…• By RON SEIGEL Sp!c'" to tl» Mlchl(l!n Citizen DETRorr - In conservative commercials criticizing Presi dent Bill Clinton's Health Care Plan, participants keep repeat ing the slogan, "There must be a better way." Some citizens believe there is a "better way" than plans offered either by Clinton, the Republi cans or organized medicine, a way proposed by Highland Park Congressman John Conyers, to gether with two colleagues Jim...…
…VOL. XVI NO 22 An Informed People Is A Free People APRIL 17 - 23,1994 By ANO·REW HENION Civil Righ i ocon rned with " . ingtensions tw ncitiz ns and law enforcement office " that it plans to survey th state's 600 police agenci on how well they handle citizen complaints. Civil Rights Director anette Lee Reynolds said Detroit area police departmenta-al dy are . ng surveyed after a re nt rash of complaints by Blac who all ge they wer...…
…- - - - ------- ------------------------------------------- ..... -----__. ___ Mental health treatment often hard to come by P.'�(' i\:\ VOL. XVI NO. 21 An Informed People Is A Flee People APRIL 10 - 16. 1994 • conolDlc , l outh r By DONNA BRYSON A •• ocl.ted Pre •• Writer South Africa, white hands will still count the mon y. The euphoria gr eting the first all-race election April 26-28 cannot mask the sobering eco nomic le...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 20 An Informed People Is A Free People APRIL 3 - 9, 1994 t . •• etroitco By RON SEIGEL Sp!C'" to tIN Mlchlp.n CltlDn DE'IROIT - The Detroit City Planning Commission is study ing a request by two cellular phone companies - Ameritech and Cellular One - for zoning changes allowing the construc tion in city parks of 100-foot- high electrical facilities to provide energy. for cellular phones in Detroit parks. Mel White...…
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…, ocking 'n rolling'in ciy ewer By LV GOLUBO KI S.rvlc. • con pir cy ar from jury duty 1A ING-A di overy that th virus that caus AIDS can b pre- nt in er water h th Michigan Municipal Leagu (MML) greatly concerned about worker' health and po ible law ui . Doc have id nti I d th t HIV, the virus that caus AID, i pent in body fluids such as blood and men, and excretions from infected irdlviduals. Thes excretions th n enter th...…
….. VOL XV NO 21 An lntormea People Is A Free People APRIL 11- APRIL 17, 1993 In 1978, Walter Fauntroy spo e proudly of the cong ional inquiry he helped over ee into tbe as ination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with its dozens of hear ing , scores of witn es and 487 trips by investigator to trac leads in five countries. The far-ranging effort by the House Select Committee on A as ination w well worth it, Fauntroy aid then...…
…• IN�ILH- VOL XV NO 20 All Infolmed P"('/)/c If; A F"'I' PeOI)II' APRIL 4 - APRIL 10. 1993 By TERRY KELLY drium, po esp rson for HigblaIXl Mloh n CIttzen Parle cbools, 'Ibis figure includ • fun<1ing for both -12 and Adult HIGm..AND PARK - Riding the Education. fant y of the poor that a dollar bet Benton Harbor, which is the can transport them from rags to tate' only Enterprise Zone and riches, the state lot ry games are t collects few...…
…'JOL XIV NO 23 time 0 , the Circuit I. Tbrougbout Caner Dele. ADd tbou people � supported ' effo j tice, tbeIe been no real • until DOW. TTRlALITw establishedthatonly Frank Mafri�e, an attomey ith 0 Blac jurors had been called for jury Sommers, Sc:bwar1z, Sil�r a Scbwartz of duty and both ere excused by court. d He itt signed 'd, hi�h "re .. ------------------ - - - . Want better schools? FLODEAN • RI .."wwr.r DBTROlT - Teac...…
…NAACR responds : A panel of local rep ntadves trom civil rigb organizatio met last Sunday at the general m mber , hip meed 0 the Detroit B ncb NAACP in re po e to recent petroit serf, "Who Spea r Blae America?" : A10n ith local leaders, the orum included videotaped respon- • e from national he d of the " AAC , the Urban Leagu , the Southern Chri ti n Leadership Con ference (SCLC) and the Congre n Racial Equality (CORE), : "It ...…
…Ron Danie ,S0, i twenty-year veteran of indepen nt, progressive politi . Today, he i a pre idential candidate who wan to offer Bl c , omen nd progre ive group more than imply 1 repre ntative in the Whi Ho . He said that he wants to offer them a new y tern of JOvemment b cd on human rights and social Justice. "What came out of the his to ric Gary eonvenuon in 1972 w the chaneDF to create a new politics in thi society, a third force...…
