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VOL. XVI NO �.f.. An Informed People is A Free People MAY 8 - 15. 1994
'How cheap ·5 Black life?'
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By RO SEIGEL
Michl .n Citizen
HIGHLAND P - Highland
Park Mayor Linsey Porter
authorized the Highland Park
City Council to hold a "special
m ting" in Canada to discu
budget issu with his present
administration.
Th meeting, which the ad­
ministration calls a "retreat" will
be held Friday, May 6, from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday,
May 7, from 8:30 am. to 6 p.m.
at the Royal Marquis Hotel, 590
Grand Marais Road in Windsor,
Ontario, Canada.
Citizens will have one public
session to speak about budget
issues, on Saturday for about 15
minute, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45,
according to city council sources.
Some residents say that it
would be hard for residents to
get to Canada that early for a
public session.
1WO OF THE five city coun-
cil . t
be ttending - Council Presi­
dent Pro Tam Christine Frank­
lin and Councilman Frank Ross,
A third, Councilman Titus
McClary said he was not sure
whether he would attend or not.
City Clerk Mattie Carter said
neither she nor any other staff
member of the City Clerk's office
will rome to the meeting.
When asked ifit were legal for
a special meeting to be held with- The State Champion Highland Park Community High School Parllam ntary Procedure team I
out the City CI.erk "to take � preparing for national. !n San Franci co thi month. Team members are: (r ar, t-r) Chri tina P rry,
cords, she said, A special Raymond McBeth, Millicent McKenzie, Grovannie Thoma and Collic Logan. Also: (front I-r)
meeting is not supposed to be.' Marchone Miller, Sylvia Looney and Sam ntha Dale. McBeth and Thoma are sophomore, b.le
See MEET. A7 a junior and all other are seniors. (photo by HP School District)
I ate 19 t
parole board
19 years for � year crime
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By BERNICE BROWN
Mlchlga" Citizen
Benton H rbor City Commis­
sioners a angered over the de­
cision of Berrien District Judge
Hugh Black to I e a woman
who w charged with th death
of a r n homicid victim on
April 26.
Commi ion r George Wysin­
ger id th B nton Harbor Po­
li did th ir job by
By Teresa Kelly
Mlchlg.n Citizen
Lorenzo Cross III, has spent the last 19 years of his life
trying to find someone to hear his plea of innocence and more
r ntly, fighting for a fair h ring before the Parol Board.
"Lorenzo's fate is being decided by th whims of the Parole
Bo rd," says his attorney Mark 1. Dom ic, of th firm Braun
Kendrick Finkbeiner in Saginaw. The two are on a mission to
force the board to comply with the laws.
Convicted on July 10, 1975 in Ber­
rien County Cirelli Court of aiding and
abetting a second degree murder after
the fact, C , now 44, was ntenced
to a lif term although it was his firs
nd only bru h with th law
"Lor nzo w an xemplary ci lZ n,"
Dom ic say. And Cro · r rd in
prison h n th am
The f ct Cr h an attorn y
t timony to his good conduct and r -
cord.
Before the poli ical fallout from h
Willie Horton closed th program, Lorenzo Cro III
Cr w employed in a world- nown
Michigan tauran under a work I
80's. Th own r, who asked no to id
work habi ,Ii tened to his tory, lik
a torn y to C r I
By Jennih.r L. Summerfelt
Cap/f.' New Service
nchanging. Michigan used to .
compete for jobs with the other
Great Lak tat, but that has
r ntly chan
States in the Southeast - -
p cially orth Carolina, Ala­
bama, Kentucky and Tenn
re now comp ing with
Michigan for Job
But Debbi Eldridge, a New
Buffalo busin owner, id her
position' uniqu .
"The Midw
never·been our
Eld rid said.
ichigan finally
brin JO b ck
own '"
r Industry
t Prope+ty
w Buffalo.
In op r tion
of no
DR I
of InteRem, a nucJ
consultant, and S
Management in
Both have b n
. �nrp 1991.
t trmony, only
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By JACQUELYN ARTlN
Mlchl{l!n Citizen
Reclaiming Our Communiti
and Child n (R.O.C.C.)· a pert
of the "Stop th Violence, Stop
the Crime" campaign being im­
plemented by Operation Push,
under the leade hip of Janette
Wilson, P ident lind Executive
Director of the N ational Chap­
ter. Ms. Wilson arrived in De­
troit from Chicago on. Sunday
morning, April 24, 1994 to attend
church rvices with some of ne­
triot' community active pas­
tors.
Ms. Wilson, accompanied by
Detriot' Chapter P ident and
Executive Director, Dr. Ja ri
Prempeh briefly visited Little
Rock Mi ionary Baptist
Church, where the Rev. Jim
Holly is the pastor; th historical
New Bethel Baptist Church,
where the late Rev. C. L. Frank-
lin to for many y
e Y tlt
Smith; nd F.Uo hip Chapel,
where the Rev. Wendall Anthony
is the pastor, to gath r uport for
"Operation Man The Stree ".
In Chicago, Ms. Wilson and
seven pastors from Yen com­
muniti marched in the seven
worst areas for one hour, one
night a week for the entire
month of March.
THE PLAN I TO solicit
men of God here in Detroit to be
true mentors to our boys and In
our communities. Ms. Wil on
challenged the male pastors,
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"What disturbs me is, if this
had been a white on white crime
in St. Josepb It never would have
happened. The person would
still be locked up," �e said.
"I TIDNK TInS commission
should end a letter to Judge
Black and all others th8t are ron­
earned and have anything to do
with Benton Harbor, and let
them know that don't appre-
ciate what Jud BI did re-
d cons, Sunday School ch­
ers, and choir members to organ­
ize a commit to lect n
eommuniti to march in fo on
hour, one night a week for a
month. "If men of God would
tand-up, little boys with gu
will sit-down" , he proclaimed.
JANETTE WILSON
Ms. Wilson boldly too the'
pulpit in each church and cap­
tured the congregation with 8l -
surances that if the factor of fear
was removed from their hearts
and mind, teenage crime and vio­
lence could be stopped. She said,
"We have th authority of God to
reclaim our children!
The whole idea of "Operation
Man the Stree " came about
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