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