…rch for hum n n om ry ndtob o ire per it, t the LCMId&Ia .. said. About 325 'inmates, all of them field workers on the 18,000 acre prison f I'm, were involved in the ,IDcldent, Islant warden Richard Peabody d. , Peabody refused, however, to comment on reports that the job ac don linked to the punishment of prisoners bo refused to build a gur- y for inmates n need to death by lethal injection. An inmate w executed in the tate...…
…This Week In Btack History laich 11 ti e A erica religion ba hi torically practiced discri inatlon a ainst lac Who are the Swan Silvertones and 'the Dixie Hummingbirds ? JULy 30, 1959 - In ' I first tart of brilliant career, ob GI of the St. Lo . Cardinal pitched shutout over the Cincinn ti Red. 1822 - J me V ric became the first Bi hop of the . n Methodi t Ep' 1 1. on Church. 1903 - DU Jetre xophoni t, w bom. Where we� the...…
…JU • U U BRIEFS Worker rally WASHINGTON - Hundred of joble worker, channng "Layoff Bu h" and "26 weeks i not enough" rallied Wedne day July 25 on the step of the Labor Department for an extension in unemployment benefi t . The crowd called for Congres and Pre ident Bu h to extend unemployment payment to those who e che�k top after six months. Sever I members of Congress, addressing the protester under a blazing sun, agreed....…
…The new conservative majodty on the Supreme Court rapidly rendered a number of deci ions which threaten to to y undemu aOO retard civil ugh and affirmative , ", Ron Daniels erves as President of the Institute for Community Or- . ganization and Development in Youngstown, Ohio. He may be con- � tocted at (216) 746-5747. ' . ! From th earli t days of our truggle for j tice and freedom, there ve al ays been orne persons in 0 communit...…
….11 • It' not h rd to im ine udent or ing diligently on th probl m or doing mputer wor . Wh t m y be difficult i im ginin this on Saturd y mornin - typic lly time or young t r to w tch cartoon or play with frf nd . On top of th t, th ir p rent ar ctivel y p rticip ting. , Wh t i 0 important that m ny H rtford, Connecticut p rent nd children give up t�eir S turday morning ? An innov live program c lled S turday Ac de my i the ...…
…HIGHLAND PARK percent." TH WORD 0 th mayor and the director echo d throughout the p rking lot t number 44 High land Street, wh re in th h de of trees and with grim reality in t tructure of a tate of Michigan building tanding in tage of decay: rotted walls, peeling exterior, gutted windows starring like the empty ockets of the dead and the periodic whiff of decayed scent, the commit tee vowed: beautification by whatever lawful a...…
…WHEN I ASKED Sam where the idea to bestow hi awards came from, he aid, "When I read about tho e brave young men who caught the person who allegedly natched that lady's pur e: Dalven Washington, Antonio Larry, Ivory Ware and Clay Vasser, 16, 17, 18 and 19-year -old, respectfully." "Well," I said. "At least your source is to be commended. But tell me: who are the Sam Award's first recipient ?" ,., Sam said, "The good .goes'Io Hi...…
…p DETROIT A SINGING MINISTRY - The Robin on Singers, (l-r), Lace Mae Robinson, Lacey Robinson nd Lucille Nimox will celebrate their 13rd Annual Day,.Sunday, Augu t 4 at New Prosperity Baptist Church, 8540 Second Avenue. (pboto by N. Sc�tt) Dolly Brown-Davis= . f Kalamazoo's elders...-- The Detroit Neighborhood Ser vice Department (NSD) has an nounced that i Head Start Program for pre chool age children is till en rolling for the...…
…1 I D C C.LEWI $taff Writer oeraorr-rne city' "busine as usual" procedure of implementing contract without city council ap proval, will come to an end if coun cilman Keith Butler has his w y. During last Tuesday's council discussion, Butler announced his intention to introduce a resolution to prevent the city administration from carrying out contracts without council approval. Butler' action stems from the Detroit Water and S...…
…Entertainment In Brief tory bind m hmov Matty Rich n't been to film cbool, but he tudied every film boo he could get hi h nds on when he decided t e 17 h w going to be a filmm ere That de ci ion w rompted by the beating of his brother by ten ids with ba eball bat who'd gotten kicked out of a party in the projects. Matty' brother w n innocent by tander. "Straight Out Of Brooklyn" i Matty's 100 at life in New Yor' Red Hook Hou...…
…court to reclaim control of the properties because it' not worth it. "I told them (City official ) th t," he stre ed, "hiring an attorney and going through court will cost me more than the properties are orth." Cole said he under tands the neighbors' concerns. "I give them my ympathy but there's nothing I can do." . Vice Mayor Beverly Moore said Col excuse represe one of the ter concerns he has bout ab- ntee landlord. While it may...…
…BENTON HARBOR AREA nI nEn.PWY'l,-..t HAR80 - At the Mon day, July 22, Benton arbor City Commi ion meeting, Commi - sioner Steve Wooden and erry Shannon voted g i le ing a front-end 1 der from Do Id M hinery Company in Indian for 59,000 or $7 per month for 60 mon . According to Finance Director Mic el Vance, the City' Public Wor Dept needs two front end I ders to perform duties. but on i not in workin condition. Wooden aid Publ...…
…• ALARMED BY Dr. Robbins forecast we crank-up our DeLorean �me machine to hurry Back To The Future to the year 1991 only to have arrived too late. :... Nearly 10 years of continuous-as :sault on public health policy by : Presidents Reagan and Bush, we • now find the wide spread epidemics : of childhood diseases such and : mumps, influenza and measles-dts : eases once thought to be conquered. Just recently, the National Vac : ci...…
