…Purchase draw flack By RON SEIGEL COU CIL PRESIDE T Dwight Downes said he did no h r about the chair and so could not comment. According to the City Charter, the admini tration can make purchases up to 2,000 without letting city council know. , Council President Pro Tern . Christine Franklin said she h rd about the chait from a re liable source, but that she hoped this was not so. She said the city might have used furniture it ...…
…VOL. XVI NO 22 An Informed People Is A Free People APRIL 17 - 23,1994 By ANO·REW HENION Civil Righ i ocon rned with " . ingtensions tw ncitiz ns and law enforcement office " that it plans to survey th state's 600 police agenci on how well they handle citizen complaints. Civil Rights Director anette Lee Reynolds said Detroit area police departmenta-al dy are . ng surveyed after a re nt rash of complaints by Blac who all ge they wer...…
…VOL XV NO ·ltJ .. :'.. . . OCTOBER 17 - 23. 1993 Dr.l. c Rlctmond, CORR N tlOnalOlr ctor, Memphl ,TN; urgetheboycoHofSaturncar.OctoberethatGener.,Motor Maxine Thorna., Helen Long, John 80 n nd Joe Gr n (I-r) Headquarter. In 0 trott. (photo by Efu. Korant.m.) , s , By CRAIG HILL distribution of handbills on Friday in the . downtown Detroit area. - ==��==�------------------- DETRorr - The Commission on Relig- On Saturday, A demostration...…
…iame e twi found d d A P cial et i being prep red or the January 16 funeral of Gladys YVOM nd Mary Yvette cCarther, per haps th world' old t con- neeted Siam twins. When the ervice com mence at the Greater Com munity Bapti t Church in Pacoima, Compton Com- By TUREKA TURK are re idents of thetci ty. Th layoff r the first t n Mayor Colmen Young' pu h to privatize city rvice and are paral yzing tb y terns in the proce . Meanw...…
…-No Job., no Ju ee, no peace- chant d th d monatratora pick Ing the con ruction alt. of th n Veteran Ad· mlnatration Ho.p I at Canfl.1d and Bru h In Detroit. Above David Burnley, of arlin Build ra walka the picket lin Thuraday, ay 14. ( photo) ------- --- - ; .;.... � .. ''\'''\4 .. e :: 'j ,'. I I ; .. :h..... . ' By TERRY KELLY DETROIT-Architects, I borers, engineers, draftsmen, builders, carpenters and the unemployed -125 stron...…
…VOL XIII tJ() t,' rJ( I'., r,1f � 1,1,.. "., LANSING-Rep. Jo eph F. Young. Jr., D-Detroit, beUeye that Detroit should get a greater portion of lottery profits, since the state's largest city pends the most money on the game. , Young either wants Detroit to have a bigger piece of the action in the present game or to have its own I ottery, � , "If we have our own lottery, we :would have our own winners," :Young said. Young has requ...…
…Caddying pays off tor Detroit students Kudo to four Detroit high Ichool students, ho were. prolent d ith four-year Icholarships from the Bvan Scholar Founs! ion at la t T aday Detroit' school board eetin . C I Technic 1 Hi h School loniorl Tod Willon, brothers a e and Shawn Ward, and Rc aiaunce Hig School I.aior Kevin Siefker ore the Blacks can· fight media • racism b1 Lea A. SalDuel Corr •• ,oNl'nt , " , . tereotypical ima...…
…on Afric n Americans do not stand lone in' their fi ht for justice for the years of slavery. African will pre ent their dem nd for reparations to the United ation folio in eetin of the Or a ization of African U ity che uled for Niaeria hi June. ·We have more th n legitimate cl im for d m ge for the crime committed ag in t Africa. It's going to be a big i ue in the I t dec de of the millennium. We are going to pu h for It," Jide...…
…Ten'ants call for Housing Dir cor's ou t r Cerence t the Fi r t r - byterian Church on Saturd y June 9. The Conference ended with march to. nd rally at 'he leffrie low-ri project. Temple at J hn Lodge. PUBL) HOU I d- vocacy groups. tenant -. mem ber of the Wayne County Union of the Homele and people from aero th city turned out 200 tron to up port. the re urbi hment r her th n destruction of the e vi able uni 19anizing ...…
