By TERE A KELLY
CINCINN TI, 0 '0 -Supporters
of the Rev. Je J c on h ve
pushed the effort to get J c on on
national ballot to a technological
high.
An electronic petition drive .
now underway throughout the
United States to rally upport for
Rev. Jac on as the Democrat's
vice-pre idential candidate,
according to Cincinnati publisher
Marchita Malone, who launched
the drive.
"Many people believe that Rev.
Jesse Jackson is ready, qualified
and able to be vice pre ident of the
United States," Malone said.
M ny feel he' the onl y
ccep ble choice running mate
for pparent D mocratic nominee
Bill Clinton."
B ckers ay the pre ence of
J c on on tb b 110t in ovem r
will bring out African American
voters who tayed way from th
poll in large numbe during th
primary.
"W Y DO lARG numbers
of African Americans fail to vote?
Could it be that they look at our
political system, look at the
candidates, and say 'why bother'!'"
Malon as ed.
Publisher of the Crusader
News, Malone pointed to the
JESSE JACKSON
recent rebellion in Los Angele
dramatizing the need for African
Americans to vote.
In announcing the electronic
campaign, Malon
American voters hould b ve
voice in the political ystem. We
hould all be able to look at the
political y tem and ee omething
of ourselve . Voter confidence
needs to be restored."
Malone plans to present the
re ults of the n tional effort to
Democratic Party Chair Ron
Brown before the Democratic
Convention in mid-July.
She urges anyone. who believes
Jackson should be the Democratic
nominee for vice-president to call
1-900-420-2006 before July 15.
The call costs $1.59, "just ugh
to cover our expense," Malone
aid.
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Proponents say sleep shifts will cut prison costs
By JENNIFER FOSS
Cap/fill New. Service
are e loring ways to save money in
the Michigan prison )'Item.
Since 1982, the Department of
Corrections has become the fastest
growing state agency. Currently,
there are 96,000 people in prison, on
parole or on probation in Michigan.
Rapid growth under the current
system, however, has also translated
into rising costs and the threat of .
deficit.
$25,000.
The average annual cost of per
prisoner under the single-bed system
BH threatens prosecutor
over Maurice Carter case
By BEIftNICE BROWN
BBNTON HARBOR - The city
commission at its June 8 meeting,
approved a letter to Attorney
General frank Kelley requesting
him to re-open the case of
Maurice Carter. Accompanying
the lenerw a flexing of political
muscle by the commission.
Carter was found guilty and
convicted for the 1973 shooting
of then, Benton Harbor Police Of­
fieer Thomas Schadler, in the
Harbor Wigs and Record Store in
downtown Benton Harbor.
Two years ago attorney Frank
Mafrice' of the law firm, Som­
mers, Schwartz, Silver &.
Schwartz of Southfield,
Michigan became interested in
the case and after investigating,
found evidence of jury tamper­
ing.
Mafrice sent a letter to
Prosecutor Dennis Wiley stating
the facts of the jury tampering and
asked the case be reopened.
Along with Mafrice's letter,
the ci ty commission sent a resolu­
tion that they approved at their
See CARTER, 84
Doctor: Community can, stop chii� death
r
otalDO!leld a co t-cu . n
c lIed "hot bedding."
Under thi sy tern, prisoners would
sleep in two eparate shifts.
Jaye claims that "hot-bedding"
would save the state thousands of
dollars because it would double
prison space without the cost' of
building and staffing an additional
prison.
"Youjustadd omemorewaterto
By LEAH SAMUEL
Sr." Writer
Better opportunities for jobs and
education are needed in order end the
cycle that results in death for Black
children in America's cities, said Dr.
Leland Ropp.
Ropp, 38, is one of the authors of
a newly released study, "Death in the
City: An American Childhood
Tragedy."
According to the stud y, from
1980 to 1988, the number of murders
among young, urban Blacks ro e 252
percent.
In 1988, homicide ranked as the
leading cause of death for Black
males age 5 and above and for Black
females age 10 and above. In Detroit,
homicides have accounted for 62
percent of deaths among Black
males 15-18 years of age.
Ropp blames problems such as
unemployment and I ck of
educational opportuni ties as reasons
Push asset based welfare reform
,
the broth and hi re a few more
people," Jaye said. "Your fixed
costs (electricity. mortgage, etc.)
remain the same."
J y t percent of .
Macomb County constituents who
responded to a survey he ent out
said that they were in favor of
"hot-bedding" as a cost-cutting
alternative.
CORRECTION DIRECTOR
Kenneth McGinnis aid that other
options should be considered before
See PRISON, A 10
for the high numbers.
"AS BLACK children fail
school, or finish school and find that
there are no opportunities, they are
WASHINOTON Dc-United
States Rep. Mike Espy (D-MI),·
chairman of the Domestic Task
Force of the House Select Com­
mittee on Hunger, scheduled his
second Congressional Hearing on
welfare reform this month. in the
Rayburn House Office Building on
Capitol Hill.
Declaring that "States have
been taking an active role in efforts
to reform welfare," Espy added "I
know that Congres can take orne
By WANDA 'F. ROQUEMORE
Mlchlg.n Citizen
th ir prayers.
According to Chandler Street
resident Jackie Nelson, the HOP
crew surprised everyone on the
block. "Thi is the forgotten part
of Highland Park," he aid. "We
weep our own treets. The only
See HOP, A6
HIGHLAND PARK - When the
residents of Chandler street
noticed the Helping Other
People (H.D.P,) crew broarding
up the abandoned houses in the
neighborhood, it was an nswer to
more likely to get into things that will
get them killed," he aid. "Th re i a
real strong link between a ense of
not having a future and a propensity
for getting involved in criminal
activities."
Ropp works in the Divi ion of
Pediatric Emergency Medicine at
Henry Ford Hospital, where be treats
See DEATH, A10
REP. MIKE EPSY
cu from the state , but we al 0
must be ure that these reforms arc
not meant punishment to the
recipients, but ... that they are aimed
at helping recipients become inde­
pendent. We'must reform our wel­
fare y tern, and the federal
government must take the lead in
th right direction."
As the ponsor of everal wel­
far reform bills, Congres man
Espy has been a long-time dvo-
See REF�RM, A10
Q.
Does
anything
beside
riot get
attention?
VELMA CA VeE: "The
focus hould be on youth going to
school for an education as well as
on family tructure. Too many
youth are raising babies alone."
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