…I R1eCo'vering La addicts help �.,. ue r each other Pictures on 3,·5 Turn to 2 ,. ,! I . II �25¢. G Z e ByGi Pocock Capital News Service LANSING - If the Pontiac Silverdome were filled up 388 times with garbage it would equal about the Same amount of solid waste Michigan generates each year. Unfortunately, no huge Sil verdome trash cans exist to con tain 12 million tons of waste - 80 percent of . ch is dispose...…
…• • • meet with me on that Thursday. We met, just the two of us, on February 18, 1965, in his small office on the second floor of the Ho el Theresa, at 125 Street and Seventh Avenue (now Adam Clayton Po IIlr. Boulevard). Mal colm spo e softly and deliverately. It if the time h d come for him to put so e things on the record. Three days later, Malcolm X, t the age of 39, was shot to d th at Harlem r Uy of his upporters. • "...…
…'. I I � 5, 1988, Michigan Citizen 3 I Aid "for mothers su , cuts I Continued from Pag 1 though DSS is losing about $21 . million in state funds, said C. I Patrick Babcock, director of the Department of Social Services. Before Jan. 1, Medicaid coverage only applied to about 43 percent of families living below the poverty line, a level federally calculated to coincide with various size households, he said. . Poor families wit...…
…• o ? • c o i own. In the outh and Southwest, the decline of the oil industry has led to hundreds of thousands 0(·10 t jobs. In Texas lone, requests for emergency food h ve doubled since 1983. o c ild arian Wright Edelman In the Farm Belts manyfami Iy farms go under each year. Lit tie wonder that doctors in Iowa d Minneso a are now remark- that rates' of childhood mal nutrition, nemia, and growth failure (all relat...…
…�mun· . · 9 qu�Kft.I'I : 'Who's telling the ru h? ayor -or Commissioner?' By Ro Enlo DETROIT- Members of the ational Homeless Union and The Short End Of The Stick Committee - two community based organizations - want to know why there is such a large discrepancy between what Housing Commissioner Tom Lewis and Mayor Coleman Young are saying about the proposed demolition of the Brewster- Douglas Projects. Members of the Homeless ...…
…t ic he pin'g each be ith- e perso 'ty, to " c- cept life on life's own terms", . trying to improve what he can in his ou . de environ ment. ark no es, involves set up to dealing with addictions other than narcotics. NA. warns members against substituting one drug for another, includ ing legal drugs, such cohol or caffein, Mark adds that certain behavior can be are addicti including relation- y hips, f t driving and, abo e ...…
…"PARTNERS FOR ECO OMIC PROGRESS: Business, Government and Education focus of eli cu sion during a recent meeting of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerc a convened i? th Conference.Center of Highland Par Community College. Standing,(r-l) front row - Wally Wil hams, past president Booker T. Wa hington Bu lnes As ociation; Emmett Moten Jr., lunch on speaker and director of community and economic developm nt for tbe City of Detroit; Geo e H...…
…Benton Harbor area news U ponsor C.hild d Paren ing or shops PERMS. TOUCH-UP, CURLS, NEWDAY, CAREFREE, LUSTER, WAVES, & CUTS Essie Jones, Owner/Operator Appointments Only 206 Elv rn TUE - AT9-S 925-5703 - ATTOR EY D COU SELOR AT LAW CALL 818/928-7143 All Your R 'Estate Mds" A ......... FAST I • PROFESSIO AL SERVICE CALL 926-7271 …
…Benton Harbor Area -� ercy em rial a nounce I I classes . I These classes/clinics will be held at the Mercy-Memorial Medical Center Forum. Call - 927-5297 to pre-register. Exerci e, R�I xation and Breathing - Tues., March 1 and 8;' Wed., March 9 and 16; Mon., March 14 nd 21 from 7-9:30 p.m. Prep ring for Childbirth - Thurs., March 3 from 7-9:30 p.m. Expectant Parent Clas es - March 3, 10, 17, 24 (four consecutive _ Thursdays)...…
