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HIGHLA D RK - The Highl nd Park Board of Education
approved ix month computer education program for an adult
education proj lied Education igned for Gainful Em­
ployment (EDGE).
At the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools,
the board entered into a contract with a company called Com­
puter Enrichment to provide rvi from May 2 through
October 30, 1994 at an approximate amount of 717,387.
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Bid et to repair
P police radio
HIGHLAND P K - The Highland Park City Council unan­
irnou ly gave th Public Safety Department permission to take
ou id to pair i Motorolla Prep Radi , chargers and
batteries.
Wh n a k by Council President Pro Tern Christine Frank­
lin bou whether the department could use radios used by the
citizen wa ch group during Devil' Night, Public Safety Direc­
tor Ridley Robinson said they were on a different frequency.
Franklin replied, "We paid a lot of money to use them twice.·
HP board establishes new
adlllinistrative positions
-In i reorganization of dmini t ion,
K choo oard es blished - starting July
1, 1994 - th e new positions:
Two school provosts.
One sup rvisor of career education, technology and In­
structional Material Center.
A chapter one supervisor.
Three achievement specialists.
The school board eliminated the positions of elementary
school principal, Director of State and Federal Projects, the
Supervisor of the Instructional Media Center, and the Director
of Curriculum.
City renews fleet insurance
HIGHLAND PARK-At itsApri14 meeting the Highland Park
City Council unanimously approved the renewal of the city's
fleet insurance policy from Action Underwriters Inc.
Under this coverage, the city would pay these premiums:
$1,471 for the Mayor's car
$53,235 for the emergency fleet
$29,530 for the regular fleet
$9,950 for excess liability
n 1,000 for v hicle inspections
Th Pu li rvi Dep rtment id the city council ap-
prov dth fl tmsurancepolicyforthreeyearsonFeb.1,1993,
but had to r 9�. the policy by April 15, 1993, to "avoid disrup­
tion of ov r
It dd d ha funds were budgeted for this in the Public
rvi Motor Division account #101-327-319.
HP public safety dept
to get new tow truck
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MALAIKA AYO WANGARA
By JERYL BARGINEAR
. Mlchlg.n Cltlnn
A prov rb in cribed in the
m nry of a local library reads,
"The fountain of wi dom flows
through books." The Afrikan Li­
brary, I t at 94 Ferris in
Highl nd P rk, on block t
of Woodward, is teeming with
just such t
Malaika yo Wangara,
founder/fountainhead of The
Afrikan Library, has b n a li­
brari n for n rly thirty years.
A gr dua of lanta Univer­
sity' chool of Library ci­
ences cla s of 67', she cr ted
the Martin Luther King Li-
brary Proj (l ter to nam
MLK Ins itute for Non-Violent
Soci I h n ) hortly ft r
King's d th a the rut of
hi wif,' .or ta cott King
and was Dir ctor for the Uni­
versity of Michigan's ent r for
Afro-Am rican and African
Studi (eAAS).
Wangar 0 ned The Afri­
kan Libr in m r of
1993, proj t that initi By b -
gan in 1977 when sh held a
fu nd-rai r for then-scarce
Afro-centric mat rial. In fact,
her purpose in becoming a li­
brarian wa u of the ob-
curity of books written by Black
authors; he ought a remedy for
that deficiency.
She transported th books to
Monrovia, Liber ia, wher a
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of items out of Africa.
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THE LffiRARY taff
members' tutoring from an ado­
I nt level to the unive ity
lev 1, offering help with ding,
u
ren .
Publi hing i a major priority
within th institution W n-
ra poin out, "The way to p
a good library going' to produ
good boo ,. Wangara id.
The Afrikan Library' cur­
rently open Saturdays from 10
.m. until 7 p.m. Individual
membership i available for
check-out or in-hou u for a
yearly f of 25. Family mem­
berships rat are reduced. or
further information, please call
869-2973.
