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an
o
Blanc ard folio s GOP
the City Elections Commi -
. r to remo the question
fro tbe August 2 ballot. DOT
wa , p rt of the gras -roots
moYelDent that secured 12,000
signa ures on petitions to p the
issue on the ballot. ,
DOT to challenge the
. ue Ie , Odum id,
She said the Governor signed
the bill 0 Monday July 4, a day
hen all governm nt offices
re closed On Tuesday the
papers to fale uit were drawn up
and sent to appropri ie offices,
and Wednesday ys DOT
received a copy of suit filed
� a courtesy to them.
Odo tated, "I \uy di\­
appoi ted 'tb the �rnor,
people have � t died
for the right to vote, and,
Blanchard with the of a
pen takes the right a y"
The law w a Republican
I ponsored and received 100
percent support from the GOP
legis tor.
City council '
votesto II
increase cab
rateS
By Ron Sei el
HIGHLAND PARK- The
Highland Par City Council
v ted to allow Metropolitan Cab
Company in Highland Park to
increase its rates, tarting the
cab payment at Sl.10 if tb law
department �red that th
City of Detroit aUo ed it to
charge the rate there.
Corne Ii Roach, a cab com­
pany official claimed thai
Detroit had accepted rate in­
crease but Higha.d Par� did
not.
e can't have two r' ," be
ated, " for Detro' and one
for HighlaDd Park."
The co neil voted to allow
"I
cally increased to 24 member.
with the' nomination of Donald
Payne as the Democratric can­
didate for Congress in a heavily
favored Ne Jersey di trict.
Supporters are hopeful r pick­
ing up another seat in Louisiana
in 1988. And Black candidates
hould be elected in at least on
of the three new districts lated
in California, Florida and Texa
in th 199Os, ·th the i ility
of winning ano er eat in Geor­
gia, prognostica ors bef ve.
hites u e, but
mo e blacks' jailed
1 '
su
Larry A. Still "Sun Belt" areas, California", , JcgiSJatM policy matters �r con­
WASHINGTON; D.C. FloridaandTexasasexpec:tedto cern to Black Americans,
(NNP A) - Although political gain three to four members of Hillman explained
observe arebegianing to focus Congress each.as well as several The separate political
on the 1988 general election state representatives, according orgnaiza� of �C members
resu the Coogressional Black to official reports. - founded 1971 IS headed by
Caucus Foundatin' already The CBC Foundation is con- I Rep. Mervyn _Dym lIy (D-
100 . the November 03- ducting a multi-year, non-par- Calif), CBC chairman, who has
tio al b Doting to the 1990 tisan Reapportionment and repeatedly expre ed concern
United S es Census - which Redistricting Project focusing about repo�ed "�dercounts" of
Will determine De state and on the legislative process for ou- B. �c� . H"lspa�.cs and other
U.s. . . districts fOJ' the tling state and federal repee- mmonbe during tbe ten year
next decade and beyond sentati n based upon the 1990 census .uveys.
With 23 Black members of DeceDDial Census - held every The CBC Foundation Project
Coagress and some 400 B ck 10)al'S. ill �onitor the statistical
members of state leg' lalures, "Our goal is to prevent politi- reporting of the Cens"!5 �ureau
the Dumber of CBC me r cal dilution of the Black vote" and the process of outlining new
could be ina-eased to 30 in the says Gracia Hillman, new CBCF House o� R�pres�D�live and
H of Represe r.a and exemtiYe director and project state leglSla�l� districts � a CODtttalled fr
Bela rs doubled coordi ator. The Foundation result of shifting population some proportion of those
toapproximately�bytbeyear will k'th state and local trends reflected in the census charged With distr ibuting
2000 according to political "oups to "watchdog" the 1990 coun�. The overall goal is to various combinations of drugs
. �rojectiODS based upon popula-. Ce aDd redistricting plan, help m�ea e the nu�r. of may h ve been involved in
uon changes. Hillman em' I Co essional and state districts heroin or cocaine transactions
While state such The FOUDdation, estab' ed her. BIa� can. el� officials although the number ofthes of-
York, Pennsylvania and in 1976,' anon-profi organiza- .ofthe� .chOlce, �Id Hillman. fenders cannot be determined
Michigan are I ing populati - tioD founded to provide educa- A JOw �mnuttee of expe��
and possible representation to tioDaI programs d research on from th Joint Center for Polai- .
