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PATTY CAKE - As they line up for snacks at Abe's Frank Park on Britain, two young ladies decide
to to play .patty cakes".
The winne will pr ent d
pl qu for their ou tanding or at
th B nton H rbor Pre r -
tion end of the ummer fun d y in
Hall Par, Saturday and Sund y,
August 8
Many events have been planned
tarting Saturday, August 8, be in­
ning with a parade at 12:00 noon
from Bro dway Par to Hall P r ,
where there will be the running of th
torch, by Carl Mom, former Ben­
ton Harbor track tar. Also b et­
ball tournament, Little Squirt
exhibit, volleyb 11 competition,
boxing exhibi t by the P .A.L. Boxing
team, and live band (Midnight Sun).
BERNICE BROW� Cl1Izen
ALL JAMMED UP - The youths are full of laughter as they all slide down together, jamming
themselves up on the sliding board, at Abe's Frank Park on Britain Avenue.
BERNICE BROW�1gan Cl1Izen
FUN AT THE PARK - A group of youth try out a game of volleyball at Abe's Frank Park on Britain
Avenue .
. Dontae g,'and his sister Angela 8, took time from playing to pose for pictu.re.
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Workers and participants Aries Williams, Kim Brooks, Byron Delaney, Everrett Morris, Angela Boatner,
Leniece Wallace and Zack Swanigan, at Abe's Franks Par1< on Britain Avenue, stand in front of their display
for the park contest. Their decoration oonsists of red, white and blue balloons, the American Flag hanging
from a tree and a display of a poster "America Is Still The Home Of The Brave.· Abe's Frank Park won
the "Mo� Outstanding Park" award last year � hopes to win it this year too.
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YOU have the rare opportunity
to make a difference. •
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The Senate Judiciary Committee f(esl That same group who presided over
the Anita Hili/Clarence Thomas hearings) will soon vote on the confirmation
of John Smletanka to the Sixth Circuit ot Appeals. The Judiciary Committee
needs to know the Judicial record of Smletanka. He is well known to African
Americans In western Michigan. Under his reign as Berrien County
Prosecutor, he turned the courts-into a "railroad station to Jackson" for
Blacks.
One case that shows clearly the questionable tactics of John Smietanka Is
the Maurice Carter case. Carter is serving a life sentence for the shooting In
1973 of an off-duty Benton Harbor police officer. The officer, wounded
superficlally,.clalmed the day of the shooting he could not Identify the
assailant. TWo years later after Carter's picture was published on page one
of the local paper, the officer picked Carter out of a lineup. Carter's
court-appointed attorney never filed a motion for discovery and went to trial
without the facts. The African American woman who clerked In the store
where the shooting occured testlfed that Carter was not the assailant. White
employees of Smletanka testified that Carter was the man. The ali-white Jury
convicted Carter. . .
A Southfield attorney, working for free out of conviction that Carter wa
railroaded, has uncovered evldence of jury tampering In the Carter case.
That discovery has prompted the national NAACP and the Benton Harbor City
Commission to request an Investigation of charges of Jury tampering In the
Carter case.
Where do you fit In? If you believe that the Smletanka nomination should not
be decided until the Jury tampering charges are investigated, then clip the -
coupon below, fill It out and mall rt to: _
Senator Joseph Blden, Chair Senate Judiciary Committee, 221 Russell,
Washington, D.C. 20510
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Dear Senator Blden and Members of the Judiciary Committee:
STOP the nomination process of John Smletanka to the Sixth Circuit
Court of Appeals until a full Investigation Is conducted Into the
charges of jury tampering in the Maurice Carter case. No candidate
.should be seated and placed In a position to mete out Justice who'Is
himself under questlon of injustice In the conduct of a trial. Ju tice
demands all questions be answered before the Smletanka nomination
proceeds. Thank you.
Sincerely
City
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