…VOL. XVI NO. 35 An Informed People is A Free People JULY 24 - 30, 1994 -- .. - "'.�I_t .... • By RON SEIGEL Michl n Citizen D OIT - Congre sman John Cony ra, repre enting Highland Par and ome parts of Detroit, wants you to forget what Bill Clinton tells you about health care and what Bob Dole and Rush Limbaugh tell you about health care. Conyers maintains that it is time for the single-payer health plan. This plan would create a...…
…• By RON SEIGEL Sp!c'" to tl» Mlchl(l!n Citizen DETRorr - In conservative commercials criticizing Presi dent Bill Clinton's Health Care Plan, participants keep repeat ing the slogan, "There must be a better way." Some citizens believe there is a "better way" than plans offered either by Clinton, the Republi cans or organized medicine, a way proposed by Highland Park Congressman John Conyers, to gether with two colleagues Jim...…
…o 00 boo 0/---- - ? • o 1 Minority Busine s onth By Amy Finkel eln ho ant to tart busi , id Fo t Carter, professor of marketing and transporta tion administration �t Michigan State University. Although the problems are more subtle, Carter said minori ties do have a more difficult time than normal obtaining funds from banks. Discrimination should nbt oc cur since laws against it exist, said Gary Woodbury, president of...…
…( , and Dominique R. Pace (Renaissance) First place winners each received a 150 Savings Bond. Other participants h received a $75 Savings Bond. The debates were organized by the Association of Black Judges, the Wolverine Bar Association and the D. Augustus Staker Bar Association. If( II I,V rJ() III 'I"/"{""'II,II'I"I'/I" '\/'11 "1"1'/' .JI\NUI\HY24-]O, lq�.3 Let The Debates Begin I n memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Detroit high...…
…- ., I, y r olt Artl t Curtla Lewl. unv ned h mural ·X· at Mu um of Afrlc n American HI tory d plctlng the m •• n. of empow rm nt available to African Am rlcan : th vote, the atr ngth offamlly, and duca. tlon. Abdullah Om r, M Icolm;. old t brother, aid • im • In rio By Terry Kelly to follow the law , according to NAAAB President Virgil Cobb . "Dozier and Thoma re re- earching and exploring what venues are open to us, includi...…
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…gonH i h byMICHA CHILLICUTI' Mulh,on Co",spoNl.nt Ju t ix month ago. JoAnn Robert w ppointed su perintendent of Muskegon' Height Publ ic Schools. Now six months later, he ha be come the t rget of thre t and an attempted fire bombing at her home. Robert ha vowed to repair the Muskegon Height School sy tem, which she s Id I. In "ruin ." She blamed the recent thre t nd violent ac tion on politician nd Ichool official who have...…
…VOL XIII NO. 14 February 24 - March 2. 1991 50 cents elth' office, aid the Hou e bill may not be implemented i but it ill "get the is ues out there." Thl bill would redirect . Tour promotes 'Choice' erlt. -;- by DERRICK C. LEWIS SItl/lWriter African Heritage: Where art meets busine s Wi con in State Repre entative Polly Williams was in Detroit last Friday to push for cbool of choice. William was in trumental in e tablish.ng ...…
…8yR E Correspondent Dr. M ulana Kar e nga, originator. of the African celebr tion Kwaanza, brought the essence of truth to the University of Michigan's Hutchins Hall on Mond y . December 4, lectur d to ap proximately 100 tudents on the seven principles of Kw nza. Karenga said in the ancient Egyptian text, the boo of Com ing Forth By ight, that African are commanded to bear witne to the truth, to set the scales of justice in t...…
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…. I Was in.toD, DC - Di - tres ed ;ver t e Hou e Subcommittee' 7-0· ch- mcD! vote reeo boa to the fuU body ci Coaprea, F Federal Ju e Alcee Lamar H . toId�A-the coofusing and no based OD facts before that committe", Rep. John Conyer Jr.(D., ), chair of the House Subco . Criminal Justice ich co - ducted the impeachment bear- . . precisdy unc:xwered in the Deal' fair to the Ju . I have long ex- perience and know that r . . a d...…
…dolla I reflect Prate t \' South 'African public . I lat ons rof en ion" no 'Colo on iac shoo in y Alil 0 Jo PO TIAC -The shooting April 17, of an IS-year-old man in the lobby of a theatre here t film "Color w showing not related to the movie, but rather a reflection of tension in th community, ccording to ortb 0 land County AACP branch Pre ident Rev. Thomas . Hughe . "The' ooting could have oc cured if they re go' to...…
…I , • 10 ide Gloye.� or's j" comml 1 ...... 1 n . to pe .. on a u.s .. Court of Ap pe I decision, overturning i ig nt, set- ide la for minority and 0 en-o ned b ° . B , StaB rth, D-Deb'oit, . Goy. James J. B d d other e a<mrnment offi cials m mme fastcr on . ur ing vital Ic· lion isting . .. and womcn. " .. • 101 ,. Vera Riven ConvpotuImI Larry Laaaford'. life dream to beocme • reality ill CusopoIis, beca WLU-AN 9...…
