…OPINION ttor- to upremaci "law and order," e must run the ri of hit ting the Republic ns and e Demoaats re . hurts - at the polling booth! e must let them see the po r of the Black community unified in apport for the Blac Agend - our . Agenda for econo . and social j . ceo We must let them know that they strike one of us, will trike back! That's why I am committed to building and' independent party in America - a Black-led, m...…
…By B young Black families are ·Striving To Finance The clustered at the poor end of the Manhood 0fWhich We Boat" spectrum. The last of wealth and lade of . The earnings that those who faith, Our youag families are the head young Black families bring Criminalintion is a aippling cradle of next generation. home have been shrinking and sometimes fatal disease.· But far too many of them are dramatically. It is not only the Black people are ...…
…I Ferri ed that the mayor . also looking into hether Edison' tatistics bout the high pereea of aJS rs who could ctually e the mo ey e are really cearate. He indicated tha the money ore by another oom- pany co d not access �rtain customer erviees, beca it d n have equi or terminal that only Edi on employees are uthorized to provide. ee erri dmitted that some of Detroit the prob caused by the�- ed e- . ing of the office: u1d be ...…
…I • Grayg-- lead ship· post 8y Ted J'o As expected, Congressman William H. Gray will take over . . in January as the new chairman of the House- Democractic Caucus. . Gray becomes the first African Amen to break into the Demoaatic hierarchy. He handily defeated two opponents to capture the leaduship posi tion, which can be a stepping stone to higher posts. The cauc s serves as a sounding board for House Demoaats on policy i...…
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…POLICE-FIRE U U FAIRLABO, By I livelihood· for 15 - 20 )'Ca;t'S. Miller have condemned the because of the high rate of Cause he did not come from Nabil Hazemy, President of Hazemy also charg� the city union for seeking ch a ruling.. . e and the smallness of the Highland Park, but worked in the Highland Par Police and with failing to negotiate in good Blac ell charged the union mmunity. the Detroit police system, and, rue Association, repr...…
…, charges, there i ·demolition by eg1ect·, he ys the city h failed to provide public services like public lighting or clean up of vacant lots. At the time of tim wnltJD2. e unab to reach the repre- tNe of the city Community and EcOnomic De elop nt Department dealing ·th city plans for Brush Par I Though the citizen's ° trier council only recently been formed, residen of the area �--�----------------------------------------------...…
…THE BLAC� �LTH BUILDI G GUIDEBOOK I Wealth B' , laformatiOG nowyou free, D' r the best "WltmeDt opportunities (or modera� income Also, learn techDi- tlucs for � moaeyq' • tqJa� bad credit (it can be done). start- . aDem' , IUre.fiK ofreduciaiyourdeb burden aDd ilAg " 3. Request for ClUb 8 to hold dance on Decembu 31, 1988 t 1S84O Second. 4. Request for Motown . Van Oub to hold dance on December 31, 1988 at 15840 Second. S.�tfor...…
…2 Steele . 1958. T ok played hen there were only 10 teams in the NFL nd just 32 player on each squad He led the in rush ing in 1954 with 610 yards on 91 ttempts. …
…. 13 YOUR FINANCES ------- T. ' IL. A You are doing the right thing by first reviewing your financial'· tio Number 0 revie and ticipate in any programs 0 by your job. So many pie up; credit unions payroll deductions saving plans, com pany tock purchase plans, and employee sponsored retirement plans. Some companies offer low cost I.i& insurance too. Once you've determined what your employer does and does not offer, then you ca...…
