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lectlon
JAC�N, Mi • (AP)- An
attorney for nine Blac who
filed ui t in June over
redi tricting said Tu d y that
if a three-judge federal p nel
in Jack on doe n't top
sch wed elecuors, the U.S.
Supre Court will be peti
tioned to lnterven .
U H don't win here, we
will win in the Supreme
Court," said Carroll Rhodes
of HazJebwst, an attorney for
Blac in the uit.
t week, the panel or
dered election held on
chedule with pre nt line .
lrued Tuc ay
king the panel to reconsider
the deci ion and delay elec
tions unti! an • 'acceptable
Ian" is drawn.
New lines approved by
the 1991 Legi lature were
rejected by the Justice Depart
ment on July 2. Districts must
be redrawn every 10 years to
reflect population hifts
detected tty the census.
City official ay
U.S. lifted South
Africa sanctions
too oon
LOS ANOELES (AP)
Mayor Tom Bradley and offi
cials of neighboring cities aid
President Bush lifted.
economic anction against
South Africa too soon and
pledged to keep city anti
apartheid measures in force.
• • Jus t as sanctions were ful
filling their promise in en
couraging the South African
government to lift the oppre -
ive and unjust mantle of
apartheid, the president lifted
the sanctions. That i a prema
ture gesture that may slow the
dismantling of apartheid,"
Bradley said in a statement i -
sued Tuesday.
Sanctions were impo ed
under the Comprehensive
Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986.
Since then, U.S. investment in
South Africa declined from
$2.3 billion to $750 million.
Minority college
enrollm nt at
record level . . .
In N.J.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _
Minority enrollment at col
leges and universities in ew
Jersey reached an all-time
high I t year, with the number
of Black and Hispanic under
graduates topping 48,000
after declining between 1983
and 1987, according to a
recent report.
For all the good new .rnore
must be done to encourage
minoritie to study for ad
vanced degrees, said an author
of the study, "Turning Chal
lenges into Opportunities for
Minority Students at New Jer
sey State CoUeges."
ca
th D y Care Center, 600
dn Wedn d y, J Iy 31.
IIi u
up ... wi h yo�r h Ip
, Larry LanRford
cording to one of the WUBU in
siders. "Larry had ft> go on the air.
He set up the format he originally
planned and believed the new
owners would maintain it. Now we
hear it will be an all talk station," the
insider said.
A period of public comment on
the pending transfer of the radio
station's license is now in effect, ac
cording to Bob Jones, communica
tions committee chairman of the
Metropolitian Kalamazoo Branch of
NAACP. Jone, while passing out
letters to be igned and ent to the
F.C.C. Chairman, Distributing them
at the Black Ar & Crafts Fe tival
'91 on August 3, had this to say: "I
first became aware of WUBU's
problem Memorial Day weekend. I
attended a meeting held at Tommy
Thornton's home."
Jones aid the community need
to keep the tation in its pre ent for
mat. While voicing atisfaction with
the pa ionate upport shown by
both Blacks and whites for retainina
the station's present focus, Jones
saId there Is alway need of addition
al letters and phone call to the
• F.C.C.
Tom Thornton, President of
Southwest Michigan Minority Busi
nes Association, w instrumental
in bringing WUBU and Michigan
Citizen representatives together so
that their common interest, serving
the Black community, could besatis
fled. Thornton was also instrumen
tal in the Save WUBU Committee
obtaining over 500 igned letters of
prote t at the Black Arts � Crafts
Fe tival, letters the Committee ill"
mail to the F.C.C. Area churche are
also distributing and mailing leners,
according to Jones.
Others involved in the mpaign
to ave a Black voice in
Kalamazoo's airwave are Renita
Clay, Ronald Ware, and Kelsey
Hamilton. "We need a WUBU,"
Clay ins' ted.
U - 'Ii
ina/Community Forum
Wed y night, July 31,
CODOC 0 ny
ho feel the level of
te io in the community
n lnce the hom c d 0 IA
Franchot Green on June 1
Green Blae ldlled in t
parki lot of 0 niel's Family
Rest urant by a hite man,
Robert Collins, Sr.
Amid outra n er from
the Bl c community over t
prem ture noouncemnet 0 j -
tifi ble homicide by Men
County Prosecutor Tony'; \Ie
before the completion of a police
investi lion into the kilUn ,and
the ubsequent c of mere
w pon violatio inat in the
community joined together to
form a Committee on Community
Affairs to look at vario lya to
e IC rei tiona bet een tbe
minority community and city
ministration.
TIle nine-member commi
consists of Rev. John LaGoe,
Ivory Morris, Bill Gill, Minister
William X Walker, CharI Fair,
M ry Wiggi , Oc-prge Harri n,
Gloria Gardner, ltd Rev. Oeo
Bennett, who moderated the
meeting of July 31.
Glori Gardner, spo espenon
for the committee, said the group
i anticipating a ri of meet
ings with city officials to diJc
issues relative to community rela
tions that, pecifica1ly, have an
impact on the minority com
munity.
By DAN Y R. COOKS
Co"espondenl
WUBU' owner wants to clear
the air. He trongly de ire to ex
plain how it' th t hold WUBU to
a whit company that may not main
tain i pre nt form t. However, he
remains ilem beca e the term of
the al� legally zip his lip. For
tun tety, what know, other people
knowalo.
"He h been fighting thi radio
tation and that radio tation to get on
the air for almo t three years," an
insider volunteered. "He" i Larry
-Langford, own r of
WUBU ... "Everybody fought him to
keep him from getting on th air. He
almost went bankrupt with legal ex
pense. The money earmarked for
transmis ion towers and other equip
ment was depleted."
Another insider said Langford
w paid $700,000 for the tation.
