.,
. AnnapO' MD--Malyland
Governor William Donald
Schafer last week shocked
much of the nation by t­
ing a welfare reform policy
which would require tho
of Black women on welfare to
be implanted with five-year
birth control device and that
Black men receive vasectomles
which would remer them in­
capable of fathering children
According to Schaefer, "If
they are on welfare am have a
certain num r of illegitimate
children," women would be re­
quired to use orplant-a
device implanted in the upper
ami which prevents conception
for five years and it would be
mandatory that men get vasec­
tomies.
The policy would apply to all
races. Black delegate Flijah
Cummings caUed Schaefer's
suggestion "very dangerous." .
Apparentl y anticipating charges
of racism and comparisons to
the genocide of Adolph Hitler,
Schaeferadded, "I krow it's ex­
treme, and I am not proposing it
today. But it should be 122fed
at"
i e tim ted th t
n 16 to 20 billion
e ente Michi
terwa ch year, accorclin to the
Department 0 tural Resources
In an effon to clean up the problem, a
handful 0 tate natoIS have introduced
le 1 tion dd ing combined
overflow (CSO) arxt more are expected
to be introduced.
Ho Co-Speaker Paul Hlllegonds,
R-Holland, that
attention will
vyrai
11 combine in, to their citize to help payoff
the public HOO would call for t dts­
c r in mmunity to pay for it," he
·d.
Sen. John Sicky, R-S inaw, intro­
duced the other two bil in th eso
ka e.
, Gov. Engler nd
m ve met and announced
• Liwt 1 ve been ematOO in the t and
will be given eany t nnon," he d.
Hillego 'd that in the en-
vironmental area they will seek orne
combin d wer ov rflow fin, ncin
authority.
wage overflow Th I gisl on would give bonding
According to Hillegonds, there are a autOOrity 10 local communiti to rebuild
number of citi in the ta that have tho e y tem. Hillegonds said
never rebuilt th ir wer ystems and. municipaliti could tate bonding
the raw wag and the groun water or uthority and th n tum around and
surface water L m that iak care of charge wa r fees or wer disposal fcc
" y. group 0 g
to ther and d cid d to work in a bipar­
ti an way," aid S n. William Van
Regenrnorter, R-Jenison. "We intro­
duced a ka e 0 bil which did n t
t all the way throu h, 0 we decided to
try it gain this year. it will
a biparti n bicam cal g ."
Van Reg nrnorter' bilt would re­
quire n tification f all downstream
communiti ,the Department of atural
R urces and the local health depart­
ment about a mbined wer discharg
int a river or other body of wat r.
"It would HI' require m nit ring
, ing n �'lry to p teet the health 1
for tra fer
of a ut 12.2 million in inte t camed
form the Environment I Protection
Wat r Pollution Control Fund into the
State Revolving Fund to e(..'UJ'C H 1 )
percent match of fed cal fun .
Tbe Sta Revolving fund i d by
the tat to finance local w te wa r
plan and' pitali ed by m tching
fund form th fi ral government and
tied to the Clean Water Ai 1.
q
money."
Tbe Dep runent of atural RCMlUT­
. al reviewing the ills f re it can
iti n on them.
Rc enrnotorer' hilI.
Sal tax eyed a way to
ease property tax load
By JEFFERY A, SCHONENBORN
C.ptl., N.w. S.rvlce
lA N - As the year-long freeze
on property tax ass ments ends and the
Legi lature decide how to provide
property tax relief, the Republican Co­
Speaker 0 the House says a 1 -cent sales
tax increa e could make up the I t
revenue Ior s 'hoots.
rc' the
m r a r
• period to 40 percent instead of 50 per-
nt," aid Speake Paul Hille nds, R­
Holland. "And probably down to 45
percent i first year; this year."
If the Lcgi slature cuts property taxes
without reirnbursingscbool , such as Hil­
legends u 'ted, h 01 di tric likely
would ask for millage incre es.
"Pe pie or the tate, we would give
you om op rtunity to effect your own
d tiny on this." Hilleg nds aid. "(The
Legislature) would put n the ballot for
_y u a hancc t vote a I-cent ale tax
incrc ' ; all of it t go to cducati n to
pefully repla the I t nncnt
and make it I ne c ary for
di: tricts to e k millage in-
Surve
ete
differences
New York, NY-A lUVCy f
ver 2, high- chieving high
school students has found that
Black and white tudents often
have significantly different
icw of the world. For ex­
ample, 5 percent f African­
American tudent believe
Black have fewer oppor­
tuniti ' than whites But only
percent f whit thou zht s .
Sixty percent of the Blaeks felt
they had n victims of racial
dis rirninati n, but only 10 per­
cent f whites admitted to oi.­
criminating again, t Bla ks.
