…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 ...…
…I be addreued if to be com- a proposal I've maybej the •• �-., aad tha . something I hope to be talking more in the coming weeks,· Engler . d. "We're orking on a le . • lative plan that might provide property t relief d might be incident of ho John Engler are o· to …
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…... • • I ruli g: core one tor the peQple . . DETROIT - Detroit Or ganizatio of Tawils (DOT) tIae first round in its uIe for decent housing for t e c:itize of Detroit n Wayoe County Circuit Court Judge . d Kaufman ruled . takiDg the F.. Re ofdinaDce off the � 2 primary ..... __ IA urr followed ODe day after Gov J ame B siped ioto a PI' local �mments &0 F.. Reat . Earlier , DOT had obtained 12,(D) . to put a Fair R� or . ...…
…P pul Ion up by 11%, I h e up 6% t The Datio· B popula- tioo grew � 3.1 millio or 11 percen &om 1� to 1987, ac cordial to the COlD erce Department's Ce us Bureau. The reau's late annual popuJ lion e im te by ge, ex, and race indicate that BI totaled 29.2 million in 1987 compared ·th 26.8 milliOD in the 1980 cens Only 19 per cent of the growth from IID migration. The BI c population h been growing faster tban tbe C 16 To e...…
….. I e mustioore unceasingly to, Ii t this n tion that . love to' a higher : I I' I = destiny, o a new. plateau of · • I . .� . I . ' - J 8rY 15, 1:929 - .-- I . j …
…Blae Ie survival: doing some hing o.help byJ ROYAL OAK-The elected upervisor here gain d more control of . indebted to ip April 29 following ruling by 0 d County 6th Circui Court. Judge Hilda Gage reduced the authority of Royal 0 Twp. Superintendent Patrick cGannon, and returned chief po r to u- ruoor!.,.�n .. G. McRjp y. Gage's ruling modified earlier court order by limiting the perintendent's duti to purchasing agent and ma...…
…25¢ y Larry t NNPA News ASIll GTO - The Rev. Jack n and an inter racial deleg tion of labor, political and educational leader heduled a meeting ith presi dents of six "frontline" nations on the border of South Africa, Augu 13-28, to help fo e comprehensive and humane U.S. policy for the uthern Africa area, tional Rainbow Coalit ion official J ac son d the dele tion planned . its with heads of ate in An la, Tan Zam- b' ,Bot ...…
…A coalition of more than 100 or aniz tion denounced Pre i d nt Re an's dr tic cu in human inve tment program nd nnounced a major c rn pin to chan budget priori tie . ore cut in ocial program constitut " profound threat to both our ecurity and our fu tur ", tate an op n I tter to th Pre ident nd Con re th t alr d b en i ned by mo t of the Co ition' members. Th bud et that the Admi ni ration propo ed Wednesday ould cut progr...…
…BULK RATE U.S. POSTAL PAID tOil Harttor II 4.022 No. 50 cI VOL. VII NO. 29- JUNE 17, 1985 TROUS ct ASHl GTO , D.C. - Call ing the Anti- partheid Act of 19 5 ignificant first step to rd the ultimate destruction of apartheid" Congre sman i key land (D-T), a co on or of the legisl tion which p ed June 5 by the U.S. H u of Represi ntative ex plained that it ends warning to th uth frican govern ment. Leland, chairman of the ...…
…T A. Goodin From idtigan OJronicaJ The finding of the last comprehensive report on the .. "St te of Blac Michigan; 1984," compiled by the . chi gan Council of Urban League E ecutive and the Center for Urban Affain at ichigan I State Unive ity, re grim. It tat: "The social and economic gap between Blac nd White in ichigan i id spre d and per istent and, gi en to v: conservative eli m te, i likely to tay that v: ccording to th...…
