…VOL. XVI NO. 19 An Informed People Is A Free People MARCH 27 - APRIL 2.1994 By ESTHER WALLEN C.pltal HeM Service will work with neighborhood watch progr ms, clergy and busin to combat crime, but with a slightly different twist. They are inviting residents to "develop a relationship" with their area police officers. That idea will include bringing a new light to police beats. Officers are encouraged to meet more people in their com...…
…-p A2 Detroit pair assist gospel communitv a. Page AS p B1 VOL. XVI NO. 18 An/nfolfned Pc optc Is A f ft't' People MARCH 20 - 26. 1994 tablishment of guaranteed annual income for all Ameri cans at the poverty level. This would ensure that every Ameri can had t m to get food and pay rent. A guaranteed annual incom S. JOBS,B5 Grassroots G-7 qffers jobs solution: By RON SEIGEL DETROIT - Sunday, March 1 while U.S. Pr 'dent B...…
…p - Page AS Assault at West Point B1 By ESTHER WALLEN c.pIf!/ NeM S rvlce LAN ING - As Gov. John Engler' school fmance refonn plan' prepared tp take bat in th Mhrch 15 ballot, Detroit's Personal inoome tax ould decree. from 4.6 pe1'08nt to 4.4 percent. No change in the Sin Buain Tax. • Property tax A884B8S nta would be capped t � - . percent or the rate ofinfla don, whichever is 1 .A new state rea tate transfer tax of ...…
…-p ,\!elf Ilihle: II ill (111(/ Hoi)' ed? Paqe 83 VOL XVI tJO 16 �4f1lllfl'''IlI'(f F't'Op/t' I�; �4 r'l I' p, c p i«: MARCH 6 - 12.1994 • ea By STHER WALLEN C._,N ... s.tvlc. • o , , Ang la Davi launch By TUREKA TURK Speaking to a room jam packed with students at New York University F bruary 17, activist Angela Davis p nted her crusade against th penal yatem of th United States. "Ttl prison is offered a rem edy,· h i...…
…. An Informed People Is A Free People M .' INSIDE eh 01 By KRISTINA MARLOW c.pltll' N.w. s.rvtc. LANSING-Gov. John Engler propo ed a major overhaul in school financing Friday when he unveiled his spending plans for 1993-94. • Engler's "children' education guarantee" would dramatically c�an�e how education money is distributed by promising a base of $4,211 per student for districts that levy the state average of 34.6 mills. "W...…
…t., , VOL. XV NO. 18 ... 1 If /"'or ""'ei Pcoptc Is A Ft c«: Pcoptc MA H C H :) 1 -27. 1993 I J n. 18, 1 But the all-whit jury deliber- t d or about fi e hou Thursday b fore convicting Fiedler of care- l , rec or n Ii nt dis- ch e of ir nn using death. The charge' am' d meanor punishable by up to two years in prison. Fiedl T could ha faced a 15 y r entence on th man- ficial aid the money was withheld because of the college' failu...…
…VOL XV r�o 17 .1'1 {,'I, II '1" ,11'",l/'/I' t· /1 I " I)"n/l/, MARCH 14-20. 1993 Citizens plan lawsuit to 'stop casino �gambling By RONSEIGE Michl n Citizen community organization called De troi te United Agains t Casino G blinginpl to sue to prevent casiro gambling in Detroit am Highland Park. reservations. Under th e circumstanc ,it i felt th Governor of Michig a:oo the Secretary Interior could allow casino gambling on this par...…
…It J' II II VOL. XV NO H; I' I (' I' , "1 I'," 'I, t ,I ","'" II i , i'I"'t'.'I' March 7-13.1993 Blae ,Hi tary onth Program By RON SEIGEL f Root said. "We're trying to help the �::.:....==��_____ institution (HPCC) improve man agement and get bac on track." . "lope there is some under standing of what we are trying to do," h said. The s tate Department of Educa Hom action to withhold appropriated s tate aid to the college led...…
…... . '. '. VOL \IV NO 1't MARCH 2q APRIL 01 1 Q'IL' . eject schools' 500,000 plan A group of paren calling them- lvea "Blac P ren for Quality 1!ducation," said they upported em powered school but not by the board' $500,000 definition. All but one member of the Detroit Board of Ed lion, during a March 24 board mee ng at the School Center Building, voted to implement a school empowerment plan, as defined by a hired consulting ...…
…VOL XIV NO 1 R MARCH 22 - 2R 1992 Acorn pressures banks to invest in Detroit - PAGE A3 R v r dl crimination: , 0 uch thin ' By N HrrT "Discrimination is IICrilll_�n I d' crimination." Those are the words of John Roy Castillo, director of the Department of Qvil Rights, when ed about "reverse discrimination." "There i no uch thing reve discriminati�n," he aid. "Can a white person be di criminated agaimt? The answer i yes." • Df...…
…Blacks watch In frustration as whites debate South Africa' future 'One ,:IY GREG MYRE JlSSoaAfBDl'DSSWRlDR I SOWETO, South Africa (AP) _ . In Johannesburg, the lightposts are covered with voting posters. In Soweto, the all are spray-painted With angry graffiti. While white South Africa debates �hether it will end partheid in a �arch 17 referendum, many Blacks watch with �tration and warn they . on't tolerate any b cktrKking on po...…
