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Tiger Wood makes golf hi tory
Although the white media Ilk na Tiger (Eldrlck) Wood to gottlng great
Jack Nlcklau Wood ha atth age of 18, d mon tr t d hi f r sup rlor
golftng skill . 'Wood w'on the U.S. Amateur, the most pr tJg oua ama­
t ur tournamerlt around. He battled back from aix under p r nd becam
the young t ever to win. In comparing the two c re r ,Wood ha
reached golfing mile tones ooner than Nicklaus. Wooks Brok 50 at
ag .3 compared to Nlcklau at ge 10; Woods Brok 50, at 8 y ar ,while
Nlcklau was 10 year b fore doing the arne; Woods won Stat High
M et t age 15, comp r d to Nlcklau doing the m at ge 17; Wood
won the U.S. Junior at ag 15, 16 and 17 - a f at Nicki us never
ccompll h d; nd Wood won th U.S. Amateur at age 18 comp r d to
Nicklaus doing It t age 19.
of th City Council­
McClary, Gret Joh on
and Pr ident Pro Tem
Christin Franklin.
Highland Par Mayor Lins y
Porter hired a Southfield attor­
ney to repr nt him in the uit
without permission of the city
council. Scotty Wainwright, ad­
mini trative istant to the
Mayor, id the charter gi
the Mayor the right to hire an
attorney without city council
approval.
While Franklin disagreed.
She stated that she believed city
council would ultimately ap­
prove payment for the Mayor's
attorney and the city would
have to pay for that as well.
At a public s ion, a time set
before and after council meet­
ings for citizens to voice their
views on the issues, Wanda Lin­
sey Bostic expressed disap­
proval of the fact that the
citizens would be paying all the
legal expens for a dispute be­
tween city official.
"I'hi is the city suin th city
in tb et ,. b id. ,,� .... "'-
ui ourselv . For w t?
"Thi i the time we should
set aside personal feeling," she
said. "Some day Black folks
should go into a back room, re­
sol ving differences that seem so
minute."
The Mayor's suit involves two
issues. He is challenging:
- The City Clerk and City
Treasurer obeying an order of
the City Council not to pay John
Henderson and Tom Hannah
for work done for the city.
� Franklin stated the city council
refused to pay for the work, be­
cause it did not approve the con­
tract. Wainwright stated that
all the mayor is suing for is
2,000 of their salaries, and un­
der the city charter the mayor is
allowed to spend this amount on
any line item without council
approval.
- Whether City Council­
worna n Greta Johnson had a
right to rescind a motion she
made at a previous meeting
authorizing the ' nstruction of
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VOL. XVI NO 41
. An Informed People is A Free People SEPTEMBER 4 - 10, 1994
By RO SEIGEL
filch' n Cltlan
mGHLA DPAR -Ati Au­
gus 29 meeting the Highland
Par City Council unanimously
voted to hire ou ide attorneys
to repr nt th City Cler and
the City Treasurer who are en­
gaged in a legal battle with the
city administration.
Highland Park Mayor Linsey
Porter filed uit against the City
Clerk, Trea urer and three
J ckson
to judge:
Argue.o�r
case
SEATrLE (AP) - Too
many Blacks have forgot­
ten the civil rights strug­
gles of the· past, the Rev.
Jesse Jackson ys. "We
if diacrimi
'on' no 10 r fight
worth fighting, he said in
a speech before the 69th
annual convention of the
National Bar Association.
Jackson called on the
organization's lawyers and
judges to renew the battle
against injustice.
"You've got to argue our
case," he said Wedn day.
"You can't be confined in a
cage. We need your voice."
"We need judges, la -
yers to be on talk shows,
radio and television, and
go to the pulpits to estab­
lish the framework for th
case for the protection of
our people," he said.
. The National Bar Asso­
ciation, founded by a group
of Black attorneys in 1925,
is the nation's old t and
largest minority bar asso­
ciation.
JACKSON SAID the
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Comniunity wants
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
Michl .n Citizen _ _ _
DETROIT-While the Detroit Police Department contin­
ues to search for the last inmate who caped from Ryan
Correctional Facility Sunday, August 21, theKrainz Woods
Neighborhood Organization and three other Northeast De­
troit neighborhood organizations have geared up to fight
with the state of Michigan for changes at the prison.
The Krainz Woods Neighborhood Organization is com­
posed of 16 blocks. The boundary is Seven Mile Road to the
north, Nevada to the south, Mound Road west and Ryan
Road on the east, said Irma -Jaxon, on ofth organization's
com mitt members.
The coalition of neighborhood organizations a : Krainz
Woods, Conant Garden, Grixdale Park and th Davison
Neighborhood Association. Together they mak up th U­
Four Coalition.
On Monday, August 29, approximately 500 area resi­
dents met at W. L. Bonner Cultural Center on East Se n
Mile. At the close of the meeting the decision had been made
to direct their energy towards closing the Ryan Correctional
Facility.
The Northeast neighborhood groups are pursuing this
course of action because, they aid, the state has reneged
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SEA'ITLE ( ) - A juror's d -
rogatory comments about
Blacks has prompted a state ap­
peals court to overturn the rob­
bery and burglary convictions of
a attle man.
Ronald Lama Jackson, 23,
who is Black, had been sen­
tenced to six y rs and eight
months in prison.
Th court voted 2-1 Monday
to grant J ckson a n w trial,
saying th juror's at men
demonstrat d discriminatory
vi that could h v a cted
his impartiality.
Jack on' lawy r, Lorrain
, based h r requ t for a n w
trial on an ffidavit of BI ck -
juror who that s'h ov r­
heard whit juror making r -
cially di p raging r m rk
duri ng J on' trial
, 1 \ J
th comm n whil
a third juror about a
to . hometown for reumon,
according to t affidavit.
Th whit juror ref ned to
,.
"colo , rding to th affi-
davit, m king remarks such
"There ar lot more coloreds
no (at hom ) th n ( ic) th re
ever u to be," "The worst part
of the reunion was that I had to
socializ with th coloreds" nd
'You kn
to