…ighland ark studen bene" s from fundraising effor -TumtoPg.7 ursing charges lead uskeqon group to school reform effort -Tum to .2 or er manager ee z BENTO HARBOR Family members of avy Petty Officer arshall Hayes had their prayers answered when word came Tuesday, May 19, that Haye had survived the Iraqi attac on the USS Starke where the 10-year avy veteran was a ere member. Hayes, a 1976 graduate of Benton Harbor, was report...…
…25¢ z / From contractor to Congressman VOL. VIII NO.39 AUGUST 24 - 30,1986 Defeat' A e p o Dtsqual! y i ori ie From Federa Dol ar The Re an and United defe ted by U.S. Di tri t b n figlltin the CF thi 19 of Th priations C mmitte by a vote 01 the entire Senate upported the Hoyer Amend ment to keep the campaign open to minority and cia! ctivi t chariti . Dan ton pre 'dent of the ti nal Black United Fund ated • Thi i...…
…LA AZOO: A tory of triumph by K lamazoo youth 2 VOL. VIII NO. 17 ARCH 24 - 30, 1986 fac s -u. By Larry . Still WASH GTO NPA)- Unle the problems of alienated Black youth, who cannot b ab rbed into the job market re solved oon by the govern ment and private enterpri , the United State may one day face condition similar to m upri n in Haiti, the Philli pin d South Africa, Dr. D uglass Glasgo , director of the Washington bure...…
…VOL. VIII NO. 13 FEBRUARY 24- ARCH 2, 19 Blames critical report on disgruntled members NE YO� Bo d of Director and Special Contrfbutio Fund trustees of the AACP ccepted "with enthusi m" the 167-p e an nual report ubmitted by E e- cutive Director Benjamin L. Hoo s at the annual meeting held at the arriott Marquis Hotel this put Friday and Saturday. Hoo ,ftring a &y at & criti cal article which appeared Thursday in the New Yor...…
…hip dri e The Urban League of Greater Mu egon kicked-off it annual Membership Campaign on June 15. With the theme "Challeng ing Tomorrow", the membership drive will last through July 31, according to Stephen Pressley Jr, Executive Director. ttomey Theodore . Wil- liams, Jr., President of the bo rd of directors has appointed Thomas Ralya, personnel director, Comrneric Bank- Hackley, as membership com mittee chairman. Serving o...…
…'do All Reporters at the scene in Uitenh e tirnated that more than 50 other marchers ere wounded, many cri1ically, hen a con . gent of 19 police offl opened fire on the crowd ott pointb range with u omatic rifle, pi tols and otguns. Senator Edward Kennedy an nounced on n tional television that he had receiv d reports from church official in South Africa that at I a 40 per om h d beensho. The incident w one of the bloodi t s...…
…nqu .pe Ralph Crenshaw, Juanita Echol Randall Jurgen n Charle Yar- . brough orval ei and ayor Wilce 0 e. b t ining wer C mrnis ioner Ch rl Hender- n and icha 1 Govato . Com- mis ioner mold Bolin as b nt. Rev. Fie said 'It i our re ommendati n th t th bard be rein t ted to ull power for the foll in re n. here i a 1 g 1 binding contract bet th city, Benton Harb r oin to hav o ner hip th board need full uthority and for gre t r ...…
…yTerry A group of . Ipool Corp. employ-: that the company . . . t for th ppren on the b . of family rather than qualifi - The charge surfaced hen an anono- mou letter nt to the local daily per, th Whirlpool personnel chief, the chairman of the board, the Union local 1918, and throughout the plant. Ste inkier, per nnel department, denied th all tion in the letter ying they d"no validity hatsoever." , The I tter charges, "at I 0 a...…
…The taff at The Citizen wi hes all our re der a Happy Thank iving. e hope tho re den ho ha e ill realize th t gi in thanks i not enough in city of h rd time . BULK RATE us. POSTAGE' PAID B VOL. IV. 0.51 OVE BER24-30,1982 o Comrni "on action onday night launched the orth of ain Indu rial Par project, a plan on the dr wing board for years. With a unanimou vote, the Commis ion pproved the purcha and clearance of the area bounded by...…
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…•• TOP G 7 SERVI G TRI-COUNTV SOUT ESTER VOL. II O. 42 SEPTE BER 24 - 30, 1980 ICHIGA CENTS. I, claiming to rebuild d terio ra d ctions of cities. Chamber official are pro- moting ity Venture fo I Benton arbor. IL-_--- City Ve ture demands th cal government d to pu up fund in fr nt condi . n of its involvement. Commissioner approved requ from Bethlehem Ternpl Bu t meetin . tly t 7:30 from Sept. 23 to ov. 4 t th comer of ...…
…VOL 1 0.46 OCTOBER 24-30, 1979 lJen has ntin ally d « tedly be n b nt from her el t ed pon ibili ies. It is a credit to the persons in that . office that she is not mi d more than e i . Sh ha obviously been confused a to her responsibility to the people of Berrien County her indeci 0011 about re� evidence. The amount of time that y from her office is SERVING TRt-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGA Three attempt to hold meeting fail ...…
…VOLUME 1 NUMBER 20 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGA APRIL "24. �979 dvisor, od rs ems to be doin as o contributed to the succe of th BHHS Blood Ori , Friday. Rhoo<b, � student, r ceiv s nc from Red Cros volunteer rs. Ryan. c ocal h l p I. The Congressional BI c �ucus· organizing a nation wid mpaign against Presi- dent ter's proposed 1980 budg t c ts in ocial programs. The CBC is urging concern ed citizens to voice their...…
