop. Doaation 16
at the door.
o
I'
ntatlv.
Trade Unionists,
were ho . last week by na
tional Ie der , including
presidenti I cando d te Rev .
JesseJa D.
Reps. ervyn Dyma Iy
(Calif.), C ogres ional Black
CaUQlS c irman; Rev. floyd
Flake (N ,Rev. Walter E.
Fauntroy ( ), Beryl Anthony
Jr. (Ark) nd Charles Hayes
(Chicago), ioined Democratic
Party Nat onal Committee
Chairman aul Kir J., DNC
Treasurer baron a Dixon
and DNC lack Ca 01air
C. Delores ucker in tb presen
tation of awar in the Capital
The fund a organized
- under Tuc er's leade hip to
support voter registra . D cam
paigns, political educatio and
training program and
workshops to e�ance iUac
participation in the political
process urged by Dr. W.E.B:
DuBois, AACP founder,
and Dr. McLeod Bethune,
NCNW . founder, several
decades ago.
Hill is fund chairman and
Tucker is president, II
chair of the DNC ca which
is developing an a ro in
plans for the Democr tic Party
national conventioe i Atlantic
I
c
- Council agreed wi
mayor in Qltting 15,000 for
nan and OODfereaocs.
7
in July.
The Bethune- DuBois
�ward , the organization's
higher honors, re presented
for distinguished community
service, explained Tucker. "The
spirit of both Dr. Bethune d
DuBois are exemplified in the
respective achievements of Lt,
Gov. Wilder, Dr. Height and Bill
Lucy," she addefl- Jackson
surprise guest, also paid tribute
to Tucker and the honorees.
Dr. Bethune was organizer of
the currently four million mem
ber CNW and served ad
visor t Presi t Franklin D.
Roose It and rs. Roosevelt.
DuBo· was a scholar, author,
U.S. Ambassador, and or
ganizer of the NAACP and the
world-wide Pan-African Con
gress. Lucy, currently secretary
treasurer of the American
Federation of Federal, State
County and Municipal
Emplolyees (AFSCME), is
founder of tb NCBnJ.
The firstBlack elected to the
Virginia senate and . utenant
governor, Wilder reve led that
he was "inspired" by Dymally
when the CBC chairman was
previously elected li utenant
governor of Californi . "We
tarted something must keep
workingon in 1988t." Wilder con
tinued in reference to the Jack
son presidential campaiga
D