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have been b d on rritory among other .
But in Detroit, the average driver pay twice much
utrounding uburban drivers. Some attribute
this to the driving hazards and amount of car thefts
in Detroit. Others are calling insurance companies
di criminatory.
Rep. Alma G. Stallworth, D-Detroit, is pushing
for a movement away from territorial voting. Sh
aid personal factors houJd be more important.
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Council President charges Gov. wiped out
$14.5 million of federal food with on� blow
LANSING - Se sion of
Berrien County's new drug
court could be moved to Ben­
ton Harbor if a bill passed by
House legl lators become
law. ,
. The drug court w estab­
lished in October as a
prototype to fast-track or
peed up the processing of
drug cases occurring in Ben­
ton Harbor and Benton
Township. It is part of the local
effort to combat the increasing
drug ttaffic from Detroit and
Chicago de lers.
The bill would allow com­
missioners and the chief cir­
cuit court judge to hold court
in other chic without apply­
ing to the Legislature and the
governor for each case.
Currently, Borrien County
is authorized to bold court in
St. Joseph nd Niles.
Ceremonial sessions are held
in Berrien Springs.
If the bill becomes law,
Berrien County' Board of
Commissioners will have to
DRUO.A-10
By ALLISON JO ES
DETROIT-City Council
P ient ry trey ya
Gov.1o Englcrcut a lot mo� t
be lzeCt D bud t
xe to tate expenditures. The
argument between the two erupted
during the filming of "Strictly
Speaking" program aired on the
Detroit CBS affiliate Channel 2,
. Tuesday, January 14.
On that show, Gov. Engler denied
Mahaffey's charge that his veto of
S99,600 in the tate education budget
would mean the los of S14.5
million in urplus commodities from
tbe federal government.
According to Mahaffey, the line
item vetoed by Engler paid for tbe
staff perso necessary to ee that the
federal commodities got distributed
to such programs as Focus HOPE,
chool lunch programs, state and
children's institutions and soup
kitchens .:
Now, that the personnel
responsible for distribution is gone,
tbe federal govcnment will not end
tbe food aid, Mahaffey says.
Not true says the Governor. His
press aide, John Truscott told this
paper on Jan .. 27, that he had checked
with the Food and Drug
Administration and tbe Departmetn
of Agriculutre only to be reassured
that a long as Michigan was
committed to di tributing the food,
tbe "don'·t intend to cut it off."
. Truscott aid the S96,600 cut
from the Department of Education
paid the salarie of one and one-half
,
irty
,
are stolen and
ANNUAL PRe IUM: 742.91
CAR: 1990. Ford Taurus LX Sedan
AGE: 45 years old, principal driver
DISTANCE TO WORK: 3 miles, one way
'ANNUAL MILEAGE: more than 10,000 .
,
States goy rnment used to rebuild
European inner cities after World
WarD.
That project was headed by Gen.
� ge C. Marshall, former military
Chief of Staff in the arne post QOW
held by OeD. Colin C. Powell.
During the almost 20 years since
the NUL first called for the "Mar­
shall Plan" in the U.S., "White
America w n't doing too badly,"
Jacob said, but "in 11 of those years,
Black America was in a state of
economic rece ion ... Africa -
.Americans are in danger of drown­
ing, while white Americans are
wendenng whether their boats will
stay OoaL."
EVERY INDICATOR of
economic well being, whether un­
employment rates or poverty rates or
. income, shows that African­
Americans are far wor e tban
Whites, reported Jacobs.
In emphasizing that at least 12
million people are out of wor twice
that many arc getting food stamps
and welfare roll are at a record high,
Jacob declared"tbi recession i
helping to uncover America's dirty
little eeret-that the victim of
poverty, unemployment, and
hard hip are predominately
white •.. (Tbey) are mo t of the un­
employed, most of the poor, m,o t of
the welfare recipients, most of the
food tamp recipients ... W harder to
pin their plight on the lack of a work
on
By LARRY A. STILL
S"..' to "lehlgan CltlzM
WASHINGTON, oo-While Presi­
dent' George Bush prepared his an­
nual State of The Union addre by
facing up to the country' growing
recession, National UI})an League
PrcsidentJohnE. Jacob Clelivered his
"plan for economic reco�ry" for the
nation in the civ.] right
organization's 17th nsecuti
"State of Black America" TCJ?Ort.
Speaking at the Nation· Pre
Club in Washiangon I t week, th�
NUL chief executive once in
called for a "Marshall.Plan" in a ten
year, SSG billion annual program to
rebuild America' urban area
imilar to the meth� the United
proposal that would provide pl ce
he aid.
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ethic or on stereotyped racial cbarac­
ted tics," be stated.
Durin& the t decade, America
bought the myth of the "right wing"
that turned poor- people into a "so- .
called underc! s ••• It's time for
America to once again recognize that
mo t of the poor are poor because
they lack opportunities; that most of
the unemployed would work if j
were available; that most, most wel­
fare recipients want to be inde­
pendent; and that government bas a
constructive role to play, be added.
Jacob said funds to rebuild
America's infrastructure hoUld
come from increased taxes.
S AMERICA, A·10 -
Q:
Do you have
any voice
in making
deci ion
at your
chool?
FRANaNE ClARK:
(Howeva) k) a dcpe I lIIl ... iDed
ml., I lID mt
. lJa\qany�)."
