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…Legalizing drugs By Com!spondent "I blame a majority of the youth problems on the drug pushers, as, they offer an equal incentive to other employment, getting good education, and wee Iy 110 ance," said renowned educator and author of "Conspir cy to Destroy . Black Boys," Jawanza Kunjufu. . ufu . the true chal- lenge' re ofsee��'���hlwDJ"_lafa provide quality employment can compe e against drugs. Kunjufu was the keynote peaker ...…

…By CIIpitIIJ News Soviu LANSI G - As the body couat in the drug war rises maay are . if it' time to caD a ybe, ys a group urging � ideration of alternat� •• : __ 1 ,1; ... ft I •. . wuUwuaegJ lV'UOD. . DefiDetIy not, ys Michigan Czar· DooaId Rei . . The present policy is a .• . KenniDgton Wall, 01' of P . iaformation � the J>rug Policy Foundation. The foundation is a w ..... OIl. D.C. - based or­ .-IIZIIIJiQIl dewted to explor...…

…No· equity with school proposals LANSING - Although the two school funding proposals on the Nov. 7 ball promise more money for public educa­ tion, they will not solve the problem of equity, says a mem­ ber of the House Education Committee. Rep. Joseph F. Young Jr., D­ Detroi said neither the half­ cent sales tax increase UDder _ ropo I A or the 2-cent in­ crease under Proposal B will eliminate the disparities in per- pupil p J...…

…es . cal DETRorr- From march to lobbyiDg to voter registration, the homele are tretching theirpoliticalmusc A Dilllion people are ex­ pected to march on W • on October 7. The march . cal- . e of lobbying Con- gr civil demo tr tio and the first nation I Homele rai e oice the Homeless announced their . increasing political involvemen a press conference last month held t the Union office on Cass Avcn . W yne Pippin, Union pr t...…

…eft .• llutMe, Dn�:UUo� (Web.rtet's New World Diction­ IIry) c o er ly African American city's Council pr . dent t. The teme received . de media coverage and condemn - tion by community, labor, nd public offici But sever I Afr ic: n Americ n y an Afric n Ameri simply can not be r cist - by defmition. " . . �aDllS e in titutional oppr A. . -NNPA COMSpOIIdenl WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pr . dent George Bu h and the nation' governo...…

…L Gri ban Medicaid-funded bortio Capitlll News Service I .' Michigan, e.nding lO-year !.ANSI G - The batt is battle in tbe state Legislature, on to co al vo er confusion tiag WnO" vote would allow about a proposal to end appropriations to Medicaid edicaid-fuoded abor . recipients for abortions to COD- Organizers of the Committee tiDue. To combat the ooafusioo, to Ead Tax-Funded Abortio both Committee (0 End Tax- d the People' Campaign ...…

…\By A. CapitM News Setviu Lansing - Starting this month, ichp's 196 cireui judges and recorder' court judges will useae gu deliDes e sentellciog peop coo- victed of 50 seri felonies. Those felonie include as- ul burglary, aiminaI sexual conduct, drugs, fraud,' homicide, larceny, property TOUGH 0 JUDGE destruction, robbery and Committee member weapon POII�ISIOD. The De guidelines, which replace those in use . ee 1984, are the re...…

…Camp: 'Who Michigan' all' • I Michigan campaign, said he belie\a the vice presideDt wiD wiDMM:h"DiDN�mber, d that will send Iaim to the 0Yal of- fice. . . . "If Bush . MicbipD, he'D . (OYerall)," said EoaIer, R­ Mount Pleasaar. "There's � ay (Democratice Michael) Dukakis can in ithout Micb· . I ven't seea �y math that works for that" . Beca of the Dumber of blue-collar \4OtCd for President �. 19a> d 1984, . an· a vital tat...…

…. I FU D HUD says City Commission responsible I warranted, I ·n recommend that," City Man er Steve Man­ ning is said to h ve responded. Yarbrough tter get ready for court As sh uld Mayor Wil­ liam Wolf, C mmissioners George Wysi ger , Arnold Smith, alp Crenshaw, Michael Gova s and former 1. commissioner Do hy Die ey and Norval Weiss and former Mayor Wilce Coo . According to t1le HUD offi­ cial who sent the Ie er to the cit...…

…impo t d c%1iciaI to Black America. The delMied by Jesse Jacboo in a keynote addre ; by members of the CoDp' io 1 Black Caucus (CBC) at vario wor ops d other speakers cited .destructi\Ie eight wee:IeDd theme, struBle lDllbllues - A 1.00 lDto The Future,· 1U0UII� • tapestry ofl , Rights Commission rned their listeners that "r cial bat­ tleground still existed· in the so­ cial d eeoeomic environment ofAmeri They urged their lis...…