_ Dcspnc negative experien­
ce • percent f the high­
achieving Black tudents id
they would date meone 0 a
different ra . This compa to
percent 0 whit . And, ver
half of Bla k uuoen said they
did not trust the police. Only 20
percent f whit felt the arne
way. The tudy nductcd by
Paul Krou ,publi her of
Who' Wh9 Am ng American
High hoof Students.
Recession, state cut­
backs jeopardize
Afric_an-American
gains
atlv
- Am rica�. Asian Am 'nca •
and Hi 'panic,. The rcpo�
shO\ : that \\ hile "ml nty" en­
IIment !few In mo, t stat
,fc\ tat
"howed . i JOlli ant at
proporti).U ol Afncan­
Amen ·m. atlv Am 'nca� ,
or Hispani . am n their :tu-
d 'nl pulati ns.
A nstitutional arncndrn nt, via a
allot pro 1. is the only way the I
tax, now 4 percent can be ircrea ed.
Rep. Thomas Mathieu. D-Grand
Rapids, aid cutting tax and then rely-
ing on tb: ge 0 a ballot proposal to
replace revenues forscbools is not a good
idea.
"Every time there's a ballot PI'( al
to include sal tax, it 18 bumped," be
said. "I'm not ure the voters of this state
will upport arotber,"
H id a property tax decrease and a
sal hould occur simul-
Hillegonds said on of til, main
reasons that b 110t proposals for sales tax
increases fail, is that they in ludc other
items. In 1982, there was uch a roposal
that included a sales tax increase and a
property tax cut vhich was not approved.
The executive direc r of the
Michigan Education Association. Bever­
ly Wolkwow, said th 'tat cannot be
certain tha� it'propcrty tax arc cut; there
will be enough funds generated by the
sales tax increase to reimburse sc I.
"Wewouldnot upportpumngusalc
tax on the 001101," he aid
The MEA proposes a nate-wide mil­
la c rate of mills, and euinu c . ide
General Fund money c llcctcd from a
higher state ircorn tax rate to achic e
equitable funding for all Michigan
hools.
Tribute t Tuskee "Top Guns"
Gov. Douglas Wilder'(left). embraces Gen. Benjamin O. 0 VIS (nght) during program honoring the
Tuskegee Airmen, World War Il's all-Black fighter squadron. Gen. Davis, long with several other
surviving Airmen, is featured In a video documentary and �xhibit.
home in the area in 19 7. It I ow \\n\
12. m t f them a quired at tax \<11' •
and ha turned them into treatment
ntcrS and outpatil!nt h mc�.
Ebcrcchuku. 42. eXl'r cd hi" , wk '
in King Avenue hy n:citing a qllotati n
titled "Wha ' n I Do?"
ma .. L', a 7 'at or rmstakc
did I othin 7 'Gm e he
c( uld nly d , 1 .tle,' .. he qu te ....
�Thc m :t iml l1ar,1 thin that 4uot'
. il I�. JU! t do )nlcthil 7."
lint neighborhood works
to maintain King! dream
FUNT (AI') - t c cryone e 'ted
thin to han ze when Detroit trect was
rcnam 'd Martin Luth r Kin venue in
March 1 ctirl,
In me \ ay ,th 'Y ha cn't. Th reare
boardcd-up 't refronLI\, . hell. or once­
Ie ant ho� ,dru and violenc.'c al ng
th' thoroughfare on Flint's n rth sid '.
In olh'r v.a, Lhere I� 'han' . It',
e min' from the J opl \l h live and do
bl.l,',inc�, th re.
. One n:SIU 'nt , id th: memory of
Martll1 Luth'r Ktn Jr. "i' n t being
d wnplc cd h" nammg th' �tn:(.)t aft r
him .... (Kin· tanill foral tinth'Bla k
... and thl' i th Bla k 'om-
,I U L
He ll: In'. a 1I�1,
, n'd IVC
Detroit get
leade� hip trainin
Pastor says Hawaii not a
. .
melting pot formany Blacks
110 OLlILU (AP) - The p' tor 01 pic
lh . tate'. large t ncan Amen "m
Baptist Church y HawaII fall\ t
up to its Image th "meltin
the Pacific" for many BI c}c;;.
Rev. Stanley Am f Tnnlt MI-
slOnary Bapti t Church ay.., man"
Bla � come to Hawaii to e cap lh'
fa i. m they experience on the m inl. nd
be . we of that mcltin pot m tho but
I'avc <Ii 'app i�ted hecau e of thc
racISm thcy find h reo
Otlle tay and pret nd th mcltlO J
pOI myth i true, Am atd dunn T it
Dr. Martin Luth r Km Jr. ay (h\cr­
vance.
1 El<.llBOIUl<
'Ol'\! 1(.1 'I cd
mc pc pI
m lh nd try to livc U1
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