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LAN ING - Michigan
.re idents may h ve to w it
until 1994 to ee th full 20
perc nt property tax cut.
Gov. John ngler promi ed
in hi camp ign.
With the new adrnini tra­
tion wrestling with a pot n­
ti 1 $500 million budget
"defic tt Budget Di rector
Patrici Woodworth said the
property tax cuts �ay have
to be slowly pba ed in over
the course of the next four
years.
"You can't dump a full 20
percent cut po all,.y one year, " _
Woodworth aid, "but i will
be completed by the end, of
hi (Engler',s) first term."
Woodwortb, formerly
Florid' budget director,
'al 0 aid that had he been in
Michigan ri g 'Engler's.
campaign; e would have
upported the property tax
t. "Property tax cut are
imm n e," Woodworth said
"somethln bad to be done."
Rep. C rl Gnodt e, a
.cr Rep blican.. id e
elie 'Engler's mpaign
.'
· Student
.do
. hare of feder 1 pending
- on �hild nutrition, job tr lning,
elementary and condary educa-
Iraqi force la t. Wedne day.·_ tOil. m tran it, environ-
Ma ive air attack bY"' alljed ment, -mat rnal and c ild health"
force began ho tilitle ,a hey" �low income hou ing, and the war
targeted 1r • i irfie)d: mi I.e ... on drugs combined, ccording to
ite • military a e , and com- 'the report.
munic tion centers. '
"Tonight, the; battle ha been
joined ... the liberation of Ku it
ha begun," aid Bush, during hi ,.
addre to the nation Wedbe day�
Now that ho tilifie have r: K 0 at RenlllS"nc
begun between the United State .
. anq Iraq, Michigan tand to sui- . , .. High Schpol: .;
fer an estimated 1.,377 casual es
in 90-days of.w�r, according �o a�
report rete e4 by the Committee
for a Peaceful Resclution-to {he �
Gulf Cri is, during new con­
ference held la t Monday at the, '.
Ca " Comm n!t�' . United '
Meth i" Church lnD troit.
"C RRY YOUR OWN damn' Th repo \ entitled "Live and
gun George," Smith aid': Doll' : " hat War in the Midd�
J. Smith said he wanted £a will Cost the People f'.
clarify t the public th t he Mi Igan;" prepared by the
•• PM.M"�"�� .......... i��!�l�� qf r�"I't:,,'�!;:',�,;
usl 'I or
ie now in the Gulf ..
"I h ve friend who were,' The report st ted Michig n "
taken out of the classroom," has e t ,2,900,mem.bers of the'
Smith aid. "I have friend" who Natiol)al 'Guard' and Re erves',
. (next,to me and are' now serv-: and I an -e tirnated 10,871. active � . .I ts COmpOSl tion were hard,
ing in (Kuwait). I definitely sup- duty personel t, the Gulf. Ac- / 'fact anda speaker ao wa n't
.port th troop ." cording to the report, the first ,. afraid to introduce them Ito a
Aloin Detroit on Saturday year 9r' war will cost Michigan crowd of college-bound high
Jan. 12 cveral ""Hi-war group taxp er an esUm-,ed 52.2 bi1- . schoor students. .
• See War, P.ag 5. lion .. Michigan's' ��st for: Desert " : Marking ih l)irthd�y of .the
". 'Sh-ield between August 'and late Rev. Martin Luther-King Jr.,
Detroit "'H P 'proud ',',' December1?90wasanestirilated '. Don �ico Brent or Kaos., dis-
• "" � I ,,.',. I'" ''!' ," I • '. "' . 5329 mtllton at 52·.8 million -a cussed, King.' activ m with
� day.' ', _ �... mote than the Montgomery,
. The estimated.S2.2 billion Nabama busboycott.
amount is a 'mueh as. the state's . "Martin Luther King wa not a
d'reainer," Brent aid. "Martin
Luther King wa a doer .. He
wasn't a dreamer., that's absurd.
He 'wa .much more than 11
J ,,,!reamei. " � . . ,..4
'R PO T AY'
paid 36 billion in
�ilgh Co age 5
..
people marched-ln dowato
r Incre in D tlonwlde.
GulC
�Ki.rtg.··,�o,
reamer'
More th
F' P
.R!
