You 0 e it to your elf
not to elf-de truct," Rev.
J e e J c on pre ched to
tudent t Northern High
chooll t week.
"To not tudy i living t
ri ," he id.
"If you cho e to w tch
five hour of TV every
night nd cho e entert in­
ment over ed c tion,"
mean II the truggle of
the civil right movement is
wa ted, he id.
At the conclu ion of his
peech he directed those
students who were 18
year -old nd not
registered to vote, to line
up to sign up. "Now that's
real power," Rev. J ckson
told the enthusia tic
audience.
J .Jackson
Schools layer on
administrator
Although some Detroit
schools lack for books,
, paper and other supplies,
the Detroit Board of
Education found money to
add two administrators.
The Board authorized
last week hiring a media
relations assistant superin­
tendent and a fiscal deputy
superintendent.
Rosalyn L. Whitney will
move from New Detroit to
the schools in the media
slot for an annual salary of
somewhere between
$63,000 and $75,000.
Walter G. Jones, now an
audit manager for Coopers
& -Lybrand, wil] earn
$93,000 a year as deputy su­
perintendent for fiscal in­
tegrity.
The Board also voted to
spend $200,000 to recruit
African American
teachers.
Plu h, HUD
hom son
toxic soil
Residents of the plush
Harbortown complex on
Detroit's eastside
riverfront were informed
by owners ANR Develop­
ment Corp., and Mich Con
Development Corp., that
their grounds will be added
to the list of contaminated
properties by the Depart­
ment of Natural Resour­
ces.
Adding the Harbortown
site to the list of con­
taminated properties is the
first step in becoming man­
dated by the state for
clean-up.
DNR officials say there
is no danger for re ident
of the toney complex that
was built partially with
government subsidy.
CHANDA
LANSI o.:..._ Michigan f ign of-
fi , promotin e and encour-
gin foreigninv tmentinu"",�",,,�
not being clo down,
Michigan International Offic
rector John Field Reichardt.
Contrary to sane reports, the
is closing down its offices overse
due to a budget crunch, Reich.dt
said. "Ho ever, there is discussion
bout th role of th ov of-
fices."
There is a ch ge in the MIO'
prioriti and the state is emp iz­
ing more on exports than foreign
investment, which is consistent with
the federal government' policy," h
said.
CONCVRRI G
WITH
Reichardt, Thorn F. Maguire, an
international trade specialist with the
U.S. Department of Commerce, said
that Mic�gan needs to take a "good,
hard" 100 at its overseas offices.
"They have limited resources 0
they have to look closely to see if
expenditUre on foreign offices is a
good return on investment," he said.
, folio by th Com-
wro�lmCanmwM�,M '00
foreign effie exc pt the on in
Canada," h . d, ding th t th
MIO office in Lag , Nigeri , i be­
ing moved to Harare, Zimbab e.
Th MIOw formed within th
DepartmentofComrnerc I t April,
joining th World Tr d Servi
Division and th Michigan Export
Development Authority. Besid or­
ganizing workshops, the MIO pro­
vides export with details of pro­
spective importers and market re­
search analysts.
Michigan is the fifth largest ex­
porting state in the country. Michi­
gan oompanies old about $21 bil­
lion in good and ervices overs ears
in the year 1990, the largest importer
minimal in comeenson
ch .. ged by other essionals, II h
said. The MIOwill bech ging about
$350 a day for scheduling appoint­
ments with prospective importers.
Otherpof ional companies charge
between $1 ,000 and $1 ,500 a day for
imilar servi , h added.
There w a mixed response
among th busin community to
the idea of charging any fee at all.
Dave Regan. president of the l"!�-
KEENAN IS working on formu- Labs in Lansing, said the state should
lating an "international partn hip provide free of oost the financial and
network" which would include rep- personnel services to small businesses
ntatives of various trade associa- who do not have sufficient resources.
tions and state and federal trade pe- "If the state pwnps in money, we
Dr. Paula Wllllamsori Oeft) congratulates Donna Burnside, Kettering High School, on her induedon into
the HeartwannersMentor Program at the kick-off ceremony Saturday, October 19. Co-sponsored by the
Detroit Medieal Society and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Heartwanners pairs Black physicians with
Detroit-area Black high school students who are interested in medical careers. Dr. Wllliarnson has a family
praetlee at Detrolt' South Hospital. The Heartwanners Mentor Program is in its third year.
Engler eeks to relax .
South Africa investment ban
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - State
Treasurer Douglas Roberts-revealed
recently he has been asked by Gov.
John Engler's investment advisory
committee to discuss Michigan's
divestiture laws with the Legislature.
Roberts said he will do so, but has
not changed his -position of support
for the state's laws prohibiting in­
vestments in companies that do busi­
,ness with South Africa.
He denied report that the Engler
administration wants to relax its ban
on such investments.
