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…, By AllIs DETR Public Sch I students return­ ing for second semester January 23, will find themselves in larger classes. Faced with a $160 million deficit and the threat of a state take-over, Detroit school ad­ ministrators are moving to trim costs. Larger class sizes and early retirement for ad- \ ministrators are the first steps. • ...... In memo dated Nov. 21, 1988, Supt Arthur Jefferson in­ structed Regioaal Superinten­ d...…

…, I By Gribben Capital News Service LA SING - Michigan workers are in the midst of a change. They are changing from "rowers" to sailors", and how cast they make the switch will determine what course Michigan's economic future will take. Michigan's manufacturing industry has been likened to a galley ship, where workers were brought in just for their strong backs to row, while those above decided where the ship was to 1 go. A...…

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…lxedr e . But m ca CUI me bers -=J .... : - ... 1L. agreed that - ore 0 an� improved commitmeot must be made from tate govemme 0 key·' . which include minority economic de, opment, urban revitaliza­ tion and educatio Rep. Ethel Terrell, D-Higb­ IaDd Park, said the goYCrnor' adeli revealed hope for a . more produ . .. "S . from the point of the Civil· Departmen� I think th his cooperation with the department been so of a chang...…

…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...…

….. 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 …

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…) "SER VING THE SID GTO Of the S18.7 billion in propo spend- ing reduct' n for fi al year 1988 contained in the Admini­ tration's ne budget, one third ould come out of programs t r ted to 10 income Ameri­ can, despite the f t th program constitute 0 - ninth of the federal bud et, cording to an analy' i eel by the Budget and Policy Prioritie . ctual ..,ending for I in- come prosrams ould be sliced 6.7 bDlion bel the levels' ne...…

…" USER VING THE STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" JA UARY 18 - 24,1987 . -Dr. Ma rtin Luther King, Jr. " I have the audacity to believe that peoples eoeryuibe e � can have three meals a day for their bodies, . . education and culture for tbelr minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that , what self: entered men have torn down, other-centered men can build up." . King holiday observances circle th...…

…HSERVING THE VOL. IX NO.7 held in topic a of Bl ck z RIZO BID TO DROP I G HOLID Y riz na - Th re ently elected c n TVa­ tive ovemor of Arizona ha angered mo t Black and many white in ate with hi announced intention t dr p the state holiday honorin ain civil right leader Dr. artin Luther van STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" j polluted' he added. The forum wa held at Dunbar High hool which nee h d the best record in the ...…

…• omen In Karat • Page 9 Alumni d mand urry-up offen , . the e 1 hool I i Turn to page 3 lege did not vary from 30 percent. Here are other f cts and a tabI on colleg enrollment from th report, folio ed by chart owin Bl ck high hool gradu t totals for lected year : -From 1970 to 1984 th number of Bl ck college stu­ d nts e 14 to 34 more than doubled to 1.1 million hile the numb r of bite colleg udent ro by 37 percent t...…

…VOL. VIII NO. JA UARY 20 - 26, 1986 T r o p 9 2 …

…B nton T p. to att mpt UDAG revival - Pa e 18 B.H. Area unites for King Holiday - .Page 18 " -Ina tormy ion, on onday, January 6, 1986, that may t th tone for the n administration, . yor Wilce Cooke told incom­ dty commisaionetl that they ould spend their fir t months on the job liatening � lear- nina· . In routine busine , Acting finance Director Harold A. Andellon read the report of the accounts payable and checks released ...…

…lI,a •• d VOL. VIII NO.6 JANUARY 6 - 12,1986 Colleg Tee Bas etba I: ro ier Turn to page 6 Black Economic I depend BLACK EWS BRIEFS (LT S - WASHINGTO� DC) AACP TO REASSESS GOALS AND T CTICS ( e York) Leader of the nation' leading civil right organization - th AACP - held a priv te meeting in ew Yor City last e end to reas the organization's go and tactics. Atl t 24 of the 76-year-old organization' board member er at the ather...…

