VOL. XVI NO. 43 An Inf d Pcoole i A F P
ormc cop C IS rce cople SEPTEMBER 18·24. 1994
I G, lebo (AP) -
Rap s ar Tup c Sha ur,
charged
.la t year
wi h felo-
11JPAC
ne his attorney
says.
S hakur is a of try- .
ing to hit ano h r rap star
with a b ball t during
an April 1993 c n rt. A
near- riot ensu d.
Jury selec io r for
S hakur's lony ult trial
was set to begin n xt wee
fore Ingham unty C' -
cuit Court Judge Lawrence
Glazer.
But Shakur told Lansing
attorney Hugh B rrington
Clarke Jr. on Thursday that
he will accep a plea agree­
ment offered by pr cutors,
which reduces th charge to
a misdemeanor.
"He h no problem in ac­
cepting the pl ," CI rke
aid. " t' a matt r of r Iv-
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tell communi ty t no
By NATHANIEL scorr
SARA RAYFORD
DETROIT ommunity pi to
have th Ryan Carr ional Fa il­
ity closed will go unh ded. That
was the m age d livered to citi­
zens during the lat st round fol­
lowing th Ryan Corre ional
Facility prison br kout on Au­
gust 21.
community meeting
Pershing High School Mond y,
Septem r 12, was put together by
State Senator Virgil Smith wh
di trict includes th immediate
area of th pri on.
The Dir ctorofMichigan'spri -
ons, Kenneth L. McGinnis and
veral of his staff w re on hand to
pre nt the state's position and to
Please RYAN, A5
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te mandate
By TAMI L SLINGERLAND
Cllpltlll News Service
,
eco·
o I..,.,..
d mancipation
... a tion' issued
at nd
t conv n-
t ion.
•
. WALTER HARRISON expre community
ign which read: "Clcse Ryan Pri
Outgoing National Baptist �onvention Preaid nt-Re� .... �emison sig�ed an gre�ment with AT& T
whereby the NBC will receive hare of each participating .member s phone bill. �he,compact
repre ents a move in the direction of self-help and economic empowerment by nation s larg at
Baptist organization.
tern.
PRI N·
r 12 �. �:\I� III
ti ted million
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claims to b th
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By DAVID BRIGGS
AP flellglon Writer
