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In reponse to continous
stream of re tionary beb vior
by the Howard U. administr -
tion, university udents halted
the school' annual Charter Day
convocation. University presi-
Fa . S.
Capital News Service
LA. SI G - Gov. James
Blanchard said the
Legi lature's Blac Caucus'
criticism ofhi St te of the State
addres simply was the
lawmakers' yof etting 1m at­
tention. .
" y interpretation of-the
tate( merits), which happens
once a year c one of a de: ire
that I vould do more and a way
to get my attention" Blanchard
s id, "not a condemnation of
progr m which they not only
fought for and votcH for but
helped us with."
The Caucus, compo ed of
. African American legislator,
call d a press conference com­
menting on the governor's ad-
,
dress and noting that
Blanchard's statements were
unclear on some issues facing
Michigan's urban areas.
The Caucus' statement fur­
ther contended that the gover-
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middle-class Michigan a�� ig- SCHOOL FI
nored the slate's urban crISIS.
Blanchard said that the "
C ucus never submitted any By Ca Senice
formal grievances to him. .
"They were briefed on my
tate of the State address the
night before and didn't register
any of those complaints," he
said
Blanchard id the Caucus
lu shown its upport of several
of his new programs.
C D d
tJam cancelled the
eYeDt in the ee of 2,000 stu­
dent-de to ck­
ed the ground and the
uditorium. the guests
to be honored Bill Cosby, \
ho bas recently cquired
dded respect with his mass�
donations to Black colleges. He
a slated to re cieve an
honorary dodo of la degree
.t the convocation. Cosby
declined to comment on the
protest, but endorsed th right
of students to voice their
grievances.
Co tiDueci 0
czar'vle
vices are keptical of George
Bush' .drug czar- d . d that
nobody in W • on any
. <lea of t to do to fight the
tate's nation' . ballooDing drug
ser-" proble
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LANSING- The
Legislature' action on the latest
school-finance proposal will be
the tru lest of whether the or­
ganized education lobby" is
really seriou about e�ual
education funding, says Gov.
James Blanchard
Previou plan, including
one be unsuccessfully offered
late last year, have been
defeated largely because law­
makers and lobbyists didn't
want to risk 10 ing money to
relatively poorer district ,
Blanchard said in a Capital
Ne Service' terview.
The newest proposal, passed
by the House and headed for
Senate debate, ould give
voter a chance in y to raise
the 2 cen cut proper-
ep iCi. m
I
And a re ult of the
government's lack of viable
anti-drug pqlicy, the governor
said it is the ver e citizen who
. suffering.
Blanchard, fre h a from
week-long governors' con­
ference in W . n,' d that
MichigaDdesenes 'A' foref­
fort but de erve a below
aver e - or - grade for
I performance in the campaign
. t illicit drugs.
y go . performance'
at best a 'c,' but I have feeling
th public Idsay '0' or 'F:
he '<1.
In an exclus�· terview with
Capital. Ne Service,
Blanchard said he learned a dis­
ooncer . fad' W· .
Nobody �y idea of
do.
-I heard from the attorney
generaL..the drug coordinator
and then the head of the Drug
Enforcement Agency and they
basically aid they ere com­
mitted to waging all-ou war
in pport of the pr-esident's ef-
ty taxes and channel $470 mil­
lion more into education.
Most erio of financing
problems, Blanch d said.i the
inequity mong chool districts'
. financing abilities. ,
'We have plan to begin
to try to close t gap," id,
It is Dot being received
popularly here beca the or­
g nized education lobby op-
poses it." .
Blanchard id h' concept . \
wouldn't cut funds to compar - ·It
tively pr perous distr'cts, but
he acknowledged th t it
w uldn't give them much
they uld lik .
it will be the fir t real
political est on beth r the
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