…- - - - _- - -- - VOL XIV NO. 20 APRIL 5 • 11, 1992 � , - -'.)'-_"� - _"�''''''' - _ .. a - LEAH SAMUEL i ""Wrl!!r .. not pay for adult day care, he ked if tlie proposed plan covered it. "We've got to cover much we can," responded Conyers. "Adult day care is a very important part of medical delivery. I'd like to examine various ways that assistance and sup port can be made and the ways that . they are being made in other tate ...…
…• narl t charg Conflict of inter byD C.L WI Staff Writer . Cruce is now president of the MIF, nd state Rep. Nelson Saunders stated in a letter to state Attorney General Fr n . Kelley that "The appe ranee of a conflict of intere t is trou bling," and a ked for n inve - tig tion of Cruce and the MI , Saunder ys the MIF had irect ry significant in- tere t in t outcome of the legisl tive ctions relative to uto insurance. th t ...…
…, " ..', '. I / ' .� , ' ._l' _ - " } 'I • The planned reduction of military force th t w del yed by "De ert Storm ill likely reduce the number of Blac Americ n in the rmed ervice by from 100,000 to 110,000 over the next five ye r . Thi red uction, which the military plan to chieve prim rily by cutting recruit ment, will, in combination with rece ion in the near term, ig nificantly reduce opportunitie for Black curr ntly in the...…
…ay BLJsh behind cover-up '. ' \ 1/1 \,' • .;. ' '. . I According to Bri n Bee er, n tion I org nizer of the Co lition to top U.S. Inter vention in the Middle E r, un cen ored video-taped age of former Attorney Gener I R m ey CI r ' vi it to Ir q during the w r, contribut d to the firing of two televi ion e - ecutive , and cau ed another t ti n to tot By hun the footage. Becker id n NBC execu- tive w terminated after greeing ...…
…-. • • V('l \'11/ NO 20 ApII17-13 1991 - �O c c nt s • • . . r He onl Iv to a they f1uen e d y r e. Conyer dd that Bu hs pack ge involve plan for "more pri on , more puni h ment, and more pro ecutor ", which would "do little to top crime in the treet." C o-n- r man John Conyer, n Afrie n Am ric n legi I tor repre ntin the fir t di trict includin both Detroit and Hi hland P r ,and enior member of the U.S. Hou Judici ry...…
…ar r atening· ,prof ay ie harpton lead - march to pro� t police murder viobltiD2 rights. . "I think civil liberties are . eroded by the presence of drugs," said Rei director of Office of Drug �cies. ·Particularly in the inner . ies peop Ie free to bo there' n- dous fear of leaving their h " But 7.01 on Ferency, profes- or of crimin I ju tice at Three thousand people mar ched through Teanec Jer sey on Saturday. April 21. le...…
…The Panama invasion. What happened? . Drav dJo Gov. Jaua Blanchard dis- agrees the pison buildup is strainiag the stale's budget, say Ron Koehler of the governor's news office. " He (}ill ) ought to do his h ework," Koehler said 35 . "We' winding down the' constnIdioo phase," he said. BlIT, VEN WHE the tate has built the prisons, they aren't all in use yetHillegonds said, Many of the operations cure traces African merican lit...…
…In defense of Cong. Gus Savage I :, .1 II tf ' .. I _� t t II . I I \ ... "I I. II,: '" vv r n ;: I 1 • I , \ fill ' I � "1 !), I : II' l . I' . I �. I .;, ,U ud r al or Want Editor ou ted; called � rrakhan Ides, "boy " yFiod n .R Staff Repone: DETROIT � A group of ichigan St te U oiversity state News· reporter say, campus daily ne paper' when it comes to racial d sexu I harrassment. T 0 Hi P nic, one A ian, one white and s...…
…- Activities, Maoddi 'PO e on the topic 0 "Prole Against Ap rth id," but afterward scolded the crowd for being complacent and not holding powerful African Americans r in the m come from the bottom up, COD an don By Flod n S. Rigg DETROIT African Americans are content with whatever changes th 1960s protests brought about, said Makaziwe "Maki Mandel d sday, arch 2 t Wa e tate Uni r ity tent Center Building. Addres ing about 500...…
…I ekea voca Ie 8y 0 eigel Co"esponilenl I)ETROIT - Rev. Moralee Smith, a' oman who runs. a Detroit mi sion aid, that "those who started working I ith her "didn't bc licvc children ould cat out of · garb: gc can. It June A Cronk of the Cen ter for Handicapper Aff� ir 'in Lean 'ing . aid that before the Reel ran Administration, " ever had I thought I'd sec a time .. here people illing to or' couldn't afford a place to live, ...…
