BENTO HARBO - At the
Jecember 11, Benton Harbor
City Commission meeting
Commissioner Georg�
Wysinger m de some com­
men to the commission and
the public about a letter that ap­
peared in·the the Her d-Pal-
1 di ee Crom a woman
criticizing him about the lan­
guage h in the meetings
and comments he made about
City Manager Steve Manning
for owing a video tape of hun
from previous meeting when
e complaining about some
problem he thou ht the
Grey ound Bu Termin I d,
Wy�inger denied using
prof nlty at the commis ion
meetings. He said wbile the
woman was criticizing him,
there re kids running up and
down the reets using all kinds �
of profanity, far ore ords
and rst ords th .
"Let' ta a hard look at
that, " Wysinger . d. "I can un­
derstand why she tl eked me,
because it takes a 10( of guts to
go out . nd attac tbe dope
pusher. It's c �y to all ck m
bccaw I'm no thre t to her.
But. he' not going to talk about
th pu her and thugs ·tanding
on the corners u ing profanity
be usc it'. a thre t to her lifc,
or thre, tin imc ind ofw' y,"
he ·d.
term 0 threat to her. She
cb to aUack meinste d of at-
t t pr e dwho
cr ted t problem," h said.
"M nning used the movie
camera d tried to 'discredit
e', bu I see that t . ra
be of good usc", Wysi er
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said. "When he brought the
camera, I thought of some solu­
tions".
. Manning could go down the
nton Harbor
Pol Fo
According-to the office
of Public Safety Director
Sam W n these are the
facts on the Benton Har­
bor Police Department:
aft 15 oIII4cers
rorce.
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stree and alleys and take pic­
tures of the rubbish, mi ing
stop ips and streets signs and
bring b to the staff and ask
them y these things are not
being taken care of," Wysinger
Ui. '
Wy inger id Manning
could also take the s me
camera and take pictures of the
dope pushers standing on the
corners in "broad-open
daylight", and bring back and
how what' going on. Then go
out and attack the problem, not
him.
Wysinger a 0 ed Man-
ning why the morale in the
police department so low and
by BcatOll Harbor can't keep
police offICers. There seems to
be a proble there, e said, be-
cause for some reaso here.
seems to be ·revolving doors"
the police department and
ManniDg should check into i ,
he said.
W· � the police of-
ficers are ell-paid, getting
$41,(0) a year plus fringes. The
officers the job
'wben they took i on their "own
free wiD..
Commissioner Charles
Yarbrough saift, "$41,000 is
slave I bor for being a police of­
ficer in Benton Harbor. I
woulda't do it - if I had to the
first chance I got, I'll gel the' hell
out too. My life is rth more
than that - they ought to be
getting a Sloo,OOO each."
Wysinger then madt a mo­
tio� that the police officers get
paid SI00,OOO year includi
fringes, but the motion died for
lack of support.
Commissioner Ralph Cren­
shaw said he thinks the Benton
Harbor Police Department is
doing a tremendous job nd
they deserve a "lot of gratitude
and support."
Crenshaw also said the
oman who h d written the ar­
ticle abo Wysinger w right
about his profanity and as a
citizens she has a right to say as
shep .
"I it here d hear the e
profanity used, not only at me,
. but also at citizens out in the
audience," Crenshaw said.
He .. id the people have a
right to at lea I command
decency out of all of the com­
mission, and in the future he
hope there would be self-dis­
cipline.
approve
bu ne
loan from
Ir et fund
By B
BENfO HARBOR-During
its business session at its regular
meeting Dec. 11, the city com­
mission' voted unanimiously to
approve two loans to new busi­
� in the city. They are:
- Consolidation of Ioan
pac age for Ethel Murphy,
owner of R M urpby Career
Fashions, 90 W. Main SL. The
move gave her an additional
S12,000 for the purchase of
se onal inventory. The city
loaned M urpby $35,000 last
year to open the store.
- Revolving Loan in' the
amount of $20,000 to by
Brown to open a beauty shop,
Chears Inc. Barber & B ty
Salon, at 70 W. Main St.
Manning s id the funds
would be coming out of the ex­
cess funds left over from the city
wide street improve men fund.
There were questions about
the use of the funds designated
for th treets.
Manning aid he didn't know
that the funds could be usedfor
anything else either until
recently when a representative
from tbe Detroit HUD office
was in town and said it was their
recommendation to u e the
funds, subject to commi ion
appro al.
Both women rent their store
sp ce from Ro Hadley who
Iw benefited from city ctioDs
during the William Wolf d­
ministration.
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LU LEE, FI
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Mr . LuIa Lee, tn, former Benton Harbor City Com-
.. r, died Tuesday, December 12, t Hil ide Manor
Nursi Home, Kalamazoo, after a long illness.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time .
Robb' BrothersFuneralHo Benton Harbor, was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lee the first African American and first
man elected to the BeotOD Harbor' City CoIIUDiSlica.
SCf'\led OIl the .. from 1962 UDtil her retire-
in 1968. I
LEEJOH 0
. . Lee T. Johnson, 66, of Be OIl Harbor, died Monday,
December �1 Mercy-Memorial Medical Center, St.
J oseph, after a brief illness .
The fUDerai will be eld Tuesday, December 19, t 1
p.m. at Hopewell . Church, e friends may call
after 10 a.m. Tuesday d where a will be eld at
noo Tuesday. Burial will be in orthShore Memory Gar­
de .. Arrangemects are by Robbins Brother .
Mr. Johnsoa bom June 23, 1923, in 8eDtOD Har-
bor. He had IMd in this area for 40 yean .