l , I , " • - . i , • • • • • • . , J Jean Do en f.i h h By RON SEIGEL Correspondent On October 1 t, Michigan Governor John Engler succeeded in his long-announced plan to abolish the GentnI AssistJwlce (GA) program, cutting off all state aid for jobless people who are not disabled. However, many people are struggling to get back state help. J ckie Shrader, who heads the Committee to Recall Governor Engler, said at a recent meeting' that Engler's program will "cause a lot of deaths." Out of the 90,000 people who are cut off, she said, many who are not be able to pay their rent will become homeless and may not survive out on the streets .. Both Engler and the Republi­ can leadership in the Republican­ dominated state senate say that without General Assistance, the unemployed would seek jobs. HOWEVER, the research department of the Michigan Em­ ployment Security Commission (MESC) states that U.S. Census figures. indicate that there are 437,000 people "available f<:r work, willing to work and actively seek­ ing work." But only 124,000 job openings have been listed last year by the commission. Von Logan of the commission emphasizes, however, that this fig­ ure does not represent all openings SHRADER Sf A TED that some in the state, and believes thi does group-were having prayer and f t­ not even represent the majority of ing vigils in the state capitol. Some job that are available, since most were arrested for civil disobedience we filled in the generallabcf' market . and the NAACP was providing legal without notifying the state. resources to help them. When Bed how may job; were She dded that while the courts available for the 437,OOOjobseek- have thrown out a petition to recall ers, Logan said, "No one knows." Engl r, this is being appealed. If Efforts are being made to re- they fail to win their appeal he aid, store the aid to the 90,000 that a new recall effort will be made to have lost it. topple Engl r next year, adding that h believes that because of th uf- THE LOCAL 6000 U A W Ex­ ecutive Board, representing state employees, h declared October "a month of mourning, urging people to tie black ribbons on th ir car , display bl ck armbands and bows on clothing. They have organized demon­ strations, which they caJl "funeral proc ions" at 12 oon October 17 in Detroit's Kennedy Square, and 11 a.m. November 2 in th Lansing Center in Lansing. Union liter ture explain, "We're in mourning for tho who have died the r It of cuts and closures, for our brothers and . - ter who no longer have job , for the d th of Michigan know it. for the people of Michigan who are left ith nowh to tum, for th who h v 10 th ir at ty net and may take desperate meas­ ure to survive, shifting the financial burden to other d partments, uch as Corrections. " Ed Willingham of the Christian Communications Council of the Metropolitan Detroit Churches. tates that the Michigan Ecumenical Fo­ rum, repre nting diff rent denomi­ nations, spoke pe nally to Engler, prot ting hi polici . ' fering in the tate, th y will get more upport. On a more immediate level. citi­ zen and community organizati ns are upporting a Democratic bill in' the Michigan House of Repre nta- rives, H.B. 4605. tablishing th State Work Advancem nt Program, in which people would r eive 218 and medical benefits. if they partici­ p te in a w rk training � gram. Th R publican Ie d hip oppo it. A coalition oft ligious, commu­ nity and welfar righ organizations caUed Up and t P erty i w-ging to writ lett in fav r f th law. No weapon w found on Green. J Only Black�owned hospital hut emergency room DBTROIT-Southwe t Detroit Ho pita I clo ed its emergency room and stopped voluntary admissions on Oc­ tober 11. The only Black-owned hospital in the state of Michigan filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. court protection from the IRS in August. The IRS seized the' ho pital's bank accounts to collect on its claim for over Slmillion it says the hospital withheld from employee pay checks but neglected to for­ ward to the IRS. For too long, hospital pok persons ay, Southwest has taken care of patients who either have no insurance at all o • on Medicaid, which does not reimburse the h pi­ tal for the full amount of medi­ cal care provided. Detroit Muslim takes national position Imam A.H. Mubarak, former head of Masjid WaH Muhammad, has accepted a post with Muslim American Community Assistance Inc. (MACA), the ministry lead by Warith Deen Muhammad, son M ubarak will be respori­ sible for handling financial matters for the ministry. He served as the spiritual head of the city's largest mosque for two years. Mubarak's trip to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf Crisis was reported in this paper. Analysts predict little benefit from Tiger stadium report from economic scholars that a new stadium built downtown would have little economic pin off came as no surprise to inner ci ty resi­ dents long accustomed to seeing their ci ty resources spent on major corporations with little benefit to the com­ munity. "If you expect the stadium to be like a hypodermic needle by injecting it into downtown, it's not going to happen," Mark Rosentrabu, an associate dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environ­ mental Affairs, is quoted as saying in the Free Press. Detroit and Wayfle County officials have been cheer­ leaders ready to spend public funds on a new tadium for the Tiger Ball Club, owned by multi-millionaire Tom Monahan. Tiger president Bo Schmebechler has conducted a vicious campaign to extort the maximum of public aid in building a new tadium. appren- GOOD SOUL MUSIC - This blind, wheelchair bound lady listened attentively Sunday, October 13, at New Bethel Baptist Church's go pel program. (photo by N. Scott) Who play t.he lottery? We do for 1990 was $1.2 billion. The study shows that the pro­ portion of income going to th purchase of lottery tickets varies substantially: those who earn about $10,000 per year spend about 1.5 percent of their income on lottery tickets, and tho e who make $80.000 or more spend only 0.2 percent or less of their income on lottery tickets. The study also shows that in direct comparisons Blacks play the lottery more than whites but race erences are er ed when other vari les such as education and trai ar controlled. Black, lower-income and less educated persons spend more money on lottery tickets and pro­ portionately more of their income on lottery play. These and other sharp social differences m .. k pat­ terns of lottery play among metro- . politan Detroit residents, a study by Wayne State University's Cen­ ter for Urban Studies shows. The study, cooducted by Wayne State political cientists Timothy Bledsoe ani Mary Herring, is besed on a survey conducted e.lier this year as part of the 1991 Detroit Metropolitan Area Public Policy Surveys (DMAPPS). Nationwide, more than $20 billion in lottery tickets are purchased each year. Among the k y findings: - Men play the lottery more than women. - Tho who are members of "lottery social networks" are espe­ cially likely to be ignificant lot­ tery players. - Th knowledge people have about correct payout r is largely I eking among the public, even among the heaviest lottery play­ ers. The report, "Buying Hope: Playing th Michigan Lottery," . the second annual CUS survey 0 metropolitan Detroit. TIle StUVey involved 1,500 ran­ domly selected households in th three-county area and focused in part on lottery play and factors as­ sociated with lottery play. "Lottery" refers to the veral game of chance-Lotto, Keno, Pick Three, Pick Four and Instant Gane--a policy h f 1 forced many in ' th audi nc nto w Ifare in the first pi e. R gin McNulty t It even more hould be d alt with.