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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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- Council agreed wi
mayor in Qltting 15,000 for
nan and OODfereaocs.
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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
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