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"There are lot of people
to chec out, tal to, inter­
view!' "There' a time for
clo ure, • nd that time i p t
due," Wayne County
Pro cutor John O'Hair aid.
"Th re just eems no re on to
pursue it any farther."
Four Detroit women have
pie d d no cont t to charge
temming from the beating of
Joanne Was of Farmington
Hills during the annual
Freedom Fe tival fireworks
downtown on June 28.
Both Was, who i white,
nd the blac uspects have
id raci I I urs were houted
before the beating. A fifth
Detroit woman i awaiting trial
on ault charges. Was al 0
has filed a multi-million dollar
uit against the city.
Detroit pollee aid they
were reopening the inv tiga­
tion two week ago after
Mayor Coleman Young said he
personally interviewed wit­
nesses who contradicted Was's'
version of even and said he
provoked the Detroit women.
Police ay there now also is
doubt about whether Was or
someone. else was the victim in
a videotape of the beating
made y a by tand�r.
O'Hair aid no new
evi w turned up, but
Knoxaaid Tb day the inves­
tigation into the clash could
continue into 1992.
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School board
member re Igns;
treasurer, tay
LANSINO, MICH. (APT- The
school board member who
described NBA star Magic
Johnson a a C 'big, dumb,
Black kid" growing up in
Lansing has resigned as the
board's treasurer.
William Carter was absent
from Thursday's school board
meeting, but he submitted his
resignation letter to board
President Nancy Erickson on
Sept. 27.
He will continue to serve as
a board member.
Erickson said Carter volun­
tarily stepped down from the
treas urer post after learning the
board would likely vote to oust
him.
Carter made the Johnson
statement three times during a
Sept. 12 work session. He has
said he was trying to show how
athletics could help shape
youths.
Although the Lansing chap­
ter of the National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People has called
Carter's statement C 'back­
ward, archaic, racist and
tupid," group Thursday
called for healing. "I believe
Mr. Carter to be sending a mes­
sage of regret," said chapter
President Wilson Caldwell.
But Betty Springer, presi­
dent of' the Lansing Schools
Education Association, said
Carter's statement' 'cause us
to question his credibility to act
as an effective Lansing school
board member."
Carter did not immediately
.return phone calls Friday
night.
1
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THECAIL�, WOIB,
irU . cA Cox and Bell. Today
Cox and � hmiIy the owners
cA WCHB AM and WJZZ FM radio
nons, which m e up the Bell
Broadcasting Company.
When WCHB began broadcast-
n
whip."
"Th doors h v been open d
continu to be open," Arnold ded.
According to Cox, th competi­
tion in radio is ugh.
Ho ev ,Arnold ed, "We
h ve ver g of 80,000 peopl
wOO tune in out daily (on WCHB
wave length)."
have As such, WCHBclaimsone
NBC TODAY how host Bryant Gumbel (left) meet Michigan
Citizen A�vertlsln Manager Michael Ru ell at Disney World
during the Theme Park' lOth Anniversary celbratlon. Some
10,000 Journalist from around the world were Invited to the
fesdvltles In Orlando, F1orlda.
Ypsilanti NAACP schedules dinner
r The YpSilini- WillowRun Branch
of the NAACP will conduct its an­
nual Freedom Fund Dinner at the
Radisson on the Lake, Friday. No­
vember 1.
Featured speaker. Lowell Perry,
Director of the Michigan Depart­
ment of Labor, is an Ypsilanti native
and has had a distinguished career as
an nomey in public service and as
an athlete.
"The Vision Beyond the Dream"
is this years theme for the branch's
primary fundraiser. The event will
feature local ACT -SO participants.
The community at large is in­
vited. Fer additional informatioo, Call
(313) 485-7515.
of the m et �ch Arnold . dis"
nice percemage." And WJU, which
By JODI C. KLEIN
LANSI o-Of the 90,000
people in Michigan dropped from
the General A istance program,
40,000-50,000 live in Decroit alooe,
and that could mean more ocial
problems, from homelessness to
crime. Bob Berg, press secretary
to Detroit Mayor Coleman Young,
said, "The shelters are going to do
a record business this winter."
THE BUDGET that went into
effect Oct. 1 cut away funding to
employable singles and childle
couple. Now that this money is
. gone, where will they tum? The
answer may be to the streets, with­
out food or shelter.
"TheSe cuts e going to create
an atm phere of unrest and are
going to impact onDetroit in par­
ticular. These cuts are creating a
human toll," Rep. Nelson S un­
ders, a Democrat, said.
THE HUMAN toll is those
who have less than $250 in as
that were eligible for General
Assistance now will have virtually
nothing.
"I am 0 angry, I could spit
nails," Saunders said, "I voted
against the cuts. They are horrible:
We went after the people that are
least able to fight."
The concern with the cuts is
, ..
.'
, ,
.
- .
'. I • '
h 45 to 50 employes, is an aPPli??u,­
mate four-share tation, he added. ,
f '
wh
r
urn?
tate cut
what jmpac
on elderly? ',:'
that without mon :y for shelters or
food, people will not be ab to ob-
tain the n ities to surviv .