, .
continu d from p ge A 1
on primary care and prevention,
including incent iv to train
more primary care practitio­
ners.
Community-ba ed primary
car clinics would be expanded
to provide increa ed rvice to
under served rural and urban
populations.
Additional funding will be
provided for public health pro­
gr ms, including primary care,
prevention, training of primary
care providers and outcome re­
search, it said.
FEDERAL, TATE, D
local admini t ti ructu
provide trong patient input and
th ystem would p erve vet­
erans dministration health
benefits and th Indian Health
ervice, Conyers office tated.
The single payer system is
private, wi h private doctors
and hospitals, unlike the British
ystem of socialized medicine.
Robert McCormic, coordina­
tor of the program and a mem­
ber of Michigan UHCAN said
that a single payer plan . would
put all patients on "an even play-
ing field." .
Currently the poor do not re­
ceive help and those who have
insurance are often pushed into
services that are not necessary.
. budget on administration -
health insurance staff process­
ing forms - while Canada, with
its ingle payer system only
spends 10-12%.
McCORMIC DE CRIBES
THE Clinton health care plan as
providing elaborate machinery
to handle simple tasks and
would creating more expense.
Under such a plan, he said,
doctors would be "herded into
health care pools," like health
maintenance organizations
(HMOs), depriving patients of
the choice of doctors. Under the
ingl pa r p n� th doctor
tient relation hip would be
. maintained, ince the d or
would be responsible to the pa­
tient, he said.
While the Clinton plan is sup­
posed to provide universal
health coverage, McCormic is
concerned about the possibility
that those in the health pools
might ignore those who have
handicaps, because they are
considered more "difficult."
Robert Griss, Director of the
Center on Disability and Health
states section 1402(c)(3) of the
Clinton plan bans discrimina­
tion on the basis of age or handi­
cap, but defines discriminatory
action as "intentional" and ys
it would not b prohibited if "re­
quired y bu in n sity,"
allowing the pools to eliminate
patien in c rtain conditions
who r uire special treatment.
The Clinton plan also states
that rehabilitation treatment
would only b covered for tho e
disabled by "illn or injury,"
suggesting tho e born with de-
f may be I ft out.
The Clinton plan also adds
that long term treatment is cov­
ered only when it results in im­
prov ment, ugge ting that it
may no be given when n
ary to maintain a rtain level
of h lth, h aid.
.McCormic st tes that be­
cau the ingl payer plan
would r pl c health insurance
and reduc drug costs, the insur-
con i �J)4,drug m -.
ani ruing th ir r oUfceS
again tit. H ay that b u eJ I H
gra root p ople have less
mon y, it is h rd r for upport-
of th sin le payer plan to be
rd in th m dia.
H UOT organiza-
and Accu­
racy in Reporting (FAIR) as
stating that in The New York
Times during a certain period,
the words "single payer" were
u ed only hr tim , while the
word "man g d comp it ion"
referring to th Clinton plan,
wer u d 2,000 times.
What about charge rai ed
th t h single pay r plan would
caus rationing?
Me ormi tat that in any
syst m th r would b questions
of how health care resources
would b u ed, but under the
single payer plan, these ques­
tions would b in th open and
ubj for politi I di cussion,
not in th b ckground, det r­
min d by in om .
H i ngl pay r plan
dvanc hnical
h at h c r for Can dians?
McCormic deni his, saying
th r hav: b n pro I ms in iso­
la ed regio w tern Can-
See, PLAN, Page A-8
UNDER THE CURRENT
system, McCormic said health
insurance companies try to in­
sure those who are healthy and
ignore those who are ick.
He states decisions on limit­
ing 'health care to people are
made in corporate board rooms
on the basis of profit.
Because of the numerous
. type of in urance companies
with a large number of forms,
too many staff are hired for bill­
ing or administration and not
enough for health care.
He said the U.S. system
pends 24-30% of i health care
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