VOL XIII NO. 39 AUGUST 18 • 24. 1991 - -
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Fear community out 0
$250 million VA job
By TERRY KELLY
Michigan Citizen Writer
DE1ROlT-Watching all piece
of the $250 million Veterans Ad­
ministraion construction project
lipping away, members of the Na­
tional A ociation of African
American B ine e (NAAAB)
brought together thi wee, th
major Blac contractors wi th re-
ntatives from Congre m n hn
Conyers office to say stop be
project if Blacks and Detroiters
not involved
August 29 is the deadline for
bids on the new 110 pital which will
be built on the site of the former
Brewster projec .
"Throw a wrench in the
,
project, " directed Thom Rhode,
TJ.R. Building Construction and
AAAB Treasurer, to Ray Plow­
den, Conyer' Chief of Staff, and
laid out a plan NAAAB i demand­
ing the Congressman implement.
Willie Mae Coles, director of
NAAAB, expres d her di sati -
faction with Rep. Conyers, who i
on vacation, not ddressing the
group nd se . hi aide in-
tead.
She noted that de pite Conyer's
promi es to NAAAB in February
that "Blacks would have a chance
to participate" in the VA project,
there was nothing concrete to
guarante Blacks or Detroiters
would benefit with three weeks to
See NAAAB, P.g 18
Kalamazoo you.th off to
mmurie with nature
B HARBOR -Angered by funding cuts
forcin people to choose between food and housing,
political ctivfty mong the poor has ri en dramati­
cally with voter regi tration drive and the recall
effort launched against Gov. John Engler.
It appears that Department of Social Service
(DSS)· striking back.
Neighborhood Information Sharing Exchange
(NISE), a Benton Harbor community organization
plans to test DSS resolve on Friday, August 16.
Three deputy registars rom NISE will enter the
lobby of the Berrien Co ty DSS office to attempt
to register DSS clien vote, said Charles Cobbs,
NlSE organizer. .
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Power for the People
ava ho
CHI AGO - Congr sm
Gus Savage (D-Il)h
demonstrated to Blac
politicians they not only do not
have to pend their liv on their
kne ,but they can push their
own agenda.
With the dedication of th
new federal building in
downtown Chicago Aug. 7 in
bonor of the late Congressman
Ralph Metcalfe, Savage
brought together the lions and
the lambs emerged the victor of
a months long bitter b ttle, and
in the cause championed the
brilliance of African American
genius for all Americans.
The name of the building w
ho
on
the· ue. The old bo club of
Re gan-clone
wanted it named
Congre man
tenko k i ,
chair of the
Wyand
Means Commit­
tee, lly of
former and cur- .
rent Mayor
Ricbard Daley.
Sav ge bat-
tled local
politici ,Ro tenkowski, and
Congres ionaI committees to
have etcalfe honored.
�etcalfe . former Olym-
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What they are up ai t a directive from
. r e , Di eto mily Service
AdmJ traUon, DSS office in Lansing.
1be memo from Caldw.ell w given NISE by
Leslie Bowerman, head of the Berrien County DSS
office on Wednesday to teU NISE why they can't
register people to vote in the DSS office.
"Voter registration campaigns hould not be con­
ducted in local DSS offices," reads the Caldwell
memo written August 6 to County DSS Directors.
"Voter registration can be achieved at a Secreary of
State office t the time of driver'S liscense applica­
tion or renew 1. People inquiring about registering
to vo may be referred to a Secretary of State
office
DSS, Peg 18
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State targets South Africa
BY LISA ZAGARQLI
ASSOCLA TED PRESS WRITER
do busin in South Africa. They al '0 prohibit the
state from buying produc and ervices from com­
panies that have ties there. The state doe n't have
aoy authority to control the exports of Michigan­
based companie .
However, anti-ap rthei acti ncourag-
ing exports to South Afri violates the pirit of the
her, law . Those law .
were meant to protest the
white . minority
government's rule over
the arion' Black
majo ty.
'It certainly is incon­
i tent to forbid the tate
to purchase from South Africa and tben to encourage
. • •• EXPORTS.P.g�18
'lANSING, Mich. (AP) _ South Africa is among
46 countries the state has targeted for increased
Michigan exports, de pite laws discouraging state
inve tments there because of its policy of racial.
segregation.
The Michigan Interna­
tional Office has ked law­
makers and busine
readers to recommend
volunteers to serve on trade
teams to South Africa and
the other countries.
Michigan law bar state pension funds and state­
. funded univedities from investing in companies that
North Ide Boy Scout Troops 203 and 204 out Ide tbelr bea uarter at 123 Roberson Street In
Kalamazoo, MI heading for Rota-klwan. Boy Scout camp ID Oshtemo for a weeks rendezvous with
nature. The troop I based at Mt. Zion Bapti t Church. In the future Troop 203 and 204 will
• be raiSing fund for other activities aDd adventure and will be eeldnl the upport of the
·community. (pboto by D. Cooks)