…• • o 0.9 JAN. 30 - FEB. 5, 1985 S G - Four depart.' ment of th State of Michigan do not employ minoriti or women in proporti n to their. pre nc in the popul tion. That i th finding of th ichigan D pt. of Civil Right rep rted in J nuary issue of the departm nt Let r. " The four departments are: th ttorney General the Legi - I tiv uditor General, tural Re ources and the State Police, the ewsletter tate . The dep rtm nt 'operate...…

…ac fo o • • ore VOL. VII ou BATTLE CREE A "Founders Day" ob rvance, celebrating the 75th anniversary y r of the ational Urban Leagu movement, will be held by the Battle Cree Are Urban League, Inc., on Sunday, January 27, 1985 t 4:00 p.m., at Second Baptist Church on orth ashington Avenue. ith the showing of "Honor­ in Ye erday, Challenging Tomorro ", a film depicting the . ory of e ational Urban League, and having it's fe...…

…Dr. Marl!in luther King Jr. HIS BIRTHDAY BECOMES A NATIO AL HOLIDAY Turn to Page 8 VOL. VII NO.7 JA UARV 16 - 22,1985 25. Bulk of Black stud ARBOR - More than 75 percent of all Blac u­ den in the United States are cncentrated within about two percent of the nation' school di trict , according to University of ichigan education Prof. Charle D. oody Sr. Whil the statistic may eem a mandate for new de g­ regation effort, oody beli...…

…Children in limbo - the foster care crisis TURN TO PAGE 4 VOL. VII NO.6 JANUARY 9 - 15, 1985 lac 'Aged � ta e on cut TURN TO PAGE 3 ants Blae omen involved p Iti Ily . Story on e S h e • Ir e 9 retirement CROCKETI will be honored t a he en;d a career with the Civil Right. CoJ/Brt Arts talent breaking out . ,., Th to the effort of 0 com munity-minded m . ian of Van Buren United Civic 0 nization obtained a grant from...…

…Brea for Sic Ie Cell Sufferers VOL. VII 0.5 JANUARY 2 - 8, 1 85 TU TOP GE 2 SHINGTO , D.C. - The ational ciation of Housing nd Redevelopment Offici s AHRO) . d recently that propo by Office of anage­ m nt and Budget Director David . Stockman to entirely wipe out Community Development Bloc Grant (CDBG and Urban Development ction Grant (UD G) ould repre nt a 'Dev tating blo t to the nation t capacity to me t critical infr tructu...…

…'. Sond die 11 btlstn' ICSSIln3n in 0 to mo eft - . Turn to Pag S tively ch tho p tent' leu , . JANUARY 25-31. 1984 ith Secretary Pierce Col. Guy Buford. SHI GTO D.C.- Declaring that. "the pi in, ugly fact is th t there is no recovery for Bla� Americans, tt John E. J cob, Pre ident of the ational Urb n Leagu ,a rted Blac America is in di te and predicted that, "deep changes in th economy and the freeze in racial progres ,tt wil...…

…. '. BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID 8 nton Harbor, I 9022 Permit No� 50 I BLAcK LEA.DERSHIP PLA 114"�-;.Help Plan f r th 81 . Community the Congr ional, lack ucu. Pag 7 • J, .. I· I VOL. VI No.7 JANUARY 18-24, 1984 I . the annual Black History pro am at e ichigan College is m doubt. I Marcella Bell, president of Delta Phi Psi Sorority which sponsor the month- . long ob rvance and facul advisor Fe - tus Valentine have no anw rly...…

…BULK RATE US. POSTAGE PAID . Benton Harbor, I 49022. It 0.50 r t I .' G CALLS FO A aTHE DAY OF REST"· tinue through the 16th, i being on red by the ar­ tin Luther King Jr. enter for onviolent' Social - Change. birth- ith the ena trnent of the rtin Luther ing hich Jr. holiday bill King ee 8 and con-' '84 promise to be the mo exciting celebration we have 20th Anniversary rch On ever held," explained. Center ashington and, t t...…

