By R SEIGEL
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Coo r aid neither sh nor
her union gave permission for
their nam to be used on this
leaflet p out at a p con-
to
P city hall
By RON SEIGEL
Michigan Citizen
IDG DPARK-Aprivate
investor is working on the pro­
posed project to build a new
Highland Park Municipal com­
plex.
According to John Pesta, as­
sistant to the Brotherhood of
Maintenance Way Employees
union secretary-treasurer, the
abandoned headquarters of the
Brotherhood of Maintenance
Way Employees at Woodward
and California will be used for a
new city hall.
Pesta said both the union and
the city were dealing with a pri­
vate investor for the last six
months on the project. He re­
fused to say who this private
investor was. "If they (city offi­
cials) want. you to know, they
can fill you in on the details."
The Michigan Citizen could
not reach city offici ls by the
time of this deadline.
Free tax
help
available
Free tax assistance to
low-income individuals,
families and Senior Citizens
will be a�vailable at the
McGregor Public Library
beginning Saturday (Satur­
day's only), Feb. 5, at' 9:30
a. m. through April 9.
"Rainbow Readers" open
to students grade K-4 will
begin Saturday, Feb. 19, at
2 p. m. The program will run
for ten weeks. Participants
will view videos, create
crafts. and can earn pins,
posters, T-shirts and free
books. Parents are also in- .
vited to participate. Limited
enrollment, don't be disap­
pointed, REGISTER NOW.
Children of all ages are
invited to participate in the
"REV UP TO READ" pro­
gram sponsored by Channel
2 and the Chrysler Corpora­
tion. Watch for information
updates on Channel 2. En­
try forms available at the
library.
For additional informa­
tion on the above programs
call the McGregor Public Li­
brary; 12244 Woodward
Ave., Highland Park; 883-
4558 or 883-4542.
Pesta also said th private in­
vestor did not w nt the press to
know what he was actually do­
ing. "What we (the Brotherhood
and the developer) have going on
is between us and what he has
going on is between him and the
city, " Pesta said.
fere h Id Wedn y, Janu-
ary 19, at 2 p.m ..
Cooper not pent at
th t pr conferene h re
McClelland aid both unions
co ide ring a la . t and
planning alkout.
McClelland claimed he w
not involved in political d dlock
between yor Li ey Porter
nd council members about
hether to build a new munici­
pal center.
Porter's plan would provide
new housing for city hall and the
Public Safety Department. In­
st d, McClelland said he was
simply concerned about the
threat to h lth and fety of his
mem 1'8, if they stayed at th
pent site.
White man fined
for u ing Blac
man's passport
HARARE, 21mbabw (AP) - A
white man who traveled to three
countries on a Black man's pass­
port was fined dlrs 100 for using
a stolen travel document, court
officials said Wednesday.
Cornelius Halgryn, 40,
changed the photograph in the
passport but left intact all other
information, including the des­
ignation that the passport
holder was Black; said officials
at the Harare magistrate'
court.
Halgryn pleaded guilty to
charges he used the passport il­
legally to travel from Zimbabwe
to Malawi, Mozambique and
South Africa.
The passport was found in a
raid on his Harare home by po­
lice Investigating stoleh pass­
port racket. official said.
>J
that ould sol all proble
d u picions
conti n
m ntof
i ti-
ted or, tit aid , by th
Porter Administration, in order
to put p ure on council mem­
be ho op t compi or
wanted to delay a vote.
Cooper no that t p
reI as not on union tation-
ery, but city tationery, with th
seal oftha City of Highland Par
on it. Cooper added that on th
leaflet, her number as listed
(318) 252-0022, which is neither
her home or or number, but
th number for th Mayor' of­
fice.
The press conference, in
which police and fire union lead­
ers threatened the city with
possible law suit and walk out,
was held in the Mayor' offices,
just a few rooms ay from his
administrative istant, Srotty
Wainwright. During the press
OWEVER, the leaflet he
passed out claimed that the un­
ions were "protesting council's
inability to take action for (sic)
Mayor's proposal for a new mu­
nicipal government complex
Councilwom
Johnson, who vo to del y
tion on th municip
id th offi exa crcro'rQ
ing nd th t th city fi
furn c in th public
building
Two city h 11 employ
at the pr ss conference, 1-
though both . d that hey did
not rep nt h maintenance
union, but re voicing their
own pe onal concerns.
rilyn Hatcher and Cassan­
dra Thompson, who said they
did not belong to any union be­
cause they had pedal positions,
spoke of gas fumes hich caused
h adaches they feared could be
harmful to their health. The two
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