MICHIGAN ClTIZEN DETRO
OCTOBER 31, 1993
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. Commerce
Secretary Brown
s ys: "I'll b
'exoaer ted!"
I'L - as Miami fed­
ral grand jury inv tip
char that he accepted
$700,000 to help end the U.S.
trade embargo against Vietnam,
Commerce Secretaey Ron Brown
month told a congressional
committee, "I'll be exonerated. "
Thus far, there has been no
hard evidence upporting the al­
legation by a Vietnam Ameri­
can businessman.
Meanwhile, President Clinton
has voiced upport for Brown,
telling a news oonferenoe, "He's
told me that he hasn't done any-
thing wrong and I believe him."
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CLOTHES
- FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
McUrant pye Jr., (left), own r of Mac's Auto Wash, Inc. ,
joined State Senator Jackie V ughn recently in pre enting
Rev. Ann John on an award for h r tlrele s work with th
homl, at the Eastside Emergency Center. Pye will con­
tlnu his support of the Center when hi busln as at 15500
Schoolcraft will pon or the "Bread of Life Program Ben - .
fit· Nov. 15-18.Someoftheproce d earn dbyMac' from
wa.hing car ,van and truck will be contrlubuted to th
Center which provld 8 helter, clothing nd hope for many
homel •• familie •.
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"The war on drugs, as it is cur­
rently waged, feeds the very vio­
lence it is intended to stop."
Schmoke first made his call to
take a different approach to the
BAL'l1MORE, MD - Black Bal- drug problem nearly five years
timore Mayor Kurt Schmoke re- ago.. . .
cently renewed his call for what Since that time a gro�ng
amounts to decriminalization ofl number of experts have VOiced
illegal drugs in America. Writing support for his �ew that t?:e cur­
in the "Outlook" section of the rent drug war 18 both failing to
Washington Post, Schmoke ar- curb inner city drug use �d
gued that drug use should be works to cause �ven greater VlO­
treated as a medical problem. lence. Schmoke 18 generally eon-
Schmoke said, "As a substitute sidered one oft�e �cst inn?�tive
for our current policy, I favor �d forward-thinking politicians �
"medicalization" - one word de- in the country. I'
scription for policies that in- ..,
crease aroess to drug treatment
.. ." Also, according to Schmoke,
Baltimore mayor
renew call to
decriminalize drugs'
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linton's
health care plan
call for more
lac doctor
cou
lDNGTO ,DC - One 1- I
dom mentioned goal of P ident
Clinton' health care plan is to
enoourage more minoriti to be­
come doctors, dentists and
health-care prof ionals.
Only 3.6 percent of the na­
tion' doctors and den . ta are Af­
rican American, even though
Blacks oonstitute over 12 percent
of the U.S. population. In fact,
although ther are far fewer
Asians than Blacks in America,
there are over th tim
many Asian doctors - 63,000
compared to 21,000 Blac .
The Clinton goal is to double
th number of first year B
m 'cal tuden by year 2000.
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• Elementary & High School;
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• Former Michigan State Representative
• Former Mayoral Executive Assistant
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MAAT Imhotep Technical Academy
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• Detroit Federation of Teachers
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