By KYLA KING
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Clinton has id there will
not be full range of mental
health rvi until sometime
within the next decade because
the funds are not available.
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WASIUNG'OON - Rep. John
Conye ,Jr., (D-:MI), Dean of the
Congressional Black Caucus and
senior member of the House Ju­
diciary Committee, today an­
nounced that Phillip Chance
-would not be extradited to stand
trial in the state of Alabama. The
decision came Friday from Gov.
John Engler. Mr. Chance will
now be able to remain in Michi­
gan with his family.
Conyers stated, "This is a vic­
tory for Phillip Chance and a vic­
tory for justice in what is often a
very unjust criminal justice sys­
tem. I applaud the efforts of Gov.
Engler and Attorney General
Frank Kelley for considering all
of the evidence in this case and
for upholding the original deci­
sion of then Gov. Milliken to
deny Alabama's request for ex­
tradition in 1982.
"Phillip Chance is a decent,
hard-working man who asks
nothing more than to be left
aJone with his family as was
promised to him ten years ago. I
am extremely pleased to see that
due process, in his case, has been
be
erved. However, for every Phil­
lip Chance there are many oth­
e who are not as fortunate in
our criminal justice system, and
I will continue to ensure that
everyone receives equal treat­
ment under the law."
Gov. Engler cited two reasons
for his decision to refuse the state
of Alabama's request for extradi­
tion. First, according to State At­
torney General Frank Kelley, in
a 1987 Supreme Court decision,
Puerto Rico v Branstad, the
court remained silent on the sub­
ject of retroactive applications
for extradition.
TillS COUPLED WITH the
fact that Alabama failed to seek
judicial review of the decisions of
former Governors Milliken and
Blanchard bars the state's extra­
dition request. The second rea­
son cited by Gov. Engler was his
decision to follow the precedent
set by the two previous Gover-
nors, .. ken d B ncha
both who e us ,AI ama'
qu t r xt dit on.
tern.
Robert Brown, Montcalm
CMHB executive director, said if
the boards were not under state­
managed care it would allow
them to behave more like a busi­
ness and compete with the pri­
va te sector.
"Right now we have to com­
pete with a' faster, more efficient
private C3eCt0r that can provide
mental health care ervic ,"
Brown said.
Haveman said CMHBs are at
a disadvantage because they
have to sell services to the state,
the private sector, and large
health care purchasers to ur-
vive.
"If we k p (CMHBs) where
they ar they could go just like
education standing in line for
economic increases or cutting
back in services," Haveman
aid.
LARRY GRINWIS, Ionia
County di ector said the
ards the ll1ii'�IUIILY
_ to resp the in ivid
ed ity e
ronment.
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By ADA YEOMANS
A •• ocl.t.d Pre •• Writer
compensation bill passed by th
Legislature this spring and
signed by Gov. Lawton Chil .
other minority udents.
Durden said he is reviewing
documents and testimony from
legislative hearings, has one
state lawyer working full time on
the compensation law and plans
to form a committee to review
th applications.
TAU.AHA ,Fl . (AP) - The
earch begins Wednesday for
survivors of the Rosewood· mas­
sacre to divvy up 1.5 million the
state promised to pay in compen­
sation 71 years after racial vio­
lence destroyed the black
tlement.
"We want to have an open
proce . We want to have a fair
process," aid Greg Durden, who
overs civil rights matters in
the attorney general's offi .
The stat will begin advertis­
ing for survivors _ Durd n aid
he plans to put legal noti in
newspapers in Florida. But the
state will not advertise outside
Florida. The d dlin to apply
for compensation is D .31.
At least eight survivors have
b n identifi d, including fo r
who e na in th histori
o NEW YEAR' Day 1923,
a mob of whit went on a ram­
page after an unsucces ful
search for a black man accu ed
of assaulting a white woman.
The whites burned virtually ONE WHO applies for
every hou e and building in the compensation will be required to
community of approximately show proof of eligibility and the
120 resid nts about nine miles extent of their damages. The law
e t of Cedar Key. says Minnie Lee Langley, 80,
At least six blacks and two Arnett Goins, 80, Wilson Hall,
whites were killed. 79, and Willie Evans, 86, each
The claims law established a d erve $150,000 because their
$1.5 million fund to pay up to testimony during legislative
150,000 ch to survivors who hearings proved they fled Rose­
prove they lived in Ro ewood wood.
and fled the violence. At least. four others who did
It also provides $500,000 to' not testify also escaped the vio­
reimburse families who lost lence, said Arnett Doctor, chair­
prop rty and $100,000 a year for man of the Rosewood Family
colle hol hips for d een- A vi ory mmi
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