…VOL. XVI NO. 28 An Informed People is A Free People JUNE 5 - 11, 1994 Khalid Abdul Muhammad, the Nation of I lam figure shot on Sunday in Riverside, Calif., addre ing a Los Angele crowd the day before. M lim hit a trial s·1l y ? _,._,-. protection while h pitalized. OTHER VICTIM IN the at ck were security guards, Vernado Puckett, 34, with gunshot wou nds to both 1 gs and the chest but listed in good condition, Caliph Sadig, 33...…
…VOL XVI NO 3 Iln tntosnwc! P"(lp/l' Is A r WI' Pcoptc DECEMBER 5 - 11. 1993 Ajrica Trip .\IIIt/nll' lint! !tlllgiller, /('"n 1/1/(/ /carl/i"g .- Page A� I Highland Par . But in 1992 Chrysl D ti id n economic do nturn made it im ibl for the corpo- ration to ha ciliti in both ::lJ!land P rk nd Auburn . and HigblaM P r. would be shut down. If Highland Par had not agreed to t Auburn Hilla b Chrys r would no facility in Auburn Hill...…
…• VIC op ace- o o VOL. xv NO. 42 .. 111/nf('rmt'd Pt'crll(' Is A Frce Poopte SEPTEMBER 5 -11. 1993 Mayor Sharon Pr�tt Kelly of th Dletrlct of Columbia, the R v.· J • Jack.on, left, and com dian Dick Gregory w re mong 20 demonetretor. arr t d Thur day for blocking Ind pendence Av nu In the on-golng .truga. for etatehood for th dl8trlct erst vote 0 DC state ood By ALLISON JONES says. This will enable the federal seat of governmen...…
…Coalition begins vo� registration drive U L Project Vote, along lth the AACP, the United Auto Wo era, Michl n SANE/FRBEZE 00 ot r IOC',I and n tional or aniz tio e banded to ther in coali on lDQeue the number of AfrIcan- erican and Latino voters In Micblpn. The effort announced at a June 30 preas confcrence at the Detroit Urban League beadq "Freedom Summer" II a non-par- multicultural voterre tra on LABRE A PRICE e ort spo red b...…
…- - - - _- - -- - VOL XIV NO. 20 APRIL 5 • 11, 1992 � , - -'.)'-_"� - _"�''''''' - _ .. a - LEAH SAMUEL i ""Wrl!!r .. not pay for adult day care, he ked if tlie proposed plan covered it. "We've got to cover much we can," responded Conyers. "Adult day care is a very important part of medical delivery. I'd like to examine various ways that assistance and sup port can be made and the ways that . they are being made in other tate ...…
…VOL XIV NO. 11 FEBRUARY 5 - 11 � 1992 Jordan takes his image off NBA clothing 8-7 UAW says Japanese ignore civil rights -A-3 WVA , e that hi original guilty pie over," n ide cried, momen later. Inv tig tors tracin li nd following leads cro conunuents arre ted J m Earl Ray in London in June. Within year of the ination, on March 10, 1969, Ray pleaded guilty to King' killing. In his new book, Ray now calls th court proceeding a ...…
…PO T HU 0 , Mic. (AP) - m St. Clair County Democrats claim their political dversari may have been r ci lly motiv ted in developing re pportionm nt plan. But t lea t one Republican leader contends th t cc ation is fal e. "I think it' completely without· foundation," county GOP Chainnan John Deaver id Friday night. "There wa certainly no raci I motivation with ny of the plans ----- y u lie r A High School Principal Speaks �ut . ...…
…Actlvl t Angel Davl preached the revolution of If-help during her Detroit visit promotln the Black Women's Black' Women work on health by DERRICK C. LEWIS Staff Writer .The Detroit Black Women's Health Project hosted activists Angela Davis and Byllye Avery to speak on issues af- . fecting Black womens health, last Friday at Wayne County Community College Downtown Campus. The night's topic was "The Politics of Black Women's Heal...…
…/ CP: Politic fe r; n Dear EditOf: ThaD you for "Free Micliiaan's Mandela" (July 7- 12). We apee in principle t tbe e African People I Organization (NAPO) is doing to help Ahmad Radman ccure his freedom; however, Mr. Rahman i not the only political pri oner in Michigan. Most African American in Michigan prisons are political prisoners. Recently Governor BI nchard r n an ad showing an African A boot camp. Thi NAACP wa ffe...…
…I I o er In urance tudy reveals exce profit By SHElLEY DeLUCA Capillll News Service LANSI G - Michigan in surance companies are overes- imating their losses and not being efficient in their ad ministrative costs, claims the author of a preliminary tudyon po ential uto rate reductions in the state. "The report identifies where rate reductions can be made ba ed on what profit the in surance companies should be making, " ai...…
…o cia By hy r Capital News Service LA I G - Although dropout rates arc a significant I concern, the problem is shifting with the state's new service economy to affect the middle class. omi Bryon, consultant for the bur u of educational ervices in the state Department of Education, said she bcli ves part of the dropout problem is due to parents who didn't en courage their children to get an education, because the parents didn...…
…·• PAGS7 \ Blanchard bud et Cuts to fuel prison growth including state hospital closings, an agency official said. Blanchard's budget, which will be released on Feb, 9, will put, more money into correc tions at the cost of almost every other department, the governor and aides already have cknow ledged. Thomas De Loach, director of the office of public informa boo, . d that the Department of Mlnapmcot and B · t e in the en...…
