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the interior secretary to make granta of up to
million from a fed ral historic p tion fuDd to
restore and p erve buildings t qualifying iDati­
tutions over the next four years.
The House has already p a ion of the
bill. Language included by Dole auld ·pl��1D
and restore Cooper Hall at Sterling CoIl .• 'I1le
interior cretary could provide up to $3.6 million
over three y only ifSterlingoontribu match­
ing funds.
Another provision included in the bill by Dole
earm rks 1.5 million for grants to tore Science
Hall at Simpson College in Indianola, low .
When Dole initially sought money for Sterling
College, a 600-student liberal arts i titution,
some Black House members objected that it vio­
lated th spirit of legislation intended to benefit
colleges with mostly Black enrollments. Sterling
would get enough money to refurbish its century­
old Cooper Hall, which' listed on the National
. of' 1 "
. T]lEtbuilding�. _l!cl�8ince l�88beca
of tructuraf problems.
WASHINGTO (AP) - With an unrecorded vote
late Wedn day night, the Senate quietly p ed a
measure that provid up to 3.6 million for a
hool in Sen. Bob Dole's home stat .
After a d y in which th Senate minority lead r
warned of the unknown costs of a Democratic
health care bill, Dole managed to slip through th
grant provision as part of a m ure to aid histori­
cally Black coIl g nd unive iti ._ ev n
though the school in his state is 010 tly white.
The bill p ed by "unanimo co nt" in a
n rly empty Senate chamber.
Th school of con m to Dol ,Sterling olle
in Sterling, Kan., has only 4 perc nt BI ck enroll­
ment. Sen. Carol Mo el y-Braun, D-Ill., the Sen­
ate's only Black member, agr to the provi ion
last month a w y to get the stalled 1 gislation
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DRH Celebrates Children
(l-r) Sister Tumpe, Savannah and Jamila Watkins, were among some 200 children who recently
attended Detroit Riverview.Hospital's (DAH) Fir t "Celebrati�n of Life". Th outdoor party was
designed to celebrate the birth of children born at DRH during 1993. New moms and their families
enjoyed refreshment , face, painting, mu ical entertainment, and clowns - all free of charge.
Attendee also had the opportunity to meet DAH' killed pedlatrlcians, received general health
Information a well as information on measles, mumps, TB and other childhood diseases, safety,
nutrition & parenting.
Losing contestants: Mr .
Michigan pageant · gged
Organizers Tony nd Mazy de Guilio d nied
the allegations, saying they offered advi to
about halfofthe 21 cont tants afterth yask
for help.
The women want to block Fielder from rep­
resenting Michigan in the national pageant,
and are king more than 10,000 in damages
for emotional distr caused by all the rigorous
dieting and exercising they had to do.
DETROIT (AI» - Four losing contestants in
the Mrs. Michigan America pageant have filed
a lawsuit claiming the contest was rigged so
that the wife of Detroit Tigers slugger Cecil .
Fielder would win.
Stacey Fielder is the first black woman to win
the state title. She was crowned on Feb. 27, and
will represent Michigan at the national Mrs.
America pageant scheduled for Sept. lOin Fort
Worth, Texas. .
"It sounds like sour grapes to me," Mrs.
Fielder said. "I won a crown. How com I'm
being sued?"
Edward Dobbs, who repres nts the four
women who Iiled suit Monday, said "scar s were '
tampered with and she was given istan
from the director and managers of the pa ant."
THE LAIM organizers accepted gifts
from Fielder, th n h lp her wi h a TV ap ar-
n and clothes 1 ion. They al 0 claim con­
t tan paid diff nt amoun to en r nd
scholar hip promi d 0 runner -up wer
never ived.
A h arin was ch ul for Aug. 19
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