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: The proposed $l,OOO-per-
I child tax credit would en-
; courage parents not to work
, and would waste money on the
: middle class, who don't need
: government help, aid Jo Anne
i Barnhart, i tant secretary of
: the Children and Families Ad­
: ministration, in tesitmony
before Congre s June 26.
: The tax credit w a recom-
I mendation 0 the National Com­
'I ml ion on Children to ddre
t� cns' facing American .. : � ,
I children.
Sayirig that the-credit w a
'. ':disincentive to work,"
_!!arnhart testified that parents'
I behavior, not government
t policy i the root cause of
I poverty.
• The Children's Defense
• Fund testified at the arne hear- .
: ing, saying, "Every We tern in-
e dustrialized democracy except
I t})e, 'United States has some ver­
I 'Qn of a tax credit for children,
t a modest, basic payment per
• child."
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: health care
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• •• =State Senate Republicans
revealed a legislative package
; to provide health care plan for
, the state' working poor at a
: series of press conferences June
, 26.
Sen. Dan DeOrow, R-Port
: Huron, aid one .bill would pro­
vide free health insurance to
• about 125,000 of the state'
, poor children. Other bills
would offer low-cost insurance
: to people without any now. The
• bill would redirect a portion of
: the fund now paid by Blue
ero Blue Shield to hospital
, • for capital improvements into
: an insurance fund to sub idize
1 the low-cost insurance.
• Sponsors ay families COuld.
• obtain insurance for I than
� $100 a month premium under
the plan.
� The package will be taken
• up in the fall e ion of the ,
legislature.
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DBA BORN, rca. - Nikki
. Grave S oor has been named
.project coordinator of the African­
American Family Life and Culture
project at Henry Ford Museum
Greenfield Vinage.
Shakoor I responsible for d­
ministration and evaluation of new
programmin for eneral visitors
and school grou tbat 11 be intro­
duced in August aDd September It
two hi toric African-American si
- a pair of 1850 slave d elUnp and
a 1930 farmhouse - that were
origin Uy moved from the Low
Country of coastal Georgia to Green­
field Village more than 40 years ago
and are now undergoing restoration.
In ddition, Shakoor is develop­
ing the program for "A Celebration
of Emancipation," August 10-11, a
pecial event marking the opening of
the project exhibits that will re-ere­
a a variety of ICtivities iated
with historic celebrations of Bman­
cipation throughout North America.
Shakoor, who is also a member of
, . the h lth education f culty at
Wayne State University, w pre­
viously clinical service director for
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coo
TH UlT I lIllln the p
it b c out, but e id the
and bums on her porch- will
be gone, d e will ve
home.
Even w en Coo finally d ob-
tain her occupancy permit, he
to worry bout b ntee owner
coming b ck to claim the property.
The hou ing contract h a
stipulation th t the owner can come
b ck within three year to reclaim
A G R D U AT 0 Siena the property if the contractor does
Heigh College in Adrian. Mich., not have title to it, but the owner
Shakoor eamed a r of Public must reimbur e the contr ctor for
Administration degree from Bernard
.Baruch College, City Unfversity of labor, materi , and p y t e city
w Yo and received a National backtaxes. .
Urban Fello hip in 1988. She is a. The NUl ance Abateme�t
founder and president of the League progr� �o allo fo� commumty
of Muslim Women, Inc., a com- organizations to obt8ll! an ban­
munity service orpnization, and is a doned home for renovation and oc-
member of the National Association cupancy.. . . .
of Female Executive , tbe National �osa Suns, executive �ector of
Forum for Black Public Ad- UDlte.d Stre�t .NetworklD a�d
ministrators and the International Plannmg: Building Commumty
Black Wo�n's Congress. (U-SNA�-BAC), coalition of
Heruy Ford Mtaeum & Green- co�mu.Dlty gro�p , says the or­
field Village is national museum of gaDl�bon provides n�ber �f
American history, and technology SCfV1CCS to help people With their
founded in 1929 by Henry Ford. I
ml ion ito, collect, preserve and FI
interpret to a broad public audience
the American hi torical experience,
with pecial emphasis on the
relationship between technological
change and American culture. TIle
mmeWll' an independent, not-for­
profit educational institution. that is
not connected w'� r �
the Ford Motor COmJ'anY 01 the I'd
Foundation.