…10 In and About Muskegon Jr. . I nd 1D ander and Ann Johnson ari is a iat engineer at on orner Po er in Grand Rapids. Georg is Mechanical Engineer at teel Case in Grand R pids. Th yare both gr duate of ichigan tale Univ r ity. The reception will folio at th church. They win r side in Grand Rapids. op 0 id teacher in mtnort y studen s gr de 2-6 will learn prep ration cti itie intend d to enchance th interc t tudcnt in that a...…
…S ngle parent keepng bu y By Vera WhIte Valerie BeD, originally came from Detroit, and has lived in Three River for five years. She received her GED in 1978 from Three Rivers High School and she is currently employed at I Burger King- Restaurant, as a Breakfast Manager. Valerie is the mother of two sons, Verges To bert, 14,.a freshman at Three Rivers High School and Jahmel Tolbert, 10, attending elementary school. Valerie previ...…
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…ican business group s U.S. Irms ,S.A By Larry Still NNPA News Service WASHI GTO • D.C. (NNPA) A group of30 Black and Indiana South African corporate managers employed by United States firms have returned to the racist, apartheid nation after at tending managemen courses at th Whart n School of Business in Philadelphia and holding meetings with governme t offi cials and African American business leaders. '. Most of the visit...…
…, . I ye r, hobbled bytendiniti. Debi 10 t both crowns. But. h r g ined hr. '. titl ' in 0 n er earlier thi year, the fir t time in . 54 ye r. dethroned ch mpion has regained the rm n. She fe l. it', her ne routine .md c mfid .ncc, Iashii ned wit h the help 0 hallet. tar ikhail ar s : hini ov and (;�orge de 1.1 P .na, a f( rm .r Amcri 'an Ballet Th ater. oloist. "Bary hnikov let me sec it. G' rg made me feel it," Dcbi id of h r...…
…DIVdRCES Without Cllildren $175.00. With Oaildrcn $225.00. Call BUSINESS SERVICES CEN TBR, 98l-0380. PERSONAL HOMEWORKERS WANTEDI TOP PAY! C.I. 121 24 Av., N.W. Suite 222, Norman, OK 73069. AUTO FOR SALE Is It True You Can Buy ps for $44 through th U.S. government? Get the fact today! Call 1-312-742-1142 Ext. 1375 HELP WANTED ·1· February 28 • March 5, 1988, Mich' n Citizen 15 IfIIIEI[)� Historical Rese rch Repository, c. i...…
…a Hudd eston II Associate�, Inc, • • a ce ut -off pre ention program. He dded t t the He ling . tance Program pa made between utility comp ies and DS will expire on Sept. 30 and Consumers Po er is aiting to wh t the department's addi tio or changes to th program will be. Consumer Power provide g d electricity to . million households, 2 or 3 percent of which re particip nts in the He ting Assistance Program, offi . id. ., ...…
…Referee for .Iandlord - tenan dispu es ace c A. CapitlJl News Service lANSING - In the wake of a 10.2 percent unemployment rate, Michigan's plentiful job less residents y face another blo . A proposal that would revise unemployment insurance benefits would mean leaner budgets over the next two years fo the state's jobless. The bills being considered by . both the Senate and the House I ould rein titute a olle-week , Bu lne...…
…2 ·1 mtr me 1·2 ill e her clout funds to her district to You t r n d d· "Hlghl nd P offic 16 27 ood ard Ph: 883-6030 'j I t d ff tive oman to L in to Rep nt U ! Detroit. Hamtramc nd Hi hland Par need a oman of experience. dedication and vi ion. J L. C _is Qualified. She has a 8 chelor of Science degree from Wayne tate University and h served as a Wayne C unty Commi ioner ince 1975. o ction for the te JAC I is a fighte...…
…Service By \ DBTROrr-A tenaDtwhowas going on a bitter rent strike against her landlord once got into a warm, friendly, conversa- tion with the landlord's little daughter. Observing t&is scene, the landlord turned to the tenant saying wistfully, "I don't know why we can't get along." . Jay Kaplan, Director of the LandlordITena t MediaHon Service of Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, n es that many landlord tenant disputes...…
