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Highland Park youngsters recently participated in the Community
Study Group Round Up and Bookfair at Barber School. Youngsters
were treated to African storytelling by Shanta. Shanta deligJlted the
audience with tales of Africa,
cultures.
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By RON SEIGEL
judge it for themselves,
Conyer, who chair the
Government Operations Committee
(GOC) ori inally failed to act
informati n on the Fed ral VI lencc
Initiative, when asking on half of hi
committee early last year.
An aide to U.S. Congressman John
Conyers (D-Detroit, Highland Park),
asked to be anonymous, said that his
office has mad it a "top pri rity" to
examin wbetber racism is at the t of
the controversial federal Violen c
Initiative.
The Ini tiative is a plan undertaken by
the Department of Health and Human
Service HHS) under the Bu h
Admini tration, to tudy the ible
link between race and violence.
Conyer ' aide noted that the
Congressman's office is king t 1 k
at evidence objectively, not to
"alarmi t", and to bring the facts fore
th community, so that ci tize uld
II W �!AT R in
Conye ked the General A
om (GA)t
and HHS did
aide said.
D -Detroit City Council
met in public hearing January 25 'to
di re olution, upported rlier
thi y ar by ix Council m m , up
porting casino g mbling.
Th only m mbe who 0PP d
the resolution were Council President
Maryann Mahaffey, former Council
Presid nt Mel Ravitz, and Council
man Keith Butler.
Mary Gogenbiau hin of the Bridge
Community on Elm Street, told th
coun il, "You don't want to hear from
me at all. We'll ee n th b 110t box
who upp rted c ino gambling."
Dr. John Macartgny, Professor of
Sociology and ial P ychology for
the Univ rsity 0 Detroit, warned that
lott rie would waken th wor ethic,
getting peo le to cone ntrat n g t
ting som thing for nothing.
GARY WILLIAM AID,
"Gambling i a in and th love of
m n y i th root all evil."
Council Pr ident Maryann
Mahatf y aid that casi gambling
would giv people th idea th t'''their
future depend on th roll (the dice,
rather t n w rk,"
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T DI GR D,
ying the Native Americans would
t 1, jo, but 3, more would
av Hable for other ethnic groups.
Ev reu charged that oppon nts of
ca ino gambling ere
"t' anctimonious", ying he d not
en th m present It mative pi
get job to Detroit. However,
f y aid. "We hav mall busi
whi h eekhelp nd d not tit(Crom
the admini trauon of Detroit M yor
Col man Young, who upports ino
gambling). We don't give priority to
nurturing and helpin minority con
tracto and hiring."
Ev rett. aid that casino g mbling
would h lp the city' tax e, claim-
ing that New Orleans offici 1
timated in preparing their city budget
that it would be b lanced from n
ticipatcd c ino gambling reven
M h ey dd d th t thOle
ae�lelooln n r �roo�a
ino would b w te contra, 0
u� ide troit. Sh id that
See GAMBLING, A7
DAMON JACKSON: "Jackie
Robinson - he was the first
Black man to enter the major
lea u at the s me time he got
his educ non 10
OLIVER WILLIAMS JR:
"Coleman Young -.he came
into the community no took
away ST8ESS. II
YUDONNA HARDY: "My
parent - they'vetaught me
my mor Is and self r spect. II ••
S. S ITH: "Denzel
Washington -- he is a great
Black actor, II
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dru s � curb alleged violent tend nci
In its initial . m nt th aide
added, GAO id that there "doesn't
appear" l have en "any cxpcrirhcnts
by race" and "race is not a fa tor in any
rc arch that' n done."
• Tl aide empha izcd that thi. i. just
an initial m nt, that they "haven't
put every thin together" ncJ there i a
ne .cs ity for "heekin and ro.
.hccking." .
TIl aide indi ated that Conye '
tfi e would do f II w up' re arch on i Is
own.
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race an inherent factor, even if thi w
not outwardly tated.
The aide . d that thi w being
examined, noting, "we are very
rncd about the questions being
3! ked in a vacuum."
TI aid :tddqU that it, w not 'yet
clcarwhcthcranydru were beingused
r w rc planned f rein Initiative
tudi s.
The aid
See CONYERS, A7
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