�;
By lode n
'MichigQn. Citiz n
ina U.S.' intervention in Ir ql-
Kuwait affairs. .
"No blood for oil,·' nd "Hell
on't n ht fOr Amoco,"
moc In I pop I t U.
televl ion commercial; at a Jan.
1-5 rally in front of Detroit' 'City-
.County Build 'ng.' '
Smith als'O a Wayne State
Univer ity student along with co­
activist John' Smith, an Oakland
University tudem ioined more
, than 300 people w m I rched
room ity government office to
the Id Fc dc ral Building 0ppos-
rl I d ele aced
the bitter cold lenin . tbe public
their feelin on the I sue of war.
Citing tat� tic of the percent­
age of African Americans serv­
ing on the front line , L Smith
said he -feels the group, who do
not have equal employment op­
portunitie , :Will receive the hard-'
e t blow from bloodshed in the'
Per ian <SUit' cri�.
, 'BJac
History Essay Contest �Wii1'ners
Derrick C. Lewis
, Stalf Writer
ABO UT, 600 s uden ts sub... Detroi t says, "Do the best with
mitted applications and.a 1,000;. what 'you have right now, in
WEnd essay on "The Making of school 'and o�t. Our future's
Black History in the Future" and. coming soon and we need to
their role in its development, prepare (or it:' .
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White, a �student at St. Flofian # I'
High School in Hamtramck, said ' YO�NG MAIN:fAINS a 4.Q
she wa nominated by her high G.P.A. and i active with the
, school-coun elor to enter the' con- chool basketball learn, vollybill
test, nd the theme of her essay team, 0 tball team,_ tb '_National
wa on social problem affecting Honor Society, and is president
the Black comm�nity" ' ofber Junior class. "
White has a 3:4 grade poini .Her essay focused on.how stu- .
average �I1d i ac:;tive in Drama �,dents hould take time t p pare
Club, Students �Against D·run}c for the future to .. better oci�ty.
Driving, and Student Council. an,d·encau�age othets to' achi,eve,
�er mes age to other teens; "If and p,rovlde role mo�els' -for
they have a dream, work hard to younger stu�cnts. . .
make that ,dream come"true." "These young people' have'
Young, who att demonst ated strong l��d�rship
Dominican High Sc 01 , . _ Se Studenta, Page 5
, • . I t967 KING travel d' to
� Chicago. amidst mo ,umental,
gang violence to shoot pool with
, ,�embers, Brent �aid, addi"ng"
thus urufying tbe 'youth ..
By tellipg the crowd that not
�n1y did King marCh, ptotest and
siJ-in bere in the United Stafe' ,
.,but h� ,als·o expressed his"
" � 'th�ghts about the Vietnam War,
. ,.� .Brent e'emed to change the mbod
.... :. ':1<... of hi . speec,h.
...! :'. ,. ' '. ,-' "In £967 (Afte,r Ki blicly
spo re out' against tile Vietnam"
War) no Negro preachers would
Se �Ing. Page 5
Highland Park and Detroit
should • be proud or' two young
women who have eflrped national
, honors.
Highland Park resident
Tenisha White, and Detroiter
KerryYoung, both 16, are two out
�f 30 nationwide winn�rs in
McDonald"s Corporatio� 1991
"McDonald's Black Hi tory
Makers of Tomouow" program.
'The prograpl salutes leader­
shlp, high character, and excep­
tional scholarship among
out�tanding high school, j uni.or .
In 1988, McDonald's created,
the Black' History �onth pro·
am to honor the past by focus­
n the future.
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Ja.on Rlchardaon
AAA Sal man, Detroit
Mark Smith
Cr dlt Rep., 0 rott
, Pam Wa on
Office A I.�ant, D trolt
"I feel a retraction is in order,
b cause Detroi t does
have a �ore po itive image
than that which was por­
trayed."
"I think we s90uld get a more
po itive portrayal, just to
take it back wouldn't be
enough."
"I feel that we should have an
apology or a Portrayal in a
po itive light. There ar a lot
of po itive things in Detroit."
'�I think Detroit deserves more
recognition, because it' a
good City. You have your bad
spots, but everyone bas."
"I think it deserves more
po itive portrayal. It (ABC)
done Detroit in. They ay
they told the truth, But only
brought out the negative."
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