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et more green in
, "F: Y
AmI=riCans will be
mcst an:emcd \It will be
"Values" of: family income;
Clle(:lCt)()()k balmlng iOOivid
buying power nd retirement
reven .
TIl: val that Am�ns
I1Dt� mtMur­
phy Brown's � m1 the "two
paren in each OOR" that the
Republicanc; ha� been �
. about Vo will go to wtonever
gives Amcricam val� in the form
oftwochickem ineverybody' pot
and la e-model car in each
. person' gam
How can Americans secure
nne in the way of a inco�
base, rebuilding the ati m1
eliminating the oomDlots fedeml
deficit? WOO offers � best prob­
ability of II:lping k> get mo green
stuff into our individual aOO collec­
tive, podcc1s?
GOVERNORQintonhas put
forward a definite economic
development plan, am PRsident
Besh 1m yet k> make a dcc&ve
tatement, but 1m JXBitiooonmany
particular iterm of ccommic g­
nificaIx:e is well koown. Bl6h'
"steward" of the present ecooomy
arx1 mist arswer D � flaws in i
pertormarce,
He has D own the fact ttl:
annUal ecooormc growth rate has
been urder 2 percent, �
OOstantive reesors as k> why the
nations cry ink> Novernbermay be,
"watch tre eeoromy, stupid. "
In both treir pmlic siaerren
Qinton and Bush show coreem
about tre $4 trillion b\x1get deficit
Bush would attack it by getting a
ooMtittuional ��nt that re­
quires national budgets to be
balanced, aoo Qinton clairrs tlBt
� will reduce ttl: deficit by a large
aITKnDltovertb: oourse ofjlS a few
yems.
Clinton says tl1ll II: will ec­
oomplish � through eoooomic
growth, SO" tax im'ea;es, am
some expenditure reductions.
Both are planning to auadc �
sacred cow of "entitlements."
These rue the transfer payrIV!nts k>
peq>le and o�r a\lk)matic way.
�any African �erlcan
leaders will oomplainabout poten­
tial cutOOclcs in "entit1etml� "such
as Aid to DepeOOent 01ildren,
Medicaid and Medicare, but wolk
aOO production iIxlmtives k> make
America great again will have 10 be
employed from tre bonom � as
well as from the top down
BOTH CANDIDATES
know that the economy in the inrer
city was the reason forwban unrest
in La; Angeles, Washingtm aOO
Atlanta and favor economic
development for the cities.
'Ill: "Enterprise Zones" con­
cept, wbere areas of bisiness, arxl
commercial and employment
reecs in inrer cities are lelped
throughgetting firarees am capital
to disadvantaged entreprereurs, is
a program wbose impterrentaton
is long overdue.
Both Clinton's and Bosh's
proposals in this area 00" from
ideas introd�, bysoul brotber
Robert W�n's National Cen­
ter for NeighboItmd Enterprise ..
ainton� unive1S8lnational
bealih care through a govemment
program.
Bush wan to improve the sys­
tem Do, but • sOOrt of c0m­
prehensive coverage by
government. This is a vital mea tmt
the wbole national populadon �
an immediate inteteSt.
Trere i much talk about the
eeommy going into No�mber,
but the proof of tb: pudding will
probably play i�lf out in the next
two monllE. If ttl: recovery be­
rona stronger, B\M will benefit
am the degree of benefit will
depend on MW mldt better it
recovers,
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THE TION L BODY
designated five regions. Thirty­
nine DC papers in the following
ten midwe tern tate represent
Region 3: l1Iinoi, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mi souri,
North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota
and Wi consin.
The purpose of this meeting was
to organize the group and discuss
the enhancement of busine oppor­
tunities for member publishers of
the midwe t Region 3 of the NNP A.
Its objectives are to: share ideas
and marketing activitie , eek solu­
tions to rnutal problems, promote
the Midwest Region, improve the
marketablity of Black-owned
new papers in the Midwest, present
a unified editorial position, and
procure adverti ing for all members
affiliated with Region 3.