…BE HARBOR .: City : re "dents ceived a bit of Christ rna cheer this year: t City' application for a S 1.5 million grant from HUD to help finance the opening' of a foundry was pproved. I The propo d St. Jo ph Foundry will provide 400 new jobs. The best ne s is that Ben­ on Harbor city residents are being promised 75 percent of the I jobs. That are i up from earlier discus Ions of the foundry pro­ ject. • t the public' hearing bel...…

…VOL. V O. a J .2 - FEB. 1 r 19 3 the lit ould have follo ed racial line . F" ce Die or Ricardo John n told Commissioners th of tax required to cover fund that h been a.t, but not budgeted. After the m ting he detailed 437, 505 orth of expenditur not included in the 82..83 budget including: Com­ munity Development -department pay­ roU forced on the city by the freezing of HUD fund , judgement , retr ctive p yroll, emergency repairs...…

…ELEASES 'STATE OF BLAe A E Ie , STO YO P GE12 BULK RATE U.s. POSTAGE P 10 8 ton Harbor. I 49022 Perm' .50 VOL. V O. 7 JANUARY 19 - 2S, 1983 hri tm food-ba et giv -a ay in its 137-year history - a ci y council re- lution supporting the boycott was introduced by 17th ard Alderman Allan Streeter d is now before com­ mitte headed by 20th rd Aldennan Clifford E. Kelley, T 0 other cit" . Altanta Ga., and Gary, Ind. are expected t...…

…rtin Luther ill ulmin te in j urneyed e th d te of Locally the only nnounced eel br tion ill be held Sunday, t 4 p.m. at Hope United ethodi t hur h. The publi i invited. VOL. V 0.6 JA UARV 12 - 18, 1983 BULK RAT u.s, POSTAGE PAID ton Hlrbor, 49022 mit .50 25 'BUD IS A DUD' SE The support behind the boycott of Anheu r-Bu h . growing, Rev. Je Jack n, director of Operation PUSH announced at a pre conference, on­ d y, January 1...…

…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 ...…

…p the surgical e Coo e te of th city ddre De t month " nal d" "pre nt to dr 0 attention on the rno " , will be contactm the attorney to if there y loophole in th " 1977 merger of th g orial. The Concerned mister n ve point d " e of that merger there ere no Bla b rd and only three city re " ent d) ere not going to . of the board d dven­ uthority, TU TOP G .. …

…u loan corporation- in of 1�9. rey L. Carr, a city' then n Carr a JDe]�nsb.iD drive to enlist minority -b . the orpniu- don, claiming it had been controlled by bite, non- o ent bu . n to the detriment of the city'. b 0 community. Carr quoted in of $506,580 in loans e by UCDC, only 18 percent, or 84,442 go e to Carr further chuFf that ougb B had gotten little in m flY they ere the • telpO ib for the of IS of the 20 Attor...…

…• • , n for airplain De lopment Company, his firm cont cted th state in September hen CET announced it ould no long­ er be using tb Kay building due to ph out of th 70001 program, e fmalized the de metime in mid- 0 ember," said Senecal. "You ha e to understand th t e pay all costs out of the 6 per foot," Senecal 'd. e pay janitor, utili . s, taxe , Our co ts are 3.50 per square foot, You could y e'r renting it to the state for $...…

…THE ERA OF REAGO 0 ICS OR SUPPL Y·SIDERS IS UPON US. PAGE 3 HAS 0 ARTICLES OF HO THE CRUNCH IS HITTI G HO E I HEALTH CARE JA UARY , a unanimous OOIltmUsaoD, qu are railed by citize t the of the , finn of Small, man Dettman for e city's general l. Three of concern are bei d: inegularitie sur· rounding the bid openings; I - Dettman's role penonal ttomey for ayor bC e jn hi y d costly court battle to 1979 yom e1ectio ; - po ...…