"He took the money, thinking 'who
needs this hassle; I'll move on to
greener pastures.! Larry didn't
know they wouldn't keep the
station's Black format. He tried to
back out of the ale but -couldn't,
Now it's up to the Black community
to cause the F.C.C. to intercede and
block the ale."
If WUBU's owner had trouble
getting on the air because great white
corporate interests opposed him,
cUing out what may have b n a
financi lly ound move. To
categorize Langford as a Black front
for a white busine enterprise, ince
the buyl ell agreement had been
reached prior to the station going on
the air, may have been a bit harsh.
.F.C.C. RULE give tation
owners time limits to get on the air
before they lose their license, ac-
Head of WM�Race- Relations.
lnstitute vows to make a difference
By DANNY R. COOKS
view.
AMONG TIlE lSSUES to be
di cussed regarding the ci ty ad
ministration and its employment
practice are: .
- Review the current Affirm
ative Action Plan
- Review REO stati tics for
the past 5 years
Democrat reruse
upport En.gler r
Charged With
"Betraying The Poor"
By RON SEIGEL
,con-espotuknl
• J
LANSING - Tbe' Democratic
State Central Committee refused to
come out in upport of the campaign
to recall Governor John Engle!.
Stever Gould, taff member of the
committee stated the party intended
to concentrate on the state elcctio
and presidential election next year.
He added that the committee had
opposed recalling officials in 1983,
when attempts were made by conser
vatives to recall Democratic offi
cia . This position, he said, was still
binding.
Official in the Recall Engler
Committee charged this was a
"betrayal."
"IT IS CLEAR to UI nOw that
Pany leadership feel that tbe utTer-
tor'
By Mary GoWday
New Mt. Zion Baptist Church
will celebrate their p tor and wife,
Rev. Jame and Mrs. Princella
Witcher' Anniversary on Sunday,
August 18, at 3 p.m.
Rev. Edward Seal of New EmucaJ
Baptist Church of Chattanooga, len
nessee will bring the message. Rev.
James E. Witcher is the ho t Pastor.
The Mass Choir of the Mt, Her
man Zion Baptist Church will have
their Annual Day program on Sun
day, August 11 at 3:30 p.m.
Choirs invited are, Mt. Pilgrim
S· ptistCh�h�fBatt)eCret . Rev.
�ailey, Pastor; Sbilo �ptist Church,
, .
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to
c II
ing of the poor, the iala
senioll without mediQI CM .....
on meat inspection. 08
Workman's CompeDlllioD _
board and III of the 0 r DIOI ...
sl.bed by ••. Enaler .. .c:an be ... � ..
for three yeall while they WIIICD :INI.
the comfort of their air coadt
fully carpeted officea and _ ....
tbe statement charpcI.
Gould .aid the De
leadership led" ID 0lIl __
BnJler'. "draconian" ..... _
attemptina to in.ure 'ax ,....,
beneOted low and middle I
people, rather than the ricb.
Some members of t r
Comml nee declared t 'II ..
stronaer, bccaUIC the De ..
not suppon it, DOd
recognized u a 1'00II eflDd ..
citizens, DOt a pany drort.
members indicated .. •
Republican IrouP .",porth.
recall.
Co"e�pondenl "ONCE THE shroud of ig-
Dr. Earl M. Washington, as istant norance is stripped away," Dr.
dean of Western Michigan Washington continu d, "economic,
University's College of. Arts and ocial and legal improvements are
Science, recently added another po ible for all gr ups."
feather to hi cap. He ha become the Wayne State University joins
first permanent director of WMU's WMU a the only tate- upported
Institute for the Study of Race and college and universitie offering
Ethnic Relatio . The WMU Board race relation tudy group,
of Trustee approved Washington' Washington aid. WMU's institute
appointment July 26. - It became ef- began in 1989 with a budget hover-
fective August 1. ing around $75,000. Whi1e it
"We are delighted that Dr. budget has incre ed on paper,
Washington h accepted this impor- Washington conceded that the -in-
tant position," aid Dr. Nan y S. Bar- titute has een cuts recently. How- ception in the larger communJty that
re u, WMU Provo t nd vice ever, th cuts "are not indi tive f thi i litutiononthehilli separate
and d' erent from the rest of the
pre idem for academic af�airs. We t rn' commitment to th pro-
"Under Dr. Washington' leader- gram," he pointed out. "Cuts have community. We're the arne
b d h b d d h People," he insisted. "We're out
ship the institute will become a cen- een rna e aero t e oar an t e
ter for race relations re earch, and Institute i not exempt." there in the community after work
will attract cholars and cholarship While the Institute ha offered a living j t like everybody else.".
that will upport and enhance our couple of conferen in the p t, Hoi '�fUture conferences out-
university' commitment to diver- Washington hopes to design innova- ide the niversity i . one way
. f '1' h ud W hin n hopes to create a more
ity," he ·aid. live program to aCI nate tty
The institute, according to Dr. of race relations. "I envi ion or- friendly tmospbere for the inquiry
t' • into the nature of race relanons.
Washington, w inspired y tate ganizing a national conterence In the
f .. An author and teacher whose sub-
legislator Morri Hood, who pring or the purp e ot dealing
believed uch an institution could with ympo ium (meeting at ject maner i inter-culturalandinter-
study the effec of race and ethnic whic. h everal peake� di cus r cial· communication, Dr.
b f d) d W hi � said hi purpose head
,,�I tionsamongv riouscom.m.�ni.ty., t.�P��. c.ore. n au len�e an ofthei titutewill be to "get people
group th reby "wiping away ig- worksho which d al With the e to look t hat ci m i: n ttitudc,
n,orance of policym er," hin ton aid.
h well ._' havior." ,I' _ ,_ •
W hington aid irt'a' recent irner- Itkc to hange t c per-. . ._
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