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• "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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