cal Studies, the Lawyer's Com­
mittee for Civil Rights, the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund,
the Population Research
Bure u and the Southern
Regional Council has been
formed to ass' in the task. The
CBCF will hold forums aimed at
da-eloping strategies for re . w­
ing and distributing information
on the 1990 census and the
political redistricting proce ,
according to Hillman.
The CBC has already practi-
or�
from the dat "it tated.
Schle inger explained that
the ina-eases in convicti n for
people charged with drug offen­
ses accounted for 51 % of the in­
ere in all Federal convictions
during a six year peri d.
. Savi bi c demned by
i A ican Arherica leaders
I
By cKi
WASHINGTON Con-
demned by Black leader in
Wa hington and shunned by
Black political figures in the
south, Angola rebel Jonas
Savimbi arrreed in th United
States to a welcome fi' war
criminal
right purp bumper stick­
ers distributed at a church rally
here declare him "Judas. A
prominent southern mayor,
learning ab ut Savimbi' al-
liance with Botha regim
cancels a se duled mee.ing.
California antiapartheid ac-
I tivists condu telepbon and
leuerwriting protests to Sen.
Pete Wikon who was scheduled
to meet with virnbi. And pick­
eter from Atlanta travel two
hours to join aowds in Birmin-
h m, AI ba a to distribut
educational material n UNIT A
before a unday morning church
service.
The message at Capitol Hill
news conference last week
thatSavimbi is "a friend of apart­
heid and an enemy of Black
people everywhere." The event
wa convened by more than a
dozen Black civil rights and
politic I leader including
NAA CP President Benjamin
Hooks, SCLC President Jo eph
Lowery, Civil Rights Commis­
sioner Mary Francis Berry, Con­
gressional Black Caucus Chair­
man Mervyn Dymally, B' hop
John Her Ada ofthe United
Methodist Church and Elen r
Hoi e Norton who repre­
se ted De�atic presidential
candidate Jesse J ckson.
�eanwhile vimbi, 0 ar-
rived in the US. last w
expected to meet with President
R d Admin' tra-
u offtCiak. H' UNITA or-
ianization (N' Union for
th Tot I Independence of An­
gola) h received millions in
toy rt CIA funding since 1976.
Tr n Afric Exeuctive
Director Randall Robinson
m intain d that vimhi's visit
wa. aim d at seeki dditional
military ist nee from the
Re an administration and at
lobbyin again t the pendin
ncti n ill. ,
"Aid to avimbi i aid to
out"b Africa," Robin on
d dared., tr sing that th U. .
support of UNIT A has "wreck­
ed the Angolan economy and
produced the highest mputee ·
population in the world."
'The foreign policy of the
Reagan Administrati n is an un­
mitigated disaster," charged
H . 'We're upporting the
wron side for all the wrong
re ns." Lowery of the CL
lila ted Black organizer of
Savimbi' two-day swing la t
we kend to Mis i ippi and
AI ama. "It's being organized
by internationally oriented
Uncle Toms. Th :->CL will
there to provide appropri te
reception herever vimbi
8 .. La ry said.
Demonstators were planning
to confront avimbi in J ckson,
M' ., and Birminhgarn wh re
organizers of the UNITA
der's trip have presented him
a freedom fighter.
UNITA forces are fighting
besi South Africa hich h
escal ted its war in Anp'lla. Rev.
Ben Chavis of the Commi ion
for Racial Justice of th United
Chruch of Christ recently v' ited
the ar-torn country. "I aw
babi with u arms or" from
s epping on land mine that
Savimbi planted," C avo of-
fered.
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