…• 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, ...…
…ByJO , JO ES Capital ew Servia LANSING- The proposed S22 million cut to the Michigan Youth Corp budget could be a great help to Michigan busi nesses and Department of Men tal Health clients, or not, depending on who you talk to in the Legislature. Passed by the Senate April 13 and on its ay to the House, the bill ould take an 84 percent slice out of the Michigan Youth Corps' 1990 budget, $25 million to S3 million, and would re...…
…OITCOU ell II. OKAYS LI ITED REPARATIO S p�. By Alii onJ Correspondent DETROIT - By a unan i- gress approved payments of mous vote, the Detroit City $20,000 to each. Council April 19 approved a . Cleveland said he didn't resolution urging the U.s. Con- want to put cash in the hands of gress to pay limited reparations young Blacks. He told this to the descendants of slaves. paper he tbought tbe money . The resolution calls upon the ...…
…, African AmeriCans enl··---=- . Parr m ry B ae CfluCUS I TIO COU cil ings of their citizens. AlIi J Since 1967 a Detroit citizen, Conapondent Raymond Jenkins, has joined DETROIT - City Council the movement calling for member Clyde Cleveland has reparations for African introduced resolution calling Americans. for limited reparations to "As long as the student PW'- African Americans. ' sues a course of study with pass- His resoluti...…
…, RCH I FOR U CF " Latino, AslantPacific and Na- 1M American women 0 are sorely affected by limitations in • choice because of poverty. . for birth-control u e in the The Partnership Program United States but doctors are recently covened a (orum on allowed to presaibe i for ter abortion, reproductive rights minal cancer cases. e drug and the rc ofthechurchinaf- has been rongfully ad- fuming choice, attended by minstered birth co...…
…-A Summit: ',.,._ ... A E \ I VI D� AlU J Despite controversy sur rounding the organizing stages of the African AmeriCan Sum mit (AAS) set for April 21-23 in N Orleans, organizers insist all segment of the African American community are urged to participate. As reported here last week, there' sOme debate over the participa . 0 of Louis Far rakhan of the ati of Islam. AAS taff or anizer Kay H' y' Louis FarrakhaD and Angela...…
…dolla I reflect Prate t \' South 'African public . I lat ons rof en ion" no 'Colo on iac shoo in y Alil 0 Jo PO TIAC -The shooting April 17, of an IS-year-old man in the lobby of a theatre here t film "Color w showing not related to the movie, but rather a reflection of tension in th community, ccording to ortb 0 land County AACP branch Pre ident Rev. Thomas . Hughe . "The' ooting could have oc cured if they re go' to...…
…P pul Ion up by 11%, I h e up 6% t The Datio· B popula- tioo grew � 3.1 millio or 11 percen &om 1� to 1987, ac cordial to the COlD erce Department's Ce us Bureau. The reau's late annual popuJ lion e im te by ge, ex, and race indicate that BI totaled 29.2 million in 1987 compared ·th 26.8 milliOD in the 1980 cens Only 19 per cent of the growth from IID migration. The BI c population h been growing faster tban tbe C 16 To e...…
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…I I • I o I By J upper. pe . Jes e Jackson lead the border. Democr . te count with - A e ndi ate needs 2,082 62A wteI to Midaael1>ubkis' . edat the Na- 612, 8CCOI'diag to • Detroit Free . conventi in Preas poD of · eel I ·super" de · the mornia& after the CcaDCdicut primary. ell 29. . I J WOI1 77 �"ea the March 26 Mic_1UI ftlriMJlrv" wilh. I'eIC)UIlCJida 1tIlewa.:Ie tory. ·th t reached fro of' the decisive immediate. "'-' _...…
…Get ready-jobs opening in corrections P, Page 7 Z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" "SER VING THE VOL. IX NO. 22 ighla d se the building at 13745-53 Woodward which houses their buiness. • Councilmen Comer Heath, III, and Frank Ross, Sr., disagreed with Scott that their positions were based on sex. The city recommended that the owner of Dicksons Grand Bible & Bookstore, 13743 Wood ard, be allow ed to pay 50 percent ( 7...…