…\ BEITER LIVING , You begin to shoplift burglarize, mug. . .anything to get hi . Then you tar mixing o er drugs with crac How bout crac PCP, nd manjuan in one cigarett,. at the ame time. Sounds exciting doesn't i ? Can yo to buy all of drugs, every day? t about your education? t abo yo re t? What about your family? What bout your ? What your mind? Everything j goes to ell The only thing that counts . getting high. And staying...…
…January 8-14, 1989, Ichlgan CItIz., 15 u '1 . acco d si nals I beginning of CoatID 1 only be done by people who un derstand the process. who un derstand the technology, and therefore can make individual decisions," he said . d that Michigan an be competitive in the ne economic world, as long as the kforce is educated. He said that it will be increasingly dif ficult for kers with just high school educations to find a plac...…
…, DlIl!lSJOln voted to: - Fill the position of Water Reader/Mechanic (temporary). The Utility Services Director of the Utility Services will be al lowed to hire an employee to fill the cated position resulting from the· definite snspe . n. '- w· the hiring freeze on the positi of a Certified Plant Operator and the taft to proceed with the ppropriate hiring to obtain a qualified per son to fill the position. ppoint William Wood...…
…SENTON HARBOR AREA NEViS olunteers ·needed , - can· you help.1 The Southwestern Michigan. afternoons per �k in the St Volunteer Ce.Dicr are scekiDg Joseph office. The volunteea r volunteers for . us organiza- who may choose hisIber wod tio . For information about days, would be' responsi>1e foJ tbeac or other volunteer oppor- some typing. answaiDg phODC: tmrities, please call 983-0912 or and I'kiDg with a new filiD@ 683-5464, or top ...…
…"The Outreac Service Center. and other organizations helped me get my family to Ben ton H bor d are stay- ing at the Family She ter Center for the homeless on Pipestone," Whita er said "Rev. Swift also invited me and my f . y to have Christmas dinner ere t the Center: dded. Whi er said he thanks the Centr I Community Outreach Services Center, NISE, d the F mily Shelter Center for help- .• ing him get his family bac together . ...…
…, I I 4 19 t :HURCH, The local celebration of the The promo . of Dr. King' Martin Lut:bet KiDgJr. national dream is essential to the holiday will be muted by an celebration of his birthday and eannCDica1 intcr'-r cial worship the pre ence of a nationally service on Saturday, January 14 ' mown scholar on the life of Dr. = 6:00 P-tIL at the Second B p- King in our community during tist �urch" 600 Lynch Street, the event affords the med...…
…----------------------------------- - Cook's Corner .r ":" A. Th difference between ere ms ] percent 0 butterfat. H Jf-b If-half contains 10 to 18 percen I of butterfat. Heavy ipp' cream must contain t t 36 peree b tterfat. Use h -and-half in recipes' calling for cream, Whipped aeam can only be made from heavy or ipping cream, Q. t LH., J�J_'OIe.. . Be ure to precisely. If ere' too little flour 0 extr liquid, b er ten to dis...…
…. le�rate I Black· Hi tory l:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii . 0 nth . wit H u I . ,Yare a sOurce oflour rich histOl\ft. S d us sto ies, phot , letters of y. ,y. r pare ts, grandparents · · . - I • I • The .p orth • Your church's history • Your roots in ichigan • Tales you heard'as a youngster • Ho you go where you are • H w it used to be " • What you remember about tile 'Struggle' Send by Jan. 20, 1988 to: ichlgan Citizen P.O. Box ...…