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51 Yea.rs of
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Distinguished Service
By Carolyn Warfield
Correspond.nt
Vincent C. Stuart will retire from
Ford Motor Company's Main Power
Plant June 28. OD September 11,
1990, Stuart celebrated his Golden
Anniversay with Ford Motor Com­
pany as an electrical engineer. "Tbe
electrical trade has allowed me to
instruct and influence many young
people in getting and maintaining
employment. The initial electrical
training I received at Cass Technical
High School began a lifetime of
benefit and achievement. By apply­
ing myself to what electrical en­
gineering had to offer, I have
received opportunities galore."
Stuart .now in his seventie ,
recounts episodes from his
childhood and adult life that made'
him a doer and kept him in good
mental and physical stamina.
Of Jamaican descent, his paren
were born in St. Elizabeth and
Manchester Parish. His mother told
him about how she and his father ran
away from the island, migrated to
Philadelphia and married, then set­
tled in Detroit several years prior to
his birth.
"My family was big on Gar­
veyism and worked to cquire ships
for Garvey's commerce venture. He
intended to set up a U.S. trade route
with Africa and the Caribbean.
Leisure travel to the Motherland w
in the plan too," Stuart remarked.
"ONCE IN DETROIT, my papa
took employment with Ford MotolS
where he retired. That t m� heart
to follow his example, tit to do
as well be had. Though he and my
mother never pennanently returned
to Jamaica they had hoped, they
consi tently nutured the extended
family there with all sorts of supPort,
including financial." Stuart con­
tinued that tandard by pOnsoring
three Jamaican family memben in
U.S. schools.
"The seed for learning was
planted largely by my mother who
was determined that I succeed. So
much so that during the dep ion
he cut the heels off • pair of ber
shoes so that I would not m' c -
e
erica
NIkki Grav Sbakoor
Midwest Home Care in Detroit. She
allo rved a pecial i tant to
the Cuylhoga County Administrator
in a land and oo.t coord r
for ao Inlel'Dlltio I African Student
E cttange pro .... m' in Detroit. '.
scs. 'J1lough mama and papa were
both sticklers for seeing that I
learned. papa upplied the rod when
necessary. They worked as a team in
their endeavors. Despite the serious
demeanor I had a tudent I w an
all star athlete and letterman in track.
Boxing and wimming were
sidelines. "
Bicycle racing wet Stuart's ap­
petite at age 17 when he eyed a
marathon ign in a Dearborn bike
hop window. He laughed about his
first bike, made from pares won in
newspaper sale competitions. "I
earned it and felt proud of its custom
style. Thirty years of bicycling en­
thusiasm have afforded new bikes
and many tropies," he continued.
In May be placed second in Belle
Isle's Wolverine 200 Mile Special
Bike Marathon.
Fo four years after high school
Stuart attended Ford Motor
Company' apprentice school study­
ing electrical engineering. ,
Wben World War Il hit, his safety
net of parental deferment became
draft duty in the United State Navy
due to his ins tence on serving in the •
. military. Luckily the enlistment
lasted only one year. He as among
the filSt Black Navy personnel to be
technicians and taught shop and
theory at the Navy' Service School
in Hampton, Virginia. While in Vir­
ginia, he met Cynthia, who later be­
came hi bride.
AFTER HONORABLE di -
charge from the Navy, Stulrt
returned to Ford to continue learning
more electrical engineering. He VI
one of Ford's first computer plant
engineers. "We could take whatever
we wanted so that time it w air
conditioning, heating and refrigera­
tion. I went to school to be a good
foreman."
Besides the Ford Motor Company
program, Stuart attended Lawrence
Tech and Henry Ford Community
College. In 1990 he learned lock­
smith technology. "I have enough
knowledge now to teach practical
technologies when I get to Jamai "
he said.