"I have aid on numerous oc­
casio , including in my confirma­
tion bearings, that I personally sup­
. port dive titure," RobeI1S said.
At the advisory panel's quarterly
meeting, the panel said state officials
hould revisit the issue because cur­
rently the state's pension funds can't
have holdings in 123 of the stocks in
the Standard cl Poor' 500 Index.
"The question then becomes as to
whether or not this i now desirable
given the fact things are changing"
in the white-ruled country, Roberts
said. Michigan law sets a Dec. 31,
1993, deadline for eliminating pen­
sion "fund investments in companies
that do business in South Africa. The .
state pension fund has $20.1 billion
to provide retirement benefits to
500,000 public school teachers, state
workers and judges.
The ban is to remain in effect
until the treasurer determines that all
South Africans have full political
and civil rights.
In July, President Bush lifted a
five-year U.S. economic embargo on
South Africa, citing progress toward
granting rights to its Black majority.
The state's public employee
retirement fund now has about $558
million worth of General Motors
Corp. and Ford Motor Co. stocks and
bonds.
"I have not yet seen the kind of
negotiations that would bring a last­
ing peace and majority rule," said
Rep. Nelson Saunders, D-Detroit.
"That's what we had . nd when
we imposed the ctions."
"There has been no concrete
'There' has been
no concrete
pottticsl
change ... '
-Sen. V. Smith
political change, although there has
been a sentimental change on the
part of (South African 'President
Frederik W.) de erk," aid Sen.
Virgil Smith, D-Detroit, who pon­
sored the 1988 divestiture law. "I
would be staunchly against any
changes."
Others joined the call to relax the
investment law.
lilt's a very severe restraint," aid
University of Michigan economist
Paul McCracken.
He is a member of Engler' In­
vestment Advisory Committee and
former head of the Pre ident' Coun­
cil of Economic Advisers.
WELFARE CUTBACKS
Where to give help, get
help, protest conditions
Clack'
passe
State Representative Floyd Clack
(D-F1int) aid that the House has
approved a bill he sponsored that
would require local police chiefs and
county sheriffs to report information
on crimes motivated by r cial, ethic,
religious, gender or sexual prejudice
or bias.
"This expansion of the Uniform
Crime Reporting law would create
and maintain accurate statistical
records on the number and types of
hate crime committed in Michigan,"
Rep Clack said. "With this infonna­
tion, governmental and public orga­
nizations will be able to determine
the extent and the trends of this type
of crime, and develop policies and
defenses against it."
- NAACP Hotline (listing all
places to get help or to donate
money, materials and time): �1I
(313) 871-2652. 9a.m. to Sp.m.
Leave a message in the evening at
(313) 871-2652
- Food Program sponsored
by Highland Park Disaster
Summit: Prayer Temple of Love,
17 Highland near Woodward,
10a.m. to Ip.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Would also like vol unteers to
cook and erve food.
- Highland Park Disaster
Summit Clothing Program: Call
Welfare Rights Organization
during working hours at (313)
868-1660.
- To Donate Material to
"Tent City Protest" (Beds, tents,
kero eDC heaters, bats and coats)
Call Cas United Methodist
Church, (313) 833-7730 during
working hours.
By RON SEIGEL
C orrupolUl."t
HOWEVER, another business
owner, who did not want to be
quoted, id h would not p y any
fee to the MIO. "It h a lot to do
with the product. Any of the leads
they have sent us, we have fol­
lowed through, but we simply have
not met with any success," he said.
I
bia bill
House
Rep. Clack said that his bill has
attracted support from wide variety­
of law enforcement and rights advo­
cacy group, including the Michigan
Department of Civil Rights, Michi­
gan State Police, National Organiza­
tion for Women and B'nai B'rith.
"THERE SHOULD be 'zero .
tolerance' for hate crimes," aid Rep.
Clack, "whether they are individual
cts of violence or destruction. or
orchestrated campaigns of terror at­
tacks. The information base created
by my bill would help develop
coordinated and effective responses
to criminals who would spread hate
and destruction in any part of the
state."
- Job Information: Job list at
Detroit Branch NAACP, 2990
East Grand Blvd at Brush.
Prote t groups include:
Wei fare Rights
Organization, located at Cass
Methodist Church, 3901 Cass,
near Selden (313) 831-1040 or
Highland Park and State Fair area
of Detroit in basement of
Highland Park YMC� 13220
Woodward, between Bere ford
and Winona South of Davidson,
(313) 868-3660.
- Wayne County Union of the
Homeless - (313) 831-7536.
- Michigan Up and Out of
Poverty Coali tion - (313)
833-7730.
- Th Mic igan "Handicapper
Caucus, which simply ask
concerned people with little time
to send food labels from cans and
package to their legislators and
Governor Engler.