…Larry Simmon is orman Winch ster banquet speaker Pa 6 , rea DyS Capital News Service lANSING - Black leader- hip in action is what the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus wants to see at the state Capitol. During the next few weeks the Caucus will develop an urban strategy. The report is expected to be ready in mid- ovember. "Urban communities need special attention," said Ursula Littl s, staff person at the Michigan Legisla...…

…2.5 million bu ine purs Highland Park , Job development partD hlp, Chrysler Motor Corp. nd launched Devco, a develop ent corpora- VoUX No. 47 Serving the StIlII!'s African American Community z October 18-24, 1987 ee • • po Ice o o • I P ge 3 / ByTedJo T J. Chronicles Congressman George W. Crockett, Jr., (D-Mich.), a prominent critic of, the Reagan Administration's policy on South Africa and Central America, has been ...…

…u gon Ht oman named 0 a ional board LANSING -- Housing in Michigan' in a state of crisis, ccording to report issued onday, Oct. 4 by a special legislative committee. . crisis in affordable, safe ho ing for a ubstantial number of our citizens --- in both center cities and rural are 0 th ta e -' simply intolerab e, said Rep. Charlie Harrison, Jr. (pon iac), chair of th committ . ued the 121-page study. e governor and I law­ dir...…

…polifcs --­ ocus of Frazier o VOl. IX NO. 45 Coral Watt Intern Democratic: Party Ch d . Benjamin Brown of Lacota are surround d by their eight e joy of learnln and re proud to y even have college degree and o le Mrs. Gail Patterson of Ann Arbor; Benjamin Brown Sr., Brown (moth r) or Lacota; Betty Brown Chappell or Chicago; ranc Ray, o ,TX. fro left, Carolyn R I of Detroit; Daniel Brown or Houston TX' D vid ! Yp llanti; Benj m Brown,...…

…Before Columbus? D ing October myth -Pg 11 SERVING THE Z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY OCT. 26 - NOV. 1, 1986 a By Rhoda inn y 'P at' nal ews Correspondent SHI GTO ,DC - Bl c and hite Ameri an are bridg­ in the ap on primary i ue confr nting the nation with both group citipg unemploy­ !Dent, the high co . of living and th dru their thr m 0- president The m a- DIVIDED hen it on ive on a nonbindin initi tive hich ...…

…• a By John iIliam Jr. hington, D.C. - Foreign affair took the spotlight at the Congressional Black Caucu ' 16th Annual Legi lative Wor shop held here from October 1 t - 3rd. While the majority of the 47 Legi lative Workshop con- ow York, NY - Accord· ing to the latest available information, the enrollment of the ion's cone and unive .. I pe . ed in 1976 and been d cliDing ever since. uch of the inform ion on BI coD ge moDme...…

…25 VOL. VIII ME BLACK DIPW T ashington D,C, - In a fairly obviously bid to pre­ vent Congre from over­ ridding hi veto of sanction apJn white-ruled South Africa, Pre ' ent Re an la eek named career diplomat Ed ard Perkins to become fll t Bl amba or to South Africa. Perkin . currently the amba dor to th we African nation of liberia. Ho ever, critics have labeled his nomination "cynical public relat­ 'on ploy" by the president....…

…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 . ...…

…BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 Permit No. SO Adcfss Corr.Req'd cau of his anti- partheid activiti he au st d and later died folio ing a severe bating hile in custody in 1977. SASO II (South African Solidarity Organization) found d a means of enlight- ning the campu public, to combat South Africa' 0 n pro­ pagand by rai ing the level of conscio ne of Kalamazoo' citizenry. CO EnC REFOR S u 0 t reforms...…

…BULK RATE US. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 Permit 0.50 Add'ss Corr.Req'd 11111\ .....•..• .1i:�tt�tttIttttIttttrffrrttrtrt������ttrtrtftItttfr�:::: .. Kalam azoo' s orthsi de Soccer Clin ic By Deshorn Watkins MUSKEGO HTS. - At it Wednesday, October 9, Board of Education meeting, tal c n­ tered around residency requir ments for non-union personnel of the u kegon Hight Public School. During ork e sion, Superin J...…

…BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 Permit No. 50 Corr.Req'd tress not a fac or in alcoholism - Tum to Page 8 II WA HINGTO - The numb r of Blac -0 ned bu ine e in­ ere ed by more than 10J,OOO-- 47 percent=be een 1977 and 1982, according to the Com­ merce Department' Censu Bureau. The fir t report from the 19 2 Sun y of onority- o ned Bu ine Enterpri e ho a total of 339 239 Black- owned busine , up fro...…

