1
1 , 5
tricl RObert
n med mb ador to
mbourg. 25 - M 1-
colm X, civil right le der,
born.
About how many lave
were smuggled into the US
after the international
lave trade ban declared
the practice illegal?
Y 20, 1922 - Julian
E. King, judge, we born.
1746 - Tou iant L'
Ouverture, revolution ry
leader of Haiti, wa born.
Name the Black
American artist who sang
classical music to
European audiences as
early a 1851?
MAY 21, 1833 - Black
student enrolled in cia -
se t Oberlin College,
Ohio. 1904 - Thoma
(Fat) Waller, pi ani t/com
po er/organl t, wa born.
Which Black regligious
leader sold meals in the
Great Depression to
whites and Blacks for fi/
teen cents?
MAY 22, 1931 - Van
B. Bruner, architect, wa
born. 178� - Arthur Tap
pan. abo Ii tionis t, was
born.
During the slave trade,
wh at did African chiefs
mean by Ita book?"
MAY 23, 1921 - The
Black musical, "Shuffle
Along", opened in New
York City. 1844 - Charles
E. Nash, US Congressman,
W-8 born.
Which state did Con
gresswoman Barbara J or
tUJII npresent?
MAY 24, 1854 - Lin-
coln Univer ity, the fir t
'f 1�1 PJln s. s I
Ashnau I. �MM:- .rin
Chester County, Pa. 1924
- Avery Hill optometrist.
Is the sickle cell trait
noted in any group 0/
American Indians?
MAY 25, 1919
Madame C.J. Walker, cos
metics manufacturer and
first Black female mil
lionaire, died. 1935 -
Jes e Owens of Ohio State
set three world records and
ties a fourth in Big Ten
t
.
..
"
With portrait of Je se
OweD iD backgrouDd,
Mrs. OweDs pose wltb
Rep. Lo s Stokes
Conference track meet.
192-5 - Miles Dewey
Davis, trumpeter/com
poser, was born.
Name the Black college
star who positioned at
quarterback as far back as
the 1923 season.
'.
ANSWERS
19th - About 200,000,
not incluidng those who
went to the West Indies
and South America.
20th Elizabeth
Taylor Greenfield, who
was sometime referred to
as "the Black Swan".
21 t - Father Divine.
22nd - A European
contract nece sary to con
duct busine s of trading
for alves.
23rd - Texa .
24th - Ye - tribe in
South America, and po -
sibly el ewhere.
25th - Edward "Sol"
Butler at Dubuque Col
lege, 1923-1926.
Petition to remove
Governor will be
distributed this week
Coalition claims
broad based
opposition to Engler
ve been
I to pay
nd h vin
he id.
(
&JIA:.�:'I(' 0 , the peti tion
not only criticize n ler ' cut
in oci I ervice benefit, fund
ing for inf nt mort lity, employ
ment tr inin nd Medic id, but
loin rt, meum, nd the en
vironment.
The petition i upported by
ACO , the Public Service
Co lition, Operation Get Down,
the Hunger Action Coalition nd
the W yne County Union of the
Homele .
Taylor al 0 tate th t it ha
the per on I upport of tate
legi lator , including
Republican in Engler' own
party.
There re upporter of the
. petition in 76 of Michigan's 83
countie , including Governor
Engler' own I abella County.
She uggest that the fir t
are the legisl Cure authorized
and tran ferring to are s the
legislature did not approve.
If Engler ucceeds in this ef
fort, unemployed people without
handicaps will receive no
General A istance tarting June
1.
On the other h nd, Bert
Kandler, Dodalt' Senior Policy
Advi or. tate, several of the
Governor's top deputies will
rec ive increase in IAlary
wi tho egi lative approval.
K ndler tates that the
elimination in tate aid for the
unemployed will increaso suffer
ing particularly since Engler pre
viously removed job training
programs.