…Opinion" Couuncnturv 'I Lettvrx, \"il'wS Do 0 y obln on TOGETHE I o � . back and forth through evera varying shades of speech breathing life into the people ho come and go and giving the barroom scene a ound of authenticity. These poems, so compact and finely focused, is a snapshot of a small-corner of the Black orld. Gilbert advises, "Before you write/Them offlgo to them/Teach and !Learn." nlza ion slump o r childr n a ris...…
…I· - nd 1990 SPECIAL, BULLETIN I ==�aa� HAVE YOU IU::GISTERED PO 1HE DYNAMIC 1988 WORKSHOP SERIES' EDtided Enhancing :�e Experience T 0 concurrent orb op series are planned for thii year: a technical coDltnac:tion related series, aDd a bus· ent related seri This rbbop riel . provide OD··· the foDowiD& areas: • • • d· • ManaIinI Multiple Priorities Both workshop series ill provide ample time for networking among participants a...…
…I xpected in 1988, the Un employment Insur nee Trust E .. . ere . _j" For 0 r ten years, I Ro Se· el directed I an org nization c lled United Community Om buUUlUUl. If yo your block club r community organization t elp . h particular problem 0 . t . on, write him, c/o A k t e Om budsman, Michigan Citizen, 16032 Woodward, n- Comm of the …
…• Kabaz, B Jewels,. Inc. presents an African History month production, 1b Umb cal Cord (African Royalty Revealed) - A Joumey through the pages of History. Thurs., Feb. 25, Fri. 26, and Sat� 1:1 at 7:00 p.m, at Marten's Recrea tion Center, 3619 Mt. Eliott at Mack, call 924-1140 . ·AW . dH Rudy Wo ., the quilts ofM'- Essie Robinson will be shown at Comerica Bank, 211 W. Fort • and Washington St. Feb. J5 - March 4. B Historic Si...…
…Ho ever, he added that ELB would be flexible about a specific date for wen" the plan uld have to, be made. Phil Pierce, 0 appointed by ELB financial consultan to Highland Par ugg ed that mid- March ould be a good date to complete it. Expressing ppreciation at being ble to meet with council en members personally, she noted cit Y in friendly tone, "I'm glad you kno that there are faces behind the. n me of the Emergency Loan Board....…
…Febru ry 21·27, 1988, Michigan CItizen H.P., okays pay for By Ron Seigel The Highland Park City Council voted Tuesday Feb. 16 to appro. e a resolution proposed by City Councilman Frank J. Ross to give employees r cently dismissed by Highland Park Mayor Martha-Scott their total severance pay within five working days including earned. vacation pay and personal leave pay within five working days. The Scott Administra tion itself...…
…) ... Mumfo d High School aDd at tended the Detroit COU� of Business for two years. Sh and r husband, Glenn, resi e in . Pleasant Ridge with their son, Christopher. ' . to mor c z n in not replace in urance coverage through edicare or any other policy or c rrier, s ys Lee Rodger; Horizon Gold Coor- . or. odgers i . ted in the program by biDip Heath, . d Par r · den . Some of the amenities of fered by Horizo Go dare: - VI...…
…By Paul KodDfell The multi-national corpora noDS represent an increUing concentration of economic power in the U.s. and the world. So far Jesse J acbon is the only candidate to challenge the cor- porate O· that dominate our eeo and culture. Jacbon points out that, at the end of World War Il, 45 perc:cot of manufact\1rius assets were I controlled by the. 200 largest - firms. Today they control 60 percent. Of an the candidates, J...…