Elections were held by the five
regions at the national meeting in
Baltimore. Region 3 elected AI Mc
Farlane of the Insight News (Min­
neapolis and St. Paul) as a Con­
venor of the region; Dorothy R.
Leavell, publisher of the Chicago
and Gary Crusader newspaper, as
Recorder; and Karen Wise-Love,
executive assistant to vice president
and general manager of the
Michigan Chronicle (Detroit)
editorial department, as Com­
municator for the region.
At the national level, four mem­
bers from Region 3 were elected to
national offices. Two were elected
by Region 3 as regional repre-
. sentatives to the national body: AI
McFarlane was elected to a 2 year
term as a national board member
and Carole Geary, publisher of the
Milwaukee Courier to a one year
term.
THE' OTHERS, Dorothv
Leavell and Charle Kelly publish­
er of the Michigan Citizen were.
elected by the national body a
treasurer and national board mem­
ber respectively.
The first meeting of the new na­
tional board is scheduled for Sep­
tember 23, 1992 in WaShington
D.C. in conjunction with the Con-
. gressional Black Caucus. "1 really
feel this is going to strengthen our
stand as Black newspaper publish­
ers," said Ms. Wise-Love.
She explained that Black
newspapers need to focus more at­
tention on young people and ex­
pressed concern of the Black press
being a vehicle for all. minorities
into the 21st century that projects
positive truths.
"I'm 'very optimistic," �s.
Leavell said, "I �hink this is long
overdue. 1 was pleasantly surprised
to find the wealth of talent and in­
telligence in our region. I think
we'll be one of the better regions.
Convenor, �cFarlane agreed, "I
think we have formalized a relation-
hip between Black-owned
newspapers that is long overdue and
that is terribly important.
IT REFLECTS THE' hift
towards regionalization in the en­
tire geopolitical arrangement of our
country" he continued, "What we
are accompli hing is what we were
asked t·) do by the parent organiza­
tion - to associate in a way to
. address common problems and pur­
sue common opportunities that are
regional in nature."
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BUSINESS FINANCE
Midwest Region 3 attendee
(from the left) - front: I mogene Harris- publisher Info, Gary, Indiana, Dorothy Leavell- publisher, The Chicago Crusader. Chicago, illinois
and The Gary Crusader, Gary, Indiana, Carole Geary - publisher, Mllwakee Courier, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sandra Stewart - pubR ,
The Toledo Journal, Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Walter Mathis - publisher, Afro-American Gazette, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Pat Pul am -
co-publisher The Grand Rapids Times, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ruth Wade - managing editor The Blazer News, Jackson, Mlch gan,
William M. Spillers - vice president'general manager Cincinnati Herald, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dorothy Wall of Telegram Newspaper. Ecorse,
Michigan. Back left: James T. Harris - publisher Emeritus Info, Gary, metana Jayme Cain - pu' r Joliet Times We9k�, Joliet, Illinois,
Michael C. VViliiams - editor/associate publisher, St. Louis Metro Sentinel, Mary Tandy publisher Indiana Herald, Indianapolis, Indiana,
Karen Wise-Love- executive assistant, Michigan Chronicle, Detorit, Michigan, Ben Wade- publisher, The Blazer News. Jackson, Mlch gan,
John tsnear, senior editor and advertisng director, Call &.post, Cleveland, Ohio, Walter Mathis, Sr. - editor-in-chief Afro-American Gazette,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, Don G. Wells - director sales and marketing, The St. Louis American, St. LOUiS, Missouri, William Garth-publlsh,
Citizen Newspapers, Chicago, Illinois, Ibn Sharrieff- publisher, Chicago TrI-Clty Jouma., Chicago, Illinois, Yeargan C. Pulliam- managing
editor/co-publisher The Grand Rapid 77mes, Grand Rapids, Michigan, AI McF ar1ane, publisher Insight News, MinneapolislSl Paul,
Minnesot� and J.C, Walls - publisher Telegram Newspaper, Ecorse, Michigan. (Photo by RIchard Aodgera)
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