The National Technical Associ -
tion (NTA) w e tablisbed in 1926
and is chartered in 40 states with 30
student chapters. NTA recognizes
persons who have attained proflcien­
cy in engineering, architecture,
mathematics and natural sciences.
Stuart ucceeded C. 1... Henderson 81
trea urer of the Detroit Chapter.
(HendellOn engineered the Aaibal-
dor Bride nd the Detroit tunnel.)
In May, Stuart received an
humanitarian award from the Detroit
Chapter. 1be national convention is
stlheduled for Atlanta in September
and Stuart is a candidate for a nation­
al achievement award. Two of
Stuart's son are electrical engi�rI
and are members of NTA.
Always of service to his fellow­
man Stuart said "it's good to have
someone behind you, someone who
cares. I have never bad a problem
lending hand wherever needed.
Over the years I have volunteered for
10 of organizations. When my so ...
were mall I w a troop leader for
the Boy Scou and an official for
t Soap Box Derby Cub. I w
always taking a carload of kids
somewhere for an outing. The boys'
dads claimed to be too busy so I
encouraged their goals. I rembmer
Eric Dickerson calling to me one dly
on the street and thanking me {or
helping him believe in his dreams.
Today he is a pilot. Whenever I see
them that is the posture of the ones
who have not forgotten Vince Stuart
from their boyhood daYs.
STUART I A member of the
Brewster Old nmelS where he and
Mayor Coleman A. Young some­
tim bare stories about the pasl
Whenever Call Tech Alumni have
cll reunions or tommunity ac­
tivi , tbey call on Stuart for inpUl
He and Mrs. Stuart are devoted
parishoners of Christ Lutheran
Church. Stuart also rves u rose
pruner for the Ford Manor Garden­
ing Association and athletic advisor
for power tumbUnaand Imming at
J ph Walker Williams Recreation
Center.
Friend and family toasted
Stuart's new future June 24 with gif1
and a buffet dinner at the J ph
Wiker Willilms Center in the Vir­
ginia·Park Plaza.
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toward the Black community," local
NAACP Directot A.D. Pickney aid.
In In investigation of Sharp 11
years IgO, after he had fatally shot
&DO r BI "it rev �
� had' ie �f VI te
supremacist group in Virainia and
Illinois.
Sharp w reassigned to a de k
job, but two years later he was
igncd back to patrol duty. "The fact
that such a man was till carrying a
gun and patrolUng the streets an
IndianapoU Police Department of·
D
OWNING
fieer shows a total lac of ltivity
to the Black community and II
affront to tbe Black community,"
said Pickney.
LOCAL NAACP' 111
to seciuC 10,000 to 15;000 SI n
on petitions calIi. for In mYelti -
tion.
It will also establish a telephone
hot line to take calls from people wbo
experience or witness police
brutali ty or harassment.
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The Prosecutor aid McGinnis
did not actually go into the club.
Club owner Chris Adams told this
paper that Eric talked with the door
man for about 10 minutes and then
was I t seen with some white youths
in the parking lot behind the YWCA
cross the treet from the Club.
Wiley told the press that Mc­
Ginni was last seen heading south
on State Street near Elpt street going
the "opposite direction from the St.
Joseph River."
"From that time until his body
was recovered May 22, there is no
UNSPENT
evidence to Indicate what bappened
to Eric McOinni "Wiley d.
The NAACP annouoced the
offer of a reward, now totalU
$620.00 for information &e.dina to
the arrest.and conviction of AIlyo
connected to the death, acco to
Branch Plaident Mary DePoe. I
The NAACP's reward offer
whlcb' from anonymo dooen: I
w criticized by Wiley. He said the .
rewlrd implied there foul play
when there I no evidence of s�h. l
Autop y report said drowni I
w the ca of death.
ooatiaued
Pakistan's money is being held Reports have been made t
up because Congress has cut off aid the accumulated money � beyoad
on the grounds that it i developing control for U.S. authoriti d
nuclear weapons. much is due to unre�tic pJ.nni""
Happy Independence Day
l.art acceptl I GoldeD ,AnDln
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