iame e twi
found d d
A P cial et i being
prep red or the January 16
funeral of Gladys YVOM nd
Mary Yvette cCarther, per­
haps th world' old t con-
neeted Siam twins.
When the ervice com­
mence at the Greater Com­
munity Bapti t Church in
Pacoima, Compton Com-
By TUREKA TURK
are re idents of thetci ty.
Th layoff r the first t n
Mayor Colmen Young' pu h to
privatize city rvice and are
paral yzing tb y terns in the proce .
Meanwhile, Detroit residents are
uffering the mo L Because of the
lay of ,city and health ervice ar
operatin at a ten-year low. From
long lines at WIC (Women, Infants g been paralyzed.
and Children) clini ,to newborns
wai ting almo t two months for food,
the lay offs have dev tated vital city
ervices.
The number of patients being
treated f r epidemic venereal
disease beencut in half. School
vi ion and hearing testing programs
have been elimin ted and the
Nui ance Abatement Program for
placing familie in abandoned hous
•
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By TERRY KElLY
Iflchlpn Cltlzfln
BBNTON HARBOR-Evidence 0
jury tampering in the 1976 convic­
tion f Mawi Carter will bring the
case b k to the Berrien County
Courts on Monday, January 25, at
3:30.
At that time, Attorney Frank
Mafrice, of the Southfield law firm
Sommers, Schwartz, Silver &
Schwartz, who luis taken up Carter'
cause for ree, will petition Judge
John Hammond for a new trial for
Carter.
Servi ng a life ntence for assault
wi th intent to commit murder agal rs t
a white, off-duty Benton Harbor po­
lice officer in a 1973, Carter who i
African American, has rnai ntained
his innocence over the years, and
waged a battle for his vindication
and freedom from behind bars.
Despite media attention to the
King march. organizer aiming for
bu in community'· atten ion
"And, mq important, they
have not don much, if nything to
create a more economically just
environment here in the Puget
Sound area, particular! y a s it,
relate to hiring, training and
promoting African Americans and
other di advantaged ecto of our
population," he id.
VIVAN DYER: "No. Becauce
of the fact that t ley have been
around so lor g and are still
organized, "
CLYDE KENNIEL nI: ·Yes.
They are out of the Black com­
munity"
MALCOLM MAYES: "Yes.
They have always been for the
people but the people ate
changing while the organiza­
tion is aying the �ame. •
Sinc July 19 2, D troit ha
witnes ed th laying of of over
health and city workers. Mo t of the
laid off worker are
African-Am rican omen, m nyar
single head of household, and all
.
Highland Park residents, angry at the state for withholding funding from
Highland Park Community, travelled last week to Lansing to speak
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W�DA F. ROQUEMORE,Uc:Ngan cttz.n
before the Michigan School Boaro. See Page A 5
H hold
By RON SEIGEL
CorrHpondent
HIGHLAND PARK-Highland
Park Mayor Linsey Porter asked the
city council to' indefinitely delay
making a decision on a propo al
giving land between Hamilton and
the John C. Lodge, West Davison and
Glendale to a Florida developer
named Robert Zeff, who has recent) y
formed Highland Park Horizon
Developer Corporation (or casino
gambling.
Mayor Porter tated after listening
to concerns of council presi n
Tem Christine Franklin and
Councilman Frank Ross, he decided
, it was neees ary for the city to hire an
attorney with knowledge of
technicalities of the gaming
industrie to represent the city'
interest in such bu i ne
negotiations.
The Mayor stated this decision at
a special meeting to vote on the issue
•
Do you thin
that the '
NAACP is an
elite
organiza · on?
I
c
t Wedne. day, January 1. He
originally wanted the council to
approve Zeff' plan at it official
meetin Monday, January 11, but
Ro s, Franklin and oun ilwoman
Greta Johnson voted for a f rty-cight
hour delay to consider th i ue fully.
At the time: ouncil president
Dwight Downe and councilman
Charlie P. Davi , who org nizcd the
referendum upp rtin ca ina
gambling la t fall, voted against the
delay. Wedn day though, D ne
joined other councilmembers in a
decision t indefinitely tahle t
i uc but Davi PP od ini , tating
at without Immediate acu n ther
area might get ca ino arnblm
ahead of Highland Park.
TH MA RID originally
taken that p inon on M nday but
said Wednesday that the be t other
areas could get was limi ted gambling
owned by Indian tribe and not a full
fledged legalized casino.
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2
Others in the audicn said that
because of its prime location n ar the
freeway, Highland Park would be in
demand and would benefit fr m
iornpe titicn between different
ambling devel pers. A large reason
See CASINO, A4
TTI. ( ) - Organiz rs of
the ci t y' annual march to
commemorate the birthd y of
Martin Luther King Jr. hope to
make a point to th city' b in
communi ty when they change their
traditional route.
By going through the heart of
the downtown bu ine di trict
instead of on the road named for the
slain civil rights leader, m rchers
will ensure the na tional holiday is
recognized, organizer Larry
Go sett aid.
Many of the downtown
bu ine es, at "the center of
economic power in our region, do
not honor his birthday by letting
employees take the day off," Go
s ett aid.
MAURICE CARTER
years ter th ault-there h
been no break until Mafrice uncov­
ered evidence of jury tampering.
At hi trial in 1976, Carter w
tried by an all-white jury. Hi lawyer
qu tioned the ab ence of African
Americans on the jury ince Berrien
County w at the time 20% Bl k.
A OURT B I , Mr. Bartz,
indicated in sworn t timony b fore
the court that thr African Ameri­
cans had been in the jury election
pool.
Bartz t tified that Clementine
Brown w one of th three, but
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