…nap, Crack, Pop. VOL. IX NO.21 USER VING THE help for urban ills? Page 4 STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" APRIL 19 - 25,1987 c • MUS GO branch of the con ider pril 26 ill again prote t u egon hronicle ew- pap r for publi hing art or that negatively portray frican- meri an . I ju t ant the editor to top the e raci t thing that are being put in the pap r ,' aid Bill Gill, pre ident of the local AACP chapter. The Sunday,...…
…------ - ------.-...,....-----.,-------:-------:-------_....,...-�"....-----:---------------------- How the church weakens Blacks psychologically Pig 8 Unde ground Railroad, Emancipation celebration • P 6 "SER VING THE STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COl'l11l1U ITY" APRIL 12-18, 1987 VOL. IX NO. 20 b to do - ler April 6 fter Janel nd Ray :ballleilift of it." • a NEWS BRIEFS GOVERNMENT SAID TO FALSIFY CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTS PROTEST ...…
…Barristers Ball P 11 SH GTO , D.C. - In a far reaching report i ued at pre conference tod y, a group of prominent Black scholars clarify "public di ussion and cnfusion" bout Blac com munity direction. Entitled Blac Initiative and Govern mental Responsibility,' th re p rt t e issue with one-sided empha and single minded appr aches" and in tead d- o tes combination of heightened efforts by Black them Ives and increa d more fo...…
…VOL. VIII 0.22 APRIL 27 - MAY 3, 1986 coali By Larty A. Still NNPA News Service W ASHI G TO - FolIo - ing th ational Conference of Black Mayors convention in Atlantic City (N.J.), the 1986 political eason opened here acti ely with the presentation of th Congre ional Blac Caucu "alternative Quality of Life budget, the founding of the Rainbow Coalition Party and everal fund raising events. Di trict of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry...…
…The i\Jichigal1 - · ' -;,.� .. �-�� VOL. VIII O. 21 APRIL 20- The U.S. bombing attac on Libya, vi eel favorably by mo t Americans according to pr polls, w received with mixed reaction in the Black commu nity. Detroit yor Coleman Young told reporter, "I think it . another calp on Rambo' belt to go along ith Grenada. There are real big nations e're pushing over." Libya has a population of 3.6 million according to A ociate Pre f...…
…VOL. VIII NO. 20 PRIL 13 -19, 1 86 inni andel. South 11 th Street(US 31 South) in ile. Tickets are $15.00 per adult and $7.50 for children under 12. Theme of the event is "Liberty--Equality--Justice in th "80". Special Events planned in clude Citizenship/Membership Awards and Door Prizes. "Please upport our effort for a ucces ful banquet and the con tinued Fight for Freedom for all," ur d ch pter pre i�n:l.�.���e"''''DI.�''...…
…ook oe . e to find 't -TurntoP II 5 't ',' , 1" ','r' ". I • • t l ( /! I" { ( ! / 2 VOL. VIII 0 19 APRIL6 .; 12, 1986 and.'a: "It w part of th gOY rnm nt to ban m " IE A DELA FREE TO GO HO E outh African Black activist Winnie andela triumphantly returned home to the Black township of Soweto after her lawyers s id the government ended 23 year of restrictions on her movement. "Th government i abandoning it attempts to uphold ...…
…United of U.S. c mputer te hnol y to th v mment of South fric. P inting out th t all of the e provi ion have been previously 50 Blac uth frican been killed by g vernment f rce in the p t i m nth � more th n 20,000 per on h ve been rre fed in on m nth alone: and Blac South African continued to be denied th ri hts of citizen- hip imply becau of the c I r of their kin. 'Our legi lati n i further bee u e our pre nt n t succe ded,...…
…Better than the Circa Short, a and Curly I • • ty o HARBOR - By a slim 54 margin, th nton Harbor City Com . ion voted pril 15, ainst king Ii deral fund for the constru tion of 40 attered- ite, ingl -family ho commi ion , that. "There' need for it - I recognize that - but how f r d the need go. Suppo Benton H rbor become a whole sub idized city - I thin it should not' aid Yarbrough. "The county h a respon- ibility - St...…
…Amoog the key propo ere recommendatio for: -Establishment of a $2 mil ion Blac Venture Capital Fund and a ational . ority Inve - mentB -A selective buying campaign to prevent ero . on of fair em ployment and public ccorn modation pr ctice in hotels and r uranu ere Blac organi zatio meet; -E blishment of an African Famine and Development Fund. lUGS I plaguing you� parties? 2 VOL. VII o. 1 A L I. 1 a -Building an effective...…