…v IFIED o lAND ddto mp 0 d 47.30 ry to til (i . 11 lag, .. .-,... • ..., .. OT Owners of lDtlcrest in, or Lie nds herein Amount neces ry to redee $89.52 plus the fees of the Sheriff. Char D. Kelly .A�dre s: Highland Park, chigan 48203, 12541 Sea> d Street; P ee olB· . Bea- on H bor, 9022, 175 , Street ch. Cit. adv·12/25/88. 111m' 1 9, 1/1 t er of . Parcel i an Improved Residential Parcel - o PAID 9.85 ' o Amount nece...…
….1 CLASSIFIED I NOTICE BY PERSONS . CLAIMING 11TLE UNDER TAX DEED To the Owner or Owners of any and all Interests in, or Uens upon the Lands herein . Desaibed: TAKE NOTICE: Sale w lawfully made of the following desaibed land fo unpaid taxes on that land, and that the under signed has title to the land under' 'iMUiiiiCiOft'Nii01lCiiCiiOii)'-=-Fiii tax deed or deeds . for the land. You are entitled to a reconveYanCZ of this land...…
…ET � TTERSON PHAAMJ�' 2144 Hoyt St. SBARBER BEAUTY SHOP 2301 n . rman BMt. CHIC COOP 2544 Old St. KET �manBlYd. T I I PM1Y WORLD, 2808 Getty LAC S GROCERY 27-4 East larch A • tOENKFS CHICKEN & SEAFOOD 1117 STOP & SAVE 3001 h St. Co ZSPARTY STORE 201 E. rman Blvd. fe • • ElENORE'S FOXY BOUllOUE 10 E. Sherman Blvd . I ing Available utormg Coun ling Service Car er Tr i ing Programs Voc ional Technical Program Coun ...…
…f r·w.�.'��',�,��,��,��,.�.�.� .• W.�.��'�."�'�����'��'��.a •• ' I I , I I ,I�---------------------------- " :110 is caring for,Michigan's children? By LCmcIi ly,. is er-income famjJie$ CapiIDI News &niiu that, have the most trouble find- LANSING - The steadily iDg adequate care. growing need for day care is She said that hile th forcing evaluation and ... m average cost of day care in o 0 is caring fo Michigan's Mi� is about S...…
…ervice job in the coming � edaeati • decade, but they underes- Br·elmer aid another un- . ted the !ime Changes �oreseeD change is the growing d, uaportance of women in the wolrkDlace. It predicted that women uld be major part of the r fo ee but not until the year 2000, . Women currently p half of the workforce, Brickner . d he sees three euODS for omen's gr ing .UDllbcrs in the r fo ce: civil . lation, the oost of and ris� divorc...…
…I I De Murray-Wright Student Intem The dream started befo e the e dofthe87-88schoolsemester fo the Murray-Wright band to be one of the high chool bands at the Annual Peach Bowl Pes tivites. They knew it going to be hard 1I'k, but they had deter mination and dedication. All the car was e , dinner f cabaret' and contributions by responsibJc leaders in our community like Senator Don Reigle made it possible. _ The estimated fun...…
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…''Is Jesus the White man's God?" DYI GEVERY I THE DEVELO I G' I ORLD- That tioD ap ot maDY Bl8CU towarde . Chriltianity. Now pubU. r Lyle Stuart aDDOUDCn a boo that wiD Den DaUoDaJ tro ny iD i aDa er : eelor Ie YOUI' God? Blaclt COMCioulM tuatl eM Claria,Uua Failla by Coiumbu. Salley ud Ronald Behm. t Co 0 I. Your GocI1 il in the traditioD of Lyle Quart', Bl k Studi ,liDe, iDcludin t.hc boat· llin, Dlad Robe" WlUu J'"tk� by Jud,e...…
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…7 I. once no bi · ·t'J' I 1. • 20 minutes. Wowl d, dIeD, . you eree - out of this world ... Your high comes to • saeecbing and)'OU feel if you are t2tchiDg a b d cold. Suddenly yo can't take your mind off of your proble . . You're starting to tremble. Man, are you catchiDg the flu? You can't CYeIl • down. Yo can't sleep. You feel Iikc s� Ho QUl you get that terrific high that you had when yOu used aack? Buy some more, tha...…
…BENTON HARBOR AREA NEViS ? • • D will meet Tues., Dec- rJ d Tues., Jan. 3 t 6:30 p.m. for op and 7:30 p.m. for teR111W meetiDg. e commission voted to d ousiDg rehabill - contrac:ts to Mannjng Cus tom Ho fo bi d of $2,666 for a house t785W ucedaand $4,562 for house at 1248 Broa y. The Lula Lee Commiuion Olamber ere decorated by the students of artindale Elementary School for the Chris holiday. AU commissioners ere present fa...…
