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an 0 i ters y the P ntagon 1 L 0
ttempting to hide the growin
re i t nce , e .p c ial ly mon
re ervi t. The Pent gon tated
about 100 oldier have ought
con cientiou .. Objector (CO) -Haitian born Air F r
talus according to the ATWJ. vi t Rorratd B8 t-�t
Military coun elors say the wa given a le: than honorable
Army ha revised it rules in n di charge De .17. after he main-
effort to fru tra.te re iter by re- tamed the mili t ry h uld not ex-
quiring oldier on alert be pect him to pill hi blood in the
hipped to the Persian Gul f Arabian De ert. He tated the
efore they can apply for CO Air Force refused to accept ill
tatu . The milita y ha al 0 put blood during basic training in
a freeze on administrative 1988 for fear of AIDS contamina-
discharge, ccordi ng to the tion;
NATWJ.· -Eric Hayes; a 24-year-old
The ATWJ aid 'while CO ' Marine reservist, and president
claims rnu t be based on of the Black Student A. 0 iation
religious, moral. or ethical objec- at South rn Jllinoi.
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A Soldiers Story:
Pen t it 9 0 n c I aun 5 SUI C I d o k" I e d Mar Inc
s hot rn b a c k 0 f h c a ct P a 9 e 4
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y Derrle . Le
Hisp nic nd other minori tie ,
and 5 percent white,
Re i t nee to United State in­
volvement. in the Per i n Gulf i
growing, ccording to informa­
tion relea ed by tho ational Al­
liance of Third World Joumali ts
(NATWJ).
the N ATWJ ,. ay African­
American oppose Pre ident
George Bu h's Gulf Policy three
to one, and that resistance within
the military i growing.
The NATWJ said in late
. Decem er, the New Yo·r -based
War Re isters' League e timated
there are about 1000 military
resisters, after consulting witb
counselling organizations acros
the country.' •
League mili tary counselor
Michael Marsh e timate that 80
, , .percent are Brack, five percent
" PLANNING AFRICAN TRIP �Students o� ,the DuBol,s Honors Program at Higbland P rk
1 Community College cbeck. out re ults of their fundraising for a proposed trip to Africa.
8eate'd, from left to right: Erne Rhodes, Inez Wynder Valencia Martin; standing, Kimberly
Blockett, Doalta Ro , Mark Lockridge and Cb rile Botbw,eIlIV. (Staff pboto)
Students need ca h to make ·'Journey .. Horne'
HIGHLAND PARK-Stu4ents of
the DuBois Honor. Program at
Highland Park Community Col­
lege. are enlisting sponsors to help
defray the cost �f their upcoming
educational tour of Senegal and
Mali in Africa, February 13-24,
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The 'I?uBoi Honors Program
has made an enduring commit­
ment .ro the promotion and
achievement of academic excel-
The students have sponsored
various fundraisers to pay the ex­
penses of ten students that have
not been able to 'pr�vide the
$2,000 fee, according to Dr.
Fredrick Salsman, DuBois Honors
Program Coordtnator. To date,
only one-third of the $20,000 total
hi been raised, he said.
The "Window to' Af�ica/The
Journey Home" educauosar tour
Ience.
in conjunction with an honors col-
,loquium class will provide the stu­
dents with an opportunity to study
various cultures by staying in the
homes of Senegalese families, at­
tending seminars, investigating
various institutions, and 'par­
ticipating in various cultural ac­
tivities, Dr. Salsman said.
The DuBois honors tudents
also plan to make a documentary
See, JOURNEY, Page 2
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w arre ted Dec. 12 and taken to
C mp Lejeune, C, where hi
unit wa .training for deployment
to the Gulf. Haye , who had p­
plied for CO st tu aid he did
not w nt to be'" pawn in
America' power play for il
profit in uie Middle East."
H W HI GTO D ..
group Executive Intelligence
Review reported separately that
Navy Fireman Donald Alexander
refused to fight in the Gul f, be­
cau e of evidence of the cxi -
tance of chattle slavery in
Kuwai 1. He called for a full in­
vestigation into the i sue by Bu h
and the Congres .
The NATWJ report gave
everal other examples of Black
servicemen and women who ap­
plied for CO tatus, who have
ei ther been harassed by superior
officers, had charges drawn'
- against them, or been arre ted:
. The NATWJ ays 30 percent
of the forces in the Gulf are ei ther
Hispanic or Africar; American,
with approximately 29 perc.ent of
the Army Gulf force com � d
of Black.'
2p
com ri e 48.7 percent
of the Army' omen, and out-
number white women who make '
up 43.6 .perc�nt. These percent­
ages are reflected in he number
of women in the Gulf.
The' report also say the va t
majority of Blacks who enlisted
See, GULF, Page 2
By ROD Seig�",
Michigan Citizen
DETROIT-" All these things
the Governor- is taking away will
leave you sooner or later dying, II
shouted Mary Mc Cli ndo n a
worker in the People's Convent
Organization food program; tes­
tifying before a public hearing of
the Michigan State House Ap-
.propriations Subcommittee on
Social Service, held last week at
-the Capucian Communi ty Center.
Death was very much 'on' the
minds of the people who tesu fied
before the commi ttee on the im-
MIKE TAYLOR, Zonlnl
admlnl tr tor: "I'd probab­
I y say we have as much to fear
as everyone else, I feel it's
bad all over."
CARME ' JOHNSON,
La tudent:"I think we
have more to fear from oursel­
ve • than from what they can
do to u ." •
SMALL,
Coun elor,
Project: "I can only
say, I hope it.doesn't happen.
There's alway the po Ibiliry
omething like that could hap-
MARVIN AV, os-
motolo I t: "No, I believe
our ecurity i under control."
JAMES HEPHE D,
teelworker: "I believe it
can happen. The war could
have repercu ions, especial­
I y bei ng thi clo e to the bor­
der."
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ar demon tratlon In W .. blngton, D.C. on' Jan ary .9,
dre do e to 75,000 prote tors. A second march C!n the Capitol, ,
er for aturday, January-26. (Photo by'Kenneth S � _ra )
will. kitt u r
,
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Poor tellleqlstators
pact of the de p bud et ut in
social c rv i c pr po ed by.
Michigan' new governor, John
Engler.
The Governor him el f did not
attend and did not send any rep­
resentative 'to the hearing.
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survival income for Ingle men
and women, childless couples,
and familie with children unable
to get on the Aid to' Dependent
Children (ADC) program. There
are currently 900,000 GA·
recipient across the- tate. ,
State Representative 0 vid
Holf ister, who bead t e Sub­
committee on Social Service ,
who oppo e the cuts warned that
if G A were aboli hed; many of'
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.those cut off would be totally
without funds, unable to p y for
shel ter, and forced to wander the
See, BUDGET,'a e 1
OF GREATEST concern to
those who -res if ie d was the
Governor' proposal to, tot�lly
eliminate all persons not defined
a handicapped- from the 'tate
'General Assistance (GA) pro­
gram.
GA was e tablished to provide