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Stallings 'dthecity' choiceofaSouthfield
firm over a local one repre ented "a perfect
example of enlitl coming into the community
to rape and pillage without giving anything
back."
He contended that a local developer hould
have been involved, since local firms " tayed
when everything left."
Stallings also tated ou ide busine were
encouraged locate in the development and
provide more competition for local businesse .
PLAN ,AS
I
,
helle , he
"As long
people, we try 10 provide ICrvice
for them," Tbomson d. "But
hope they will look tor alternative
kinds of funding ... so they won't be
dependent on the belter."
Salvation Army workers will
work with people in the helters to
find some support Social Security
benefits or Aid to Families with De-
pendent Children. '
The Salvation Army works to
coordinate a networ of participating
shelters and Wyckoff said DSS pays
a per diem amount for each bed. 1be
. program lasts year round, but is most
yv
o cu planned for hi
lion, ngler ·say
want d
IJCp rienc
alv
"Anyone who wants shelter i
guara�eed it," said DSS Director
Gerald Miller.
The Salvation 'Army ha a
statewide phone number homeless
people can call to find shel ter in their
cOmmunity. The number i 1-800-
SHELTER.
Last year there were 5,000 call to
the line. The Salvation Army
provided 500,000 nights of shelter at
a cost of $9.50 pernfghtat no cost to
the users.
. "That's a pt'Ctty good deal," said
DSS pokesman Bob Wyckoff.
her
"BASICALLY, we've heard
we houldn't go ahead and spend
all the money, we have," Ahles
said.
, Macomb Community College
has several cost-cutting plans in
effect, and' Ahles said a further
decrease in state aid would mean
leaving ome staff vacancies open.
A mid-year tuition Increase i not
CUTS, AS
n
yRON 10 L
lchl,." CItIz."
and Economic Development Department and
talked with the Mayor, Highland Park DEVCX>
and other tate agencies about hi plan to build
a shopping center for a bank, drug store and ten
businesses.
"I went to them in good faith, but my plan
was not cted upon by any of the parties." he
aid.
they are absolutely false.
, "There are no plans for anything
like that on the part of our ad­
mini tration," Truscott said.
"There has been no discussion of
executive order cuts at all."
But Kat�y Ahles, vice president
for public affairs at Macomb Com­
munity College, satd'some higher
education officials have told her
possible cuts in state appropria­
tions for higher education may be
one the bo�on.
tapped in the winter.
A BEEN s
:;.WjCIgQI(Jaald. "1' a ..... � __
(t possible for the pebple to ftnd bel­
t r, dally t cold win r
months." ,
Thomson aid be expects to see
an incre in demand for the pro-
gram Inee it f in its second year.
"The need i still there," Thomson
4. "We spent the flllt year wort-
ing vetoping the system. We
didn't anyone without shelter,
e pee lly i the inter."
mGIILAND P - Henry Stallings, owner
of fout One Stop Chec Cashing and Payment
tor ,with one on Woodw rd Avenue in
Highland Par . d his e ons to develop a new
hopping center around Woodward and
Mancb ter were ignored by the city.
The Mayor, the City Council, and Highland
Par DEVCO approved plan I t week that
would give the land to a Southfield firm called
First Commercial Realty.
Stallings aid be met with the Community
STAlLINGS ADDED THAT the mayor
and offici,a! in the Community and Economic
Development Department aid they would get
back to him.
"That' as far as it went," he'd.
Cou
rloaCi
tly
WANDAf.�a..n ,
Naomi Wheeler and Ameenah E.P. Omar, director of admission HPCC, were among many who helped
make HP's Malcolm X Week a success. More photos A4.
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By "REV A. SCHO N80AN
CtpI!II Nm! B«vIo!
lANSING-A -high co t is paid by
Michigan citizens for the overload of
cases in the tate's Court of Appeals,
not only in dollars, but in the delay
of j lice, according to the State Bar
of Michigan.
The a oci lion of the state'
lawyers also described "a laek of
productivity by the tate' Supreme
Court."
The president of the State Bar of
Michigan, George Googasian, ap­
pointed a ta k force to addre
problems in the tate's two highest
courts.
OVERLOAD, A5
Ba leto ve
4
infant from
drinking moth
edu
r
By AMY YUHN
CtpIIII N!w! S .....
Should
MalcolmX's
birthday be a
na kmal
ho·day?
DESHON TAYLOR: "Yes.
Malcolm strived for the Black
race and he's a role model to
Black youth. -
ORADY CALLOWAY: -v .
Malcolm raised Black con­
sciousness. �
JENNIFER ASHFORD: "Y .
People should know the real
reason he was a revolutionary
leader.-
DEREK KI 0: � .
stood for the same rig that
Martin Luther King stood for. -
By SUSAN VELA
CtpIt!I Nfwn S.rvlc.
wO!DCn with alcohol problemi more
access to health care problems.
An Oakland County public h 1 th
educator said educating physicians
should also be addressed if health
officials are serio about decreasing
the number of babies born with fetal
alcohol syndrome.
"Some phy icians have come a
long way, but some are still saying
that it's okay to have a drink every
EAST LANSING-Rumors float­
ing around Michigan colleges and
universities that Gov. John Engler
may issue cuts in higher education
funding through an executiveorder
are false, an Engler spokesman
say.
John Truscott, spokesman for
the governor, aid he doesn't know
who would start uch rumors, but
lANSING-Michigan health offi­
cials are planning an attack that will
target alcohol-abusing pregnant
women and save their babies from
being born with fetal alcohol
syndrome.
The battle plan will include media
campaigns against alcohol use, train­
ing health practitioners to recognize
alcohol-users and giving pregnant
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