…'1bdr miDdI by an ethic of .ex and greed and TB 0 L lac .on violence. Quantitati ely, m , aid, begiDS ith leaders ho medl more their encourage acts of violence or minds than home, eaure and unj t treatment of people if it benefi their 0 pwposes. He VALU E. 10 'Colonial m t r Ith a bunch of Willi Horton ' o.rl I a date 0' '.ur De ocr. tic c.Ddld.te. I •• t eek, 'or-mer C.lllor I. GOyerDOr Jerry BrowD e ar ed Ark. •• GOyerDOr Bill CIi...…
…THE LSON Neighborhood Project in Mu egon has been named the fir t in a four-part pilot project involving the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Dep rtment of Education, the Public Health Department and the Menta} Health 1. Bach of th pro' Will receive a portion of $500,000, aD()cateQ for Communities First in fate's 992-93 bu. to up a pilot program in their field, e !att three are set to announce the target areas for their p...…
…by DERRICK C. LEWIS Staff Writer The United States General Accounting Office (GAO) has identified more than $250 mil lion in Medicaid claims not paid to the state which Michigan Blue Cross/Blue �.��.��� ve i bility or, a ordi to a GAO report given by Rep. J ohn Conyers during a news conference last Monday. The claims date back to 1972, with the Medical Ser vices Agency (MSA), which administers the state's $2 bil lion Medica...…
…gonH i h byMICHA CHILLICUTI' Mulh,on Co",spoNl.nt Ju t ix month ago. JoAnn Robert w ppointed su perintendent of Muskegon' Height Publ ic Schools. Now six months later, he ha be come the t rget of thre t and an attempted fire bombing at her home. Robert ha vowed to repair the Muskegon Height School sy tem, which she s Id I. In "ruin ." She blamed the recent thre t nd violent ac tion on politician nd Ichool official who have...…
…Caddying pays off tor Detroit students Kudo to four Detroit high Ichool students, ho were. prolent d ith four-year Icholarships from the Bvan Scholar Founs! ion at la t T aday Detroit' school board eetin . C I Technic 1 Hi h School loniorl Tod Willon, brothers a e and Shawn Ward, and Rc aiaunce Hig School I.aior Kevin Siefker ore the Blacks can· fight media • racism b1 Lea A. SalDuel Corr •• ,oNl'nt , " , . tereotypical ima...…
…ome ay that it I . the most concentrated location for craclc cocaine le in e on County. But the resident of t Par anor, nown a 'Brie City', de cribe it a a nellbbor oocS tbat ent from being a relatively nice place to live, &0 a crime-infested baven for crack cocaine dealen nd en In j t 0 year.. . Tbe 200-u it public ho in project in the northeast drant of MUlke on ei bts il predominately Black. It I al 0 dra n a lot of attention from p...…
…ey d NNPA N� Service WASHJ GTON, D.C. African-American Ie der , call ing for cea e-Iire in the Per ian Gulf War, have adopted a n tion- I trategy which includes up port for con cientiou Objector nd war re ister nd rete e of n "open letter" urging Pre ident Bu h to begin negoti lion iHl Iraqi President S dd m Hu ein, Participants at a recent day- long me ting convened under the aus ice of the National o by are hi her amon whi...…
…DETROIT - In the 19605 it egro, In the 191 it i\fr� rican. In the 1980s it B In the 1 it still is Bia At le t for an ccurate coun ·th the u.s. Ce II African-Americans must t Black Am rican on the prt By Li I t rop Capila/ Ne 'S Service LANSI c census form race question, said Betty Appleby, a Cen us Awarene War op Coor dina or. During Neighborhood Builder Alliance and Detroit Complete Count CoiDmittee wor hop held March 21...…
…·ASH) GTO - Tran·· Africa Executive Director Ran dall Robinson characterized first meeting arch 12 of Af'ricail American leaders with Secretary of St te J ame A. B er, III on U.S. policy in frica as "co ructi e, focused and is ue-b sed . and a discussion that been 10 overdue .. " TtaJiSAfrica reque ed the lDCebIl' ag with B er a more policy-focused folio -up to a meetiDg it eld with . t Secretary of St te Herman . January,' 11...…
…By Bernice Oro Corr . ondent ._._....... ..._ " _._._-_.-_ _-- m. TO II A ItBOR M ry Defoe. pr side m of the Twin Citic Branch of NAACP. told the city commi ion Mon d y. March 5, he would like to ee the 'city of Benton Har bor come in compliance with flirmative action. DcFoc : aid sh ha a ked (or a copy of the city' affirm tive ction plan, but has not r ccivcd one yet. She also read the commis ion p rt of the affirmative c...…
…troit utility Community m nd �SU Tru e r tr ct KKK comp rl on Farrakahn' destructive like the KKK. "Ho in your right mind could you make such a te- ment?" Peyton's letter ed. The Ku Klux Klan· a group of proven murder, r pi t, lyncher , and co ants. You, Mr. Owen cannot say the same thing bout Minister Far rakahn." The letter w endorsed by Governor Bl nch rd, COD gresSmaD Jo Conyers, Mayo . CIIpitlll News SetVice LA SING ...…
