Detroit Library. 0 open
c osed branches
o TROIT -On September 4,
the Detroit Public Library
using a special grant of $1.2
million from the State of
Michigan, will reopen the
branch libraries closed earlier
thi ummer in a system-wide
aus erity program adopted to
cope wi th an anticipated $2.6
million budget deficit.
The affected branches and
their new hours of service are
as follows:
-Campbell Branch, 6625
W. Fort Street at Rademacher
on the west side, will be open
Monday through Thur day
and Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.
, -Lothrop Branch, 1529 W.
Grand Blvd. t W. Warren,
will be open Monday, Tues­
d y, Thursday, and S turday
from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
and on Wednesday from 12
noon to 8 p.m.
- Monteith Branch, 14100
Kercheval at Eastlawn on the
east side, will be open Mon­
day through -Thur day and
S turday from 1 to 5 p.m.
- Mar Twain Branch,
8500 Gratiot a1 Bums on tbe
near ca t. ide. will be open
Tuesday through Thursday
nd Saturday from 9:30 .m.
to 5:30 p.m. and on Monday
from 12 oon to 8 p.m.
-Lincoln Branch 1221 E.
Seven Mile at Ru sell will ex­
pand its service hours from 20
hour to 40 hours eekLy.
-Tbe Main Library at
520} oodward in tbe
University Cultural Center.
ill remain closed Mondays
and on Wedne day morning,
with bours of service Tuesday
througb S turday, 9:30 to 5:30
p.m. and Wednesday from 1 to
9p.m.
Co tlnued from P ge 1
da y. "He said be calls all
laborers mon eys,' even
wbite laborers. He told us
when he says 'monkeys,' be
doesn't mean it racially. He
stumbled over Grabam, main­
tenance supervisor McArdle,
wbo is white, held up poster
of a chimpanzee and asked,
"Is this anybody you recog­
nize?"
"I couldn't believe it," aid
Mathis, who will be a fresh­
man at Michfgan State
University this fall. "I was
angry. I was shocked that that
kind of statement ould be
made, and then be made into a
jo e by nother person."
McArdle id Wednesday.
he could not comment Ithout'
jeopardizing his job and
"without autborization from
Mr. Graham."
Bill Harper, president of
. Local 542 of the American
Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employee ,
which represents the zoo
worker, said the union
planned to file a formal
grievance against Grabam on
Tbursday.
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AUGUST 28-SEPT. 1, 1990 MICHIGAN CITIZEN PAGE 3
FORMER PRISONER OF WAR - JIll) Tompson pictured lth W YDe Cou ty Executl
Ed arel H. Mc - ara (left) . nd for er Wayne County Executive d currently Dlrecto
of LI I OD Services for t e U.S. Just ee Dep rtmeDt, WIlliam Lucas.
DETROIT - He spent two
and one half years in the hand
of Chinese captors in a North
Korean prisoner of war camp.
He withstood their attempts of
brainwashing and starvation
and endured extreme physical
torture, ail desi gned to break
his will.
Being Black. he had to ex­
bume the eeds of raci m,
sown daily by his communi t
captors, and not allow them to
grow into a barrier between he
and hi fellow white
prisoner. Most of thi wa
comparatively easy to his
primary goal. To tayalivc.
And today, that man, Jim
Thomp on, hared some of his
story as - he was officiall y
pre ented his Prisoner of War
Medal by Wayne County Ex­
ecutive Edward H. McNamara
at a reception in the Wayne
County Building.
"I realized during my or­
deal," Thompson said, "that it
was very necessary for this
story to be told. It didn't have
to be me who told it, that's just
the way it worked out.
"IT TOOK MORE than
35 years for orne respect -
Continued fro Pa 1
Mayor David Dinkin had'
found himself at odds with
many black community
groups becau e he si.ded with
Col umbia, which rgued it
ould prove too co U y to ave
the ballroom.
Dinkin aid the center,
whicb alway w to contain
some form. of memotial,
would generate jobs and boost
tbe development of the
economically depre sed
neighborbood.
But a . pre ure grew,
Din ins worked out a com­
promi e supported by Mal­
colm X' wido, Betty
"I HAVE KNOWN Jim
for some time," McNamara
added, "and have always been
impressed. with hi ki nd,
friendly nature, in spite-of his
horrific ordeal. He i truly a
study in human character."
An Army Command Ser­
geant-Major during the
Korean conflict, Thompson
and the rest of. his uni were
captured by Chinese forces on
December 1, 19.50. After
){)04 d Y which i ncl uded
solitary confinement. phy ical
be ting , psychological war­
fare and an unsuccessful es­
cape attempt, Thomp on. one
of tbe "Forgotten 33"
American POWs in Korea.
was released on Septem r 3,
1953.
"The most import nt thing
to me," Thompson sid, "I
tbat it be known that any per ..
ception people may have had,
or do have, of u Blac sol­
di�rs con orting witb the
enemy, is just not true. That
wa a cleverly staged tactic of
the Chinese to pit each of u
agamst th other - Blac
aga nst white. Unfornhrately,
in s me ca es, it worked."
fi tting memorial in hi bonor. "
Dirikin aid tbe project
would generate 250 jobs
during con truction and 300
permanent jobs.
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