ome ay that it I . the most concentrated location for
craclc cocaine le in e on County. But the resident
of t Par anor, nown a 'Brie City', de cribe it a a
nellbbor oocS tbat ent from being a relatively nice place
to live, &0 a crime-infested baven for crack cocaine dealen
nd en In j t 0 year.. .
Tbe 200-u it public ho in project in the northeast
drant of MUlke on ei bts il predominately Black.
It I al 0 dra n a lot of attention from pollee, tbe new
media and other communitie. City official believe th t
t dru eaters commute from Grand Rapidl, Lanling,
Detroit and Chica 0 to peddle tbeir illegal trade. In Clock­
in to the Port City, bi city dru dealers are findin Car
mere than a IIUn mar et--citizen are Cllhtinl back.
Mu ke,on relidents have lon, cried out to the city offi­
cial to do lometbingabout the drul problem plaluin their
communitie . Recently, Channel 13, Grand Rapid, hosted
a tbree-part eric n dru trafficking in Mu kegon.
utor, Tony D. Ta ue ha
worn to eradicate all cr c cocaine dealer from ke on
ho come thin ing t at us cion's rn uent tourism' car­
pet extend a elcomin hand to dru ofCende ..
Some resident have et up their 0 n vi flante roup.
There i a neighborhood crime watch pro r m. One resi­
. dent h s a Ign posted on her door, "No Drug Dealer Are
Wanted Here!"
Once frightened by the influx of cr ck coc ine and crime
in their community, Brie City Afric n-Amerlc n are now
angry, realizing that city official can do only 0 much.
In the past year community upport roup have taken the
initiative to e tabli h anti-drug rallie . Vario loc I a en­
cies;' organization and religiou group have joined the
drug prevention effort. Mornin St r Bapti t Church hold
anti-drug clas es Cor youn people every Saturd y at noon.
RECENTLY, MO NING TA Bapti t Church ho ted
a large anti-dru rally where repre entative of 14 local
organiz tion ranging from fratem I lodge to the Nation of
I lam' Black Muslims told about their commitment to the
Co tl doPa J
It1 Colle e D Bol Honors Pr· ........ -
tudents, recently back from their "Window to Afrlca/T e
Journey Ho e " tour, display authentic frlca cloUd I
obtained on their vi Ita to the West African co trlelofS al
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War f ilie
r b�il�ing a
by NATHANIEL COTT
�"I�· ...... ere·
Thus, Operation Dessert storm,
for the moment, is over. And
while war torn Kuwait and Iraq
must begin to rebuild, a rebuild­
ing of a different kind has to
begin in America too.
The death toll for Allied For­
ces was light. Reportedly le·ss.
than 100 were killed. But the
devastating emotional cars,
tho e that linger and grow more
intense with the passage of time,
have, according to Polly Mc-.
Alpine, facilitator with the
Eastside Family Support Group,
surfaced. .
McAlpine said, "I think the
familie suffered the greatest
amount of stres ."
She contends that ap-
proximately one third of
America's fighti ng forces were
engaged in the Gulf war, and that
the time element itself was not
ufficiently long enough for
professionally trained military
personnel "to uffer any dire
stres ." Thus, while the war i
over, the battle at home begins.
McAlpine aid the support
group has begun planning bome
coming celebrations and they
will continue to a sist those in
'need.
. I i. ", IJ' ¥ t
war lover. She .aid, I've just
been praising God about it. I am
thoroughly relieved ... we are
trul y blessed."
Reverend Murry Warren, as­
sociate minister of Greater Beth­
lehem Temple Church, organized
Highland Park's/Hamtramck's,
and the Eastside, 412 Piquette,
and Westside, 2610 Ewall Circle,
Chapters, when he couldn't find
a support group for his mother, in
Detroit.
He ha a brother in the
military.
He said the support groups
will continue until the need has
.
Wayne County qets most
·MSHDA repair loans
byL TONYA MITH
Rev. Murry, Warren
ended.
And that McAlpine said, may
take some time.
She said while the war was
being fought. M.ilitarily, she has
noticed "an unexpected moodi-
Continued on Pa e S
loa .
The loans, admin.iatered by the
Michigan State Hou ing
Development Authority
(MSHDA), are given ·to
homeowners with incomes below
$36,500. Wayne County borrowers
led the list with 84 loans.
Comerica Bank-Detroit was the
leader among Wayne County
banks in helping to finance 66
MSHDA loans.
According to Bob Brown,
director of home improvement
loans for MSHDA, this may be a
shock to some people who don't
believe Comerica-Detroit has
mad commitment to fiiiancin
loans in the city.
"Comerica
t
. COTT WI�LIAMS, a
spoke person for
Comeri Detroit, said this will
probably not top acaJSatio that
Comeriea hasn't finan� loans for
Detroit residents.
"We've always had a good
lending record with the authority,"
Williams aid. ·In terms of
delivering to low to middle income
people, we've always done good
job, others have a difference of
opinion and that will a1wa� be the
case."
Williams said the exact number
of MSHDA loans given to Detroit
Number from MSHDA
indicate that of the 66 MSHDA
loan pproved by Comerica,
approximately 20 went to Detroit
residents.
Arthur Johnson, president of
the Detroit chapter of the NAACP,
said that they are pleased with the
loan numbers from the bub and
that they are an improvement over
recent years.
"WE HAVE MEASU and
monitored their performancee and
are pleased to y the bub &aYe .
performed much better and are
exceeding our targets," Johnson
Conti eel on P 5
Arab community rallie
to r- relieve horror
By ALLISON JONES
Co"espondent
DBTROIT- A group of Iraqi
Americans are raising money
and collecting medical supplies
to e se war-caused horrors in
their homeland.
Describing conditions as
"worse than hell," Dr. Ramasy
F. Dass, coordinator of Victims
of War (VOW), said the lack of
clean water and electricity in
Iraq Iotlowing American bomb­
ing has-put tens of thousands in
danger of death.
Citizens or Iraq suffered
from over 100,000 sorties flown
by allied bombers during the six
weeks of the war. The resulting
damage has left the country
without electricity for com­
munications or to power waste
treatment plants, water
facilities or hospitals.
"The situation is so acute
that surgery is being performed
without anesthesia. Patients are
moaning in pain," said Paul Vin­
cent, VOW member. Surgery is
'being done under candlelight,
haH the kids have diarrhea, the
first step toward dysentery."
People are drinking polluted
water from the Tigris river, Vin­
cent said, noting that sewers are
dumping into the same river.
To date VOW has raised
$160,000, but hopes to have
S200,000 by the time they leave
for Jordan with medical sup­
plies donated by the local Chal->:
dean community.
He said VOW members.
would see to it that the medical
supplies I and baby formula are
actually put in the hands of the
needy in Iraq.
Re 1 ie f efforts must be'
proces ed by a recognized
humanitarian organization.
Continued on Pa e S
WENDELL HUDSON: 'They
should focuse on doina ·
for Am.uiCIDI. They have to ook
at what's real, the homeless,
poverty. We need to be doing
thinlS for Americans, the
employment is�ue should be
tracked. These are definite
tangiblea which can be addre&sed. •
ANTHONY COATES: ·Gun
control. so many teenagers are
dying because they have possession
of suns. They've been killing each
other since the 80' 5, once they get a
IUD they 1 e their priorities and
stop going to school."