…• n • d to a • Ing o ey Page 13 Success is no s ranger to oses Findley By Larry A. Still NNPA News Service WASHINGTO (NNP A) - The nation's ex panding Bla -owned ne�paper publishers were urged to demonstrate greater influence and power in serving their communities as they elected new officers at their 47th annual convention in Detroit, June 17-W .. Over 200 participants at tended the four days of ses sions of the a...…
…Barristers Ball P 11 SH GTO , D.C. - In a far reaching report i ued at pre conference tod y, a group of prominent Black scholars clarify "public di ussion and cnfusion" bout Blac com munity direction. Entitled Blac Initiative and Govern mental Responsibility,' th re p rt t e issue with one-sided empha and single minded appr aches" and in tead d- o tes combination of heightened efforts by Black them Ives and increa d more fo...…
…VOL. VIII NO. 4S OCTOBER S - 11 1986 L S G - Governor James J. Blanchard ha proclaimed October as ichigan inority Busine Month, to be highlight ed by min rity trade fair and busine s development minars and ork op to be held in 12 citie including u egon Heights, Benton Harbor, Kala mazoo, B ttle Cree Grand apid and Lansing. " inority bu ine se are an important part of the economic development of our tate," Governor Blanchard . ...…
…E C of the Union of South Africa to protest the nation's system of racist ap rtheid and "state upported violence". The hi toric demonstration, organized by the TransAfrica lobby here, ignalled a depart ure from the League's usual, conciliatory, interracial During the gue's 75th annive ry conven tion here la t week, over 2,000 predominantly middle cla de- egat took unprecedented ction by m rching through the C pit I treet to t...…
…- Eugene Al corn, 0 n r of AI' Insulation Contr or, 3175 Strand, is ing the city of uskegon alledgin th t he was not al- 10 ed to bid on two HUD funded project . Alcorn, a minority con tr ctor, is claiming that des pite affirm tive action pro VI on requiring the city to monitor nd enforce minori ty p rticipation in such pro jects, no uch participation i going on. • ''The city . just not pu - ing affirmative action:' said ...…
…ST TE POUCE POST CHIEF e or BE TO HARBOR Glady Peeples Bur h filed nomin ting petitio for the office of Lake . bigan College bo d of trustee with the County Register of Deeds. . Bur . a gr duate of the Benton Harbor Junior Col- amed to head State Mayors for eagan-Bush· c ege, ichigan CoI- le . a mem of the fir graduating in 1948, hen e earned an ociate of Art degree. She vice- pr ident of the omen' cia at the time of her...…
…BULK RATE us, POSTAGE PAiD B nto H or, I 49022 P 0.50 ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED ed their thaniel of his life of life 0 BO op other . ill vit 5, OT FUGHT PUT CITIES T OUBLE A ne tudy h me insights into city problem p e 3 can m e murmured amen" , e're not here °e're here b d o ho packed t church reaffirmed the de ription of the man they carne to honor on his "horne go "Bra .. 0 d dicated arrior for Christ 0 •• 'rved...…
…POLICE AND CRIME! e pe�nt that cot cnrnne in yor th citize bject: AUXILIARIES, a California community on P 1. SWER TO POLlCE - report on J tic Departm nt fmdin , p - CRA G HEADS, e amin local police ctions on Page 1. ATO S, THE ADVANCER IS SAC! BULK RATE US. POSTAGE PAID B ton Hlrbor, 49022 mi No.SO VOL. V 0.5 JANUARY 5 - 11, 1983 Sen Trl-COunty South ith th recent call by Benton Har bor ayor ilce Cooke for the police ...…
…TO AGE3 , VOL. IV NO.22 AY 5 - '" ,1 82 Sen In 25 . con tructio con act Of inoriti 9 t ,000 …
…TOPAG S TOPAGES. CITY VE TU E OFFICIAL Y HE JESSE J C SO PUSHES 'D 0 'T C HOE 0 CO E' C CO PRES HillA TO JAPA ESE I TE POL CY E T POLICY …
…er Chris D enport cv cix I I …
…TU TOP 10 YO II TYSOUT STER ICHIG IDS FU OS d …
…VOL. 1 NO. 52 DECE BER 5-11, 1979 Serving Tri-County Southw Ie hiS v\ '/' � • - , -r-, th t city. Benton H r po t Lt. arl Huland r & e fir t the party if they have preference. If they h no preference, th n th offi r call in and the de om r c II the rno t ppropriate on . 9 Hul nder ent e plain that often no is av ilable or t wre k, r d not an Battle Cree attorney ha labeled that city' police force 'a Klanish- tyle police ...…
…TURN TO PAGE 5 found SE�TEMBER 5 - u. 1979 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN rc IGA CHARLES KELLY, inY'om!lllf!!Dt· UCDC COIDInittJ Pr 20 c t YO to p two from ,oflie , committ Voting to strip the 0# Benton Harbor busi e • men ere: ary DePoe, Barne, the Blac Huddle ton, Karp, Dill and alder. it chell voted no. Jo ph ab stained. tti B me explained later that ' e mad no c arge, e didn't eel qual ified to make charge . Kelly...…
…VOL. 1 The Benton Harbor Cit- izens dvi� 80 d has d th state Attorne General, F r n Kelley, for an "interpretation U of the Open tin Act it pplies to the special meet in call d by the ayor for Friday, ay 25. In a letter sent to the Attorney General, Arnold .: Smith, Ch irm n of the CAB, outlined the events preceding th m ting of y 25 and stated U e su - ted to the City Commis- . oners that the ction as not in eeping . th the...…
….1 I . ··.A oup of activist from B rrien, ss and Van Bur couri- have joined tog her to form- a n tri-county communi y organi- �. zation, I United Tri-county Communi- ty Organization (UTCO) will be . ad quartered at 89 W. ain Street. Benton I Harbor. according to Charles Kelly. a Benton Harbo busin ssm n and founder 0 the group. According 'to I Kelly, UTCO will serve he interests of the disad v nta d - black or white - in the S...…