BE ADDED, HOWEVER,
thAt the suit only involves the
constitutional question of
separation �f powers, which h
been co ide red a b ie part of
democracy.
"The logical concluajon (of
the governor ' actions) is that
the JegisJa ture could stay at
home, " he said. "We would have
one person government. "
He compared Engler's actions
to tho e of President Richard
Rev. AI Sha,rptoD aDd the
pareDt 01 Rola. Adams
lead a iIIareh 01 2,00
supporter. 18 LODdoD
receDtly to brlDI
IDterDatloDal atteDdoD to
the brutal rder of
Adams by a laDI 01 w Ite
youth.
I r
Nixon in the early 70 , impound
ing money ppropriated by Con
gress for housing.
"The court aid he had no
right to do it," Kandler aid.
"But Nixon only refused to
spend money. He did not pend
it on omething else."
Repre entatives in Engler'
office were not available for
comment.
Maureen Taylor of Un
employed and Employed
Workers, and organization pass
ing a petition to recall the gover
nor, said, "Engler uffers from
paranOid, delu ional kind of
theorie . He' 'not being gover
nor. He's introducing a monar
chy."
el el
Corre ,ondent
HIGHLAND P -A petition to
recall Michig n Governor John
Engler will be di tributed thi
week by Unemployed nd
Employed Workers, coalition
oppo ed to cutbac in tate er
vice.
"We c n't have a person in
state government that ays
Michigan doe not care about the
unemployed." tated Maureen
Taylor, a repre ent tive of the
co lition.
Taylor t tes that Engler's
cut in ocial ervice will ere te
hunger and homeles ne and hi
attempt to totally eliminate all
tate aid for childle people
y 00 el el
Survlv I
S'ummlt for
th po
ROD
CO".,pond.nt
A Poverty Survival
Summit will be held
Friday May 17 at the Cas.
United Methodist Church
starting 5:30 p.m. and
Saturday May 18 at the
First Unitarian Church,
4605 Ca s Avenue at
Fore t, starting 8 a.m.
sponscred by the Up and
Out of Poverty Now Coali
tion, Michigan Welfare
Rights Aun., Wayne
County Union of the
Homeless, Operation Get
Down, Cass United
Methodist Church, and
Sane-Freeze.
Among the topic dis
cussed will be. fighting
state cutbacks of service •
youth, drugs, the
economics of poverty, and '
electing the victims of
.poverty, For more infor
mation, call Diane Bernard
or Sindra Bigelow at (313)
963-7788.
Young Black males is conference toplc in D.C.
by LaITY Stili mediate action at a conference proposals for bipartisan pubuc embarras ment" said Sanford.
NNPA N.wsS.",k. scheduled May 22-24 in and privatecooperatlon after the Working co-chairmen
Washington, D.C. co-chair, Sen. Terry Sanford (D- Fletcher and Jacob bluntly old
Speaki ng at the openi ng NC), emphasized that the annual commission members at the uni-
board meeting of the 21St Cen- cost of maintaining Black in- eue public session that they will
tury Commissto n on African- mates is S15,OOO per prisoner seek direct action to correct past
American Males" honorary compared to S8,700 per capita mi takes instead of merely
co-chairman, Virginia Gov. L. income for Black workers. ceremonial hearing and con-
Douglas Wilder, outlined "That disparity is a national ferences.
A national commi sion of
political, business, educational
and civic leaders established "to,
seek permanent solutions to the
problems of young Black
males ... " has pledged to take im-
Art
funding
plit
Detroit, out
at
By DENNIS L SANDERS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------
state, which is almost half of its said the tate had already fallen $1.5 million that would have
CapittJl News S.",ic. annual budget. Barbara behind on it promi e and he gone toward the DIA under
LANSINO- The battle be- Goldman, executive director of didn't want it to continue to faU Pollackl's plan w not enough
tween Detroit and outstate the Michigan Council for the behind any more. to do anything. Faxon noted
Michigan is flaring up again in Art, has aid that if the institute Ehlers aid the new building that an amendment i in commit-
the Legi lature, this time over lose half of its yearly budget to would replace the old building tee that would restore the 516
the issue of the arts. 'budget cuts, the museum would, currently housing the public million to the DIA.