…UARY 28 - FE�RUARY 3, 198-' ,. SERVI G TRI�OU TV SOUTHWESTER event will be ob rv d this year February 9 through 15 and on ar 7. e've had bi pro- blem getting money from the Student Sena every ye for the last yen years. e (Delta PIll) have brought many important C - the Rev. Je d [ij Gregory to name a f , id therin Bady, Delta Phi P' Sorority dvi or and dministra tiv . s- meeting to tudy the pro­ blem and m e recornmen­ datio...…

…0.7 JA UARY 21 - 27, 1981 SERva G TRa..cOU TV $OUT ESTER CHIGA bonmar e lined its 01, ethan plant in the o 0 po et ith from ci y of Benton H or. e fmancially trapped coording to Re it- Benton Harbor City. liam DO· e r 0 in On Sept. 30, 1980 boo- . gton, 'municipalitic m ch bmitted an appli- ere prohibited from app y- cati to the Department of nergy (00 ) to obtain 83,675 for itself and billed city 2,165.47 for tb on the plication...…

…Response to entertainer Stevie onder s call for a na tiona! march in a shin g­ ton D. . on Jan. 15 to pport congre .. nal legis- lation m ing Dr. artin Luther King Jr's birthday. a national holiday h been e rck For enthu . and ide- of all Ameri . spr d. onder said h i tre- om m ndw· y plea d with th respon of people of good ill to join him in ashing ton to help hieve a goal 'in the best in terests The marchers will a m- VOL. ...…

…VOL. III 0.5 JA UARY 7 -13, 1 ESTERN ICHIGA I Ben ton Harbor yo Joel Patterson reported to co�oner ond y night January 5 t his orst fears regarding City Ven ture have "b n laid to rest." Pa tter n ho an- nounced t the regular city commission meetin that he had tr eled to Toledo th t day, id his conve ODS ther ith 0 individual had convinced him that Ci tu d in community particip tio in planning revitaliz tion. 'They ere tota...…

…PAGES6A 07 Serving Tri-County Southwestern ichigan 20 CE 1'5 BOA 0 GIVES PEEPLES 30 0 YS ith po ible bo d in Community ciation fund- o ing, the Berrien County Board (DCA) has gi n the agency' director t J . Feb. 11 ith cer- …

…VOL. II NO. 7 JANUARY 23 • 29, 19 0 ILLIO • • Benton Harbor city i ted to receive about S230 000 of a ne S40 million tate aid p c fo 33 "distr d com- munitie in ichigan. . The bulk or 76.7 percent - about 30.7 million - . to to Detroit. The plan unveiled by Gov. iliken in hi annual budget me ge to the legisla tur on day. T program i de- signed to upp men t ex' - ting tate aid for local go ernment But the ne money would be...…

…JA UARY 1 • 22, 1 o LY L C t, home of Ver­ , Jr, 681 Pipe- his office, ou County, a sui filed in Circuit court d a mo­ f n filed in Distri t Court. In Circuit court, for a preliminary qunctio to prolu;'it the 1 enforce- ment uthori . from The city of bor's ¥, January 14, to rent the ore front at 156 E. Prift Industry Council (PIC) dre crit- from Percy Carr, Benton Harbor b,UIiIJ' leu­ d , GE L I SU CE � GE T COU ...…

…ern Michigan elected ichigan , e enin,g. Som '2060 de eg t from cr the n tion ill _ be addressing th issues of C pita! Formation regula­ tion and perwor· 0- men in busi ; fed ral procurement; minority busi­ ne d velopment; inflation· economic policy develop­ ment; in rnational tr e; education - training - a ie, t ceo innovation and tech­ nology; energy ve erans in me" Other ar people ho will be in attendance a : � Roger Cur...…

…VOL. II O. 4 JA UARY 2 • I, 1 DEAL ILLEGAL department. in grant pro­ posal , it be fiti from feder fund, its de . ti by this body in your offlC' proceedmgs - it ems the pub}" must be granted it risht in regard to the dl positi n of the property.' , "I'm sure that if has own concern the citizen of th . ty, then the citizen will concern for the » Th commissi oners after much di . on felt th K lly' objections re after the fact...…