…• MICHAEL JACKSO'N PINUP INSIDE G _ 51 ULE5.COU. TY POLICY e' cleared the path of ro d blocks and e're re dy to move abe d . th rent rike ainst Action Ren- tals," id Rev. athanieI Gathright, pre 'dent of the Concerned Tenant Organization (CTO) after a trip to Lansing, April 23. " e met with officials in the At torney General' office and the Depart ment of Social Service," id-Rev, Gath right. The Berrien County Department o...…
…TWO BLACK MEN MADE TODAY'S EASTER ----- .. --TS FIGHT ACTIO T Eel ESI DE TS ALS, BOR- The Concern ed Tenants Organization (CTO) called a rent rike Tue ay, April 17, in Action Rental to force repairs at 474 Pipestone. The Ten nt lso nnounced that they ill journey to Lansing to meet ith repre ntativ of the Attorney Gene I' offi requ "protection of the law" for city r 'dent. At a pr conference Tuesday, CTO pre 'dent Rev. at hamel...…
…• -PAG 2 ip Conference in Washin ton D.C., these Bento Harbor 4-8 Silj der. They ha e been in olved in a three-year Citize hip ood year, state go ernment. . year' focus on national po red by th 4-8 membe . Pictured from left are: Rodn y . gton, D.C.; Joyce Butler, 4-8 Leader; Antionette Williams; Smitty Cr . tanto Den Sim; Pat Bati t; aren Yen . Gerri Sim 4-H Leader; An tt By •• The Berrien County Commis on is now pl nning n inrn te ...…
…T I-COU TY Y.OUTH JOBS P OGRAM TU TO PAGE 2 A l' MO TALITY TURN TO PAGE 2 BlA TS. E � o I .. ," .. .. 25e , VOL VI NO. 18 APRIL 4 -10, 19 4 G , TI BE TO HARBOR , e have a family living in a ticking timebomb." That wa how Rev. athaniel G thright, pre - dent of the Concerned Ten ants, described the home of the tenants at 235 Lake St. The property is owned by Action Rentals. Action Rental wa also the land lord of the pr...…
…- AV 3,1913 , o oups from Benton Dar or testi- �JIMUl!h April 26 befor the Ho Urban offered recommendation on the Growth e (EGA 1 is! tion te nd i no before th te Hou . BHAS SUPT: DROP RULE THAT JOBS UST GO TO RESIDE TS CITY GR: DON'T EED STATE WATCHDOG One group from th city offered recommend at . ns that ould rengthen community control 0 er the EG . Th other offered ugge ion t t ould le n ommunity control ov r th propo Gro th ...…
…p • • T SEE STO '( AGE 3 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Be on Harbor. I 490�2 P rmit 0.50 25 e nts on p e 7. BO - City comrru oner . nored requ t by ven re ministers th t th city hold a public he ring on the relocation of I Electri Co. to St. Jo ph. ith only yor ilc Cooke and Comm. R ndall Juer ensen bstainin the re 'of the commi 'on pproved the m ve m kin no mention of the mini ter reque t. letter requesting the he ing was i...…
…Sf points job � The 0 CET hopes to meet 'elude: 42.5% of tho hired ould be female; 55.2% B 2.8% handicapped; 13% Hi°lSPaJ]lic d .03% Inidan or A' t Jefferson explained. outh ccepted ill be tested d all 0 ore at 10th gr de or bove will be d directly to job 'teo Tho ho te belo that dard Will spend the fir four of the program in math and r ding tutoring unde the dir tion of four B S t ch- er id a utili- pplication are being t en...…
…S ory on 3 BULK R TE u.s, POSTAGE PAID B n on Harbor, I 49022 P mit 0.50 O. 18 APRIL -12, 1983 to 3 25 e nts E TY THEAT EFIT t effort th d pril 17 . ipate Ti et , By Terry Kelly city fathers grapple ith methods of cutting e penses and generating reve nues for cash- trapped Benton Harbor one topic that h s received attention i the pension fund contribution m de by the ci y on behalf of it employee. C.A. "Toby" Tobia , 0 ...…
…TO PAGE 4 DIFFERS SHARPLY FRO TaT)' eHy The 1983 propo budget given to Benton Harbor city commissioners on day night differ sharply from the Coop er Lybrand study purchased t year by th city for 60,000. Where Coope &: Lybrand projected a deficit for 1983 of some $300,000 ith a promise of "major budgeting problems will develop," the budget prepared by Finance Department Supervisor and act city anager Gerald Heppler pro . fOT 93...…
