COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _-South
Carolinians hould realize that
the day are numbered for th
Confed rate batt flag flying
over th Statehouse, t te Sen.
Robert Ford of Chari ton say .
• 'Most cit,ilized people in
South Carolina, Black and
white, realize it can't stay up
forever" aid Ford, a freshman
Democrat whose great-great
grandfather died fighting for the
Union in the Civil War.
"If it doesn't happen
through legislation, orne fair­
minded progres ive governor i
going to take it down" or it will
be done through court action, he
said.
He plans to introduce legisla­
tion to take down the flag that
al 0 hang in the Senate cham­
ber.
"The white power structure
see that flag as their battle cry,"
the African American senator
aid. .. If that flag was not up
there, Blacks 'would have made
10 times more progress. We've
got to remove that flag."
The flag debate has been
quiet inSouth Carolina for a few
years, but it is an issue in two of
three other states where the
Confederate flag i flown.
IN G ORGIA Gov. Zell
Miller has ked Jawmakers to
remove the crossed and
bars p of state g.
Miller, the great-grandson of a
Confeder ate soldier, view it as
a lingering symbol of pride in
Slavery inappropriate for the
state hosting the 1996 Summer
Olympics.
Alabama' Black law makers .
won earlier this month when a
circuit judge ruled that state law
do not permit any flag, except
for the tate and national flag, to
fly atop the capital dome.
In Mis i ippi, where the
flag al 0 is incorporated into the
ate flag, Black lawmakers say
they are more involved in other
i ues.
Sen. Glenn McConnell,
who great-great grandfather
also fought for the South in the
Civil War said he hoped South
Carolina could avoid the debate.
"TIl FLAG HAS nothing
to do with racism. Those that
like the flag, except for the tini­
est minority, see in that flag red,
white and blue, not black and
white" aid McConnell, R­
Charleston, who is white.
Sen. Maggie Glover of
Florence, a first-term senator
and member of the Legislative
-Black Caucus who spent four
years in the tate House, aid h
respec . he history of the flag.
. "But that's why we have
museums. There are all kinds of
fla s that tand for all kinds of.
people and cultures," she aid.
"T.)lere should be no special
preferen e for thi one. This i
the eat for democracy in this
tat ."
But Ford, who aid his great­
great grandfather died during
fighting in Natchez, Miss.,
called the flag a ymbol of ra-
ci m and opp Ion.
,. long the flag is in th
mind of the people of this state.
We are alway going to catch
hell in thi tate as Black peo­
pie," Ford aid.
"It h nothing to do with
h ritage. I that fla represented
herita it would have been up
from 1865 to the present. '
The fla has flown over th
Statehou e ince 1962. Ford
aid South Carolina .. redis­
covered it" that year and raised
it "as a slap in the face" �f the
federal government that was
pushin intc ration.
y: Patricia Colb rt
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p.c'.' To Th. Mlch/�n Cltlnn
Explaining the p animals go
through fore rea bing the marke
H ffron said, "The animal is slaugh red
By: Patricia Colbert
Special to the Mlchlg.n Citizen
DE1"ROrr - Th eri of articles
highlingting unsanitary conditions in
Detroit food markets has earned some
results, according to Dr. E.C. Heffron,
divi ional director of the Michigan
Department of Agriculture.
In an interview Heffron said, "As a
result of the Michi n Citizen' efti MS,
in reporting on me hants operating
ursani itiors, p rt-
ment has hired three food inspectors and
two existing employe were promoted
to field upcrvis IS."
In additi n it i lived that me
area L rc hav gotten together in h
of hiring a retired 'tate inspector to teach
market \ ners proper handling f m at
and t f cr ther im rtant marketing
advice.
"I think thi i an ex Hence idea, it
w uld help eliminate orne of th
problems,. aid Heffron."
And The Winner Is!
4 .... nnlllr. upenn locat at
10333 Fenkell old pork bocks to an area
re ident. After returning home he
opened th m, they contained slime.
When h tried to return th m sh ta '
that the owner a used her of not having
pro r rem ration.
Series sparks
inspection reforms
on
"Shoppin e whe , is easier id
than done," added , noting many
Detroit resident are without transporta­
tion.
A phone call to Jo ph rae, e ecu­
tive director of the iated Food
Dealers confirmed thaicff rts re ing
made to hire personnel )0 help prevent
future anitation problems.
"The money has been approved it'
just a matteroffinding the right n to
handle the j . We e t t hav . m­
one within the next
�Ij�n�ru a
four months on-g ing ries.
Alth ugh me pIT •. � bein
made it is important t continue to
monitor nd ornplain a zainst merchants
who refuse to comply.
To turn in a complaint call the
Mi higan Dcpartm nt of Agriculture's
mplaint line at (313) .. 3943 r 11
the Mi higan Citizen at (313) 9 3.
When making a complaint he ure t get
'the rrect name and add [the t reo
'"'-
National Foods Supermaket, locat d at 7033 West Fort Street was recently cited by the Michigan
Department of Agr'culture for dead flies in the meat and beer coolers.
Re ident hare
limited knowledg.e
of local governm nt
City of Detroit and uburban r i­
dents have om thin in c mmon:
limited knowledge of I al g vern­
ment, 'according t a tudy by th
enter f r Urban tudie at Wayn
State University.
The urvey f 1,5 resident in
Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Coun­
tie h wed that while 1 percent of
Detroit re ident could name their
mayor, nly 20 percent ould name
their . unty cxe utivc. Ab ut
per ent of ubur an re pendent
ould orrectly identi ty their may r
or two. hip upcrvisor, and 2 per­
nt could nam ·their ounty chic
rt, Tim thy
() rnmcnt arc more lik Iy t par­
ucipatc be .ause they have a better
und .rstandmu t th iscrv: ·C. vcrn­
m nt pr vide .
I n what has been called one of the hottest races in the rus ory of V,e Detrort chapt r of the NAACP,
Rev. Wendell Anthony (left) edged out Charles Boyce (right) for e presidency of the Detroit chapter
NAACP. The elec ion brought out a recor number of members to cast their votes. Rev. Anthony's
vision for the Detroit chapter includes: lncreasinq branch m m erships, relying less on corporate
donations, adding more staff to local office to de I With orscnrnmanon complaints, men onn youn
people, and expand The Operation F ir Shar Program, program th t monitors companies' hi In
and promotion of Black workers and their use of Black contractors. R v. Anthony d feated Mr Boyc
by less than 100 votes.
officials well their knowledge of
government ervice and polici .
Among Detroit re pondents ur­
veyed, 66 percent could name Dan
Quayle a. vice pre ident of the
United tate, while 5 percent of
uburbanite correctly named the
U.S. vice president.
for knowledge of city coun it
m rnbe ,60 perc nt of the r pon­
d nt in Detroit ould name at Ie t
ne f their nine un it members.
Le. .than one-third 0 uburban r i­
den c uld identify a member f
th ir local unci I.
More u urban dwellers th city
of Detroit re. ident . rrectl iden­
tified the �ppr priate government
uni ts that pr vide city ervi e .
H w ver, half f the uburbanitic
c uld not identify eith r their mayor
r a council member.
overnm nt."
Th' auth
r . ult from fa t iti!' n'
abiht to Identify with polin I I 1-
.ia ls. They n t that level
also uncov 'red imc dlffercn cs oc- 1�lblllt is ne ch ract ri. ti s of
t \\ t: c n Del r It a n d . 1I h u rb a n
r·. d..:nt • 'no' led 'e of iovcrnrneru
See RESIDENTS A8
