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LA SING - Ott. 1 marked
the beginning of a new fiscal
year, which mean'
Michigan' new tate school
aid act went into effect - to
the di may of many "out of
Iormula" choot district in
Oakland and Macomb Coun­
tie.
Zimbab e
presiden
honored
at U
y Derri C. Le
stag Reporter
I G - Zim­
b Pre ident Robcrt
ugabc r ceived n honorary
Doctor of Law degr e from
Michig n Stat Univer ity
Frid y, Sept. 2, t fe tive
ceremony attcnded by more
th n 2000 people t the
univcr iiy's Wharton Center.
The 60-year-old leadcr
too time during th convoca-
tion to expre hope for con-
tinued upport or
organization working to di -
mantle parthe id in South
Africa.
MSU Pre id nt John Di­
Bi g io 'aid the visit and the
pre e nt tion of the degree
celebrate the long tanding
relation 'hip between MSU
d the Univer By of Zim­
b e and the Afric n
auon' pro re in it 10
ye r o(independence.
_ Mugabc wa ci ted for
Ic der hip in improving
he Ith care, edu arion and
economic opportuni ty for
Zimb bweans.
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The new act has upset
many area chool becau e it
will redistribute 572 million
in id from "out-ef-formula"
chools to chools that don't
meet the state' minimum per
tudent pending criterion.
That' ne rly a 3 to 1 in­
crca e over la t year' $26
million redistribution.
An out-or-formula choot
district i one where property
t xe are ufficent to meet
the state's minimum per stu­
dent spending requirement.
o tate "membership" aid
would be granted to those
chool districts.
That mean that in area
like W rren, Auburn Hill ,
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Homeless ch rge:
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By Derrick C. Le
Stall Reporter
DET OIT -The plan to
demoli h 1039 Brew tcr
Project hou i ng uni t to be
. replaced by 230 middle-in­
come townhou es has come
under attack by the Detroit
Wayne County Union of the
. Homele s (DWCUH).
Nath niel Thoma , vice
president, DWCUH, aid the
project had a waiting Ii t of
over 1300 people, and that
the city allowed the unit to
deteriorate in order to ju tify
demoli hing them.
Thorn s accu e the city of
mish ndting funding to im­
prove the projects. and aid,
$826,O( ) appropriated by the
Dc tr o i.t City Council two
ye r go to refurbi h the
unit are unaccounted for.
He said the city ha been
losi ng ":loney on the projects
becau e they were not al-
oli · 0 , de ibera e plan -1- 0
n of poor
no
lowed to b occupied, citing
hi group took over unit in
the projects nd found heat­
ing and . clectricity till in­
tact.
DWCUH Pre ident Wayne
Pippin s id when hi or­
ganization took over the unit
'Ia t November, all they re­
quired wa. a paint job, but the
city has allowed people to
trip and keep the units open
to the weather.
Thomas aid the ci ty 's
been moving people out of
the project for four year,
under the guise the city wa
going to improve the units.
Pippin aid the city i ex­
perienclng a great 10 of af­
fordable hou ing. and said
homeles people are not
being con idcred top
priority.
"Public hou ing in Detroit
is a disgrace, it' a big joke,"
aid Thoma. "They re
, • Public hou ing
In Detroit I a
dl grace, It' a
big joke,·
- Nathani I Thoma
trying to move the hornele
out nd gc t the rich and af­
fluent downtown."
Thomas 'aid what' be­
hind the demolition, is not to
provide hou ing to the poor,
but for the profes ional who
will be working in the Med -
cal Center' oon to be built
vete an ho pi tal.
During a di cu ion abo 1
the homelc t the Detro 1
City Council meeting Mo -
day, Oct. 1, Thomas asked th
council, "With home le n
on the ri e. how can you let
this happen. •
Councilman Mcl Ravitz
said th c uncil is limited in
what it can d • and attributed
the re on ibility n ad­
mini tr tive problem.
Thorpa think otherwi e,
he aiq the council i im­
potent. "They are 0 bu y
with in ighting nd interest
group, they can't get the job
done."
Tho a aid the ad-
minist arion got roun
feder I HUD regulation
which requires federal hou -
ing uni to be replaced one ..
for-on if demoli hed, by
bypa i g the counci I.
The mayor' Pre
Secretany Bob Berg aid he
w no ware of any such
HUD re ulation, and s id the
unit will be replaced by
larger unit, although not
one-for- nee
Berg aid the pre ent unit
ar ma I and outdated, and
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