"Once people are left �t
food, housing and shelter, they re­
sort to crime," Saund rs said.
Phyllis Miller, the intake coun­
selor for the Salvation Army in De­
troit, said, "The crime rate will rise,
bee use people get de perate and do
things that they normally would not
do."
The main concern for Miller at
the Salvation Army is the homeless
problem. Since the General Assi -
tance money goes toward shelter,
her main concern is where the people
are going to live.
Mayor Young is looking into the
homeless situation and "will take
whatever steps are needed to help."
Berg said.
THE MARINER'S INN Shelter
and Treatment Center in Detroit is a
place where the homel can un­
dergo a 90-day rehabilitation pro­
gram. Mter that they are again on
their own. which means that many
may go back to the streets.
Sharon Gardner, program direc­
tor for Mariner's Inn said, "It is he -
breaking for us to people leave
the helter and know that they have
nowhere to go and no way to make
money."
Gardner recalls a recent incident
outside of her helter. "An elderly
woman who lives in the shelter w
Legislature will look at hoI where
people are in need, and they'll move
to close those gap ."
House Majority Floor Leader Pat
Gagliardi (D-Dnmmond lsIani), says
however that it's obvious the budget
THE curs were approved � i going to be" trem ndous hurt" on
former Gov. Blanchard and a Demo- seniors and th poor.
crat-dominated House. "This i an indicatioo c:i the rne.l-
According to Hollister's hand- spirited attitude hown by Gov.
out, titled "Impact of Gov. Engler' Engler," he aid. "Thi is th budget
Cuts on Adults," transportation to he presented. It' wh t he wanted:
medical care, wheelchairs and oxy- It' bunch of poppycock.
gen are only a few Medicaid serv- G gHardi al disputes th opti-
ices for nior eliminated in th mistic ugg tion th t th problems
budget. . in the budget will' be ironed out.
"Hollister m the budget sound "No on kno h t the gover-
d v tating," . d Monta. nor' going to do. Ho can anyon
"This' fluid situ ion. The predi solutions when they don't
knocked down and her '91
stolen ith only 12 cents in it, he,
said. People are going to be des­
perate fOf money and it is orily �
going to get worse and worse."'" :'
By NANCY DONNELLY
Cap .. l News Se,vice
LANSING-Michigan's senior
citizens may not be hit by the new
1992budgetnearly hard some
welfare advocates ay, argues
House Republican staff attorney.
In a memo to the House Re­
PUblican Caucus Wednesday, As­
Legal Coume1 Donald Malta
. al1egab made by Rep. David
Hollister, D-Lansing, disputing the
Deparunent of Social Services
budget are l_sely distorted.
Monta cited a memo prep_ed
by the Depnnent cA Management
and Budget presentin a more
accurate pi cture of the budget'
effects on eniors. That document
contends Hollister's claim that the
DSS budget reduces state Supple­
mental Security Income fund for
the disabled in independent living by
55 percent is" go distortion of
reality."
"SSI is l .. gely federally funded
program," Monta said. "The te
sh of funds to these people w
cut from $30.80 month to bout
$15. But th federal portion is ill
ignificant. "
THE DMB DOCUME T Y
th total federal/ tate payment will
0Ially . fran $425 per rncnh
to about $435. .
Fw1herrTue, DMB memo
THOMAS CLAY, deputy �I�. .
rector for budget of th Depart- ,
ment of Management and Budget, -,
i not ure: "It' certainly ible,
that people who face change in .. '
their financial position may resort
to crime. I don't personally be ...
lieve that will be th cue.
Vicent Hoffman, protessorot '
criminal justice at Michigan StJte .
Univer ity, tends to agree, "There '
is no direct correlation between"
poverty and crime, Most of � .
poor don't commit crim : they .
suffer."
Althwgh SalRkn did rO �
any figutes to b ck up his state-·
ment, he disagrees, aying. "CrirRe
has to escalate where there is • .
concentration of General
lance recipients."
... I
WHILE THE BUDGET.18 .
still waiting for Gov. John Engler's.
approval, Saunders said, ''We neoo
to revise the budget. If it.means
raising taxes, then we should. ",
Gardner thinks that her shel­
ter. among others, can help. "The
answer i money, not just for shel­
ter. but for treatment d uppor-'
tive ervices," Gardner said.
that items for the elderly such as
chore services and pecial projects
at senior citizen centers were dis­
continued in fiscal year 1991, no in
thi year' budget.
know what th governor' going to
ign7" he ed.
THEDMBREPORTreflec
a hope that creative means of at:
tracting federal funds will counter- • •
balance oth c ts.
"Th Medicaid voluntary
pital contribution progr will
bring in $271 million in additi
federal funding to continu- •
tion of Medicaid program,"
th DMB report y.
Monta ys th pi the' ..
highlypublicized elf cu this
ye , Michigan' '11 in good
shape. "We e aling bac , bUt .
're ill f d bove many f •