"THERE ARE FEWER
and fewer members of Con
gr who come from rural or
agricultural areas," he aid.
"And there are fewer who
have an understanding of ag
riculture. "
But Paula Kearns, a Michi
gan State University political
science professor, said that
while agriculture may be get
tingcut more than other areas
of the budget, there are sound
reasons for it.
"I don't think that a budget
should be cut proportionally
across the board," she said.
"That doesn't allow you to dis
tinguish between good and
By JE IFER VAN DOREN
Presld nt Clinton met with four living legends wh n he welcomed surviving memb r of t
famed • Buffalo Soldier • to the White House. Surviving member included: 99-y ar-old
Sergeant Major William Harrington, 98-year-old Sergeant Mark Matthews, Trooper Jame
Madi on, and Trooper Frederick Willam . The olde t member of the gr?up Sergeant Major
Harrington, competed for the United State on it �916 Olympic Eque trl n Team.
U. . atto ey say e
mows who's beh· d
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MEMPHIS, TENN. (AP) -
. Memphis lawyer said today he
won't name five people unless
they're given immunity for shar
ing information about an alleged
conspiracy surrounding the
murder of Martin Luther King
Jr.
The state prosecutor at Mem
phis said, however, he does not
believe that claim.
Lewi Garrison, a Memphis
lawyer, said his clients will talk
to authorities in exchange for
promises of immunity from
prosecution.
Prosecutor John Pierotti said
he sees no reason for reopening
the investigation into Kings as
sassination in Memphis in 1968.
Pierotti described the con
spiracy allegations as "a sham
and a fraud upon the public."
about King's confessed killer,
James Earl Ray .
Garrison refused to name his
clients or give specifics about the
alleged plot. "I can't disclose
that," Garrison said. He con
tends one of his clients is a re
tired businessman who claims
he hired the gunman who killed
the civil rights leader. Garrison
said he has advised his client not
to talk to new reporters.
See KING, Page A-4
GARRISON SAID IDS cli
ents' willingness to talk stem
from investigations surround
ing a recent made-for-TV movie
ian try to
acre IDO· .........
BOULDER, OLO. (AP) - American Indians
have riusing a mountain top west of here for E PITE UNIVERSITY OF Colorado an
decad for vision quests and oth r sacred rit , thropology professor Deward Walker's state
charged a group of Indian activists. who are ment last summer that spiritual use of the site
protesting development on th land. dates ck 5,000 years, Frost authored a �a-
"I have been going up there since at least tive American Cultural CI rance" for the site
1976, and older Native Americans have been last Sept. 9.
using the site since before World War II for "There is no evidence that (Arkansas Moun
.vision quests and other ceremonies," Bruce . tain) has been used for the last 100 years by
Woodhall, an Omaha also known as Spotted (Native Americans). Just recent use is evident
Eagle Boy, told crowd of25 people on the Pearl at this time," Frost wrote.
St t Mall Sunday. "The mountain is our Earth On Sunday, Woodhall chastised Frost's state
moth r. It i not empty, not withou spirit. I is ment, calling it ignorant. Frost was .not .the
a living thing." proper person to' make the determination,
But Kenny Frost, a Ute and th contra or Woodhall added.
involved in building a house on Arkansas Moun- "For this guy to say there is no spirituality up
tain, claims the area has only ntly come to there, and that we're-hanging out with new-
be used for sacred rituals. It was uncle r a is an insult," h aid.
wh th r the site was used by Nativ Americans Ann Hanks, who owns the lot with her hus
or "new-agars," Frost said. band, Tony, said th d cision to go ah d with
Because Wayne Ritter bought the 3.I-acre their proj came after a great deal of thought.
parcel from the Bureau of Land Management, People would not be restricted from reaching the
Frost was consulted. Under the federal Indian mountain top, she said.
Religious Freedom Act of 1979, Indian groups "We ourselves are very spiritual people, and
must be consulted when th federal government we have a lot of res ct for Native American
plans to sell sit s of historical or spiritual sig- culture and 'spirituality," she said.
nificance.
,
Are these. familiar faces?
By CHRIS JOH SO
G(CapitalN
I ti rm id may
ingth w yof h din ur
but f nn n n fit in th
long run, according to the
Michigan rm Bu u.
"If you we to 100 t th
teofd infarm u i-
di , you'd find that it' faster
than reductio in other ub-
idi ," Farm Bu u P j-
dent J ck urie id.
Pre ident Bill Clinton'
new federal budget ill cut
agriculture pending 29 bil
lion ov r the next five y rs,
and farm spending has al
ready n cuts averaging 9
percent ch of th last eight
y rs.
Al Almy, director of public
affairs for the Farm Bureau,
said the' disproportionate
cuts in agriculture are due to
diminishing political support
for agriculture.
E ID ER
often drive their own income
down by relying on govern';
ment aid. He giv this exam
ple: Suppose the government
ts price upports for com at
1.50 per bu hel. Farme
decide how much to produce
based on that figure.
A corn farmer might pro
duce his annual yield for $1.25
per bushel. But, when he
tak it to the local elevator to
sell it, the market price may
be only $1.25 because farmers
produced an ex of corn in
anticipation of 1 50 per
bushel. So he farmer sto
his corn and tak a commod
ity loan from the government
for 1. 50 per bu hel.
In nine months, the loan
must be repaid. The farmer
can either sell his corn on the
market, hoping for more than
$1.25 a bushel, or he can let
the government k p it. Un
fortunately, the market
knows there is corn in storage.
The price will still be low be
cau e of the surplus. The
farmer is forced to accept
$1.50 a bushel.
Robbie McCoy Marian Edelman Assata Shakur
... They are to
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o
ph
By 18 t bout 15 d
id, though ys can
be nded if family' having
particularly hard tim finding
ho 'ng.
• rge � milie and bl c .
famili 'ally hav diffi
cult time trying to find pi to
Ii ," White ·d.
of ovember of 1992, only
peopl ho could not stay with
family or frien could this
servioo, White id, Before that
there as no such stipulation.
Single people who are looking
for a place to s y are referred to
shelters and missions in neigh
boring Kalamazoo County, and
many tim St. J eph County
will e n provide transportation
to the helters, White said.
Summ r months sometimes
dra more of the types of home
less people who travel from
county to county into the St.
Joseph County area, White said.
Other ways in which the state
often helps out during difficult
times is the Emergency Services
Fund, which totals about $7 mil
lion statewide. The service helps
with mild home repair, furnace
repair, heat and electric bills,
with relocation and rent, said
Nowakowski. St. Joseph County
receives about $37,920 in aid,
while the populous Wayne
County recei almo t 2.5 mil
lion.
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