…BH YOUTH I COMPElITIO E BULK RATE us. POSTAGE PAID n H r, I 49022 .50 ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED - U.S. D" trict ordered Thur- t all four d com- be up for el ti n th t the ard boundarie are illegal, the only r mairung " ue I ho to remedy the illegality Parish explained. ccording to Judge Enslen' ruling there . be no primary for th four t. All tho inter ted in running ve until September 16, to file nomina ting p itions. Th...…
…, • Offi· a prne!1"tI1n aniIlnaisat 3:30, Friday ntin& a puppet turday, o. 20. o VOL. IV O. 50 NOVE BER 17 - 23, 1982 Sen Tri-County South\V _n ichigan io er 4 ic ey Y r- h e put in pI ce e potential for 0 j b " nded ity Venture' proje t dire tor red Fr nk lin during th nday night ity o point by point que rionin 30 listed at last 8 items of Franklin on City en- that ere repeated in the ture' performan e the current funding ...…
…• 15 ARCH 17 - 23, 1 2 the question,--- oom!lillil)n "could ttl contractor') arm to hire local y �:'iroper." Rau . g id Dele ment (HUD) spo esman Tom Jo s described the hiring of a South d architect for the remodeling ofHuborTo At the March 16 Benton Harbor Co n ting, Smith id that the architectural ork for the planDed S3SO JXXl remodeling job e To comp to Jo , HUD m ap- pro contract before it can be finali· zed. HUD d that on...…
…BHHS SECURrrY STAFF - to If, k, front ro Cedric Culpepper; MK· :bae ro : Joyce Johnny HOJlIO'In By C . De Phi p. Sorority alloca ed $ 1000," e ex- Th appearance of (OPP). plained, "So e are going Coretta Scott g, S., ho is also to the next Senate meeting er B History ee member of the LMC Stu- on Feb. 19, to reque t Lake . chlgan Colleg , an additional $500. This came cl to being con- will be tight, but if ticket celled becau of good, ...…
…E 17 - 23, 1 1 re will be no reer - contest, pet 0, . D programs for . this kit flying, b e ft- nun . th Benton ball, and filed h bOT par or nis le d ccording to Recr - tio Directo Carl ells there . no m y to run but only to main- Char Gr y Cen- ce er of 5:00 p.m. v. June 18, 1981. ter. e no ed that IRJD funds had been p coming from t that IRJD nd "0 bri d mo - tar," not for programming. MUD funds to the city have froze fo...…
…1 VOL. III SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTER ICHIGA Circuit Court Jud Chester Byrns t 'e the 1979 el etion in hich Joel Patter n d .. ilce Co e by three otes. Co e ed Patter on claiming that four of his pporter had been illegally denied the right to vote in that e ctioo. Byrnes agr d that three of the four h d been wrongfully turned ay fran the polls after making an attempt to vote, but th t the fourth not tried hard ough to ...…
…Benton Harbor City m "on within 30 day on Commi " ners onday progre . night ordered City an r In other busi e , th P ul cCaul y to 'pursu comm on ted to e and d elop grant applica- a are of the 1980 club tions for an ailable pro- and dance n fee 0 gram de' ed to create th 8 chelor 14 Club. Th employment. ' move cle the y for Th resoluti - pprov- th ichigan Liquor Con- ed unanimou y - pre- trol Comrni on to ppro dented by ayor Joel tr...…
…TUR TO PAGE 12 VOL. i NO. 45 OCTOB�R 17-24, 1979 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MfCHIGAN · 6 Fir men and Chi f d .er-hunting -Phon r port d not r pair call mad or in y t no to phon company cl t to the fire manned reportedly by one - man. Of the three me to the shift, 0 . and 0 !ion acc:orcjlina to report phone probl , Treyfry thi report: - 'On June S, the fir tation reported it couldn't call out. ph ��pany foun an interi t...…
…SERVI G TRI-COUNTY·SOUTHWESTER E 1 U BER 19 ICHIGA APRIL 17.1979 • I A unanimous vote sup porting the Ad-Hoc Committee to End Racism's call for th res ignation of CET A Director el don Burden passed the B n ton Harbor City Commission on day night at its regular session. Th committe is send ing a letter to the County Bo rd of Commissioners de m nding the. "immediate res ignation" of eldon Burden. The City Commission e...…
