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DETROIT - Tom Barrow, all kind of smoke."
who is opposing Mayor He saw the possibility that
Coleman A. Young in the the incinerator might 'cause ,
Detroit' mayor's r ce, stated cancer in another 10 - 15 years.
that putting crubber on The incinerator is in the cen­
Detroit's incincerator to ter of a predominantly African
preven pollution "ma es sense American community: Detroit
to me." and Highland Park.
Youngisincourt,fightingef- Barrow expressed concern
fo to get such pollution con- abo study by the Michigan
trois on the incinerator. Department of Natural Resour­
Erma Henderson, nother res, which Mayor Young's of­
candidate in the mayor's race, lice dismisses.
not available for comment "Mayor Young act as
at the time of this writing. though anyone who disagrees
The Amicus Journal, in its with him is racist, uninformed
spring issue, revealed th� a or just dumb." Barro said.
study by th United Church of "Our children have a right to
Christ Commission on R cial . expect air clean enough to be
Justice stated that more than 15· able to breathe without getting
million of the nation's 26 million emphysem."
Blac people and over 8 million He added that he would be
. of the 15 million Hispanics live willing to look into recycling _
in communities with one or something that environmental
more sites of dangerous toxic organizations have been ad­
waste, which are uncontrolled. vocatin as' an alternative to
To some, the Detroit in- such inti erators.
cinerator seems part of a He added that he would be
general pattern of "environ- willingto speak to such environ­
mental racism." mental organizations, but
Barrow tared in an inter- added he had never been as ed.
view with The Michigan Citizen "1 am a sponge for informa­
that the incinerator itself is lion," he said. "1 have a very
"probably nece. sary," open mind."
However, he said that "I believe it is a responsibility
pre ently without the scrub- of government to dispose of
hers, the incinerator i "spewing refu in the environment as
Robert Gerard 8rydDt Jr. is congrdtul ted 'Y Hi Ia d
Park M 'Y r Martha Scott.
safely as possible," he said.
Barrow staled that he would
seek state financial help to in­
stall the scrubber. He added
that he beilevcs that Michigan
Governor J ames Blanchard is
"amenable."
H-c is les 'hopeful bout
federal help, noting that under
the Reagan and ush Ad­
ministrations the federal
government "h' been taking a
hands off" approach to "local
units of government."
County prosecutors
. By An r
Capital News Service
.LANSING - An ine­
quality in laries for county
pre. ccutors a ichigan
could mean that many coun­
ties on't be b to retain
quality lawyers - and' thus
quality prosecutions.
"Unequal funding can lead
to unequ I quality," said
Thom s Oren, communica­
ti n director for the State Bar
of Michigan.
The Prosecuting Attorneys
Coordinating Council
(P A CC) agrees, and ould
like to see salaries ina-ease
state-wide.
"The problem with such a
difference in salaries' 't at­
tracting quality people, but
keepin them once they get
so experience," id Tom
Robertson, assistant exealtiYe
seaetaryofthe PACe.
the diversity in salaries
among the 83 county
prosecutor in Michigan is
qu ite large, and n com­
pared to h t lawyer Can
earn in private pr dice,' 's lit­
tie ODder y y choose
the tter route.
• • !,coor .9.�. � by
the PACC, the average salary
of county prosecutors in 1988
w s $46,496. The highest paid
full-tim prosecutor is in Oak­
land County; receiving
STI,l40. The lowest paid full­
time prosecutor is in Alcona
C unty; receiving S30,OOO.
pay
unequal
Although many would con-
ider those decent earnings,
they pale when compared to
the income of lawyers in .
private practice. According to
a survey by the State Bar of
Michigan, the average lary
of a private attorney in 1987
ichigan prosecuting attorney salaries
Below .c lop fiye bottom fay payin c lics for IX lin, auamey. in
Mic:hi, . The aycrace I y for • CIOWU)' p'OSCCUlOl in M ichi, . 19 wu $46,496.
Fi,URI for full·lime ilions or lho th orll: I Jcul40 howl a ccII: on ofraciaJ
d lies.
II I
$32,7
was $65,833; and lawy rs who
made the lev I of partner in a
fum were averaging S 08,000.
"J u t when someone is
good, they decide to leave to
rna ke a decen t living,"
Robertson said. "When that
person leaves, then that ex­
perience leave the criminal
. ustice system of their county."
County prosecutor don't
even have to be compared
with other I wyer to show
that they could make more
elsewhere. In the county
prosecutor's office of nesse
County, a clerical worker is
receiving S30,923; and an of­
fice manager in Wayne Coun­
ty is receiving $53,865.
"The PACC ha been trying
{or some time to ge t a
proposal through the legisla­
ture that ould bring county
prosecutor ' salaries, to the
level of circuit court judges,"
Robertson said.
The State Bar of Michigan
upports the idea of raising
s laries paid to county
prosecutors.
"There must be balance
between s laries {or public
service and the private sector,"
Oren id.
Highland ParI<
student goe
to ()SCOw
Highland Park Mayor, Mar­
tha G. Scott, is shown .ab ve
. congratualating fifteen year old
Robert Gerard Bryant, Jr. on
his election as a Student Am­
bassador in the 19 9 Americ n­
Soviet Youth Exchange.
Robert, along with thirty ne
other youths in the Michigan
delegation, will visit and study at
M cow, Leningrad and se ral
other Soviet cities for 23 d ys
this summer. In addition, th
students will enjoy one fuji day
of sightseeing in Helsenki, Swit­
zerland.
In the spring, the selected
students and their parents will
attend a minimum of six orien­
tation sessions to prepare them
(or the tour. These sessions
focus on the role of the Student
Amb dor, Amerioan-Soviet
relatio facts bout the oviet
Union and the cities to be
visited, and travel procedur .
Robert attended Liberty'
Elementary and Ford Middle
chool in Highland Park. Hi
m ther, Mr . Carrie Bryant is a
Fourth Grade Te cher 10 the
Highland Park School System
and his f ther, Robert, Sr., is n
Assistn t Prinicipal at Highland
Park Community High School.
Each tudent Amb ador is
responsible for the cost of the
trip, $3500 plus expe . Com­
munity supporters are pon r­
ing a number of fund rai ing
events to help defray th co t for
Robert uch s candy sale , car
w hes etc. All volunteers . re
welcome. For further inforrna­
u n call (313) 861-5531.
SOSAD
'extends
'Hands
I
Around the
Children'
DETROIT - ve Our.. ns
an ughters (So- ad), an or­
ganization concerned about
Detroit area violence will tart
its "Hand Around the
Children" campaign with an
outdoor "sign up rally" 4 p.m.
unday June 26 just ou ide its
offices at 453 Martin Luther
King Drive.
It will be held outdoors and
there will be free refreshments
and entertainment.
Participants will be asked to
promis :
- That this summer they will
work to give youngsters som -
thing constructive to do in their
neighborhoods.
- Sign a pledge that they will
be pre ent at a big "Hands
Around be Children" rally in
the giant hub of Belle Isle
August 12.
- Volunteer to go into the
community and churches to let
people know about the rally nd
p pledge cards to them.
Por further information, call
(313) 833-3030 .