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VOL. XVI NO. 48 An Informed People is A Free People OCTOBER 23 - 29. 1994
By UREEN M. FERFOLIA
C.pl,.J N. S.rvlc.
LAN I G -A prop
to limit criminal ap is fa big chall n com I ction
day, id a vice p ident of th Michigan hamb r of Com­
merce.
Many vot are unaware of or do not unders ind Propo 1
B, Richard Studley said,
-Wh n people don't understand th yare cautious," Studley
id.
om organiza ions such
a the American ivil Lib­
J1i s Union do not support
Propo I B.
"We are oPPO d to Pro­
posal B," s id Don Seaton,
legi lativ affai dire or
ofth A LU.
Currently, om on who
pie d guilty or no cont st
to a crirn is gunran ed th
automatic right to ppe I.
"Th courts hay � no di -
cr t io n," St.udl y aid.
"They mu t hear th
If approved, Proposal B would allow om on who pi d
guilty orno contest to app al hi or h r conviction only with
the court's permission.
"We feel S,1Vlllg
money docs
not give voters
the right to
tamper with the
Michigan
Constitution. "
Seaton said.
FOR �u..JI ... PLE, permi ion could be granted in pecial
ituati th is new evid nc av il 1 or th crimi-
nal was not d of or <tid not und 1'8 71d hi or h r right I
aid Studley. ,
"Those appeals that 00'" merit will till b heard," id n.
William Van Regenmorter, R-Jeni on, who upport Propo al
B.
The la wmaker said he endorse Proposal B for s v r I
reasons.
Van Regenmorter said he believes the judicial sy tem
should separate tho e appeals that are frivolou from thos
Please see VOTE, 88
Imm - g ation loom - .
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By WALTER R MEARS
�p _ Sp�/.' Co'r.�pond�nt
WASIDNGTON (AP) - Emo­
tional, divisive and persist.ent,
the immigration issu flaring in
state election campaigns thi
year carries a messa for Presi­
dent Clinton and prospective
Republican challengers in 1'996.
It's not going away, the con­
cern is' growing, and steps to
stem illegal immigration may
well be a major issue in the next
campaign for th White Hous .
At this point, ays Barbara
Jordan, th former Texas con­
gresswoman now heading th
U.S. Commission on Immigra­
tion Reform, the rhetoric is
damaging efforts t deal with
"one of th most compl x and
emotional issu s of our time."
Her commis sion has just is­
sued i first recommendations,
for tightened bord rs, denial of
all but emergen y public serv­
ice to ill gal li ns, and for a
computerized registry that
would us ocial S curity num­
b rs and data from the Immi­
gr a t ion and at u r a l i z a ion
Service to pr v nt undocu­
m nt d work rs from getting
job That worker verification
pro I h stin controversy
with civil libert ri ns. The d­
ministration ha ndo the
objective, but not the system the
commission said Clinton should
At the Chamber meeting: (I-rt) Mayor Lin y Porter; Ann Worthy,
St. Augustin Foundation; Treasurer Ben Roland; Judge Wlillam
Bledsoe; St. Rep. candidate Martha Scott; and MSHDA Executive
Ja on Gambl . (photo. by Robb .)
y
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DIVIDED NATION
CONCORD, ,C. (AP) - Stu­
dent le d rs (rom North Caro­
lina's 11 hi torically Black
college shout d down a a­
tion of Islam speak r during a
rally eel hrating th chool,
refusing to Ie h tred loud
th ir m
The 1,000 tud n
tended the day of
song and c 1 br tion for
Black Colle ay 1 94 on Fri­
day we focu don t ir goal
of saving the nurturin envi­
ronment of t stat' hi on­
cally Black in itution. 0
g
focu ed in fact that th y
hout down a tion of 1 -
lam aker who was 1 hing
ou t whit
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non ofI lam
Elaln Ponce, Branch Manager Omnl Bank; Council member Tltu.
McClary; form r Mayor Martha Scott and R d Varner, Job
Conn ctlon.
focu
o
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By CHRIST!NE R. DUNLAP
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th fate of four state
Proposal C
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would:
to make'
propo I
in suran ommi
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ion r to waiv a
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