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contlnu d from A-3
• "EDUCATION ND
PREVENTION arc our main goals.
Even if we eliminated every lgn, the
indu try would still have some ,
medium by which to reach the con
sumer. But an educated co umer is
bener able to withstand the mes
&I ," tated TInsley-Williams.
"I don't believe that people are
mindle s zombie, " said
Omokchinde, "but I do believe that
vi ual media lnfluenc them to
degree. There' at t some
subliminal influence. After all, if
vii I communication' not strong
medium, then why do advertisers
nd millio dollam a 3()..
04 po on TV?"
"ADd the proof in the mount of
consumption of these products,"
added TInsley-Williams.
CABAA Tts efforts have not been
Ubout success. In 1989, the group
was instrumental in helping a group
in Philadelphia prevent Uptown
cigarettes, a brand red to Blac
con umer , from being test
rketed in that rea. And they con
tinue orting with advocates such
Clicago'. Rev. Michael Pfleger,
tionally-tnown opponent of al�
cobol tobac:co advertising. Uke
Pfleger, n ley-Williams being
closely watched by the vertisin
industry. Lut October, sbe w
listed one olthc iod\.8tryt. top ten
enemies in Adweek, an adve
trade pziDe.
Omotehinde and nnsley- Wil
liams arc not certain about ben
their goals ill be reacbed.
Omotehinde said, however, that
they do mow that CABAAT' miI-
on from comple .
"In looklna the d truction of
live , famille and moral that
Cigarettes and alcohol create, when
you focus on the destruction that's
happening in tbe African-American
community with those produc t it
becomes more alarming, nd more
clear, that something bas to be done."
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"HE WON'T even let it up on the
House floor for debate, he id. "He
hould it up and let his colleagues
decide for them elves, The
Wartner-Stallworth proposal 1-
ready ha 74 co- ponso in the
House, which i enough for pas
sage."
The proposal spon ored by
Wanner and Rep. Alma Stallworth,
D-Detroit, reported out of the
conference committee in December
nd w p d in the Senate but
defeated in the Ho . TlUSCOtt said
thi version i the one support by the
Bn
IUOHLAND P - Tbc In
tional BIIC Summit Win be held in
Highland P this year, August 6-9,
Mayor U y Porter annourad I t
wee
Mayor Porter noted that uch in
dividuals would be laying at city
hote aDd dining at city reatauran ,
putting money into the city and local
busttaeucs
He emphasizCd that there had to
be an effort to "clean up the city" for
their visit.
Some 0 J'Ye1l feel that me of
the city hotels here the vilito
would stay, such the Crown aDd
c.vauer Ho have a reputation
for "poor coDdido ."
HIGHLAND PARK - After
elimination of General
lance social ervlce propam by,
Mic I n Governor John JlIIII,I�I"·
Hi hland Parker restored ,th
Operadon Feed All propam &lve
hot, nutritioUi meala to tbo Jnmaiy
o days a eek. Operation Peed All
wrote to both the Mayor and the ety
Council req\ating city ald.
Vera brook, Exec ve Director
of Operation Feed All • the
Importance of helping "the IDOIt vul
nerable people in the H1ghlaDcl Part
area, endangered by the economic
disaster which 10 strongly the
city.
Operation Feed All provi hot
DUtritiO meals every Mondays and
Tuesday 12-3 p.m. at the Prayer
Temple of LoYC, 17 Hi� Dell'
the comer of Woodward. -
It rves people outside Hip
land Park area, trying to "be all
wOO'are "
"I HOPE THE city can
traightcn out conditions, but it win
take a lot to do It In six montm," one
nMlllftMf' und.
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