…• a rru tional mem rs or the planning committee include Harold Wr:·ght, Program C ordinator, Juvenile Interception Program; Darlene To nsend, youth mployment Director, Urban Le gue; and Alexis Johnson, Community Development Director, Urban League. Young people interested in ttending the conference should cont ct their high chool coun elor or principal. There is no charge for admission . • on. perience of her on's death, her ...…
…Mrs. Maurice Bishop, . Owen . Cole, Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence Crockett, John and D rothy Dickey, Mr .and Mrs: ames Dudley, Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Gavin, Nora Jefferson, . Brian Joseph, Mr.and Mrs. Steve Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Maxwell, Steve and Marlene Mitchell, Naomi Patterson, Mr. , & Mrs. Donn Richardson, Mr. & Mrs, Ray Robbins, James Rutter, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sanders, Evelyn Scott, MRS. Arnold Smith, Pat Woodard and IvyGi...…
…hi orians will also perform. All events are open to the public and free of charge. This e nt is co ponsored by the Co ty Exten ·0 Office, e Benton Harbor Are choo d the Benton Harbor Public Library. PC ope peri nces during eir residence in Jerusalem during the Six Day W, d their impre ·0 of e Middle East situation, then d m Iy If He p Group 00 Ing for, mem r BENTO HARBOR - The Center for Self Help at River wood Center, Be...…
…¥ CarmclIa Jonca born in alica&o d lived in Three �rs . ce she eigb years old. S is the daughter of Mrs. MaceoJ cob., . C rmell graduated from Three Rivers Hip School in 1976, and graduated from Eastern Mi� Uni'lersity in 1980, with degree in Mar et ing, She wa Director of Re idence han at Western . chigan Uaive . fro 1� until 1985 and hile . there also trended OUT THREE R ERS. WAY I Florence, Ala.' where she . CorPora...…
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…, I, I So'west 17 A.M.E�' AMiance An I '. I \ ual Day By Willa Upldns B ptist Church and Alice The prayer for this week is' Leonard of Greater Ebenezer Father, I want to live close piritual Temple. enough to know that when I call, Other participants include you will answer. . Carol Pringle, portraying Har- Thi week's scripture is riett Tubman; Patricia Pringle, Psalms 50:15. Shirley Chisholm; Tony Pringle, Booker T. Washington; ...…
…I on p • roots. . "I Ie it be known I'm pro d t<11>e from there," said J ckie, ho has begun a foundation to benefit the young in East St. Louis; Some re ashamed. Where yo come from and hat you are go hand in hand" "I think bout tha raggedy old house. I'm proud of that. That's hat my family is all about, going through the' strug gle to make our lives better" Like many Blacks, J we es caped by using athletics. She afour-year...…
…Feb 21-27, 1988, MlchIpD Citizen .. 19 tC ILA��i II If II IE II) � AUTO FOR SALE It True You can BUY JMpa for $44 through the U.S. government? Get facta todayl Cal 1-312-742-1142 Ext. 1375 HELP WANTED Eaay Wortcl Excel nt Payl b products at home. Call for Inform.· tkx1. 504-641-8003.Ext. A-e534. Paso.,.. MEET CHRISTIAN SI GLES • The Sensible ay! Local/Wortdwic;f! by ptlone or . And Love, Dating. aningfut Companionshir: TODAY!...…
…for the poor' Brazil, this o , . em turbed studen "Kapi e said. "But no it's in its own category," Ano er area that captured dent teeti on i peer pres sure, pi e told the board. "Peer pre ure a 0 affects e y you dress d the ay you ct," she said. "They also realize they haven't the skills to respond to negative pr ure on their own," , '( …
…out , old pace 171 Will 'rep bel I lost? ByRo Michigan may lose two u.s. congre men, Ken M c Gregor, Director of the Public Aff irs Office for the Democratic majority, in the Michigan House of Representa tives indicated. The I will be a resuft of population I and the great drop in populati ' occured in the diwictI represented by Blacks. ' , The number of con gressmen each e reee 'is based 0 its populatio det�r- 1 mi...…
