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o y irpl n to
und y Jan. 13.
T ou h hi trip cheduJed
b ore the J n. 15 United N tion
deadline et to a110 S dd m
. H ein to pull h hoop 0 t of
u ait ith ul repercu io , he
not called a a U. S. oldier,
Inste d he IS one of everal
11m American dele ated to
vi it Clpitl. city Riy dh for nine
days to upport their Mu lim
Arabian counterpar , Muburlk
lid. .
"(The Mu lim America )
benefi led Ind appreciated
hlvin been invited at a time like
lhi ( ilh the threat of a w r). It
wa 0 unu u I," Muburak ide
"We went because of our de r .
relationship and religiou tie
with Sau(Ji Arabia. It house our
two acred places - Mecca and
Medina."
The K ba is located in the
city of Mecca hich is the Mus
lim hou e of Allah (or God) and
Medina is the city where the
Prophet Mohammed lived in 560
A.D., over 1400 year ago.
Wa te
cont,nued from Page 1
by 1995 in hazardous wastes
reteased to the environment,
more technical assistance to busi
nesses for waste reduction and
disposal, required waste reduc-
._, tion plans and nalyses with per
mit pplications and. fees levied
on out of tate generators who
dump hazardou waste· in
MiChigan.
. Melissa Luttrell, a DNR
spokesperson, said the commit
tee bas been working on thi
proposal for a year. "It will pro ..
v.ide more assistance to busi
nesses that deal with hazardous
waste," Luttrell said. "The com
mittee proposed a grants program
for loeal agencies t provide as
sistance in dealing with hazard
ous waste rather than dealing
Uh it on tbeir W01l or commg to
us."
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Mubarek
gesred fe c-ba ed funding."
According to a 1988 toxic
release inventory done under the
Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act, Michigan
released almost 106,250,000
total pounds of air toxics, sixth
highest in the nalion. MiChigan
was the highest releaser of
methyl ethyl ketone, an agent
which causes birth defects in
animals, xylene, chronic xylene
exposure may' damage the liver,
kidney ,skin, eyes and bone mar
row, glycol ethers, which are
suspected carcinogens and
chlorine, acute exposure to
chlorine can cause pulmonary
edema and dea tho
CITIZ
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.contlnu d from P g 1
Program, the re ident county
ho pit liz lion t te ub idy, and
the emergency need program;
replace them with Bloc Gr nt
to County Government to be
u cd for the emergency nd income
he lth need of the Indi ent nd eligible c tegory for dult home
unin ured. help. Only MA recipient ould
- Reduce the Wayne County be eligible.
P tient Care M n ement Sy - - Medic id reduction ill
tem Program by 9.2 percent. be made in covered ervice nd
- Reduce AFDC Gr n by- reimbur ement r te with vary-
$5.00 per per on effective April ing effective date, folio s:
1 (Thl is approxlmately a 3 per- - Option I ervice or dults
cent cut). Convert to nat grant will be elimin ted (Thi include
for AFDC effective July 1. vi ion, dental, dur ble medic I
_ Eliminate the AFDC in- equipment, occup tion l/phy i-
come off et effective April 1. - call peech ther py, medic I
transportation (except mbulan-
ces), ubacute ub t nee bu e,
etc.):
- Reduce outpatient ho pital
reimbur erneni:
-- Freeze HMO rate at 1990
levels;
tainment: LANSING - State Rep. Ted
- Increa e the patient to low W ltace (D-Detroit) ha been
co t hospitals; n med ch ir of � House Correc-
- Reduce eligibility for cer- lions Committee.
tain Sobra clients; "In the next t 0 years, we will
- Place limit on p ychiatric likely consider legislation relat-
stays; nd ing to corrections officer cer-
Other mi ce llaneou tifieation, community corrections
medicaid reductions. programs, and pri on overcrowd-
'- . S· 'pay ents b� ing. I am also inter � c1' :J\ )
appfcmml\e1Yhlt'(p�rC'�ltl eff�l! 1 rea -r bl i I gram.
live'Mlry 't.... . . • "for 1 'Jpn )11" .Uernativ;�.II(f
- Close the Mu kegon Youth programs for first lime offenders,
Contact Center. and findng ays to make the
- Eliminate funding for the pri on ystein operate more effi-
ciently; thereby reducing the
amount of money from tbe state
budget lha't is spent on correc
tions," Wallace aid.
Wallace, who is beginning his
third term in the Hou e, also was
ppointed to the Hou e Labor,
Judiciary, Civil Rights, Con.litu- •
tion and Women's I sues, Taxa
tion, and Military and Veterans
Affairs committee.
State Rep. Hansen Clarke ha
been .ppointed to .five standing
House committees. He will erve
as Vice-Chair of the Urban Af
fain Committee, and u • member
of the Education, tbe State Af
fairs, tbe Judiciary nd the Taxa
tion Committee.
Rep. Clark is serving hi first
term in the House.
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period which began Feb. 1.
AKA is one of only four Black
and two female contractors
chosen to opera te one of the
nation's more than 100 centers,
which provide basic education,
Kappas unite for UNCF
• • .to'
who hosted on 'off-site fund rais
ing party for the United Negro
College Fund Telethon, last
month.
Spearheaded by the Detroi t
AI�mni 9hapter. along with the
Southfield, Pontiac and Ann
Arbor{Ypsilanti Alumni Chapters
the gala event was held at the
Riverside Ballroom in Cobo Cen-
. ter.
The- total amount raised, after
expenses, and donated to. UNCF
was $76,800,. according to Dar
sealle Head, Detroit Alumni .
Making on air contributions
were: McDonald's, $50,000;
Maximum Research Development
Company, $8,000; Detroit Edison,
$1,500; Black Elks of Pontiac,
$1,200; Nobles, $1,150; $4,500
from the public at large; and
$5,500 from 75 Brothers of Kappa
Alpha Psi ..
