Homele s
jailed for
a ing
emp y UD
house
8yR En
Correspondent
The Wayne County Union of
the Homele -(WHU) ized
yet other home located at
14436 Prevost on the CitY west
ide, re five WHU members
e arrested on Monday May
7.
Removed from the home and
arr ed were Kim Knighton
AlIe� Anthony AIleD, Richard
d James Jo
The Aliens, home aDd
determined to se up house in
t revest residence, said
upon their release they will be
b ck, as they deserve to live in
decent, affordable housing.
Allen said, "Secretary of
Housing and Urban Develop­
ment (HUD) Jac Kemp needs
to know we will not be brushed
ide,"
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'JO' i tOO/ t defeat
community boycott'
By Derrick c. Le
Co"tspondtnt
DETROIT - Malcom X Cen­
ter Director Kwame Keny tta
claim that the Detrolr ew
and the Detroit Free .Pre are
in collu ion to break up th
" elective buying" campaign
gai oSt th Free Press.
Kenyatt aid he ha ob-
crved everal area where
there arc tand for the two
papers, and noticed that only
he Free Pre w polled.
He id that people h ve
ailed in on hi talk show and
noticed the arne thing.
, Kenyaua ay this is done
deliberately to eliminate the
option in buying a paper. He
id be has not checked daily
in pccific are for thi pat-
tern of selling papers though.
KE Y ATT BELIEVES
THAT ince th Joint Operat­
ing Agreement, both paper
operate out of the ame
philosophy, and that both
should have been boycotted.
"In a city as big as Detroit
, with a population 95% Black,
the Black paper in town
hould be number one," aid
Kenyatta. He ay that the
ma media have degraded
Blac in their tories, and that
the p ople hould hold them
responsible.
Reverend Wendell Anthony
of the Interfaith Council, said,
"If that is the c e it will prove
to ffirm that Detroit would
ne d IwO cparaee paper in-
tead of the JOA."
He aid if the charge are
true, !l i going against the
pint of the JOA.
The Interfaith Council is
holding a "selective buying"
campaign against WXYZ
Channel 7, and WXYT A.M.
Radio al 0, for what they per­
ceive to be negative imaging of
Detroit.
THE COU CIL PL
to expand their campaign to
other medi outlets if the prob­
lem of negative pre persi 15.
Thi expan ion could large t the
ews.
The campaign will la t
long the targeted media con­
tinue to underrnrnd th city
nd its citizc ,the council in-
dicated. '
According to Ant ony, the
council will continue to in­
crease their efforts. He noted
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By Tel in
Capital Ne
LANSING - Michigan in­
dustry is diversifying but th re
till ar not ign Michigan'
workforce i div ifying. 0 li­
cial worry.
We are m ving from a
r liance on m nufacturing,
which i kno n for it relative­
ly high with I - kill require­
ment, to a relian e on
ervic • which require
elt-tr in d, 11- du t d
workforce," aid Dou Drake,
director of th 0 partment of
M nag ment nd Budget's of­
fice of revenue nd tax
analyst .
But Larry Good, a ociatc
director of the governor's of­
fice for job training, aid th
skill gap is enormous.
"As Michig n moves into
the n xt decade, half of all th
job will require more than a
high school diploma," Good
that the AFL-CIO, and the
UA W endor e and upports
the council in their campaign.
He aid th ew Detroit
Inc. will make a compari on
tudy of how new in thi city
compare to new in other
citie .
"Detroit h energy and
vitality. We are committed
an love our city," aid An­
thony.
Executive Editor of the
Detroit Free Press Joe Grimm
aid since overnber 1989.
when the Joint Operating
A reement took effect, th
Detroit New. nd the Free
Press have combined their
weekend publication which
may tend to confu e many
people into thinking only on
JOA. P 1.
aid. "Right now there are only
33 p rent of th workers in
the 'tate who qu lify for tho e
new job ."
.J M· 8 R IT, pre i­
dent of th MI higan State
Chamber of Commerce, a r d
that III ra y I' of rc I
to many b in e.
"Th re i reat con rn for
the condition of our curr nt
ed uc tion y t m," B rreu
id.
Ora aid that an
cconomi t, he fore ee even
mo emph i in t future on
the retr ining of current
employee and education of fu­
tur employee .
"Employee will need more
m th and cornrnunic tion
kills," Drake aid. "Kid
won't be able to drop out of
chool anymore at 16 and be
a ured some kind () job."
Good aid the secondary
education systcm .hou d place
more focu on iudent who
de ide not t ollege.
"I
COU 'f I, voc lion I
ehool is not een econd
cl s," Good aid. "Her, the
only upport y tern we h ve
are for kid who d cid to at­
tend college."
. Barrell aid with a 25- 0
percent dropout r te at a na­
tional level. nd a 5 percent.
dropout rat in orne urban.
arc ,today' ork orce doc
not have the reading, m th and
computer ki II nee ary to
cope with ch ng .
Rep. Dav C mp, R-Mid­
land, aid hi h h I tudent
will n ed to dcv lop computer
kills along with th a ic .
"We have 10 hav a
=wcrkforce abl t read, write
and think cl arly,' Camp id.
"People who an do th t re
prepared for anything that
come along."
Camp aid there would have
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