…r 0 quarterbac ses Blae . eoll ge ASHI GTO • DC Iiams d nothing but praises for W IlShiJUltOD Reds i Super- Bl colleges during an emo- 1 quarterb ck Dou Wil- tional gathering at Howard U Diversity last week. Williams led the Reds' in a 42-10 victory over the Denver . Bro cos in the Superbo and named the mo t 'valuable player. He and his team were onored With a p in the tio ' capital d .. to the White Hou e earlier in the � cr c m …
…DETRorr - . de 18 months, 1,CJ37 of the Brewster/Douglass ro -houses re slated for ·demolition under the direction of Detroit's Housing Commis- ioner Tom Lewis. Thc Brc er tenants havc orgaizcd a protest of the scheduled demolition that has been heard in high P ees. .��h Councilwoman Mary M cy heard thc voiCC? of the Short-End-Of- The-Stack Committe. These tcDants daim that thc row-ho arc c turally sound and arc·an de qualc f...…
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…j' I ._ .I. � - a- d '5 . BUSI andWO E I I '1990 and.B c - I SPECIAL BULLETIN ( . HAVE yOU IlEGIS'l1!RED PO 'DIE DYNAMIC WORKSHOP SERIES Entided . I EnbandJII :The &:perience I" I " Two coa�reat orubop eries are pi d for lhii year: a tecbDioal co tructioa related series. and a buaia t related seri n\is worbbop . on'" the are.: • • -. • • Botb work.bop leri�1 ill provide ample ti e for networkiDI among . . . MOOT ...…
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…. I .. I nate!' candid' tes discuss is "IS Cudidat � for the' pecial February 23 Democratic primary race for DiDth . senate district cd by Tbe Midtipn Citizen they coDsidered to be the tllree 0 t impo aDt i f· the area's reaidcDta they would deal • if they were elected. CUddllea are • ed in alphabetic8l order. aWAYNE COUN1Y CO 10 lAC I. CUR· RI . ed (I) EDUCATION, (2) JOBS aDd (3) CRIME. She ould deal with education by atart...…
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…. I Blae Heritage eelebrati,on at B Library The B Hen Celebra- Iiams, 4-H program assistant ment since the day is scbedul� tion will take place Friday The planning committee is for elementary sch� • dents." S turday, Feb. 26 and 1:1 at the comprised of school personnel, The .program WID Include Bento Harbor Library hom 9 community and 4-H le�dcrs and songs by school, choral groups a.m. to 5 p.m, The cvcn . being library staff, and church...…
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…I . � B7 Daaa Beck SopIaomore BHHS The Miss Benton Harbor contestants took center stage Sunday afternOOD January�, the Union Memorial A.M.E. Churdl's Banyon HaD. They displayed "Ske ton', from My Coset·, the fashion show theme. The 35 gir were sinling and tantalizjng they entertained the audience. Saundra K. Jones Rutter, commentator, kept the sho moving as she chauged clothes to reflect. the scenes ofbusincss, <Ires$, casual ...…
…J e ie d Dr •• CAR ELL (Squeaky) G Y - Prince of Twin-Cities Quartette Union Local 20-2. fo Va . . ' Sque y crowned Na- tional Prince last year in Dallas, Te and hopes to make it 0 years in a ro . He is the on of n 0 y d Deb CoW rand h 12-year old brother, De ar u and they re . d in Benton Harbor. He is fir I gr d tudent at Fairplain E st Elementary school and enjoys attending school. His hobbi e are singing ana p ying Wheel...…
…13 100,(0) troo · in- • obviouslY a empt 0 defiance of inter ational aho the racist gO\'eI1llDeD decrees ordering the rqpme to . poiDt of view.· withdrawal. South Africa repor- .1 J a�k Abram.off, who \ tedIy provided military equip- deSCnbeS himself the film's andpcrlOlUlClforthcloca- executive producer, told . tioo shoots. • DC P per reporters that thc CommeDtUlg 'OD the mID, film will be released this sum- Ashc maiDt.med, • Aparthe...…
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