Virgil Spight was chairman of
Ithe event.
Pan-Hellenic Council to conduct
undergraduate leader hip conference
The National 'Pan-Hellenic Tyrone Crider (PUSH), Dr. Ben
Council, an!l0unced it will con- jainin Hooks -(NAACP), Gov.
duct a National Unde�graduate Douglas WI d .• ir_g_inia,
Leadership Conference for Mayor Carl' Officer of East Saant
Greeks and Non-Greek students Louis, Missouri. Mayor Sharon
du!ing March 8-10, 1991 at the P.ratt· Dixon of Washington, .DC,
Crystal Gateway Marriott. 1700 Julian Bond and members of the .
Jefferson Davis Highway, Ar· CongreSSional Black Caucus are
lington. Virginia. expected to be in attendance at
The Theme' "Back To The Fu· either the Public Meeting on
ture: The Struggle Is In Our Friday, March 8th or the Under
Hands" will feature several graduate Luncheon on Saturday,
topiCS f interest. to under- March 9th.
graduat s as they prepare toenter Contact Valarie Bracey at
the workforce. ,502-228·4441 or write: National
A key feature of the con· Pan-Hellenic Council, Attn:
ference will be a "Job Fair." Valarie Bracey, P.O. Box 78044,
Several nationat leadc uch Nashville, Tn 37207.
as Rev Jesse Jackson, Colonel
Charles Bolden (Astronaut), Rev
Atpha-Kappa Alpha (AKA), a
120,00(}- member service or
ganization, has received a $15.5 .
million federal contract to
operate the Cleveland Job CQrps
�enter (Ohio) for a two-year
The figures are in and they
spell success for four chapters' of
Kappa Alpha Psi ·Fraternity, Inc.
Cop yment.
- Elimin te the chore
vice n uthorized ervi
dull Home Help effective
1.
- PHAR� CY COST con-
'contact
vocational training, hou ing, and
work experience for di ad
vantaged you ths.
With slOts for 530 corpsmem
bers, the Cleveland Center is a
mid- ize facility. While there are
four centers with lots for more
than 1000. in ize of the others
ranges from 125 to 735.
- AKA first received a contract
to operate the Cleveland Center
in 1965, but or the past 10 years
ha urvived strong challenge
from giant corporatio'ns which
operate most of the centers.
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AFTER THE PUBLIC hear
ings the committee will meet in
March to review public com
ments and prepare a summary
. and revised plan. Then the
proposal will go before the
Natural Resources Commission
at its April meeting. The commis
sion will vote during the session
whether to a�opt tbe plan. After
'the vote, tbe plan's fate and im
plementation lies with the DNR.
At the moment, the DNR is
unsure how it would fund such a
program. "Funding is a good
question," Luttrell said. "In its
proposal the commi ttee sug-
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plamond Deli
Senior Citizen Center Gr nt
and the Director' Df cretion ry
Fund.
AL public
ervice employee ppointmen
Febru ry 2, 1991.
- The dep rtment will pur ue
I lupplemental for the FDC nd
edicaid Underfundin .
"We teel ith the e cut ,there
will be a dev tat n effect on the
City of Benton H rbor nd Ben
ton Town hip", said kew. "We
alre dy b ve a high crime r te
and e feel thi ,more or le will
enhance the crime r te
throu hout both communities."
Aske aid their other con-
cern. ere for the young people
t the a e of 14-21.
D trolt rep
n m dto
comm e
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IRAQ WITH A population of
bout 17 million pent its money
on building a one million-man
military machine.
"The government ·was
frightened. Saudi Arabia invited
Americ into the conflict because
the country wanted to preserve
bombed Ir q and the American its terrttorral integrity and it
Muslims' meeting was cancelled. sovereignty," he aid. "There w s - C NCEL CONTRACTS
Along with that Muburak's hopes no other country on the face of for emergency food and better,
of seeing his biologic I brother, this earth that could have nd donated fund contract.
an American soldier stationed in responded such as America." - Eliminate special heating
the desert, were dashed. Muburak said though a large allowances .and energy-related
OVER 2 0 MUSLIMS make "I didn't feel right for him to percentage of Iraq's population is home repairs. Provide crisis in-
an annual pilgrimage to Mecca to be there fighting and me coming Muslim. Hussein and the ruling tervennon energy services using
pray together, Mubur k .aid, ad- back," he aid. "I regret it in my class are Socialists. Hussein federal funds. In FY 1992, public
ding that ome Muslim al 0 heart not to have s en my refused to meet with other 'Arab assistance client fill qualify for
travel there more Irequcntly on brother." . leaders to compromise, he said. the Home Heating Credit.
whit i c lied "a les er pilgrim- "He didn't even want to talk to - Cancel "all pecial con-
mage" OF n Erma. WilEN ASKED IF he would King -Husse in," Muburak aid. tracts, 'including Sacred Heart;
While i . Arabi tht fight in the Per ian Gulf War, "He didn't want anyone to per. Salvation Army Harbor Light,
mostly all Black M�slim Muburak said he would, with no suade him to get out of Kuwait." Access, Arab-Amerlcan and
American delegation wa hesitation. , Muburak has been to Saudi Chalde.an Council, Community
scheduled to meet, talk with, and II As a Muslim, you 'can serve Arabia, which he refers to a the Training and Development
offer nirHuaJ \1PP9r\ \Q snme your countr ." Muburak said. "It mother uslim 1 . Corp .• Gn"tMi�hioJln Fond Bank
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But-on that dl'Y Saudi Arabia' tion 'of Islam (No.l) who are also '�rranged aud -"'Eliminate Title. }fX Day
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