The Senate voted last week have no choice but to clo e, museum. Faxon believes the House
again t an amendment intro- will restore the money and that
duced by Sen. Lana Pollack, D- SCHROER SAID THE fu- HE SAID HE sugge ted that it' up to the conference com-
Ann Arbor, that would have ture for the institute without the city of Detroit top charging rnittee to come up with an agree
allowed $1.5 million of a $2 mile. tate funding. is bleak. "They the ins tit u te epa ra tel y for
lion package earmarked to can't make it with donations," police and fire protection,
building a new mu eum in she said. noting if that happened in Grand
Grand Rapid to go in tead to Beginning Wednesday (May Rapids there would be a tremen-
the Detroit Institute of Art. 8), the city-owned institute will dous public outcry.
Part of the reason behind the begin charging admi sion. Ac- Ehlers believes the separate
amendment. aid a legislative cording to the museum's direc- fee i a way for Detroit to get
aide to Pollack, wa to give tor, Samuel Sach II, with the tate appropriated money for its
tart-up money for the Grand pos ibility of losing $16 million own u e. Schroer countered that
Rapid Public Museum and. to in tate funding, the museum ha the state pay police and fire
say the primary concern should to everything it can to bring in protection for citie that have
be to protect exi ting in ti tu- revenue. race track such a Northville.
tion . Se . Vernon Ehlers, R-Grand While Ehler aid thi event
Mary Schroer said it' i Rapid, said he voted again t the may heighten ten ion between
ludicrou to give $2 million dol- amendment partly becau e the Detroit and out tate Michigan, it
ar to a mu eum thit ha n't tate had a promi e to keep. is not a b ttle between the
even broken ground yet and Ehler aid the tate made a tate' two large 1 citie . "Thi'
have another in titution h ve to commitment everal ye rs ago i not a Gra�d Rapid vcr u
clo e down and maintain i art to give 510 million to the build- Detroit battle," he aid.
collection. iog of the Grand Rapids Public Sen. Jack Faxon, D-Far-
The DIA wa cheduled to Mu eum' new building in 52 mington Hill. who voted
receive $16.5 million from the million installment. Ehler gainst the amendment, .ays the
LANSING-MiChigan Hou e
Spea er Lewi N. Doda , Hou e
Appropri tion Chair Dominic
J cobeui, State Senate Minority
Leader Arthur Miuer, Jr., nd Ap
propri tion Committee member
David Holmes are waging a uit
again t Michigan Governor John
Engler for taking money from
ment to keep the in titute open.
Faxon aid Ehler's concern of
Detroit iphoning off money is
legitimate. He aid in the ca e
of cities that have race tracks,
the additional money for protec
tion comes from the increased
need to handle the crowd while
the money for the DIA is to of
fset the co t the Detroit pays to
protect the cultural center.
, Engler says no state'
money for new stadium,
by KIRK HAVERKAMP
Cllpikd N.-, S.",ic.
LANSING-funds should not
be used to build a new stadium
for the Detroit Tigers, Gov. John
Engler said Monday, clarifying
his position on what has been an
emotional subject for many
Michigan citizens.
Aaked at a Capital Ne s Ser-
vice pre conference what he
would be doing about a ne
Itad i um, Engler's reply was
"Nothing." Responding to a fol
(ow-up que tion. he confirmed
f
J
that meant no tate money for
the project.
Engler went on to say that
Itate upport for a new tadium
would not be in keeping with the
goal of reducing government in
terference with private en
teprlse.
William Ha e, Tige ' senior
vice president for future plan
nln and development, laid he
would have to Itudy the
,overnor'l r�mar I himlelf
before c�mPlenting.
oontlnued on P,'age 1.