…BUSINESS FINANCE h C· ... ft'jS8 Hou ing for th "WHEN DlAe 0 ppear in magazin ads, y are commonly placed tokens, in group with white ." Green aid. The department al 0 urveyed 157 catalogs from 56 mail-order comp nies, finding that 4.6 percent of the 22,685 models were BI c . In . mo t catalogs, Asians comprised The men of Ebenezer Mi lonary fewer th n 1 percent of the models, Bapti t Church, 214 Ea t Britain Green said. Ave., will...…
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…ree S lngin (p bJ N. Scott) tt) Ch cken Del Marilyn Smith' b nee the lake. (photo by D. Coou) lndudt lemon e, uedeck d Ricky Dixon and Etta Reed lovingly chUHn tout t Spring Valley Park. (photo by D. Coo ) Unlng up for Ice cream. (photo by N. Scott) 1 N. t) . �--------------.- …
…• narl t charg Conflict of inter byD C.L WI Staff Writer . Cruce is now president of the MIF, nd state Rep. Nelson Saunders stated in a letter to state Attorney General Fr n . Kelley that "The appe ranee of a conflict of intere t is trou bling," and a ked for n inve - tig tion of Cruce and the MI , Saunder ys the MIF had irect ry significant in- tere t in t outcome of the legisl tive ctions relative to uto insurance. th t ...…
…Briefly R public n gu honor? t of , D vid Du e will ddre Lin- coln 0 y Celebr lion in Ark ponsored by the Republican Com mittee. Duke, a Republican legis lator, bernatorial candidate in Louisiana, and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard . d to be more likely gu t of dishonor. The GOP chairman ays, "This doe not, in any way, reflect the Ark ns Republican Party, and I'm emb rassed that thi has to happen,". Rae afld th 0 alth P...…
…1 · _ ... TI)I�� Wcpk III 81�lCk History APRIL 29, 983- · H rold W hlngton was , worn in a fir t Black · mayor of Chicago. 1899 � Duke Ellln ton, jazz , mu ician, wa born. · Which Black actor made - a living as a comedian be- - cause of social conditions · at the time? APRIL 30, 1843 - Blacks participated in the national poli tical conven tion for the first time in • Buffalo, N.Y. 1961 - WII .. lie May of the San Fran cis...…
…EDITORIAL ducation v . real education .. Whites, it mu t frankly b aid, are not putting in a ma effort to re-edu ate th In lve out of their ra ial i nor ance. It i an aspect of th ir n of uperiority that the white people of America b lieve they have 0 little to learn ..... - Dr. Martin Luth r King, Jr. (1 (7) t th core of the education "reform" ugge t d la t week by Pre ide nt George Bu h i the idea that education i to pr par orkers f...…
…1 , Is housing a huma·n . right? 'ily Dr. Manning arable Two to three million ericans today are homeless, and millions more live in substandard housing. The Reagan administration's major caudal, econd .only. to the , ,lran-Gontr deb do, w the .m. ive graft, I waste and corruption of the Housing and Urban Development Department, under "Silent Sam" Pierce. Reagan's only African American cabinet member. Inequality in social and...…
…un l .ru 'r Veron W. Morton, Ph.D. it racy Nowl Progr m Director ._ .. __ ..,...._;...- - _ .... ., t r lor a't an in' puhlic .cho I, aidthehill\ ",,"nim provemenl () n nth 'r propo 'al!), and addl!d that he \ a'\ rCltdul the legi 'Iation n w hCln' pa ... cd nu longer -.:n 1�lom:d a dra�tl<': cut In funding. He aid tllat he wa eartul of Ie Jj�lati()n that wa propo 'cd eallll:r that \ oulu have c �t the � 'hool dl�tti...:t mor...…
…HIOHLA 0 PA K - At the corner of Or nd nd S cond . A enue tr n form tion i in the proce 0 bec modern d y 0 i. Some 1 month 0 th onument I Mi ion ry B pti t Church open d it door at 9 W. Or nd Avenue. Shortly there ter, th Eddi illi m Community Center moved from it old location on Jo C mp u Avenue nd bee me part of the n w direction being pun at 89 W. Or nd Avenue. The proce ,tr n (ormation, continued nd the Eddi Wil liam Day ...…
…'Ci y crackdown on curfew viola or ncl from tbe Tactical Service . be ticketed. Thi would include Section nd the Youth Crime parent who f it to pic up thei Unit (form rly nown a the children within two hours fter Gang Squ d), will continue tbe children h ve been detained. heavy patrolling of Ea t Jeffer- - All ordin nee related to 'on and Belle I Ie throughout the exce sive noi e, including the ummer. He id the police will. playing of l...…
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…o .' . y n The Downto n Development Authority (DDA) nd the T x In crement Fin nee Authority (TIFA) Board held their regul r monthly meeting Tue day, April 16, in Benton H rbor' e Oro til Center, 200 Pa P Avenue. During the DDA meeting Aaron Anthony Director of the DDA Bo rd id the Project Committee had met twice with local bu ine people nd di - cu ed the po sibility of con- tructing a fish cleaning tation n addition to the E...…
…Turner 40 year By M ry .oIlid Y Oti and Annie Turner celebrated their 40th Anniver- ary rec ntty by going out to dinner. Mrs, Turner i the form r Annie Bailey. She i retired form Hackley Ho pital and Mr. Turner works with the Mu - kegon Hts. School System. They have three children and three grandchlldre n. Afte r yea rs a t Hac kl ey Ho pital. Frankie Turner called it quit. Sh worked in I.C.U. The hospital gave her a retir in...…
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