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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
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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.