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HIGHLAl D PARK - A
oman h offered to don te a
U unit partment to the Wayne
Metropolitan Community Ser
vice Agency.
Agency Executive Director
Luther J. Flan agan , "The lady
me re wor . g with the
ho d hoped could
person put it to usc." he said
The gency st ted . uld
be 100· into ether it was
"economically fe ible" to fIX it
up and arge ren I enough
for people to stay there.
Sources indicate that the.
maximum OUD in ocial ser
vice grants allocated for housing
in Wayne County i belo what
m landlords charge, dding
to the problem ofhomelessness.
,
up rt in the
com unity
m.
,
,
rtium for neighborhood and
eoo . development
Sr. and David Hollister, but only
those ·shine·, e stated
. dicati that the or-'
ganiza might rk to make
public officials more ceount
ab e, e dded the . em-
phasi ould be "taking our
progr deep into the com-
munity.· I
She predicts that the or
ganization will be supporting
poor people for political office
on the city and stale leveL
rry ou s y ought to get a
job," she said. "Wel� that (a
political post) is a job."
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DETECTIVES
By Ro . I
HIGHlA D PARK-_High
land Park Mayor Martha G .•
Scott honored Officer Herbert
Yopp, head of the Detective
Bureau of the Public Safety
Department.
In a special ceremony after
her State of the City Address,
she presented Yopp with an
honor she established, the Mar
tha G. colt Distinguished Ser
vice Cross Award, because of
what she called his take-charge" ,
leadership. •
Mayor Scott stated that
through hi "long hours" of
wor , he served as "a role
model for "tho e under is
command." Under his der
ship, he Slated, the Detective
Burea performed "intense in-
vestigative or - responsib
for apprehending crimin in
85% of case involviDg uch "
aim murder, robbery, ag-
grevated ult, burglary, and
larceny.