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- Ti ' own r Mi Ilitch, ac-
cording to th Rainbo Coali­
tion
EI..ECnON "94
The group made a imi1ar
thr t in July but ithdre it
after m ting ith team offi­
cial .
"They were supposed to have
omething concrete to share
with the public by September,
but that didn't happen," Mungo
id.
Busin owned by minori-
ti and women have only 3 to 4
percent of contracts awarded by
,
VOTEI That wa th me ag diver d by t R v. J Jackson (rig�) and Vic Pr sid nt AI
Gore at a ree ,.. me ting with nationall�aders ov r how to get Black vol r. to th polls Tuesday,
Nov. 8. Richard Womack (rear), chair.of the Natio I Coalition of Black Voter Participation nd C.
D lore Tuck r, chair of the Natiqn I Political Cauc,-- of B ck Wom n warned the November
elections r ·critical to ow survival.· Th y warned that R publican victories co d "turn b ck th
clock. •
'Democrat mu t
. win Tuesday'
By AI:-LISON JONES.
Michl an �1tIz." _
DETROIT - The' fear of
another four years of Engler­
led Michigan and tb socially
ret,retalt a
bring
te
united two political f : for­
mer Mayor Coleman Young
and current Mayor Dennis
Archer.
Putting the past behind
them, at least for the pur­
po e of promoting Demo-
ARCHER
r '
- lower income, minority, youth
and unmarried egmentS of the
population, according to the re­
port. But many people were only
temporarily uninsured.
The report was' ued as ....
Republican plan, but the �ue is
getting bipartisan attention,
said Sherry Mirasola, senior di­
rector of public affairs with the
Michigan Hospital Association,
By CHRISllNE R. DUNLAP
cress by 129 percent by the
year 2000, according to the r�
port. .
The _Republican plan would
PI �,B8
I 1994, M CHIGAN'S
heal th expenditur represent
36 percent of the tate budget.
Without a comprehensive plan,
this .amount is expected to in-
I New. Servlc.
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LANSING -\viththedeathof
the federal health care plan,
Michigan legislato are devel­
oping th ir own possible solu­
tions for a state health care
program.
Two plans, one Democratic
and one Republican, are being
refined to be introduced in 1995.
The Ho e Republican spe­
cial committee on health care
reform has released a compre­
hensive report on the state of
health care in Michigan
The report, kno n � the
Michigan Health PIan, contains
tat' tics on the state of health
care in Michigan and offers pos­
sible sol utions.
Pleaae ee WIN, B8
Conve e chec .. --..
p All- tar
"HEALTH CARE sbouldn't
be a partisan issue," Mirasola
said. The attention is definitely
shifting to the state level, but,
with health care tra forming
to a government program, parti­
san politics should be put aside."
Mirasola predicted the state
will have a universal health
care plan within the next three
to five years, regardl of the
November election.
The Democratic health care
plan is similar to the national
Democr tic plan, said Tony
DeLuca, po esperson for Rep.
Michael Bennane, D-Detroit,
chairman of the House Public
Health committee.
"Rep. nnane pla on rein-
troducing the p an next year,"
DeLuca id,
The Democratic plan ould
institute employer mandates on
organizations employing more
than 25 people to pay for the
program. Bu i .. th I
than 25 employ ould no be
mandated.
By LAVONIA PERRYMAN'
No. 1,686,822) on May 12, 1992,
and th U. S. Patent and Trade­
mark office determined that
Jones was entitled to registra­
tion of the trademarJt for cloth-
ing and foo r, .
Jones who is involved with
the modern "hip hop" and "rap"
movement, has been using the
RAP ALLSTARS mar for his
creative clothing and foot r
designs ince J nuary 1991. He
believ the foot r giant, Con­
verse ha attacked hi RAP
ALLSTARS mar beca e of un­
founded f r that people will as-'
ociate Conve with rap music
and the Hip Hop culture.
Michael W. Jones, a S3-year­
old African-American entrepre­
neur, and hi bu iness, All
World Properti , Ltd., a Wash­
ington, D.C. based .product de­
velopment and licensing
company, are being challenged
by Converse, Inc. for Jones' us­
age of hi RAP ALLSTARS
trademar in the clothing and
foot wea r market.
On December 28, 1992, Con­
verse, Inc., filed an opposition
with the U, S. Patent and Trade­
mark office to Jo 'RAP ALL­
STARS trademark application
in the clothing and footwear
categories.
Converse's opposition was
filed d pite the fact that Jon
was granted th rights to the
trademar in the entertainment
and education category ( Reg.
REP. JOHN JAMIAN, R­
Bloomfield Hills, introduced the
report as chairman of the com­
mittee.
"Health care' the American
freedom of choice that we want
to maintain, .. he said. "Problems
do indeed e . t, but can be ad­
dressed rationally by targeting
the uninsured population and
building upon the positive as­
pects of health care in our tate."
Michigan's uninsured popu­
lation is about 921,000, or 9.9
percent of th population, ac­
cording to the report.
A high percentage of unin­
sured people were among
I JUST anot r at­
tack on "rap" and the Black com­
m uni ty, " ccording to Jones.
"Conve e apparently does not
ant to be associated ith "rap"
MICHAEL W. JONES
•
,
,
win tatewide office in Oklahoma, as
a m rub r of th Energy and Utility
Regulatory Commi ion.
norities xpected to stay roughly the
me as now: 38 Blacks in th House
and 0 in the Senate, 14 Hispanics in
th House, four Asians in the Hou
and two in the Sen teo
Still, scattered opportunities xist
for more ground-brea . ng in cong
sional and guberna orial elections
Among t m:
-In Idaho, Democrat Larry Echo-
Hawk h a big I d in th r for
gov rnor.' A win uld e him th
nation' first Indian governor
- In Hawaii, Republican Patricia
Saiki is in a tight ra in the campaign
for governor. A win would make the
native Hawaiian the first minority
woman governor in the United Sta
women's political groups y.
- In Okla rna, Black Republican
J C. Wat is leading in th campaign
for th largely hit 4th Di trict The
former Soo nd Canadian Foot­
ball League play r i the fi BI ck to
. 38 for th House nd t more forthe
Senate. Two Bl c members of the
Ho e d (I ted 'in primari this
y r and one gave up 'his seat to run
for th Senate.
Mos of the B Republica re
like Michele Dyson, fighting an uphill
camp ign agains a ell-financed op-
on nt, Democr tic p. Albert
Wynn, in di trict her ti to th
(AP -Agains a cur­
mocratic, anti-liberal
34 BJ mocratic
w
THE ONLY BLACK Repubh n
in Congres , Rep. Gary Franks of Con­
n icut, i in a clos con against
hite Democrat Jam Maloney.
RepubJi are fielding 22 Bla
candida in , up from 15
in 1992, ocrata re running
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