…J.IIMY 1-1, 9 YOUR FINANCES Gor . , y ·0 Did You Know? Market SurVey, other u.s. cities" where ofli� rents are YerY ex pen ive include Boston, �o, Los ADgeIes aDd San FranCISCO. But the e.xpe - ave oflioe rems· the world are in Tokyo, Japan. DID YOU KNOW ... that . . Phillip Mania Company - the tobacco, beer' and food giant - that spends more than any otbel' company· America to cenviace yo to buy their products. Last year...…
…., BEnER LIVING •• Got4prob ?N ... n7t.�u.r? Or do you just to talk? Then rite to Erik Wtuhington in cart 0/ The ida; Citizen, 12541 Second Avenue, Highlilnd� 48203 or to T)eQr Erik', irtJcle iJe StIl tion, P.O. Box � Los An- Iu, CAlif. 90036 •• \ . , Do you Iuzve a quatiota tIboul penOMl . or hetJllh? Send to· 1M Dial CoIpO tion, 111 W. QIWIldon, M.S. • 1616, . Ariz., 8S071. For oemrJlllll rqJIy, elf-lld- .m. …
…CLASSIFIED LEGAL NOnCE Benton Harbor, MI 49022 on that land, and thattbC under- Kansas City, MO 64112 Ranse 18 Wes� City of Bento NOiIOe Ii hilibY ii'in to con- signed has title to the land under SIGNA TURE: Natasha Harbor. I I ' oetnId petIOnI: The ptaperty Michigan CItIzen Mv. 12125/88. taxdcedordeedsiuuedforthe Smith �1'�Md 5,1:r: 111188,1 .1/15189 I land. You are entitled to a .,lace of Business: 253 • . I\KE NOTIe!; that sale �of 198...…
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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...…
…n frlcan hi tory firs Blac tudent enrolled t Uni ersity of Alab 1956. Feb. 4 • Ro a Par t respon ible for ontgomery, Ala., bus . boycott, born 1913. Feb. 5 - H erican home-run . born 1934. b.6· . T , educator, uthor and poet, born 1900. Bob Mar ley, reggae inger, born 1945. o imed t W APO guerrilas. South Africa cknowledged their strikes in Angola ere providing dire. sistance to t e CIA-ba ed UNIT A (Na tio Union for t...…
…• 1 Ho I IIJ Ealow DETROIT -A coalition of this city's homeless protested . their plight for the seco d time this month when they tagcd a sit-in Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the of- of Detroit Housing Com missio er Tom Le . The first demonstration brought the threat o� jail, the second, promise of a home in t public housing. Earlier, on the holiday mark -s ing the birthday of Dr. Martin \ Luther King, the National . Union for the Ho...…
…Opinion. (ununcuturv � l.cttvrx. Yil'WS ?' . e. \. . youth, aying, ey are truly our hope for tomorro and our hope fot today, too." . Campaign rkers left noth ing to chance. Under Ms. Bint 's direction they gathered . the names of every potential vo er nd canvassed door-to- . door. On Election Day they in stituted a sophisticated car pool and had baby itters and hot food available for the vo ers. Their organization paid off. ...…
…Black 'elected official are more numero than ever (6,681 in 1987), a 350 percent increase sincc 1m). BI ck members of · Congress have amassed an im-, ,Growing u.p in a Black pressive array of COIDDllttee and �-"""--------�!!!Ii subcommittee chairma�ships A little Black girl is given a (eight committee chairs and 18 white doll to play with, in Toni subcommittee chairs in. the Morrison's novel The BIuut Eye ., HouseofR�). (W shington Sq...…
…� . I ·1 . { or CAD i no" -profit or ganizatio t t instills creaive development in the hand icapped d senio citizens . • ; …
…I \ o \' , I .' 0 gro PSI ga her to mapam o 0 I 0 I 75 By cKbmey (NNPA News Service) WASHINGTON Representatives of more than 75 groups at a strategy session on South Africa sancti ns have vowed to lobby both i congress and among grassr ts con- stitutents 0 make artheid's horrors a 1988 0 issue. The capitol hill meeting was opened by Rep. Ronald V. Del lums (D-CA), sponsor of HR 1580, a sanctions bill that he calls a "moral...…
