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As Michigan Coordinator
for the Vietnam Women'
Memorial Project I extreme­
ly dRppo' ted· Representa­
ti\'e George Crockett'S con­
. tiaued lack of support for the
Project. LqpsI.tioa to pIa� a
statue of a oman on t e
grounds of the Vietnam
Veteran's Memorial in
WashiagtOll, D.C. passed the
U . Seoate 96-1 d both the
Michigan" House and Senate
Am' drama the passed reso' of support
life ud stardom of Rythym and - tIIW" past spriDg. We baYe the
B si r Job ... y A� wiD su ppport of every major
premiere Friday, September 30 veteran's orpnization in the .
thr Saturday, October at United S . Eight female military nurses
the Herifaae HaD Theatre 10- The site requested for the and four Red Cr men died
cated at 17101 W. 7 mile Rd, statue is in a ural dearniag in in Vietnam, including a young
Jolumy Al:e an outstand- the tree liDe aao from the Black woman, Sharon Wesley
iag talent d . the early fifties Wall, the opposite ead from from San Francisco. S e had
he'eajoJecl the success of the statue of the "Three rlgbtiag finished her year's tour with the
13 coasecutne . records over I Me�·. While this �utiful and Red Cross and stayed on to
a two--year span. IDOVIDg statue mten� to ork at n orphan ge near
This productioo reflects the represent all who served m VIet-Saigon. She died in the fiery
personal sb'Ugles of the multi- Dam, regardless of race, aced, aash of the C-5A ded with
talented . It focuses OD the or job �esaiption, all three orphans in the tragiF fina1 mom:
music and the major . no: r.ures m the statue �e men. ments of the rail of Saigon.
that shaped the greatDess and !he pro� statue. e �ld • If you think it's time for
immortality of hi songs before m no. y interfere with the VIeW America to recognize i wo D
a me of Ru ian Roulette of the Wan or the existing 'Veterans p ase contact repre-
· . trasic tue; the statue itself Id &entatiYe Crockett and him
age of our. up two square feet of the to upport the Vietnam
The last song EIYi5 Presley 2.2 acre me )rial site. Women's Memorial ProjCct. A
recorded before- his death More than 10,000 military 'YOte' expected in the ouse
Johnny's hit ·Pledging My women and n unknown num- . in the next few wee
Love", 'cb also featured ber civilian women served in
on the soundtr ck of Steven Vietn m. At least 250,000
Spielberg' '8S box office sue- en served in the armed for­
cess "Back to the Future", and ce during the Vietnam era.
Brian DePalma's Olristine·. W
Reoeotiy, Paul Simon wro e ��=�:'��P''' ban
tbe tribute song. "The Late
Gre t Jobnny Ace" for his 11
"Hearts And Bones" Album. became We t Co t Di _
Obvisously the genius of J obnny trib tors, and th � year, colJec­
Ace's rich music will live tively, they expect to earn
fOl"C'fW. $2,000,000. Irooically enough,
Ttae Youog P Musical most of them ha deals (ior
Theatre of Detroit researched Jam.soe
th . f obn A tbemse� andmaayoftheirar- MPlVi..l.-o
e 0 ny 0: OYer a. . h . ILK
three period 'eIl too "the " lists WI� majOr labels. Rudy OYer the riPts to his "We Can
producer nd director to Partee s LA· Ore. m Team Dream Again. keynote address.
Cbica&o, J ys h town of record for MCA. WI h a staff of did you koow that the Rev. Mar-
emphi Tennessee, and tbeyoper eouto(South-- tia Luther King stopped a
H ' Texas where e died. Central LA a record com- record company from selling
W'th thi . I d pany, complete with arti t recordi ... -of· famous "I Have
I IS musrca ra de 10 t d . �
ACE', ve returned to Ye pmen an pr?mooo?S. A Dream" speech.
fifties to din-· m . c and hi _ 'Tbe problem says Lisa A Ii ............ : Time
tragedy, the souls of B fo Allen, � �sees day:lo-day Inc., one of the backers of
• ACE·' p-oduced by David operano .that �erytUDe we Emerge, the much-t ed about
Rambeau, directed by Janice �esomeDOlSCWltbanewart- new �agazine targetin up-
Rembert aad Carmen . like JJ. Fad, and put a dent wardJy mobile and progressive
F troy. IDtO the sale� market,. here Blacks, that recently suspended
. For more information call OOIDe the • JO wantmg to publication pending some
838-33n or 931-3427. bay them out. . financial turmoil, said it will
Sy te.1 ••• Ie t go ahead with its earlier plans to
American ames H uie ad- invest $1.5 million, should
. wick Do' ector of Proauement: Emerge raise the balance of$4.5
In t . posi Chadwick as- million.
sume full re ponsibility for
"SMA' pur . department,
a staff of niDe,' policies, pr c­
rices d oom_pliana: to Federal
'" Deft Regulations.
Barbara Dorr Lilly
P.O. Box 1542
Battle Creek, MI 490 6
al
on
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aYerage salary 0( jar league
baseball players in 1988 will
reach an all-time high of
$433,(0). This represents an in­
crease of $31,000 over th '87
average of S402,lm.
In THREE RIVERS
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: The latest statis­
tics show that minority
manufacturers account for only
1.5% of all firms owned by
. B Hispanics and A ian .
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