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Conflict of inter
byD C.L WI
Staff Writer
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Cruce is now president of
the MIF, nd state Rep. Nelson
Saunders stated in a letter to
state Attorney General Fr n .
Kelley that "The appe ranee of
a conflict of intere t is trou­
bling," and a ked for n inve -
tig tion of Cruce and the MI ,
Saunder ys the MIF had
irect ry significant in-
tere t in t outcome of the
legisl tive ctions relative to
uto insurance.
th t Cruce had been the 'Ch ir
o the enate Commerce Com­
mi tee, nd in th t c pacity
h d si ted in formulating the
Ie i I rive plan for pi cing the
uta in urance i ue in Con­
ferenc Committee, which he
ch rg limits deb t by the
full House of Repre ent tives.
Saunders is sking Kelley to
inve tig te the leg lity of the
Legi I hire' plan to use the
Confer nee Committee arran­
gement which was negoti ted
by ruce while he was planning
same time negotiating with the
auto insurance industry con­
cerning his employment by the
Michigan In urance Federa­
tion (MIF).
The MIF is a repre entative
of the state' insurance com-
ormer state Sen tor Doug
Cruce m y be facing conflict of
interest charges for pa t legis­
lative action affecting auto in­
surance regulation and auto
no-fault benefit , while at the
to resign from the Senate to
work for MIF.
Cruce Iso supported a plan
to place the Essential In­
surance Act into the Con- .
ference Committee, which will
prevent the full House from
See INSURANCE, Pag 6
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VI E and .CONQUER
h rsh truth with ma slve public impo ed on the apartheid �
relations. government of South Africa,
Hani spoke Saturday, April Hani told the audience that the
20 t the Centr I United deKlerk government ha "hardly
Methodi t Church as the second touched the edifice" of apart­
p on a 10-city U.S. tour to heid.
r lIy support for keepin s nc- Referring to the lifting of
- t in pl ceo anction b 12 Europe n
ni that Ame rica i"_�'4'�I.IIl"'oAlJWa&l. -.&'.''''''P1I •• _� .... i
idertn a move to lift anction aid," In this rush to lift anc-
tion . the victims of apartheid
have been ignored." '
,liThe time is not opportune,"
Hani said and appealed to "you
who are with us in the course of
this struggle" to continue the
fight to retain sanction against
the ap ar.the id goverment of
South Africa.
By ALLISON JONES
Correspondent
DBTROIT- To Detrolters Ii
tening to Chris Hani, Chief of
Staff, Umkhonto we Sizwe,
African N tional Congre s
(AN C), he r mar t ne of
oppr ion: divide and co' uer;
co-opt the le er hip; hide the
It's Spring,- househunting season and
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Iscrlmlna ion'
in bl
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HE NOTED that those who
want to Ii ft sanctions, do so for
their economic self-interest and
use the argument that Blacks are
"suffering" under the sanctions.
We have been suffering since
colonialism conquered us, Hani
said. We will suffer a few more
years so we can get genuine par­
ticipation.
Only when South Africa has a
democra tic, non-rac-ial, non­
sexist government with genuine
participation will the uffering
end, Hani said.
The Black-on-Black violence
that ha grabbed headlines in
recent months is the public rela­
tions creation of' apartheid, Hani
told his listeners and detailed
the efforts made by the ANC to
get the government to stop the
violence.
He �old of people being killed
at peaceful gatherings while
�olice stood by and let the mur-
S e HANI, Page 3
The Michigan Department
of Civil Rights and the
Fair Housing Center, both in­
vestigate complaints of dis­
crimination based on race,
religion, creed, color, nation­
al origin, sex, handicapped _
status, age and martial status.
Ann Wettlaufer, co-direc­
tor of the Oakland County
Center for Open Housi ng,
said the Fair Housing Center
.of Metropolitan Detroit ha
worked throughout Oakland
County.
"Our number of complaint
are holding constant at 150-
200 yearly," Schrupp said, ad­
ding, "The number of
complaints we receive is
determined by the amount of
publicity we get."
Horn described the most
By JENNIFER MARSIK
Capital News Service
LANSING- The warmer
weather bri ngs the famHi r
sight of the return of migrat­
ing birds. But another not-so­
familiar rite of spring is the
s imil ar activity of people
searching for a new home.
"The warmer weather
people out looking," said
James Horn, director of
public -infor ma uo n at the
Michigan Department of Civil
Rights.
Cliff Schrupp, executive
director of the Fair Housing
Center of Metropolitan
De troi t, agreed. "1 t's
seasonal. The spring brings
more househunting."
But orne house hunters
face ob tacles much more
serious than climbing interest
Detroit office, which serves
Oakland County, said Horn.
. ra tes or how many tree are on
the property.
The Michigan Department of
Civil Rights has had 64 com­
plaint of housing discrimina­
tion in the first two quarters of
the 1990-1991 fiscal year, 50
percent of those coming in to the
"WE AVERAGE 200 com­
plaints per year, so that's pretty
lOW," he sid. "But we're just
reaching the time of year that
housing activity gets in gear."
. See HOUSING;P.g� 13
LA WHITE: "Ye , I feel
that Ford Auditorium hould
be demoli h e d in order to
make room for the Hilton
Hotel or another project that
will benefit Detroit economi­
cally in the future."
GREG ROBINSON: "Yes, it
should be demoli hed for the
expansion of the city, which
means more revenue, conven­
tions, and things of that na-,
ture."
DIA GILBERT: "No, I feel
that if the jobs come in like
they say, people in the city will
not get job. I don't think it
will benefit the city that much,
as f r a job ."