…Home rehab funds available in Heights By De horn atkin HTS. - At if ond y, September ular m etin the Heigh city council e tabli h comm rcial nd in­ du trial redevelopment dis­ tric for four bu ines e : Gordon Food Servic , Kent B verage Co, Inc., and Redeco Inc. were given public hearing for commercial requ t and an indu tri I request for on­ Ferrou Cast Alloy Inc. E ch firm had a representative pre nt at the meeting. Requ...…

…U GO -Acrod of 600 penon left the annual MCP Dinner rallied by spe - to the theme of "Vote to e Our Goals Reality _,' A highlight of the evening the announcement by busi­ oman and civil right der . e Ann Reynold t t ,purc . a $1,000 membership for herself d a 500 life membe for her niece, Cberyl E. Dixon in Chicago. �ntice Sydnor, �CP om of th Life em- ber . p committee receiv d the membership from rs. Rey­ nold th cro d resp...…

…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 ...…

…T A. Goodin From idtigan OJronicaJ The finding of the last comprehensive report on the .. "St te of Blac Michigan; 1984," compiled by the . chi­ gan Council of Urban League E ecutive and the Center for Urban Affain at ichigan I State Unive ity, re grim. It tat: "The social and economic gap between Blac nd White in ichigan i id spre d and per istent and, gi en to v: conservative eli­ m te, i likely to tay that v: ccording to th...…

…• 10 NO.45 OCTOBER 10 -16,1984 income Blades eswel les poor SHI GTO , D.C. - In the ey me ure of economic tatus - income, poverty atus and unemploym nt 1 vels - Blac are or off today than in 1980, ccording to a ne udy issued October 4, by the Center on Budget and Policy Prioritie . The tudy, 'Falling Behind: a Report on How Blac Have Fared Under the Reagan Polic­ ie ," al 0 find th t the econo­ mic gap between Blacks and whit...…

…The City Commissioners approved the Bentoti Harbor Hou' ng Commission plan to cquire and reh bilitate 50 hou s in the city, t the pre-meeting ork- op, Commissioner Charle Yar­ brough opposed the propo d Sub idized housing unit, ' 0 more subsidized housing - that's my attitude," aid Yarbroll:gh.· "I ould like to e more home owner ," he dded. Votin in f or of t idized units re Commis- loners Arnold Bolin, Charle Hender on, orval...…

…CIV BULK RATE u.s. IGHTS PLA S CQ CES ILES AACP POSTAGE PAID B nton H rbor. I 49022 • HOUS G QUET P mit 0.50 r12 • lEADE TO PAGE 3 T TO PAGE 3 ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED VOL. V NO.47 OCTOBER 2 OVEMBER 1, 1913 Sen te, in announcing 10:30 to 11 am. with . Vi Ide Ste- rt, Fi al �y Senate Fi 1 ency· and Dr. Har y D y, Deputy Bur ru Chief, Dep rtment of Public Health Bure u of Health Care dmin- .m. ith Sen tor Harry G S...…

…BULK RATE us, POSTAGE PAID B on Hlrbor, I 4 022. P m 0.50 G KI B CK C U OIES BU 0 FO HO ELESS ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED 5 C AY BI L Turn to 3 2SC 0.46 OCTOBER 19 - 25, 19 3 I C S POLIC qualify them for the rank or' rg t. All those patrolmen taking the te ave flunked all three time . ith e pected retirements, there will b noone to me command of the force within two to three year , the board told. RBOR - The city ill ...…

…. , BULK RATE us. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor. I 49022, 0.50 ADDRESS CORRECTION. REQ�ESTED 25 B PLA C DOl SSEMBLY for fu p 0.45 OCTOBER 12 - 18, 1.983 , L BID ryor 'chard G. of the Ja n ry ornmittee, h.a begun a drive to rai fund for po- . 198 Dem ti pre' dential bid by th Rev. Je L. J c n, head of Ope lion PUSH (peop e United to . Humani y). he initial e ploratory fund raising effort' campaign cent red around th erne:...…

…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...…

…VOL. IV 0.47 OCT. 27 - OV. 2, 19 2 Sen Tri-County South n ven ballot questions to decide. u of omen Vot rs pr sent an n lysis of th qu stions on P s 8 and 9. County Commission r Chari s not king r -el ction, but giv r nt on P 3. rson is his endorse- Ona Alston looks t th inn' 9 st t m v r in B nton Harbor High School Girls' b sket· ball on P 9 13. u.s. Congre an John Conyer ying Headlee is deadly", ccu d the Republi an gubnator...…

…BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID 8 ton Harbor, 4 022 rmit 0.50 per n nnoun ed. onyer i n out p en ch mpion for pe e, the poor justi e nd i him If un ppo d for r el tion. rv Tri-County Sou VOL. IV o. 46 OCTOBER 20 -.2 ,1 2 an 25 nts Benton H rb r ill Zon of th nt it nt t t th money on the do Lilly report d th t th clo t city ith a uth Bend. city h five dog and u them for civil d· rde nd build in d uld …

…• BULK RATE us. PO l' GE PAID to Hlrbor, 49022 m .50 R 13 -11,1 2 imp ct on current civil rights to meet and di u and re ment be een th company and Bl ck community. J n had previously en ed 'co enants" ith compani I ch Coc -Cola, Se en-Up d Heu- blein's. Anheu r-Bu h, be known the m er of Bud ei r Beer - th re n for "Bud is Dud' ogan in th PUSH campaign - h h d a long- tanding rei tionship ith the B ck community. It ha been...…

…BULK ATE U5. POSTAGE PAID B ton Harbor. I 9022 mit 0.50 25ce e from a alarm at ',400 er e Laura Lee Hamilton, 76, fourth floor had difficulty . aet1w' »& out of bu'. Terrace. In a tter dated September 23, to SHDA, Billup note th t the pro- th men er 10 3 Detroit …

…· judaement and does not proride for future .. bttao­ exJl�I1lUlrea." : is . mow outlay of 41.3 million, CMA said. Tilcomia . the ould pay tor itIelf out of projected frompa t The additional half miDion co for em- 't flom the .._�--'tY to coDJtruct two-ttory addition to ho the equipment, the CMA sUd. co nen top priority of Reeo ry Com­ ___ ._y night and Sa s g 'I os rey referred to a July 28 Board of Trust …

…dia a • a UL AT U�S. POST G£ ID • a upe TO AG 3 • o the 0 d Boy tum d modem urban re­ into old-f . ned ( entitl , C 0 appr ed 315,000 grant from Department of bor City Venture Cor- poration t th onday . t city COIu.t'I�' • tti . o r the next fi e r City Venture hopes to find fu ding for i If to t th rategy Discu 'on t DEPT. CH DISC I the Dom " unco ering a land development scheme for th 50 block r- rounding .t...…

…, ole founder declares ,Black . must map new proqrem Turn to P 3 Tum to P 9 Turn to P Q 9 Turn to Pa 5 TECH 0 OGY OFFE S TO DILE A? Tur to P 9 AllO EY GE E L LE YES LEGALI Y QUESTIO OP Turn to P 9 . '5 VEE C 'ST U G G F LTE 5 T m oP 8 …

…ra VOL. III • 44 OCTO R 7 - 13, 1 1 granted dison n ce th 100 or the exer d. $9450 closing s until rown had qu oned April 28, 1981, three '�I.UA.UOI· _. oner for 0 months later, Finance De- s prior to pre- partrnent records 0 nta . n of th deed. City Attorney 661 P - On April 28, 1980 orris G Yin held the fun the city on ga in tru n, a Wbirtpool - refu to 0 The Citizen eeuti , an option to buy a copy of th for S 100 and a deadlin ...…

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…COLD 0 EFIT OCTOBER 22 - • 1 0 SERVI G TRI-COU TV $OUT ESTER ICHIGA In ddition, th com­ pany for . of 16 holiday to b forfeited. 'They ant u to fo e .. fo the co t of living raise for 18 months, d then pay t reduced formu­ d d. e noted …

…VOL; II 0.44 SERVI G TRI-COU TV $OUT 2 CE TS. STER ICHIGA - 14, 1 0 tenant group. e' also ed Attor- lemma .... �1iDI Thru y, y Alp n Lewi to our Id ren until. Thunday night meeting," prQjec are G �t °d, and added that the group intends to A9COf(liq retain" rvice. . G 1be Co cerned Tenants chairperson, Charlotte Cumming, 945 Bu nounced that they d obtained 105 signature on petitions . g the Health Department to m e thor tion ...…

…IS 11IE LA E TO VOTE! _" VOL.. II 0.43 OCTOBER 1 -7,1 0 5 RVI G TRI-COU TV $OUT ESTER ICHIGA lOOper month ing, not nece of in entory c tro Auditors chided Co • 12 Benton Harbor city in- spectors h no t ecked Hou ° Projects for code violation in t nine years, Bill Thomp n, acting chief of the city's Inspection Department d to Th Citizen. '70 my no led , no inspector has r n in projects since I' been here," id the nine ye ...…