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City re/axe.
DET OIT (AP) - Living in
Detroit h been a tringently en­
, forced rule for city workers, at least
during M yor Coleman Young's 19
years in office.
But the mayor may be relaxing
that requirement. ,
Workers from private com­
panies have been hired to replace
about 1,000 office workers.
AD MIN I TRATION officials
have required only half of them to
live in the city, according to the city's
bid requests.
DETROIT
r qui� ment
or,
on-residents are creeping into
other city employee po itio . After
cutting bac on emergency medical
service, the city hired an ambulance
company aware that about half of the
employees were residents, official
said.
"Privatization i a way of show­
ing Young doesn't give a damn about
the Black working cl s,' aid John
Riehl, chief steward of Local 207 of
the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees.
.reason Young i being forced to 100
el ewhere for ch aper workers.
Federal rule prevent the city
from restricting re iden y on con­
tracts involving ci ty departments that
receive federal money, he also told
the Detroit Free Pre for a story
Thursday.
H m CY require-
ment has been criticized, especially
within the police and fire depart­
ments, where many employees are
white. Lawyers for police unions ay
the mayor could find it increasingly
difficult to make residency legally
binding if he's tretching the rules
for other workers.
"Prlvatization is a
way of showing
Young doesn't
give a damn
about the Black
working class. "
MAYORAL POKES
Bob Berg said workers' rejection of
a 10 percent pay cut is part of the
Detroit joins program to fight breast cancer
DETROIT, Ml-Detroit is among a
growing number of concerned cities
who have joined a nationwide pro­
gram aimed at bringing together cor­
porate, government, comm .ly
". "., pr ional or a-
t.o in the fight against breast cancer
through early detection.
In 1978, the National Cancer In­
stitute (NCI) deterntined that 1 in 14
American women would develop
breast cancer in her lifetime. During
the next ten years, that figure rose to
1 in 10, and in May, 1991, the figure
was revised upward to 1 in 9.
Project Awareness is a national
community-based mammography
screening intervention initiative
designed to reduce breast cancermor­
tality rates by making it possible for
underserved women to achieve the
life-saving goal of early cancer detec­
tion.
Nearly one-half of American
women over the age of 40 (particulary
minority women) are not receiving
regular mammograms, the key diag­
nostic tool to surviving breast cancer.
Mortality rates among low-income
and minority women are ignificantly
greater that in the general population
because breast cancer is not detected
when it is most treatable.
PROPER USE OF state-of .. the­
art screening techniques by all women
over the age of 40 would result in a 30
percent reduction in mortality from
breast cancer.
Project Awareness takes a three-
tiered approach to early detection,
education easy acces to screening
mammography, and follow-up medi­
cal care under the leadership of the
Cancet Research Foundation of
America (CRFA).
The YWCA of the U.S.A., the
Auxiliary to the National Medical As­
sociation, the National Cancer In­
stitute [and its two
representatives-the Can cr Infor­
mation Service (CIS) and the National
Black Leadership lmtiativc on Cancer
(NBLIC) and the Congre .ional
Families action for Breast Cancer
Awarenes have joined the CRFA in
establishing a brea t cancer education
and screening program.
Dr. Alma Ro e Georg, pa t na­
tional president of the National Medi­
ca I As.ociation, said, "Lack of
knowledge i not the only barrier to
In .rcasing the utilizntion of early
detection. Access to crvice and co t
remain sub. tan. tial impediments to
rccc i vin proper. crvicc tor a
ircmcndou: number ()f American
women."
Thl' y\v .t\ or M .u opol i ta n
I h'troit will lc.ul the rccruitmcm cI tort
cancer due to later diagnosis and trea t­
ment. This project will help educate
women about the importance of mam­
mography in preventing these
deaths," said Kym Sellers who is a
member of the Detroit . tons Wive ,
a group of women concern d with
reducing breast cancer mortality rates
in metropolitan Detroit Sellers is
married to Detroit Piston Brad Sellers.
The pilot program will select 100
eligble low-income women, over 40
"WOMEN OF COLOR tend to . years old, with special emphasis on
have higher death rates from breast women over 50 who are at greater risk
for breast cancer. Small group erni­
nars (15-20 women), will be given
each day of the program with ample
time for questions and answers to en­
sure understanding of the benefits of
the program, 01 by _ re ning
mammograms.
by working with the American As-
ociation of Retired Persons (AARP),
Community Health and Social Ser­
vices Center (CHASS), Detroit
American Indian Health Center, and
roject HOW (Health-on- Wheels) to
identify Jow-income African­
American, Native American,
Hispanic and senior citizen women
who have not had access to these ser-
For more information on where to
obtain a low-cost mammogram, call
the Cancer Information Service of
Michigan at 1-800-4-CANCER.
vices in the past.
Fat�er and Daughter
Michael and Michelle Nicholson enjoy a lazy Saturday afternoon at the Franklin Cider Mill. The Cider
Mill is located at Franklin and 14 M,ile Roads in Birmingham.
ighland Park
Chamber of Commerce
OCTOBER Lu CHEO MEETI
12:00
G
oon Thursday, October 22, 1992
American Legion Hall 55 Victor
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How would your bu Ines be affected?
Background:
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ordinance on the Novem ber 3, 1992 General Election Ballot in the City of Highland Park:
This proposed ordinance provides W at any time Casino Gambling is approved by state law tt shall be prohib�ed wtthin
the corporate limits of the City of Highland Park.
Shall this Proposed Ordinance be adoptee?
Please make Luncheon Reservations at 868-6420.
. Cost for Luncheon is $6 - Members $8 - non-members
Marching Matador
Gabrielle Grafton a member of Spain Middle School Marching
Band, The Matadors, pratices her flute.
-Freedom is something we must take with our own hands and
serve it with our own hands. If other people hands setv« it for us,
other people's hands can take it away. - '
. - Dr. John Henrlk Clark
Advance Ticket ale at the Shrine of the Black Madonna
and Vaughn' Bookstor $10.00 General Admission $7.00
for tudent .
Malcolm Community Forum
Malcolm X Center
13206 Malcolm X Blvd. (Dexter)
Detroit, MI '48138,
, .
Presents
Bob Law·
Activist and New York City Talk Show Host
Education For Self·Determlnat on
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Highland Park Community Coli ge
10 Glendale
(313) 838-2889
Saturday, October 24, 1992,4-6 pm
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