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MONTGOM Y, ALA. (AP)
- Officials in Alabama's col­
lege desegregation case got
together with legislative
leaders Monday to discuss a
possible settlement, but they
were still as far apart as black
and white.
Officials of predominantiy
white universities urged the
Legislature' Joint Fiscal
Committee to give historically
Black universities no more
than U.S. District Judge
Harold Murphy required in his
ruling a year ago.
But . 'attorneys for
predominantly Black univer­
sities and their alumni said the
state must do much more or
they will pursue an appeal .of
Murphy' ruling.
An effort to p
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By LARRY TILL
I rg t ingl incr a ri n-
Americ n m mb r 0 Con re
in th founding of th nation, id
official of th Conge ional Bla k
Cau us Foundati n which ponsored
th in titut .
In J nuary, the CBC m m hip
will in rea from 26 to a re ord 40
m mb r nd Senator-cle t C rol
Braun (D-IL) h agreed to
join the H use R presentative group
in trategy e ions, CBCF official
announced.
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one of three orientation e ion
cheduled for all new members of
Congress in Atlanta, Chicago, and
Lo Angeles, but the CBC members
were invited to convene in the Geor­
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The CBC is one of many special­
ized interest groups organized in
Congres on the basi of geography,
economic interests, legi lative goals,
culture or ethnicity.
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Detroit students·
get recognition for
helping the hungry
By RON SEIGEL
Af/ahlg.n Citizen
DETROIT - Students at a Detroit
elementary school received recogni­
tion for taking special initiative to
help poverty stricken people in the
Detroit area get clothing.
During the last school year, the
student council of Hanneman
Elementary School started a cam-
. paign asking students to give up their
potato chip money and donate it to aid
the hungry in a "Quarters for the
Hungry Campaign."
Money went to the St. Francis
Xavier Church in Ecorse, which aids
many poverty striken Detroiters and
wa used to buy shoes for those who
come in for meal ,according to Han­
neman teacher Eva Tate.'
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into be more reflective of the
United State ." emph ized Rep.
Kwei i Mfume (B ltimore),
veteran CBC m rnber,
The obj ctive of the CBCF in­
titute, announced by Rep. Alan
Wheat (D-MO), chairman, were to:
- Acquaint members-elect with
spe ial upport ervice and resour­
ces available to CBC m mbers.
- Di cus olutions to the pecial
issues and problems that "freshman"
memb rs ar likely to confront, nd
. - Identify the mo t critical i ues
facing Black America that will be
given top priority by the CBC during
the 103rd Congress starting in
January.
Most CBC members told
reporters that unemployment,
skyrocketing health care co t ,
education and urban blight top their
list of concerns.
However, with 13 CBe members
now elected from newly established
congressional districts in the South,
"issu affecting this region are ob­
viously going to get a lot more atten­
tion within this body," Mfume
declared.
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