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's Ca� Chair calls for new direction
-Wehavetoloo ti leader-
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"We have to reach down in
the party,. she said. "and '100
where, 've got our gre test
support We have to do some
outreach, 100 at more J input
from ethnic groups, give them
part in decision makin& help
them to participate, get their
ideas,"
Rollins added that the party
should "ten to the Reverend
Jesse J ckso "
"He had the key,· she said,
"Multi ethnic input"
She added -that the party
railed in its bid to gain the
presidency by � to win b ck
the support of "Reagan
Demoaats", -members of th
'party 0 supported Reagan in
1980 and 84.
"You can't bring home some­
one whose not there," he stated
Rollins stressed the impor­
tanee of attr cting new YO ers
and getting them to participate.
She no ed that despite the
failure, of the party to win the
presidency, more Democrats
, have been elected to congress.
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DETROIT - A rash of incidents in which several
'Detroi Public School students have been accosted
and/or semaDy molested in recent weeks while waIkiDg
to school or waitiDg for studeat transportation has
prompted General Superint.eDdent Arthur Jefferson d
Detroit Police QUef Hart to devise a strategy to •
community consciousness about studfnt safety.
The Detroit Police Department will be strengtheniDg
its patro of the waIkiog I'OUte$ students take to and from
schoo with particular atteDtiOD from 7:00 - 8:30 a.m.
The "Eyes and Ears" system of public utiltiy truck driYers
on the lookout will be revitalized. Police helicopters will
also be on patrol in the 1DOJ'Ilinp.
School administrators have been directed to em­
phasize these safety rules:
- Always travel directly to and from' home and
school
- Walk with classmates whenever possible.
- Be suspicious of strangers.,
, - Report all suspicious incidents to responsible
school staff.
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DETROIT - Befor� the 1988
election, Virgie Rollins, chair­
person of the Michigan
Democratic Party's Women's
Caucus told The Citizen, 'We've
got to be sleeping and eating
Michael Dukakis (the
Democratic presidential can­
didate) until the election."
Last 0 ember 8, Dukakis
was defeated and the
Republican candidate George
Bush (who Rollins warned
would carry out Reagan
policies, which hurt Black
peopl ) will be the next presi­
dent of th U nited States.
, However, Rollins does not I
seem be in despair. l
at has been happening'
(within the Democratic's cam-
paign strategy) in the last eight
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Propo.ses dog patrols for prisons
By Je ny L. Gri
Capaal News Service
LA SI G - Insteadoflet­
t Michigan' prisons go to the
dogs, Sen. Jack Welborn wants
to bring the dogs to the prisons.
We rn, R-Parchment, recent­
ly developed a resolution to in­
crease the use of canine units for
drug inspections in state
priso .
"I have had concern 'for a\
long time about drugs that Me
going into priso "Welborn
id
The Senate Committee on
Criminal Justice Urban Affairs
and Economic Development
pass d the resolution. The full
nate is expected to take up the
issu .
The resoluti n urges crea­
tion of an in de pen ant canine
unit in the Department of Cor­
rections or expansion of State
Police canine and correction
facilities. '
The resolution acts as a re­
quest and would not force-the
departments to comply.
The Department of-
Corrections now contracts with
the State Police for' random
drug checks in prisons, said
Richard McKeon, executive as­
sistant to the correctio direc­
tor.
Although We1bom contends
that an independent unit would
address the problem more effi­
ciently, McKeon said officials
do not want it housed in the
department.
"Why not ina-ease the State
Police capabilities?" McKeon
said, "They have the expertise
and training; we don'(."
The department supports
the resolution, because it in­
cludes expanding State Police
facilities for drug check in
prisons, he said,
'We do not oppo having
more dog visits," he said, "Why
duplicate the effort) in another
state agency? Funds for the
faciliti es hould go to the State
Police.
But Welborn said the police
dogs are not abailable often
enough to make a difference in
the prisons.
Under the resolution, the in­
dependent units would consist
of two teams with two handlers
and two dogs each. Welborn es-
timated that the units would
cost about SI00,OOO.
The teams ould conduct
random, spontaneous inspec­
tions to locate illegal drugs
brought into the prisons and
identify those responsible.