…'nd j m hip ATLANTA - RJR N bi . th Inc.' continuing its upport of a scho] rship program for miaoriti tudying journalism . I ith grant ofS17,000 to the Na- uld ure to . t' on I e p per Publisher' financialinforma- I • '0 ( A). life. In presenting the 1987 gift, Marshall B. B RJR abisco enior vice pre ident, com mented 0 the company's inter- . e in Black journalism. Soon after . n . n voieed i inde-· pendence, Blac ne papers r...…
…J DCDC re urn to HPCC HIGHLAND PK - Dayton " contemporary Dance Company I.will bring its unique and ex': uberant tyle of jazz, ballet and modern dance to Highland Par :5 PerformiDg Arts Center , of Sat. Feb. 13, ai 8:15 p.m. Thi return engagement by I the ward-wihning 14-member troupe will feature new orks and several Highland Park premier inc1udiDg: Till The End Of Tune, which premiered in 1986,' a four movement work by DCDC...…
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…l •• I -------- Highland Park Focus ighland Pa Vat I . l a prov school mila HIGHLAND PK - Voter $1.000 of e ed property pprovcdtherenc ofaS.9tax· valuation -- will be used for mjOagc in a peciaI e ection held chool operati'oos: textbooks, Wedaeaday, Jan. 28, announced classroom supplies, salaries, ut- Highland Park Schools Iities, insurance, and other pobsperson Greg Byadriao. operating expenses, Byndrian The tax --- $S.90 for e...…
…I· .. IF' . not only inOue ted by her vie on equality, bu also by Christian · moral nd philosophical point." fter her brother' de th, he trusted God to get me through" d found the great- . ne s nd magnitude of such t ings peace, hope, giving and haring," Fakir tri s to help pregnant o en by orking on the local board of \he Detroit Crisis Preg nancy Center, ich provides t ' counseling d terial· assistaace. Whil it' opposed t...…
…, . I' '---._ , I.. I' I : . . . African-America 1·1 H: uTime for . , t BENTON HARBOR � It', time for Gov. James Blanchard to recognize the African . American comm� in south- ern Micbigan That is the message PUSH chapter p esident Rev. Walter Brown hopes to send the Gover- ' nor. At stake is' a judg . Feb 10 Chief Probate-Juvenile Judge Donald J. Dick will retire and the Governor will name an appointment. . The' 0 Africa...…
…Benton I Iarhor area news • , ar1 aptl t C rc, -1901 Eastl.nd A\'Cnue"rn po r a series of services d the public . invi ed to tend ch service. D Ca pbell' Building Fund Chairperson d the Rev. C. C . the host pas- I .. Baptist urch: e. Allc oth- cl for e Building Fund Commit- . tee of d I • y • 41entine's Day f�fr�vaCJanZ(l . \/ � Ow,'to £.bJ ITM «�qD�«�]�n��ll� Sa t. Feb.6 I • L Fru it) 'G Cl d :8clllroom il ton In n ...…
…Attorn y nnoun annu I eSiUlY conte t e Berrien County Bar As sociation' once again sponsor ing an essay contest for students of the seventh, eighth and ninth grades to promote e local ob servance of Law Day, May 1, 1988. . The Berrien County Bar As sociation will ward prizes of $75.00, $50.00, and $24.00 to the authors of the top three essays in each grade level, ccording to St. Joseph Attorney Robert J. Ehrenberg, Es ay Co...…
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…I I l' Dear Erik, . I just told a week ago that . a very good friend has been diag- - nosed with AIDS . .I g this in formation from my friend. I was the only person he felt that he could talk with. I am also good friends W\tJt other members of his family and I see them quite often. Here is my problem. I have run into other friends who care bout him and have casual- ly ed about him and what he up to. People have been com plai...…
