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Board briefs
Eastern Michig� University
director of planning and Ad-
vancement. '
On Oct. 26 Carter said the
meeting was closed because the
committee was just laying out its
groundwork.
Rod Zimmerman from
WWJ-WJOI, said his assis
. tance, as were other committee
members, was primarily for
consultation - to better
operate the station in the future.
The station's license was up
for renewal Oct. 1.
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Propo
I-A-only
QlUDications programming vice
pr . dent; Alvenia Hull, WWJ
WJOI director of Community
Aff irs; Marie Farrel
Donaldson, former city auditor
general; Rod Zimmerman,
WWJ-WJOI vice president and
general manager, Charles Fritz,
WXYT general manager; Bill
Johnson, Detroit News
Editorial Writer; Paul Hub
bard, e Detroit Inc. presi
dent and John Burkhardt,
The Community Rela
tions Committee could not vote
on any items because a quorum
was not present during it meet
ing on Wednesday Nov. 1.
However, Board member
Gloria Cobbin, a Proposal A
advocate, joined a panel in a
Proposal A and B discussion.
Proposal A is better for
Detroit's school district be-
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cause it gives the system 30 mills
this year, Cobbin said.
Voting for proposal B, Cob
bin said, will not necessarily be
a property tax relief. Proposal B
will only allow for a tax shift in
stead of a reduction, she said .
Committee chair Frank
Hayden agreed with Cobbin's
comments on Proposal A saying
it was because of the immediate
availability of Proposal A funds.
However, he warned though
Proposal A is better than B,
both are far from enough.
"Neither one of these
proposals deal with equity,"
. Hayden said, emphasizing that
Detroit nedds continual cash
now and in the future to help
solve its fmanical problems.
Citizens for millage also met
Wednesday Nov. 1. concerning
the Tuesday Nov. 7 ballot
educational proposals.
This committee distributed
literature in support of
Proposal A only.
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Selection for n w
board m mbar
ongoing
- The 13-member-selection
committee is still in the process
of interviewing candidates,
Hayden said. As of Wednesday
Nov. 1 three candidates were in
terviewed and three more were
scheduled to for interviews
Thursday Nov. 2, Tho e reman
ing will b interviewed the fol
lowing week with the committee
shooting r a final recornrnen
dation by Friday ov. 10. he
said. -
Th r ugh ness is the m in
reason the boa d has all wed
the committee to extend an
originally proposed 20-day
deadline to fill the post, Hayden
said.
Earthquake hit
San Francisco
Black hard
SAN PRANCISCO, CALf.
Many poor and Black residents
of the San Francisco-Oakland
arca have accused natioDal
media aad � the receat
omc:aalS of • their·
. the wake 01 receat dcvas-
ta eartbq e.
BI cb see' tcmporary
cltcr at the Martia Lut r
Jr. Elementary School .
. 0akIaDd said lacked the
Mancil' resources IDd support
.. ems available to most
to-do earthquake victims.
Shelter director J cl Frank
said, "Tbey"ve got DO to
go. They are tryiDg to their
heads together but they aren't
coming up wiUl anything and
nobody is here to help them."
Board
meeting c'alled
concerning
bond issues
A special board meeting was
called starting at noon Wednes
day Nov. 1 to consider amend
ing the terms and
considerations of a bond issue
resolution or state ai notes.
Also the board w asked to .
consider a resolution to set
forth requirements for the life
of the bonds or notes.
Members approved a sup
plemental resolution amending
an original resolution adopted
Tuesday Oct. 10 including
specific terms and conditions of
the deficit funding bond issue .
An initial series of bonds in the
amount of $103,170,000 will be
issued by Tuesday Nov. 14.
Racism
charged in
Hasting
ou ter
WASHINGTON, D.C.-SUp
porter of ousted Blac federal
Judge Alcee Hastings have •
labeled the U.S. Senate vote
convicting him on conspiracy
charges "an act of racism."
Last wee the Senate voted
to strip Hastings, Florida's fir t
Blac feder I judge, of his
judgeship. upporters are angry
becau e Ha rings w convicted
by the enate of the same
charge a jury fund him in
n cent of several year ago.
Miami upporter and
phy ician 0 rsey Miller
charged that the deci i n "send
a chilling me age to BI ck f lk
allover the country that we h v
not yet overcome."
Ha tings was accused of con
spiring to accept a $150,000
bribe. A jury found him in
nocent of the charge, in the early
.1980's but a group of white
Florida judges pused for and
eventually go a Congressional
hearing of the case.
Michigan Senator DOD
Ricgle voted to strip Hastinp of
�judgedUp;Sen.�ILevin
\'Oted DO.
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COLUMBIA. s.c.-EntertaiDcr
Bill Cosby ced week
that be will conduct a heDdit
eoecert for the victims of Hur
ricaae Hugo which struck the
Charleston, South Carolina
arca recently.
The University pf South
Carolina is underwritiDg the
. expected to raise
over $200,000 w en it takes
place on December 1.
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