Dog handlers would be
selected based on their exper­
tise and training in search for
weapons and drugs, Welborn
said. Handing drugs over the
fence and sending them through
the mail are other, but more dif­
ficult, methods, he said,
"The prisons have got to be
sha en down," Welborn said,
"There Me people in the pri ons
who have nothing to do all day
bu figure out how to get the
drugs in."
McKeon said the drug
problem is real but not
tastrophic." Prisons also con
duct drug tests on inmates, he
said, adding the problem is one
of several facing state prisons.
Welborn said eliminating
drugs in the prisons would
reduce violence. Citing the
. recent stabbing ?f an inmate in
the Jackson facility during an al­
leged drug-related incident.
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G -SO USTOUR
I;'RICES
SO
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The Michigan Citizen must ina-ease' its newstand
and subscription prices due the to rising production
costs of a bigger pape . Effective next week, with the
December 10 issue, each single copy of the paper Will
be 35 cents.
Subscribers and renewals after January I, 1989 will
be charged $15 for al year's subscription, A six month
s bscription will be $9.
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I-Tie One
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-Real ribbon
attac on
I
driving_
Over 600 miles of ed r bbon
is being distributed throughout
Michigan for a month-long
campaign to remind loris to
"tie one on" for safety during the
holiday eason.
In an effort to visua Iy
demonstrate the importance of
not drinking nd drivin this
holiday seas D, law enf rce­
ment agencies from across
Michigan will join Mothers
Against Drunk Driving
(MADD) in a holiday cam�ign
to discourage drunk driviag.
The idea. called "Tie One On,"
is to ti a bright red ribbon 0
antenna or door handle 0 each
drun
patrol car during tbe 1988
holiday season. This will remind
other drivers that drunk driving
is both life-threatening and un­
lawful.
"If a driver plans to tie one on
this season, we hope it is a red
ribbon, "said tate Police Direc­
tor Colonel Rich Davis. "The
ribbons will remind motorists
thai drunk driving is a serious
offense', one which all Michigan
law enforcement agencies Me
trying to combat." Ribbbons will
appear on Michig n State
Police patrol cars from now
until January 2, 1989, as a
reminder at Michigan State
Police are erio about drink­
ing and driving.
Alcohol continues to b in­
volved in nearly one- h if of all
fatal traffic crash in the state.
Last year, more than peopl
were killed in state alcohol-re­
lated 'traffic crashes. The coun-
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On 'I
, ty Sheriffs are also taking an ag­
gressive approach to the cam­
paign. "Any program which
belp stop drunk driving has the
support of the Michigan
heriffs' Association," said Bud
Grysen, Executive irector.
"Municipal and township law
enforcement agenci Me j in­
ing with th tate Poli and
county Sheriffs in a combined
effort becaus they care that the
holidays remain safe for family
nd friends," said Thoma
Hendrickson, Executiv Direc­
tor of the Michigan Association
f Chiefs of Police. "Local law
enforcement agencies will be
displaying the red ribbon as a
symbolic effort to reduce drunk
driving. "
Bethany Goodman, Execu­
tive Director for MADD, el­
comes the support. "Public
awareness efforts lik "Tie One
On" are gaining support from
people all over the country on
behalf of sober drining during
the holiday ason. Hopefully,
the presence of aJl these red rib­
boos on police vehicles will help
create a more peaceful, less
violent holiday season," G d­
man said.
A press conference will be
held November 28, 1 on the
pitol steps beginning at 10
a.m. A line of patrol car from
agenci s throughout Michigan
will be on the Capitol sid walk
as part of the press conference
.activities. Scheduled to speak
will be Governor James
Blanchard; Ion I Rich Davis,
Director of the Michigan State
Police; Bethany Goodman,
Director of MADD and repre­
entatives from the Michi an
heriff: ' Association; ichigan
biefs of Police; and other or-
g nization which, Me nsors
of t�is year' campaign. pon
compl ti n of the conf renee
the Jaw enforcement vehicl
will proceed down Michigan
A venu in a motorcad to the
Kellogg Center in East Lan ing
for a special luncheon.
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