ajor Black groups:
Ian fire chief b me
for cnttdren death
Ku Klux Klan members
working for the Blakely, Ga.,
fire department are
responsible for the deaths of
two African-American
children, according to a class
action suit filed recently by
members of the Concerned
Black Citizens of Bla ely.
The lawsuit identifies Fire
Chief Franklin Brown as a
member of the KKK and
charges that a pattern of
"unequal" fire protection
exists for the
African-American community
in Bla ely.
"It only recently came to
I ight that Bro n w
Klan man, we obtained a
letter to Bro n from Daniel
Carver who is the Grand
edicaid Drug plan
is do nri ht dangerous'
•
ASHI . GTO - The
ational Black Caucus of
State Legi lators. the ational
Medical As ociation, and the
ational Black urse
As ociation were among
m jor organizations le ding a
nationwide effort to bloc a
Bush Administration proposal
to reduce the current budget
deficit by restricting the cost
of pre cription drug
available to million of
Medicaid program patient ..
The government plan,
labeled a "downright
dangerou" by some
opponent. recommend
onfining Medicaid drug
imbur ement to a limited
umber of medici nes that
h ve been approved by the
Food and Drug
Admini tr tion b ed trictly
on cost. ccording to details
outlined at Capitol Hill ne
� co terence July 10.
The Office of anagement
and Budget proposal ould
force aU pb J1D j to itcb
edic id patient to drul
other than tho e prescribed
by 'physicians without
consulting the patients '
physicians, said Gerald J,
Mo inghoff, pre ident of the
Pharmaceutic I
Manufacturer Association
(PMA). The OMB defici t
reduction plan was submi tted
Contin ed 0 P. e 19
see s
protection
Dragon of the state-wide Klan
organization," aid Dan
Levitas, Executive Director of
the Center for Democratic
Renewal, the group providing
Iega] as i ranee for the
plaintiffs.
"In the letter it i tated
that Brown is the Klaliff of the
EarJy County KJan, thus
proving his membership in the
Klan nd tha t of his on and
daughter. At the time of the
fire it wa know that Brown's
Continued on Pa e 9
Co nty SOpS vo er registration in B n on Harbor
I
Th Y ar not
illin to have the
.peop/ In
Benton Harbor
r gi ter d to
vote because
th y f I that
th y III not get
th [orlt of
vot
8y Serai Brow
COlT'espond�nJ
(PIC) u ed for ummer y uth
workers going door-to-do r in
the city registering new v ter
was discontinued.
Bowman said the fir t com
plaint she had w from the
County Clerk. Robert Brae -
enridge, tating that he had
some complaints on h the
. program wa bei ng fun�ed
and shouldn t the voter
registration drive be a ounty
wide program rather th n jut
in the City of Benton Harbor.
Benton Harbor is tbe ole
Democratic tronghold ion tbe
predominantly Republican
Berrien County. Brackenridge
i Republican.
The ix youth were paid
3.80 per hour for 35 hour' a
week by PIC through th Sum
mer Youth Program .
Bowman said he found out
about the fund being di con
tinued on July 19 when two of
the worker didn't how up
nd h c IJ � the PIC of Ice.
She aid Michael Denni
Executive Director of PIC fell
tbat they bould clo e the ite
Co tinued 0 P ae 15
Complaint from a
Republican officeholder run
ning on the Republican ticket
for state repre entative have
topped a voter rcgi tr tion
drive in the overwhelmingly
Democratic city of Benton
Harbor.
At the July 23, Benton Har
bor City Cornmis ion meet
ing, City Clerk Margaret
Adam Bowman told the com
mis ion that gr nt money from
the Private Indu try Council